Ifeyinwa Frederick writes on why the theatre industry needs a break from its centuries-long love affair with all things Shakespeare.
Alice Saville
Articles by Alice Saville
30 May 2017
Features
How can we reverse the decline in Asian audiences?
By Alice Saville
A recent study showed that theatregoing in Asian communities is on the decline. Trina Haldar writes on why letting young audiences see themselves on stage is key.
25 May 2017
Features
How Exeunt’s Friends scheme is paying off
By Alice Saville
In December, Exeunt asked for your help. Here’s how our Friends Scheme is helping us to be bigger, better and stronger – and why you should join.
22 May 2017
Features
Putting the ‘mad artist’ myth to bed
By Alice Saville
“Would I be less creative if I was less mad? Aniqah Choudhri talks to theatremakers who explore mental illness on stage about why the ‘mad artist’ myth is so dangerous.
20 May 2017
Reviews
Review: The Treatment at the Almeida Theatre
Until June 10th
By Alice Saville
An uneasy critique of storytelling: Alice Saville on a “shifting, fitfully hilarious” revival of Martin Crimp’s play.
16 May 2017
Features
The Allure of the Uniform
By Alice Saville
As 42nd Street continues to dazzle the West End, Alice Saville asks why Busby Berkeley’s legacy is still bulletproof.
10 May 2017
Features
Angels in America: A Homecoming
By Alice Saville
Ten years after last seeing Tony Kushner’s epic play cycle (and writing a PhD thesis on it) Emily Garside writes on why going to the NT’s Angels in America feels like coming home.
8 May 2017
Features
In Defence of Exeunt’s Mayerling Review
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville responds to an influx of complaints regarding Exeunt’s review of the Royal Ballet’s Mayerling.
2 May 2017
Reviews
Review: Oh Yes, Oh No at Camden People’s Theatre
By Alice Saville
Pain and pleasure: Louise Orwin’s solo performance is a powerful, uneasy look at the trouble with sex positivity.
1 May 2017
Features
Les Miserables So White
By Alice Saville
From 19th century revolutionary Paris to the Black Lives Matter movements: Nemo Martin explores how Victor Hugo’s story of protest is being reimagined by online fans.
27 April 2017
Reviews
Review: Cock and Bull at Southbank Centre
By Alice Saville
Politics and pain: Nic Green’s performance is an artful exploration of rhetoric and deceit.
24 April 2017
Features
Are we Building the Wrong Kind of New Theatres?
By Alice Saville
Following the launch of The Bridge, a venture capital-funded space helmed by Nicholas Hytner, Alice Saville asks why London’s new theatres are looking to the past, not the future.
11 April 2017
Reviews
Review: The Goat at Theatre Royal Haymarket
By Alice Saville
Edward Albee’s play is “a wonderfully complex exploration of the boundaries of sexual freedom”.
11 April 2017
Reviews
Review: The Hearing Trumpet at Theatre Delicatessen, Peckham
Until April 29th, 2017
By Alice Saville
A muddled adaptation of Leonora’s surrealist novel in Peckham’s new theatre space.
4 April 2017
Features
Jamal Harewood: “I know I’m pushing people’s buttons”
By Alice Saville
‘The Privileged’ uses a furry polar bear suit to confront racism head on. Alice Saville chats to Jamal Harewood about audience reactions, game theatre, and his new performance ‘Word’.