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Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Chlorine, ZOO Southside by Amy Squirrell

When Biddy starts to go off the rails at a music festival, her friends just assume it’s the drugs. But when she fails to come down from her outrageous high, the men in white coats are call…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:21AM

Edinburgh Review: God’s Own Country, ZOO Southside by Amy Squirrell

God’s Own Country is a heartwarming romance turned harrowing drama about a young Yorkshire lad who takes his affections for the girl next door way too far. Young farmer Sam Marsdyke, play…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:11AM

Monday, August 11, 2014

Edinburgh Review: Somebody I Used to Know, Assembly Roxy by Amy Squirrell

Wherever you are in your life, Somebody I Used to Know will wrench you from it and plant you firmly back in your adolescent years – of underage drinking, secret smoking and lost friendship…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:47PM

Edinburgh Review: On the Upside Down of the World, Assembly Roxy by Amy Squirrell

On the Upside Down of the World is a rich snapshot of colonial New Zealand based on the memoirs of Mary Ann Martin and skilfully brought to life by Laurel Devenie. Dripping in privilege and …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:44PM

Edinburgh Review: Naked in Alaska, Assembly Roxy by Amy Squirrell

Naked in Alaska is based on the life story of Valerie Hager, also known as Val, also known as Autumn. We find her recently evicted and clean from a youth of crystal meth, embarking on a jour…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36PM

Edinburgh Review: Black Faggot, Assembly Roxy by Amy Squirrell

If we’re going to talk about gay rights, we might as well do it as loudly and as obscenely as possible. And that’s exactly what Black Faggot does, but not at the expense of nuance. When …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:35PM

Edinburgh Review: Crazy Glue, Assembly Roxy by Amy Squirrell

“Crazy Glue, Crazy Glue, the glue that makes things good as new!” But whatever is beneath the glue is still broken… Performed with great flair by Single Shoe Productions, Crazy Glue …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:30PM

Edinburgh Review: I’m Not Like Other Girls, theSpace @ Jury’s Inn by Amy Squirrell

As a self-declared ‘weird girl’, Susie Sillett always found it difficult to relate to other women. She is special, she is different. She’s not like other girls. As Sillett calmly and m…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:07AM

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Edinburgh Review: George Orwell’s 1984, theSpace @ Surgeon’s Hall by Amy Squirrell

Increasingly relevant in a digital age where almost every move we make is tracked, The Stevenage Lytton Youth Theatre Thursday Group’s choice to perform George Orwell’s 1984 at this year…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:46AM

Friday, May 30, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Intuit This, Marlborough Theatre by Amy Squirrell

Brian, the renegade bumblebee has committed an atrocity. Renata and Stephen’s relationship is very much on the rocks. The police sergeant has a fish for a foot. Intuitive Creatures’ cont…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PM

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Twenty to Something, Dukebox Theatre by Amy Squirrell

Student life: drinking to excess, experimenting with drugs, arguing and sleeping with your mismatched housemates in a grubby flat. The cliché is all too familiar to those who have not long …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:14PM

Brighton Fringe Review: An Extraordinary Light, Brighton Media Centre by Amy Squirrell

Katherine Godfrey as Rosalind Franklin, the DNA scientist cheated of her share of a Nobel prize, recounts the heartbreaking story of her life – a tale of success, betrayal and tragedy. Ros…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:14AM

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Should I Stay or Should I Go?, The Warren by Amy Squirrell

(2/5 Stars) Two girls and two boys meet by chance in a bar and decide to go to Paris. The twist: the protagonist, Matty, appeals to the audience to make his decisions for him. When Matty nee…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:53PM

Monday, May 5, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Losing It, The Warren by Amy Squirrell

(4/5 Stars) Don’t be fooled by the sad clown faces that stare dejectedly back at you from Losing It’s promotional poster. And don’t worry too much about the ambiguous programme notes t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:37AM

Brighton Fringe Review: Thumbelina, The Warren by Amy Squirrell

(4/5 Stars) New up-and-coming theatre company Bard and Troubadour tell the story of Thumbelina, a little girl no bigger than a human thumb, with the help of a few colourful characters includ…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:54AM

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