Twine, by Selina Thompson, is on now at the Yard Theatre, bringing to life a folkloric and thoughtful tale of adoption, separation and love. Content warning: contains references to child death and grief. Twine We do like to spot a theme for the week’s theatre on the Salterton Arts Review. And this week’s theme, I […]
Scena Theatre’s stage version of Kafka’s short story Report to an Academy leaves plenty of food for thought. Report to an Academy It’s the story of an ape. An ape, more specifically, who has learned to act as humans do. His name is Red Peter, and he has been invited to give a report to […]
Samuel Takes a Break… is a challenging, funny, thoughtful, ambiguous new work on now at Hackney Wick’s Yard Theatre. Samuel Takes a Break… I have a feeling it is a good year for the Yard Theatre. The last two things I’ve seen there (this and this) have been fab. And now Samuel Takes a Break… […]
The Last Show Before We Die is an intense, overwhelming, unique, vulnerable, tribute to endings in all their mess, beauty and inevitability. The Last Show Before We Die I’m going to start today by quoting myself: “I really liked that. I don’t quite know what I saw, but I liked it.” Me, when leaving The […]
A clever little story about a very Victorian scandal, The Flea shows just what an impact something seemingly insignificant can have. The Flea Well, which flea? The flea. That started it all. The flea that bit the rat, which spooked a horse, which kicked a man, which… so on and so on. OK, not a […]
A review of The Cherry Orchard. A new version at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick sees Chekhov’s tale in an intergalactic, South Asian setting, exposing the currents of universality and specificity in both. The Cherry Orchard Often times, all it takes to get me interested in something is a hook. On this occasion, I […]
A review of An Unfinished Man at the Yard Theatre in Hackney Wick. Dipo Baruwa-Etti’s innovative new play explores belief, tradition and mental health through the character of Kayode. An Unfinished Man Belief is an interesting thing. Particularly the ability of different belief systems to coexist. This is explored to great effect by Dipo Baruwa-Etti […]
Meet ROSE, an AI chat bot with wisdom for the end of the world, in Stampin’ in the Graveyard, on at the Cockpit Theatre as part of Voila! Theatre Festival. Stampin’ in the Graveyard AI after the end of the world. There’s something about it which captures our imagination. As evidenced by the fact that […]
It’s a three-in-one theatre spectacular as we settle in at Barons Court Theatre to check out what Voila! Theatre Festival has to offer. An Afternoon of Theatre at Barons Court This is a new experience for the Salterton Arts Review. I’ve had very busy weeks during theatre festivals for sure. But never have I been […]
Tani Gill’s Jupiter’s Ghost fuses theatre and dance to explore what makes us human. Jupiter’s Ghost It’s not uncommon to hear of parents who would do anything for their child. But what if the ‘anything’ within your power was a little… out of the ordinary? Such is one of the questions posed by Jupiter’s Ghost, […]
