532 stories by "A Younger Theatre"
This time last summer, Facebook feeds and news outlets alike were drowning in images of young, bloodied Russians holding up ripped and torn rainbow flags in Moscow and St Petersburg, while c…
These ten handy hints will make enjoying the EdFringe as easy as collecting a flyer on the Royal Mile… 1. Listen to people's advice Everyone's here to see great shows. Nobody will reco…
Canary Wharf may not seem like the ideal setting for Shakespeare’s tale of spirits and shipwrecks, but Jubilee Park has its own kind of enchantment which makes you forget the surroundi…
Max Stafford-Clark and Stella Feehily talk to us about the process of creating Love and a Bottle and working with LAMDA students What was it about the play made you want to rework it? SF: I'…
Joseph Prowen, a graduating BA (Hons) Professional Acting student at LAMDA, tells us about his time working with Stella Feehily and Max Stafford-Clark on a new version of George Farquhar's L…
Alexander Wright from the Flanagan Collective wants to know if YOU would like to get involved in their work " and if so, how? We are making a new show. A version of Sherlock Holmes, in…
A critic recently lamented the amount of adaptations that were finding their way onto British stages. I felt a pang of guilt reading this, having devoted most of my working life to making th…
When I think of the process of writing my New Views play, Is there Wi-Fi in Heaven?, the first thing that springs to mind is the memory of nearly missing the deadline to send it to my teache…
Our Fathers explores the role of the father across different generations, countries and cultures. To explore this topic we've used our own identities " Bert (Flemish), Mike (British) and Sof…
TW: schizophrenia, depression, suicide. 90% of people who die from suicide have a diagnosable mental disorder. We know this. So where are we going wrong? I'm not the first person to tell …
"Whoever sits on this carpet will fly in an instant to wherever he wishes to go…" Last year I was approached by the Unicorn Theatre, London, to make a new play based on the collection of s…
A Younger Theatre is delighted to announce the winners of the first INCOMING Festival bursaries: RemoteControl, Kill the Beast and Fine Frenzy. These bursaries are designed to extend the wor…
(4/5 Stars) Emma Sergeant, of award-winning circus company Casus, brings her one-woman show Jerk to the Brighton Fringe this week. A piece of circus theatre that offers up the tantalising…
Some people might call us mad for trying to put on a festival when we have never done so before, throwing ourselves into programming and producing for the first time. Those people would prob…
EDINBURGH YOUNG CRITICS SCHEME 2014 Are you an aspiring arts journalist or critic? Would you like the chance to cover the biggest arts festival in the world, be mentored by an experienced jo…
Tristan Bernays, writer and performer of The Bread & the Beer, is preparing for his first UK tour. Here he shares some advice for anyone brave enough " and stupid enough " to pl…
(3/5 Stars) Sun is not a comfortable or easy thing to watch. Full advantage has been taken of the fact that they have access to a sound system so loud and pervasive that you can literally sh…
(4/5 Stars) Imagine Stephen King's Carrie invading the stage post-prom complete with a live band for a musical confessional, and you begin to get an idea of what The Bloody Ballad has …
The Lonesome West is set in the dysfunctional community of Leenane, Galway, where petty squabbles, drunkenness and crisis of faith abound. The play is darkly comic where murder and suicide a…
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I'm sitting writing this article in the bar of the Tricycle where the team are busy taking down the festival decorations. It's like the day after a party where everyone is sad it's over, but…
I first became aware of the Tricycle's Young Company when taking part in the National Youth Theatre's ‘Epic Stages’Â course (a six-week training programme for 18- to 25-year-ol…
We love Kate Tempest. We really do. Which is why we are excited to be able to offer you the chance to see her new show Hopelessly Devoted at the Tricycle Theatre next month. Skip the blur…
Want to win tickets to Told By An Idiot’s newest theatre piece Never Try This At Home at Soho Theatre? Well, you can with this AYT competition. Skip below the blurb to find out how …
Orpheus 8 Apr " 17 May Battersea Arts Centre Following popular and critical acclaim, Orpheus returns this April. Be transported to 1930s Paris for a unique and glamorous night out in a bygon…
