18-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pembrokeshire Herald
Pembrokeshire performer brings hit musical comedy home for one night only
PEMBROKEHIRE'S own Emily Davis returns home this June with her critically acclaimed one-woman musical comedy, Escape the Rat Race!, for a special one-night performance at Newport Memorial Hall on Saturday 28 June at 7:30pm.
Fresh from a string of successful shows at leading venues including the Wales Millennium Centre, Phoenix Arts Club, and Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club, Emily is bringing her high-energy, heartwarming, and hilariously honest show to Pembrokeshire ahead of her upcoming run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Blending stand-up, storytelling, and original music, Escape the Rat Race! follows the misadventures of Blodwen Cadwalader — a Pret-fuelled, KPI-smashing Welsh woman who's ticked every box on the corporate ladder until burnout sends her spiralling. After a sailing holiday goes spectacularly wrong, Blodwen is forced to confront what she really wants — and who she really is.
'It's such a privilege to bring this show back to Pembrokeshire,' says Emily. 'I wrote it as a love letter to anyone who's ever felt stuck, exhausted, or like they were chasing something they didn't even want. There's something very special about sharing that message with my home community.'
Full of sharp wit, soulful music, and standout vocals, Escape the Rat Race! is a joyful, satirical, and moving exploration of modern life, ambition, and the liberating power of saying: 'No thanks.'
Catch it before Edinburgh!
Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire
Saturday 28 June
7:30pm
Tickets: Book here
Praise for Escape the Rat Race!:
★ 'Must-see' – ThreeWeeksEdinburgh
★ 'Her secret weapon, unquestionably, is her voice' – Cabaret Scenes
★ 'Stunning. True beauty in her pairing of song and story' – LondonTheatre1
