In Hamstrung, George Rennie gives voice to Hamlet’s most famous skull, transforming Yorick into a lively, tragicomic narrator of his own tale. In Purgatory with a Player: The Clever Conceit of Hamstrung In Hamstrung, George Rennie reclaims Yorick (the long-dead fool of Hamlet fame) as something more than a grim punchline or discarded skull. With […]
STOREHOUSE at Convoy’s Wharf offers an incredible immersive set paired with a timely if ultimatly slightly inconsequential meditation on information, truth, and digital overload. STOREHOUSE: A Vast Archive of Stories and Warnings Immersive theatre is often about worlds within worlds – secret chambers behind warehouse doors, imagined histories inside forgotten buildings. And Sage & Jester’s […]
In Invisible / Láthatatlan, Rozina Pátkai stages a quietly powerful work of feminist performance art, exposing the invisible mental and physical burdens of domestic labour by physically enacting its weight in public space. I. Invisible / Láthatatlan. Performance, Performativity, and the Mental Load In Invisible / Láthatatlan (2025), Vienna-based artist Rozina Pátkai stages a harrowing […]
Miss Myrtle’s Garden at the Bush Theatre is a tender, funny, and emotionally resonant new play about memory, family, and finding connection across generations. Generational Threads and a Garden of Truths Miss Myrtle’s Garden is a quietly ambitious piece, and it’s a pleasure to see something this thoughtful and layered at the Bush Theatre. After […]
Ruthless at the Arches Lane Theatre explores the wreckage of Ruth Madoff’s life with ambiguity, dark humour, and ghostly visitations. Ruthless We’re back at another one-woman show (ish), Ruthless. It’s on at what’s got to be one of London’s newest theatres: the Arches Lane Theatre. Located in the slick new Battersea Power Station development, the […]
Mrs T Foresees tells the story of a would-be performer and medium navigating colonial Australia. It blends history, spiritualism, and survival. Mrs T Foresees Right, we’ve found the theme of the week for this week: dramas that take their time and give space to ideas. Following Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre, the Salterton Arts Review […]
David Shopland’s Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre is a sharply observed suburban drama with comic bite and emotional generosity, exploring the midlife crossroads with wit, warmth, and just the right amount of chaos. Cul-de-Sac at the Omnibus Theatre: A Comedy with a Dramatic Heart After seeing a string of solo shows recently (like this, this […]
Chop-chop! is an energetic solo show with a vibrant concept and moments of charm, but one that struggles to sustain its momentum across a full-length format. Chop-chop! Andrea Holland’s Chop-chop! is a bold, bilingual solo performance packed with energy, physical comedy and flair. Performed largely in Spanglish (knowing a bit of Spanish helps but is […]
Tana Sirois’s UnTethered at The Glitch is a funny, unflinching one-woman show that explores OCD, demisexuality, and the tangled ties between vulnerability, trauma, and connection. UnTethered OK now we have a theme of the week. Or month. In my last post I was talking about the coincidence of autobiographical one-woman shows where the woman is […]
A sharp, darkly funny solo show about illness, ego and what it means to be alive, Outpatient is unexpectedly life-affirming. Outpatient It’s not quite “theme of the week,” a game we sometimes play here at the Salterton Arts Review, but it is interesting to have seen two shows in quick succession about young women navigating […]
