When a lecture on bog bodies turns into something darker... Check out Olivia Cordell's one woman show Bog Body, with upcoming dates at the Bread & Roses and Etcetera theatres. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/bog-... 📸 Kelly Powers #bogbody #oliviacordell #horrortheatre #halloweentheatre

It's been a while since we did a walk along a lost London river! With Tom Bolton's trusty guide in hand, join me along the path of the Fleet from Hampstead to Blackfriars. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/walk... #riverfleet #londonslostrivers #lostriver #londonhistory #walkingtour #londonwalk

It's here! My annual post rounding up all the interesting corners of London I saw as part of Open House Festival. This year that includes a brand new Somali community museum project, Tudor almshouses in Croydon, and plenty of Lewisham self-build projects. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/open...

Rarely performed, Oscar Wilde's first play Vera; Or, the Nihilists is on at the Jack Studio Theatre until 27 September. Wildeans should book now, you may not have the chance to see it again! 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/vera... 📸 Henry Roberts

Charisma in spades as Ncuti Gatwa plays Christopher Marlowe in Born With Teeth, opposite Edward Bluemel as William Shakespeare. On at Wyndham's Theatre until 1 November. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/born...

Tears, laughter, recognition: Not Your Superwoman at the Bush Theatre is a deeply moving story of mothers, daughters, and the cycles Black women carry and try to break. With powerhouse performances from Golda Rosheuvel and Letitia Wright. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/not-... 📸 Richard Lakos

It's starting to feel autumnal. Before all the leaves drop, let's take a stroll through some of Petersham's private gardens. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/pete... #petersham #petershamnurseries #opengarden #opengardens #westlondon #thames #londonhistory

Behind every coffin is a story. In Vernon, one funeral director finally tells his own, with dark laughs and a heavy heart. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/vern... 📸 Image supplied by the Vernon/SE Fest team

Black Power Desk at Brixton House is a powerful new musical about family, politics,and the fight for justice in 1970s Britain. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/blac... 📸 (c) Helen Murray

Megan Prescott's Really Good Exposure takes us from child stardom to strip clubs, casting couches and beyond, exploring power, performance, and women's agency. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/real... 📸 (c) Damian Robertson

The Popess: Instructions for Freedom brings the forgotten story of the Guglielmites to the stage. Elena Mazzon's one-woman show mixes medieval Milan with modern wit. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/the-... 📸 Josephine Bono

Grayson Perry meets the Wallace Collection in Delusions of Grandeur, an exhibition I've been excited to see and which did not disappoint. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/gray... #graysonperry #wallacecollection #whatsonlondon #contemporaryart #artgallery #artlover

A bumper crop of reviews today from the Courtauld, with not one but four exhibitions in scope. Seen here are works by Louise Bourgeois from Abstract Erotic. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/09/curr... #abstracterotic #louisebourgeois #courtauldgallery #courtauld #whatsonlondon #abstractart

While we're in Olargues, why not stop in at the local museum? 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/le-m... #olargues #smallmuseum #museedartsettraditionspopulaires #villagemuseum #museummannequin #languedocroussillon #minervois #herault

Today we take a summery walk around Olargues, one of France's prettiest villages. Explore medieval and Knights Hospitaller history with me over on the blog. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/a-vi... #olargues #herault #minervois #lesplusbeauxvillagesdefrance #walkingtour #history #travel

Sirena is a suitably enchanting contemporary opera retelling the myth of sirens from a feminist perspective. Unfortunately its run at the Glitch has ended, but you can read all about it today on the blog. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/sire...

Avocado Presents: An Improvised Play at 21Soho - a fun and funny, strange and silly evening of comedy and theatre. This duo know exactly what good improv should be! 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/an-i...

One final Barcelona Post today as we check out history and archaeology at the wonderful (and free!) el Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/el-b... #elbornbarcelona #elborncentredeculturaimemòria #archaeology #freemuseum #barcelona #barcelona🇪🇸 #visitbarcelona🇪🇸

Get your fix of Picasso and medieval palaces in one spot at the Museu Picasso Barcelona! 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/muse... #museupicasso #museupicassobarcelona #picasso #barriogotico #artmuseum #visitbarcelona🇪🇸 #picassomuseum

Fitting Park Güell into a Barcelona itinerary might take a little planning, but it's worth it. One of the loveliest spots I've visited in the city, despite its popularity. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/park...

Back at the Sagrada Familia, baby! This time to explore its museum in more depth (but who can resist another look at the church while we're there?) 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/muse... #sagradafamilia #templeexpiatoridelasagradafamília #architecture #antonigaudi #barcelona #barcelona_turisme

The Reial Monestir de Pedralbes is a great place to start a little excursion to Barcelona. Even now, it's a little removed from the heat and bustle of the central city. Read all about it in today's new post. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/reia...

Learn how Anselm Kiefer drew inspiration from art history in Kiefer / Van Gogh at the RA. Despite some challenges balancing the difference in scale, key works by both artists hold their own. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/kief...

Chila Kumari Singh Burman is just one of the artists featured in Connecting Thin Black Lines 1985 - 2025 at London's ICA. What has changed (or not) in the practice of these Black and Asian women artists, 40 years on? 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/conn...

Leigh Bowery! is on at Tate Modern until 31 August. The humour and unique creativity of this larger than life character fill the gallery spaces with Looks, clips, archival images and more. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/leig...

I'm going on a little trip! Check the blog for new posts, which are scheduled over the next week or so and ready to go. Now to get the cat out of my duffel bag...

A talking bust of William S. Burroughs, glitter everywhere, and one man's slow motion unravelling. Lost Watches is a surreal little trip at Park Theatre. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/lost... 📸 Mark Senior

What happens when you see something horrific... and feel nothing? Static Lives at Camden Fringe is a thoughtful two-hander about numbness, friendship, and moral overload in the algorithm age. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/stat... 📸 Provided by Two Parachutes

Vegetal dreams and clingfilm rebirths - Shedwood at Camden Fringe is intense, physical, and fully committed. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/shed... 📸 Provided by the Shedwood team #shedwood #camdenfringe #baronscourttheatre #whatsonlondon #liveperformance #contemporarydance

Get ready to play, experiment, and feel the vibrations at the Barbican. Feel the Sound is on until 31 August: try to visit at an off-peak time to make the most of the interactive experiences. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/feel...

A.I.M [An Invisible Mission] recreates the spy genre with nothing more than a mime, a Foley table, and a lot of imagination. Catch it at Etcetera Theatre as part of Camden Fringe until 3 Aug. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/a-i-... 📸 Ben Wilkin

There's just over a week to go on the first of three Encounters: Giacometti exhibitions at the Barbican. How does the Swiss artist's work connect with that of Pakistani-American artist Huma Bhabha? Read today's new post and then come check it out. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/08/enco...

Putin wants to buy London. He's been texting in emojis. The PM is panicking. The Foreign Secretary is starting on the vodka. Londongrad, part of Camden Fringe, is fast, funny, and worryingly plausible. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/lond... 📸 Jason Perryman

Tracey Yarad's 'All These Pretty Things' is a tale of picking up the pieces after the "dismemberment" of a marriage. Beautiful voice, deft songwriting, and a story that still draws a gasp. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/all-... 📸 Andrew Perry

Last night I had the privilege of seeing travelling theatre company the Handlebards in the lovely setting of Southwell Minster. They're on tour until 18 September including some London dates, so don't miss out! 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/much... 📸 Tom Dixon

What's all this, then? A historic place, a waterwheel, the set up for a concert: join the dots with me in today's post on the Pavillon de Manse. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/le-p... #pavillondemanse #chateaudechantilly #chantilly #smallmuseum #history #watermill #daytripsfromparis

What's all this, then? A historic place, a waterwheel, the set up for a concert: join the dots with me in today's post on the Pavillon de Manse. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/le-p... #pavillondemanse #chateaudechantilly #chantilly #smallmuseum #history #watermill #daytripsfromparis

Learn all about the millennia-long relationship between man and horse, at le Musée vivant du cheval (Living Museum of the Horse) in Chantilly. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/le-m... #muséevivantducheval #châteaudechantilly #pony #poney #chantilly #horselover #grandesécuries #museumlover

A very special exhibition in Chantilly now, in fact a once in a lifetime opportunity. Learn all about the Mona Lisa of manuscripts, Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, in today's post. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/les-...

We're on tour again here on the Salterton Arts Review: a few posts coming at you this week from Chantilly, near Paris. Up today is a guide for 48 hours in Chantilly for culture lovers. Enjoy! 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/48-h...

There's a week left to catch new commission from Harmeet Singh Rahal, Time Travelogues From Those Left Waiting, as part of Deptford X. Be drawn into a world where time is fluid and powerful. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/time...

Who would you want to be stuck with in a billionaire's bunker coffee shop? A good question to ponder as you catch It's Not About Coffee, finishing its short run at the Jack Studio Theatre tomorrow. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/its-... 📸 Izzy Ponsford

Jenny Saville's big, bold paintings fill the National Portrait Gallery in The Anatomy of Painting. Great exhibition, don't miss it. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/jenn... #jennysaville #nationalportraitgallery #whatsonlondon #yba #portrait #contemporaryart #femaleartist #theanatomyofpainting

Something a little different today as we explore Crystal Palace Park looking for traces of the great engineering wonder of the age (and some dinosaurs). 🦕 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/ruin...

The second of a pair of exhibitions at Tate Britain today as we explore Ithell Colquhoun. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/ithe... #ithellcolquhoun #tatebritain #tate #automaticdrawing #femaleartist #britishartist #surrealism #whatsonlondon #artlover

Our final stop in Grenada is a passion project, community memory store, and unique visitor experience off the beaten track. It's Rome Museum, a labour of love by Mr. Joseph Rome who has carefully documented changing ways of living over the years. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/rome...

And now for a topic very close to Grenada's heart, a spice you will see depicted on murals, and taste in many a dish: it's nutmeg! What better place to learn more about it than the Grenada Nutmeg Museum? 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/gren...

Any guesses what the subject of today's post is? That's right, it's the Grenada National Museum. A great place to learn more about Grenada's history and people, as well as see some interesting museological practice. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/the-...

We're starting a little excursion today based on some recent travels! First up is a guide to Grenada for culture lovers: how to get the most out of your time in the tri-island nation. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/gren... #grenada #stgeorgesgrenada #visitgrenada #grenada🇬🇩 #travelguide #travel

Go see Places I Never Think About, by Transit Productions. Last night at the Omnibus Theatre tonight as part of 96 Festival, but always worth seeking out a joyful and multidisciplinary bit of storytelling like this. 👉 saltertonartsreview.com/2025/07/plac...