A cow sold at market, some magic beans and a giant beanstalk. You don’t have to be a detective to deduce that the Lyric Hammersmith’s pantomime offering this year is Jack and the Beansta…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMThe eponymous Lizzie Siddal was a seamstress by trade, but in her spare time she used to pose as a model for many Pre-Raphaelite painters such as Hunt, Rossetti and Millais. With her distinc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:08AMIf you keep your eyes peeled during the festive season amongst the touristy hustle and bustle of London’s Covent Garden, you may just spot some familiar faces from Panto Land. For their la…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:58AMScum! Pigs! Chavs! All terms that were hurled around to describe the looting that took place during the 2011 London riots. But how would you react if you discovered that one of the hooded fi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:11AMPassing By is the tale of Simon and Toby, two young men whose chance encounter at a local cinema results in them having a one night stand. The next morning as they exchange awkward pleasantr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:13AM[Contains spoilers.] Set in 1941, From Here To Eternity transports us to a Hawaiian island where American platoon ‘G’ Company are stationed. Based on a novel of the same title, the music…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00AMSince its premiere in 1965, Kenneth Macmillan’s Romeo and Juliet has been a staple of the Royal Ballet’s repertoire. Although this much loved piece has been performed countless times, pr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AMBilled as a Gothic farce, The Curse of Elizabeth Faulkner recounts the tale of James Faulkner, an Edwardian gentleman who seeks out an undertaker to help him exhume the corpse of his great-g…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:10AMIn a basement in Shoreditch, a voice booms through my headphones instructing me to enter an unknown room. I am about to partake in Non Zero One’s interactive piece: Hold Hands/Lock Horns (…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:18AMBen Lyons (Nicholas Day) lies in a New York hospital bed surrounded by his overbearing wife Rita (Isla Blair), his recovering alcoholic daughter Lisa (Charlotte Randle) and his gay son Curti…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:13AMImagine a live autopsy, in which the surgeon attempts to surmise what the corpse on his operating table was like when he was alive. This forms the intriguing premise of Scott Payne and Simon…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:10AMThis year’s Guildhall School of Music & Drama graduate showcase is the Charles Strouse and Stephen Schwartz musical, Rags. Based on a novel by Joseph Stein, Rags follows a group of hop…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:38AMThere was an undeniable air of anticipation surrounding Broadway actor, musical director and all-round raconteur Seth Rudetsky’s European première of his hit show, Deconstructing Broadwa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:19AMHappy New is the tale of two brothers who, as children, were abandoned by their mother and forced to live like animals in a cramped chicken coop. Starved of all human interaction, Danny and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:17AMPlaying with Grown Ups centres around a couple in their late 30s, trying to adjust to their new roles as first time parents. Robert (Ben Caplan) takes to parenthood naturally, whereas Joanna…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:53AMAnton Chekhov’s rarely performed play Platonov describes itself as a tale of “sex, vodka and shattered dreams.” Polish director Helena Kaut-Howson adapts Chekhov’s earliest play by s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:42PMActor Edward Petherbridge was preparing to play King Lear in New Zealand, when, just two days into the rehearsal process, he suffered a stroke. Despite the extreme physical trauma Petherbrid…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:16AMBattersea Arts Centre plays host to La JohnJoseph’s autobiographical show Boy In A Dress. It begins with an anecdote about JohnJoseph being mistaken for a girl in Woolworths. The complexit…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:40AMOn paper, a version of Hamlet condensed into 90 minutes, with a cast of only four actors sounds like sheer lunacy. Well, that is exactly what director Martin Parr attempts to do with his pro…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:29AMDownstairs at the Soho Theatre plays host to David Hoyle and Richard Thomas: Merrie Hell, an alternative Christmas cabaret starring David Hoyle. Hoyle, a well known drag act on the cabaret…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:55AMFrom the opening scene, the audience suspects that Lazarus Theatre Company’s staging of A Midsummers Night’s Dream will not remain completely faithful to the original text. This is confi…
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