Sunday, November 17, 2024
53two, ManchesterIn a lively revival of this 2009 tussle between love and identity, its barbed verbal sparring overcomes the slightly dated sexual dynamics
How charged and potent words can b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:36AMSunday, October 13, 2024
Royal Court, LiverpoolStaged in their hometown, the true story of one of the first all-female rock bands is told with low stakes, though the singing is great
Despite being one of the world�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:12AMSunday, August 11, 2024
Satirical musicals are trending at this year’s fringe, but there are plenty of intense one-person shows too, a knockout coming-of-age drama, and the unmissable return of Every Brilliant Th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:00AMSunday, August 4, 2024
Grosvenor Park Open Air theatre, ChesterThe streets could be meaner in this new stage adaptation, which is at its best when exploring the challenges of the immigrant experience
Sprays of liq…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 06:15AMSaturday, July 13, 2024
Royal Court, LiverpoolSet in a covent and a prison, Jonathan Harvey’s knockabout new play is full of sledgehammer innuendo
Jonathan Harvey’s new play could make even the least pious nun…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:42AMSaturday, June 8, 2024
Stanley theatre; Toxteth Reservoir, LiverpoolDenis Lavant is remarkable as old man Krapp in Beckett’s minor masterpiece, while Adrian Dunbar shrouds his short radio play in total darkness
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SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:48AMThursday, September 9, 2021
Review: The System, The Original Theatre Company3.0Overall ScoreThe System is out to set a world record. The world record for “the longest, live single take with a steadicam.” We’re to…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:36AMWednesday, August 11, 2021
Today we’re speaking to Evelyn Roberts, the mastermind behind a new Shakespeare festival in Manchester. It promises audiences some light relief and definitely no stuffyness. For all the di…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:24AMMonday, August 2, 2021
Review: Bottom’s Dream and Twelfth Night, The GOAT Mcr 3.0Overall Score Manchester audiences don’t have to travel back in time to Ancient Greece to see live theatre in an amphitheatre. T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36PMTuesday, July 13, 2021
The writer of Anna X, which stars The Crown’s Emma Corrin and Industry’s Nabhaan Rizwan talks to us about moving from the Vault Festival to a major West End theatre and putting certain p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:12AMSunday, June 27, 2021
Review: Outlier, Bristol Old Vic 3.0Overall Score Gigs may currently be off, but this co-production with Old Vic Ferment fuses their kinetic atmosphere and music-informed storytelling into a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMMonday, June 7, 2021
Review: LIT, Nottingham Playhouse3.0Overall ScoreSomehow it’s already June. For schoolkids, the summer holiday is near. A time when you might find love, fall out of love, find new friends …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:24AMTuesday, June 1, 2021
The temporary transfer of live to online theatre has changed the way many critics, like our own Matt Barton approaches and writes about it. Here, he considers whether we should be more lenie…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMSunday, May 9, 2021
Review: The Barn, The Turbine Theatre3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going and paying our…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:18PMWednesday, May 5, 2021
If you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going and paying our very talented team of young creatives. For mo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:18AMSaturday, May 1, 2021
Review: Money, Southwark Playhouse/ represent.theatre3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT goin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMWednesday, March 17, 2021
Review: The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oxford Playhouse3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a member, with every penny going towards keeping AYT going…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:42AMMonday, March 8, 2021
Review: Stand Up 4 Women, Phoenix Arts Club3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:48PMFriday, March 5, 2021
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SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32AMSaturday, February 27, 2021
Review: Circles, Living Record Festival3.0Overall ScoreIf you’re enjoying our content, then please consider becoming a patreon with every penny going towards keeping paying AYT going and p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:18AMMonday, November 30, 2020
In our latest interview, Matt Barton speaks to Michael Buffong, artistic director of Talawa, about their new digital series Tales from the Front Line, the future of theatre post-Covid, and T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMMonday, November 23, 2020
Review: Phoenix, English Touring Theatre4.0Overall ScoreAs the country endures a second lockdown, Mike Bartlett’s audio drama revisits one of the biggest controversies of the first. His 17…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24PMThursday, October 29, 2020
Review: PETRICHOR, ThickSkin Theatre3.0Overall ScoreOver lockdown we’ve become accustomed to watching theatre through computer screens, but ThickSkin’s latest production asks its audienc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:24PMTuesday, October 20, 2020
Review: Macbeth, Big Telly Theatre 2.0Overall Score This is perhaps the most definitive proof yet that ‘The Scottish Play’ is cursed. Zoom has been the repurposed vessel for theatre’s …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:03PMSaturday, October 17, 2020
In our latest interview, Matt Barton interviews Georgia Leanne Harris, the artistic director of London’s newest theatre. They talk about opening a theatre in a pandemic, and Harris’s vis…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMThursday, September 3, 2020
Review: Getting Close, Scenes for Survival, National Theatre of Scotland3.0StarsOne of the hardest struggles of lockdown has been staying connected to those you love or care about. Kathy McK…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32AMTuesday, September 1, 2020
Review: The Maid's Room, Scenes for Survival, National Theatre of Scotland2.0StarsThe pandemic hasn’t halted theatre’s affinity with a good ghost story. This instalment in the National T…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMThursday, February 27, 2020
Review: Four Minutes Twelve Seconds, Oldham Coliseum Theatre4.0starsOne of a parent’s strongest instincts is to protect their child. James Fritz’s 2014 thriller Four Minutes Twelve Secon…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMThursday, February 20, 2020
Review: Extraordinary Wall of Silence, HOME Manchester4.0starsWith such a regular focus on the oral performance in theatre – always interested in the details of the delivery of a line – …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMSunday, February 9, 2020
Review: The Strange Tale of Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, HOME Manchester 3.0stars There are few more iconic or quintessential show business stars than Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel. Th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMWednesday, December 4, 2019
Review: Plant Fetish, HOME, Manchester2.0starsLike a perennial evergreen, Chanje Kunda’s Plant Fetish continues to flower at HOME since it first blossomed during January’s Push Festival.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM 
