Women, Beware the Devil (Modern Plays)

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This production contains death, violence (including sexual violence), self-harm, guns, scenes of a sexual nature, strong language and the use of blood. It also includes haze, flashing lights, strobe and sudden loud noises. Recommended for ages 13+. Lulu Raczka’s Almeida debut manages to subvert so many things that it’s difficult to know where to start with a straightforward description of it. " Theatre includes: Good; Walden; Uncle Vanya; Rosmersholm; The Birthday Party; Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (West End); Future Frequencies (Esch 2022); The Wife of Willesden (Kiln Theatre); Is God Is; The Song Project; Bodies; Fake News; Linda; God Bless The Child; The Low Road (Royal Court); Under Milk Wood (National Theatre); The Son (Kiln Theatre/ West End); The Half God of Rainfall (Fuel Theatre/ Kiln Theatre/ Birmingham Rep); Blood Wedding; Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train; The Emperor (Young Vic). you’re easily confused. The first half largely succeeds but the second half has too many threads going on for its own good.

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A bad production at the Almeida is a rarity, all the more so when it’s directed by Rupert Goold. But modern morality tale Women Beware the Devil is bafflingly ill-pitched and dangerously undercooked. Raczka is a bold and brilliant playwright whose previous work shows risk-taking. Maybe this is a risk too far. If it is a failure, it is a heroic one, performing the rare feat of leaving this critic impressed, exasperated but temporarily speechless. What just happened? The imminent collapse of feudal Britain is made relevant through Elizabeth, an unmarried woman, enduring patriarchy’s ever-encroaching advances, including the horror of her brother’s incestuous desires, as she attempts to keep control of the estate.These adverts enable local businesses to get in front of their target audience – the local community.

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Because of the way society works, women just see things differently, and they act differently. I was interested in exploring that.” Alison Oliver and Lydia Leonard in Women, Beware The Devil (Photo: Marc Brenner) As Deputy Head of Wigs: Hamilton; Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (West End); Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (West End/ UK tour) .

Joining Goold in the creative team are set design by Miriam Buether, costume design by Evie Gurney, lighting design by Tim Lutkin, sound design and music composition by Adam Cork, and casting by Amy Ball. For Lady Elizabeth nothing is more important than protecting her family’s legacy and their ancestral home. When that comes under threat, she elicits the help of Agnes, a young servant suspected of witchcraft. But Agnes has dark dreams of her own for this house. Skewering audience anxieties… Callum Scott Howells and Rosie Sheehy as Romeo and Julie at the National. Photograph: Marc Brenner