As part of the annual RADA festival, BurntOut Theatre presents Much Ado About Nothing in the middle of Russell Square, a fitting backdrop to the Bard’s coquettish comedy about love, ma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:14AMGiving some attention to light music in cynical times, The Great British Musicals in Concert are sessions in which this country’s musical theatre yield is put in historical perspective…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:25PMWhile downstairs the lively pub follows a World Cup match between Holland and Mexico on large screens, upstairs at the Etcetera Emma Packer gives the audience half a football game’s w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:59PMWith a title like Picture Perfect, one thing you know about the show before seeing it is that things are not going to turn out so perfect. In the cosy studio in the basement of the St James …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:59PMSequels in the musical theatre industry are rare, unlike of course in film: after Grease there was indeed Grease 2, a less famous, less successful and less memorable production than its p…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:32AMDon’t look for narrative! The final-year actors at Guildhall School have set the bar high in choosing Peter Handke’s silent play to show their abilities on stage: nearly two hour…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:34PMSet in-the-round at the Old Vic, Other Desert Cities brings a truly American family drama to the famous British stage. New York-based writer Brooke Wyeth (Martha Plimpton) spends Christmas w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:16PMHero, a mix of dance, theatre and music by Théâtre Libre, introduces us to a world where a major battle has been fought and won thanks to Hero, a Xena-like warrior in an equestrian outfit.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMBen Moor stands before us, barefoot and with an ironic smile on his face, as if to reassure his audience that what they’re about to witness is not to be taken too seriously. By the end…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:27PMRelationships can be fascinating, all-absorbing things; those in them can, over time, become increasingly defined by their relative position to the other half. In The One, Vicky Jones’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:10PMA girl lies on the floor, awakens, and moves back and forth slowly until she stands up and dances around the space. She halts at one of the large mirrors at the back, which, in Lee NewbyR…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:22PMLegend says that Britain will fall if the six resident ravens ever leave the Tower of London. It was enough of a premise for a bunch of East 15 graduates, an Essex acting school, to devise a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30AMThe Customer Is Always Wrong is a one-man performance shown at RichMix for one night only, on the day that the new Chinese year is celebrated. Bill Aitchnson, dressed in a bright red shirt a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:05PMOne might say that the tiny Finborough’s fame exceeds its seating capacity like no other London venue, and at the very start of the First World War’s centenary (1914-2014) it onc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMI had expected a chock-full auditorium upon entering the modern St. James Theatre, half with regards to In The Next Room‘s popularity with the critics and half because of its provocati…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:06PMThere is lots of fun to be had discovering the London fringe and its plethora of tucked-away venues in back rooms, alleyways and indeed above pubs. The Drayton Theatre is one such pub attic,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:04AMThe brand new Park Theatre, opposite Finsbury Park Underground, hosts a number of performance spaces. Backed by the likes of Sir Ian McKellen and Alan Rickman, a community theatre was born i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:57AMAt the Orange Tree Theatre, the cosy playhouse in Richmond, this winter’s attraction is The Middlemarch Trilogy, based on George Eliot’s famous novel of 1874. Adapted and directe…
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