Women, Beware the Devil (Modern Plays)

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Lydia Leonard is Elizabeth, mistress of a provincial country house. Primogeniture means that the estate will go to a cousin if her elder brother Edward (Leo Bill) cannot produce an heir. Edward is just about sane but eccentric and like Marlow in She Stoops to Conquer (I gave up on noting Raczka’s influences) he has no social or sexual interest in women of his own class but is libidinous with the maid servants and successful in impregnating them. Cast Includes Leo Bill, Carly-Sophia Davies, Aurora Dawson-Hunte, Ioanna Kimbook, Nathan Armarkwei-Laryea, Lydia Leonard, Alison Oliver, Lola Shalam The sweep of literary and visual influences are easy to spot: The Crucible, Women Beware Women, Vermeer, even Downton Abbey. Thematically, it foregrounds the question of inherited estates – wealth and class - and how that relates to individual and national identity. Women Beware The Devil (Image: Marc Brenner)

Women Beware The Devil, Almeida Theatre, Islington Review: Women Beware The Devil, Almeida Theatre, Islington

As Deputy Head of Wigs and Makeup: The Sound of Music (International tour); Harry Potter and The Cursed Child (West End). Join Costume Designer for Women, Beware the Devil Evie Gurney for this introduction to costume design where Evie will share her approach to designing the costumes for the show as well as practical approaches to getting started as a costume designer. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear about Evie’s career and journey from the fashion industry to designing for the stage. And here lies the problem at the centre of the play: when given the power to have anything you desire, what do you want? Riled by Elizabeth in the first scene, Agnes eventually reveals her desire to be ‘perfect’ – to feel silk on her skin, to eat off china, to have read every single book in the house, to own every piece of art in the gallery, and to be so knowledgeable, beautiful, and refined that anybody who looks at her is overcome with their own inadequacy.For the Almeida: A Streetcar Named Desire (West End); Romeo and Juliet; The Duchess of Malfi; Machinal; Summer and Smoke. On Thu 16 Mar we will be holding a variety of free workshops and events for those aged 25 and under, including a free performance of Women, Beware the Devil. If it is a failure, it is a heroic one, performing the rare feat of leaving this critic impressed, exasperated but temporarily speechless." The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Please review our Rupert Goold will direct Leo Bill, Carly-Sophia Davies, Aurora Dawson-Huntr, Ioanna Kimbook, Nathan Laryea, Lydia Leonard, Alison Oliver and Lola Shalam.

Women, Beware the Devil, at the Almeida Cumbersome muddle: Women, Beware the Devil, at the Almeida

As Head of Wigs and Makeup: Hairspray The Musical (London Coliseum); 9 to 5: The Musical (UK tour); The Color Purple (Curve Theatre, Leicester); Don Quixote (West End); Little Shop Of Horrors (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); Girl From The North Country (The Old Vic). Opinion | Don't sneer at celebrities on the West End. They're saving theatre 27 October, 2023 Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage's new drama Clyde's fails to convince 25 October, 2023 Philip Guston at the Tate Modern is an outstanding exhibition of crisis, violence and injustice 21 October, 2023 ENJOY the play – it’s pretty long .” With these words, the Devil (charmingly played by Nathan Armarkwei-Laryea) ends his prologue and opens the action on Women, Beware the Devil , a new play by Lulu Raczka at the Almeida Theatre.

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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+. Film includes: Flux Gourmet; Cruella; Rare Beasts; Peterloo; In Fabric; Alice through the Looking Glass; Mr Turner; A Long Way Down; The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo; Kinky Boots; Vera Drake; 28 Days Later; Gosford Park.