10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Cashing in on the excitement and glamour of the flappers and moderns of 1920s New York, Thoroughly Modern Millie is an entertaining romp through the prohibition-shadowed streets of NY. The s…
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince lends more than enough colourful characters for Ezra LeBanks's jovial adaptation, produced by Californian physical theatre company Curbside. If …
Successfully improvising a show requires the cast to think on its feet, work together easily and anticipate each others’ lines. Improvising a musical requires the cast to do all of thi…
This double bill, which is part of the Arcola’s Grimeborn festival, is an interesting exploration of faith, the supernatural and revelation. Both pieces are heavy with biblical referen…
Mark Haddon's 2003 novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time has always been acclaimed as a spellbinding, moving and honest portrayal of those suffering with Asperger's Syndrom…
bloominauschwitz is an intriguing one man play based on Joyce's Ulysses. The story follows the tale's pivotal character Leopold Bloom. We see him travel through time exploring his roots as a…
When a play is based upon something dull – some obscure historical event or niche political case " one inevitably cuts it some slack. A musical based on EU fishing regulation is unlike…
In Arc, a square construction made of steel scaffolding is suspended above the stage. Three performers are lying asleep on it. They awake, scared and dazed at their surroundings like aban…
Antic Disposition is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a new production of William Shakespeare's Henry V. The critically-acclaimed company, which is known for its site-specific…
Until yesterday the biggest mistake an audience member could make at a comedy show, as far as I was aware, was to sit in the front row. But oh no, no "Â the biggest mistake an audience mem…
More and more these days, theatre and film quickly jumps on so called 'relevant' ideas and events immediately after they emerge. So, for example, if a group of Aliens arrived in Manchester t…
All teenage boys are inherently a bit weird. When Oliver Tate (Jonas Moore) is faced with trying to rescue his parents' failing marriage or trying to keep his own relationship alive with Jor…
When Los Angeles-based director Lars Jan unmasked the public intellectual Paul Abacus as a fictional creation, were any of us surprised (the name is a bit on the nose)? This project lit up t…
The Temptation of St Anthony is a beautiful, emotionally-charged exposition on spiritual possession. Its multicultural cast explore the topic from multiple perspectives, layering music, phys…
The Scottish play at Edinburgh Fringe Festival " not the most original of ideas. But in this case Youth Music Theatre UK have transformed the production " the set is modelled on a more moder…
Ballet is such a versatile form of dance, capable of being fused with so many different styles. In this case, Balletronic fuses it with colourful Cuban and Latin influences to create a vi…
Avant garde musicals are all the rage. The last 10 years have seen Avenue Q and The Book of Mormon reach astronomical levels of fame on Broadway, in the West End and around the world. Jesus …
Frank Olivier is certainly multitalented. He's also crazy. So when the performers for Frank and Paul's cabaret show fail to turn up one evening, Frank insists on performing every act himself…
The brainchild of Belgian musicians Jonas Vermeulen and Boris Vanseveren, backed by powerhouse producer Richard Jordan, this coming-of-age performance is played in an electric fusing of musi…
"I'm gonna sing you a sad song, Susie". The sombre lines of Kenny Rogers's break-up anthem float over our arrival at Fringe warrior Penny Arcade's (Susana Ventura) new show for Soho Theatre.…
Imagine the lush trees and glistening waterways of the Garden of Eden replaced by a pathetic plot where the hearty Eve (Hannah Ringham), eagerly hobbling in one heel, and average Adam (Simon…
Rich (Blake Kubena), a typically confident and aloof writer, breaks the news to his former lover Saul (Joey Bartram), as well as friends and family, that he has AIDS. He battles with illness…
Turn right, walk up the road and call a number outside the pub. The instructions demanded by a note handed over sheepishly by the box office, the perfomance of Menage has begun. Like Hula Ho…
Japanese playwright Toshiki Okada's play was prompted into existence by the Fukushima nuclear disaster but the Bristol-based FellSwoop Theatre, in its poise and music, acts as if to inter…
Hypnosis is being offered on stage at the Edinburgh Fringe to help performers with stress and morale. Comedy stage hypnotist Ben Dali is presenting Strictly Come Trancing as part of the F…
