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 […]
Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s picks up where Sweat, also staged at the Donmar Warehouse in 2018, left off. Life in the margins of society, but with a sense of hope, hard-earned pride and camaraderie nonetheless. Clyde’s It’s not even remotely possible to see every play in London, but sometimes I wish I could go back […]
A review of Love and Other Acts of Violence, a new play by Cordelia Lynn on now at the Donmar Warehouse. Directed by Elayce Ismail, and starring Tom Mothersdale and Abigail Weinstock in the leading roles. Love And Other Acts Of Violence I wanted to like this play. Really, I did. After Blindness last year […]
An evening of poetry with Inua Ellams is a great way to reopen the Donmar Warehouse. On this week so still time to snap up a ticket. Inua Ellams Hello, dear readers. Today’s entry is a quick post about an event I went to yesterday evening at the Donmar Warehouse, and which is on until […]
A review of the sound installation Blindness at the Donmar Warehouse. In which I was thrilled to be back in a theatre, and so impressed by what the Donmar has produced. Back in a Theatre! Oh how I have missed live theatre! And this isn’t quite live theatre, but it’s very close. In some respects […]
A review of the West End transfer of the Almeida’s production of The Doctor, with Juliet Stevenson reprising the title role. Identity politics writ large in Robert Icke’s loose adaptation from an earlier work by Arthur Schnitzler. The Doctor It feels a bit like a full circle moment to be seeing Juliet Stevenson on stage. […]
A discussion of A Block of Flats, a rehearsed reading of a play by Inua Ellams at the Albany in Deptford. A great way for me to start exploring Lewisham’s year as Borough of Culture. Lewisham, London Borough of Culture 2022 London. 32 boroughs, spanning a wide distance both geographically and in terms of experience. […]
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 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 […]
An account of the activities put on by the Southwark Playhouse (talks and a quiz) before they were able to reopen their theatre. In which I discover that supporting arts institutions is a lot of fun! And educational to boot. When Is A Theatre Not A Theatre? The ironic thing is that I haven’t actually […]
