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Monday, June 27, 2016

Review: Barbu, London Wonderground by Lucy Cave

With the floods and pending EU doom lurking in the air, there is nothing like a show at Southbank’s London Wonderground to keep your mind off things. If you have ever seen a show at Wonder…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:13PM
Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Review: The Dark Room, Udderbelly Festival by Lucy Cave

When I see ‘one man show’ in the description for a production, it is usually enough to put me off, but when I saw ‘choose your own adventure’ before those words, …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PM
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Review: Iphigenia in Splott, The National Theatre by Lucy Cave

One of the hardest things to do as a reviewer is going into a show when it has so much praise already. You only have to google Iphigenia In Splott to be in a sea of five star reviews. But do…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:03PM
Saturday, December 19, 2015

Review: Slava’s Snowshow, Royal Festival Hall by Lucy Cave

Slava’s Snowshow has become a Christmas staple on the South Bank. Now returning for its fifth year, Slava Polunin’s not-so-conventional Christmas tale is meant for fun for all the family…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:38PM
Saturday, August 8, 2015

Review: Briefs, London Wonderground by Lucy Cave

Briefs are definitely not newbies when it comes to London’s Southbank. Back for their fourth year, they plan to unleash their mayhem once more. But what can we expect on their return? If …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:10PM
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Review: Klippies, Southwark Playhouse by Lucy Cave

Klippies tells the story of two teenage girls, Thandi (Adelayo Adedayo) and Yolandi (Samantha Colley), as they strike up an unlikely friendship during a drought-stricken summer in South Afri…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:01PM
Saturday, February 28, 2015

Review: Loserville, Union Theatre by Lucy Cave

Loserville follows the story of Michael Dork (Luke Newton) and his friends who are about to change the world… but nobody knows it yet. Michael is on the brink of something that could chang…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:05PM
Wednesday, February 11, 2015

Review: Gods and Monsters, Southwark Playhouse by Lucy Cave

When you hear the word ‘Frankenstein’, you never think of the man that actually brought the story (and the infamous monster) to life – but Gods and Monsters, the story about Ja…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:56PM
Monday, December 1, 2014

Review: Times Square Angel, Union Theatre by Lucy Cave

Have you ever wanted to see It’s A Wonderful Life, but with a better dressed and boldly beautiful character? Then Times Square Angel just might be what you are looking for. The story follo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:58PM
Friday, October 3, 2014

Review: Next Fall, Southwark Playhouse by Lucy Cave

Southwark Playhouse is known for taking a little bit of a risk in its shows, and Next Fall starts with a bang…quite literally. The show follows the relationship of Adam (Charlie Condou) a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AM
Monday, September 29, 2014

Review: Electric Cars Are Rubbish. Aren’t They?, Canada Water Culture Space by Lucy Cave

There is one thing to remember about Robert Llewellyn’s Electric Cars Are Rubbish. Aren’t They? – and that is the distinct use of punctuation. He states that when his show first began,…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:27PM
Thursday, September 4, 2014

Review: Briefs: The Second Coming, London Wonderground by Lucy Cave

London Wonderground’s residency is almost at a close. But to say they have left the best show for last might be a bit of an understatement. Ladies and gentlemen, meet the self professed �…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:20PM
Friday, August 15, 2014

Review: Dogfight, Southwark Playhouse by Lucy Cave

Based on the movie of the same name, Dogfight follows the story of self-proclaimed ‘jarhead’ Eddie Birdlace (Jamie Muscato) and his marine buddies as they set out to find the mos…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:55PM
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Review: House Of Burlesque, London Wonderground, Southbank by Lucy Cave

If you have been past South Bank recently, you would have seen the spectacular offerings of a fairground experience, complete with a rotating bar. But always go deeper into a fairground, bec…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:38AM
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Review: Red Ladies, Southbank Centre by Lucy Cave

If you were on London’s famous South Bank this July, you might have spotted these wonderfully mysterious women roaming around, red briefcases in hand and wearing black trench coats. Well y…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:41AM
Monday, July 14, 2014

Review: The Crucible, Old Vic Theatre by Lucy Cave

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible has always been the go-to play to always get the world talking – and Yaël Farber’s revival is no different. Despite its seventeenth-century storyline,…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:13AM
Monday, May 19, 2014

Review: Limbo, London Wonderground by Lucy Cave

Limbo returns for its second season at London Wonderground. For you out-of-towners, Wonderground is a celebration of all things curious and full of wonders, so you just know its headlining s…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:35PM
Monday, March 3, 2014

Review: Out of Print, Canada Water Culture Space by Lucy Cave

If there is one thing that will put you off of a show before going in, it will be the fact that it is running late. But for the production of Out Of Print I can definitely excuse it; because…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30AM
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Review: A Conversation with John Travolta, Theatre Royal Drury Lane by Lucy Cave

Grease, Saturday Night Fever, Hairspray… These are just three of the films that have sky-rocketed John Travolta into the spotlight over the last few years – and boy, what a great …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:48PM
Friday, February 21, 2014

Review: Turandot, Royal Opera House by Lucy Cave

There are some things that you just have to attend at least once in your life – and one of them is the opera. Turandot (or, as a lot of people kept saying to me, “the ‘Nessun Dorma…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:17PM
Monday, October 14, 2013

Review: Henry the Fifth, Unicorn Theatre by Lucy Cave

If there is one thing you have to know about Henry the Fifth it is that many versions have been told, and that you should give this Unicorn Theatre production some artistic licence because�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:21AM
Saturday, October 5, 2013

Review: The Boys From Syracuse by Lucy Cave

A musical from the 1930s? Yes, you know what that means…I  am back at the Union Theatre, and I think we can all safely say that this theatre is the only place with the balls to put on exc…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:29AM
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Review: Storm in a Flower Vase by Lucy Cave

I am going to have to give you a bit of a history lesson before I get into this review. Storm In A Flower Vase, based on the novel The Surprising Life Of Constance Spry by Sue Sheppard, is t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:22AM
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Review: Jekyll and Hyde by Lucy Cave

If there is one thing that you need to know about Jekyll and Hyde it’s that there have been many adaptations of this story. Everything from musicals to a modern day “plastic surgeon�…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:50AM
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Review: Much Ado About Nothing by Lucy Cave

  On paper, Much Ado About Nothing should be a slick and inspiring affair, filled with great award winning actors and those great theatrical moments that everybody loves Shakespeare for…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AM
Monday, September 16, 2013

Review: Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf by Lucy Cave

Canada Water Culture Space has been open for a while now, but the billing of For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf  has probably been the most well-known �…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:17AM
Monday, September 9, 2013

Review: On A Clear Day You Can See Forever by Lucy Cave

On A Clear Day You Can See Forever is probably not the first thing that pops to mind when you think of Broadway musicals, but this musical, originally by Alan Jay Lerner and Burton Lane, is …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:02AM
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Review: The Hush by Lucy Cave

There is no doubt that the National Theatre is bringing fresh ideas to its quite traditional line up, and The Hush certainly proves that. But does different equal interesting? Not quite. As …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:28AM
Thursday, July 11, 2013

Review: The Grandfathers by Lucy Cave

When it was performed as part of NT Connections back in 2012, The Grandfathers proved to be the break-out performance of the event, with even Artistic Director of the National Theatre Sir Ni…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:03AM
Sunday, July 7, 2013

Review: Short and Stark by Lucy Cave

It is very unusual to find a play that actually does what it says on the tin, and Joel Horwood’s Short and Stark does exactly that. Following four stories, we see short bursts of these cha…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:43PM
Thursday, June 20, 2013

Review: Patti LuPone by Lucy Cave

If you do not know who Patti LuPone is, it is quite possible that you have been living on a different planet for the past 30 years. Broadway and West End star LuPone originated some of the g…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06AM

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Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
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Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
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