10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Following the successful pilot of the Young Critics scheme at Theatre Royal Winchester we are proud to be working with the theatre to extend the project throughout the summer. It’s imp…
Photo credit Bill Knight Some years ago I attended a playwriting course with Stuart Browne, a playwright and teacher, who introduced me to the concept of the Generative Image, first floated …
The solo piece, My Stubborn Tongue, began as a poem I wrote for my grandmother during a Solo-Workshop Class at the Barrow Group Theater in NYC. My grandmother was an extraordinary woman who …
Photo by Ludovic des Cognets For this article, I was asked to write a piece about how I make work specifically for a young audience. And after much head scratching about what to type, I'm st…
What do you get when you cross the poetry of William Blake, a German fairy tale, the London riots and an exploration of what it means to be a man? What if this narrative fusion was played ou…
"So I'm asking you to marry me," I said to the twelve other people in the room. They were smiling, but I wasn't sure whether or not they would say yes. In the end they did say yes, and follo…
Abi Morgan's Fugee is the perfect play for the Southwark Playhouse Young Company. The characters constantly tell us that they don't exist, and that they're being played by actors who are tel…
Image: Olivier Awards 2015 One of the major theatre award shows of the year has taken place, and honoured the best and brightest talent of the last year. The Olivier Awards 2015 took place o…
Based on a short-lived, off-Broadway, cult classic I wondered how smooth the transition from stage to screen would be for The Last Five Years. I'm, guiltily, the sort of person that perpetua…
Image: The Unicorn Theatre A London theatre is hosting a politically-themed, interactive performance over the weeks building up to the General Election. The Unicorn Theatre are hosting Ontro…
Wasted by Kate Tempest was the perfect choice for Southwark Playhouse’s Young Company to perform. The Young Company is a dynamic group of 14-25 year olds who train for free at the Sout…
At a running time of just 90 minutes, director Benjamin Blyth's production of Shakespeare's King Lear does an impressive job of staging a play that usually runs for about three hours. With a…
Playing at The Lion and Unicorn's attic, Voices is a two-handed account of the ever-remembered Great War. Tissues at the ready, I strapped myself in for overwhelming waves of rememb…
After Electra is the result of a commission of April de Angelis by the Theatre Royal Plymouth, to write a play that would showcase the badly underused talent of older actresses. Commendably,…
Maybe I Should Freeze My Eggs is part of the Illuminate Festival at New Wimbledon Studio Theatre. It is an emotional devised show that uses clowning, humour, music and physical theatre to ta…
David Sheppeard describes his solo performance Hard Graft as being "inspired by my relationship with my father, who grew up in South Wales in a mining village…I am a queer-identif…
Apartment 40c is a new musical written by the artistic directors of London Theatre Workshop, Tom Lees and Ray Rackham. The show tells a story of love and relationships and how time and choic…
Strindberg's claustrophobic tragicomedy is given a contemporary overhaul by Neil Smith in this Kickstarted production by Living Record at Brockley Jack Studio Theatre. The company's director…
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, …
As the General Election looms closer, Soho Theatre and HighTide Festival present a breathtaking new play which will change the way you view the world. The paradisal island of Lampedusa. Wher…
Image: Helen Maybanks A London theatre has announced a scheme to invest one million pounds in commissioning new plays. Hampstead Theatre have already raised £500,000 as part of the initia…
Win tickets to see Beats + Elements new hip-hop inspired theatre piece, No Milk for the Foxes. Two security guards. One night shift. Zero hours contracts. Is it important to aspire to a high…
“What are you seeing tonight?” my flatmate said, “a play about Margaret Thatcher”, “well that should be a barrel of laughs,” he said with all the sarcasm …
At the beginning of the month, the announcement came that IdeasTap is to close on the 2 June. Following the news, it didn't take long for many of the site's members to speak up in support of…
The Man Who is an intriguing play, based on the bestseller The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat by Oliver Sacks. It consists of a series of Doctor/Patient scenarios that examine our attemp…
