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Ava Wong Davies



Articles by Ava Wong Davies


Review: Tabletop Shakespeare by Forced Entertainment (online)
12 November 2020
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Review: Tabletop Shakespeare by Forced Entertainment (online)

By Ava Wong Davies

Kitchen-sink drama: Ava Wong Davies reviews Forced Entertainment’s domestic, unexpectedly moving retellings of Shakespeare’s plays.


Rediscovering London, with headphones
14 September 2020
Features

Rediscovering London, with headphones

By Ava Wong Davies

As the crowds trickle back into central London, Ava Wong Davies embarks on two headphone-led encounters with the city.


Redux review: Lungs at Old Vic
18 July 2020
Reviews • Redux Reviews

Redux review: Lungs at Old Vic

By Ava Wong Davies

Interlinked anxieties: Ava Wong Davies writes on Duncan Macmillan’s climate drama in its 2019 revival and its 2020 split screen livestream.


Imaginary Review: for what we were promised
20 April 2020
Reviews • Imaginary Reviews

Imaginary Review: for what we were promised

By Ava Wong Davies

“Images cling like smoke on a sleeve”: Ava Wong Davies pictures a visually striking Edinburgh fringe show, as part of the Imaginary Reviews series.


Review: The Seven Streams of the River Ota at National Theatre
18 March 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Seven Streams of the River Ota at National Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

A starting gun: Ava Wong Davies on Robert LePage’s epic but flattening narrative of suffering and resilience.


Review: The Mikvah Project at Orange Tree Theatre
4 March 2020
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Review: The Mikvah Project at Orange Tree Theatre

28th February - 28th March
By Ava Wong Davies

Sinking in: Ava Wong Davies writes on Georgia Green’s production of Josh Azouz’s ‘tender, exposing’ play, which explores an unfolding relationship through a religious ritual.


Review: The Bee in Me at Unicorn Theatre
11 February 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Bee in Me at Unicorn Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

Come fly with me: Ava Wong-Daves and her 11-year-old niece team up to review Roland Schimmelpfennig’s insect-based show.


Review: The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre
1 February 2020
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Sugar Syndrome at Orange Tree Theatre

24th January - 22nd February
By Ava Wong Davies

‘A sugary surface with an achingly bitter aftertaste’: Ava Wong Davies writes on Oscar Toeman’s revival of Lucy Prebble’s play about chatrooms and an unlikely friendship.


Review: The Welkin at National Theatre
24 January 2020
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Review: The Welkin at National Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

“That belly-deep, broiling sense of want”: Ava Wong-Davies writes on Lucy Kirkwood’s intensely bodily exploration of womanhood, repression and hunger.


Review: Snowflake at Kiln Theatre
19 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Snowflake at Kiln Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

“Yes, it’s a Brexit play”: Ava Wong Davies writes on the warm-hearted bluntness of Mike Bartlett’s story of intergenerational conflict.


Review: Three Sisters at National Theatre
17 December 2019
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Review: Three Sisters at National Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

On a cliff edge: Ava Wong Davies writes on a powerful new setting for Inua Ellam’s play.


Review: Cyrano de Bergerac at Playhouse Theatre
11 December 2019
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Review: Cyrano de Bergerac at Playhouse Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

“Sex? Indubitably! Violence? No doubt!”: Ava Wong Davies writes a rhyming review of Jamie Lloyd’s souped up verse drama.


Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Bridge Theatre
26 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe at Bridge Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

A glorious vision: Ava Wong Davies writes on the wintry magic of Sally Cookson’s Narnia story.


Review: High Fidelity at The Turbine Theatre
4 November 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: High Fidelity at The Turbine Theatre

21st October - 7th December
By Ava Wong Davies

‘The plot has aged like milk’: Ava Wong Davies creates a mixtape review in response to the musical adaptation of Nick Hornby’s novel about an ‘insufferable music snob’.


Review: Vassa at Almeida Theatre
24 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Vassa at Almeida Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

A bloodless revolution: Ava Wong Davies writes on Mike Bartlett and Tinuke Craig’s underpowered take on Gorky’s political satire.


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