Little house on memory lane: Alice Saville revisits Martin McDonagh’s brilliantly horrible play.
Alice Saville
Articles by Alice Saville
14 October 2021
Reviews
Review: Liminal at King’s Head Theatre
By Alice Saville
In-between days: Alice Saville reviews Le Gateau Chocolat’s quiet, reflective directorial debut.
18 September 2021
Reviews
Review: Blue Remembered Hills at GDIF
By Alice Saville
Lost wildness: Alice Saville reviews De Roovers’ outdoor version of Dennis Potter’s play, performed deep in Thamesmead’s wilderness.
9 September 2021
Features
“Please, please, please wear your mask in the theatre”
By Alice Saville
An imaginary conversation between two theatregoers at a mostly-maskless West End show.
30 August 2021
Features
Edinburgh 2021: An ending, a beginning
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes about the strangeness and specialness of 2021’s smaller-than-ever fringe festival.
18 June 2021
Reviews
Review: After Life at National Theatre
By Alice Saville
A cosmic filing cabinet: Alice Saville shifts through her memories of Headlong and National Theatre’s show about what lives on.
17 June 2021
Features
The Edinburgh Fringe is in limbo: who’s going to secure its future?
By Alice Saville
It’s still unclear what form 2021’s Edinburgh Fringe is going to take. Alice Saville argues that for the festival to survive, deeper conversation and decisive change is needed.
11 June 2021
Reviews
Review: The Ballad of Corona V (The Remix) at The Big House
By Alice Saville
Down the rabbit hole: Alice Saville reviews a feverish satire of pandemic-era Britain, performed by young people.
30 May 2021
Reviews
Review: Walden at Harold Pinter Theatre
By Alice Saville
Sheltering in place: Alice Saville reviews Amy Berryman’s log cabin drama, set against a backdrop of global climate crisis.
28 May 2021
Reviews
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream at Shakespeare’s Globe
By Alice Saville
Joyful scenes: Alice Saville’s illustrated review sketches the magic of Sean Holmes production, as it reopens The Globe.
3 January 2021
Reviews
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.
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.
15 October 2020
Reviews
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.
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.
26 September 2020
Features
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.