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Friday, April 19, 2019

Review: Sitting, Arcola Theatre by Ela Portnoy

Review: Sitting, Arcola Theatre3.0Overall ScoreAfter a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sitting, Katherine Parkinson’s debut play, transfers to the Arcola Theatre. It is a short play …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:02AM
Tuesday, April 16, 2019

Review: The Trick, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Review: The Trick, York Theatre Royal3.0starsWe open with a shining proscenium arch. It is a little cracked and half of the lights have fallen out, but a sense of glamour follows it, just as…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00AM
Friday, April 5, 2019

Review: Noughts and Crosses, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Review: Noughts and Crosses, York Theatre Royal 2.0Overall Score Representation of BAME actors is a hot topic in theatre right now. New plays such as Admissions are questioning the use of qu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:17AM
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Review: Hamlet, Leeds Playhouse by Ela Portnoy

Review: Hamlet, Leeds Playhouse5.0Overall ScoreWith awards and accolades trailing in her wake and an impressive portfolio under her belt, director Amy Leach is a worthy match for tackling Ha…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:13AM
Monday, March 11, 2019

Review: The Duchess of Malfi, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Review: The Duchess of Malfi, York Theatre Royal 3.0stars It takes a brave amateur theatre company to take on what is considered one of the greatest tragedies of English renaissance theatre.…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:00AM
Saturday, February 16, 2019

Review: random, Leeds Playhouse by Ela Portnoy

Review: random, Leeds Playhouse4.0starsdebbie tucker green is something special. She may write poetry, but it is poetry of the people – a musical reproduction of everyday speech, where eac…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AM
Thursday, November 15, 2018

Review: Single Spies, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Theatre By The Lake’s Lakes Season at the York Theatre Royal is a 12-day repertory programme that transferred to York from Keswick, where it was performed this summer. Single Spies is the …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:06PM
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Review: Sense & Sensibility, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Whenever I have a stomach ache, I cuddle up on the sofa with a hot water bottle and a blanket, and put on a Jane Austen TV adaptation. There is something in these DVDs and plays, and not nec…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AM