Emma Burnell is a freelance journalist writing about politics and theatre. She has her own blog on immersive theatre (Soakedindreams.com). Emma recently completed an MA in Journalism and has worked in communications for think tanks and pressure groups for fifteen years.
Arrival is a noisy, spectacular, and joyous celebration of the past, future, and present of a fascinating area that has been somewhat neglected since ...
It is 1987 and the Soviet Union is not long for this world. Neither – it turns out – were Graham Greene and Kim Philby, the latter dying a year later ...
In the programme for The Game of Love and Chance, the first two pages after the basic info is given over to an interview with the show’s commedia dell...
It’s hard not to love a play named after a Peanuts quote – not least one by the irrepressible Lucy. As the play ends in candlelight, one character’s l...
Ever wondered what happens behind the scenes of a political party? Ever wanted to experience a 'real-life' The Thick of It? Wish you could have halted...
The jazz age. Bootleg liquor, gambling, a party that never ends. This is the experience you are offered at the immersive Great Gatsby. This has now be...
The Ice Cream Boys covers a vital and important part of South African history that is just starting to come under examination. Much like Tree earlier ...
As I sit down with Kamila Siwinska there is glorious late summer sunshine outside the Teatr Polski in Poznan it is the last day of the Close Strangers...
This is a swirling mix of very dark poetry and even darker humour presented with a powerful Brechtian soundtrack. The performance is non-linear but su...
I meet Agata Siwiak in the glamorous downstairs bar and cabaret space at Teatr Polski in Poznan. It is the second day of the festival for which she is...
