Royal Theatrical Support Trust Director Award for emerging directors launched with Sheffield Theatres The Royal Theatrical Support Trust (RTST), and Sheffield Theatres have announced a new a…
Four dance artists have been awarded an Arts Council England funded commission to help them develop innovative new pieces. Stephanie Schober, Botis Seva and Tom Roden and Anna Williams ha…
It is the meticulous attention to detail in the direction (Bryony J. Thompson) that makes the Rosemary Branch Theatre's production of Jane Eyre so special. Each moment is carefully crafted, …
There is no theatrical experience quite like Light. And that's not just because Theatre Ad Infinitum's latest offering is a rich, fascinating dystopian thriller with a terrifying totalitaria…
It's a lingering peaty smell that unsettles me as we enter the space. Jennifer Swingler, Sacha Plaige and Charles Adrian form a contorted tableaux less than a meter from the front row. They …
Can it really be only seven months? I'm pretty familiar with how living in a foreign city can do strange things with time " how the density of experience speeds things up and slows them down…
Crude Prospects is the new thrilling production from Les Foules and will be at Vault Festival, London. I spoke to Dramaturg Peter Wiedmann on his latest work. Wiedmann wrote Crude Prospects …
"That's the thing with coloured folks " they always wanna have a good time". I'm paraphrasing, but in this one line Lucian Msamati's Toledo perfectly sums up this five-star production. In ad…
Transporting Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet from sixteenth century Verona to twenty-first century London, Shakespeare Up Close has modernised this great romantic tragedy to make it enjoyable…
Patrick Marber's three act play Dealer's Choice is in many ways a well-chosen piece for an actor's showcase. It presents the five students of Guildhall with a short production and six equ…
The sensation of watching L'Étoile is akin to watching the infamous scene in Moulin Rouge where Toulouse and his band of misfits drink Absinthe and watch the green fairy gyrate in front …
It only seems like yesterday that I reviewed The University of York Platform Theatre Society's production of Moira Buffini's dark comedy Dying For It last term. How time flies! Now, in week …
It has to be said that I am a huge fan of suspense horror/thriller theatrical productions. Sure, if you want to get a buzz you can always watch a film of a man sawing off his leg, but there …
Sadler's Sampled is now a well-established addition to the Sadler's Wells programme, bringing dance fans young and old, balletomanes and b-boys, into the same world for two nights only. This…
As one who is not the most familiar with the genre of opera, I perceived that I might be the 'Lost' component in the Corinthia Hotel London's Found and Lost. However I was excited to see tha…
The Guildhall School of Music and Drama presents an abstract trio of Pinter, taking scenes from Harold Pinter’s One for the Road, The New World Order and Mountain Language and bringing…
Shakespeare's Globe have announced a performance of Hamlet at the Calais jungle, where thousands of refugees are currently camped. The performance on February 3 will take place at the tem…
The day before I saw Red Velvet at The Garrick the audience evacuated the auditorium. The various authors of social media reported loud cracking sounds halfway though the first half. Some fe…
One of the hardest things to do as a reviewer is going into a show when it has so much praise already. You only have to google Iphigenia In Splott to be in a sea of five star reviews. But do…
There are six performers. Dressed loosely in grey, each stands alone on stage. Slowly, we watch them contort. Their bodies strangulate as their eyes fix upon us. Five people alone in their p…
I didn't know that the Vault theatre existed, but I'm glad I do now. Situated in the depths of murky Waterloo, Vault is hosting a six-week festival, consisting of music, theatre, workshops a…
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, …
Having been both an actor and composer, it wasn't until he hit thirty that Keith Saha tried his hand at directing and writing. "I was an actor for ten years did lots of different kinds of th…
Mime is often overlooked as an art form. In a fast-paced world where we are constantly putting out and receiving instant information, we seem to be on the hunt for the quickest means to comm…
So far 2016 has not been kind to me. After the leaps and bounds of last year's progress and the promise of a bright future laid out before me, the stars decided that I needed to slow it down…