Review: Mum’s the Word, The Hen and Chickens Theatre
As we enter the intimate auditorium above The Hen and Chicken pub in Islington, raucous jazz music fills our ears. We are confronted with a simplistic set remin...
Emily May
Review: Pinocchio, Sadler’s Wells
Originally the protagonist of Carlo Collodi’s book set in 19th Century Italy, and then the eponymous star of the Disney classic, Pinocchio is a fairytale charac...
Review: Force of Trump, Jack Studio Theatre
As you enter the Jack Studio Theatre, he’s there. Bleach blonde wig in place, he dances around on an office chair accompanied by the Flying Lizards’ ‘Money’. Al...
Review: O Snap, Stratford Circus Arts Centre
“The stumbling blocks of our teenage years where emotions and friends rule” are the focus of Erik Kaiel’s O Snap, a piece of dance theatre aimed at children fro...
Review: Tetris, Stratford Circus Arts Centre
Erik Kaiel’s company – Arch 8 Dancers – have hit Dance Umbrella 2016 with a programme of three contrasting works aimed at younger audiences. Tetris – the first ...
Review: Ballet Black: Triple Bill, Theatre Royal Stratford East
Ballet Black, founded by Cassa Pancho in 2001, aims to provide dancers of Black and Asian descent with inspiring opportunities in Classical Ballet. It is an unf...
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.