The boy with the lyre: Alice Saville writes on Anais Mitchell’s infernal concept album-turned-musical.
Alice Saville
Articles by Alice Saville
9 November 2018
Features
Opportunity: British Council bursaries for bloggers
By Alice Saville
A new British Council project will support UK bloggers to discover and write about international work.
6 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Dealing With Clair at Orange Tree Theatre
26th October - 6th December
By Alice Saville
Suspicious stains: Martin Crimp’s unsettling 1988 play picks away at a real estate-selling couple’s hypocrisy and greed.
31 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Company at Gielgud Theatre
Until 30th March
By Alice Saville
“Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company!” – Alice Saville’s response to Marianne Elliott’s reimagining of Sondheim is structured around the show’s lyrics.
29 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: A Very Very Very Dark Matter at Bridge Theatre
By Alice Saville
Casual cruelty: Martin McDonagh’s play mixes crude colonialist satire with the trappings of a family Christmas show.
28 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Truth or Dare, Britney or Goofy… at Unicorn Theatre
By Alice Saville
A spreading bruise: Alice Saville writes on Lies Pauwels’ participatory exploration of dealing with emotional pain.
15 October 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Sweet Science of Bruising at Southwark Playhouse
Until 27th October
By Alice Saville
Punching up: Joy Wilkinson’s play is an exhilarating trip into an imagined world of Victorian women’s boxing.
15 October 2018
Features • Essays
Is the hype real?
By Alice Saville
As social media takes a starring role in 21st century theatre marketing, Alice Saville writes on the power and pitfalls of Twitter-era criticism.
8 October 2018
Features
A year on from #MeToo, it’s time for justice, not rehabilitation
By Alice Saville
A year on from #MeToo, Alice Saville looks at the theatre industry’s response – and argues it’s far from time to move on.
6 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Antony and Cleopatra at the National Theatre
Until 19th January
By Alice Saville
Perfumed sails: Sophie Okonedo shines in the NT’s swimmingly beautiful staging of Shakespeare’s prickly love story.
2 October 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Salome at the ENO
Until 23rd October
By Alice Saville
Desire is everything: Adena Jacobs’ staging of Strauss’s opera is full of ponytail-slick, sensuous, striking images.
14 September 2018
Reviews
Review: Heathers the Musical London Theatre Royal Haymarket
By Alice Saville
Ice-cold teen psychopaths: Alice Saville writes on the ’80s teen movie’s uneasy transition to the stage.
5 September 2018
Features
Clare Barron: “The writing’s better, because we’re working together”
By Alice Saville
The author of ‘Dance Nation’ talks teen experience, experimenting with form, and what makes New York’s playwriting scene special.
3 September 2018
Features
Exeunt Recommends: September 3rd-18th 2018
By Alice Saville
The UK’s theatres are starting a new term with some huge openings, and we’re taking notes. Here’s what to see.
26 August 2018
Features • Edinburgh Fringe 2018
Exeunt recommends: Edinburgh Fringe, Week Three
By Alice Saville
As the fringe rumbles to a close, here are the shows that Exeunt’s writers wouldn’t want you to forget.