Joseph Charlton’s play Brilliant Jerks at the Southwark Playhouse Borough explores how human nature both shapes and is shaped by technological developments. Brilliant Jerks The Salterton Arts Review has a day job, in which I work in technology. Or at least I have done for a little while now. I found myself wondering as I […]
A fabulously warm-hearted celebration of love, friendship and finding your way in the world, Matilda Feyiṣayọ Ibini’s Sleepova is a joy to behold. Content warning: living with illness, LGBT ‘conversion therapy’, grief and bereavement. Sleepova I was excited going into Sleepova at the Bush Theatre. I had seen glowing feedback on social media from people who had […]
A little play that dreams big, Someone of Significance is my latest outing at London’s VAULT Festival. Someone of Significance As I continue my foray into VAULT Festival, making the most of it while it’s still in its Waterloo home, I have the pleasure of discovering a range of voices, stories, and styles. Today’s post […]
A multi-disciplinary performance that can be experienced in-person or digitally, HOME X ruminates on the meaning of home as well as experimenting with digital technologies. HOME X Something I miss about the arts of a couple of years ago is the feeling of experimentation. Sure, those were dark times. But the necessity of delivering arts […]
A passionate monologue about mother-daughter relationships, The Wedding Speech sees Rosemary confide in her audience about all the emotions and complexities that big family occasions entail. The Wedding Speech It’s a busy week on the Salterton Arts Review, which seems to bring with it some interesting synergies. We recently covered The Beach House, a play […]
With the action contained to the beach house of the title, Jo Harper’s play about female relationships receives its debut at London’s Park Theatre. The Beach House Sometimes, the key to a play is something that happens offstage, the nucleus around which the action forms. That is almost the case in The Beach House, which […]
A new work by Daniel Taub with Dan Patterson, Winner’s Curse teaches its audience about international diplomacy and the art of negotiation. Not a flawless evening, but with Clive Anderson in the lead role it’s an entertaining one. Winner’s Curse Do you know what the ‘Winner’s Curse’ theory is? I didn’t before seeing this play. […]
A West End production of a play that started out as a 2015 Edinburgh Fringe hit, Sam Steiner’s Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons works in this new context with a few caveats. Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons Lemons First of all, please forgive me if I choose to call this play Lemons for the sake of […]
A wordless one-woman play by Part of the Main, All by Myself takes a bleakly comic look at a social media influencer facing the end of the world. All By Myself My second outing to VAULT Festival for 2023 was to see All By Myself, a wordless play for a single actor from theatre company […]
Back for the final edition of the London International Mime Festival, with a range of performances from dance to puppetry to silent films brought to life. London International Mime Festival 2023 I am very sad to say that 2023 marks the final edition of the London International Mime Festival. It has been going since 1977 […]
