Alistair McDowall

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

David Jays

09, Jun, 2023 @10:46 AM

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

Susannah Clapp

06, Feb, 2022 @10:30 AM

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

Alistair McDowall’s enthralling meditation on time and mortality features a sword-fighting knight and a Victorian medium

Kate Wyver

28, Jan, 2022 @9:30 AM

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

He’s written horrors, thrillers and sci-fi odysseys. As his new play about Victorian spiritualism opens, the dramatist explains why no territory is out of bounds for theatre, not even Pluto

Natasha Tripney

11, Jan, 2022 @4:16 PM

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

Arifa Akbar

11, Feb, 2020 @2:03 PM

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

David Jays

15, Jun, 2017 @6:00 AM

X review – a jittery dystopia

Royal Court, London
Alistair McDowall’s new play is an ingenious, taxing tale of future humanity adrift in despair

Susannah Clapp

10, Apr, 2016 @7:00 AM

X review – pressure builds on crew marooned in space

Jessica Raine hears strange voices and time itself starts to dissolve in Alistair McDowall’s new play, set in a research base on Pluto

Michael Billington

06, Apr, 2016 @11:22 AM

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

Chris Wiegand

10, Mar, 2015 @7:00 AM

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

Lyn Gardner

05, Dec, 2014 @6:59 AM

Pomona review – fierce dystopian drama with terrific comic edge

Ned Bennett’s production of Alistair McDowall’s unsettling drama is a winner, writes Susannah Clapp

Susannah Clapp

23, Nov, 2014 @12:07 AM

Pomona review – dark, compelling play brings to mind Poliakoff

Powerfully articulated and skilfully wrought, Alistair McDowall’s bleakly pessimistic horror story has young audiences in raptures, writes Michael Billington

Michael Billington

17, Nov, 2014 @11:55 AM