116 stories by "Samuel Sims"
Despite announcing a break back in September, A Younger Theatre still has plans to come back stronger than ever. Here's an update from Managing Director Sam. Sometimes I still feel like I'm …
As AYT closes its doors " perhaps temporarily, perhaps permanently " Managing Director, Sam talks about the reasons why, his hopes for the future and how the company can't return unless it h…
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A Younger Theatre has always been a platform for those that often feel unheard and invisible but how much are we doing to support Black artists? Not enough, writes Managing Director, Sam. I'…
It's so easy to be 'busy' and to ignore our loved ones but what if something happens to them? Samuel Sims talks about the importance of support networks in the world of the creative. I strug…
Anyone else feel angry/ puzzled/ not that surprised about the recent Oscar and Bafta nominations? Samuel Sims is feeling all sorts of emotion. Here, he discusses the racist, misogynistic his…
Review: Lungs, The Old Vic4.0Overall ScoreReader Rating 0 VotesHere's something a little bit different. Instead of the conventional approach of one person reviewing a show, Managing Editor, …
That front-of-house workers are not mindless robots there to serve every whim of patrons is hopefully becoming more apparent to those who
Review: When We Have Sufficiently Tortured Each Other, The National Theatre2.0starsBefore the lights descended tonight, a ton of people excitedly looked the auditorium up and down as i…
Half Breed is for anyone that has ever felt 'other'. It's exhausting, breakneck and revitalising; a show and a performer
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A production almost completely dominated by men (the only woman, Vanessa Redgrave makes a brief if emotionally charged appearance near the end), The Inheritance could easily have become a na…
Should we feel bad for occasionally preferring to exist in the space called cyber? Is it so awful to be able to communicate more coherently – more confidently through a screen than in …
With many jukebox musicals that have plonked themselves noisily in London's theatreland, it's usually helpful and ultimately more enjoyable to be familiar with the catalogue of work. TakeÂ�…
What does it take to be a true activist? Are we all, as a collective capable of making real difference or is it just too easy to be apathetic, to feign interest and sit behind a computer scr…
The Exorcist's origins don't necessarily rely on the faith of huge numbers, nor does it really matter. Based on a 'real life' case (that old chestnut) about a boy possessed and subsequently …
"Our bodies, our minds, our power" the ultimate message in this production of Jekyll and Hyde. Influenced by such women as Emmeline Pankhurst, Florence Nightingale and Josephine Butler;Â a…
How the bloody hell have veganism and cannibalism found themselves in the same piece of theatre? Mumburger's extraordinarily odd subject matter is the very thing many, myself includ…
Mighty Atoms could very well be a metaphor for Hull itself. The play, the final part in a trilogy held at Hull Truck as part of its Roots and Routes season, is heavily influen…
Charlotte Josephine meets me at Old Street station, before taking us to a nearby café that has the murmur of Beyonce over our heads. The writer and performer looks slightly dazed and …
Who knew Harry Potter had such vocal, enthusiastic fans? A unanimous me? Fair enough. J.K Rowling's phenomenally successful series turns 20 this year and with repeat visits and continued exp…
Room tells the story of Ma and her little boy Jack as they go about their daily lives within the confines of a small, square room. They play, exercise, read, and sometimes watch television. …
History, time and legacy all play a prevalent role in this revival of Tony Kushner's epic Angels in America. It looks at the right-wing politics that dominated the US in the 1980s and how…
There's something fantastically refreshing about a hugely successful writer getting their kids to do (some of) the editing of their latest book, but then, this is no ordinary, hugely success…
Central to this twice adapted story of The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a phenomenal performance from Rona Morison, who manages to perfectly capture the irritating whininess of a 15-year-old w…
You'd think that a highly visual, shocking depiction of 'ultra-violence' would not generate quite as many huge belly laughs as Action To The Word's production of A Clockwork Orange does. The…
