44 stories by "Sarah Green"
The teaser trailer was recently released for the film version of long-running show Les Miserables. The video contains Anne Hathaway singing ‘I Dreamed A Dream’ as the unfortunate…
A Twitter storm has once more erupted around the use of celebrity casting for the Jesus Christ Superstar arena tour taking place at the end of this year, and I can't help wondering why indus…
On 9 May I attended an event hosted by Wide Awake Devon and Dance in Devon, to discuss the arts situation within the region. We met at a village hall in North Devon, in a room decorated …
Wide Awake Devon is the perfect title for this organisation which is addressing the arts situation in this sleepy south west county. Thanks to the work of Emily Williams (22), Monique Luckma…
Dubious. A word I would use to describe my views regarding movies that have been turned into musicals. I have always pegged them as a lesser musical, right up there with jukebox musicals as …
It is a slight lie to say this was my first ballet, as my very first theatrical experience was watching The Nutcracker age 10 with my school. But we spent most of our time trying to force th…
This is a question posed by Tuirenn Hurstfield, a lecturer from the third year of my undergraduate degree in musical theatre. In his blog, he discusses the apparent lack of drive he has foun…
This is a question that has been burning away for a while but no one has really wanted to acknowledge, especially a country that prides itself on its performance heritage and its hub of thea…
As well as looking at the issues currently facing musical theatre, I want to look at the genre as an art form. I want to look at what goes into the making of a show and how it faces just as …
Last October I wrote a blog about celebrity casting, including a quote where composer Andrew Lloyd Webber declared: "I think the reality shows are at saturation point and probably what prove…
Last September I left the bright lights of London for the countryside of North Devon, where my family now live. I grew up in Birmingham before the move to the South East so I have always fou…
If you study musical theatre in any sort of depth you will come to realise that nearly every show falls into one of two categories: either a book musical or a concept show. A book musical st…
One of my biggest pet peeves is how musicals are often perceived as being as far from reality as you can get in theatre, because the characters sing and dance. Whilst we don’t tap danc…
Ever since my first year of university, when my lecturers told this story, I have been fascinated by it and couldn't help but share it with A Younger Theatre readers. Many of you may know th…
There is a song in the musical Avenue Q called 'What do you do with a B.A in English?' which perfectly sums up the dilemma faced by many graduates with less vocational qualifications. This b…
A key term in musical theatre training is learning to be a 'triple threat performer', which means the ability to act, sing and dance to a high standard. An example of this is Sutton Foster&#…
A Younger Theatre's Elinor Walpole recently wrote an article describing the panel discussion she took part in, debating whether musical theatre can be relevant in today's society. This blog …
The subject of celebrity casting is very relevant in today's theatrical world and touches close to home for many people involved in the industry. Last month there was an article in The Daily…
Last month I read The Guardian’s supplement on ‘How To Enjoy Opera’ [note: the online version has a slightly different, shorter opening paragraph than the print version] co…
