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Monday, January 10, 2022

A Younger Theatre is coming back – with your help by Samuel Sims

Despite announcing a break back in September, A Younger Theatre still has plans to come back stronger than ever. Here’s an update from Managing Director Sam. Sometimes I still feel like I�…

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Wednesday, September 1, 2021

A Younger Theatre will be going on a break – for the foreseeable future by Samuel Sims

As AYT closes its doors – perhaps temporarily, perhaps permanently – Managing Director, Sam talks about the reasons why, his hopes for the future and how the company can’t return unles…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:42AM
Tuesday, March 9, 2021

Journalism is part of the wider theatre ecology, so why isn’t it being supported? by Samuel Sims

If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider joining our membership scheme with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going and paying our very talented team of young creati…

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Sunday, June 14, 2020

A Call To Action: We Must Do More to Support Black Artists by Samuel Sims

A Younger Theatre has always been a platform for those that often feel unheard and invisible but how much are we doing to support Black artists? Not enough, writes Managing Director, Sam. I�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:54AM
Friday, February 21, 2020

Should We Be Doing More to Support Ourselves and Our Creative Friends? by Samuel Sims

It’s so easy to be ‘busy’ and to ignore our loved ones but what if something happens to them? Samuel Sims talks about the importance of support networks in the world of the creative. I…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:36PM
Thursday, January 16, 2020

Lack of Diversity in Oscar and Bafta Nominations. Do the Olivier Awards Fare Any Better? by Samuel Sims

Anyone else feel angry/ puzzled/ not that surprised about the recent Oscar and Bafta nominations? Samuel Sims is feeling all sorts of emotion. Here, he discusses the racist, misogynistic his…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PM
Saturday, October 26, 2019

Review: Lungs, The Old Vic by Samuel Sims

Review: Lungs, The Old Vic4.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 VotesHere’s something a little bit different. Instead of the conventional approach of one person reviewing a show, Managing Editor…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06AM
Friday, October 18, 2019

Samuel Sims: Working front-of-house can feel like a trap by Samuel Sims

That front-of-house workers are not mindless robots there to serve every whim of patrons is hopefully becoming more apparent to those who

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Friday, January 25, 2019

Review: When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, The National Theatre by Samuel Sims

Review: When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, The National Theatre2.0starsBefore the lights descended tonight, a ton of people excitedly looked the auditorium up and down as if ho…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:54AM
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Review: Half Breed, Soho Theatre by Samuel Sims

Half Breed is for anyone that has ever felt ‘other’. It’s exhausting, breakneck and revitalising; a show and a performer The post Review: Half Breed, Soho Theatre appeared first on A Y…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:54AM
Saturday, April 14, 2018

Review: The Inheritance, Young Vic by Samuel Sims

A production almost completely dominated by men (the only woman, Vanessa Redgrave makes a brief if emotionally charged appearance near the end), The Inheritance could easily have become a na…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:00AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Review: Beginning, Ambassador’s Theatre by Samuel Sims

Should we feel bad for occasionally preferring to exist in the space called cyber? Is it so awful to be able to communicate more coherently – more confidently through a screen than in …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:30AM
Wednesday, January 17, 2018

Review: Girl From The North Country, Noel Coward by Samuel Sims

With many jukebox musicals that have plonked themselves noisily in London’s theatreland, it’s usually helpful and ultimately more enjoyable to be familiar with the catalogue of work. Tak…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:14AM
Monday, November 20, 2017

Review: Inside Pussy Riot, Saatchi Gallery by Samuel Sims

What does it take to be a true activist? Are we all, as a collective capable of making real difference or is it just too easy to be apathetic, to feign interest and sit behind a computer scr…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PM
Tuesday, November 7, 2017

Review: The Exorcist, Phoenix Theatre by Samuel Sims

The Exorcist’s origins don’t necessarily rely on the faith of huge numbers, nor does it really matter. Based on a ‘real life’ case (that old chestnut) about a boy possessed and subse…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AM
Sunday, October 29, 2017

Review: Jekyll and Hyde, Ambassador’s Theatre by Samuel Sims

“Our bodies, our minds, our power” the ultimate message in this production of Jekyll and Hyde. Influenced by such women as Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale and Josephine Butler;�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AM
Saturday, July 15, 2017

Review: Mumburger, Old Red Lion by Samuel Sims

How the bloody hell have veganism and cannibalism found themselves in the same piece of theatre? Mumburger’s extraordinarily odd subject matter is the very thing many, myself included, …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM
Monday, July 3, 2017

Review: Mighty Atoms, Hull Truck by Samuel Sims

Mighty Atoms could very well be a metaphor for Hull itself. The play, the final part in a trilogy held at Hull Truck as part of its Roots and Routes season, is heavily influenced by box…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AM
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Blush: tackling revenge porn and a culture of shame by Samuel Sims

Charlotte Josephine meets me at Old Street station, before taking us to a nearby café that has the murmur of Beyonce over our heads. The writer and performer looks slightly dazed and expl…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PM
Monday, May 15, 2017

Review: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in Concert, The Royal Albert Hall by Samuel Sims

Who knew Harry Potter had such vocal, enthusiastic fans? A unanimous me? Fair enough. J.K Rowling’s phenomenally successful series turns 20 this year and with repeat visits and continued e…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:48AM

Review: Room, Theatre Royal Stratford East by Samuel Sims

Room tells the story of Ma and her little boy Jack as they go about their daily lives within the confines of a small, square room. They play, exercise, read, and sometimes watch television. …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AM
Thursday, May 11, 2017

Review: Angels in America, National Theatre by Samuel Sims

History, time and legacy all play a prevalent role in this revival of Tony Kushner’s epic Angels in America. It looks at the right-wing politics that dominated the US in the 1980s and how…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12PM
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Emma Donoghue on Room: “My son told everyone I wrapped him up in the rug!” by Samuel Sims

There’s something fantastically refreshing about a hugely successful writer getting their kids to do (some of) the editing of their latest book, but then, this is no ordinary, hugely succe…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AM
Saturday, March 11, 2017

Review: The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Southwark Playhouse by Samuel Sims

Central to this twice adapted story of The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a phenomenal performance from Rona Morison, who manages to perfectly capture the irritating whininess of a 15-year-old w…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AM
Friday, February 24, 2017

Review: A Clockwork Orange, Park Theatre by Samuel Sims

You’d think that a highly visual, shocking depiction of ‘ultra-violence’ would not generate quite as many huge belly laughs as Action To The Word’s production of A Clockwork Orange d…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:36PM
Monday, February 13, 2017

Feature: Hull City of Culture 2017: I’m more excited than ever about my home city. by Samuel Sims

Growing up, I never felt particularly proud to be from Hull. In fact, the absolute opposite. If enquiries were made about my origins, I’d launch into a frenzied, pattie buttie-wielding…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AM
Monday, January 30, 2017

Feature: Let’s have a conversation about mental health and make sure nobody has to be alone by Samuel Sims

“We still need to get into position where you can go to the chemist, say you’re having a panic attack, ask if they mind you meditating for a bit and no one will bat an eyelid, ju…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:54AM
Friday, December 23, 2016

Review: Kiki’s Delivery Service, Southwark Playhouse by Samuel Sims

Kiki’s Delivery Service is perhaps one of award winning Studio Ghibli’s most beloved films. Released in 1989 it was later dubbed in English and featured actress Kirsten Dunst in …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AM
Thursday, December 22, 2016

Review: Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre by Samuel Sims

What many are likely expecting with the UK stage premiere of Dreamgirls is something vaguely similar to Bill Condon’s 2006 film, starring Beyonce Knowles and an Oscar winning Jennifer Huds…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AM
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Review: The Snowman, The Peacock Theatre by Samuel Sims

As an army of minute children descend down the aisle towards a Christmas coated stage and form a freakish, yet excitable mosh pit, it can only mean one damn thing, The Snowman is back in t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18AM
Saturday, October 15, 2016

Feature: Theresa Ikoko on the beauty of imagination and why we scapegoat the young by Samuel Sims

Theresa Ikoko is on a roll. She’s taken a quick lunch break from her day job helping to reduce youth crime in London and we’re having a natter about her play Girls, currently playing …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:14AM

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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