325 stories by "Jake Orr"
There are times when you can watch a show and understand what the theatre company has done, you can see their thoughts and intentions shimmering on the surface of their work. Now, this might…
This is not a lecture, an angry protest or rebellion, this is an awakening. Or so we are lead to believe by Gary McNair in his one-man show Crunch. Looking at the way in which we value money…
There are some stories that will make you laugh, some that will leave you angry, and occasionally a story that will leave you tingling with emotion. Some Small Love Stories provides the latt…
ChickenShed is a theatre company that doesn’t do things by halves. Wwhen it commits to a project or a show it presents with such energy and certainty that you know you’re going t…
When does a piece of theatre become self-indulgent? This was the question that I was left with after seeing Hotel Methuselah at Summerhall as part of the Edinburgh Festival and British Counc…
It seems rare that a piece of theatre that is based around the subject of being gay is able to stay away from cliched boy-meets-boy narratives and camp dialogue. It’s great to finally …
We seem to take social networking, particularly Facebook, for granted. It’s so integrated into our lives, especially young people’s lives, who are brought up on poking and wall-t…
Dumbshow takes to the stage in an imaginative and energetic new performance for the Edinburgh Festival. ROAR (by Oliver Bennett, Jack Cole and Jack Howson) mixes songs with a twisting narrat…
The human brain and its method of functioning is deeply complex, and requires years of study and thousands of pounds-worth of medical research to begin to scratch its surface. In Analogue…
The tale of Bluebeard is a commonly told fairytale, featuring a husband who kills off his wives, and the struggle that the final wife endures when she discovers the dark secrets of her new h…
A group of squatters take over a building and throw a party in aid of ‘A Better Planet’, a scheme the group wants to deploy to rid the world of capitalism. Their peaceful (and dr…
I’m very weary of one-person shows. I’ve written before that with only one person taking the stage, the pressure to captivate, engaging and present a piece of theatre on top form…
Time For The Good Looking Boy by Box Clever Theatre seems like a timely piece to be performed at the Edinburgh Festival. As young people across the country gain their A level results and 'yo…
It’s time for another competition, and this one is a quick one, so get your typing hands at the ready to enter. We’ve been given two tickets for Double Feature 2 at the National …
The subject of home seems to be a somewhat troublesome topic of late. When we see the streets of London, Manchester and Birmingham littered with glass and looted shop items, it does not …
A new musical about the serial killer Steve Wright who murdered five prostitutes in Ipswich might not sound like a hit for The National Theatre, but London Road is this year’s triumph.…
Those of you who are regular followers of A Younger Thestre will know who the Filskit Theatre ladies are from their regular blog here. Having been working on their new production Snow White …
If the National Theatre’s Double Feature 1 (read Lois Jeary’s review here) captures a new side of the National Theatre in this recently unseen backstage area (the Paintframe is n…
The Almeida Theatre might not strike you as the most youth-friendly of venues. Its work under the artistic directorship of Michael Attenborough sees top-quality plays performed by some of th…
The Old Vic New Voices 24 Hour Plays is now taking applications for this year’s 24 hour challenge. Now in its sixth year, The 24 Hour Plays gives 50 young actors, writers, directors an…
Youth Music Theatre UK are presenting Terry Prachett’s Mort, The Musical and are offering a special £10 ticket offer for AYT readers. See below on how to get your discounted ticket,…
Henrik Ibsen’s A Dolls House is a triumph of dramatic work from one of the finest writers that we have ever had. Space Productions, under the direction of Alex Crampton, has successful…
Our friends over at Theatre Fix wanted us to point you in the direction of this fantastic offer to see Lend Me A Tenor The Musical including an exclusive post show Q & A with the cast fo…
In a blacked-out box within the Theatre & Performance section of the Victoria and Albert Museum sits Katie Mitchell’s installation piece, Five Truths. The floor glimmers with shiny…
What is the worst punishment for a woman who commits adultery in her husband’s house? As the title suggests, Thomas Heywood’s play, A Woman Killed With Kindness, sees the u…
