Thursday, December 22, 2016
You might want to make notes here – Matthew Bourne has been gestating The Red Shoes for the past twenty years, and to celebrate the 30th year of his company he’s finally delivered. B…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMMonday, December 12, 2016
We’ve had a bit of a Priestley renaissance this year haven’t we? Stephen Daldry’s An Inspector Calls is celebrating a 25th anniversary run, The Roundabout got its first revival courtes…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMAlistair Frederick bounds onstage. “What do we love?” he cries. “Big Dick” we roar. Thus we have Charming Dick, the latest collaboration between the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and The Coc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AMWednesday, December 7, 2016
It’s not often that a show will tell you, within its script, that you’ll be giving it a good review – but then Thebes Land is no ordinary play. Daniel Goldman’s adaptation of Ser…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AMSunday, December 4, 2016
‘To die will be an awfully big adventure!’ roars Peter Pan (Paul Hilton), washed atop Marooner’s Rock in Mermaid’s Lagoon, his grim fate now all but sealed by the evil Captain Hook (…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMFriday, December 2, 2016
With three productions in the last week asking me about national identity, we’re now officially in the post-Brexit era of storytelling. Frankly it’s a conversation worth having at any ti…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:54AMWednesday, November 30, 2016
They say write what you know, so let’s hope James Bridie was delving into some fiction when he wrote Dr Angelus. Bridie, a GP turned playwright, and without who we wouldn’t have a little…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:31AMIlé la Wà translates to ‘We Are Home.’ Sometimes we all need some perspective – for all we’d like to complain about 2016, the unimaginable horrors of those suffering from displ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AMFriday, November 25, 2016
If you’re planning on seeing Putting Words in Your Mouth, the new show from Scottee that’s currently playing the Roundhouse, here’s some advice – don’t read this review. This p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:18PMWednesday, November 23, 2016
In as pleasant words as I can put it, sometimes people aren’t that great. Alice Marshall might say it in a slightly more ‘lyrical’ way. Her new show Vicious played at Kings Head Theatr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PMSunday, November 20, 2016
I must admit I chuckled when I read Andrew Lloyd Webber and Julian Fellowes were going to turn School of Rock into a stage musical. Richard Linklater’s 2003 movie is the ultimate anti-esta…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:48PMSunday, November 13, 2016
It’s not as though gender hasn’t been explored in theatre. That doesn’t mean we should stop – the problems haven’t stopped – but it does mean finding a creative way to pu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:31AMSo I’m guessing we could all do with a laugh around now? From Bowie to Brexit, to the complete and utter lunacy of the U.S. Election, 2016 has thrown little to chuckle about our way. You�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24AMSaturday, October 15, 2016
By my count, upon publication of this review you will have about two weeks left to see The Mountaintop. So stop reading, log onto The Young Vic’s website and get booking. When it debuted i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:57PMWednesday, October 12, 2016
Every now and then a gem of a show appears that you hope and pray more people get the opportunity to see. Trident Moon, the new show from workshOPERA and the Finborough, proves you don’t n…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:34PMMonday, October 10, 2016
Reader, you find me slumped in front of my laptop, head in hands, struggling to think of something nice to say about Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight. It is so easy to criticise things we don�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PMSometimes it’s best to keep things simple. Xerxes, an opera by Handel no less, has enjoyed some notable stagings in the past thirty years or so, not least Nick Hytner’s 1985 ENO producti…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PMSunday, May 29, 2016
Bertolt Brecht: hated by students who don’t understand him, loved by the rest of us who still don’t really understand him. The Threepenny Opera is perhaps his most theatrical ‘play…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:26PMFriday, May 27, 2016
It’s being touted as the linchpin of the Branagh Theatre season at the Garrick, but aren’t we sick of Romeo and Juliet by now? There must be over 100 performances a year in London alone,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:57PMSarah Kane’s devastating account of real-life suicide is a notoriously difficult play to accomplish. Covering clinical depression in almost sociological detail and honesty, this is a scrip…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:46PMWednesday, May 25, 2016
Whoever commissioned Blue/Orange’s revival at The Young Vic is an evil genius. Has there ever been a more appropriate piece of theatre to represent today’s political scene? Two waring pa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PMSunday, May 22, 2016
Transportive is a great word in theatre. This is more than good set design – it’s ensuring that every technical molecule of a production works in harmony to capture the spirit of a l…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:57AMFriday, May 13, 2016
In lieu of recent political events, a play focusing on the aftermath of the 2014 Scottish referendum might feel slightly dated. Indeed Better Together, the new family drama from David Weir, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:08PMSaturday, April 23, 2016
They are back ladies and gentlemen. Exploding into the West End with The Play That Goes Wrong in 2014, Mischief Theatre have been the source of much mirth and merriment since then. Now they …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:49AMSunday, April 10, 2016
So, Katie Mitchell’s new production of Lucia di Lammermoor is already causing a bit of a stir. It’s not going as far as the general outcry towards her recent version of Cleansed at the N…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:40PMWednesday, April 6, 2016
John Patrick Shanley has an impressive resume to his name. As the Oscar-winning writer of films such as Moonstruck and Joe Versus The Volcano, you might know him best as the scribe behind th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:22PMThursday, March 31, 2016
One-man shows involving Jewish heritage must be like buses. One week after seeing the excellent Tailor of Inverness, an entirely theatrical and resonating production, now we’ve got Bubble …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:54PMThursday, March 24, 2016
Do you know what’s great? Stories about people. Being sat down and taken upon this journey, by someone who has the grace and goodwill to share their life with you, is an experience both fa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:04PMTuesday, March 22, 2016
It’s 2035. The Earth’s resources are depleting and a corporation called Tricorps want you to escape into the ‘Experience Machine’, a new virtual reality system, built to preserve the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:58PMMonday, March 21, 2016
Let’s talk about sex. Tricycle Young Company has come together with a group of teenagers from local schools and colleges, as part of the Takeover at the Tricycle Theatre. Their mission? To…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:51PMSunday, March 20, 2016
Political thrillers on stage are seldom seen. You get your average locked room drama, but throw politics in there and we’re usually talking BBC miniseries. In order to really feel the weig…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:21PM 
