10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
A memorial in south London: the familiar sight of a bunch of letters, candles, flowers and postcards marking a crime scene. Young and homeless Sam (Amy Cornwell) has chosen the spot to beg "…
Have you ever wanted to see It's A Wonderful Life, but with a better dressed and boldly beautiful character? Then Times Square Angel just might be what you are looking for. The story follows…
With VesperTime Stacy (or is it Tracy?) Makishi continues in her inimical style. She continues to be outrageous, to blend film, music, story and truth in what is often a mind-bending mass of…
Image by Anna Söderblom If you’re beginning to tire of traditional Christmas shows, a very different kind of festive fare being performed at Islington’s Old Red Lion this Decemb…
Jeff James's contemporary re-working of Sophocles's Philoctetes was as aesthetically refreshing as it was pungent (quite literally). With its stark white lighting, electric heater and clinic…
Many of us in the arts will bemoan an unpaid internship with the prospect of a low-paid job at the end of it, if at all. But what's it like at the other end of the scale, where the stakes ar…
A psychiatric prison in the USSR, 1978. We’re on an island and see dissident author Gavriil (Graeme McKnight), a Ukrainian convict, in the interrogation room with Doctor Yurchak (Matth…
Ladies and gentlemen! Boys and girls! Lovers, fighters and philosophists! Take your seats for story of The Nutcracker as you've never seen it before. There are sword fights, golden bathtu…
It's hard to know where to start with Brighton: Theatre Uncut. Five short plays with so much to say " I left feeling overwhelmingly riled up. Ruthless in their take-downs of modern society, …
Northern Broadsides are acclaimed for injecting their unique sense of wit and energy into classical texts, and they continue this trend with Oliver Goldsmith's well-known play She Stoops to …
The world première of Little Dancer, now playing at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., could benefit from more dancing. That's an odd thing to say about a musical about the painter Edg…
For those of you that read my review of the third year Writing, Directing and Performance students' staging of Bryony Lavery's play Nothing Compares to You, you'll know that they did so as p…
The tour kicked off very early for all of us! I believe I was in Steve Green's car by about seven am along with Ami (Mrs Treves, Sister Ireland, Lady Knightley) and Zara (Costume and set des…
Why this programme isn't just important, but essential. By Young Director Matthew Iliffe  Working in theatre is hard. Getting your foot in the door is even harder. Training courses for yo…
If you were enjoying the glorious sunshine on the 21Â June this year with a leisurely stroll around the sumptuous streets of Kensington and Chelsea you might have seen the absurdist sight …
Bryony Lavery is a prolific playwright, and has written some well-known, cracking plays that are lyrical and evocative. Her play Nothing Compares to You, however, isn’t that well known…
I’ve got to be honest – I’ve never heard of Emlyn Williams. I’m not quite sure whether that’s embarrassing or not. He’s described in the programme as R…
As part of the Gate’s season of ‘compelling, complex female protagonists’ (Who Does She Think She Is?), Chimera is a transfer from New York’s Public Theater. Written …
After its success with 2013’s Responsible Other, Made By Brick returns with another original piece, this time in collaboration with playwright Daniel Anderson. Saxon Court is …
It's not every Sunday that you escape the dreary London rain with a bit of family friendly LGBT theatre, but on one particular grey Sunday afternoon that's exactly where I found myself. Last…
Uncut in rehearsal Behind closed doors, in pub function rooms and bedrooms and libraries, Brighton's creative community is hard at work. Whispers are being exchanged, and a plan is bubbling …
Win a pair of tickets to see THE NETHER at the Duke of York’s Theatre with our competition. Read on to find out how to enter. THE NETHER By Jennifer Haley in a Headlong and Ro…
Known for his quirks and inventiveness, Peter Sellars transforms ENO into a visually mesmerising view on the gospel, seen from the perspective of Mary Magdalene, in the world staged premiere…
The 1999 Mark O’Rowe play Howie the Rookie was written as a two-hander, but the writer decided on a different version not long ago, which is now at the Barbican’s Pit for a limit…
Grounded is a searing piece of theatre that tells the story of a female fighter pilot whose wings become clipped after falling pregnant. From flying a F16 fighter jet, the pilot now sits for…
