I have seen few plays whose subject matter ranges from calorie counting to Bolshevism through Everton’s Youth Academy to The A-Team. I have seen even fewer which manage to remain entertain…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AMAs something that originally came to being as a university assignment, The Doppel Gang has snowballed into a tour in 2015 and now gets a lengthy run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, all in the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:18AMAt the beginning of 2017, a play that addresses the suicide bombings, mass shootings, political upheavals, and war crimes that plague our daily news feeds (as well as our tendency to tune in…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:18PMWriter Sir Ronald Harwood has had to state that, although having served as a dresser to the great Sir Donald Wolfit between the years 1953 and 1958, neither of the characters of Sir or Norma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:03PMFrom the creative minds of Luke Adamson and Dan Bottomley comes a haunting, sombre, gothic tale… with a musical twist. The House of Usher is a gothic musical thriller (three words you don�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:42PMoby Dick! The Musical possibly lacks the… subtlety of Herman Melville’s 1851 novel of which (and I am quoting the programme here) it is “freely adapted” from but tonight that is by n…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:39PMIf it wasn’t the first word then “suicide” must at least have been the second spoken onstage tonight. Norway.Today does not beat around the bush or hold any punches when it comes to de…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PMIt is perhaps a sad realisation that Gretchen Cryer and Nancy Ford’s upbeat and lively musical I’m Getting My Act Together and Taking It On The Road is as relevant today as it was when i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:57PMTucked away in the attic of the Bedford Pub in Balham, a loveable reimagining of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s beloved children’s novel is taking place. Undoubtedly Theatre N16 is a brillian…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:19AMThree performers, one microphone and a whole load of cardboard boxes greet the unsuspecting audience as they make their way into the theatre space. It is clear from the very start that Every…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:49AMTo make opera more accessible and inviting to new (and younger) audiences – this is the challenging but commendable mission that English National Opera have set themselves. And it has to b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:00AMTonight’s showing of Haim: In The Light Of A Violin sets itself no easy task. To justify the purpose, being or essence of a production, the performing artist must set his or her art as a …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30PMVerbatim theatre, usually sharing the thoughts of people interviewed prior to the production in their own words, undoubtedly works best when the topic in hand is universal. And few things ar…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:45AMFrom the get-go, it is clear that tonight’s performance of Phantasmagoria will be unlike most other theatre. We are ushered into the space by characters immediately recognisable as having …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:33AMSadler’s Wells Theatre, the cutting-edge contemporary dance venue whose history is intertwined with that of modern dance, is staging its major spring season production… without any dance…
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