A destroyed room: Alice Saville writes on the dust-coated debates of Ibsen’s rarely staged play.
Alice Saville

Articles by Alice Saville
11 April 2019
Reviews
Review: The Crucible at Yard Theatre
By Alice Saville
Into the woods: Alice Saville writes on an eerie staging of Arthur Miller’s thorny narrative of hysteria.
3 April 2019
Features
Integrated Access: Making shows for plural audiences
By Alice Saville
“To make one homogenous show is, to me, increasingly nonsensical”: Rachel Bagshaw and Tamar Saphra talk about making work which actively includes disabled and non-disabled audiences.
25 March 2019
Reviews
Review: Downstate at National Theatre
2nd March - 27th April 2019
By Alice Saville
Compelling nastiness: Alice Saville writes on Bruce Norris’s study of a group home for convicted paedophiles.
20 March 2019
Features
The Color Purple; who gets to play gay?
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes on what ‘The Color Purple’ casting controversy says about theatre producers’ attitudes towards queer actors, and queer audiences.
14 March 2019
Features
Theatre’s Plans for Brexit Weekend
By Alice Saville
A tear-stained rundown of all the ways in which the UK’s theatre scene will mark Britain’s (probable) parting of ways with the EU.
12 March 2019
Reviews
Review: Waitress – The Musical at Adelphi Theatre
8th February-19th October
By Alice Saville
“THIS pie was SO perfect!” – Alice Saville responds to the hit musical, using real TripAdvisor reviews of American diners.
6 March 2019
Features
Exeunt Recommends: March 2019
By Alice Saville
Mess, horror and queer celebration: here are Exeunt’s UK-wide picks for March in theatre and performance.
27 February 2019
Reviews
Review: The Trick at Bush Theatre
By Alice Saville
Staged magic: Alice Saville writes on Eve Leigh’s play, and its explorations of grief and artifice.
20 February 2019
Features
All in a Row
By Alice Saville
Alex Oates’ play about an autistic child has sparked a multi-layered conversation about disability and representation. Alice Saville writes on why it’s time for its makers to listen.
5 February 2019
Features
Vault Odyssey: Hard Relate
By Alice Saville
Alice Saville writes on ideas of relatability and representation in three Vault Festival shows.
31 January 2019
Reviews
Review: Counting Sheep at Vault Festival
By Alice Saville
Protest theatre: Alice Saville writes on an immersive show sparked by the 2014 Kiev Uprising.
8 January 2019
Features
Exeunt Recommends: January 2019
By Alice Saville
Vault, Push Festival, and more mime than you can shake an (invisible) stick at: here’s Exeunt’s UK-wide picks for January in theatre.
14 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Hadestown at National Theatre
By Alice Saville
The boy with the lyre: Alice Saville writes on Anais Mitchell’s infernal concept album-turned-musical.
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.