The Sensemaker and The Anchor Emma Burnell 21/03/2019 This double-bill of dance pieces both star an impressive and athletic Elsa Couvreur – often centre stage without even music. The Sensemaker is the ...
Downstate Emma Burnell 21/03/2019 Was this timely? Was it necessary? Was it important? These are the questions I’m contemplating after watching this play. It was moving certainly. T...
Feel Emma Burnell 13/03/2019 Good fringe theatre goes one of two ways. Either it’s so out there that it shocks you, or it’s small, personal, and deeply touching. In Feel, the latt...
Equus Emma Burnell 01/03/2019 Equus is a breathtaking, startling, and gripping play delivered brilliantly by a compelling cast. Introduced to a tableau of boy and horse by world...
American Clock Emma Burnell 20/02/2019 The American Clock is a lavish production of a confusing and disjointed play. It reminded me of nothing so much as a stage version of The Big Short. H...
Counting Sheep Emma Burnell 30/01/2019 I am blown away. Rarely does taking part in a piece of theatre speak so directly to the core of my being, but Counting Sheep is one of the most exc...
Cuzco Emma Burnell 29/01/2019 Cuzco is a deceptively simple play about a couple on holiday in South America. Translated beautifully from the original Spanish, it touches on themes ...
An Honourable Man Emma Burnell 28/11/2018 There is a real need for art to explore the causes and roots of our current populist phase of politics. Unfortunately, this is not that. While well...
Jimmy Walters in Conversation with Emma Burnell Emma Burnell 13/11/2018 Jimmy Walters is the director of Billy Bishop Goes to War, currently playing at the Jermyn Theatre. Emma Burnell spoke to him about why he chose to st...
The Wolves Emma Burnell 03/11/2018 With a few wonderful exceptions (step forward My So-Called Life) teenage girls get a pretty rough time in popular culture. For example, simply calling...
