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Thursday, August 31, 2017

Review: This Is Not Culturally Significant, Gilded Balloon by Katie Smith

Hinging on a brilliant central performance by Adam Scott-Rowley, This is Not Culturally Significant is a dizzying one-man show jump-cutting from character to character. Over the course of an…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AM

Review: How To Win Against Humanity, Assembly George Square by Katie Smith

How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of “hype”. Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly George Square – this year, it…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AM
Tuesday, August 29, 2017

Review: Out of Love, Summerhall by Katie Smith

The title of Elinor Cook’s latest play, with its double-meaning akin to Enduring Love, signifies a play that cruxes on duality. Best friends Lorna and Grace are two sides of a coin, doing …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AM
Friday, August 25, 2017

Review: Elsa, Assembly Hall by Katie Smith

Part-gig, part-theatre, part-satire, Elsa, by Roundhouse Resident Artist Isobel Rogers, has a little bit of everything on offer. Roger tells us the story of Elsa, an artist working in a caf�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AM

Review: The Kindness of Stranglers, Just the Tonic at The Tron by Katie Smith

You may have heard of real-life sisters Flo and Joan (real names Nicola and Rosie Dempsey) from their song about 2016 that did the internet rounds last year. Or you may not – they were at …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AM
Thursday, August 24, 2017

Review: Education, Education, Education, Pleasance Dome by Katie Smith

Where to begin with Education, Education, Education, Wardrobe Ensemble’s love letter to school in the 90s? It’s brilliant – that’s a good place to start. Focusing in on a chaotic muc…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Review: How to Win Against History, Assembly George Square by Katie Smith

How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of “hype”. Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly George Square – this year, it…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AM
Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Review: Suspicious Minds, Pleasance Dome by Katie Smith

After an act of unfaithfulness, a seemingly ordinary British couple book a holiday together to try and salvage their relationship. We watch as the couple, Mark and Fran, attempt (a little lo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PM

Review: Prom Kween, Underbelly Cowgate by Katie Smith

Before Prom Kween even starts, I have glitter on my face and am singing along to the Spice Girls, the lyrics projected on a screen over images of famous RuPaul’s Drag Race lipsyncs. This k…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PM

Review: The Nature of Forgetting, Pleasance Courtyard by Katie Smith

It’s Tom’s 55th birthday, and his daughter, Sophie, prepares him for a visit by two of his friends. But Tom has an unspecified degenerative disease that affects his memory and understand…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PM
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Review: Heather, Summerhall by Katie Smith

Heather, created by theatre company Dancing Brick, twists and turns around the story of an unexpectedly successful fantasy novel and the elusive author behind it. Rife with Harry-Potter-esqu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM

Review: Me and My Bee, Pleasance Courtyard by Katie Smith

Wide-eyed, wide-mouthed, and completely in awe, a child no more than seven years old watches in amazement as a grown man in a skin-tight bee costume tells the angst-ridden story of losing th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM

Review: Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart (A Rave Fable), theSpace by Katie Smith

Set up in order to “reflect the diversity of the real world on stage”, Clumsy Bodies is a queer theatre company formed by disabled artists presenting their take on the ancient Iphigenia …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM

Review: Brutal Cessation, Assembly George Square by Katie Smith

Leaving Milly Thomas’ play Brutal Cessation, I glance at the playtexts sold outside the theatre. One line on the blurb catches my attention: it suggests that one of Thomas’s main questio…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:54AM

Review: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything, Summerhall Roundabout by Katie Smith

Hull – 1997, 2007, 2017. Middle Child’s part-gig part-show All We Ever Wanted Was Everything hop-skip-and-jumps across time, telling the story of Leah, Chris, and their parents, examinin…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:54AM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Review: Styx, RIFT by Katie Smith

Ah, “immersive”. That age-old buzzword. A word I’m usually cynical about – after all, it doesn’t really mean all that much. Surely all theatre is, or should be, im…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48PM
Thursday, July 2, 2015

Review: A Third, Finborough Theatre by Katie Smith

I don’t know about you, but I get a real buzz out of walking into a theatre I’ve already visited and having difficulty recognising the space. It’s something about being dup…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:57PM
Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Review: Fugee, Southwark Playhouse by Katie Smith

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 a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:14PM
Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Feature: “It’s not over yet” – The fight to save IdeasTap by Katie Smith

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 suppor…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:45AM
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Feature: Casual Violence returns with The Great Fire of Nostril by Katie Smith

February is a big month for comedy group Casual Violence. Their new show, The Great Fire of Nostril, runs at the Soho Theatre next week, immediately followed by the recording of a new “pod…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:23PM
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Feature: LIFT off for David Binder by Katie Smith

Since its establishment in 1981, London International Festival of Theatre – or LIFT – have been bringing bold and ambitious theatre to the capital with its bi-annual festival. This year�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:21AM
Monday, November 24, 2014

Feature: Chris Urch – “I try to write for people who don’t go to the theatre” by Katie Smith

It’s almost two months since Chris Urch’s play Land of Our Fathers, finished its West End run at Trafalgar studios, but the playwright is showing no signs of stopping. Having won one of …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:10PM
Thursday, November 13, 2014

Feature: A TakeOver at York Theatre Royal by Katie Smith

When I enter York Theatre Royal for the press launch of TakeOver Festival, I’m hit with how buzzing and alive the foyer is. Music fills the room, courtesy of a ukulele band (the brilliantl…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:47AM
Friday, September 19, 2014

Review: The Wolf From The Door, Royal Court Theatre by Katie Smith

There’s been some debate recently about realism, reality and realness, prompted by the Almeida’s current production of Little Revolution, which constantly springs to mind while …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:19PM
Thursday, September 18, 2014

Feature: Miran Hadzic at the Old Red Lion by Katie Smith

“I got an email from someone saying, ‘I’d like to reserve a ticket for The Love and Devotion of Ridley Scott,” playwright Miran Hadzic laughs. “And I was like – it’s not a …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:31AM
Monday, September 15, 2014

Review: You must be the one to bury me, Pleasance Theatre by Katie Smith

Hats off to theatre company Waldeinsamkeit for the play’s misleadingly ominous title: turns out (spoiler!) no one buries anyone in the company’s debut show. Well, not literally they don�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:09PM
Sunday, September 7, 2014

Review: Freak, Theatre503 by Katie Smith

Despite an entire Edinburgh run and considerable publicity around Anna Jordan, its Bruntwood Prize-winning playwright/director, Freak still managed to be an entirely different play to the on…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:37AM
Saturday, August 16, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Early Doors, Pleasance Pop-Up: The Pub by Katie Smith

Alright – any show that encourages its audience to start drinking at twelve noon is already working its way into my good books. Theatre company Not Too Tame has taken a pub in Edinburgh, t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28AM
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Review: Fairytales and Fire, Old Red Lion Theatre by Katie Smith

There’s an ironic moment during Back Here! Theatre’s production of Fairytales and Fire in which two characters talk about clichés – ironic because they seem unaware of quite how many…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:22AM

Review: Push, London Coliseum by Katie Smith

In four bite-size chunks, Push showcases four dance pieces by renowned choreographer and dancer Russell Maliphant. Two of the pieces – which are chronologically titled ‘Solo’, …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10AM
Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Review: Lili, Etcetera Theatre by Katie Smith

Hurrah! A play about a trans-woman, devised by trans-people, performed by trans-people. At last, a piece that has gone out of its way to explore the experiences of trans-people, and which re…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:16PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards