10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
The classics really do have their mega-fans. Chuckles and guffaws are thrown at the stage like a downpour of die on a poker table and my neighbour looks fit to burst with delighted glee. Guy…
On paper The Suicide should be flawless. Attacking the bloodthirsty social media followers and their see-through empathy, the National would have hit it with the satirical boom it promised t…
The Best of BE festival, as the name indicates, consists of a presentation of the shows that were considered by the audience to be the best of the 2015 BE festival edition in Birmingham. Thi…
Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale is arguably one of the most complex and tricky narratives to convey. However, Christopher Wheeldon's balletic interpretation comes alive through the clarity o…
Deep in the groin of Waterloo station, the memories of many a grown-up come to life, but only threaten to be nostalgic. For me and many other twenty-odd (and perhaps younger) year-olds, R.L …
Theatre Re's Blind Man's Song graces the stage again this year, embarking on a forty show run across ten cities in three countries. We managed to catch up with artistic director Guillaume Pi…
Are you looking for work in the arts industry? Each week we at A Younger Theatre are featuring the best job applications from across the arts spectrum. Whether you're looking for permanent, …
In a recent, controversial statement, contemporary choreographer Akram Khan declared that we should not encourage rising numbers of female choreographers "for the sake of it." Many people ha…
Shakespeare once wrote "Be not afeard; the isle is full of noises, sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not", and never have these words been more beautifully captured than in S…
Wardobe Ensemble's 1972: The Future of Sex is one of the most relatable pieces of theatre I have seen in a long time, its messages of sex, empowerment and gender identity transcending era…
The Sugar-Coated Bullets of the Bourgeoisie. It takes a second to digest that, just as a title. As a title alone, it packs quite the punch; it's about as a catchy as a limerick, it's flas…
Theatre503 has always strived to create innovative theatre that supports emerging artists " particularly writers. As such their latest production The State We're In sees upcoming writers Afs…
In forty years of creating work, writing shows and performing together all around the world, we've found ourselves in some pretty interesting venues. Big and small theatres, studio spaces, g…
The British Library has launched a new exhibition that looks at how William Shakespeare’s work has been reinterpreted over the course of hundreds of years. Shakespeare in Ten Acts focu…
I'm sitting in the Union Theatre bar with a glass of Merlot, and within a matter of seconds I am transported back to the Roaring Twenties. Members of the ensemble cast burst into the foyer, …
As we enter the space, Boy has already started; the actors circle around the stage on a moving travelator, sitting on invisible chairs. Following their collaboration on Game, this is directo…
The power of Scenes From 68* Years lies not in showing us war, bombs and battles, but in its observations of human suffering in the every day lives of people affected by conflict. Somehow th…
Brad Birch's new play The Brink picks you up and shakes you. It challenges you and then lingers long in your mind after you leave the theatre. It creates questions, starts conversations and …
Harry by Caitlin McEwan is a play about me, and a play about you. It speaks directly to the little inner stalker inside all of us. At the beginning of the play, the audience is invi…
We all love a good story. Who doesn't? From a bedtime fairy tale as young'uns, to a good gossip about work folks, tales of drunken antics and thensome. On board? Well these people do it p…
Tennessee Williams remains one of our most loved and illustrious playwrights, with his plays endlessly being performed to an appreciative audience all over the world. With that said, it is o…
Win a pair of tickets to see a show at the Beckett in London festival This festival of Beckett's prose on stage at the Print Room at the Coronet, features theatre, music, discussions and vis…
A London poetry collection are marking the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death, by putting on celebration of his life, featuring performances from a number of refugee and migran…
On a black and white island sits Alan Turing (Gwydion Rhys), head in hands. Betray (Rick Yale), Friend (Francois Pandolfo) and Interrogator (Robert Harper) circle around him like sharks that…
Haram Iran is possibly the most current play on the London scene right now. Set in modern day Iran it follows the story of two 15-year-old boys who are convicted under Sharia law for the cri…
