Alice Saville writes on how theatre offers a way to put the past in dialogue with the present.
Alice Saville
Articles by Alice Saville
5 February 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: A Girl in School Uniform (Walks Into a Bar) at New Diorama Theatre
By Alice Saville
Revenge fantasies: two women craft stories for survival in this wonderfully noirish performance.
29 January 2018
Features
Why We Need Vault Festival
By Alice Saville
As Waterloo’s ever-growing arts festival returns for 2018, Alice Saville asks its co-director Mat Burt what it offers young companies.
26 January 2018
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: John at the National Theatre
By Alice Saville
The world unseen: Annie Baker’s play is beyond haunting.
20 January 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Lobster at Theatre503
By Alice Saville
Plenty of fish: Alice Saville on a same-sex, internet-age romance that loses its way.
2 January 2018
Features • Essays
Theatre Prefects
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville explores why it’s time to stop talking about ‘theatre etiquette’, and to start thinking about the behaviour of all sections of the audience.
5 December 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Cinderella at Hackney Empire
By Alice Saville
Festive ugliness: Alice Saville on Hackney’s take on the thorniest of panto plots.
30 November 2017
Features
Christmas Theatre on a Budget
By Alice Saville
It’s the spendiest time of the year, so here are some London theatre shows that are perfect for family trips or pals’ nights out – and under £15.
29 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie at the Apollo Theatre
Until 21 April 2018
By Alice Saville
It takes a village to raise a child… Alice Saville reviews the West End transfer of Tom MacRae and Dan Gillespie Sells’ new musical.
24 November 2017
Features • Essays • Performance
Aesthetics Off Centre
By Alice Saville
As $elfie$ comes to Hackney Showroom, Malik Nashad Sharpe explores the Black and Queer contexts behind their performance.
15 November 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Romantics Anonymous at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
20 October 2017 – 6 January 2018
By Alice Saville
Self-awareness, irony and sweaty palms: Alice Saville reviews Emma Rice’s joyful, chocolate-covered love story.
14 November 2017
Features
The dark side of the fringe
By Alice Saville
Following reports of abusive behaviour at Courtyard Theatre, Alice Saville explores how conditions in fringe theatres allow bad practice to go unchecked.
6 November 2017
Features
Kabeiroi: A Post-Mortem
By Alice Saville
Didn’t get tickets to Punchdrunk’s latest? Fear not, here’s a very detailed rundown of what you missed (and what you didn’t).
18 October 2017
Features
Sexual harassment in theatre won’t end until it’s everyone’s problem
By Alice Saville
As the Weinstein revelations spark a bout of theatre-world soul-searching, Alice Saville writes on why men need to take responsibility for rooting out sexual harassment.
13 October 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Labour of Love at the Noel Coward Theatre
27 September - 2 December 2017
By Alice Saville
‘Oh, Jeremy Corbyn!’ Alice Saville reviews James Graham’s play about the Labour party.