10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Oscar Wilde's philosophical novel The Picture of Dorian Gray was heavily censored before its first publication in 1890 and even then it caused controversy, “violating the laws of publi…
The basic premise of Moby Alpha is a two-man reimagining of Melville's classic Moby Dick, set in space, the maniacal Captain Ahab chasing the 'great white energy cloud' which stole his leg. …
"I'll cut the shit and get my monkey out." It's her final night of Edinburgh Fringe and Nina Conti is done with the pleasantries. She reaches into her oversized canvas bag and pulls out Monk…
Fully Committed sounds like it should be a winner, Marcus Brigstocke, Radio 4 comic regular (The Now Show, Giles Wemberley-Hogg Goes Off), tackles Becky Mode's acclaimed one-man comedy set i…
Fourth Monkey have hit on something interesting with their quartet of Grimm's fairy tales. The stories have experienced something of a revival recently due to their regularly gruesome conten…
NewsRevue has become a perennially popular favourite at the Fringe, an existence which can become something of a double-edged sword when one considers the fact the Fringe's selling point is …
'An incendiary new play about power, fear and fanaticism' is how the programme describes Gareth Jandrell's latest work for Dawn State Theatre Company. The plot revolves around a touring trio…
Tonight I'm Gonna Be The New Me Soho Theatre Produced by Made in China 7-26 September A woman takes to the stage. A man watches from the wings. They both wonder if their love will survive wh…
Tipping the Velvet Lyric Hammersmith 18 Sept – 24 Oct Based on the book by Sarah Waters. A new adaptation by Laura Wade. Acclaimed playwright Laura Wade (Posh, Royal Court/West End) br…
One Minute by Simon Stephens Delirium Theatre 7 September – 3 October In a tender, fragmentary story about the inarticulacy of grief, this 2003 play by Olivier and Tony award winning p…
Salome by Oscar Wilde Thêatre Libre 1 – 19 September (7.30pm Tues-Sat; 6pm Sun) "She is monstrous, thy daughter…" 

A young, beautiful socialite wakes up, uploads a se…
The Man Who Had All the Luck at the King’s Head Theatre By Arthur Miller. Produced by End of Moving Walkway. 2-27 September Everything David Beeves touches turns to gold. He has a beau…
As it becomes harder to remember a time when 'Google' wasn't a verb, questions are being asked about how our new technological landscape is changing the neuronal pathways in our brains. So w…
Lady Anna: All At Sea is a new play from Craig Baxter, inspired by the work of celebrated Victorian novelist Anthony Trollope. The play was commissioned by the Trollope Society as part of th…
The Puppet Theatre Barge, currently on a summer tour of the Thames but usually found in Little Venice, was established in the late 1970s with the intention of promoting marionette theatre. W…
This is Get Over It Productions' ninth year at the Camden Fringe; they just can't get enough. This year they have brought their gothic version of Shakespeare's The Tempest, impressively cond…
I've been going to the National Theatre for as long as I can remember and I have fought to be there. As a student I would sprint from the closing of the doors and get there just in time for …
“Roll up, roll up”. The audience enters a world of fairground festivities. Originally written by Ferenc Molnár, Liliom is a story of a carousel barker who finds love in a serv…
Image: © Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society. The world's largest fringe festival has drawn to a close, after tens of thousands of performances across August. Since August 7, the Edinbur…
The phrase 'You won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews', initially coined by Eric Idle in his Monty Python musical Spamalot remains evermore relevant and we can be grateful for…
Young Jean Lee's show, We're Gonna Die, has the aspiration of sharing a remedy for loneliness, one that isn't too flashy or instantly life altering. Â It is an answer so simple in its obvi…
Christian O'Connell is a radio DJ, found hosting the weekday breakfast show on Absolute Radio. He's also a stand-up comedian and in this show he discusses his show and the number of complain…
The relationship between artists, academics and the press is a long-standing one, with critical analysis understood as vital both in cultivating audiences, and in constructively feeding back…
When Jack cut down the beanstalk that brought a dead Giant crashing down on his provincial town, everyone was arms up in arms. Blind Summit, the UK's premier puppet theatre company, tell the…
There's certainly enthusiasm in Patch of Blue, the London-based theatre troupe who have adapted Irish novelist Sarah Moore Fitzgerald's Back to Blackbrick. In their effort to put the story o…
