Ephemeral Ensemble come to New Diorama Theatre with REWIND, a tribute to South America’s desaparecidos and those who have fought to tell their stories. First Some Background: Argentina’s Desaparecidos Where to start with REWIND? It is a desperately sad, visually impressive work of theatre by Ephemeral Ensemble, based on real events. Ephemeral Ensemble are a […]
A beautiful work of visual theatre, Last Rites is at Shoreditch Town Hall as part of new curatorial project MimeLondon. Last Rites Grief is a complex process. In this new theatrical work, award winning and diverse-led theatre company Ad Infinitum explore grief, death, complicated familes, and parenthood. The result is something universal yet unique, tender […]
A family tale takes on epic proportions in The Mother of Kamal, spanning multiple decades, countries, and themes of family, love, and difficult choices. Mother of Kamal It’s rare for a play to be so personal and yet so broad in the historic events and themes surveyed. And yet Mother of Kamal, on now at […]
The heartwarming tale of the Kim family goes back to its theatrical roots for a European debut of Kim’s Convenience at North London’s Park Theatre. Kim’s Convenience The mark of many a good play is its longevity. Is it topical, speaking to audiences at a moment in time but only revived as a curiosity? Or […]
The Last Show Before We Die is an intense, overwhelming, unique, vulnerable, tribute to endings in all their mess, beauty and inevitability. The Last Show Before We Die I’m going to start today by quoting myself: “I really liked that. I don’t quite know what I saw, but I liked it.” Me, when leaving The […]
Awkward Branch Productions make a first foray from film to theatre with One Year Itch, the story of Tania and her apparently cursed love life. One Year Itch Things could be better for Tania on a few fronts. It’s not that long since she had a bad breakup. She knows what her dream job is, […]
Blind Summit take inspiration from real interviews to create The Sex Lives of Puppets, exploring sexuality and sexual wellbeing in all its forms. Content warning: discusses sexual themes, obviously! The Sex Lives of Puppets Two older men describe their sex life in a care home. An actress talks about the importance of being seen as […]
Max Webster’s searing, thrilling Macbeth is far more than the novelty of its headphones. Macbeth Retold Macbeth is one of those Shakespearean plays performed with such frequency that I look for a special reason to see it again (A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Hamlet are in the same boat as far as I’m concerned). In […]
Armando Iannucci’s take on the (mis)handling of the pandemic by the British government, Pandemonium takes on topical satire with a group of faux-Jacobean players. Boris: God’s Gift to Comedy? And so, the first Salterton Arts Post of the year looks back to the past. Not the far-off past we sometimes like to explore here on […]
Tracy reminisces and reflects on her life in 21 Round for Christmas, on now at North London’s Park Theatre. 21 Round for Christmas Ah, the holidays. A time for togetherness. A time for wonder. Families gathered around the dinner table, sharing traditions and creating memories. Wonderful. Unless, of course, it’s you who’s expected to toil […]
