(2/5 Stars) I was expecting more from The Complete History of the BBC (Abridged) than the title suggested, but unfortunately this show is exactly what it says on the tin. Having seen the per…
After graduating in Theatre from the University of Hull Matt Hartley "didn't have a clue" what he wanted to do. He became an agent but found his way into playwrighting by attending courses r…
(3/5 Stars) What happens to the hope at the end of the evening is a large title for what appears to be a pretty small show; two men, mates and performers, on stage with a chair. However, wha…
(4/5 Stars) To say that I enjoyed Opus No.7 doesn't seem correct. I'm certain that it was something breathtakingly unique but I suspect we don't yet have a word when talking about theatre in…
With May's Incoming Festival rapidly approaching, I caught up with Jesse Meadows, one of the nine members of the Wardrobe Ensemble. This rather large company will be performing an evolved ve…
"To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can also …
How can theatre fight the green fight? One way is to make an entire set from recycled materials, as designer Francisco Rodriguez-Weil has done for Aria Entertainment and SOT Stage's Blood We…
"Love isn't forever, love is just passing by" is the tagline of Martin Sherman's Passing By at the Tristan Bates Theatre this November. Talking to both Sherman and director Andrew Keates, ho…
"Everyone has a story to tell and everyone has the right to be heard" is the mission statement of Theatre Versus Oppression, a Wales-based charity run by Jennifer S. Hartley. Its performance…
It is rare that a musical makes its audience think, or addresses life as honestly as Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five Years. Premiered in Chicago in 2001, this relatively new musical is br…
Claire Sweeney and John Thomson take us on an enchanting tale back through the history of their holidays in Blackpool in John Godber's bittersweet romantic comedy. Pip Leckenby's picture pos…
Ellen Carr speaks to Little Bulb Theatre on their new show Squally Showers.The post Spotlight on: Little Bulb Theatre appeared first on A Younger Theatre.
Ellen Carr talks to Dirty Protest about a resurgence of storytelling and playwriting in Wales. Â Wales has never experienced a shortage of stories or the tradition for telling them in lyr…
Ellen Carr talks to Dumbshow’s Michael Davis and Sam Gayton about the Fringe, finances and falling in love… As discussions about funding in the arts rage on, and more and more yo…
Touched Theatre's Blue is a promenade piece blending puppetry, physical performance, projection and lyrical new writing. It throws itself playfully in a myriad of directions that unfor…
Sometimes you see a piece of theatre and it reminds you why " as a theatre maker – you want to make theatre. Clout Theatre's How a Man Crumbled is one such show. It is, for the most pa…
A group of over-exuberant tour guides kick-start Trailblaze Theatre's walking tour of Brighton Someone Else's Shoes. Quite the stereotype, but these characters work. We are in a comfortable …
Park Bench Dance Theatre's How to Host a Dinner Party is a contemporary dance work playing with the conventions of the traditional dinner party. At least this is what I think it was trying t…
I saw NoFit State Circus once before, at the London International Mime Festival in the South Bank Centre's Queen Elizabeth Hall. An auditorium of this style does no justice to the magic that…
With a screwed-up face and the exclamation "you look like an owl", Olivia's friendship with neighbourhood rebel and outcast Kay begins, along with her transformation into 'Owl'. Jon Keevy's …
It was the blurb of Silva Semerciyan's Gather Ye Rosebuds that drew me in, claiming to bravely be addressing issues of female circumcision and failures of the Arab Spring. It's refreshing to…
AYT Features are back with a boom as Ellen Carr speaks to playwright Simon Stephens about his play Port, playing at the National Theatre. Set in Stockport and unfolding over 13 years, the pl…
What makes things real? What makes a story? Ellen Carr investigates the theatre phenomenon that is Hugh Hughes: alter-ego, online storyteller and spectacle game player.
Witness Theatre's Ellen Carr sums up her experiences from the fringe this summer and how the company are moving forward on their search for space.
Ellen Carr of Witness Theatre sums up her first Edinburgh fringe experience