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Emily Davis



Articles by Emily Davis


Review: Folk, Hampstead Theatre
8 January 2022
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Folk, Hampstead Theatre

18th December - 5th February
By Emily Davis

A soaring voice: Emily Davis writes on Nell Leyshon’s new play that captures ‘how it feels to sing and love singing’ through the history of folk songs.


Review: Best of Enemies at Young Vic
17 December 2021
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Review: Best of Enemies at Young Vic

By Emily Davis

Politics on a small screen: Emily Davis grapples with James Graham’s play about two pioneering political pundits.


Review: Milk and Gall at Theatre 503
14 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Milk and Gall at Theatre 503

By Emily Davis

A difficult birth: Emily Davis writes on Mathilde Dratwa’s ‘playful and confident’ new play that brings together the personal and the political in the Trump era.


Review: Mum at Soho Theatre
1 November 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Mum at Soho Theatre

By Emily Davis

Waking nightmare: Emily Davis writes on Morgan Lloyd Malcolm’s ‘panic-strewn and nightmarish’ exploration of ‘some of the worst things that a parent could imagine happening’.


Review: Frozen the Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane
13 September 2021
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Review: Frozen the Musical, Theatre Royal Drury Lane

By Emily Davis

A richer and more complex beast: Emily Davis reviews the stage version of the beloved Disney movie.


Review: Hungry at Paines Plough
31 August 2021
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Review: Hungry at Paines Plough

By Emily Davis

Emotional eating: Emily Davis writes on Chris Bush’s incisive new play, exploring the tangled relationship between food, class and community.


Review: Carousel at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre
15 August 2021
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Carousel at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre

By Emily Davis

If I Loved You: Emily Davis reviews Timothy Sheader’s outdoor production of Carousel, which leans into the knottiness of the musical’s themes.


Review: Herding Cats at Soho Theatre
23 May 2021
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Review: Herding Cats at Soho Theatre

By Emily Davis

“I honestly felt like I was being slapped around the face for 80 minutes.” Emily Davis finds that Lucinda Coxon’s play is a confronting return to the theatre.


Review: IN A WAY SO BRUTAL at the Yard Theatre
24 January 2020
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: IN A WAY SO BRUTAL at the Yard Theatre

21st-25th January
By Emily Davis

Singing like an open wound: Emily Davis writes on Eirini Kartsaki and Tasos Stamou’s sonic theatre experiment exploring monstered bodies.


Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane at National Theatre
14 December 2019
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Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane at National Theatre

By Emily Davis

“I feel like a giant child”: Emily Davis is delighted by the NT’s magical fantasy musical.


Review: Fitter at Soho Theatre
11 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Fitter at Soho Theatre

3rd December - 4th January
By Emily Davis

Revelling in mess: Emily Davis writes on Ell Potter and Mary Higgins’ exploration of masculinity and their relationship to it.


Review: Dick Whittington and His Cat at Hackney Empire
7 December 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Dick Whittington and His Cat at Hackney Empire

23rd Nov - 5th January
By Emily Davis

‘A glimpse of what the world could look like if everything were simpler and the people were kinder’: Emily Davis wells up at Hackney Empire’s Windrush-inspired pantomime.


Review: Hunger at Arcola Theatre
28 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Hunger at Arcola Theatre

20 November - 21 December
By Emily Davis

‘A stumble off the path, into a crack in the ground’: Emily Davis writes on a new adaptation of Knut Hamsun’s book and the politics of the decision to programme it.


Review: Gaping Hole (Story #3) at Ovalhouse
14 November 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Gaping Hole (Story #3) at Ovalhouse

8th - 23rd November
By Emily Davis

Teetering around the edges: Emily Davis writes on Rachel Mars and Greg Wohead’s exploration of plot holes and holes in the walls.


Review: Shuck n Jive at Soho Theatre
6 October 2019
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Shuck n Jive at Soho Theatre

2 - 26 October
By Emily Davis

‘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.


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