Sunday, August 19, 2012
Definition of misanthropy: hatred of humankind. Sam Siggs’ play isn’t quite that fervently hateful, but rather considers what lies behind our treatment of other human beings. Thi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:05PMIt was Yve Blake’s dream to come to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and all the way from Australia, here she is. In all her nipple tassel glory. Blake takes us on an adventure to slay th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:46PMCalifornia Beach Bungalow is that age old recipe for laughs: an improvisational sketch show. These young men from California are funny. There’s the first barrier broken, but with the a…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36PMI’m glad I can speak French to something of an intermediate level because nobody told me this was a bilingual performance, and French theatre company Theatraverse weren’t going e…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:31PMThe Boy James is Belt Up Theatre at its very, very, very best. Alexander Wright’s writing is sinister and it is bravely directed by Dominic Allen. If this play doesn’t destroy yo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:18PMThis has got to be the sexiest production of A Clockwork Orange ever. Sex and violence are physical acts, something director Alexandra Spencer-Jones takes to a whole new level. This company …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:59AMJust is just awful. There’s no other way to say it. It’s like sitting through a GCSE drama performance that might get a B. Just is more a ridiculous than an absurdist play. Eithe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:51AMI had a book of Greek myths when I was a child which I loved. Whether you like Icarus – as an adult that is – will depend upon your propensity to believe in stories like these: talking t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:44AMAll you’d have to do is play ‘You’ve Got A Friend In Me’ and The Hand-Me-Down People could be facing a copyright battle with the makers of Toy Story. The story is ver…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:35AMThe Velveteen Rabbit is one of those old children’s books that aren’t loved and cherished by children today as they were by the generation before. Children identify with the char…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AMBat Boy is an absolutely wacky, wonderful musical, from Durham University Light Opera Group, a university abounding with theatrical talent. Bat Boy is about a boy named Edgar who is half bat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:50AMI was very worried that this was one of those shows with a bad name that makes an absolute mockery of a classic novel in a way that’s not funny at all. It’s something all to comm…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:59AMThursday, August 16, 2012
Leather is a story we’ve all seen in a Hollywood movie: some drugs are hidden in something innocent looking – like a leather sofa – and said something is stolen. Unwittingl…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:32AMWednesday, August 15, 2012
The Edinburgh Fringe excites me because of plays like Rainbow. By way of form it’s brave: an hour and twenty five minutes of what is essentially three monologues spoken in turn, with v…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PMSolo shows are a challenge: the actor has to be charismatic, the script has to be engaging. The danger of a solo show is self indulgence. On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco/Can Cause Death ar…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:27PMFacehunters is mental. It’s a proper rave, The Hungry Bitches (yes that is the company name) know how to party – the floor was vibrating at one point. Not even Rock of Ages manag…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:23PMTuesday, August 14, 2012
I’ve seen three of Fourth Monkey repertory shows now, and this is my favourite. The Elephant Man is a real story about Joseph Merrick, a man cursed with a severe disfigurement. Joseph …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:37AMMonday, August 13, 2012
Veronica Aloess speaks to ex-marine Cassidy Little, who has learnt to walk again while taking part in this rehabilitation project for wounded, injured and sick armed services personnel.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:10AMSunday, August 12, 2012
Do you get the title? Boo Lingerie – boulangerie – get it? I think it’s brilliant because it sort of embodies what the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre (now there’s a mo…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:23PMIs there such a thing as ordered chaos? Because I think Fourth Monkey’s off-West End nominated production of 4.48 Psychosis is it. Most theatregoers will be familiar with Sarah Kane…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:48PMI find this a very difficult play to review. All plays have something which ties them to reality, however far they seem from it. But The Two Worlds of Charlie F is as close to reality theatr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:06PMFourth Monkey Theatre Company have a reputation for working with classical content. With Natalie Katson’s script and direction, the Greek myth of the Minotaur is innovatively delivered…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:14AMMonday, July 30, 2012
Keogh explores the highs and lows of the industry in the wake of his performance in Ridley's Mercury Fur at the Trafalgar Studios.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:57AMSaturday, July 28, 2012
My high hopes rapidly descended for this opera. The Wolves Descend is advertised to promise something gothic and sinister, but instead it spirals into farce. The cheesily named ‘The House …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:47AMTuesday, July 3, 2012
The Rover: sponsored by Ann Summers. Is it not? Woops. Well, it most definitely should be with this X-rated production from Artluxe. Artluxe most definitely embrace the bawdiness of the Rest…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:36PMThursday, June 28, 2012
Hamlet is arguably the most popular play in the world. A prequel was always going to divide opinion. Some may say that writing a prequel is a form of treason. But I can’t see how this inte…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:58AMWednesday, June 27, 2012
The last shows of the Connections Festival are both drawn from stories we know by heart: Hamlet, and in this show: Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. This story has been told by traditio…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:32AMMonday, June 25, 2012
Socialism is Great is not a show for young actors, it’s a show for the world. It is played by the young theatre company Group 64 with as much strength as any professional adult company cou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:33AMThe programme describes Victim Sidekick Boyfriend Me as “a chilling psychological drama”. I wouldn’t go that far, but am impressed by the complex way in which writer Hilary Bel…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AMSunday, June 24, 2012
The Fix (written by John Dempsey and composed by Dana P.Rowe) hasn’t had many revivals since its premiere at the Donmar Warehouse in 1997, and that’s a real shame. This musical is catchy…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:20AMShakespeare gets in your head, according to Michael Lesslie, whose Hamlet prequel, Prince of Denmark, plays at the National as part of NT Connections this week. He tells us more.
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:13AM 
