10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Crouch, Touch, Pause, Engage has been touring the UK since February, and finally finishes off at the Arcola Theatre, a large and very trendy off-West End venue. As you enter the auditorium, …
It is absolutely incredible how you can step through the doors of an auditorium and find yourself in the midst of a delicately decorated wedding party hall. Everyone in the audience has thei…
Immersive settings are the hottest trend in theatre right now. Every other production is set in a converted loft, warehouse, or whatever. Now owners of more traditional spaces are trying to …
My experience of Border Tales was an indescribable one. How do you write a review on something that left you speechless? As part of the Royal Greenwich Festival, Border Tales deals with issu…
It is a great concept. Take a number of classically-trained Shakespearean actors, put on an abridged version of some of the Bard's most famous works, and then get one of the cast absolutely …
Looking at the Incoming Festival line up, you'll no doubt be inspired by the sheer diversity of emerging artists, performers and theatre-makers selected to present their work at the New Dior…
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, …
Get your diaries out, Incoming Festival is fast approaching. The first Incoming Festival took place in 2014 and has continued to support emerging theatre makers ever since. The London based …
The eyes of many hopeful performers finishing school or sixth-form college in July will be set on that sought-after drama school BA. But deciding to follow a three year degree course after j…
On the empty stage at Sadler’s Wells, Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, Boris Charmatz and Amandine Beyer present Partita 2, a feat of choreography and the act of layering that ultimat…
There is an unapologetic sexiness about Shakespeare in foreign languages. Any performances in a language you don't understand will be a sensuous experience of rhythm, sound and body language…
Cressida Bonas stars as Laura in this one woman show, An Evening with Lucian Freud, alongside a variety of celebrity video cameos. Laura is a PhD student and we find her on the day of her…
Do you want to be a little boy or a little girl forever and ever, and to always have fun? Well then, let me tell you a story. Gather up your nostalgic imagination and fly with me to Never La…
As soon as I was attacked with the all-pervasive smell of toast, I knew The Crypt Project was going to be a surreal one. Under the company of People Show and in collaboration with the Univer…
Journalist and author Mathilda Gregory presents How to be Fat, a solo show that is part stand-up, part storytelling, and an all honest account of what it is like to be fat in a culture that …
A corrugated iron shack. A wheelie bin. Five cast members dressed in dishevelled clothes and sporting maniacal grins. This is what the audience are faced with two minutes into From the Cradl…
Interactive and thought-provoking are two words that can be used to describe World Factory, an immersive play directed by Zoë Svendsen and Simon Daw in collaboration with Chinese research…
Bizet’s Carmen is one of the most well known pieces of classical music, let alone operas, of all time. Everyone has heard Escamillo’s ‘Toreador Song’, and with the ov…
As part of their GreatWar100 series, the Finborough Theatre has staged the first UK production of Alan Seymour's The One Day of the Year in 50Â years. Dubbed an Australian theatre classic,…
Image of an Unknown Young Woman at the Gate Theatre By Elinor Cook. Directed by Christopher Haydon. She is a young woman in a yellow dress. She has been shot by the police. As a video goes v…
This night begins in a pattern that was to follow for the rest of the night. On a giant projection screen at the back of the stage, we are shown a fictional recording of an ‘Eagl…
I am going to assume that I wasn't the only unsuspecting member of the audience at the Ovalhouse in this hour of insanity, hippies, music and art that all starts in the hands of Jamie Wood a…
Violence and Son at the Royal Court Liam's 17 years old, loves Dr Who and has lost his mum. He's had to leave his home and move to Wales, to the valleys, to the middle of nowhere, to live wi…
buckets at the Orange Tree Theatre a new play by Adam Barnard Following their hit production of Pomona, the Orange Tree presents a unique and entertaining new play about bucket lists, life p…
When I was younger, the term 'accessible theatre' meant something far different to me than it does now. Being told that a show was 'accessible' conjured up images of actors spelling out Shak…
