Lloyd Evans Lloyd Evans

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

Plus: at Hampstead Theatre yet another long, screechy mess from a cheerless apprentice writer

Great costumes, sumptuous sets and an intriguing chessboard stage: but that’s where the good news ends for Almeida's new play Women, Beware the Devil. Photo: Marc Brenner

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