Saturday, April 30, 2016
Blind Man’s Song, currently playing at the Pleasance Theatre, uses music and movement to explore the themes of love, memory and connection. While certainly these are fertile grounds for ex…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:50AMTuesday, April 19, 2016
Trying to render the internet onto the stage has over the past few years, proven incredibly hard to do successfully. The sheer breadth of the internet, with all the many issues it raises, ce…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:33PMFriday, April 8, 2016
If you want to see a show that will make your jaw hit the floor, then Race Horse Company’s Super Sunday, currently playing at the Roundhouse, will do just that. Set in a surreal amusement …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PMMonday, March 21, 2016
What differentiates theatre from a lecture, a university debate or an essay? These days it’s not always clear. We live in the age of ‘issue plays’ – work that seeks to ‘tackle’ c…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:48PMSunday, December 13, 2015
wonder.land, currently running at the National Theatre, joins the recent army of plays attempting to tackle the internet and all the issues it raises, in this instance by appropriating Lewis…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:20AMWednesday, November 18, 2015
Not for the faint of heart, Dry Land, currently running at the Jermyn Street Theatre, delves into the real lives of two teenage girls in Florida, exposing with biting honesty just how confus…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:58PMThursday, November 5, 2015
The Hairy Ape, currently playing at the Old Vic, is indeed a strange beast. An expressionist play by Eugene O’Neill, it follows Yank (Bertie Carvel) in his rallying cry against a world tha…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:27PMSunday, October 25, 2015
There’s nothing more exciting than feeling like you’ve stumbled upon a truly promising writer and performer at the start of their artistic journey. Rachel Ofori, who wrote and delivers h…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:57PMThursday, October 22, 2015
For visually striking productions full of life and colour, you never need to look much further than director Benedict Andrew’s work, and his latest production of La Bohème for the English…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:28PMSaturday, October 10, 2015
Ireland has an incredibly interesting historical relationship to dance – most notably the 1935 Public Dancehalls Act, which censored Ireland’s social scene based on the fear that uns…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:37PMThursday, October 8, 2015
With the late Brien Friel arguably being one of the best playwrights of the last half century, expectations for any production of his work are always going to be incredibly high. His numerou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24PMSunday, July 19, 2015
Pluck. Productions, an emerging company comprised of actor-producers, EJ Martin and Philip Honeywell, claims its founders “got tired of waiting for the work they wanted to see,” and so d…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AMWednesday, July 15, 2015
It has to be said that, no matter how good the play might be, programming a three-hour long piece in a small, studio theatre in July – without air conditioning – is going to be a test fo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:00PMFriday, June 19, 2015
Sometimes it can feel as if everyone in the theatre business is in on playing an elaborate game of The Emperor’s New Clothes. Everyone can see the naked truth about a production, but nonet…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:52PMThursday, June 11, 2015
Does money talk louder than loyalty, trust, and the beautiful game? These are among the many pressing questions raised by Patrick Marber’s accomplished new play, The Red Lion, which couldn…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:20PMSunday, May 3, 2015
The Gate’s always wonderfully intimate space is this time transformed into a rebel military base in war-torn Liberia, in director Caroline Byrne’s accomplished staging of Danai Gurira’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:38AMSaturday, April 25, 2015
Not only am I not familiar with Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure (much to my shame), but I also cannot speak fluent Russian, which could have made my evening at the Barbican’s Silk Stre…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12PMIn the heart of busy London town, you can find yourself sucked into to an alternate, dystopian world at the hands of acclaimed company, 1927, who bring their latest hit Golem to Trafalgar St…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:40AMSunday, April 19, 2015
It can be surprisingly tough to write a review when a show is as brilliant as Anders Lustgarten’s latest play, Lampedusa. Running at the Soho Theatre’s intimate Upstairs space, Lampedusa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:11AMTuesday, February 24, 2015
Any play where the whole set is a swimming pool is always going to be a winner in my books. And The Mikvah Project, currently playing at Hackney Wick’s trendy The Yard Theatre does not dis…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:55PMMonday, February 16, 2015
The rise of the internet over the last few decades has had untold effects on how we live and interact with one another; unsurprisingly, this has offered plenty of artists fertile ground for …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:04PMMonday, January 26, 2015
It’s exciting to see Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle made so palatable and engaging for young audiences at the Unicorn Theatre near London Bridge. Brecht’s traditional moralising …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:59PMSunday, January 18, 2015
If plays are meant to be a portal to another world, a reminder of uncomfortable truths and a call to action, then Liberian Girl, now playing at the Royal Court, is a must-see for exemplifyin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:26PMThursday, December 18, 2014
While the rest of London theatre offers pantomimes and festively-themed shows to mark the Christmas season, the Almeida takes a distinctly different approach with its modern retelling of Sha…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:52PMWednesday, December 3, 2014
Sometimes the joy in theatre is the opportunity to relish in two hours of pure imaginative escapism. At others, it’s the chance to explore familiar turf, to remind ourselves of what we kno…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:47AMSunday, November 16, 2014
Caryl Churchill’s 2000 play, Far Away is a masterclass in playwriting and creating powerful political allegory, making its recent revival at the Young Vic a must-see for all theatre-makers…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:16PMSunday, October 12, 2014
It’s as if the Donmar Warehouse can do no wrong. The place churns out hit after hit, and I’m not just talking about commercial successes – for rarely is there an empty seat in the hous…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:31PMWednesday, October 1, 2014
As one of London’s cosiest and most welcoming venues, it’s always a pleasure to see what the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill has in store for its audiences. And the Edge of Our Bodies – d…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:41PMTuesday, September 2, 2014
Despite its pressing importance and prevalence in the daily papers, immigration is a topic often overlooked on the London stage, making Chris Macdonald’s incisive and witty first play, Eye…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00PMFriday, August 15, 2014
German playwright, Marius von Mayenburg is no stranger to the UK stage, with plays such as The Ugly One and Fireface going down a storm with critics and audiences alike in the past few years…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:46AMMonday, July 28, 2014
With no two shows the same, Cirque du Cabaret, playing until 8 August at the London Wonderground, makes for a great night out for people of all tastes and interests. Performed in the round …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AM 
