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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Review On Tour: We Hope That You’re Happy (Why Would We Lie?) by Billy Barrett

“We hope that you’re happy,” we are told repeatedly in Made in China’s 50-minute touring show that originated at the BAC. As a rule, any piece of theatre that gives out popco…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AM
Monday, November 19, 2012

Review On Tour: Medea by Billy Barrett

Headlong’s Medea, directed and written by Mike Bartlett after Euripedes, dispenses with the suits and minimalism favoured by most contemporary stagings of the tragedies. Instead, the actio…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:17PM
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Review On Tour: The Coming Storm by Billy Barrett

Forced Entertainment’s last show, Void Story, was a dramatised radio play. By this, I mean the actors actually sat at tables onstage, speaking into microphones in different voices with no …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:19AM
Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Review: Bond At 50: The Edge and The Broken Bowl by Billy Barrett

“Drama”, Edward Bond once said, “is not theatre”. There’s little theatricality in either of his two new plays, written for young people and commissioned by Theatre …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:39AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2012

In the ring with Frantic Asssembly by Billy Barrett

With new show Beautiful Burnout by Bryony Lavery currently touring, Scott Graham of Frantic Assembly talks boxing, going for gold and being Frantic.

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PM
Saturday, October 13, 2012

Review On Tour: Beautiful Burnout by Billy Barrett

Frantic Assembly’s Beautiful Burnout, a co-production with the National Theatre of Scotland, debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the Pleasance Courtyard’s 2010 season; a recast an…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:53AM
Monday, October 8, 2012

Review: Monkey Bars by Billy Barrett

A date in a wine bar, a job interview, a group of colleagues taking a break with a magazine; put your fingers in your ears during Chris Goode & Company’s Monkey Bars and you’d think …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:36AM
Thursday, June 14, 2012

Review: Our Fathers by Billy Barrett

Babakas’s interdisciplinary performance Our Fathers, an exploration of fatherhood encompassing dance, audience interaction and live music, was originally conceived by the company during a …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:51PM
Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Review: Kafka’s Monkey by Billy Barrett

The stars of the Planet of the Apes franchise have spoken about having to attend ‘ape school’ to acquire the physicality of primates for the films, which are hardly known for their accur…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:35PM
Sunday, May 27, 2012

Review: Hannah Ringham’s Free Show (Bring Money) by Billy Barrett

“How much do you normally pay to go to the theatre?” Hannah Ringham asks her audience – half-full at best – around halfway through Glen Neath’s interactive play Hannah Ring…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:52AM
Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Review: The Cardinals by Billy Barrett

Stan’s Café, a collective based in the west Midlands, points east in its latest touring show The Cardinals, an “abbreviated and extrapolated” visual performance of the Bible. …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:27PM

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May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards