Hot on the heels of their previous production of The Damned United earlier this year, Red Ladder Theatre Company are back with another new show called Leeds Lads. Three years in the making, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24PM[SHARE]The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds has been really starting to hit its stride this year, I think. Artistic Director James Brining has been bringing to life an array of dazzling new produc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AM[SHARE]Seriously, can someone tell me where the time is going?! It's been a year since I performed in the Department of Theatre, Film and Television at the University of York's annual summer produc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:45PM[SHARE]One of theatre’s special characteristics is the way in which it engages its audience through the power of imagination. It can transport us to new worlds, lands and time periods through…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:32PM[SHARE]Some time ago, a little company called Smoking Apples and Little Cauliflower (now called Dogfish) got together to create a show called CELL. Nominated for a Peter Brook Festival Award at AYT…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:31PM[SHARE]The welcome return of the York Theatre Royal means it's also time to welcome back their intimate Studio venue. Although not quite matching the grandeur of their Main House, the Studio often …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:26PM[SHARE]As if I'm halfway through third term of second year at York! The time certainly does fly by! Of course, the third years graduating soon will probably be a lot more nervous than I am! But the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PM[SHARE]Sometimes in theatre, you just want a feel-good show that can lift your spirits. Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice's classic musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been doin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:15PM[SHARE]I'm very excited to say that York Theatre Royal has finally opened its doors after a yearlong refurbishment. The main house's seating has been re-designed and the café and foyer are newly d…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:27PM[SHARE]The malleability of theatre is what makes the art form so exciting. There are always ways to make the experience as fresh, engaging and accessible as possible. That's what's going on with a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:55AM[SHARE]Northern Broadsides certainly have a reputation for smashing the stereotype that northern actors can't do Shakespeare. Not only do they frequently make this part of a production's backboneÂ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PM[SHARE]The Beatles are celebrated as the most successful pop music group in history. They captured the sounds and changing attitudes to music throughout the 1960s, and had a career that's inspired …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:33PM[SHARE]I mentioned in my Great Expectations review that this season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is shaping up to be awesome, and it looks like I wasn't wrong! I'm very excited to say that Red L…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:46PM[SHARE]The new season at the West Yorkshire Playhouse is well under way, and it's shaping up to be an awesome one. Currently residing in the Quarry Theatre is their production of Charles Dickens's …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24PM[SHARE]It’s that time of year again everyone! The third year Writing, Directing and Performance students at the University of York are performing in their Early Modern production assessments.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:21AM[SHARE]Dame Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running theatre production. It’s been going for just over sixty years, has toured around the world and been met …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:40PM[SHARE]Phoenix Dance create some truly outstanding pieces of dance theatre. They make full use of theatre as a storytelling medium, utilising all of its production aspects to enhance the superb per…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:02PM[SHARE]One of my favourite things about theatre is its ability to play host to an absolute multitude of stories, whether old or new, and to reinvent how they appear in such a live, raw format. This…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:10PM[SHARE]It only seems like yesterday that I reviewed The University of York Platform Theatre Society's production of Moira Buffini's dark comedy Dying For It last term. How time flies! Now, in week …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PM[SHARE]It was a sad day for many York theatregoers upon finding out about the closure of The Fleeting Arms, a former drag-bar-turned-pub. It became a pop up performance space that was a hub for new…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:25PM[SHARE]Well, Christmas has come and gone, everyone! I hope you've all enjoyed spending time with family, stuffed your faces and hopefully gone to see some theatre. If you haven't seen anything yet,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:12PM[SHARE]It's a tough theatrical climate we live in. We're caught up in a mish-mash of written plays, devised work, musicals and everything else that crosses over into just about every genre and styl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:21PM[SHARE]Well, I can’t believe it’s pretty much the end of my first term of second year at York. It’s been fantastic from start to finish, but now I’m looking forward to going…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36PM[SHARE]It’s that time of year again! No, I’m not talking about it being nearly Christmas (which I’m sure we’re all excited about)Â " I’m talking about that time of y…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:14PM[SHARE]My home county of Yorkshire is home to some of the most beautiful scenery in England. West Yorkshire in particular is home to the moody Yorkshire Moors, also known as Brontë country, w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:51AM[SHARE]Oscar Wilde's plays are timeless classics, and have been making audiences laugh for well over a hundred years. Now, there's a new tour of perhaps his greatest play, The Importance of Being E…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:07PM[SHARE]How is it the end of Week Seven already? And how are we halfway through November?! These are questions I can't answer, I'm afraid. However, I can tell you what's on in the Drama Barn this we…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM[SHARE]You know what I thought while in my workshops today? I could really do with seeing some psychologically realistic drama about a bunch of people condemned to die for witchcraft. Okay, so I di…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:58AM[SHARE]Three words, everyone: Kneehigh. Are. Back. After entertaining and enthralling audiences the world over with their stellar range of shows, they're back with a brand new modern fable for our …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:10PM[SHARE]Kneehigh Theatre is one of the biggest names in the industry; they're famed for their unique mix of storytelling, music, physical theatre and captivating narratives, along with the way they …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:40PM[SHARE]It's been over one year since I started at the University of York " how fast did that go by?! When I first started, the Department of Theatre, Film and Television's theatre society Platform …
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