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Chief theatre critic at The Guardian / Author of 'Consumed' (2021) and 'Wolf Moon' (2025)
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Abigail’s Party review – Tamzin Outhwaite’s Bev is Madame Bovary with a Cinzano

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Simultaneously funny and deadly serious … Tamzin Outhwaite as Beverly in Abigail's Party. Photograph: Anthony Harvey/Shutterstock Alison Steadman has cast a long shadow over the suburban gargoyle-cum-bored-housewife in Mike Leigh’s social satire about 1970s social mobility. So much so that her name is almost always invoked in relation to Beverly. Tamzin Outhwaite’s incredible achievement is that she banishes Steadman’s original portrayal of Bev as the definitive one.
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Abigail’s Party review – Tamzin Outhwaite’s Bev is Madame Bovary with a Cinzano

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Alison Steadman has cast a long shadow over the suburban gargoyle-cum-bored-housewife in Mike Leigh’s social satire about 1970s social mobility. So much so that her name is almost always invoked in relation to Beverly. Tamzin Outhwaite’s incredible achievement is that she banishes Steadman’s original portrayal of Bev as the definitive one. Having first assumed the role in Nadia Fall’s 2024 production, that history shows in her polish and command of the character.
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