Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Given its outdated sexual politics, you’d be forgiven for thinking that Seven Brides for Seven Brothers would be an unusually regressive piece for the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre to s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:43PMFriday, July 31, 2015
On arrival at the St. James Theatre, I find myself surrounded by adolescent females and wonder whether I might’ve stepped into the wrong place. It turns out that I am, in fact, in the righ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:18AMTuesday, June 30, 2015
Adapting Sebastian Faulks’s epic 305-page novel set in the First World War into a play was never going to be an easy task. However, Rachel Wagstaff has pulled it off, and The Original …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28PMFriday, June 26, 2015
It is rather apt that a show set in a church hall should be played out in The Space – a converted church on the Isle of Dogs. The ability to perform Anonymous Anonymous anywhere is one of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:25PMTuesday, May 26, 2015
Velvet Trumpet, a theatre company based in South London, commits itself to delivering plays that feature the unexamined comedy in everyday life. So it created Soggy Brass, a revue show of s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:21PMFriday, May 22, 2015
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 50 years. Dubbed an Australian theatre classic,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36PMFriday, May 15, 2015
Rambert dance company is back in its home of the Sadler’s Wells theatre with a new triple bill. Featuring the London Premiere of ‘Frames’, the revival of ‘Four Eleme…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:41PMBeyond Bollywood, the new show filling Lloyd Webber’s expansive Palladium, promises to be a spectacle that it’s audience has never seen before. But whilst it’s energetic da…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:15PMSaturday, September 27, 2014
If you say the word ‘feminism’, it conjures up tons of different ideas – many of which have been thrown about very recently in the media, thanks to a recent rise in interest in the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:51AMWednesday, September 24, 2014
In Studio 2 of the Arcola Theatre, German playwright Marius von Mayenburg’s The Dog, The Night and The Knife is playing its UK premiere. Having been given a copy of the programme, designed…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:52PMSunday, September 7, 2014
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, Thomas Hardy’s classic novel has been adapted dozens of times for the stage, and Stepping Out Theatre Company has added another adaptation to this long lis…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:00AMFriday, August 15, 2014
If there is one thing to be said for the National Youth Music Theatre, it’s that the small but mighty cast certainly know how to put on a show. And their latest production of The Hired Man…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:27PMTuesday, August 12, 2014
For those who are not familiar with Seth Rudetsky or his work, it’s hard to sum it all up in a few sentences. Having grown up studying classical piano, Seth has since worked his way into p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:14PMSaturday, August 2, 2014
In the intimate cabaret venue of the St. James Theatre Studio, another of Sondheim’s revues is making its mark. Marry Me a Little is made up of Sondheim’s ‘lost’ songs from previous …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:35AMTuesday, July 8, 2014
As one of Sondheim’s lesser-known musicals, Pacific Overtures is rare in its performance style. By incorporating Japanese forms of theatre such as kabuki and noh, the intimate space of the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:44PMSaturday, June 14, 2014
Rock the Ballet has one intention: to blend classical ballet with a bass-heavy soundtrack and all manner of other dance styles, aiming it at those who enjoy the classical ballet style. And w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:16AMFriday, June 6, 2014
Whilst Harvey Fierstein’s Newsies and Kinky Boots are enjoying big successes in New York, London lacks a touch of the writer’s flair. With this in mind, London Theatre Workshop have prom…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:10PMFriday, May 30, 2014
Over the last few years, the rise in dance reality shows has almost taken over our TV screens. From Strictly Come Dancing, to Got to Dance via Britain’s Got Talent, a whole array of dancer…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:12PMThursday, May 29, 2014
History has a tendency to repeat itself; and if ever a play featured such a literal metaphor, it’s Spokesong, currently in repertoire at the Finborough Theatre. Written by Stephen Parker i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:21PMMonday, April 21, 2014
Tonight’s the Night, the second touring revival of the Rod Stewart musical, is currently resident at the Churchill Theatre, Bromley. This story follows Stuart, a rather shy and geeky …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:55AMThe Sherman Brothers are the most successful songwriting partnership in the history of Hollywood. They have written some of the most best-loved songs of all time including the Mary Poppins s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30AMFriday, April 11, 2014
If I said to you the words’ women’, ‘power’ and ‘politics’ I guarantee you’d immediately think of Margaret Thatcher and Queen Elizabeth II. Well, so too…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:46AMFriday, March 28, 2014
There aren’t many of Michael Morpurgo’s books that haven’t seen adaptations in some form. Private Peaceful, as it happens, is touring the country in this play version, following its f…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:08AMTuesday, March 25, 2014
As the brainchild of TV and film veteran Warwick Davis, the Reduced Height Theatre Company has landed at the Richmond Theatre proving that even though the company may be petite in height, th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:53PMMonday, March 24, 2014
The original stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson may be over 100-years-old, but they’re just as popular today as ever before (if not more so). The recent successful television series&…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:40PMSunday, March 16, 2014
Momo is an adaptation of Michael Ende’s book of the same name. Presented by Filament Theatre and the Greenwich Theatre, it is currently residing at the Polka Theatre, Wimbledon aimed at au…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:29AMThursday, March 13, 2014
Pillows, baps, fun bags, whatever you decide to call breasts, Molly Wobbly is sure to have a word that appeals to you. And whilst this sounds like the punch line of a bad joke, it’s actual…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30AMThursday, March 6, 2014
“We are literally made from scattered stardust. What started off as a big ball of hydrogen has ended up as you”. When you think about things that way, it can be scary, huh? The above quo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:01AMThursday, February 13, 2014
Sherlock Holmes seems to be the man of the moment. Whilst the BBC delight its audiences with the modern day Sherlock, American viewers embrace CBS’s Elementary, and both sides of the Atlan…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:30PMSunday, February 9, 2014
As I sat in the Soho Theatre waiting for Running on Empty to begin, I had no idea what to expect. The stage is mostly bare, except for the small music corner situated downstage right, and a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:38PMWednesday, January 29, 2014
Following on from its massively successful run as part of the Trafalgar Studio’s Trafalgar Transformed season in 2013, Jamie Lloyd’s The Pride is embarking on a mini-tour of the UK. With…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM 
