Romeo & Juliet 2026 (Director)
☆☆☆☆ – A Young(ish) Perspective
“A supreme feat.”
“Truly a taught production that justifies every second of itself.”
“Romeo and Juliet by the Edinburgh University Shakespeare Company is a Shakespeare production unabashedly afraid of being a Shakespeare production.”
“It has a remarkable confidence in itself and proves that this text, no matter how many times it has been staged, can be something remarkable in the right team’s hands.”
☆☆☆☆ – Bouquets and Brickbats
“Lofty ambition.”
“An admirable production that has much to commend it.”
“Shakespeare’s verse is not often spoken as well as it is here.”
– All Edinburgh Theatre.
☆☆☆☆ – The Broad Online
“Bold and blood-soaked”
“Focused, stylish and impactful”
www.thebroadonline.com/post/review-eusc-s-romeo-and-juliet
“Kent’s vision of Capulet’s grand party as a ritualistic masked ball conjures memories of Eyes Wide Shut, and wouldn’t have looked out of place when Rico DeMarco was bringing European avant-garde to the gloriously messy first iteration of the Traverse Theatre.”
– The Quintessential Review
“This incarnation of Romeo & Juliet showcases a company unafraid of scale. Its strengths – particularly in performance, costume, and the integrity of its verse‑speaking – are considerable.”
– Corr Blimey
The General Will 2025 (Writer and Director)
☆☆☆☆ – Binge Fringe.
“A gut-punch explosion of theatre that explores apathy, delusion and empathy in what Keir Starmer (sorry, Sir Kevin Prime Minister) has dubbed ‘an Island of Strangers’.”
“Utilising Brechtian techniques and layers upon layers of meta-theatre, the company have created something truly unique in terms of modern day Fringe offerings”.
“The ensemble make a convincing and absurd case about how to express yourself under the weight of suppressive power and a rising tide of ignorance and discrimination. It’s achieved through smart direction from writer-director Salvador Kent, who thrusts the position of the performer and author as activist and dissident”.
“A powerful testimony to the power of the creative in a time of faltering hope and rising ignorance, delivered with charm, gusto and plenty of belly laughs along the way”.
☆☆☆☆☆ – Madeleine Morgan at EdFringe Review:
“Astounding Allegorical Clowning”
“Brechtian in nature”
“Brilliant in its pragmatism”
“Perfect pacing”
“The vast knowledge demonstrated about our political landscape, theatrical convention and ideological issues makes [Salvador Kent] very promising. [He] excels as a writer and is undoubtedly ‘one to watch’.”
https://www.edfringereview.com/review/e/5qqnY5e9Y2YEZspUaROV
(☆☆ – Morgan Holder: “As I watched this melodrama unfold, all I could think was, ‘When is Sir Prime Minister Kevin coming back?’).
El Público 2025 (Director)
☆☆☆☆☆ – The Student
“Compellingly Executed”
“Throughout Laden Spectacle”