Swive [Elizabeth] review – a not so modern queen fights for absolute power

Ella Hickson’s Elizabeth I story vividly portrays her battles with men and a patriarchal system but doesn’t make a strong case for contemporary parallels

At risk … Colin Tierney as Robert Dudley and Abigail Cruttenden as Elizabeth I. Photograph: Johan Perssonlla Hickson says that her new play about Elizabeth I aims “to throw light on contemporary issues by looking through a historical prism”. It begins with a witty reminder that the space’s cosy Elizabethan feeling is bullshit.

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