A review of Lolita Chakrabarti’s new play Hymn, streamed live from the Almeida. Devastating and brilliant, it had me totally captivated. Hymn at the Almeida – A Play About Love Hymn is not a traditional love story. It follows Gilbert (Adrian Lester) and Benny (Danny Sapani) over the course of about a year, as a […]
A look back at the things I did manage to see despite all the obstacles of 2020, as the Salterton Arts Review counts down the top five highlights of the year. The Salterton Arts Review in 2020 2020, what a year. I can’t say anything that hasn’t been said already about it, so I won’t […]
A review of Flight, part theatre, part diorama installation from Vox Motus at the Bridge Theatre. The story is as harrowing as the format is fascinating. A Final Outing To The Bridge Theatre Before Tier 3 Once again, I just squeaked through before Covid measures increased. Last time it was seeing Death of England: Delroy […]
A review of two London productions of A Christmas Carol in December 2020. One live, one online, but both full of Christmas cheer. A Christmas Carol – Something For Everyone In London 2020 In 2020 we are all in need of some Christmas cheer. London, at least until it went into Tiers 3 & 4, […]
A review of Nine Lessons and Carols, a new work currently on at the Almeida Theatre. In which I find that for once the focus on human connection results in a genuine connection with the audience. Finding Ways to Stay Connected In Our Isolation The preoccupation of 2020, aside from coronavirus, US elections. Brexit and […]
A review of my first virtual reality theatre experience, Petrichor at Stratford East, courtesy of ThickSkin. In which I like seeing something different, but understand why VR headsets haven’t taken off. What is Petrichor? Petrichor often turns up on lists on the internet of unusual or beautiful yet under-utilised words. It is defined as ‘the […]
Review of Death of England: Delroy at the National Theatre. In which I didn’t expect to be there on opening night, which was also closing night. Opening Night/Closing Night By sheer luck, I had tickets to see Death of England: Delroy on Wednesday 4 November. This was one day before the UK entered its second […]
Review of The Last Five Years at the Southwark Playhouse. The premise is clever, but perhaps a bit too clever for its own good. But none of that matters because there was a REAL AUDIENCE! Creative Covid Measures from the Southwark Playhouse Now this was exciting. It was not just a theatre outing with more […]
Review of the play Nine Lives at the Bridge Theatre. In line with my recent outings to the Bridge, this is another work with some great acting, and designed to make viewers angry at the situation imposed on asylum seekers in this country. The Bridge: Bringing London Politically Engaged Theatre Do you remember a while […]
A review of two pairings of Talking Heads at the Bridge Theatre. This is the closest I have had to genuine live theatre since March, very exciting! It does seem that all the people of Yorkshire have been living very contained little lives though, and dressing like the royal family. Talking Heads at the Bridge: […]
