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Saturday, July 15, 2017

Review: The Passion of the Playboy Riots, The Hen and Chickens Theatre by Callum McCartney

There is a real debate to be had in examining the impact that theatre can have. Can it indeed have a truly revolutionary effect? This play from Neil Weathereall uses the history of Ireland i…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM
Friday, July 7, 2017

Review: King Kong (A Comedy), The Vaults by Callum McCartney

The 1933 original film King Kong began a phenomenon that has led to the cinematic fascination of giant monster movies. Seven films later, we arrive at the always atmospheric Vaults for this …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AM
Thursday, June 1, 2017

Review: Chummy, The White Bear Theatre by Callum McCartney

A run-down detective and a potential serial killer. This set up has fuelled drama to the point of exhaustion. These mystery stories easily slot into the world of noir thrillers that plunge u…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24PM
Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Review: Don Quixote in Algiers, White Bear Theatre by Callum McCartney

The truth as we know it has become subjective and individual. Facts that may be true to you and I may be complete falsehoods to another. The story of real life writer Miguel de Cervantes, as…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:42AM
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Review: Strangers in Between, King’s Head Theatre by Callum McCartney

Originally opening in the summer, Tommy Murphy’s Strangers in Between has been revived at The King’s Head Theatre to begin their 2017 season. This is simply a warm, witty tragedy that ex…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:54AM
Friday, December 23, 2016

Review: The Winter’s Tale, The Cockpit by Callum McCartney

The Winter’s Tale has been regarded over the years as one of the most problematic of Shakespeare’s works, a difficult to achieve blend of emotional drama and light-hearted comedy. Direct…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AM
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

Review: Il trovatore, Royal Opera House by Callum McCartney

Lurking sheets of ashes cover the stage, drifting by its disturbers. The warn down branches of isolated trees have been stripped and burnt. We are here to bear witness to director David Bös…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AM
Sunday, December 4, 2016

Review: Licensed to Ill, Southwark Playhouse by Callum McCartney

‘You gotta fight, for the right, to party!’ As an answer to the polished West-End jukebox musical, this show is every inch the opposite. The Beastie Boys began as a hardcore punk band an…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AM
Thursday, December 1, 2016

Review: The Peony Pavilion, Sadler’s Wells by Callum McCartney

As ballet and dance becomes ever globalised and appears to be merging ever-closer, it is worth remembering that the National Ballet of China has always embodied this principle, originally fo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AM
Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Review: The Tempest, The Print Room at the Coronet by Callum McCartney

The mistakes of an older generation impacting the young. A group arrival to a mysterious isle. Flitters of much needed redemptive romance. There could not be a more relevant time for directo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PM
Sunday, November 20, 2016

Review: Princess, LOST Theatre by Callum McCartney

The princess. Often in fairy-tales they have been the rescued, the man obsessed with nothing in place of a Bechdel Test. The world has since moved on and this brand-new dance piece from Stua…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:48PM
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

Review: Tonight with Donny Stixx, The Bunker Theatre by Callum McCartney

We walk through the door, take our seats and look out on a bare stage. We are here to see a show, and Donny is determined to give us one. This teenage magician’s desire is to be famous; to…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
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