10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Kate Lock's new play Russian Dolls is definitely full of pluck and gall " as a look at modern day, working class, council flat Britain, it certainly captures the zeitgeist of its period and,…
With the sound of guns shooting and planes soaring over head, The Rose Playhouse's production of Much Ado About Nothing seemed to start off on a rather bleak note for the usually upbeat come…
The basis of Forever Plaid is so absurdly simple yet incredibly strange that I wouldn't be surprised if the idea was generated in a primary school classroom. It follows The Plaids, an all ma…
Call me judgemental, but there's something about the phrase 'one man show' that gives me the heebie jeebies. More so when that phrase is accompanied by 'written and performed by …' My inte…
“Does anyone find grief awkward?”, Jack Rooke asks his audience upstairs at the Soho Theatre. It is a mixed reaction: some hands fling up willingly, others like myself volunteer …
So, Katie Mitchell's new production of Lucia di Lammermoor is already causing a bit of a stir. It's not going as far as the general outcry towards her recent version of Cleansed at the Natio…
Matthew Warchus's new production of The Caretaker at the Old Vic theatre sees Harold Pinter's tragicomedy performed with an impressive set, humorous gusto and a cast including Timothy Spall …
Wendy Hoose | Soho Theatre | Tue 12 Apr – Sat 7 May 2016 Presented by Birds of Paradise and Random Accomplice in association with Soho Theatre. Hooking up when you're legless…
Northern Broadsides certainly have a reputation for smashing the stereotype that northern actors can't do Shakespeare. Not only do they frequently make this part of a production's backboneÂ…
Suitcase Civilians’ current production; Wilde Tales, brings to life a series of short stories by Oscar Wilde. Adapted by Sepy Baghei, the show is an ensemble piece led by the 'MC' name…
If you want to see a show that will make your jaw hit the floor, then Race Horse Company's Super Sunday, currently playing at the Roundhouse, will do just that. Set in a surreal amusement pa…
Sublime in every way, The Man in the Woman's Shoes is both hilarious and deeply moving with the most simple of story lines. Talent such as Mikel Murfi's is rare to find " someone who c…
In January 2015 I packed my bags and moved from Birmingham (where I was making theatre with Tin Box Theatre Company, working as a freelance theatre practitioner, yoga teacher and in a bar) t…
'I want to be an actress when I grow up.' I made this statement for the first time at eight years old shortly after I had, enthusiastically, taken part in our community panto. It was Jack &#…
There are lots of moments where I find the label 'emerging company' very confusing, mostly because of the lack of definition surrounding it. Emerging is defined in the dictionary as becoming…
This is not your typical comedy. Not only because a puppet is the main character " which is hardly a new thing after Avenue Q or even War Horse " but because of its frenzied tone and super-d…
Legend has it that an X marks a spot of valuable treasure, whereas in this new offering from the Royal Court, X becomes an emblem of multiple unknown dangers that threaten detrimental impact…
It's easy to be seduced by the cosy Crazy Coqs, a small jazz club nestled inside Brasserie Zedel at Piccadilly Circus. The Crazy Coqs is an intimate venue with tiny tables and low lighting, …
Fye and Foul's Cathedral plunges its audience into near darkness, letting audio take the lead in their latest show which features fragments of tape recordings " the voices of two former love…
As they often say, in Shakespeare’s time people went to hear plays, not to see them. This is quite fitting for Julia Stubbs Hughes’ adaptation of Hamlet; a one-man show encapsula…
John Patrick Shanley has an impressive resume to his name. As the Oscar-winning writer of films such as Moonstruck and Joe Versus The Volcano, you might know him best as the scribe behind th…
The Finborough continue their series of works written about or during the time of the Great War with this engaging staged reading of John Arden and Margaretta D'Arcy's brilliant piece on the…
The Beatles are celebrated as the most successful pop music group in history. They captured the sounds and changing attitudes to music throughout the 1960s, and had a career that's inspired …
The revival of Alan Ayckbourn’s comedy is just what the West End needs. This is a genuinely hilarious comedy that doesn’t resort to cheap laughs. The set is delightfully bizarre …
The earth shattering, appreciative and rather long applause that greets Glenn Close as she makes her entrance on to the Coliseum's stage may feel a little disruptive and 'lovey', but heck, I…
