Felicity Chilver

In a world consumed with the speed of technology, with its broadcasts and social media that operate an increasingly intrusive and looming presence within society where love and loss are often at times romanticised, distorted and inflated beyond veracity. Do I Wanna Know, through moments of comedy and poignant...

The New Theatre’s second in-house play this season is Lucy Prebble’s psychological drama, The Effect. Set in a drug testing clinic, the play follows volunteers Tristan (Luke Slater) and Connie (Lois Baglin), who have agreed to test a new form of anti-depressant. To the dismay of their observers, Dr...

Harrowing, heart-breaking and comical, Felicity Chilver’s take on The Effect may not leave you on a high but the withdrawal symptoms certainly don’t take long to kick in. The production’s exploration of love, loss and mental illness is honest and striking, following the experiences of two doctors and two...

Student-written theatre has never been finer than in Emma White’s Infectious. The two woman play is punchy, hilarious, and heart-breaking, and on multiple occasions through its one hour run time had its audience in fits of laughter, followed closely by tears. The story is effectively a monologue by Jessica,...

Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again is a feminist play and political satire by Alice Birch which analyses the role of women in society, and the ways in which we can revolutionise such roles. This production struck me as being shockingly relevant to today’s society, particularly with the current political...

Light-hearted and easy watching, Nottingham New Theatre’s As You Like It adds extra gags and a modern twist to the topsy-turvy world of Arden in this student-led production directed by Felicity Chilver. As You Like It is jammed full of family feuds, match-matching and cross-dressing.  Rosalind and her dear...

Who ever thought that a Russian novel published in 1966 could be updated into such a hilarious, yet blood-curdling stage production in the University of Nottingham’s very own New Theatre? Directed by Felicity Chilver, The Master and Margarita is a 145 minute roller-coaster production that takes us to the...