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Saturday, January 16, 2016

Review: This Will End Badly, Southwark Playhouse by Andy Smith

After a very successful Edinburgh Fringe run in 2015, This Will End Badly has come to Southwark Playhouse to assault, inspire and haunt audiences. This is a machine-gun of a show, with more …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:37PM
Friday, January 15, 2016

Review: Trygve Wakenshaw – Nautilus, Soho Theatre by Andy Smith

Comedy comes in many, many forms. From sitcoms to stand-up, there is always someone on the circuit trying something new to amuse the punters. However, using the traditional art forms of mime…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:20PM
Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Review: Man and Superfan, Theatre N16 by Andy Smith

The complex and endlessly interesting mindset of a killer can often be seen as fertile ground for creating dramatic work, and here Big Mouth Theatre Company take a run at doing just that. Us…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:10PM
Wednesday, September 23, 2015

Review: Dinner With Saddam, Menier Chocolate Factory by Andy Smith

It’s been 12 years since the the beginning of the invasion of Iraq by US and British forces, but it is still a topic that creates political debate and divide. So in this new production, Ho…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:44PM
Monday, September 21, 2015

Review: Kindness, Cockpit Theatre by Andy Smith

Kindness is a concept that does, in everyday life, seem to evade many people. That person who pushes in front of you to get on the train; the guy who doesn’t apologise for stepping on your…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:39PM
Friday, August 28, 2015

Review: Thoroughly Modern Millie, Landor Theatre by Andy Smith

Cashing in on the excitement and glamour of the flappers and moderns of 1920s New York, Thoroughly Modern Millie is an entertaining romp through the prohibition-shadowed streets of NY. The s…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:46AM
Friday, August 21, 2015

Edinburgh Fringe Review: I Got Dressed In Front of My Nephew Today, Zoo by Andy Smith

Feminism and beauty are topics that are often tackled by fringe theatre, with varying results. The Feral Foxy Ladies, however, have succeeded in creating an exciting, moving and brilliant pi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00AM
Monday, July 27, 2015

Review: Songs For a New World, St James Theatre by Andy Smith

Currently celebrating 20 years since it’s first off-Broadway outing, Songs For a New World is one of Jason Robert Brown’s finest works. His eclectic and dynamic approach to composition h…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:50PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Review: A Single Act, Theatro Technis by Andy Smith

The still young Duelling Productions return to Camden with their hard-hitting and affecting production of Jane Bodie’s A Single Act, proving that this company of performers has talent to k…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08PM
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Review: The Showstoppers, Udderbelly by Andy Smith

With years of experience and an incredible talent providing the foundation to its shows, it is no surprise that The Showstoppers never ceases to prove itself as being at the forefront of im…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:48AM
Monday, February 16, 2015

Review: Ablutions, Soho Theatre by Andy Smith

Hailing from Bristol, FellSwoop is one theatre company whose fringe and touring theatre shows turn heads every year, and their ever-growing reputation is incredibly well-deserved. Their mos…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:26PM
Sunday, February 8, 2015

Review: Elephant Man, Brockley Jack Studio Theatre by Andy Smith

Fourth Monkey Ensemble is known for its unique and heavily physical, visceral approach to theatre making. All of these elements bleed through this production of Elephant Man in a new adapta…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:37AM
Monday, January 26, 2015

Review: The Development, Theatre Delicatessen by Andy Smith

In their attempt to create a higher form of theatre, Soundboxed Collective have mashed together an intense and interesting hour-and-a-half of sound, movement, dance, drinking and rave to bri…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:53PM
Monday, January 19, 2015

Review: Tatterdemalion, Camden People’s Theatre by Andy Smith

From the puppetry genii who brought the fringe circuit hit Boris and Sergey to stages across the country, Tatterdemalion is a gloriously silly hour of physical comedy and beautiful imagery f…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:34AM
Monday, January 12, 2015

Review: Losers, The Rag Factory by Andy Smith

The world of reality TV is one which is often satirised and picked apart by artists and performers as an exploration of modern intrigue in the personal lives of others. In this new work, fro…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:50PM
Thursday, December 18, 2014

Review: The Man, Old Red Lion Theatre by Andy Smith

Have you ever had to call HM Revenue & Customs to query a tax form? If you have, then you’ll know the struggle faced by our protagonist Ben in this deftly touching comedy written by Ja…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:13PM
Thursday, August 14, 2014

Edinburgh Review: You, Me and the World, ZOO Southside by Andy Smith

Get nine strangers in a van to reveal their innermost thoughts and ideas to each other, and you’ve managed to make a rare and tangible connection which is seldom seen in our modern work-st…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:04AM
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Review: The Norman Conquests, Theatro Technis by Andy Smith

Alan Ayckbourn, considered a classic notable of English playwriting, has seen a number of revivals throughout the last decade from the Fringe to the National Theatre. However, this particula…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:52PM
Friday, July 11, 2014

Feature: Guilt and Shame – Going Straight by Andy Smith

The Edinburgh Festival Fringe is the largest arts festival in the world, serving up a plethora of entertainment in the form of theatre, comedy, dance and everything in between. One of the mo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:13AM
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Review: The Boss of It All, Soho Theatre by Andy Smith

The lights go out and the unfamiliar Danish tones of our narrator for the evening, Claus Reiss, welcome the audience with the words “So. Here we are. Together in the dark. About to wat…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:51PM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014

Review: Carousel, Arcola Theatre by Andy Smith

It is a bold and brave move from the off-West End company Morphic Graffiti to stage such a huge show in such an intimate setting –a move that is incredibly exciting to see unfolding magic…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:15PM
Friday, June 20, 2014

Feature: Cheek by Jowl – is translation treason? by Andy Smith

“…after all our subtle colour and nervous rhythm, after the faint mixed tints of Conder, what more is possible? After us the Savage God.” (from Autobiographies by W. B Yeat…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:14AM
Thursday, May 23, 2013

What Can We Do? by Andy Smith

(This post is a part of the Artistic Innovation blog salon curated by Caridad Svich for the 2013 TCG National Conference: Learn Do Teach in Dallas). A performer walks into a theatre, sit…

SOURCE: Theatre Communications Group at 11:01AM

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