A review of Salomé, a Lazarus Theatre Company production now on at the Southwark Playhouse. Some clever modern flourishes bring this challenging work by Oscar Wilde to life. Salomé “The piece is written in French – half Biblical, half pornographic – by Oscar Wilde himself. Imagine the average British public’s reception of it.” That was […]
A review of Miss Julie, a 1940s Hong Kong adaptation by Amy Ng of the play by August Strindberg. The new setting adds layers of race and colonialism to the class and gender tension of the original. Does the play loses a little of its naturalism in the process? Miss Julie – Strindberg’s Endlessly Adaptable […]
A review of the musical You Are Here, on now at the Southwark Playhouse. This is a warm and engaging production with a top notch team behind it. My First Post-Lockdown Musical I have managed to spread my return to live performance over several different arts. I’ve been to a ballet, play, opera, and now […]
Review of The Last Five Years at the Southwark Playhouse. The premise is clever, but perhaps a bit too clever for its own good. But none of that matters because there was a REAL AUDIENCE! Creative Covid Measures from the Southwark Playhouse Now this was exciting. It was not just a theatre outing with more […]
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 […]
Join me as we look back at some of the cultural highlights from London and beyond in a Salterton Arts Review 2022 Countdown. A Year In Review From the perspective of the Salterton Arts Review, 2022 was a pretty good year! 2020 was the year of an unexpected disruption followed by a blog relaunch and […]
A review of The Moors in its UK premiere at London’s Hope Theatre. This darkly comic, immersive production brings the surrealist Gothic text to life. The Moors You’ve probably read some Gothic fiction before. Maybe something by Emily Brontë, Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker. Ringing any bells? Well the writer of today’s play, Jen Silverman, is […]
It’s time for the Salterton Arts Review’s annual tradition of welcoming in the new year by reflecting on this year’s cultural highlights. It’s the 2023 countdown! The 2023 Countdown: A Year In Review Looking back at my post from this time last year, I had urged myself in 2023 not to overdo things by trying […]
An exploration of Black motherhood, societal, familial and personal pressures, Brenda’s Got A Baby raises important issues but struggles to bring them to life. Brenda’s Got A Baby I was looking forward to my first trip to New Diorama Theatre’s HQ. This bold and creative venue incubated the wonderful Operation Mincemeat, and also took the […]
This pleasant production of one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s lesser-performed works, Ruddigore is full of ghostly fun and frivolity. A ‘Difficult’ Gilbert & Sullivan Gilbert and Sullivan operettas seem to be one of those things that attracts a very solid fan base. I’m more of a casual visitor into the Gilbert & Sullivan world, so […]
