10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
We are all here with our dogs, we are told, and we have come to see a dog show. This is just the start of a series of unfailingly imaginative vignettes derived from interlinking stories, abo…
Leslie Bricusse is one of the big names in both stage and screen. Some may recognise Charlie and the Chocolate Factory classics such as ‘Pure Imagination’ or ‘The Candy Man…
Leave Hitler to Me, Lad, written and directed by Haley Cox, tells the story of the war children who never get picked up, and don't know who their family are as they were so young. We see thi…
Anyone up for Morris dancing? Based on the American War Office’s 1942 pamphlet, Instructions for American Servicemen in Britain attempts to present the audience (a group of GIs who jus…
Fidel the Musical has launched a competition challenging young people to re-examine Cuban history. The project is based at the University of Southampton and over 250 schools have already sig…
Self-dubbed the 'Springboard Festival', INK Festival will bring a showcase of new writing to East Anglia this coming April 2016. The weekend long festival not only showcases amazing new work…
Song of Riots by Awake Projects & The North Wall Battersea Arts Centre Until 17 October Written by Lucy Maycock. Directed by Christopher Sivertsen & Lucy Maycock Part of A Nations …
"Where did you find them?" People always ask us where we find our casts, sometimes in incredulous voices as if they can't believe they've been walking amongst us all along. Common Wealth tru…
After Dogfight took London by storm earlier this year, it was no surprise how excited I was to see Pasek and Paul's musical baby Edges. As a company, Peak Productions aims to broadcast some …
A sculpture of one of theatre's most famous directors is to be unveiled in London. The Joan Littlewood sculpture will be unveiled outside the Theatre Royal Stratford East on October 4, follo…
Though composed after The Marriage of Figaro, Mozart’s dramma-giocoso masterpiece, Rossini’s Barber of Seville is the first in Beaumarchais trilogy of plays. It’s enduring …
I'm definitely going to have nightmares for the next couple of nights! Mary Beth Morossa presents a macabre evening of theatre with this double bill of brilliantly written and performed play…
Five plays, five different writers, five different casts, one showcase. Sounds like a bargain, a chance to see new work over the course of an evening in bitesize chunks. The Miniaturists, no…
From the moment the lights fell in Brighton's Theatre Royal, and the second Mrs. de Winter spoke that famous opening line, it was clear that Kneehigh have put their own unique twist on Rebec…
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s and Yabin Wang’s Genesis a piece on creation, nature and humanity. It aims to tackle several themes at once, investigating the DNA, observing the human bod…
The Finborough's recent commission of four one-act plays from the Manchester School of Playwrights is a prime example of less is more. Director Anna Marsland brings to life the work of Harol…
The Royal Exchange, Manchester has launched a 12 month creative speechmaking programme inspired by TED Talks, as part of the Truth about Youth series. On Monday 9 November, TaY at the Royal …
Image: Royal Shakespeare Company One of the biggest theatre companies in the UK have announced record breaking financial figures for 2014/15. The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) sold over 1.…
At just 19 years old, Dmitri Shostakovich unveiled his First Symphony in Leningrad to widespread acclaim and was compared to such greats as Stravinsky and Prokofiev. Like those bastions of t…
It could easily be interpreted as an act of narcissism. Quarantine, one of the UK's most terraforming companies, has arrived at such self-regard as to roll out scenery from its past producti…
Outsiders is a play inspired and based on Camus’s novel The Stranger ,or L'Etranger. The play focuses on two of the book’s background characters, Marie and Sumaya. Here we see th…
I was 11 in 2001, and I vaguely remember headlines at the time about the foot and mouth crisis. Despite the fact that I’m from West Country rural Dorset, it always seemed like it was s…
The pub garden: a place intended for a light-hearted drink or quick cigarette, but often host to the deepest and most honest conversations. For Mark, John and Liz it is a place they have in …
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, …
Image: www.geograph.org.uk Two hip-hop dance companies with links to Sadler’s Wells have been awarded over £1 million to tour England over the next two years. ZooNation Dance Compan…
