Wednesday, February 19, 2014
The IdeasTap Takeover: Love at Rich Mix is intended (as stated on the fliers) as an “escape from the mush of Valentine’s Day”. The performance artist Fox Solo is a one-night a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:15PMTuesday, February 4, 2014
Carthage is a piece of new writing from Chris Thompson, member of the Royal Court Studio writers’ group, and is a realist drama surrounding the upbringing of Tommy Anderson: born to a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:56PMSunday, January 26, 2014
The One Festival is a new writing and performance platform in The Space, a delightfully gothic former church in the midst of the financial district’s mini suburbia on the Isle of Dogs …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:26PMSaturday, January 18, 2014
Mikhail Bulgakov’s Flight, translated by Howard Colyer, follows the fortunes of a small group of Russians as they flee the Crimea, finding temporary exile firstly in Paris, then in Constan…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:16PMThursday, January 16, 2014
Sitting in the audience with a large school group for a production of Hamlet is always a trying experience. However, artistic pretensions aside, their reactions to the show (vocal and organ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30AMMonday, December 23, 2013
It’s that time of year again when we block out the noise of the everyday routine and reflect on our successes and failures, and remind ourselves of what is really important. With this in m…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:11PMMonday, November 4, 2013
Anand Bhatt’s Wildcard takeover of Sadler’s Wells Lilian Baylis Studio comprises a variety of contemporary dance acts he has personally selected. All of the acts are great as stand-alon…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:53AMTuesday, October 29, 2013
In the bowels of Westminster Reference Library, Open Book Theatre Company has mounted an excellent site-specific production of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire yarn, Dracula. Before I get dow…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:27AMTuesday, October 1, 2013
I cannot say that I am a frequent presence at the opera, but I still found English Touring Opera’s adaptation of Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea immensely enjoyable. Performed at t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:05AMSaturday, September 14, 2013
The Print Room in Notting Hill is a venue in its infancy. It has been running for under three years but is a place to watch for its revival of little known work from classic writers, and its…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:20PMWednesday, September 11, 2013
This is not family Shakespeare. Othello is arguably one of Shakespeare’s darkest plays and this adaptation, Othello Syndrome, explores the psychology behind the sexual jealousy possessin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:33AMSunday, September 8, 2013
Ted Hughes’s life was filled with struggle, glamour and sexual liaisons. His brief marriage to Sylvia Plath was intense and turbulent, and a period over which there has been endless speclu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMThursday, August 29, 2013
The quality of site-specific work is inevitably dependent upon how well the setting complements the content of the show. The theatre company ARBONAUGHTS choice of Nunhead Cemetery is a suita…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:58PMTuesday, August 20, 2013
Using the example of one student theatre company which is making work, Hannah Elsy asks if drama school is necessary for aspiring actors, or is regular universities have something to offer, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMSunday, August 18, 2013
It is surprising that this is the first professional production of Cy Coelman’s Little Me in nearly 30 years. This show is devastatingly catchy, witty and brilliant for its sheer entertain…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:49AMMonday, August 12, 2013
Kim Sheard provides an essential tribute to Bette Midler, which, although entertaining, is targeted specifically at Midler fans. The show does not cater for those like me who are aware of th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:06AMTrois Pour Cinq is the first formal offering from the new theatrical duo Merlot Merlot, and displays the fruits of their writing and performing talents. Maria Figgins and Adam Courting have …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:55AMWednesday, August 7, 2013
By press night, the run of The Epic Adventure of Nhamo the Manyika Warrior and his Sexy Wife Chipo has already been extended to 25 August, as the lady on the press desk at the Tricycle Thea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:05AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Luke Jermay is undoubtedly an incredibly talented mind reader, and his straight-from-Vegas cabaret telepathy in The Sixth Sense is entertaining and humorous but he passes up the opportunity …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:26PMSunday, June 16, 2013
The Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club has been transformed into a garish spectacle for the club’s monthly Friday League cabaret. An enormous neon pink light-up cardboard heart frames the …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:15PMBen Seager’s Held by the Habit was the product of last year’s First Time Writers Initiative at the New Diorama Theatre. Its performance heralded the opening of the submissions process fo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:03PMMonday, May 27, 2013
The new Southwark Playhouse is set to establish itself as one of the hippest London fringe venues, as it opens its new doors on Newtington Causeway with the musical-come-wrestling spectacle …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:05PMMonday, May 20, 2013
Short and sweet, We’re Going on a Bear Hunt is the latest show from The Little Angel specialist puppetry theatre. Although billed as suitable for ages 2+, it is enormous fun for children a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMSaturday, May 18, 2013
Set in the ladies’ toilet of a South London nightclub, the audience of No Rhyme are given a snapshot into to life of Lizzie, the toilet attendant. On New Year’s Eve, drama escalates …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:09PMWednesday, April 17, 2013
It is hard to believe that Joan Collins is nearly 80. Whereas most ladies of a certain age are settling down for the quiet life, Collins continues to maintain her uncompromising standards of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:37AMFriday, April 5, 2013
Fresh from an award-winning run at both the Edinburgh and Dublin Fringe Festivals last summer, Irish Theatre Company 15th Oak’s energy bursts into the Soho Theatre in The Life and Sort of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:29PMSunday, March 31, 2013
John Logan’s new play Peter and Alice explores how stories and fantasy are used as escapism and can sterilise the pains of the past and present. Michael Grandage’s production explores th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:34AMFriday, March 29, 2013
Drifters is the first UK production from Strange Arrangements, a theatre company set up in Australia in 1996 and now based in Winchester. Drifters explores the effect the immediate geographi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06AM 
