Review: Les Vêpres Siciliennes, The Royal Opera House
Les Vêpres Siciliennes is an epic undertaking by the Royal Opera. Spanning five acts and four hours, it is somewhat of a marathon, where against all the odds th...
Emily May
Review: Mosquitoes, National Theatre
Alice (Olivia Williams) and Jenny (Olivia Coleman) live completely contrasting lives, geographically and intellectually. Alice lives in Geneva, is a mother and ...
Review: Chinese Whispers, Greenwich Theatre
Chinese Whispers – a play exploring the “bizarre life of Sir Edmund Backhouse” – is a difficult production to define. As it attempts to guide us through the aud...
Review: Twelfth Night, Shakespeare’s Globe
Emma Rice’s “Summer of Love” at Shakespeare’s Globe proves to be her farewell season as Artistic Director. And what a farewell her Twelfth Night has turned out ...
Review: Cosmic Trigger, The Cockpit
With the current state of political affairs, discussions of post-truth, fake news, and green aliens in body suits running the country, it feels very poignant fo...
Review: The Exterminating Angel, Royal Opera House
Live sheep are being paraded around the stage. I would be surprised, but considering this opera’s surrealist inspirations, one should come expecting the unexpec...
Emily May
Emily May is currently studying for a degree in Contemporary Dance at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. As well as performing and choreographing, she reviews contemporary dance, theatre and art on her own blog (www.abohemianinlondon.wordpress.com) and was recently part of the reviewing team for Resolution festival 2016. Emily has a wide variety of cultural interests, including European art, literature and history.