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Ava Wong Davies



Articles by Ava Wong Davies


Review: Betrayal at Harold Pinter Theatre
16 March 2019
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Review: Betrayal at Harold Pinter Theatre

5th March - 1st June
By Ava Wong Davies

“Not a cosy play, this” – Ava Wong Davies writes on Pinter’s study of adultery, staged with icy persuasiveness by Jamie Lloyd.


Review: All About Eve at Noël Coward Theatre
17 February 2019
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Review: All About Eve at Noël Coward Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

Pure artifice: Ava Wong Davies writes on Ivo van Hove’s stylish, performative recasting of the backstage movie.


Review: Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 at Camden People’s Theatre
28 January 2019
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Review: Ghost Girl // Gwei Mui 鬼妹 at Camden People’s Theatre

22nd January - 9th February
By Ava Wong Davies

‘That little jump in the stomach at seeing your body onstage, accompanied by a desire for something more’: Ava Wong Davies responds to Jennifer Tang’s exploration of British-Chinese identity.


NOW 19: 24 Italian Songs and Arias; Diana is Dead, at the Yard Theatre
21 January 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

NOW 19: 24 Italian Songs and Arias; Diana is Dead, at the Yard Theatre

By Ava Wong Davies

‘Brutally sincere’: Ava Wong Davies writes on the Yard’s double bill of work by Brian Lobel and FK Alexander, which explore failure and Princess Diana.


Review: That Night Follows Day at Southbank Centre
14 December 2018
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Review: That Night Follows Day at Southbank Centre

By Ava Wong Davies

“They have the power here”: Ava Wong Davies writes on a Forced Entertainment show that forces us to take kids seriously.


Review: True West at Vaudeville Theatre
5 December 2018
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: True West at Vaudeville Theatre

23rd November-23rd February
By Ava Wong Davies

Ava Wong Davies writes on a production that’s strong in hotness, but lacking in menace.


Review: A Small Place at the Gate Theatre
19 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: A Small Place at the Gate Theatre

8th November - 1st December
By Ava Wong Davies

‘A spider’s web of complicity and guilt’: Ava Wong Davies writes about Anna Himali Howard’s theatrical investigation of the impact of colonialism on Antigua


Review: The Hoes at Hampstead Theatre
9 November 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Hoes at Hampstead Theatre

26th October - 1st December
By Ava Wong Davies

‘Simultaneously radical and commonplace’: Ifeyinwa Frederick’s debut play captures the joyous thorniness of female friendship, writes Ava Wong Davies


SPILL Festival 2018
5 November 2018
Features • Ipswich • Performance

SPILL Festival 2018

By Ava Wong Davies

A mushrooming community: Ava Wong Davies writes on the intimacy and kindness of the works at this year’s instalment of performance art fest SPILL.


Review: Memorial at the Barbican
29 September 2018
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Memorial at the Barbican

Until 30 September 2018
By Ava Wong Davies

The common soldiers, the everyday heroes: Ava Davies reviews Alice Oswald’s elegy to the dead of the Iliad.


Review: The Humans at Hampstead Theatre
9 September 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Humans at Hampstead Theatre

Until 13 October 2018
By Ava Wong Davies

The awkwardness of family dinners: Ava Davies reviews Stephen Karam’s Thanksgiving play.


Edinburgh Review: (even) Hotter at Bedlam
13 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh Review: (even) Hotter at Bedlam

Until 27 August 2018
By Ava Wong Davies

Warmly chaotic: Ava Davies reviews Ell Potter and Mary Higgins’ show about bodies.


Edinburgh review: Blackthorn at Paines Plough Roundabout
12 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh review: Blackthorn at Paines Plough Roundabout

Until 26th August
By Ava Wong Davies

Intensely emotional: Charley Miles’ debut play is a love story set in a Yorkshire village.


Edinburgh Review: No One is Coming to Save You at Pleasance Courtyard
11 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh Review: No One is Coming to Save You at Pleasance Courtyard

Until 27th August 2018
By Ava Wong Davies

‘A rush of catastrophic thinking moving in slow motion’: Ava Davies on a reality-distorting two-hander.


Edinburgh fringe review: It’s Alright, Everything’s Okay at ZOO
11 August 2018
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2018

Edinburgh fringe review: It’s Alright, Everything’s Okay at ZOO

Until 27th August
By Ava Wong Davies

Millennial despair: Anorak’s debut show is soaked in anxiety.


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