Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Theatre is all about stimulating the imagination and letting it run free. It shows us things that film and television can’t and offers us a unique experience. Glass-Eye Theatre Company pro…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:51PMMonday, March 17, 2014
Theatre is fantastic when it comments on those areas of society that are rarely explored in other media. In this case, playwright Evan Placey’s new work Pronoun, performed by the West Yor…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:21PMWednesday, March 12, 2014
The last time I saw Headlong Theatre Company a few months ago, they were presenting to the audience a wild and electric adaptation of George Orwell’s novel 1984, which was met with great a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:44PMThursday, March 6, 2014
It seems like such a long time since I took my GCSE English Literature exam; it was only two years ago but I’ve been in love with John Steinbeck’s 1937 novel Of Mice and Men ever since. …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:09PMSunday, February 16, 2014
It’s a shame when great theatre doesn’t make an appearance for quite a few years. However, Errol John’s play Moon on a Rainbow Shawl is back after more than 20 years, in a new revival …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:59PMSunday, February 9, 2014
Theatre brings to us a multitude of ways to tell stories to an audience. It can be used as a way to create entirely new narratives or adapt existing ones to bring them to life in a un…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:34PMFriday, February 7, 2014
We’ve all had our fair share of heartbreaks in our time, and there’s still a fair few of us who are in those awkward teenage years experimenting with love. It’s a subject that’s been…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00AMMonday, December 9, 2013
The West Yorkshire Playhouse continues into the Christmas season with yet another spellbinding production, coming in the form of Rosanna Lowe’s new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s cl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:55AMSunday, November 17, 2013
George Orwell’s novel 1984 has been regarded as one of the greatest dystopian fiction novels ever written, setting the benchmark for the rest of its genre. Now, Orwell’s haunting visi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:50AMThursday, November 7, 2013
The last time I saw Unlimited Theatre Company at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, it presented an interactive game show focusing on money, economic downfall and obsession. After reading …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:43AMSunday, October 13, 2013
Theatre is often at its most interesting when it has something to say about the world we live in today. The West Yorkshire Playhouse seems to be on a winning streak with this idea, as many o…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:28PMFriday, October 11, 2013
Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a musical that you just can’t get enough of, no matter how many times you’ve seen it. Every company does it diff…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:15AMThursday, September 19, 2013
Everybody knows the legend that is Buddy Holly, and if they don’t, then the best way to find out is by experiencing the rock’n'roll musical Buddy – The Buddy Holly Story. Telling t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:39AMSaturday, September 14, 2013
For me, theatre is all about presenting to the audience something weird, wonderful and immersive. Armed with its new production, The Ugly Sisters, produced at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PMMonday, September 9, 2013
I’ve never had the opportunity to see a ballet production until now, and I’m extremely pleased to say that Northern Ballet’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream has been my first. I’d been i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:55AMMonday, July 22, 2013
It’s always exciting to see young people across the country perform, especially when it is in new work by upcoming writers. Canadian writer Evan Placey’s new play Girls Like That is no e…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:12PMThursday, June 27, 2013
It’s always nice to see some warm and light-hearted storytelling. In this case, it comes in the form of theatre company Complicite’s adaptation of Zizou Corder’s Lionboy trilogy. U…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:17AMThursday, June 20, 2013
Kneehigh Theatre Company’s shows have all been met with critical acclaim, both around the United Kingdom and internationally. Its dark and comic approach to rich storytelling sets it apart…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:34AMThursday, June 13, 2013
Curious Directive’s After the Rainfall, currently playing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Leeds, was a bit of a weird one. Even though the technology used within, such as the projections …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:22AMThursday, June 6, 2013
Since Jonathan Harvey’s Beautiful Thing first opened in 1993, audiences worldwide have been captivated by its rich characters and coming of age story. In the twentieth anniversary producti…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:45AMWednesday, May 29, 2013
Dolly Parton’s acclaimed musical 9 to 5 at the Leeds Grand Theatre serves up a dish of energy, music and 1980s feminism in a way that no other piece of art could. With music and lyrics by …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:59AMMonday, May 27, 2013
Everyone knows that Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective ever. And what better way to acknowledge this than to see him in a brand new play, written by Mark Catley and directed by Nikola…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:50PM 
