My first opera outing post-lockdown is a late work by Mozart. I’m undecided on whether this is a masterpiece, but it’s definitely an entertaining evening out. La Clemenza di Tito [The Clemency of Titus] I have said to you before that I’m not the best qualified reviewer of ballet. Or classical music. Let’s just go […]
A review of The Nutcracker at the Royal Opera House. In which I feel very lucky to be able to forget about 2020 and enjoy some Christmas perfection. [Edit: especially in hindsight!] You Could Almost Forget It Was 2020 I know I often say on here that I’m fortunate to be able to see this […]
The thing about having a particular dancer who I like to go and see (Edward Watson, since you asked) rather than being very educated about choreographers, composers or directors of ballet, means that I go to a fairly mixed bag of performances. Had Watson not been dancing in Woolf Works, I’m not sure that the […]
Nobody’s Baby Staged in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House, which is normally a pre-show bar and restaurant, Nobody’s Baby instead transformed the space into a 1930s American dance hall. And we, as the audience, became spectators at a dance marathon. Depression-era dance marathons, eventually outlawed, preyed on the destitute and […]
A somewhat disappointing adaptation of Kafka’s classic novella, Metamorphosis is visually impressive but muddled. Metamorphosis Yes, I was disappointed. I had high hopes for this production: it reached me via targeted social media advertising and looked great. As a former student of German and aspiring member of the intelligentsia of course I’ve read The Metamorphosis. […]
My first time at Paris’s sumptuous opera house is to see this work by a very British choreographer, in its first outing by the Corps de ballet de l’Opéra national de Paris. Mayerling 2022 marks 30 years since choreographer Kenneth Macmillan’s death. Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet from 1970-77, he created ten full-length ballets […]
A review of Punchdrunk’s The Burnt City, my first foray into their particular brand of immersive theatrical experience. What better place to start than one of my favourite stories, that of the Trojan War? Punchdrunk Punchdrunk now have over twenty years under their belt. Twenty years of immersive storytelling, in a format which puts free-roaming […]
A review of virtual reality experience Virtual Veronese at the National Gallery. A high-tech way to recontextualise what is otherwise one of many fine paintings in the Gallery’s collection. Art Experienced Virtually In the last couple of years I have noticed an upswing in the number of virtual reality experiences on offer. Perhaps it’s just […]
A visit to the Bow Street Police Museum reveals a proud history of pioneering police work in this part of London. A History of Early Policing At Bow Street I have been to the Royal Opera House numerous times. And yet I don’t think I had ever paid attention to the building just across the […]
A countdown of the best the Salterton Arts Review has seen and done in 2021. Including museums, theatre and heritage outings in London and further afield! 2021 – What A Year! Well. 2021. Who would have thought it would be December already? And who would have thought this year would have turned out like it […]
