Photo Credit: Caitlin McNaney
Action To The Word’s production of A Clockwork Orange formally opened at the New World Stages, New York, on Monday 25 September.
Reviews are in and Jonno Davies received plenty of praise for his portrayal of Alex DeLarge.
Some of the best comments about his performance:
Jonno Davies gives a star-making performance
Times Square Chronicles: “Jonno Davies gives a star-making performance as the ultimate idolized bad boy, Alex. Dangerous and demented, while also holding us firmly in his handsome and charismatic gaze, the actor is giving us his all, and succeeding marvellously. Sporting the perfectly sculptured body, hair, and face of a Versace model…”
Jonno Davies is phenomenal
NY1: “Jonno Davies, fresh from the London production, is phenomenal. So convincingly menacing is he, it is hard to believe this gifted actor goes home at night without planting his fist somewhere. His dead-eyed stare alone is impossible to shake.”
Jonno Davies is the magnetic heart of the production
The Daily Beast: “Jonno Davies is the magnetic heart of the production. Here he is the broad-shouldered, muscular, almost Greek-statue sculpted leader of his gang of ‘droogs’, all in thrall to ‘ultraviolence.’ Davies graphically portrays Alex’s physical and psychological pain…”
Davies is so physically charismatic you can’t take your eyes off him
The Hollywood Reporter: “(Jonno) Davies, repeating his London stage success and making his U.S. theatrical debut, is so physically charismatic you can’t take your eyes off him. When his Alex is “cured” and becomes a shell of his former himself toward the end of the story, you feel an uncomfortable sympathy that makes you appreciate the sly brilliance of Burgess’ writing.”
Huffington Post: “Jonno Davies gives a remarkable, muscular and menacing performance as rounded as his biceps.”
AM New York: “The imposing Jonno Davies, as Alex, morphs from an unforgiving, militant demeanor into pained helplessness and confusion.”
Hard to imagine there will be a more spectacular New York stage debut
CITI Tour: “It’s hard to imagine there will be a more spectacular New York stage debut than the one being given by English actor Jonno Davies as the menacing Alex deLarge in Alexandra Spencer-Jones’s strikingly intense adaptation of Anthony Burgess’ legendary 1962 novel A Clockwork Orange.”
The gang is led by the remarkable Jonno Davies
The Wrap: “A pulsing, high-energy adaptation. The gang is led by the remarkable Jonno Davies… who strikes a remarkable pose on stage and intones Burgess’ dialogue with considerable aplomb.”
MetroSource: “Davies leads an all-male cast on a harrowing 90-minute romp through Anthony Burgess’ cautionary 1962 tale, “A Clockwork Orange,” in which he accurately lays out a world where violence is glorified, humanity is seen as a sign of weakness and predators roam the Earth with impunity.”
DC Theater Scene: “…as Alex, Jonno Davies, making his New York stage debut, stands out, just as his character stands out – riveting in his rapid-fire transitions from charm to swagger to ruthlessness to self-pity to straight-faced sarcasm to – can it be? – a semblance of peaceable maturity…all the while exhibiting the energy and stamina of an Olympic athlete , and, perhaps not incidentally, the physique of a world-class bodybuilder.”
Should provide Davies with a career beachhead in the US.
Lighting & Sound America: “There’s plenty of sound and fury, and a star-making performance, in A Clockwork Orange… Jonno Davies, a new face from London, provides the action with a white-hot center. Sporting a slicked-back pompadour, outfitted with a basilisk stare and crooked smile, he cruises the stage, looking for trouble, heedless of the consequences. He’s a practiced sadist, thoroughly confident of his charm, who gets an almost physical charge from acts of cruelty, and equally believable when the Ludovico Technique leaves him crumpled on the floor, sobbing, and, later, shaking from waves of revulsion. Whatever the reception A Clockwork Orange gets, it should provide Davies with a career beachhead in the US.”
New York Daily News: “You won’t find a fitter, tighter group of actors than the one in off-Broadway’s jacked-up A Clockwork Orange… Jonno Davies leads the hard-working ensemble and brings a fierce physical presence as Alex.”
Davies dominates the stage
DC Metro Theater Arts: “…an unceasingly riveting performance by Jonno Davies as antihero Alex deLarge… Davies dominates the stage with his sociopathic intensity, seductive swagger, physical prowess, and sardonic wit…”
Broadway World: “The charismatic Davies admirably throws himself into the physically and emotionally demanding role…”
His performance is a master class in total performance control
OffOffOnline.com: “Thank Bog (God) for Jonno Davies, then. His performance is a master class in total performance control. Not a hair or a gesture is out of place. Every kick, lunge, and line reading is a study of terrifying precision…”
TheaterMania: “The story follows classical-music-loving Alex deLarge, stunningly performed by Jonno Davies (also the show’s fight captain) and his band of Droogs.”
ClydeFitchReport.com: “Davies, with his highly commendable snarl and withering sidelong glances, heads a cast of nine.”
Front Row Center: “Jonno Davies makes his New York debut with death defying intensity…”
The Broadway Blog: “Davies anchors the piece with maniacal precision and vulnerability.”
The Montclarion: “Jonno Davies’ performance as Alex was flawless. I had goosebumps and was on the edge of my seat because of his intensity and the way he spoke, and sometimes screamed, his lines.”
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Jonno Davies on the Internet Movie Database:
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Official show website:
www.aclockworkorangeplay.com
New World Stages (Theatre) website:
www.newworldstages.com
