165 stories by "Alice Saville"
"Phone rings, door chimes, in comes company!" - Alice Saville's response to Marianne Elliott's reimagining of Sondheim is structured around the show's lyrics.
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Casual cruelty: Martin McDonagh's play mixes crude colonialist satire with the trappings of a family Christmas show.
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A spreading bruise: Alice Saville writes on Lies Pauwels' participatory exploration of dealing with emotional pain.
The post Review: Truth or Dare, Britney or Goofy… at Unicorn Theatr…
Punching up: Joy Wilkinson's play is an exhilarating trip into an imagined world of Victorian women's boxing.
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As social media takes a starring role in 21st century theatre marketing, Alice Saville writes on the power and pitfalls of Twitter-era criticism.
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A year on from #MeToo, Alice Saville looks at the theatre industry's response - and argues it's far from time to move on.
The post A year on from #MeToo, it’s time for justice, not reh…
Desire is everything: Adena Jacobs' staging of Strauss's opera is full of ponytail-slick, sensuous, striking images.
The post Review: Salome at the ENO appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
Ice-cold teen psychopaths: Alice Saville writes on the '80s teen movie's uneasy transition to the stage.
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The author of 'Dance Nation' talks teen experience, experimenting with form, and what makes New York's playwriting scene special.
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The UK's theatres are starting a new term with some huge openings, and we're taking notes. Here's what to see.
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As the fringe rumbles to a close, here are the shows that Exeunt's writers wouldn't want you to forget.
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Crushed feels: this story of the late 1970s Brisbane punk scene is emotive and brutal.
The post Edinburgh review: Prehistoric at Summerhall appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
At the Edinburgh fringe's midpoint, here are the shows that Exeunt's writers think you should see.
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Usually, Audrey II is brought to life by a feat of stagecraft. So why cast a living, breathing drag queen in the role? It's all in the service of director Maria Aberg's determinedly anti-rea…
Alice Saville on Adam Lazarus's controversial (but not controversial enough) narrative of male violence.
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A riot grrl playground: Frisky Theatre's show is an entrancing, infuriating exploration of girlhood.
The post Edinburgh review: Girl World at The Space appeared first on Exeunt Magazine.
The fringe has begun, and Exeunt's writers have a few thoughts on what you should go and see.
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Boaz Barkan's performance-lecture explores the struggle to put dance into words.
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A society, torn down: Katherina Radeva's solo show asks questions about the kind of world we want to live in.
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Intricately drawn: Alice Saville on the soaring, beautiful musical adaptation of Alison Bechdel's graphic novel.
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Listen and learn: Polly Findlay's play is a masterclass in puncturing the trope of the Charismatic Maverick Teacher.
The post Review: The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie at Donmar Theatre appeared…
Alice Saville writes on Kiss Me Kate, and her complex relationship with musical theatre's problematic back catalogue.
The post Remaking Musical Theatre’s Misogynist History appeared f…
Incoming is Incoming! More on the mini-festival of bargainous work by emerging artists, plus plenty of other shows not to miss this fortnight.
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'Like any fairground ride, Phobiarama is not subtle': Alice Saville rides Dries Verhoeven's ghost train at LIFT 2018.
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As the theatre calendar goes into overdrive, Alice Saville writes on the time-and-space challenges of trying, and failing, to see everything.
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