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Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Review: This Is The Moon, That Is The Earth, Camden People’s Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

Gameshow, a duo consisting of Matthew Evans and Matt Ryan, want us to think and feel in new ways, through a big mess of odd games and a close friendship in their piece This Is The Moon, That…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:35PM
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

Review: How to Occupy an Oil Rig, Camden People’s Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

Everyone wants to change something. From how regularly we exercise to how much we let ourselves get distracted by Twitter, we can all work out how we can change such simple problems; but wha…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:40PM
Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Review: Hamlet, Milton Court Studio, The Guildhall School of Music and Drama by Chérie Locatelli

Being one of the top drama schools in the world, why shouldn’t Guildhall attempt to put on one of the best – and one of the hardest to perform – Shakespearean plays, Hamlet? I say at…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:49PM
Monday, January 27, 2014

Review: Punishment Without Revenge, Arcola Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

The Spanish Golden Age season is playing at the Theatre Royal (Bath), Belgrade Theatre (Coventry) and East London’s quirky little Arcola Theatre, where I saw one third of the season: Mered…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:14AM
Monday, January 20, 2014

Review: Cuckoo, Unicorn Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

“Obligations are fucking terrible,” Erica drunkenly tells Nadine, foreshadowing the fact that we are about to find out how committed this middle-class teacher and parent is to her obliga…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:49AM
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Review: An Evening With Sylvester Stallone, The London Palladium by Chérie Locatelli

  “I think everyone has a certain kind of formula in their life. When you deviate from that formula, you’re going to fail big or you’re gonna win big”. And that is what Sylv…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:30PM
Sunday, December 15, 2013

Review: Gizmo Love, New Diorama Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

If you go into the world of show business – as an actor, singer, dancer or writer – you have got to take the risk of people wanting to change you and your work. People might claim not…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:01PM
Sunday, November 17, 2013

Review: Theatre 4 Identity, The Calder Bookshop & Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

Theatre 4 Identity is a movement started by The Grand Mothers of Plaza De Mayo, which draws attention to their goal of finding the people who were stolen from their families as children duri…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:27AM
Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Review: Purge, The Canada Water Culture Space by Chérie Locatelli

How important are our Facebook friends to us? Do you actually ever have a real connection with most of those 500 people, or take time to sit and think about them properly?  Brian Lobel asks…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:43AM
Thursday, November 7, 2013

Review: Dr Synistra / Music Box Double Bill, Etcetera Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

It is Halloween, which could be a perfect time to put on some improvisational theatre, as the spontaneity of improvisation is enough to spook anyone out. Improvised theatre involves performa…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:17AM
Thursday, October 31, 2013

Review: The Seagull, The Guildhall School by Chérie Locatelli

One of the most prestigious music and drama schools in the UK and a play from one of the most influential playwrights from the nineteenth century: Final year actors at Guildhall School of Mu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:13AM
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Review: Thriller – Live, Lyric Theatre by Chérie Locatelli

Michael Jackson’s music topped the charts for over four decades and is still a huge influence on the music business today, even after his death in 2009. Jackson is the King of Pop, a s…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:59PM

Review: In A Deep Dark Wood, Sadler’s Wells by Chérie Locatelli

Since 2009, children’s theatre company Gobbledegook has been creating works which cleverly fuse physical theatre and interactive video installations. Its latest work, In A Deep Dark Wood…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:34AM
Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Review: Kolbe’s Gift by Chérie Locatelli

The Patron Saint of Drug Addicts and Prisoners, Maximillian Kolbe is in fact a hero of Auschwitz due to his noble gesture of sacrificing his life for a fellow prisoner in the camp during 194…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:59AM

Review: Crazy Glue by Chérie Locatelli

Who needs Received Pronunciation when you have gobbledegook?  Filipa Tomas and Bradley Wayne Smith certainly do not need RP in this short piece of theatre, Crazy Glue. They tell a story th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AM
Monday, September 30, 2013

Review: The Memoirs of Lucy Bell by Chérie Locatelli

The Memoirs of Lucy Bell is a one-woman show, accompanied by a pianist and guitarist, about a prestigious fictional jazz singer, Lucy Bell. She tells us her life story after winning a top mu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:59AM
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Review: Othello: The Remix by Chérie Locatelli

We have all heard of Othello, the classic tragedy by William Shakespeare, with the usual themes of love, jealously and betrayal. However I suspect only few of us have heard of a hip-hop- and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:25PM
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Review: My Pregnant Brother by Chérie Locatelli

Johanna Nutter’s story My Pregnant Brother is about her eagerness to no longer be her family martyr and finally put herself first, whilst trying to deal with the pain that she feels about …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AM
Thursday, August 29, 2013

Camden Fringe Review: Heads Bodies Legs by Chérie Locatelli

There are many people who try to put on plays that are unique and quirky, and who simply end up with a production of blunder and ostentation. However, Heads Bodies Legs by Ezra Elia takes al…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:16PM
Sunday, August 18, 2013

Review: The Thebans Season by Chérie Locatelli

The area between Tower Bridge and London Bridge is not only a place full of office buildings and business, but a rather popular tourist area, with people from all over the world taking inter…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:37AM
Saturday, August 17, 2013

Camden Fringe Review: The Beautiful by Chérie Locatelli

What is beautiful, you say? How do we really define it? Many people still ask this question, and wonder if things are beautiful for how they are presented or what their actual meaning is? Ar…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58AM
Sunday, August 11, 2013

Review: Luke McGregor: My Soul Mate Is Out Of My League by Chérie Locatelli

There are many people we come across in life who we feel should receive a big hug. The kind of people who need to be wrapped up in  bubble wrap, as they are simply terrible in social situat…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AM
Friday, August 9, 2013

Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Chérie Locatelli

The Rose Theatre was erected in 1587. However, when the Globe Theatre and the Swan were built at the end of the century, The Rose lost its popularity and by 1606 it was completely abandoned.…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:38AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Review: Robin (A One Man Comedy) by Chérie Locatelli

“That’s not even a real thing…” Very often in life we make up scenarios in our heads, start to believe them, then realise they will never be real. And then there are many things we c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:45AM
Monday, July 22, 2013

Review: On the Line: Media by Chérie Locatelli

“50% of Britain will be Eastern European by 2018.” Do you believe this? Or do you laugh at the ignorance of people who do? On The Line: Media is a piece of theatre that consists of a deb…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:38AM
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Review: The Craig Christie Songbook by Chérie Locatelli

St James Theatre Studio is a sophisticated modern venue with a dynamic atmosphere and a sense that the night will be very exciting. One of it’s newest additions, The Craig Christie Son…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:41PM
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Review: Bullets and Daffodils by Chérie Locatelli

Wilfred Owen is an extremely influential poet with his politically controversial words towards World War One written during his serving time and in hospital after suffering injuries during b…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:28AM
Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Review: The Incredible Adventures of Clown Slut by Chérie Locatelli

“Hello, I’m a feminist, would you like a drink?” This is an odd chat up line, because our culture does not generally see men as taking part in feminism, but The Incredible Adventures o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:32PM
Monday, June 17, 2013

Review: Luck Penny by Chérie Locatelli

Once upon a time in 1920, a group of Bolshevik Russians gave the Irish politician deValera some Russian Crown Jewels as collateral for a loan; 28 years later, of course, the Russians want th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:47AM
Saturday, June 15, 2013

Review: Blood Wedding by Chérie Locatelli

A theatre in a tunnel under the Waterloo railway may not seem like a place where you will experience some of the best acting and most thrilling stories. Yet this is an ignorant misjudgement …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:35PM
Sunday, June 2, 2013

Review: Even Stillness Breathes Softly Against a Brick Wall by Chérie Locatelli

Head off to the Soho Theatre, “wake up!” and see that our modern life is perhaps not all it is cracked up to be: no, I am not pointing out flaws in the Soho Theatre – it is ac…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:56PM

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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