10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Little Light, written by Alice Birch, had a buzz around it from the moment I entered the auditorium. With Birch’s plays being produced by extraordinary theatres like the Royal Court an…
Picture:Â courtesy of IMDb. Sir Michael Gambon has announced his retirement from theatre, after 50 years of treading the boards. The 74 year old has decided to quit stage acting after he a…
Sadler's Wells has bestowed the accolade of’ “associate artist’ to 16 choreographers, giving this select group of creatives their golden seal of approval. The Associates is…
After their brilliant production of Alan Ayckbourn's Woman in Mind last week, I was very excited to see what York DramaSoc were going to do next, and to see whether the quality of their prod…
One of the reasons why Shakespeare is the heart-blood of English theatre is not only his extraordinary ear for language, but even more so for the humanity in his plays. We can relate to any …
Joan of Arc is the last instalment in The Faction's rep season at the New Diorama. The sheer execution of a rep season represents The Faction to a T: delving into nearly forgotten tradition …
The Secret's Out! Lyric Hammersmith 13 Feb " 1 Mar Get half price tickets for any Secret Theatre show at just £7.50 (usually £15) or see all seven shows at the Grand Finale weekend …
Here at York, the courses within the Department of Theatre, Film and Television love to collaborate with one another. The department’s student theatre company Platform has joined force…
Young mother Paula is always getting left by the men in her life. The show opens with Paula and her 12-year-old daughter, Lucy, getting ready to leave for California with Paula’s lates…
Fourth Monkey Ensemble is known for its unique and heavily physical, visceral approach to theatre making. All of these elements bleed through this production of Elephant Man in a new adap…
True Brits, by Vinay Patel, explores the challenges young Raul faces in the aftermath of 7/7. Sweeping between the high tensions in London 2005 and the high patriotic energy of the 2012 Olym…
Win a pair of top price tickets to see Miss Saigon at the Prince Edward Theatre with our competition. Read on to find out how to enter. Miss Saigon Prince Edward Theatre Currentl…
I never expected that at this early stage of my 20s I'd have started planning my funeral. Last night, along with a group of strangers, I got to talking about my post-mortem preferences " fro…
Long before there was Cinderella, there was Yeh Shen, a young girl who lives with her stepmother, stepsister and evil cat. Familiar so far? The basic plot of this traditional tale is i…
Those that have gone to university will know that special friendships can indeed be formed and further, seek longevity. Obviously there are exceptions but sharing such an intense experience …
To all intents and purposes Happy Ending is a musical about cancer. Not two words frequently paired together 'musical' and 'cancer' and with good reason. 'Happy' and 'ending' presents a simi…
Third Angel developed The Life & Loves of a Nobody from a variety of original sources explored in its research and development phase. It used these elements to create a piece th…
When you picture the elusive underground arts scene, your mind usually wanders to undiscovered but utterly brilliant theatre companies, unheard of scripts and the Next Big Thing at the Edinb…
Beneath Waterloo station, at the end of a graffiti blazon stretch you’ll find the Vault Festival – the epitome of underground theatre. Step inside a cavernous treasure trove of m…
Live arts company The Artful Badger presents this entrancing hour of wild dance and play, performed in one of London's most exhilarating venues. If you've not experienced The Vaults before, …
Dokei translates to longing, that wrenching, pit of your stomach emotion that is indefinable and universally specific. The tagline: 'Love as much as you can but let go as soon as you must', …
Gesundheit! by Van Huynh Company is a multi-discipline production that unfolds around three characters: a female and two males. The first (Dam Van Huynh – also the choreographer) is wi…
The Union Theatre's production of Whistle Down the Wind is surely one of the more unique and atmospheric performances of this musical. Adapted by Russell Labey and Richard Taylor, and based …
The University of York's drama society is one of the oldest and most prolific in the country, producing over eight plays a term. These are either existing plays or newly written ones, so the…
Season two of Trafalgar Transformed has a relevant and exciting line-up with its season of politically charged plays:Â Richard III, East is East and now The Ruling Class. With the entire s…
