325 stories by "Jake Orr"
AYT founder, Jake Orr announces his departure from the company. Here, he talks about its journey from blog used to vocalise frustrations about the theatre industry to company that has been i…
We're a big fan of Inua Ellams, which means we're super excited to be able to offer A Younger Theatre readers the opportunity to get discounted tickets in this special ticket offer. Wanna se…
The use of integrated BSL is quite a thing at the moment with Deafinitely Theatre’s take on Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and SUMMIT a new play by Andy Smith. Lucky for you we have…
AYT’s Artistic Director and freelance producer Jake Orr reflects on the lessons of 2016, ahead of a new year of theatre producing. Inspired by Sarah Wilson's recent blogpost on�…
We’re proud to be partnering with Cuckoo Bang and the Human Zoo with our friends Theatre Delicatessen to present a new monthly open space event for emerging artists and creatives. Exte…
A Younger Theatre is looking for reviewers for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Edinburgh International Festival as part of our Edinburgh Young Critics Scheme. This is the fourth year we ha…
You can claim £5 tickets (usually £25) by our exclusive ticket offer. Aren’t we lovely? Read more about the show below including the offer code. Get booking. As Good a Time As An…
Following the successful pilot of the Young Critics scheme at Theatre Royal Winchester we are proud to be working with the theatre to extend the project throughout the summer. It’s imp…
As the General Election looms closer, Soho Theatre and HighTide Festival present a breathtaking new play which will change the way you view the world. The paradisal island of Lampedusa. Wher…
As part of our partnership with Theatre Royal Winchester we’re deliving the Young Critics scheme. An opportunity for young people in the South West of England to engage in a series of …
Nesbit's classic story of The Railway Children is one that is thought of with great affection. It is a wonderfully traditional and uncomplicated tale and at the King's Cross Theatre in 2015 …
If there is one thing that Shakespeare's brilliant comedy Twelfth Night lacks, it is the presence of magic and the supernatural which is so beautifully and mischievously used in his other we…
We are informed that Jackinabox Productions' adaption of Christopher Isherwood's memoirs Christopher and His Kind had to be renamed. It is now called Berlin on request of the Isherwood estat…
Following a nation-wide search for the best emerging young critics, A Younger Theatre is proud to introduce the six winners of the Edinburgh Young Critics Scheme 2014. The winners will each …
Heart, written by Steven Gaythorpe is a cross-collaboration between Zendeh and the Ovalhouse. Zendeh's artistic director and founder, Nazli Tabatabai-Khatambakhsh directs this political roma…
Henrik Ibsen’s Ghosts has always felt like a stiff play and whilst it may have caused a sensation upon publication, being banned from performance, its themes of freedom, sexuality a…
At a bus stop just around the corner from the Peacock Theatre, two exasperated women made stabs at understanding the performance they had just endured. Who was the guy with the white hair? W…
Just north of Warren Street, along Euston Road, a modern business park dominates the vista. Banks, coffee shops and anonymous offices define the place in the daytime. Yet come night-time, th…
Anna Kemp’s Dogs Don’t Do Ballet is brought to life by master of puppets, the Little Angel Theatre. First-time director and co-adapter David Duffy creates a charming and lovea…
Ignored by her parents, a young girl pines after some fun, but she gets more than she bargained for when an elephant (or elephantom, to be precise) comes to stay. Although starting out as gi…
Any show which gives the audience a scratch-and-sniff card to join in the fun with the actors has to get a thumbs up. Novelty or not, Above The Stag (now in its new venue under a railway arc…
How do you carve up a country that inhabits multiple religions, languages, culture and opposing beliefs? Do you attempt a fair justice, distributing the land equally, or do you justify a bor…
As a début play, Kieran Knowles’s Operation Crucible at the Finborough Theatre captures the hours around the Sheffield Blitz in 1940 with urgency and a pounding energy. Like the fi…
Between the garbage dump and the outskirts of some Canadian town, there’s not much going for Sugar Ducharme (Sinead Matthews), who has spent the last ten years housebound. Prone to fai…
Rounding up the best theatre videos is always a challenge. There’s so many great videos being produced, not only here in the UK but in Europe too, which is why you might find a few vid…
