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Tuesday, January 17, 2017

HE(ART) – Theatre N16 by Shanine Salmon

Andrew Maddock is one of my favourite new writers. He seems to focus on people, rather than characters and stories over storylines. His new play He(art), produced by Lonesome Schoolboy, is a…

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BRAINS – Theatre N16 by Shanine Salmon

Thick and Thin’s comedy about a zombie outbreak and the pharma industry feels like an extended comedy sketch but it has a lot of potential to be a funny and clever look at healthcare in a …

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

THE ALBATROSS 3rd & MAIN – Park Theatre by Shanine Salmon

Shiny Pin Productions, in partnership with the Park Theatre’s The Albatross 3rd & Main is a gritty black comedy looking at US federal law, crime and golden eagles. Does it soar or is …

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Saturday, January 14, 2017

BU21 – Trafalgar Studios by Shanine Salmon

Much like the play’s own traumatised characters, Stuart Slade’s BU21 feels precarious, but ultimately achieves great depth through cathartic honesty. The intimate six-hander, now playing…

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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

VETERANS DAY – Finborough Theatre by Shanine Salmon

Veterans Day is appropriately timed revival that shows not much has changed when dealing with members of the armed services post-conflict.

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THE TRACKERS OF OXYRHYNCHUS – Finborough Theatre by Shanine Salmon

The Trackers of Oxyrhynchus, Tony Harrison’s 1998 will either divide or conquer its audience with its intense performances and its rhyming couplets. I failed to really research this pro…

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AN INSPECTOR CALLS – West End by Shanine Salmon

An Inspector Calls is a haunting look at the gaps in society and this production is a timely and important reminder that not much has changed since its 1912 setting, its 1945 premiere or eve…

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Monday, January 9, 2017

DREAMGIRLS – West End by Shanine Salmon

Much has, and will, be written about Riley’s performance, specifically her vocals, and rightly so. But this is no one-woman show. Director Casey Nicholaw has assembled a supremely (geddit)…

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Sunday, January 8, 2017

NEWS: Trainspotting’s Irvine Welsh becomes patron of Leith Theatre by Shanine Salmon

The trust that runs Edinburgh's Leith Theatre has announced best-selling Trainspotting author - and locally born - Irvine Welsh as its Patron. Welsh has issued a message of support for the t…

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Year in Review: Shanine Salmon’s highs & lows of theatre in 2016 by Shanine Salmon

My blog has only been going since April 2016 so it isn’t a comprehensive look at the hits and misses of the year. I saw 80 shows this year, across London and the South East of England.

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

KIKI’S DELIVERY SERVICE – Southwark Playhouse by Shanine Salmon

Kiki's Delivery Service, based on Eiko Kadono’s novel and adapted by Jessican Sian, owes a lot to Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time but it is a fun, and times moving, piece of …

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