Are you ready? It’s time to get into the holiday spirits with A Pissedmas Carol! A Pissedmas Carol Long time readers of the Salterton Arts Review know that, no matter my intentions, it is foretold that I will see two versions of A Christmas Carol every year. Even if I try to diversity my seasonal […]
Ikaria is a desolating portrait of how love is not always all you need. Content warning: references to anxiety and depression. Ikaria Well I wasn’t expecting that. Philippa Lawford’s Ikaria, on at the Park Theatre until 2 December, seems like it’s going to be a story of student life, self-discovery, that sort of thing. It’s […]
Zoo Co seamlessly blend spoken English, BSL, visual vernacular and more as they delve into the after-hours world of night shift workers. Night Shift As the winter nights draw in, it’s a good moment for us to think of those who are not resting snug under a duvet, but are instead out making a living. […]
A transfer from the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe, Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen is at the Bush Theatre. This wry and witty character study takes a look at hook up culture, emotional connection, and the unreliable narrators of confessional comedy. Feeling Afraid As If Something Terrible Is Going To Happen Well, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Haruki Murakami’s 1999 novel Sputnik Sweetheart comes to the Arcola stage, with all its ambiguity, loneliness and longing. Sputnik Sweetheart The novels of Haruki Murakami are not easy ones to stage. Ambiguous, with frequently charismatic yet unreliable narrators, and other worlds as metaphorical plot devices. I’ve read other works by the author, but not Sputnik […]
A world premiere in Hornchurch as Killing Jack takes the stage, reclaiming the stories of the five women whose lives have been overshadowed by their deaths in the autumn of 1888. Content warning: contains references to (sexual) violence, death and grief. Killing Jack Whitechapel, 1888. Five murders take place from September to November. All women, […]
Spooky thrills and laughs: it’s time for another pre-Halloween treat in the form of The Nag’s Head, brought to London’s Park Theatre by Make it Beautiful Theatre Company. The Nag’s Head ‘Tis the season and all that. OK, not quite that season yet, we have the spooky season of Halloween first. And an evening of […]
An eery retelling of a Victorian tale of the supernatural, Casting the Runes is a perfect pre-Halloween treat. Casting The Runes My favourite type of horror story does not contain slasher gore or lots of jump scares. I prefer horror in its original sense, where the focus is on creating a sense of fear. A […]
