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Holly Williams


Holly Williams

Holly is an freelance journalist and staff critic for What's on Stage. She was lead arts writer for the Independent on Sunday before its demise, and has since written for Time Out, The Stage, the BBC, The Observer, the TLS, Elle and The Telegraph, among others. She hails from Wales, but lives in London. There's more here: hollywrites.com.


Articles by Holly Williams


Review: The Lucky Ones by Riptide (online)
3 April 2021
Reviews

Review: The Lucky Ones by Riptide (online)

By Holly Williams

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


Revisiting The Encounter
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.


Kosovo Theatre Showcase
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.


Are theatre’s schemes and awards deterring a new generation of talent?
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?


Review: Hilda and Virginia at Jermyn Street Theatre
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.


Review: Heisenberg: The Uncertainty Principle at Wyndham’s Theatre
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.


Review: Nuclear War at the Royal Court
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.


Review: The Kid Stays In The Picture at the Royal Court
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.


Review: The Red Barn at the National Theatre
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.


Review: Shopping and Fucking at the Lyric Hammersmith
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.


Review: Party Trap at Shoreditch Town Hall
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.


Review: Wanted at West Yorkshire Playhouse
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


Pericles
27 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central

Pericles

Sam Wanamaker Playhouse ⋄ 19th November - 21st April 2015
By Holly Williams

Sharply salted.


The Homecoming
24 November 2015
Reviews • West End & Central

The Homecoming

Trafalgar Studios ⋄ 14th November 2015 - 13th February 2016
By Holly Williams

Power play.


Farinelli and the King
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.


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