Absurdity is not that abundant in British theatre, and so I applaud Eggs Collective for bringing it back with Late Night Love. The show is inspired by the confessional radio show of the same…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PMThe first piece of theatre I ever saw was The Snowman and it was the magic of seeing someone flying on stage that drew me in to theatre. I still love the magic of theatre, but it isn’t the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PMIt is sad that it’s still rare to see a stage dominated by women, so I’m pleased the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour dominated in the way they did. The six young women have an in…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AMCatherine Ireton has a disarming voice and in Leaving Home Party she uses it to tell the story of how she left home, returned, and left again. Her personal story is used to explore the notio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AMCan I Start Again Please is a challenging performance about the capacity of language to represent traumatic experience, particularly childhood sexual abuse. It is never going to be an easy w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:28PMMenkind by Embrace Theatre is about Barry, Alan and Martin’s journey into deep space on a Starr Intergalactic Tour Capsule. They are on a stag do, and the piece uses this to question the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PMThe Complete Deaths by Spymonkey is an exercise in theatricality and endurance. To perform all of Shakespeare’s 75 on-stage deaths is no mean feat, and not to be taken on lightly. That’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:08PMEchoes is an evocatively written two-hander from Spitting Image writer Henry Naylor. Interwoven monologues tell the stories of two women, separated by 175 years but united by parallels in …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28PMIn Liverpool a group of young people aged 16-22 are working on a play with a massive claim; The Environmentalists is the UK’s first carbon neutral play. How this is possible is one of the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PMSocially engaged, participatory work is a healthy part of any artistic practice. What is any art form without the community it serves? Even so, ArtWorks investigated the landscape for artist…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:28PMThe art of storytelling is about as old as the human race, and ghost stories always have and always will prove popular. Digital-mapping experts Share Space & Light have cleverly tapped i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:59PMReady Salted Code’s [data]Storm is a technological ballet where programme notes tell me that “classical ballet and computing collide”. The production’s visuals and choreography “u…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:09AMRemember the first time you got absorbed in a book and the whole world came to life in your head? That same awe and imaginative glee is to be found in Circa 69’s The Cube. Blending Unity 3…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:04AMAs it becomes harder to remember a time when ‘Google’ wasn’t a verb, questions are being asked about how our new technological landscape is changing the neuronal pathways in our brains…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PMDead Centre’s acclaimed production Lippy is a nightmarish production that teeters on the brink of comprehension. 14 years ago four female relatives in a small Irish town decided to die. T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:56PMComedy isn’t a genre we tend to place alongside art about the Holocaust, but in Theatre in the Theresienstadt Ghetto the two go hand in hand. This collection of plays to be performed in Fe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:20AMPhoto credit Helen Murray Alex Brown began directing plays whilst studying at the University of Sussex and since graduating his career has flourished. Currently he is Associate Director on G…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:35PMJamie Adkins is a clown. Not the white-faced big-shoed kind that makes children cry, but just an “ordinary man”. His show, Circus Incognitus, playing Edinburgh this month, is so called b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06AMImagine running into an old teenage friend in a sauna. How would you react? Hiding – as writer, performer and spoken word artist Molly Naylor did – is an option many of us would probably…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AMPaperfeet Theatre’s Yes No Maybe at the Marlborough Theatre is one of the physical theatre offerings at Brighton Fringe. Described as “a compelling piece of physical theatre exploring ou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:23AM(5/5 Stars) I’ve often come out of the theatre inspired to live life differently; but whether I’ve felt upset at the state of the world or spurred on to make a change I’ve never seen a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30AM(3/5 Stars) Ever since Quentin Tarantino’s Raging Bull we’ve known boxing stories can be about a lot more than just boxing. Snuff Box Theatre’s Bitch Boxer sits somewhere between Taran…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AM(1/5 Stars) Heiner Muller’s works are not known to be the easiest to comprehend, watch and – I’m sure – work on. Muller is renowned for his complex, dense and poetic works and has of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:57PM(4/5 Stars) Made in China’s Gym Party is about winning; it’s about being the person everybody wants to dance with, the best kisser, the richest, the person with the best upbringing, and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:20PM(4/5 Stars) Vamos Theatre’s Finding Joy is an endearing, tender and playful look at what happens when a life begins to end. This full-mask performance is extremely well performed by a cast…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:17PM(2/5 Stars) I was expecting more from The Complete History of the BBC (Abridged) than the title suggested, but unfortunately this show is exactly what it says on the tin. Having seen the per…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:41AMAfter graduating in Theatre from the University of Hull Matt Hartley “didn’t have a clue” what he wanted to do. He became an agent but found his way into playwrighting by attending cou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30AM(3/5 Stars) What happens to the hope at the end of the evening is a large title for what appears to be a pretty small show; two men, mates and performers, on stage with a chair. However, wha…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:15PM(4/5 Stars) To say that I enjoyed Opus No.7 doesn’t seem correct. I’m certain that it was something breathtakingly unique but I suspect we don’t yet have a word when talking about thea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:55PMWith May’s Incoming Festival rapidly approaching, I caught up with Jesse Meadows, one of the nine members of the Wardrobe Ensemble. This rather large company will be performing an evolved …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can als…
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