Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss’s new feelgood musical Why Am I So Single? takes over the Garrick Theatre. Hands down best anthropomorphic furniture I’ve seen all year. Why Am I So Single? Why didn’t they reply to my message? If I send a follow up now, do I look too needy? Why do I keep […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Of Prophets & Purpose is a refreshingly different sort of theatrical work. Staged in a church and combining William Blake’s mystical revelations with a Chicken Little adventure, you may find yourself wondering if you’re about to pass through the doors of perception and into… the arms of Rintrah? Of Prophets & Purpose What if someone […]
When It Happens to You is a remarkable piece of writing on now at Park Theatre in its European debut. Content warning: please read the information here. Further support and guidance is available via the same link. A Theatrical Memoir When it happens to you. When an event of immense significance occurs, and worms its […]
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 […]
A tender tale of love and grief, I Love You, Now What? draws on personal experience to convey a message of hope. I Love You, Now What? The only certainties in life are death and taxes. So the saying goes. One is a necessary inconvenience. The other can turn your entire existence upside down. But […]
