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Welcome to the Salient blog! Here you'll find every piece of writing we've published this year. Browse by category, or just go for a scroll.


Phoebe Robertson
Aug 12, 20244 min read
Will These Dog Treats Get My Friends to Piss Outside?
Inspired by a Spinoff article where author Asia Martusia King tried dog food, I decided to conduct my own experiment.


Guy van Egmond
Aug 5, 20243 min read
Moving Pictures, Moving People: Films About Migrancy
The last few years have seen a major uptick in beautiful and heart-wrenching immigrant films.


Salient Mag
Aug 5, 20242 min read
Editorial: Issue 17—Immigrant & Refugee
This edition of Salient highlights our students’ migration stories—of safety, survival, and opportunity.


Guy van Egmond
Jul 19, 20243 min read
Review: Limbo
Guy Van Egmond (he/him) Having sold-out its development season, Limbo is back for a second run at BATS Theatre. Produced by Keane As and...


Guy van Egmond
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Review: Crumbly Jack
By Guy van Egmond (he/him) Venue: Valhalla Editors note: review updated 30/03/2024. Fixed grammar, and added photos. Author’s confession:...


Guy van Egmond
Mar 8, 20243 min read
Review: Sandwich Artist
Written by Guy van Egmond (he/him) Maybe I’m being subjective here, but a show playing “Man or Muppet” as house music is bound to be good...


Guy van Egmond
Mar 6, 20243 min read
Review: Antarctic Endeavours
Written by: Guy van Egmond (he/him), Phoebe Robertson (she/her) How do you summarize a play that has no summary? A play whose own blurb...


Guy van Egmond
Mar 4, 20245 min read
Behind the Screens
Words by Guy van Egmond Oh, the magic of the movie theatre. The latest cinematic art and entertainment on the silver screen; luxury seats...


Guy van Egmond
Feb 28, 20243 min read
Review: Twenty Minutes to Nine
Words by: Guy van Egmond (he/him) Content warning: suicide I am genuinely lost for words, trying to describe Twenty Minutes to Nine. It...


Guy van Egmond
Feb 24, 20242 min read
Review: Ben Pope: Holy Cow
Picture credit: Ben Pope Words by: Guy van Egmond (he/him) Perhaps I shouldn’t have gone to this show. Because, truth be told, I knew I...


Guy van Egmond
Feb 19, 20243 min read
Review: The Cyranoid
A tale as old as time: men can’t talk to women… Picture credit: Phoebe Robertson Words by: Guy van Egmond (he/him) Turning a five-act...
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