At the Edinburgh fringe’s midpoint, here are the shows that Exeunt’s writers think you should see.
Alice Saville
Articles by Alice Saville
10 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Edinburgh review: Daughter at Canada Hub, Summerhall
Until 26th August
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville on Adam Lazarus’s controversial (but not controversial enough) narrative of male violence.
9 August 2018
Reviews
Edinburgh review: Girl World at The Space
Until 25th August
By Alice Saville
A riot grrl playground: Frisky Theatre’s show is an entrancing, infuriating exploration of girlhood.
9 August 2018
Features • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Exeunt Recommends: Edinburgh fringe, week one
By Alice Saville
The fringe has begun, and Exeunt’s writers have a few thoughts on what you should go and see.
7 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Review: May I Speak About Dance? at Summerhall
Until 12th August
By Alice Saville
Boaz Barkan’s performance-lecture explores the struggle to put dance into words.
6 August 2018
Reviews
Edinburgh review: Fallen Fruit by Two Destination Language
By Alice Saville
A society, torn down: Katherina Radeva’s solo show asks questions about the kind of world we want to live in.
30 July 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Fun Home at Young Vic Theatre
18th June - 1st September
By Alice Saville
Intricately drawn: Alice Saville on the soaring, beautiful musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel.
30 June 2018
Reviews
Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Donmar Theatre
June 12th - July 28th 2018
By Alice Saville
Listen and learn: Polly Findlay’s play is a masterclass in puncturing the trope of the Charismatic Maverick Teacher.
26 June 2018
Features • Essays
Remaking Musical Theatre’s Misogynist History
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes on Kiss Me Kate, and her complex relationship with musical theatre’s problematic back catalogue.
25 June 2018
Features
Exeunt Recommends: 25.6.2018
By Alice Saville
Incoming is Incoming! More on the mini-festival of bargainous work by emerging artists, plus plenty of other shows not to miss this fortnight.
11 June 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Phobiarama at LIFT 2018
8 - 18 June 2018
By Alice Saville
‘Like any fairground ride, Phobiarama is not subtle’: Alice Saville rides Dries Verhoeven’s ghost train at LIFT 2018.
11 June 2018
Features • Essays
To all the shows I didn’t go to
By Alice Saville
As the theatre calendar goes into overdrive, Alice Saville writes on the time-and-space challenges of trying, and failing, to see everything.
4 June 2018
Reviews
Review: The Rink at Southwark Playhouse
25th May to 23rd June
By Alice Saville
Hall of amusements: set in a decaying seaside resort, this rarely staged Kander and Ebb musical has a warm mother-daughter bond at its heart.
22 May 2018
Reviews • Norwich
Review: The Paper Man at Norfolk and Norwich Festival
By Alice Saville
A beautiful game: Improbable’s devised show mixes football and feminism, in a tribute to the power of teamwork.
8 May 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Grotty at The Bunker Theatre
1st-26th May
By Alice Saville
Clam jam: Izzy Tennyson’s play is a grimy, intriguing look at Dalston’s lesbian party scene.