Two can play that game: Holly Williams teams up with her brother Lyall to review Riptide’s ambitious week-long code-cracking adventure.
Holly Williams

Articles by Holly Williams
23 May 2020
Features
Revisiting The Encounter
By Holly Williams
Holly Williams loops back to Simon McBurney’s time-bending binaural adventure, and asks him what it can say to lockdown audiences.
8 November 2019
Features
Kosovo Theatre Showcase
By Holly Williams
Holly Williams encounters the “stories of a fledgling nation” at an intensely political festival of theatre from across Kosovo.
29 July 2019
Features
Are theatre’s schemes and awards deterring a new generation of talent?
By Holly Williams
Emerging directors leap through ever-shifting hoops for a chance to work at the UK’s biggest theatres. Holly Williams asks: is the system working?
1 March 2018
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Hilda and Virginia at Jermyn Street Theatre
By Holly Williams
Woolf remains uncracked: Holly Williams on a pair of monologues exploring two very different historical women’s lives.
11 October 2017
Reviews • London Theatre • Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at Wyndham’s Theatre
October 3 - January 6
By Holly Williams
“So this is what happens when the manic pixie dream girl grows up”: Holly Williams on the cliché-ridden romance of Simon Stephens’ new play.
24 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: Nuclear War at the Royal Court
19 April - 6 May 2017
By Holly Williams
It’s just one interpretation: Holly Williams on Imogen Knight’s “sensuously rich” production of Simon Stephens’ new play.
23 March 2017
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Kid Stays In The Picture at the Royal Court
Royal Court, Jerwood Downstairs ⋄ 11 March - 8 April 2017
By Holly Williams
“The artifice of attempting to recreate a life is laid bare” in Simon McBurney’s staging of Robert Evans’ biography. Review by Holly Williams.
19 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central
Review: The Red Barn at the National Theatre
National Theatre ⋄ Until 17th January 2017
By Holly Williams
An exercise in style: Holly Williams reviews Robert Icke’s take on the thriller noir.
17 October 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Shopping and Fucking at the Lyric Hammersmith
Lyric Hammersmith ⋄ 7th October - 5th November 2016
By Holly Williams
Nineties naffness: Holly Williams reviews the first revival of Mark Ravenhill’s play in 20 years.
16 September 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Party Trap at Shoreditch Town Hall
Shoreditch Town Hall ⋄ 13th September - 1st October 2016
By Holly Williams
Back to front, front to back: Holly Williams reviews Rob Sutherland’s palindromic play.
25 April 2016
Reviews • Leeds • National • Reviews
Review: Wanted at West Yorkshire Playhouse
West Yorkshire Playhouse ⋄ 22nd - 23rd April 2016
By Holly Williams
What do you most want to see on stage? Holly Williams reviews Chris Goode & Company at Transform ’16
27 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Pericles
Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ⋄ 19th November - 21st April 2015
By Holly Williams
Sharply salted.
24 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
The Homecoming
Trafalgar Studios ⋄ 14th November 2015 - 13th February 2016
By Holly Williams
Power play.
1 October 2015
Reviews • West End & Central
Farinelli and the King
Duke of York's Theatre ⋄ 14th September - 5th December 2015
By Holly Williams
The soothing effect of a song.