Thor the Walrus takes a satirical approach to inaction over the climate emergency, by charting the voyage of one hungry walrus to English shores. Thor the Walrus “How could I resist a climate change walrus comedy?” I said. And it’s true, Thor the Walrus is pretty irresistible. On at Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre for a short […]
Léa des Garets imagines what might have been as they delve into the life of George Sand and the creation of the remarkable 1839 work Gabriel. GEORGE We sometimes on the Salterton Arts Review debate whether theatre is the right medium for a particular story. Can an audience member understand a play without too much […]
Love Steps is the lyrical, inspiring playwriting debut from Anastasia Osei-Kuffour. Through words, movement and music it explores the steps to finding, and keeping, love. Love Steps I feel like I’m rather getting into choreopoems at this stage. We’ve seen a couple before on the blog. The original one was for colored girls who have […]
China Plate bring their “sneakily informative” work A Family Business to Clapham’s Omnibus Theatre, opening up a thought-provoking conversation about the ever-present threat of nuclear weapons. A Family Business Do you know what the effect of a smallish nuclear weapon landing in Clapham would be? I now do. Chris Thorpe’s A Family Business is theatre […]
An exploration of rom-coms, podcasts and our relationship to fantasy and reality, Sunsets builds up to its own ‘grand gesture’ without straying into cliché. Sunsets A quick disclaimer: I saw a preview of Sunsets so this is a review but without the rating – more of an encouragement to go see it in Edinburgh! It’s […]
Supernova is the story of Harry and Tess, who bond over a conversation about favourite planets. But will their love story shine like the brightest star, or explode and burn out in a supernova? A VAULT Transfer To The Omnibus Theatre, Clapham I saw a few things at this year’s VAULT Festival. Six in total. […]
A review of SAD, on at Omnibus Theatre in Clapham. Victoria Willing’s play about isolation, connection and grief has promise which is not quite fulfilled. SAD This is my second outing to Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, the first being for Small Change in 2021. Remind me to come back to a key point about Omnibus […]
This revival of Peter Gill’s Cardiff-set ‘memory play’ is not what I usually like in a theatre outing, but the production won me over. Small Change Small Change, a Both Barrels Theatre production on now at the Omnibus Theatre in Clapham, is a revival of a 1976 work by Peter Gill. Gill is both a […]
John Steinbeck’s epic Dust Bowl novel The Grapes of Wrath gets a solid National Theatre treatment with a US theatrical pedigree. A critical story for us to reflect on as we respond to increased economic and climate migration. The Grapes of Wrath Firstly I would like to implore you, if you have never read The […]
