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Well, Christmas has come and gone, everyone! I hope you've all enjoyed spending time with family, stuffed your faces and hopefully gone to see some theatre. If you haven't seen anything yet,…
When first published in 1782, Choderlos de Laclos's Les Liaisons Dangereuses delighted, shocked and outraged its readers with its naked exposing of morally questionable behaviour from its tw…
2015 has been a year of huge news across the theatre world. With record breaking festivals, fascinating new schemes to help communities through the arts, and organisations sadly having to cl…
Tracey Sinclair's Bystanders first premiered at the Baron's Court Theatre in 2011; this new production directed by Jeremy Stockwell has been given a freshen up for its visit to firstly The W…
Applications will open soon for an award aimed at giving a young director the chance to showcase their work at the Young Vic in London. The JMK Award was set up in 1997, after the death of p…
Taking part in National Theatre Connections, directors are presented with the exciting opportunity of working on new and specially commissioned plays. This year, the Lincoln Young Company is…
The Wasp starts innocently enough: a cafe, chamomile tea and two women who have lost contact since school. But then cash is slammed on the table along with a shady business proposition, and …
The Tabard Theatre is a wonderfully intimate and welcoming space and Sigurd The Dragon Slayer is a fitting choice for their festive production. Aimed at children from pre- to junior school, …
As much as Manon was a leitmotif last year at the Royal Opera House " with a ballet and two operas on the ill-fated beauty " this year it is Eugene Onegin that is receiving the full ballet 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, …
Since 2008, Peut-être Theatre have been creating charming, surrealist children's shows that have gained the approval of audiences and critics alike. Their latest show, The Little Bird Who…
Britain is on the brink of war and the city children have been evacuated to the countryside. William Beech (Alex Taylor-McDowall) is sent to live with Tom Oakley (David Troughton), a reclusi…
Slava's Snowshow has become a Christmas staple on the South Bank. Now returning for its fifth year, Slava Polunin's not-so-conventional Christmas tale is meant for fun for all the family, bu…
Hamlet does a pretty good job of giving Claudius dimension and depth, as a man tortured by guilt. Claudius' perspective is not neglected by Shakespeare. So why feel the need to put on a one …
The longest serving theatre critic in Britain has praised a scheme that aims to support young, emerging writers Young Critics run workshops by journalists and leading critics to help mentor …
So it's Christmas time (who would’ve thought?), and in theatre world that automatically means panto season. Naturally you'll be expecting all the old favourites: Aladdin, Snow White an…
Upstairs above an Islington pub is perhaps not the first place you’d think of when you wonder where the world premiere of Arthur Miller’s first play will be staged. But this is t…
Wayne Eagling's Nutcracker returns again to the Coliseum for its sixth year as a staple of English National Ballet's repertoire. ENB certainly lack no dance talent, as is abundantly obvious …
A miniature, golden and glittering town has cropped up in the artsdepot's Studio Theatre this Christmas. This is the Land of Lights by Oily Cart, a delightful, immersive adventure for under …
The Dazzle is an atmospheric journey back to New York around 1947. Produced by the Michael Grandage Company and Emily Dobbs Productions. The temporary converted space of the Old Central S…
Going to a show on ice around the festive period is a popular choice, but there is a reason why these shows are performed in large arenas or ice rinks. Bewitchment on Black Ice is the first …
About a third of the way through the second half of Robin Hood, Theatre Royal Stratford East's pantomime, the excitable, chair-climbing child sitting next to me accidentally squirts glow sti…
This new adaptation of one of Hans Christian Andersen's earliest fairytales The Tinderbox has so much potential to be a magical Christmas show that is perfect for small children, but unfortu…
Bull offers a 'how to guide' in annihilating your opponent in under an hour. Like Matadors, two office colleagues wave a red cloth to lure a beast into rage, then playfully side step his att…
Nothing beats a good old fashioned Christmas Panto. Hoxton Hall, surely one of the most beautiful music halls remaining in London, caps off the season with its first ever one – Snow Wh…
