Thursday, August 30, 2018
At last year’s Notting Hill Carnival Star Wars Actor, John Boyega was accused of being inappropriate with the way he was dancing
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMTuesday, August 28, 2018
★★★ We live in a world in which people of colour are underrepresented everywhere except in the criminal justice system.
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Freeman, Pleasance C…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:24AM★★★★★ I have always believed theatre to be a form of magic and magic shows to be a form of
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Extinction Event, Pleasance Courtyard app…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:24AMSunday, August 26, 2018
★★★★ Upon leaving university, we quickly forget the trials and tribulations we face while living in shared housing with other
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Sex Drugs an…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM★★★★½ The Taiwan Season at Summerhall brings us this Taiwanese masterpiece from the company Our Theatre. Delusion Of Home, directed
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Delus…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMThursday, August 23, 2018
★★★ Most of the country is still confused about Brexit and this play doesn’t help with the matter at all.
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMWednesday, August 22, 2018
★★★★★ Mixed race identity is often described as being stuck between two worlds, a descriptor that lacks nuance. Koko Brown’s
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:04PMFriday, August 17, 2018
★★★★ Marsistan (pronounced Mars-istan) is the reason I come to Edinburgh Fringe. This little gem, hidden away in a hotel,
The post Review: Marsistan, Sweet Venues Novotel appeared fi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:12AM★ There will always be a few shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival that think they need to be avant-garde
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Addiction: The Untold Story, theSpace…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48AMWednesday, August 15, 2018
★★★★ Controversial deaths seem to be a catalyst for riots, which in turn leads to difficult conversations about race the
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Man Down, Venue 1…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AMTuesday, August 14, 2018
★★★ Trojan Horse, directed by Matt Woodhead, leaves us wanting more. Underneath the classical sounds of the tabla merging into a
The post Review: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Trojan Hor…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMWednesday, February 7, 2018
The age of digital art is upon us. Theatres and arts organisations everywhere are trying to master the craft of carefully adapting their artistic practice to include the ever elusive ‘digi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:10AMThursday, December 28, 2017
This year has been eventful for British theatre. In recent months, people have been coming forward with allegations of sexual assault against directors and actors. National theatres and arts…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:33AMMonday, November 6, 2017
In the aftermath of media coverage on the violence against women in India, comes a play about women rising up. Pink Sari Revolution, adapted for the stage by Purva Naresh and directed by Sub…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:33AMWednesday, October 25, 2017
Let’s talk about women playwrights of colour in theatre. Recently there was public outrage over the lack of female playwrights in leading London Theatres and, rightly so. The numbers are s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMFriday, September 15, 2017
Bin Laden, The One Man Show begins by disarming us. We’ve come to a show about Bin Laden, and that’s what we expect. Everything that Knaive Theatre does, from the moment we step inside t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMThursday, August 31, 2017
The phrase “on the edge of your seat” was invented for shows just like this. I spent the majority of the piece either praying that nobody would fall and/or die on stage, and chee…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:36PMGive Me Your Love is a show about a man suffering from PTSD, who tries a novel method of taking MDMA to help with his therapy. The concept of the show is rather interesting, with a set that …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:36PMOla Aralepo’s Polyphony was an incredibly engaging piece of storytelling. Dressed in a traditional Niergerian agbada, he greets us all and begins to tell us his story. Aralepo, a clinical …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:36PMTo be wholly honest with you, I’m not sure why I was expecting a show called Loo Roll to be about anything but loo roll. The comedy piece begins with Bond, or rather her alter ego, Pat,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:36PMTheresa Ikoko, winner of the Alfred Fagon and George Devine Award, presents the theatrical masterpiece that is Girls, alongside Talawa Theatre Company, HighTide and Soho Theatre productions…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:33PMLondon Hughes Superstar (it’s just nobody’s realised it) is a witty, relatable show about race, boys and superstardom. Hughes, with perfect comedic timing, talks about how she couldn…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMNilaja Sun’s one woman show Pike St. features just under a dozen different characters and she plays every single one of them; from the anti-immigration neighbour, to a little boy, to a sol…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMComing in at under an hour, The Black That I Am sought to look at black (specifically Jamaican) identities and the way in which different people exist and see the world. The set felt a littl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMAditya Roy, with the help of Teamwork Arts India @70, showcases The Offering (Guru Dakshina) at Edinburgh. Roy, from Delhi, trained in multiple forms of martial arts which he pairs with danc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:48AMMonday, August 28, 2017
Everything about this show exudes confidence. Asif Khan as an actor and Hassan Abdulrazzak as a writer know how to use mannerisms and words to play their audience. Khan took on 3 characters …
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