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Monday, June 24, 2013

Review: As The World Tipped by Ryan Sullivan

“A real life disaster movie in the sky,” is how the makers of As The World Tipped billed the show and they delivered. High in the sky above Greenwich hung a cinema screen showing the des…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:25AM
Monday, June 3, 2013

Review: Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off by Ryan Sullivan

Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off. The title handily provides a synopsis of the show, but allow me to embellish it for the sticklers for detail out there. Mary is the story of the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:10PM
Thursday, May 16, 2013

Review: Prometheus Bound by Ryan Sullivan

Prometheus Bound is a classic piece of theatre, part of a trilogy of plays written by Aeschylus about the eponymous Titan, Prometheus. Considering it would have been performed 2,500 years ag…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AM
Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Review: The Play That Goes Wrong by Ryan Sullivan

The title of The Play That Goes Wrong is a knowing wink to the audience from a company which gets everything right. Whodunnit? Who cares when it is this funny? Charles Haversham has been fou…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:00PM
Friday, February 8, 2013

Review: The Boy Who Was Woody Allen by Ryan Sullivan

Woody Allen has been many things. He is an Academy Award-winning actor, writer and director. He is one of the world’s most famous Jewish celebrities. And once he was a stand up comedian. H…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:02AM
Sunday, February 3, 2013

Review: The Cherry Orchard by Ryan Sullivan

The Cherry Orchard is a play about change. The outdated aristocracy comes under threat from the emerging middle class, and must adapt or fall victim to progress. Chekhov being Chekhov, the c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PM
Friday, October 19, 2012

Review: Scallywags by Ryan Sullivan

Don’t you know there’s a war on? Scallyways presents an alternate history where the Nazis march in their hobnailed jackboots into Britain. Only the Auxiliary Units of 5,000 brave men and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:18PM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

Review: Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut by Ryan Sullivan

Casablanca: The Gin Joint Cut comes from excellent stock. This loving homage to the film of the same name  is chock full of your favourite lines – some of the most iconic in cinema. T…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:00PM
Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Review: What You Will by Ryan Sullivan

“The play’s the thing.” Roger Rees runs us through a veritable top twenty of Shakespeare’s best lines, in an eclectic mix of performance, ruminations, commentary and personal ane…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:02AM
Sunday, June 17, 2012

Review: The Tempest by Ryan Sullivan

Put your programmes down, stop talking and please switch off your phones – or you’ll be given a severe pinching. The lights come up and we are thrown headlong into the storm; The Tem…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:08AM
Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Review: Barefoot in the Park by Ryan Sullivan

Don’t let the name fool you, Barefoot in the Park is not a promenade performance around Kew Gardens. Instead it is the Tony-award winning screwball comedy by Neil Simon. Written in 1963 &…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:26AM
Saturday, April 21, 2012

Review: Wild Swans by Ryan Sullivan

Welcome to theatre, in widescreen. Wild Swans is a historical epic that spans 30 years of China’s history in an hour-and-a-half. The stage has been stretched to fit it all in. Taking c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:17PM
Friday, April 20, 2012

Review: A Tale of Two Cities by Ryan Sullivan

He’s a drunk, he’s a rascal and he’s the reason to spend a night out at Two Cities. Sydney Carton – played by the charismatic Michael Howe – is the hero of this Dickens…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AM
Monday, April 2, 2012

Review: Uncle Vanya by Ryan Sullivan

Life is full of uncertainties, and the way we each decide how to deal with this is very revealing. When you add love to the mix, you only muddle it all further. Chekhov knew it and he had th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AM
Saturday, January 28, 2012

Review: Miss Julie by Ryan Sullivan

Expectations are dangerous things. Walking into the New Diorama again to see another part of The Faction’s rep season, I was greeted by revellers humming the conga. The party was in fu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:45AM
Monday, January 9, 2012

Review: Twelfth Night by Ryan Sullivan

The plot of Twelfth Night has always been ridiculous. Violia dresses as a man and is employed by the Duke to woo the Countess. Naturally, the Countess falls for the servant, the servant fall…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:37PM
Thursday, December 1, 2011

Review: The Drifters by Ryan Sullivan

Quick warning: The Drifters is not a piece of theatre. The Icons Tour is what you’d expect from 1950s doo-wop sensation, a pop-fuelled jaunt through their greatest hits. The show was d…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:40AM

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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
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