LOUISA MULLER
STAGE DIRECTOR
Press for The Turn of the Screw at Garsington Opera

Photo credit: John Snelling
★★★★★
“A truly great achievement, devastating and unforgettable.”
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 3 July 2019
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★★★★★
“The Turn of the Screw is disturbing, not always moving. This was both: one of Garsington's best achievements yet, with an unexpected, watery end.”
Fiona Maddocks, The Observer, 6 July 2019
★★★★★
“A hauntingly great show.”
Richard Morrison, The Times, 2 July 2019
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“A darkly evocative staging.”
Hugh Canning, The Sunday Times, 7 July 2019
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“Louisa Muller's new production for Garsington treads lightly and discreetly through the tale's tangle of ambiguities and uncertainties, playing deftly with suggestion, illusion and imagination to create something genuinely chilling — a staging of slow-creep menace and sweaty, night-time terrors.”
Alexandra Coghan, The Spectator, 13 July 2019
★★★★★
“Simply exceptional in every aspect.”
David Mellor, The Daily Mail, 6 July 2019
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★★★★★
“The most powerful production of this work that I can remember seeing.”
Stephen Walsh, theartsdesk.com, 5 July 2019
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★★★★★
“Outstanding in every way.”
Amanda Holloway, The Stage, 4 July 2019
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★★★★
“At the end the powerful closing image of Muller's production (no spoilers) is guaranteed to haunt the mind.”
Richard Fairman, Financial Times, 2 July 2019
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★★★★
“Gripping and truly haunting.”
Barry Millington, Evening Standard, 2 July 2019
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★★★★★
“An exceptional staging.”
Mark Pullinger, Bachtrack, 2 July 2019
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★★★★★
“Sung and staged to perfection.”
Claudia Pritchard, Culture Whisper, 2 July 2019
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★★★★★
“Muller's direction shadows not only our expectations but the music with infinite care.”
Peter Reed, Classical Source, 4 July 2019
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“Terrifying and transfixing.”
Claire Seymour, Opera Today, 8 July 2019
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