521 stories by "Shanine Salmon"
Kevin Armento's Devil With the Blue Dress at the Bunker Theatre is a brutal look back at the Monica Lewinsky scandal.
Originally produced in Edinburgh and Chichester in 2014, Pressure is worth the four-year wait for London audiences. If you miss it at the Park then it is moving to the West End in June 2018,…
Love Me Now made me cry. Actually, my past made me cry, but Love Me Now made me confront it. If " like me " you recognise the story all too well, it's not an easy work " no light-hearted sha…
Beginners just isn't engaging enough for adults and children alike for much of the time and I wish the playful element had been consistent because the emotional aspects failed to hit the mar…
George Attwell Gerhards has written a very thought-provoking play. For a 60-minute piece he manages to give us a full range and depth of experiences which crack open difficult subjects.
Somnai is a dream of a dream. Possibly an android's dream of a dream. But it is no less impressive an experience for that. It will take you out of yourself, even if it can't yet deliver you …
I can't help thinking Who Put Bella in the Wych Elm? would make a better podcast than it does a live performance. It's not bad by any means, but it will suit audiences with an interest in tr…
Ultimately, This Restless State is, I think, a timely and intermittently compelling exploration of fractured societies and disengaged individuals.
No Offence Theatre's Things That Do Not C(o)unt is a bold look at female sexuality, body positivity and Nastazja Somers' homeland Poland through her own story and that of the generations bef…
Auden and Isherwood may have had no stomach for a real fight, but no one can say they didn't weaponise their words in a piece like The Dog Beneath the Skin " a bid to blunt the attack on a f…
Alzheimer's is such a complicated, painful experience but One Last Waltz sadly doesn't even touch the surface of that.
Ian Grant's new play is on an old theme: the impact of war(s) on families. Or is it the impact of love on relationships? Either way, After the Ball goes out of its way to show impact echoing…
Hennessy is a strong writer, it would be difficult to ruin her work. In Lucy Jane Atkinson's vision of A Hundred Words For Snow, it is a lot more scaled back than at the Arcola and I found t…
Hidden Figures makes an important point about the contribution to the war effort made from across the commonwealth, and by those more often shunned by society. But it does so subtly and in w…
Naomi Sheldon's monologue Good Girl makes its way to West End after Fringe runs at the Old Red Lion and Vault Festival. It is an exceptional piece of work that has not only made me consider …
With tighter and more consistent direction, Mosley Must Fall could become of the finest new plays of the year. Kudos to Martin McNamara for another solid and moving production that will stay…
To commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War, playwright Owen Thomas has teamed up with the Torch's Peter Doran for The Wood to create a story of friendship, redemption and…
Painful as this is to watch, Dust needs to be seen, and we need to take note of the devastation even a single death can cause, and take action wherever we can.
I found Gone Fishing a compelling piece of drama that would work on screen (if only we had Play for Today on the television these days) as well as in a more traditional setting.
Plays about women's unashamed sexual activity are still a rarity and Jessica Cornfeld and Anonymous' script for Zina has real potential to open the minds of anyone who sees it.
As a work in progress, Conquest has so much potential, but right now the piece feels like a race against the clock rather than a thoughtful and considered piece on feminism, consent and what…
Mainly, Told by an Idiot's Napoleon Disrobed is an evening of absurd fun; enjoyable, clever and performed with tongue-in-cheek gusto.
Immercity's The Silhouette in the Smoke takes the interactivity even further. Not only do you get to question the actors, but along with your fellow audience members work together to solve t…
Monica Dolan's writing debut The B*easts at the Bush Theatre is a provocative monologue performed by Dolan herself, tackling the sexualisation of children and nudging us into a hypothetical …
Hosted by Will Young, who will be starring in Strictly Ballroom The Musical at the Piccadilly Theatre from 29 March, the launch of the production offered all the sequinned glamour you would …
