‘What does it mean to write a play about race?’ Emily Davis writes on Cassiopeia Berkeley-Agyepong and Simone Ibbett-Brown’s knotty, metatheatrical play.
Emily Davis
Articles by Emily Davis
5 September 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: The Son at Duke of York’s Theatre
By Emily Davis
Pushing back the tide: Emily Davis writes on Florian Zeller’s study of depression.
19 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
EIF review: Roots by 1927
By Emily Davis
“A chocolate box of bite-sized folk tales”: Emily Davis writes on sampling 1927’s work for the first time.
13 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: I, AmDram by Hannah Maxwell
By Emily Davis
Never-ending drama: Emily Davis is delighted by Hannah Maxwell’s nostalgic show about a longstanding amateur dramatics society.
11 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Pops by Charlotte Josephine
By Emily Davis
“Silence. And tea”: Emily Davis responds to Charlotte Josephine’s precise portrayal of a father-daughter relationship.
10 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Edinburgh fringe review: Class by Scottee
By Emily Davis
Holding up a mirror: Emily Davis writes on Scottee’s new performance ‘for’ middle class audiences.
7 August 2019
Reviews • Edinburgh Fringe 2019
Review: Oh Yes Oh No by Louise Orwin
By Emily Davis
“Sex is an exclamation mark”: Emily Davis writes on Louise Orwin’s startling exploration of female sexuality.
28 July 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Crystal Clear at Old Red Lion Theatre
23rd July - 17th August
By Emily Davis
Take my hand: Emily Davis writes on Crystal Clear, an accessible but dated romance focusing on a partially-sighted couple.
10 July 2019
Reviews • West End & Central
Review: seven methods of killing kylie jenner
By Emily Davis
The internet isn’t a choice anymore: Emily Davis crafts a gif-strewn response to Jasmine Lee-Jones’ extremely online debut play.
15 June 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Woke at Battersea Arts Centre
10th-22nd June
By Emily Davis
‘The political through the personal’: Emily Davis reviews Apphia Campbell’s Woke, which depicts five decades of civil rights struggles.
11 May 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Die! Die! Die! Old People Die! at Battersea Arts Centre
8 - 25 May
By Emily Davis
‘It makes my bones ache to watch’: Emily Davis writes on Ridiculusmus’ show exploring ageing.
2 May 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: The Amber Trap at Theatre503
24th April - 18th May
By Emily Davis
‘Where is the danger coming from?’: Emily Davis reviews Tabitha Mortiboy’s new play, which explores the impact of the male gaze on a queer female relationship.
14 March 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe
Review: Really Real Teenz! at the Yard
By Emily Davis
Not that innocent: Emily Davis reviews The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein’s piece devised with young people, exploring ‘the risky parameter between appropriate and explicit’.
29 January 2019
Reviews
Review: No Show at Soho Theatre
22nd January - 9th February
By Emily Davis
‘The beauty and grace comes from performers making performance work (play) on their own terms’: Emily Davis writes on Ellie Dubois’ feminist deconstruction of circus.
14 December 2018
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe
Review: Violet at The Bunker
4th - 15th December
By Emily Davis
‘The most millennial millennial’: Emily Davis writes on Bebe Sanders’ one woman show about an intergenerational friendship