Terry O'Donovan

London reviewer

Terry trained at Central School of Speech and Drama in London after studying Film & Drama at University of Reading.

He currently conributes reviews and articles to The Stage, Total Theatre and British Theatre Guide.

As co-founder and Associate Director of dANTE OR dIE he has co-produced and performed in all productions: Ski-Lift Development (Edinburgh), Caliper Boy (Nominated for Spirit of the Fringe Award Dublin Fringe Festival 2007), Never Smile at a Crocodile (Frontiera International Festival of Theatre, Italy), Wanted (Chelsea Theatre) and Ferrytale (Lord Mayor's Thames Festival 2004). He is co-directing their current work in development La Fille a la Mode.

Most recent performance credits include Masque Arias (Royal Shakespeare Company), bodies in urban spaces (Dance Umbrella London) and The Story of London (Theatre Royal Haymarket, London).

He has toured the UK and Ireland with Ragroof Theatre’s outdoor show Shall We Dance (including National Theatre’sWatch This Space).

Other theatre credits include The Winter’s Tale (Dir. Ed Hall: Watermill & National Tour), Overblown Romantic Gestures(Latitude Festival), Russian National Mail (BAC), Yellowing (Theatre 503/Harrow Arts Centre), Ma Vie en Rose Development (Young Vic), Insomnia (Oval House Theatre).

Latest reviews

Sans Object production photo,

Sans Object

Compagnie 111 - Aurélien Bory (Presented as part of the London International Mime Festival at Queen Elizabeth Hall, London).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

May publicity image,

May

Written by Tim Crouch, conceived by Antonia Grove (Probe at Robin Howard Theatre, The Place).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

The Red Shoes,

The Red Shoes

From the story by Hans Christian Andersen; adapted and directed by Emma Rice; poems by Anna Maria Murphy; music by Stu Barker (Kneehigh at Battersea Arts Centre, London).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

Gardenia production photo,

Gardenia

Les Ballets C de la B (Sadler's Wells).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

Hadestown publicity graphic,

Hadestown

Anaïs Mitchell (Union Chapel, London).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

Production photo,

Ieto

Compagnie Ieto (London International Mime Festival at Purcell Room at Queen Elizabeth Hall).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan

Production photo,

Petit Mal

Race Horse Company and Crying Out Loud (Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre).
Reviewer: Terry O'Donovan