James Graham tells the story of Gareth Southgate’s England team in Dear England, an insightful play which also examines the place of individual, team and national psychology in sport and society. Dear England Dear England is a play about football. What do I know about football? Not a whole lot, really. But Dear England is […]
A clever little story about a very Victorian scandal, The Flea shows just what an impact something seemingly insignificant can have. The Flea Well, which flea? The flea. That started it all. The flea that bit the rat, which spooked a horse, which kicked a man, which… so on and so on. OK, not a […]
Japanese theatre company tarinainanika brings the story of artist Rey Camoy to Bloomsbury Festival audiences. Powerful, moving and at times disturbing, this is a tour de force of physical theatre. Content warning: mentions of suicide and substance abuse. Bloomsbury Festival 2023 I have been known on occasion to say that the most interesting, creative works […]
One of London’s newer pub theatres hosts one of the UK’s most established theatre companies as People Show 145: The Diviners takes over the Golden Goose Theatre. The Diviners: People Show 145 The show opens on a simple set. A coloured square on the floor, with footstools in each corner: cyan, magenta, yellow and black. […]
A humorous, fast-paced and witty play, Amendments: a Play on Words is a politically incorrect take on political correctness. Amendments: A Play On Words You don’t see too many plays in London which could be described as a farce. Amendments: a Play on Words is almost one, but is also something slightly different: a farce […]
A revival of an epic Jacobean thriller, The Changeling is surprisingly fun for a bloodbath. An Old Play For Modern Times The Changeling, although previously unknown to the Salterton Arts Review, is a relatively well-known Jacobean play of 1622, which has enjoyed at least a handful of revivals and adaptations over the years. It’s the […]
The Father and the Assassin features an unexpectedly charming murderer, a wonderfully evocative set and score, and a talented cast. The Father And The Assassin I didn’t think a play about the man who murdered Gandhi would be so funny. And yet Anupama Chandrasekhar’s play The Father and the Assassin, now in its second run […]
A new musical about the life of actress Carol White, Battersea Bardot has all the potential of a starlet on the rise, and just needs a little refining. Content warning: mentions of sexual abuse and alcohol and substance abuse. Battersea Bardot Shall I start with a confession? I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Ken […]
Chekhov’s tale of love and yearning updated to 1920s Britain, The Lady With a Dog introduces some successful new elements while others are best left to the original short story. The Lady With A Dog The last Chekhov adaptation I saw took the action from the Russian countryside to a South Asian space age. Why […]
An Italian play translated into English, Sorry We Didn’t Die at Sea transports Park Theatre audiences to a dark, surrealist world in which the desperate pay people smugglers to escape from Europe. Sorry We Didn’t Die At Sea The premise is intriguing. In an alternate or perhaps near-future reality, Europe is now a place to […]
