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Tuesday, August 9, 2016

Review: Ron Arad’s Curtain Call, Roundhouse by Franciska Éry

Virtual Reality is in vogue: we are presented with numerous opportunities to be surrounded by artificial atmospheres. But if wearing goggles isn’t your thing, Ron Arad’s Curtain …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:07PM
Monday, August 8, 2016

Review: Escape, Blue Elephant Theatre by Franciska Éry

LCP Dance Theatre’s piece, Escape, explores the journey of a refugee through aerial dance and physical theatre, responding to a very current topic. Using aerial slings, projection and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PM
Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Review: At the Heart of Everything, Upstairs at the Gatehouse by Franciska Éry

Nigel (Gareth Cooper) arrives at a failing further education college to replace the Deputy Head of Faculty. He join board members, a group of peculiar and dysfunctional principals and facu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:46PM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Review: Pop-Up Opera’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Thames Tunnel Shaft by Franciska Éry

Can opera be funny, performed in a tunnel shaft, and be accessible to opera newbies? The answer to all of these is yes, and Pop-up Opera’s production of Rossini’s The Barber of S…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:45AM
Saturday, April 30, 2016

Review: Show Boat, New London Theatre by Franciska Éry

Show Boat was not the first musical ever made, but it was definitely the first to introduce the form and structure of what we now know as the musical. Based on Edna Ferber’s hit novel,…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:13PM
Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Review: The Flick, National Theatre by Franciska Éry

Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play The Flick comes to London’s National from New York, and it has a lot to say, but perhaps it is taking a bit too long to say it. Avery (J…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28PM
Wednesday, April 13, 2016

Review: Boy, Almeida Theatre by Franciska Éry

As we enter the space, Boy has already started; the actors circle around the stage on a moving travelator, sitting on invisible chairs. Following their collaboration on Game, this is directo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:26PM
Thursday, April 7, 2016

Review: Our Brother Hamlet, Jack Studio Theatre by Franciska Éry

As they often say, in Shakespeare’s time people went to hear plays, not to see them. This is quite fitting for Julia Stubbs Hughes’ adaptation of Hamlet; a one-man show encapsula…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:34PM
Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Review: Samba and Tears/Bridging the Void, RichMix by Franciska Éry

Samba and Tears and Bridging the Void is an experimental double bill interested in fusing movement and dance with multimedia. Directed and choreographed by Sivan Rubinstein, Samba and Tears …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PM
Sunday, April 3, 2016

Review: Princess Caraboo, Finborough Theatre by Franciska Éry

Circa 1820 a British aristocratic couple took in a poor shipwrecked girl because they thought she was a lost exotic princess from a distant kingdom. They introduced her to the high society a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:27PM
Sunday, February 28, 2016

Review: Boxman, Vault Festival by Franciska Éry

Divorced and abandoned, ‘Boxman’ sleeps in a box in his living room. His battles with OCD and alcoholism prevent him from living a full life, until he meets Mandy, the checkout g…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:52PM
Sunday, February 21, 2016

Review: Loren O’Brien: Who?, The Vault by Franciska Éry

Who is Loren O’Brien? Is she famous? Should we just pretend to know her while we clap excitedly, waiting for her entrance? These questions are asked and answered by Loren O’Brien…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:33PM
Thursday, February 18, 2016

Review: Enveloped in Velvet, Maverick Projects Peckham by Franciska Éry

We enter the old, disused Victorian house and our photos are taken by the door while Always Look on the Bright Side of Life is playing in the background, juxtaposing with the almost depressi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:42PM
Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Review: Mirando the Gay Tempest, Jermyn Street Theatre by Franciska Éry

The award-winning Theatre North company brings a daring one-person adaptation of Shakespeare’s play The Tempest to the Jermyn Street Theatre after performing around the UK and Europe. The …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:48PM
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Review: Lulu, Silk Street Theatre by Franciska Éry

Frank Wedekind’s Earth Spirit and Pandora’s Box, also known as the ‘Lulu plays’ explore the power of sexuality and seduction while truly pushing the envelope in terms…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:21PM
Sunday, November 22, 2015

Review: The Body, Barbican by Franciska Éry

I have a heart monitor stuck onto my chest and an incredibly realistic baby doll in my arms. This is The Body, Nigel Barrett and Louise Mari’s innovative production, featuring live-fee…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:44AM
Thursday, November 12, 2015

Review: Baddies: The Musical, Unicorn Theatre by Franciska Éry

Baddies: The Musical is Nancy Harris and Marc Teitler’s passion project that not only shows a different side to classical fairytale villains, but also challenges the definitions of goo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:45PM
Monday, November 9, 2015

Review: Zone of Silence, Belarus Free Theatre (Secret Location) by Franciska Éry

What do we know about Belarus? I personally did not know enough, apart from its geographical position, some scattered pieces of information from the media and a couple of Eurovision songs. C…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:51PM
Saturday, October 10, 2015

Review: Immaculate, Tea House Theatre by Franciska Éry

Mia (Laura Dean) is pregnant, and she has no idea how or why. Ever since she broke up with Michael (Colin James), she hasn’t had sex, yet here she is, heavily pregnant. When the angel …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:38PM
Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Review: Genesis, Sadler’s Wells by Franciska Éry

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s and Yabin Wang’s Genesis a piece on creation, nature and humanity. It aims to tackle several themes at once, investigating the DNA, observing the human bod…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:02AM
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Review: American Venus/This Thing Called Love, So and So Arts Club by Franciska Éry

The So and So Arts Club was founded three years ago by Sarah Berger. It has 1200 members in nine countries, and this year they are presenting their second Ever HopeFull Rep season. It is a p…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:00AM
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Review: People, Places and Things, National Theatre by Franciska Éry

After completely messing up a production of Chekov’s Seagull, Emma the actress decides to go to rehab. She’s planning on staying until she gets better, so she can go back to work…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:02PM

Review: This Heaven, Finborough Theatre by Franciska Éry

Nakkiah Lui’s play was born out of loss, love and anger. She describes This Heaven as her ‘Molotov cocktail. [She wants] to throw it and burn things down.’ Sitting in the F…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:01PM
Friday, August 28, 2015

Review: The Wanton Sublime/The Medium, Arcola Theatre by Franciska Éry

This double bill, which is part of the Arcola’s Grimeborn festival, is an interesting exploration of faith, the supernatural and revelation. Both pieces are heavy with biblical referen…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:54AM
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Review: Just In Time, The Pheasantry by Franciska Éry

In the small, friendly and truly atmospheric Pheasantry, Anne Reid and Stefan Bednarczyk step onto the stage. They start with Reid at the piano and Bednarczyk singing, but soon swap places. …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:38PM
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Review: The King Of Tiny Things, Udderbelly Festival by Franciska Éry

Jeanne Willis and Gwen Millward’s picture book is about two sisters meeting the ‘King of Tiny Things’, who shows them the mysterious creatures of the night. The story is ch…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:03AM
Thursday, July 16, 2015

Review: The Invisible by Franciska Éry

Rebecca Lenkiewicz’s The Invisible is an urgent play that succeeds at raising awareness without shouting its message directly to its audience. This new legal drama is about a fictional…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:43PM
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

Review: Three Writers Walk Into A Forest, Theatre503 by Franciska Éry

With fairy tale reboots, retellings and revamps being very popular today, it is difficult to find a fresh take on the classics. Luckily, writers Ian Dagger, Pippa Evans and Rosalind Adler ma…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:58PM
Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Review: Dot, Squiggle and Rest, Royal Opera House by Franciska Éry

Introducing music to small children at a young age has proven to be very beneficial; it enhances listening, develops the aural memory and even supposedly makes them happier. It is important …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:49AM
Monday, June 8, 2015

Review: The Free Association, The ARTSpace by Franciska Éry

The ARTSpace is a small, intimate studio above The De Beauvoir Arms in Haggerston, just a short walk away from the station. Entering the pub we are immediately greeted by a friendly atmosphe…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PM
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Review: Shelter Me, Theatre Delicatessen by Franciska Éry

Walking through the back entrance of Theatre Delicatessen’s venue in Farringdon, we get our tickets and programmes by the door, followed by clear instructions to charge our phones beca…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30PM

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Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
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