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Alistair McDowall

June 2023

  • Astonishing … Kate O’Flynn in All of It at the Royal Court.

    All of It review – Alistair McDowall’s extraordinary tales of ordinary life

    Three audacious monologues by McDowall, dazzlingly performed by Kate O’Flynn, open vivid windows on to day-to-day existence

February 2022

  • Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu in A Number at the Old Vic.

    The week in theatre: A Number; The Glow – review

    Lennie James and Paapa Essiedu illuminate Caryl Churchill’s great cloning play, while a fine cast lift Alistair McDowall’s wordy new dystopia

January 2022

  • Spooky spectacle … The Glow is designed by Merle Hensel.

    The Glow review – myth and history collide in a sci-fi spine-tingler

  • ‘I am a theatre nerd’ … Alistair McDowall in Manchester.

    ‘I thought I’d written a stinker’ – Alistair McDowall on global hit Pomona and new play The Glow

February 2020

  • Kate O’Flynn in All of It by Alistair McDowall at the Royal Court, London

    All of It review – everywoman takes us from cradle to grave

    Alistair McDowall’s monologue – performed by a mesmerising Kate O’Flynn – channels female experience with warmth and humour

June 2017

  • Orange Tree theatre productions, 2017-18: Black Mountain, Every Brilliant Thing, Romeo and Juliet and How to Be a Kid

    How to build a theatre season: something old, new – and a bolt from the blue

    Assembling a distinctive programme of work is a balancing act for directors. The team at Richmond’s Orange Tree theatre explain how they pair revivals of quirky classics with bravura experiments and emerging new talent

April 2016

  • a lambent Jessica Raine displays her ease on stage as well as screen in Alistair McDowall’s X, directed by Vicky Featherstone at the Royal Court.

    X review – a jittery dystopia

  • Jessica Raine (Gida) in X by Alistair McDowall @ Royal Court. Directed by Vicky Featherstone. (Opening 05-04-16) ©Tristram Kenton 04/16 (3 Raveley Street, LONDON NW5 2HX TEL 0207 267 5550 Mob 07973 617 355)email: tristram@tristramkenton.com

    X review – pressure builds on crew marooned in space

March 2015

  • Guy Rhys (Zeppo) and Sarah Middleton (Keaton) in Pomona by Alistair McDowall at the Orange Tree, Richmond.

    Alistair McDowall's Pomona transfers to National Theatre and Royal Exchange

    Dystopian thriller staged at the Orange Tree and described as a ‘deeply unsettling theatrical weapon’ is now set to reach wider audience

December 2014

  • Pomona orange tree

    Theatre blog
    Why theatre should be a risky business

    If theatres want to increase attendance, they mustn’t be afraid of alienating their established audiences, writes Lyn Gardner

November 2014

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    Pomona review – fierce dystopian drama with terrific comic edge

  • Pomona

    Pomona review – dark, compelling play brings to mind Poliakoff

April 2014

  • Captain Amazing

    Alistair McDowall: 'There are no rules in theatre – you can do anything'

    As his play about single-father superhero Captain Amazing takes flight in London, Alistair McDowall tells Matt Trueman about Lycra and loners

August 2013

  • Mark Weinmean

    Captain Amazing – Edinburgh festival 2013 review

  • Christopher Glover (Amir), Kevin Sevilla (Ravi) in Soap Opera, part of the Royal Court's Open Court

    Open Court: did it change the face of new writing?

May 2013

  • Robert Lonsdale and Joseph Arkley in Brilliant Adventures

    Brilliant Adventures – review

    Alistair McDowall's sci-fi play set on a Middlesbrough housing estate has a convincing tang of lived experience, writes Alfred Hickling

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