521 stories by "Shanine Salmon"
Written by Spanish playwright, Guillem Clua, The Swallow is a tightly written, brilliantly directed and acted rollercoaster of anger, heartache, hatred, humour, recriminations, guilt and sor…
Turkey is a play about playing with nature and playing with emotions. All three characters are people who haven't met their full potential, particularly Madeline who despite her skill with l…
Grace McKenzie discusses Island Song, the launch production for Polyphony Performances, her new company founded with Poppy Brooks. It's performed for one night only this Saturday 30 Septembe…
Nicole Espinoza and Jaime Lorca aided by puppetry put on this abridged, Spanish language version of Othello. It focuses on Act 4 onwards where Iago plots the demise of Cassio.
Pete Gibson is an actor based in the North West. He will be playing Douglas Adams in Mark Griffiths' new play We Apologise for the Inconvenience.
Remember when you were a little kid coming off a particularly exhilarating fairground ride, screaming "again, again!". That's how Photographer O " the latest immersive experience from BROKEN…
Finborough Theatre, London – until 30 September 2017 Guest reviewer: Melinda Haunton The signs are excellent when you enter the Finborough's latest set. It's instantly, vividly a cramp…
The Autumn Season at Ovalhouse explores the 'unseen' people in our communities: children in care, whistle-blowers, sex-workers, transgender people and asylum seekers.
The beauty of theatre is there are many ways to tell a tale. Thebes Land by Sergio Blanco (Blanco is from Uruguay, who also lived in Paris), is, on one hand, a tale of a man (Martin, played …
I loved the pre-recorded classical Punjabi songs and much of the live singing. The choreography, performed by an enthusiastic cast, was an entertaining mixture of classical and contemporary …
Just because the play wasn't written to be "about" anything doesn't mean it has no meaning to the players and the audience. It just has a different and personal meaning depending on who you …
Why bother with the traditional press night if you've sold 80% plus of allocation? Critics are, over time, becoming less of a key marketing tool and I am strangely fine with it.
It would be almost impossible not to enjoy a show based on the wonderful music of Simon and Garfunkel. The melodic joy they brought the world is simply wonderful and so I was delighted to at…
Although written with a young audience in mind, I'll go ahead and admit I was laughing from start to finish. The slapstick action and well-timed gags ensured laughs throughout.
Bite Your Tongue is bursting with ideas, energy, earnestness and enthusiasm. I admire the many views and ideas portrayed in the play. It covered so many issues including: what is black cultu…
Thirty years ago in the USA, the parents and grandparents of today's Twitter trolls and YouTube conspiracy video makers had no choice but to call up their local talk radio station if they wa…
Kenneth Branagh directs alumnus-turned-Hollywood superstar Tom Hiddleston as the Great Dane for three weeks only as a fundraiser for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Shanine Salmon…
Another day, another Hamlet. Despite my initial cynicism, I dare anyone not to be cynical about a version of Hamlet starring a former Tory MP, his barrister son and his American actress daug…
Windows, John Galsworthy's 1922 comment of interwar society, should have become a well-known classic, but beyond the argument of the point of war, there isn't much point to this story.
Antic Disposition's Richard III presents a modern-dress version of the Elizabethan play staged in a medieval church, but the themes and bite are pure 21st century. This mixture combines to c…
Louise Orwin, the writer, director and actor of A Girl and A Gun, is manipulating us, like all good play/screenwriters. We theatre and cinema-goers, sit in the dark, feeling: good, excited, …
Whishaw is brilliant as the Jesus-like character of Luke, capturing his unrelenting devotion to his quest to understand violence. Without Whishaw, it is hard to imagine the production would …
The mood was set by the dark scenery of black brick, interspersed with flashes of light. Hywel John has written a tightly scripted tale, set in 1950s Edinburgh, it is as brutal and harsh as …
Pluto's premise is ingenious. It dramatises the planet Pluto's reaction to learning that he has been re-categorised " demoted, effectively " from planet to dwarf planet. Pluto throws a party…
Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre's ensemble and Gecko Theatre collaborated to produce and perform a modern play inspired by A Midsummer Night's Dream and a story called The Peony Pavillion.
