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Emma Smith



Articles by Emma Smith


Review: All The Things I Lied About at Soho Theatre
23 April 2017
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: All The Things I Lied About at Soho Theatre

18 April - 6 May 2017
By Emma Smith

Cognitive dissonance: Emma Smith reviews Katie Bonna’s one-woman show about lying.


Review: The Albatross 3rd & Main at Park Theatre
17 January 2017
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Albatross 3rd & Main at Park Theatre

Park Theatre ⋄ 10 January - 4 February 2017
By Emma Smith

Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs, / Upon the slimy sea: Emma Smith reviews Simon David Eden’s journey into the American Dream.


Review: Extra Yarn at the Orange Tree Theatre
24 December 2016
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Review: Extra Yarn at the Orange Tree Theatre

Orange Tree Theatre ⋄ 16th December 2016 - 7th January 2017
By Emma Smith

Will children like Extra Yarn? Elated child says: ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’: Emma Smith reviews the Orange Tree Theatre’s Christmas show for young children.


Review: Bits of Me Are Falling Apart at the Soho Theatre
11 November 2016
Reviews • West End & Central

Review: Bits of Me Are Falling Apart at the Soho Theatre

Soho Theatre ⋄ 2nd November - 3rd December 2016
By Emma Smith

The boy who would not grow up: Emma Smith reviews Adrian Edmondson in a play about waking up middle-aged.


Review: The Trial of Jane Fonda at Park Theatre
18 July 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe

Review: The Trial of Jane Fonda at Park Theatre

Park Theatre ⋄ 13th July - 20th August 2016
By Emma Smith

“Context is everything”: Emma Smith reviews Terry Jastrow’s investigation of Jane Fonda and the Vietnam War.


Review: With A Little Bit of Luck at Roundhouse
20 June 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe

Review: With A Little Bit of Luck at Roundhouse

Roundhouse ⋄ 14th - 18th June 2016
By Emma Smith

“Perfectly captures the pure hope and possibility of youth”: Emma Smith reviews Sabrina Mahfouz’s work as part of The Last Word Festival.


Review: Human Animals at Royal Court
25 May 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: Human Animals at Royal Court

Royal Court, Jerwood Upstairs ⋄ 18th May to 18th June 2016
By Emma Smith

Sex? Prozac? Property?: Emma Smith reviews Stef Smith’s Royal Court debut play about the fine line between animals and humans.


Review: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing at the Young Vic
22 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • West End & Central

Review: A Girl is a Half-formed Thing at the Young Vic

Young Vic ⋄ 17th February 2016 - 26th March 2016
By Emma Smith

Annie Ryan’s stage adaptation of Eimear McBride’s novel “batters language into feeling”.


Review: Toast at Rose Theatre
12 February 2016
Reviews • London Theatre • OWE & Fringe

Review: Toast at Rose Theatre

Rose Theatre ⋄ 4th - 13th February 2016
By Emma Smith

Emma Smith on Richard Bean’s bread factory comedy: “Think Made in Dagenham meets Kinky Boots, with more flour, fewer kinks and no women.”


Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus
18 January 2016
Reviews • West End & Central

Trygve Wakenshaw: Nautilus

Soho Theatre ⋄ 11th – 23rd January 2016
By Emma Smith

Emma Smith sees Nautilus by Trygve Wakenshaw as part of London International Mime Festival and its funny. Really, really funny.


Jackson’s Way: The Christmas Top-Up Power Seminar
4 December 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Jackson’s Way: The Christmas Top-Up Power Seminar

Battersea Arts Centre ⋄ 1st – 12th December 2015
By Emma Smith

Will Adamsdale’s alter-ego is back in business.


Flowering Cherry
22 November 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Flowering Cherry

Finborough Theatre ⋄ 17th November - 20th December 2015
By Emma Smith

Death of the British Dream.


Cloudcuckoolanders
13 November 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Cloudcuckoolanders

Camden People's Theatre ⋄ 10th-11th November 2015
By Emma Smith

Screen dreams.


Tomcat
2 November 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Tomcat

Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 28th October - 21st November 2015
By Emma Smith

A brave new world of eugenics.


Crushed Shells and Mud
8 October 2015
Reviews • OWE & Fringe

Crushed Shells and Mud

Southwark Playhouse ⋄ 1st-24th October 2015
By Emma Smith

A play of two halves.


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