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Ava Wong Davies



Articles by Ava Wong Davies


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.


Review: Little Baby Jesus at Orange Tree Theatre
23 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Little Baby Jesus at Orange Tree Theatre

18 October - 16 November
By Ava Wong Davies

Ava Wong Davies writes on Tristan Fynn-Aiduenu’s production of Arinzé Kene’s play about teenagers on the cusp of adulthood, which ‘fizzes and froths like a half-drunk bottle of Coke’.


Review: for all the women who thought they were Mad at Stoke Newington Town Hall
20 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: for all the women who thought they were Mad at Stoke Newington Town Hall

By Ava Wong Davies

Teetering on the verge: Ava Wong Davies reviews Zawe Ashton’s poetic play exploring black women’s experiences of mental health issues.


Review: Blood Wedding at Young Vic
7 October 2019
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Blood Wedding at Young Vic

By Ava Wong Davies

“Heteronormativity…it’s a curse!”: Ava Wong Davies writes on Marina Carr and Yael Farber’s bloody, binary take on Lorca.


Review: Anna Bella Eema at Arcola Theatre
20 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Anna Bella Eema at Arcola Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

“Get in, losers, we’re going capital-W Weird”: Ava Wong Davies writes on Lisa D’Amour’s startling, dreamlike story of female adolescence.


Review: A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith
12 September 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: A Doll’s House at the Lyric Hammersmith

6th September - 5th October
By Ava Wong Davies

‘A whirling, inescapable funhouse of micro and macroaggressions’: Ava Wong Davies writes on Tanika Gupta’s new adaptation of Ibsen’s play, relocated to colonial India.


Edinburgh fringe review: Citizens of Nowhere by Ming Ho
21 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: Citizens of Nowhere by Ming Ho

By Ava Wong Davies

Securely knotted: Ava Wong Davies writes on Ming Ho’s intricate, site-specific exploration of British-Chinese identity.


Edinburgh fringe review: SWIM at Pleasance Courtyard
20 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: SWIM at Pleasance Courtyard

By Ava Wong Davies

Floating away: Ava Wong Davies writes on a lukewarm devised piece about grief and wild swimming.


Edinburgh fringe review: The End by Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas
18 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Edinburgh fringe review: The End by Bertrand Lesca and Nasi Voutsas

By Ava Wong Davies

Adventures in attempted synchronicity: Ava Wong Davies writes on a devised performance about a friendship in flux.


EIF review: Oedipus by Robert Icke
17 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019

EIF review: Oedipus by Robert Icke

By Ava Wong Davies

Fact before feeling: Ava Wong Davies writes on Rob Icke’s streamlined Oedipus.


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