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Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Review: Endgame and Rough for Theatre II, The Old Vic by Olivia Lunn

Review: Endgame and Rough for Theatre II, The Old Vic 4.0stars “And to think that is organic waste! All that splendour!” Director Richard Jones tones down the nihilism of Beckett’s End…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:48PM
Saturday, February 15, 2020

Review: Nora: A Doll’s House, Young Vic by Olivia Lunn

Review: Nora: A Doll's House, Young Vic 3.0stars “You’ve lies in the whites of your eyes, Nora. What have you done?” Playwright Stef Smith re-works Henrik Ibsen’s 1879 play A Doll’…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:03PM
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Review: MÁM, Sadler’s Wells by Olivia Lunn

Review: MÁM, Sadler’s Wells5.0stars‘MÁM’ is a primal scream that oscillates from sensitivity to invasiveness. Creator Michael Keegan-Dolan leaves us with impressions, rather than na…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32AM
Saturday, January 4, 2020

Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre3.0starsKathy Rudd’s staging of Neil Gaiman’s children’s book brilliantly interrogates the ever-thinning separation between re…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:54AM
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Review: Until The Flood, Arcola Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Review: Until The Flood, Arcola Theatre 3.0stars Dale Orlandersmith’s Until The Flood is a collage of personalities; it explores the way in which a moment is monumentalised. That moment wa…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:42AM
Saturday, September 7, 2019

Review: Stripped, King’s Head Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Review: Stripped, King's Head Theatre 5.0stars A play about bodies, and the minds that sculpt them, Stripped gradually peels away the layers of hypocritical gloss that shroud the politics of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AM
Thursday, July 11, 2019

Review: Woman SRSLY Seven, The Yard Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Review: Woman SRSLY Seven, The Yard Theatre3.0starsAs I enter the Yard, I’m greeted by a collection of brightly suited women called the Yonis, who methodically weave bananas through each o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:54AM
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Review: The Art of Gaman, Theatre503 by Olivia Lunn

‘Gaman’ is a Japanese word that cannot be adequately translated into English. Instead, Director Ailin Conant unravels its meaning through a play that is drenched in metaphors. Fi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:06AM
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Review: Side Show, Bussey Building by Olivia Lunn

Dom O’Halon’s musical Side Show pays homage to the Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, staging the tumultuous story of their upbringing, followed by the gloomy realities of celebrator…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18AM
Saturday, March 24, 2018

Review: VOID, The Vaults by Olivia Lunn

VOID is unique and hugely daring; its form is entirely distinct from other productions, leaving you shaken and intrigued, searching for clearer lines between reality and fiction. There are t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00AM
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Review: MADHOUSE re:exit, Shoreditch Town Hall by Olivia Lunn

From the moment you are plunged into the Madhouse, you want to exit. But that is precisely the point. Access All Areas is proudly and defiantly other. It forces the audience to confront the …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:10AM
Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Review: Ballet British Columbia, Sadler’s Wells Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Interrogating the nature of ballet itself, this boldly experimental performance goes far beyond the bounds of expectation. Made up of three distinctive pieces which explore new dimensions of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30AM
Friday, March 2, 2018

Review: Compañía Rafaela Carrasco – Born a Shadow, Sadler’s Wells by Olivia Lunn

Rafaela Carrasco’s Compañía Rafaela Carrasco – Born a Shadow is a compelling celebration of all things feminine. The ensemble, led by Carrasco, is a mesmerising, almost warrior-lik…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AM
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Review: 300 el x 50 el x 30 el, Barbican Theatre by Olivia Lunn

The fusion of film and theatre entangles the audience’s gaze in an ever-evolving web of sound, movement and visuals. This sensory overload replaces linguistic expression, as 300 el x 50 el…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:25AM
Monday, January 29, 2018

Review: Fuck You Pay Me, The Vaults Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Provocative, bold, yet slightly deflated. Director Bethany Pitts admirably sets herself a near impossible task: empowering prostitutes. There is a paradox between the inherently patriarchal …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AM
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Review: The Birthday Party, Harold Pinter Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Director Ian Rickson brings Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party to the stage, with a gaze that penetrates below the skin. First staged in 1957, Pinter’s play was met with a dismally stale…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:00AM

Review: Amadeus, The National Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Director Michael Longhurst stages an exuberant and poignant revival of playwright Peter Shaffer’s Amadeus, who died in June last year. Originally staged in 1976 and brought to acclaim by t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:57AM
Friday, December 8, 2017

Review: Emotional Terrorism, Drayton Arms Theatre by Olivia Lunn

After its performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Writer, Director and Performer Ellyn Daniels stages Emotional Terrorism in the Drayton Arms Theatre …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:33PM
Monday, November 27, 2017

Review: Barber Shop Chronicles, National Theatre by Olivia Lunn

Upon entering the casually constructed set of the Barber Shop Chronicles, sharply designed by Rae Smith to be inclusively global yet endearingly personal, you’ll find that the cast consist…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AM
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Review: Amore, London Coliseum by Olivia Lunn

Sensual gluttony. Bolshoi ballerina Svetlana Zakharova and other members of the company created Amore, which allowed my eyes and ears to gorge upon this celebration of aesthetic and sonorous…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:12PM
Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Review: Phoenix Rising, The Big House by Olivia Lunn

The tension mounts as the audience is led through a labyrinth of dimly lit stone staircases and dingy corridors, before finally arriving at a deserted underground car park. The serious expre…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AM
Monday, November 20, 2017

Review: Picasso, The Playground Theatre by Olivia Lunn

The inaugural performance at The Playground Theatre transformed the space from what was previously a bus depot into a bull pit-come-court room, exhibiting Picasso’s sometimes playful and s…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:33AM

All that Chat

2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards