3.0★ ★ ★ Strategic Love Play Emma Burnell 10/09/2023 A man (Archie Blackhouse) and a woman (Letty Thomas) meet for a first date. There's been previous interaction, and it's 2023, so they clearly met on t...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ To Hecate! Emma Burnell 28/08/2023 Sue (Sandra Hollins) and Di (Deborah Whitmarsh-Boyse) are over it. Over their working lives, over being treated like that means they're over the hill....
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Spiral Emma Burnell 18/08/2023 I don't often do this, but I am going to retell something I overheard during the interval of Spiral. I was outside getting what I will euphemistically...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The Effect Emma Burnell 17/08/2023 What is love, anyway? This is the question at the heart of The Effect. Is it a simple matter of chemical attraction, heightened dopamine on initial at...
5.0★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Paved With Gold and Ashes Emma Burnell 12/08/2023 Paved With Gold and Ashes is a short piece, but it packs more into its run than you might imagine. Coming in at just under an hour, it beautifully del...
2.0★ ★ 24 (Day): The measure of my dreams Emma Burnell 05/08/2023 I was really excited by the idea of this play. I grew up close to the area it's set in. I played on Highbury Fields and as a young teen was frequently...
4.0 ★ ★ ★ ★ 80s Live! Emma Burnell 19/07/2023 Have you ever been to Butlins and had the time of your life but aren't quite sure why? That's very much the vibe of 80s Live! It's like the red coa...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Dear England Emma Burnell 11/07/2023 James Graham is a glorious chronicler of the English. Whether it be possibly cheating gameshow guests, definitely scheming politicians, or left-behind...
3.0★ ★ ★ SHEWOLVES Emma Burnell 23/06/2023 SHEWOLVES is the story of two school girls who forge an unlikely friendship as they both seek to escape their lives. Lou (Harriet Waters) is a climate...
4.0★ ★ ★ ★ Bleak Expectations Emma Burnell 19/05/2023 Restaging something that has been much beloved in another format can be a double-edged sword. How do you maintain the sense of the original while givi...