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Sunday, March 20, 2016

Review: The Dishonoured, Arcola Theatre by Rob Ellis

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
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Review: Rapunzel, Greenwich Theatre by Rob Ellis

It’s nearly March and we’re still getting panto. Well, sort of panto – more like the cold, corporate, Disney-fied product that is children’s theatre. Pick a fairytale, get some famo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:46PM
Monday, February 15, 2016

Review: Animal Farm, The Courtyard Theatre by Rob Ellis

George Orwell’s seminal 1945 novel Animal Farm is not the easiest text to dramatise – it’s crammed with metaphors, ideologies and satire that only Orwell himself could write. In a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PM
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Review: Dress Rehearsal, OSO Community Arts Centre by Rob Ellis

The word Opera might go hand in hand with Grandiose. It’s lavish, it’s colossal, the magnitude of the production design matched only by the level of drama onstage. So when you strip all …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:57PM
Friday, February 12, 2016

Review: The Life We Lived, Theatre N16 by Rob Ellis

There’s a great scene in the 2009 rom-com (500) Days of Summer where Joseph Gordon-Levitt goes to a party, hoping to reconcile with his ex-girlfriend. The encounter plays out in split scre…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:37AM
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Review: In Tents and Purposes, Lyric Hammersmith by Rob Ellis

Have you ever wanted to go back in time and do things differently? Change your fortunes for the better? That’s the question posed to us by Viscera Theatre in their very charming, very funn…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:01PM

Review: How To Survive A Swarm Of Bees, Lyric Hammersmith by Rob Ellis

Fear of the unknown – it’s an interesting premise for a play. How To Survive A Swarm of Bees, a new piece of writing from Lo/Fall Theatre Company and part of Evolution, the current festi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:46PM
Sunday, January 17, 2016

Review: The Lowland Clearances, Camden People’s Theatre by Rob Ellis

It’s easy to be cynical when discussing LARP (Live Action Role-Play). Usually associated with Game of Thrones obsessed university students or folk reenacting the battle of Waterloo just of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:18PM
Thursday, December 17, 2015

Review: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Hoxton Hall by Rob Ellis

Nothing beats a good old fashioned Christmas Panto. Hoxton Hall, surely one of the most beautiful music halls remaining in London, caps off the season with its first ever one – Snow Wh…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:00AM
Thursday, December 10, 2015

Review: Rapunzel, Park Theatre by Rob Ellis

Rapunzel, the latest Christmas offering from The Park Theatre, and the third installment in their Chronicles of Waa series, is a refreshing take on your average pantomime. Many conventions o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:56PM

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