521 stories by "Shanine Salmon"
Matilda Velevitch's superb writing, skilfully interpreted by these fantastic actors, have created exquisitely observed characters, about three individual women who have the resilience to sel…
Overall, the production was brilliant fun. The children will love it and there is enough there to keep the adults amused for an hour!
This three-hander by Keith Bunin is a look at not so much the impact of religion and belief but the shield it provides for other issues.
60 years on, Roger Gellert's tale of repressed homosexuality at an English public school remains a damning social critique.
Mendoza takes the most Scottish of plays to 19th century, which seems a risky and bizarre move but Los Colochos fast-paced and gory production makes Shakespeare accessible and brings passion…
Tea Break Theatre's play begins with a 'National Trust tour guide' announcing we will be given a tour of the property prior to the play. It soon became apparent the 'tour guide' was not all …
Ali is a respected wife and counsellor. But her harmonious life is torn apart when a young male ex-client make allegations of sexual misconduct against her. These allegations go to an Ethica…
His new play, produced by Eastlake Productions, written entirely in verse is a candid one-man show switches seamlessly between the innocence of childhood and the very real struggle of being…
Insignificance should be the perfect Terry Johnson play; characters based on real people based on a slightly surreal concept such as Hysteria, his play about Sigmund Freud and Salvador Dali …
In the opening scene of Jay, it's Jay (Flora Nisbet-Dawson) who's keeping it together. Her girlfriend Alex (Eleonora Fusco) is curled up on the floor, severely depressed and barely functioni…
Elizabeth Kuti's Fishskin Trousers is an ambitious play, a story of loss, grief and mythology spanning eight centuries, featuring only three characters.
A new arrival disrupts the daily routine and questions convention in this wonderful, comical and hard-hitting stage adaption of Ken Kesey's classic portrayal of life on a psychiatric ward in…
In this production of Dr Faustus the cast of 10 showcase their quintuple talents; not only do they act, they sing, dance, perform puppetry and magic. Joseph Morton, the director, pulls us r…
Howard Barker's play The Castle opens with the men returning from the crusades to find their fields neglected and their women astray. The men aren't happy with their loss of authority and a …
Complete with contemporary regional accents, Front Foot Theatre make Richard III fresh, realistic and easy to understand. What they do is transform it into a 21st-century political action th…
This transgressive tale of two hungry children, performed in German, is paired with witty paraphrasing on the screen behind: 'A treat? Could you be more specific?' It was a little unsettling…
Ian McKellen will feature in the West End premiere of The Exorcist as the voice of the Demon. From 20 October at the Phoenix Theatre, the stage adaptation of William Peter Blatty's iconic be…
What's Going On? A key theme of Victory Condition is how disconnected human beings (in industrialised countries) have become.
James Graham's latest play covers twenty-seven years of the life of a small town Labour MP across two-and-a-half hours, but it's frustratingly a middling affair. As a satirical comedy, it's …
In 2015, in response to the lack of transformation in South Africa following colonialism and apartheid, a group of students at the University of Cape Town began a protest, the focal point of…
A new adaptation of Jekyll and Hyde adds melodrama to the formula, diluting its potency.
Chris Hannah's What Shadows, making its London debut after a critically acclaimed run at the Birmingham Repetory in 2016, looks at the ever-changing United Kingdom by focusing on Enoch Powe…
Kathy Burke is not a woman you'll often see on the red carpet of a West End press night. She doesn't enjoy the photographs and expectations that come with it, and she'd much rather see her c…
Finally, the version of the Tempest you've always wanted - name the one with Native Chichewa speakers.
Am Dram is more than a group of amateurs putting on shows for families and friends. It allows audiences to see shows not commonly found in professional settings, it builds confidence, it giv…
