Selected reviews by Alice Saville, freelance theatre critic for publications including TimeOut and the Financial Times
Alice Saville is a freelance arts and culture writer for publications including Time Out, the Financial Times, The Independent, Exeunt and more.
Alice is also Head of Engagement at Stagedoor.
Previous roles including Deputy Theatre Editor at TimeOut.
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The Cherry Orchard at the The Harold Pinter (2026)
★★★★
"An old house swallows up life after life with a pitiless burp in Ian Rickson’s wonderfully claustrophobic staging of Anton…
The Independent
Hay Fever at the Wyndham's Theatre (2026)
★★★
"It’s fun, but it won’t leave your eyes streaming. " "Christine Baranski mumbles her way through the central role of…
The Independent
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the @sohoplace (2026)
★★★★★
"Electric ... guaranteed to disturb you." "Gillian Anderson and Billy Crudup prowl about a round stage like wounded lions, endlessly…
The Independent
The Standard of Living at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (2026)
★★
"it's unfortunate on multiple levels that James Graham’s play about a pioneering economist is about as dull as a pessimistic…
The Independent
The Story at the National Theatre (2026)
★★★
"Clint Dyer's flashy, pacy revival of this intelligent whodunnit resurrects a different era – one in which newspapers still owned…
The Independent
Abigail's Party at the Harold Pinter Theatre (2026)
★★★
“Delicious and nauseating at once, Mike Leigh’s 1979 play Abigail’s Party preserves a whole decade’s worth of lower-middle-class social signifiers…
The Independent
How the Other Half Loves at the The Old Vic (2026)
★★★★
" Roger Allam dominates the stage as Frank, a hilarious old bore of a husband, incapable of understanding the intricate…
The Independent
Game of Thrones: The Mad King at the Royal Shakespeare Company (2026)
★★★★
“The Royal Shakespeare Company's stellar stage show has all the thrillingly staged battles, gory deaths and, yes, dragons that the…
The Independent
CATS at the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre (2026)
★★★
"[McOnie's] love shines off the new outdoor revival at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which lacks a single big concept…
The Independent
The Oresteia at the Bridge Theatre (2026)
★★★★
“Reimagined for the 21st century with verve and ingenuity.” “It's uncomfortable, agonisingly drawn out, and brilliant.” “No one acts as…
The Independent
Jesus Christ Superstar - London Palladium at the London Palladium (2026)
★★★★
"As Jesus, Ryder looks the part, and more than sounds it, too." "Cutting through the visual noise, Ryder’s take on…
The Independent
Glengarry Glen Ross at the The Old Vic (2026)
★★★
"Some great performances aside, Patrick Marber’s stripped-back staging leaves this all-female production feeling like a missed opportunity." “It's quite the…
The Independent
Beetlejuice at the Prince Edward Theatre (2026)
★★★
"Imported from Broadway to London’s Prince Edward Theatre, this screen-to-stage Tim Burton adaptation is lively if unmemorable fun." “Here, Beetlejuice…
The Independent
Equus at the Menier Chocolate Factory (2026)
★★★★
“There's always been a latent homoeroticism to Shaffer's play but Posner drags this story's queer themes right out to the…
The Independent
Grace Pervades at the Theatre Royal Haymarket (2026)
★★
“Miranda Raison bringing welcome fire and likeability to the part of this reluctant tragedian.” “Hare’s nostalgia for this more extravagant…
The Independent
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest at the The Old Vic (2026)
★★
“In theory, Clint Dyer’s Old Vic revival of the 1963 stage adaptation should be bringing that same subversive energy into…
The Independent
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