Monday, December 1, 2014
With VesperTime Stacy (or is it Tracy?) Makishi continues in her inimical style. She continues to be outrageous, to blend film, music, story and truth in what is often a mind-bending mass of…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:39PMSunday, October 19, 2014
I’m thinking about disabled theatre. I’m thinking about disabled theatre criticism. I’m thinking about it in context of a show I saw recently, to which my first responses were directly…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:17PMWednesday, October 15, 2014
Live art. Collision. Hyperlocal. Supernow. Whilst a part of me always wants to rebel against the possible inaccessibility and self-conscious coolness of Fierce Festival’s tagline, I cannot…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:47PMFriday, October 10, 2014
The opening image of Théâtre National de Nice’s production of Peer Gynt belies the uniqueness and downright bizarre nature of what is to follow. Downstage centre, in the middle of an exp…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:07AMFriday, May 16, 2014
In a beautiful railway-arch space in Hoxton Gallery, Rattleback, a new theatre company, has taken over. Rattleback is made up of international artists who are transforming the space, holdin…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:10PMThursday, May 15, 2014
It’s extremely difficult not to like a show that culminates in a two-course meal that includes freshly baked bread, hearty soup and homemade rhubarb schnapps. Add to that the wonderful loc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:48PMTuesday, May 13, 2014
The Shroud begins with a heavily symbolic sequence: a rectangle of light becomes sacred space – a coffin, a bed. Siddharta Bose approaches his co-performer and co-deviser Avaes Mohamma…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:11PMSunday, March 16, 2014
If the title is a mouthful, the show itself is a mindful. Commissioned by SICK! Festival Brighton, The Eradication of Schizophrenia in Western Lapland somewhat playfully engages with the rat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:55AMSunday, March 2, 2014
“Rice” may seem an unusual title, and indeed topic, for a work of dance theatre. Yet even without the most perfunctory of research, it becomes clear that rice serves as an enorm…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:55PMFriday, February 21, 2014
Rape is always a tricky subject to tackle, to put it mildly – particularly with comedy. The treatment of the subject must be done with the utmost sensitivity and clarity to ensure that t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:35PMThursday, February 13, 2014
The closely guarded secret is out: the hotly anticipated biennial programme for LIFT 2014 has been announced, and it’s no disappointment. The launch evening took place in an appropriate lo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00PMSaturday, February 1, 2014
Despite the familiarly ostentatious surroundings, ENO’s Peter Grimes is aesthetically different to any opera I have ever seen. On almost every level it has elements of coarseness and compl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:43PMSunday, January 26, 2014
The Weir already feels like a modern classic, as it is welcomed into its much anticipated West End transfer to Wyndham’s Theatre. With an all-star cast and its successful run at the Donm…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:05PMSolo performances can be like Marmite; but whether you love it or hate it a night of four solo performances is going to be full of variety. The opening night of One Festival 2014, The Space…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36PMThursday, January 16, 2014
Kagami Theatre certainly knows how to create an atmosphere. The space of Theatre503’s intimate above-pub auditorium is used well by the design team of this production, a new adaptation Abe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:54AMFriday, January 10, 2014
There can be few works of literature more daunting or more resistant to interpretation than Cervantes’ two-volume Old Castilian epic, The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha. The …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:00AMSaturday, December 14, 2013
Elizabeth I once famously said of Shakespeare’s play, “I am Richard II, know ye not that?” I doubt that even Shakespeare would have dared deliver as unflattering a portrait of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMSunday, October 27, 2013
Mental, by “art and activism collective of one” the vacuum cleaner, is no ordinary piece of theatre. Taking place in the bedroom of the artist’s flat in east London, it is an i…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:11AMThursday, October 10, 2013
From the moment the house lights go down on the Almeida theatre’s new production of Ibsen’s Ghosts, one knows one is in the hands of masters of their craft. Adapted and directed by theat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32AMTuesday, October 1, 2013
The versatility of the National Theatre’s new temporary venue, The Shed, is astounding, as is the quality and variety of its productions. Previously home to such diverse shows as the frant…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:54PMSaturday, September 14, 2013
“Cabaret has exploded”, proclaims Georgeois Bourgeois, of Bourgeois & Maurice fame, during their new show Sugartits, now playing downstairs at Soho theatre. Certainly, during…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:12PMTuesday, September 10, 2013
Literary adaptations for the stage can be tough. The audience comes with dual expectations: for the production to remain faithful to and do justice to the original text, but also for the tex…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:23PMMonday, September 9, 2013
A woman walks onto a stage, sits down on a chair and starts telling a story. Fleabag, written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, has at its heart a wonderful simplicity. With a powerful …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:09AMTuesday, July 23, 2013
Anti-theatre. Meta-theatre. Absurdism. Surrealism. Dada. Call it what you like, attempting to subvert and destroy the conventions, structure and narrative of traditional theatre is nothing n…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28AMSaturday, July 13, 2013
In this surprisingly seasonal heatwave we are currently enjoying, what better time for a visit from Spanish dance troupe Los Vivancos to the London Coliseum, complete with Sangria Happy Hour…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:13PMThe best theatre leaves you with a feeling of excitement, thoughtfulness and, in some rare cases, a feeling of loss. Tim Crouch and Andy Smith’s new collaboration as part of the Almeida Fe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:55PMWednesday, July 3, 2013
As someone accustomed to performing as part of a tight-knit ensemble, there is something distinctly terrifying about performing alone. No-one there to cover for you if you make a mistake, no…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:06AMSaturday, June 29, 2013
Having been born and raised a stone’s throw from Epsom racecourse, I first learned of the tragic events of 4 June 1913 at a very young age. Since my initial childish reaction to the news,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:19PMThursday, June 20, 2013
The Finborough Theatre is well known for its rediscoveries and revivals. First performed is 1980, Early Days by David Storey is no exception. This new Five Wits production, proudly proclaimi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:11AMFriday, June 7, 2013
Enemy of spellcheckers and pedants alike, the misspelling in the title of The Young Visiters, in a new adaptation by Mary Franklin, is due to the fact that it comes from a novel written by 9…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:14AMSunday, June 2, 2013
Wilton’s Music Hall describes itself as ‘The City’s Hidden Stage’. Though a mere 15 minute walk from my house, I’m ashamed to say that Teatro Patalogico’s production of Medea w…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:21PM 
