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Friday, February 26, 2016

NEWS: Norfolk and Norwich Festival 2016 launches by Emma Minihan

The programme for a performing and visual arts festival taking place across Norfolk and Norwich has launched. The Norfolk and Norwich Festival celebrates performance, theatre, music, visual …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:50AM
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Review: The Birthday Party, Norwich Playhouse by Emma Minihan

London Classic Theatre’s revival of The Birthday Party makes for a funny and chilling evening. The pairing of comedy and unsettling drama is not a natural one, but this Harold Pinter c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:26PM
Saturday, February 6, 2016

Review: Birdheart, Norwich Puppet Theatre by Emma Minihan

Birdheart has been co-commissioned by VisionIntoArt and National Sawdust’s curator in resident program. It is created and performed by Julian Crouch and Saskia Lane. Performed in the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:14PM
Tuesday, June 9, 2015

Review: Teddy, Southwark Playhouse by Emma Minihan

Electric and pulsing, Teddy is a flash of a show with two perfectly pitched anti-heroes and a swinging soundtrack. Credit is due across the board for the creative team, but let’s start…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PM
Thursday, May 28, 2015

Review: The Beaux’ Stratagem, National Theatre by Emma Minihan

Initially I was somewhat sceptical of seeing The Beaux’ Stratagem; on the surface it looked to be another standard middle-class male hunt for the prettiest and richest bride — cue a sla…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:58PM
Saturday, May 16, 2015

Review: Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone, Camden People’s Theatre by Emma Minihan

Gods Are Fallen and All Safety Gone is a gentle exploration of a mother and daughter relationship, played with deftness and tact by Sean Campion (Mother) and Scott Turnbull (Daughter). The g…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AM
Saturday, April 11, 2015

Review: Maybe I Should Freeze My Eggs, New Wimbledon Studio by Emma Minihan

Maybe I Should Freeze My Eggs is part of the Illuminate Festival at New Wimbledon Studio Theatre. It is an emotional devised show that uses clowning, humour, music and physical theatre to ta…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:20AM
Monday, March 30, 2015

Review: Les SlovaKs, Southbank Centre by Emma Minihan

Opening Night by Les SlovaKs was a glorious, emotional, funny, beautifully messy hour of dance in the Purcell Room at Southbank Centre. Five male dancers and a violinist waited on a bare st…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36PM
Sunday, March 29, 2015

Review: Princess Ida, Finborough Theatre by Emma Minihan

Princess Ida at the Finborough Theatre is the first professional production of this operetta by Gilbert and Sullivan in over twenty years. As someone not versed in the history of Gilbert and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:58AM
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Review: Radiant Vermin, Soho Theatre by Emma Minihan

Radiant Vermin is a 90 minute comic satire that touches on themes of housing, consumerism and basic morals; who knew polite parents-to-be could get this dark! The two protagonists Jill (Gemm…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:39PM
Monday, March 2, 2015

Review: A Streetcar Named Desire, Lyric Hammersmith by Emma Minihan

A white canvas stage, ripe for splatter-painting, greets the audience of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric Hammersmith. This is the second show in Secret Theatre company’s 48-hour per…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:24PM
Monday, February 23, 2015

Review: Touretteshero: Backstage in Biscuitland, Tristan Bates Theatre by Emma Minihan

Touretteshero: Backstage in Biscuitland was part of the FIRST 2015 festival of solo performances at the Tristan Bates Theatre. This production had me smiling throughout, and contains some g…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:15PM
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Review: La Barbe-Bleue, Vault Festival 2015 by Emma Minihan

La Barbe-Bleue, one third of Boireannach’s ‘Into the Mire’ season took place in The Pit as part of the Vault Festival in Waterloo. This devised piece, inspired by the French f…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00PM
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Review: The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland, Battersea Arts Centre by Emma Minihan

Ridiculusmus’s multi-faceted production of The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland takes place in a beautiful but challenging room in the Battersea Arts Centre, a challeng…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:47PM

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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