34 stories by "Alice Devoy"
Although Sarah Kane's 4.48 Psychosis is a play familiar to most people in touch with the world of theatre, Paula Garfield has directed a first: the only production of 4.48 Psychosis to be pe…
We are welcomed into the all-too-perfect linoleum suburban kitchen of Walt (Gareth David-Lloyd) and Barb (Gala Gordon), with their two
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Writing about writing has been done before, countless times. But Ella Hickson's new play, The Writer, transcends the usual preoccupations.
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'Every story ends with a dragon', we are told. We could believe this statement, but there is suggestion in our brain that it isn't fully correct- so with the story of Beowulf. It is an epic …
Did you know there are actually five north poles? " FIVE! Rory's Dad was a geography teacher. Rory's Dad loved explorers. Rory's Dad always wanted to go to the North Pole. Rory's Dad has jus…
Naomi Sheldon's explosive one-woman show is an inspiring union of feminism and the best kind of comedy- refreshing honesty. Spanning the years 1995 to 2018, we see the development of the 90s…
On entering the theatre, one is led to worry for a few minutes that one has entered the wrong play: Jeremy Paxman has arrived (wig n all) to conduct the latest episode of university challeng…
The latest show at The Old Vic is the dystopian vision of Alan Ackybourn " The Divide. It depicts a future world in which men and women must live separately due to a plague that has ridden t…
At a time when Ireland's abortion referendum is floating in the air, the clashes of Catholicism's conservatism with a liberalising society are prominent and pressing. Meg Hodgson and Alex Le…
East, the lyrical play written in 1975 by Steven Berkoff, has been revived at the King's Head in a performance that is raucous, energetic and enthralling. Fittingly, the play is set in East …
The National's new production of the timeless Italian classic, Pinocchio, is nothing short of magical. Written by Denis Kelly (Matilda the Musical) and incorporating the Walt Disney Soundtra…
Four time periods, four gay relationships, and one masterpiece of writing. In 1680, Arabella Hunt, the star of the opera La Callisto, is engaged in one of the first recorded gay marriages in…
"If you ignore your history then you become a shadow" – Edmund, Shadows Shadows, a new play from Carguil Lloyd George Webley and directed by the white American Kevin Michael Reed, is s…
"No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine". These are the opening lines of Jane Austen's debut novel, Northanger Abbey, followi…
In her introduction for the programme, writer Jane Upton wrote of her new play, All the Little Lights, 'I hope it does some good, somehow.' This sense of expectation- one of realist dejectio…
"Take the 'e' out of emotion and what do you get?" "You get where you want to be." And that's all there is to it. Well, that's all there is to the single-minded, professional cyclist's mind.…
To celebrate his 240th year of having a book in print, the illustrious Tristram Shandy is touring the country to promote and celebrate his hilarious, obscure and unique autobiography. Of cou…
Sparkles, sweets, and singing; dancing, toys and music – sounds like a standard children's show. Princess Charming, however, is an urgently needed cabaret. Not because of the joy it br…
Everyone has heard of the well-known phrase 'all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'. Unfortunately, Orwell seems to have hit the nail on the head a few too many times. W…
People's images of the character of Pinocchio are likely to conjure up largely those of long noses and animation, but Jasmin Vardimon's play takes the story back to its Italian roots, away f…
Terrorism, a word that needs no introduction. Guillermo Calderon, the Chilean playwright, has tackled this topic with a unique angle in his new drama, B. Directed by Sam Pritchard, B is a fa…
All eyes are on Emma Rice, the Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe, who is stepping down in the new year, and the new play under her management, Boudica, is nothing short of pure braver…
The March on Russia is the story of an old couple and their three middle-aged children on their 60th Wedding Anniversary. Set in the playwright's (David Storey) hometown in Yorkshire, a defi…
Anyone who was around in 2012 (or indeed most of 2011) will remember the HYPE that surrounded the London Olympic games. Stepping through the doors at Theatre N16 and seeing copious amounts o…
If you have ever read The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot you probably have a good idea of how it felt to watch the first piece in this double bill. Certain lines, such as 'Here is water and only ro…
