10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Glorious, high-spirited and full of gumption, Luke Sheppard's Oliver! at the Watermill Theatre, Newbury is a first class production of the rags to riches musical. Given an appropriately soot…
Briefs are definitely not newbies when it comes to London's Southbank. Back for their fourth year, they plan to unleash their mayhem once more. But what can we expect on their return? If …
Off-beat. Dissonant. Silences in staccato. The Ghost Sonata at the Rose Playhouse, Bankside is a production that certainly captures the aura of odd, disquieting mystery that pervades the 190…
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, …
Before there was Friends, the genius minds behind the popular sit-com collaborated with Wicked's Stephen Schwartz to create Personals, the musical. Personals is a fantastic comedy about all …
Image credit: nican45 at Creative Commons Flickr Theatre workshops are great for all involved. For the participants it's a way of learning whilst doing, and in the theatre we all have our ow…
Of all the productions currently showing on the West End, there are very few that opened there without previewing or transferring from somewhere smaller. It may be from Broadway, it may be f…
Filmmaker, writer and artist Penny Woolcock presents this massive art installation in the atmospheric space of the Roundhouse as part of the Bloomberg Summer programme. This immersive experi…
Having established himself with the smash-hit comedy Caravan, it was interesting to see whether Donald MacDonald's one-woman play, Letter to Larry, would be able to pack emotional depth alon…
Father's Day 2014 and I'm at my Nan's council flat in Uxbridge, Greater London. We are having a buffet of all the things in her freezer she wants to clear out. It's a strange mix of BBQ stic…
Given its outdated sexual politics, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be an unusually regressive piece for the Regent's Park Open Air Theatre to stage…
The most infectious feature of Kieran Knowles's debut play is the tight amity and paced unity of the cast that is matched by the inherent camaraderie in the plot. Operation Crucible refers t…
Not all plays need to be packed with emotion or tear-jerking scenes. Indeed, Dear Lupin depicts a father and son who seemed conditioned not to show any outward signs of affection or emoti…
Image credit: Richard Davenport My name is Paul Smith and I’m the Artistic Director of a company you’ve probably never heard of, based in Hull. We’re called Middle Chil…
Image: Trends in Australia Twitter A campaign to get permission to use one of Taylor Swift's most famous songs in an Australian play has gone viral. The US popstar granted permission for the…
There are many things to discover and relish in Covent Garden. Being the heart of the city's tourism with its rustic, creative flavour and the onlooking Opera House there are numerous ways t…
Having just been put through the grind of flat hunting myself, Ross Hatt's skit as the zealous estate agent in We Know Where You Live's first scene is a real treat. Ben (Matt Whitchurch) and…
Much-loved musical Annie is back in the West End for a short run at the Arts Theatre, in a very simple, minimalist production that is both naively charming and unevenly directed. Even though…
Photographer’s credit: Danilo Moroni I loved you and I loved you is the latest stage production brought to you by A Sweetshop Revolution, co-produced with Coreo Cymru and Chapter in…
An iconic East London venue has reopened, after a multi-million pound refurbishment. The Hoxton Hall has reopened after the £2M work, which increased the venue's capacity and technical ca…
Tommy is a musical created around the songs from a concept album written by The Who themselves. Jukebox musicals are a popular trend in today's theatre, simply due to the fact that they are …
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, …
Almeida Theatre has devoted its current season to an explosive collection of Greek plays and talks, a re-invented examination of what essentially gave birth to theatre and why we are still f…
Many people think you need to completely suspend your imagination in order to fully appreciate a magic show. Maybe I should try to do this, but I do not. After all I am a critic, and althoug…
Funny, witty and with serious undertones is what first comes to mind to describe The Stolen Inches. The play lasts for an about an hour and is based on a short man who feels his parents have…
