Review: Hindle Wakes, Upstairs at the Gatehouse
Stanley Houghton’s Hindle Wakes is a microcosmic play that explores macrocosmic issues. The setting of two domestic locations in a provincial Lancashire mill to...
Emily May
Review: Macbeth, Shakespeare’s Globe
Many of us seated (and indeed standing) could not have predicted the significance of watching Macbeth in the Globe on the eve of 23 June 2016. Shakespeare’s pla...
Review: The Burning Gadulka, The Drayton Arms Theatre
The gadulka. What is a gadulka? I’m still not sure even as I leave The Drayton Arms Theatre after having watching an hour long monologue that intends to explore...
Review: WATCH OUT festival, Cambridge Junction
When one sees an advert for an experimental theatre festival, it is always uncertain how “experimental” the pieces presented will be. Will they merely explore n...
Review: Devilish! , The Landor Theatre
Devilish!’s writer and lyricist Chris Burgess claims that his most recent work takes inspiration from a John Ruskin quotation, HG Wells’ The Wonderful Visit, an...
Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Globe Theatre
I defy anyone to enter Shakespeare’s Globe and not experience a sense of wonder, tradition and dramatic energy. As I sit down on my wooden bench in the middle g...
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.