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Alice Saville


Alice Saville

Alice is editor of Exeunt, as well as working as a freelance arts journalist for publications including Time Out, Fest and Auditorium magazine. Follow her on Twitter @Raddington_B


Articles by Alice Saville


Review: Ratatouille – the Musical (online)
3 January 2021
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Review: Ratatouille – the Musical (online)

By Alice Saville

Cooking up a storm: Alice Saville reviews a fan-created musical inspired by Pixar’s tale of a talented rodent chef.


Does online theatre really need to be live?
1 December 2020
Features

Does online theatre really need to be live?

By Alice Saville

‘Liveness’ is central to theatre’s identity. But how can you create it online? And do you need to? Alice Saville explores the tangled set of questions facing 2020’s artists and producers.


Review: The Last Five Years at Southwark Playhouse
15 October 2020
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Review: The Last Five Years at Southwark Playhouse

By Alice Saville

A shattered treehouse: Alice Saville writes on the furious emotional intensity of Jason Robert Brown’s story of heartbreak, performed by two actor-musicians.


Review: Sunnymead Court at Tristan Bates Theatre
2 October 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Sunnymead Court at Tristan Bates Theatre

By Alice Saville

Queer longings: Gemma Lawrence’s play charts a lockdown romance forged at a distance.


People are theatre’s biggest asset; it’s time to start valuing them
26 September 2020
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People are theatre’s biggest asset; it’s time to start valuing them

By Alice Saville

As the UK’s leaders use the language of business to justify further devastation to theatre, Alice Saville argues that they’re looking for value in the wrong places.


Redux review: work.txt and work_from_home
11 August 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews

Redux review: work.txt and work_from_home

By Alice Saville

Essential work: Alice Saville explores how Nathan Ellis’s interactive play works better from home.


NT at Home: An Incomplete Diary
7 August 2020
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NT at Home: An Incomplete Diary

By Alice Saville

Alice Saville writes on surviving through lockdown, and learning to love livestreamed theatre.


An Apology, A Commitment
24 July 2020
Features

An Apology, A Commitment

By Alice Saville

As Equity drafts a new code of conduct for critics, Alice Saville writes about racism and reviewing.


Some Reasons to Save the UK’s Theatres and Production Companies
29 June 2020
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Some Reasons to Save the UK’s Theatres and Production Companies

By Alice Saville

Alice Saville collates some arguments for urgently funding theatres now, so that they’ll still be there for us in whatever world awaits us in 2021.


Holding Theatre to Account
9 June 2020
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Holding Theatre to Account

By Alice Saville

A new initiative is holding theatres accountable on Black representation. Here’s more info, plus thoughts on Exeunt’s aims for the future.


What could socially distanced theatre look like?
14 May 2020
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What could socially distanced theatre look like?

By Alice Saville

We could have celebrity monologues in half-empty auditoriums. Or, we could look to the experimental theatremakers who’ve made space for new forms.


Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers
10 May 2020
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Theatre’s Left Behind Freelancers

By Alice Saville

Alice Saville surveys the freelance theatre workers who aren’t covered by government support, and have been left without income overnight.


The paradoxes of trying to make art during a pandemic
30 March 2020
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The paradoxes of trying to make art during a pandemic

By Alice Saville

Alice Saville writes on how coronavirus offers theatre an opportunity to rethink what ‘being in a room together’ really means.


A Grumpy Feminist’s Guide to Enjoying Pretty Woman the Musical
2 March 2020
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A Grumpy Feminist’s Guide to Enjoying Pretty Woman the Musical

By Alice Saville

Alice Saville makes a big, huge attempt to appreciate the joys of the Julia Roberts flick-turned-heteronormative musical fantasy.


The costly stage magic of Caryl Churchill
29 February 2020
Features

The costly stage magic of Caryl Churchill

By Alice Saville

With both ‘Far Away’ and ‘A Number’ on in London, now’s your moment to develop a Caryl Churchill obsession. Alice Saville writes on two plays that are designed to mesmerise.


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