Miss Myrtle’s Garden at the Bush Theatre is a tender, funny, and emotionally resonant new play about memory, family, and finding connection across generations. Generational Threads and a Garden of Truths Miss Myrtle’s Garden is a quietly ambitious piece, and it’s a pleasure to see something this thoughtful and layered at the Bush Theatre. After […]
Ruthless at the Arches Lane Theatre explores the wreckage of Ruth Madoff’s life with ambiguity, dark humour, and ghostly visitations. Ruthless We’re back at another one-woman show (ish), Ruthless. It’s on at what’s got to be one of London’s newest theatres: the Arches Lane Theatre. Located in the slick new Battersea Power Station development, the […]
Mrs T Foresees tells the story of a would-be performer and medium navigating colonial Australia. It blends history, spiritualism, and survival. Mrs T Foresees Right, we’ve found the theme of the week for this week: dramas that take their time and give space to ideas. Following Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre, the Salterton Arts Review […]
David Shopland’s Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre is a sharply observed suburban drama with comic bite and emotional generosity, exploring the midlife crossroads with wit, warmth, and just the right amount of chaos. Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre: A Comedy with a Dramatic Heart After seeing a string of solo shows recently (like this, this […]
Chop-chop! is an energetic solo show with a vibrant concept and moments of charm, but one that struggles to sustain its momentum across a full-length format. Chop-chop! Andrea Holland’s Chop-chop! is a bold, bilingual solo performance packed with energy, physical comedy and flair. Performed largely in Spanglish (knowing a bit of Spanish helps but is […]
Tana Sirois’s UnTethered at The Glitch is a funny, unflinching one-woman show that explores OCD, demisexuality, and the tangled ties between vulnerability, trauma, and connection. UnTethered OK now we have a theme of the week. Or month. In my last post I was talking about the coincidence of autobiographical one-woman shows where the woman is […]
A sharp, darkly funny solo show about illness, ego and what it means to be alive, Outpatient is unexpectedly life-affirming. Outpatient It’s not quite “theme of the week,” a game we sometimes play here at the Salterton Arts Review, but it is interesting to have seen two shows in quick succession about young women navigating […]
A sharp, unsettling and darkly funny look at online extremism and male loneliness, The Last Incel brings the dark spaces of the internet to the stage. The Last Incel A Brief Glossary of Incel Terminology greets me on the familiar Pleasance Theatre cabaret-style table. What will the next hour have in store? The Last Incel, […]
A powerful and playful piece of autobiographical theatre, Dear Annie, I Hate You explores what happens when your own brain turns against you. Dear Annie, I Hate You It’s remarkable how one moment, one conversation, or one test result can change the course of a life. In Dear Annie, I Hate You, Samantha Ipema shares […]
SWING! SWING! ADMIRAL BYNG! at the Playground Theatre is a thoughtful look at legacy and justice, with strong performances and clever design, though uneven pacing holds it back. SWING! SWING! ADMIRAL BYNG! I like serendipitous moments. One happened to me recently when I heard that a play was going to be on at the Playground […]
