Pure Imagination St. James Theatre 24 Sept – 17 Oct The songs of Leslie Bricusse "Come with me and you'll be in a world of pure imagination" Celebrate the songs of one of the most prol…
Dance is one of the most unique forms of storytelling within theatre; it's raw, physical and often innovative in its approach. I've thought this throughout the last few times that I've seen …
The Man Who Had All the Luck is a small offering from a big name: Arthur Miller. It's not on any GCSE syllabus to be gratuitously laboured through with a fine toothed comb. It's not been don…
Theatre can inspire creativity and cognitive progression in young children, and is an example of a medium that has been used in this country for hundreds of years as a way of entertainmen…
Aeschylus’s The Oresteia is in high demand at the moment, with new versions sprouting up left, right and centre, and The Globe houses The Oresteia in its most authentic form. Director …
Marooned on an island that is encompassed by the sea and the tales of its occupants, we find ourselves within the setting of Rebecca Rogers' new play, Reckless. Â Â On this island, where…
“She had no idea how much sadness she was going to experience in her life. She had no understanding of the idea of regret. She'd never drunk herself to sleep. She'd never deliberately …
The company dreamthinkspeak have never been afraid to take the unconventional approach. As the artistic director Tristan Sharps puts it, they have done "a lot of work in buildings that aren'…
American Psycho, Seven and Dahmer were all given medium scores on Rotten Tomatoes when they were released, with the public giving (as expected) higher scores than the critics. At least, that…
The So and So Arts Club was founded three years ago by Sarah Berger. It has 1200 members in nine countries, and this year they are presenting their second Ever HopeFull Rep season. It is a p…
Ewald Palmetshofer's play hamlet is dead. no gravity is a dark vision of a family in crisis. Shifting between explosive scenes of dramatic conflict and offering subtle, humorous commentary o…
Caught is a piece of new writing about a detective inspector who has transferred to a smaller town to solve a murder. The story involves five suspects, played by only three women. The story …
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, …
“Your mum's really nice, so why'd you hate her so much?” Difficult parent/child relationships are increasingly becoming the norm. Whether an adult or an adolescent, figuring out …
Image: © Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. After over 50,000 performances in hundreds of venues across August, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe has come to a close. A whole range of awar…
You can find more comedy at the Edinburgh Fringe than you can find ants in an anthill, and it’s often difficult to know where to start. Do you go for improv? Stand-up? Sketches? Those …
Image: © Cameron Slater A mafting hot, cramped space above a pub does not traditionally a magnificent theatrical experience make. My sentiments exactly deary, until I sat through one o…
McQueen, a name both iconic and embedded in fashion and British culture, dominates the pillars of Theatre Royal Haymarket. Whilst the audience take to their seats they are presented to a pac…
After completely messing up a production of Chekov’s Seagull, Emma the actress decides to go to rehab. She’s planning on staying until she gets better, so she can go back to work…
Nakkiah Lui’s play was born out of loss, love and anger. She describes This Heaven as her ‘Molotov cocktail. [She wants] to throw it and burn things down.’ Sitting in the F…
My Eyes Went Dark, written and directed by Matthew Wilkinson at the Finborough Theatre, is one of the finest pieces of theatre produced this season. Inspired by real events, the play take…
So, we've come to the end of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival: the mecca for experimental and exciting theatre. It's a hive of talent and little gems of performers and pieces that have t…
Going to see Traces is not just about going to see fantastic circus, though when it comes to satisfying traditional expectations it's all there, and flawlessly executed: Trapeze, Chinese pol…
Paul G Raymond and Luke Manning collectively make up the sketch comedy duo In Cahoots, but neither are strangers to the circuit and regularly perform in the improv troupe Shoot From The Hip.…
Feminism is a loose theme running throughout this comedy show from The Durham Revue, epitomised by one of the performance's early sketches; the company's two women (Charlotte Whistlecroft an…