Monday, February 27, 2017
In a simplistic church setting, four chairs and a giant luminous cross at the back, Tristan Bernay’s Testament is an “exploration of the dark underside of The Greatest Story Ever Told.�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:03AMSet in a swanky London flat where the colour scheme seems to be black and grey with a hint of orange, poor and obscure playwright Geoffrey Tempest sets about rehearsing his play. It turns ou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:54AMFriday, February 24, 2017
Glitter Punch isn’t exactly your average teen romance story. It tells the story of boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, but as standard as that may sound it will still leave you sayi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:42PMSunday, February 12, 2017
The show opens in the 1930s on King Herod’s birthday banquet. “Decadence…beauty…lust…envy…desire. The words of a prophet, a mother’s envy, a stepfather’s desi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:24AMSunday, January 22, 2017
Promises Promises, is based on the Oscar winning Billy Wilder movie from 1960, The Apartment. In 1968 it received the Broadway treatment with Neil Simon writing the book and Burt Bacharach a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:18AMTuesday, January 17, 2017
Richard (Liam Bewley) is about to turn the big 4-0 and has decided that this deserves a proper celebration. He’s throwing a birthday party and invites all his colleagues. Diane (EJ Mar…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:54AMMonday, January 16, 2017
It isn’t too clear when this play is set as it starts with two men in an audition room wearing costumes that could be true to the early twentieth century. Or perhaps they are just tryi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMFriday, December 23, 2016
Michael Morpurgo has had a pretty good streak of seeing his books comes to life on stage. Since War Horse galloped onto the West End stage and then a nationwide tour and international produc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:36PMWednesday, December 21, 2016
If the idea of pantomime causes you to break out in a cold sweat then it might be worth trying this potted version of some of the most classic pantomimes to ever grace the stage at this time…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:06AMMonday, December 12, 2016
“This may be the best production of She Loves Me I’ve seen,” says Sheldon Harnick, the show’s lyricist, in a surprise speech given during the curtain call. I may not …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:24AMThursday, December 8, 2016
It’s a new twist on the meaning of ‘dinner theatre’. It’s not so much that you are sat back, relaxed and enjoying a delicious three course meal while watching the a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMFriday, December 2, 2016
On paper this seems like it could be the most exciting show in the world. Immersive theatre with a thrilling contemporary circus performance. In my mind, I imagined standing under a trapeze …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36AMTuesday, November 29, 2016
Two years on from his first hormone injection, Kit looks like a man and sounds like a man. While the injections provide Kit with a male physique, they don’t help him understand what be…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:31AMThursday, November 10, 2016
Cincinnatus is meant to be a darkly comedic portrayal of a man in prison for an unknown crime. He’s tormented by the indifference he receives from everyone else be they the prison̵…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMFriday, November 4, 2016
It’s been a long time coming, but finally the West End premiere of Jason Robert Brown’s musical The Last Five Years, which set the US alight in 2001, has arrived. The structure of this m…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMSunday, October 30, 2016
“In this place every child is destined to be a soldier,” the front of the programme reads. Going into a show about war you would assume that there will be some violence, some des…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:36AMSunday, October 23, 2016
The nights may be getting colder but Fire in the Ballroom by Burn the Floor really does heat things up at The Peacock theatre this month. If you are familiar with Strictly Come Dancing and …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:19AMMonday, October 17, 2016
This is Matty and He is Fucked is part of Matchstick Theatre’s New Writing Nights. Its sold out one off performance at The Winemaker’s Club in Farringdon shows that new work has …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PMDeborah’s youngest daughter has flown the nest; her oldest still hasn’t given her any grandchildren and her husband is fixated on running a marathon – so home life is rather qu…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:57AMSaturday, October 8, 2016
Doll (Noarah Lopez Holden) is a teenager. A pregnant teenager. Everyone at school and even her mum think that there is something odd about this pregnancy. Ted (George Caple), her best friend…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:51AMTuesday, October 4, 2016
Initially the description of Fagin’s Twist suggests that the audience will learn more about Fagin’s background and how he became the man in Dickens’ novel. However, this is ins…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30AMSaturday, September 10, 2016
[title of show] started out as a one act musical written by Hunter Bell (book) and Jeff Bowen (music and lyrics). The performance is an account of the show’s own creation for the New …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:28AMFriday, September 9, 2016
Vanities: The Musical is making its European debut at the Trafalgar Studio and it is the ultimate stage chick-flick. The show celebrates the friendship of three high school cheerleaders, Joa…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:31PMWednesday, September 7, 2016
If you think about the Golden age of Hollywood musicals, films such as Singin’ in the Rain, Meet Me in St Louis and The Wizard of Oz probably spring to mind. These are only some of the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:15PMThursday, September 1, 2016
Many revivals find ways to update their production to engage a modern audience. Unfortunately, despite its name, The Entertainer wasn’t all that entertaining. The Entertainer takes us …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:46AMMonday, August 29, 2016
This year, marking Shakespeare’s 400th anniversary, has been the perfect time to get into Shakespeare, or renew your undying love for the Bard, with multiple modernised and varied adap…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:47AMFriday, August 5, 2016
Based on the book by Frances Hodgson- Burnett, The Secret Garden follows little orphan, Mary Lennox (Alana Hinge) who is brought to Yorkshire to live with her uncle after her parents die of …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:10AMFriday, July 29, 2016
Any play that opens with the Spice Girl’s ‘If you wanna be my lover‘ seems to be promising, but unfortunately the hype ends there. Miranda is the star of the Heartbreakers…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:06AMSunday, July 10, 2016
In the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare’s life, it seems that A Midsummer Night’s Dream is popping up all over the country. Actually, if you are looking to dip your toe into…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:55PMTuesday, July 5, 2016
“Where will you be a year from now?” the play asks all of its interviewees . People aged between four and 94 are asked personal questions about their life which is brought to lif…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:55PMSunday, June 26, 2016
Gobsmacked! is the latest show from the producers of The Magnets and Soweto Gospel Choir – and if Pitch Perfect didn’t turn you into an a cappella fan, this show will. The seven perf…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:16PM 
