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 […]
The Shatter Box returns to the Lion and Unicorn Theatre, posing questions about our relationship to the truth and to each other. The Shatter Box The Lion and Unicorn Theatre, and resident theatre company Proforça, have a special place in this blogger’s heart. Back in 2021 after a particularly dreary lockdown, I was absolutely delighted […]
A small-scale exhibition at the Garden Museum, Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors encourages visitors to reframe this literary group through a subject near to their hearts: their gardens. Gardening Bohemia: Bloomsbury Women Outdoors On one of the last warm days of summer, I decided to treat myself to a museum day with a bit of […]
Tom Bailey of performance company Mechanimal brings attention to the plight of endangered animals (and our planet) with Crap at Animals, a humorous show for the whole family. Crap at Animals The feat is certainly impressive. Tom Bailey not only attempts to do impressions of the 44,000 animals that are extinct or endangered, he also […]
Tate Modern’s exhibition Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider is a great opportunity to see a significant part of the Lenbachhaus collection on loan from Munich. But as an exhibition it only really gets going towards the end. Let’s Start at the Beginning: Expressionism Unless you’re new here you know the Salterton Arts Review […]
Katori Hall’s tale of manhood and fatherhood in Memphis, Tennessee, The Hot Wing King shows why the kitchen really is the heart of the home. The Hot Wing King Is it actually compulsory for every work at the National Theatre to be three hours long (give or take)? At two hours and forty-five minutes, The […]
An exhibition on Sikh leader Ranjit Singh is an opportunity to learn more about a period of history little known in the UK, while Flora Yukhnovich’s paintings add a bright contemporary note to the Wallace Collection’s historic walls. Indian Arms and Armour in the Wallace Collection It’s been much longer than I realised since I’ve […]
A relatively simple display of artistic commissions, Raise the Roof: Building for Change enables RIBA to confront some of the more problematic aspects of its history as manifested in the decoration of its London headquarters. RIBA and Colonialism/Imperialism Architecture isn’t neutral. Let’s start there. Buildings serve a functional purpose. They also convey information to us. […]
Benedict Lombe’s Shifters shifts from the Bush Theatre to a West End run at the Duke of York’s Theatre. A charismatic love story, Shifters is funny, honest, and bittersweet. Shifters How wonderful to see Shifters in the West End. Although also slightly outrageous that this is only the third West End production of a play […]
If you can’t get to Chandigarh, the Gallery of Everything’s current exhibition A Summer of Gods and Goddesses is the next best place to discover the work of Nek Chand Saini. Nek Chand Saini and the Rock Garden of Chandigarh When I visited the V&A’s exhibition on Tropical Modernism recently, one story stood out. Sure, […]
