10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Described as a "funeral party for the forgotten fallen heroes of music" and with its expert use of music and poetry The Unsung is a stunning achievement. Â Dressed in black on a stage deco…
When met with the actors already onstage as you enter the space for the 50th anniversary of the National Youth Theatre’s first writing commission, the energy exuding from them is almos…
As the name suggests, Philip Correia's debut is an exploration of the home – or as his Northumberland-native characters' say, hyem. Set in a dysfunctional patchwork 'family', HYEM (yem…
Psychological thrillers often work well in theatrical environments " Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap is the world's longest running play currently in its 64th year. W…
F*ckboys for Freedom is a crude and surreal romp that sets out to explore and satirise the modern day notion of 'The Fuckboy'; the adolescent male with little respect or knowledge of women, …
In the truly intimate space such as the black box studio that is The Brockley Jack Theatre, we as an audience are brought into the equally intimate production that is Adam & Eve by Tim C…
The legend of Robin Hood is the most famous story about the distribution and redistribution of wealth " robbing from the rich to give to the poor. And that is why he is the central character…
 Twins Polo (Timothy Renouf) and Twitch (Katrina Allen) are celebrating their 25th birthday. Born with only one heart between them, the twins are something of an unexplained medical mirac…
In 2016 Phosphoros Theatre brought Dear Home Office to the fringe. It told the story of its actor's experiences as unaccompanied young refugees travelling to the UK to seek asylum, and copin…
Bin Laden, The One Man Show begins by disarming us. We've come to a show about Bin Laden, and that's what we expect. Everything that Knaive Theatre does, from the moment we step inside the s…
Who are you? How do you see yourself? What has formed your identity, and how does that identity affect your opportunities and the way in which you experience the world? Big questions, yes ; …
This dark and gripping play, written and performed by Monica Dolan, explores the sinister potential of what parents will do to answer their childrens' demands. It is one, tense monologue whi…
Mind The Gap is one of Europe's leading disability theatre companies, and its most recent production at the Fringe proves why. Mia: Daughters of Fortune is an exceptionally original piece of…
Watching. That is the essence behind the voyeuristic Window. A young couple "Grace and Jimmy " are settling into their life together and find unexpected escape by watching the sex life of th…
Ah, the circus. A melting pot of obscure, at times inexplicable yet utterly compelling talents and abilities that never fail to elicit childlike delight. Limits, the latest production by Sca…
Written in 1606, King Lear is Shakespeare's classic tale of the titular mad monarch. George Bernard Shaw wrote of the play 'No man will ever write a better tragedy than Lear', and Nancy Meck…
Anybody who knows the subject matter of this play knows that it is not an easy read or watch. It is, however, incredibly powerful and poignant, and more relevant in 2017 than we might like t…
Ben Whishaw delivers a winning performance in this flawed but captivating production that raises pertinent questions about violence, fame and moral culpability. Silicon Valley tech billionai…
Knives in Hens and I are almost exactly the same age, right down to the month. David Harroway's play was first performed in Edinburgh in 1995 " so I can't pretend to have been there, however…
Give Me Your Love is a show about a man suffering from PTSD, who tries a novel method of taking MDMA to help with his therapy. The concept of the show is rather interesting, with a set that …
The phrase “on the edge of your seat” was invented for shows just like this. I spent the majority of the piece either praying that nobody would fall and/or die on stage, and chee…
To be wholly honest with you, I'm not sure why I was expecting a show called Loo Roll to be about anything but loo roll. The comedy piece begins with Bond, or rather her alter ego, …
Ola Aralepo's Polyphony was an incredibly engaging piece of storytelling. Dressed in a traditional Niergerian agbada, he greets us all and begins to tell us his story. Aralepo, a clinical ps…
A Great Fear of Shallow Living is a modern reimagining of the legends of selkies, mythical creatures who live as seals in the sea but can shed their skin on land to live in human form. We wa…
Mae Martin's show is called Dope for, I think, two reasons. One, she talks a lot about drugs, and two, she sometimes likes to give a teenager-y, attention-seeking vibe, the vibe of someone w…
