10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Review: Clown-hearted, VAULT Festival 3.0stars The stage is littered with cardboard boxes, each labelled with a different realm of struggle, 'Shame', 'Hope', 'Fear'. A sad clown absent of an…
Review: Zoo, VAULT Festival2.0starsEvery year at fringe festivals, there is a hot topic. In 2018, it was mental health; in 2019, it was toxic masculinity; and in 2020, the phrase on everybod…
Review: The Prince of Egypt, The Dominion Theatre 3.0Stars The Prince of Egypt has become a much beloved classic, and this adaptation is years in the making. After finding critical acclaim o…
Review: W*nk Buddies, Soho Theatre Upstairs4.0StarsWith the steady ambience of student houseparty hookups and trashy playlists ringing from other rooms, two sort-of-strangers, Jake (Jarratt)…
Review: Killing It, VAULT Festival 5.0Stars Ever since Fleabag's incredible journey from humble origins to explosive popularity, fringe artists have coalesced in trying to emulate its intros…
Review: The Tin Drum, Coronet Theatre4.0StarsAdapting a magical realist, unreliably-narrated German-language story for a one man show on the English stage is no mean feat. This production of…
Review: Dumbledore Is So Gay, VAULT Festival 4.0stars Being Jack isn't easy. He got sorted into Hufflepuff on the official online Harry Potter quiz and his Patronus isn't some fierce animal …
Review: The Musical of Musicals, Bridewell Theatre 4.0stars Have you ever wondered what a performative PowerPoint of history's most famous musical theatre composers would look like, all tied…
Review: Mina, Camden People's Theatre4.0starsConversion therapy is still legal in the United Kingdom. In Mina, Nataly Lebouleux expresses this fact with persistent clarity in the hope of rai…
Review: How We Love, VAULT Festival 3.0stars Annette Brook's writing conveys markedly realistic characters who inhabit the rugged space with enough flare to drive a continually engaging and …
Review: Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Oldham Coliseum Theatre4.0starsOne of a parent's strongest instincts is to protect their child. James Fritz's 2014 thriller Four Minutes Twelve Seconds t…
Review: MEAT, Theatre5034.0StarsIn all honesty, this is the first time I've reviewed a show and found it difficult to put into words how I felt about it.  MEAT is a messy, rich story abou…
Review: A Deed Without a Name, Theatro Technis 2.0stars Polish avant-garde artist, playwright, novelist and philosopher S.I. Witkiewicz posited "with fiction, you don't make a fuss " you can…
Review: Belly Up, VAULT Festival3.0starsBelly Up follows Liberty Whitley (Julia Grogan) who is charged with the murder of her master's son after he attempts to rape her. In a time where even…
Review: How To Save A Rock, VAULT Festival2.0starsThere is a lot of theatre out there trying to tackle today's 'big issues:' Brexit, Trump, climate change… the world is undeniably not at i…
45 North are the company making waves in theatreland. Halima Hassan talks to its Creative Director, Jessica Rose McVay about paying at least Equity minumum, supporting female-identifying and…
Review: Angels, VAULT Festival 3.0stars Reading the synopsis of  Angels,  I expect to enter a strip club setting and to enter the world of a film I loved " Hustlers,Å
Review: ParaPride, Stratford Circus Arts Centre5.0starsIn the UK, 20% of individuals are considered disabled. In the LGBTQ+ community, this percentage rises to 40. Yet no fully accessible ve…
Review: Dual دوگانه, VAULT Festival4.0starsWarehouses, one-way systems, pubs turned into dentists, the redeveloped but not pulled down Pie & Mash, 'a pound a bananas!…
Review: La Cage aux Folles [The Play], Park Theatre4.0starsIn our politically turbulent times, in which the country was more or less split down the middle in the 2016 EU referendum, and arou…
Review: After You, Soho Theatre4.0starsHannah and her mum both wear tie-dye t-shirts with a scrunchie in their hair. A fluffy string of fairy lights with glittering glass beads dangles f…
Review: NOTCH, VAULT Festival3.0starsEver wondered what would happen if the thoughts of a lost, travelling European girl manifested themselves and led you on a journey through poverty and xe…
Review: The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson, Northern Stage 2.0stars The Last Temptation of Boris Johnson is the latest political comedy from broadcaster and playwright Jonathan Maitland. F…
Review: The Visit, The National Theatre4.0starsFriedrich Dürrenmatt's tragicomedy retains the dark humour which warrants it part of that genre in Tony Kushner's adaptation. In New York, the…
Review: Kaspar and the Sea of Houses, Barons Court Theatre2.0StarsDeep in the basement of the moderately creepy Baron's Court Theatre, the audience are greeted by classical music which echoe…
