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Friday, May 26, 2017

Review: Club Sol Party, Bethnal Green Working Men’s Club by Marcus Emmanuel

May, the random 5th month in the year where Mother Nature is undecided, and New Years resolutions have been long abandoned. However uneventful May might be, it is full of bank holidays and o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12AM
Thursday, February 16, 2017

Review: This Must Be The Place, VAULT Festival by Marcus Emmanuel

London is, and has always been my home. My urban playground and my cultural melting pot of professional development and personal frivolity. The capital of the United Kingdom, London hosts th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:54AM
Monday, January 23, 2017

Review: Misirlou, Etcetera Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

Misirlou explores death: understanding it, accepting it and cheating it. It’s a dark and meaningful topic that has me expecting a philosophical and stimulating evening; one that The Diva …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AM
Saturday, January 21, 2017

Review: The HIV Monologues, Theatre 503 by Marcus Emmanuel

With the 16th January being labelled as the ‘most depressing day of the year’, concluding ‘Blue Monday’ watching a play that focuses on the HIV/Aids epidemic is, perhaps, apt…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM
Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Review: Children of Eden, The Union Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

Sunday. An hour spent sitting in a chapel listening to words of wisdom coming from a priest who battles against crying babies and soar throats. The alter is his stage, technicolored in appea…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:52PM
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Review: Decades, Ovalhouse by Marcus Emmanuel

Teenagers. The word alone (now that I am in my early twenties), leaves me in disdain as I struggle to compete with them at the shopping centres they congregate in. However, remembering that …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:45AM
Thursday, January 28, 2016

Review: The Mother, The Tricycle by Marcus Emmanuel

Criticising the conventional depiction of the nuclear family, Florian Zeller’s The Mother invites the audience to witness the breakdown of the family unit through the eyes of the mother, t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:39PM
Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Review: Slap, Theatre Royal Stratford East by Marcus Emmanuel

A forceful strike that leaves an aftermath of lingering pain defines the word slap, and is a fitting characterisation of Dominique in Alexis Gregory’s play of the same name. Gregory, who a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:21PM
Thursday, September 3, 2015

Review: McQueen, Theatre Royal Haymarket by Marcus Emmanuel

McQueen, a name both iconic and embedded in fashion and British culture, dominates the pillars of Theatre Royal Haymarket. Whilst the audience take to their seats they are presented to a pac…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:09PM
Monday, August 17, 2015

Review: James and the Giant Peach, Mercury Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

The six weeks holiday remain a treat for children and a nightmare for adults as they face the challenge of keeping them entertained. With the outdoors being unpredictable because of the grea…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:58PM
Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Review: The Pyramid Texts, Soho Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

As part of the Soho Theatre’s Soho Solo Season 2015, Christopher Fairbank delivers an emotionally charged monologue that, similar to Martin Scorsese’s 1980 classic Raging Bull, follows t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08PM
Sunday, May 31, 2015

Review: Hippolytus, The Hope Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

A black box room is the first thing you see when you enter The Hope Theatre. Watching Hippolytus, the second thing you see is actor Ben Scheck. Scheck, who plays the lead protagonist of The…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:34PM
Friday, May 8, 2015

Review: St Joan, Courtyard Theatre by Marcus Emmanuel

One of the great debates the UK is currently facing at the moment is the controversial topic of immigration, and on stage at the Courtyard Theatre is the epitome of cultural and racial integ…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic