10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
A Table Set For Two is The Underground Clown Club's fourth, penultimate show for their 'Five Years, Five Shows, Five Months' season. A pretty ambitious undertaking, I'm sure we can all agree…
It's rare that I am so entirely overwhelmed by a production that I walk out and start reading articles about the company but with Belarus Free Theatre (BFT) I did just that. With Be…
'I know that fairytales are often considered lightweight and superficial, but when you dig deep they provide us with incredibly important maps to help us understand what it is to be human.' …
Pantomimes immediately welcome you into the spirit of Christmas. With catchy songs, brightly-coloured sets, and always a 'happily ever after', it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the me…
The origin of its name is still hotly debated by the volunteers before every show. I hear newcomers asking the more experienced stage hands about it in each room I walk through and everyone …
Clean Break uses theatre to bring the hidden stories of imprisoned women to a wider audience. Anna Herrmann, their Head of Education, writes about the importance of a non judgmen…
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, …
Well, I can’t believe it’s pretty much the end of my first term of second year at York. It’s been fantastic from start to finish, but now I’m looking forward to going…
Frank Wedekind’s Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box, also known as the ‘Lulu plays’ explore the power of sexuality and seduction while truly pushing the envelope in terms…
It's the Swinging Sixties and London is in its years of non-conformist and uncontrollable values. What was once known as Shakespeare's Measure for Measure is now a lively musical named Despe…
If Black Mirror was a dance show, this would be it. The Russell Maliphant Company production of Conceal | Reveal at Sadler's Wells promises a night of all-consuming music, dance and lig…
Being a proud Scandinavian I can safely say I don’t always have a great relationship with Ibsen. Because I met him very early on in my school days, he’s always felt more like an …
It’s that time of year again! No, I’m not talking about it being nearly Christmas (which I’m sure we’re all excited about)Â " I’m talking about that time of y…
Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the makings of some festive fun. Flamboyant dames, an abundance of innuendos and a generous sprinkling of magic have taken over theatres across the country, as we're f…
Daniel Vale of the make-believe Daniel Vale Theatre Company gleefully boasts that his cast of four will play the 70,000 characters of Ben Hur with historical accuracy. Even if you don't know…
As the Shadow Marketing Assistant for the Lincoln Young Company, my main responsibility is to ensure that the company and their work is promoted. The company is currently in rehearsals for E…
Emma Beattie performs the title role in The Gate's Medea, a production that modernises the ancient myth, showing it from the perspective of the two ill-fated sons. With this focus on the boy…
The London housing crisis has been foregrounded for a while now, but it seems with the recent closure of businesses along Brixton's arches and the rise of Pop Up Brixton, artisanal cocktail …
My boyfriend turns to look at me, giving me a look that says 'where the hell are we going?', and I have to agree. Crouch End is literally Mordor. Tucked away in Zone 3, we arrived to atmosph…
The results of a three-year study into regional theatre and bringing new audiences into the arts has been published. Fuel launched the findings of their New Theatre in Your Neighbourhood (NT…
The Tiger Lillies's Lulu " A Murder Ballad is a blissfully disturbing romp through a provocative classic of European theatre. My first encounter with the Tiger Lillies's work was when a f…
Jamie Lloyd brings us the fiftieth anniversary of (the god that is) Harold Pinter's The Homecoming " a play that in 1965 was slap bang in the middle of people's hunger for howling, tra…
It's not hard to imagine where the world is headed. With our constant bombing exchanges and cultural conflicts being a lethal topic of hot-headed shout-outs, the world of Wallace Shawn's new…
When Simon Maeder and Adam El Hagar came up with the idea to create a stage show about punk turned hip-hop group; The Beastie Boys; they had no idea that the anticipation and excitement f…
The complex and endlessly interesting mindset of a killer can often be seen as fertile ground for creating dramatic work, and here Big Mouth Theatre Company take a run at doing just that. Us…
