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Ava Wong Davies



Articles by Ava Wong Davies


Review: Camp Siegfried at Old Vic Theatre
22 September 2021
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Review: Camp Siegfried at Old Vic Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

Stuttering romance: Ava Wong Davies reviews Bess Wohl’s stop-start look at young love and fascism.


Review: Lucy McCormick’s Life:LIVE! at Battersea Arts Centre
10 July 2021
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Review: Lucy McCormick’s Life:LIVE! at Battersea Arts Centre

By Ava Wong Davies

“Wild, magnified narcissism”: Ava Wong Davies reviews Lucy McCormick’s boundary-pushing live solo album in BAC’s Grand Hall.


Review: Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe
9 July 2021
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Review: Romeo and Juliet at Shakespeare’s Globe

By Ava Wong Davies

Screwed-up Shakespeare: Ava Wong Davies reviews Ola Ince’s take on the much-adapted teenage love story.


“the world is so different now” – seven methods of killing kylie jenner, revisited
23 June 2021
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“the world is so different now” – seven methods of killing kylie jenner, revisited

By Ava Wong Davies

Two years after it premiered, seven methods is moving from Royal Court’s studio to its main house. Ava Wong Davies asks its director Milli Bhatia about what’s changed.


Review: Harm at Bush Theatre
22 May 2021
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Review: Harm at Bush Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

Extremely online: Ava Wong Davies falls into the unsettling world of Phoebe Eclair-Powell’s internet satire.


Review: HELLO, by Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas (online)
9 March 2021
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Review: HELLO, by Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas (online)

By Ava Wong Davies

“Life gets in the way”: Ava Wong Davies reviews an intimate, constantly interrupted, week-long succession of texts and videos from Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas.


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
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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.


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