10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Warren Central High School Theatre's production of 'Medea' for the American High School Theatre Festival takes a largely traditional approach to the Greek tragedy. It is a play which boasts …
Written by Joe Sellman-Leava and directed by Yaz Al- Shaater, Monster is an original and ambitious play which takes hold of its audience in the first lines, and does not lose its grip until …
Karen Houge's Undercover Refugee is a telling of her journey through Europe following a group of Syrian Refugees. Her intention is clear; to cast a new and humanising light on a group of peo…
Daniella Isaacs' autobiographical play 'Hear Me Raw' is an important, emotional and sharply clever exploration of the many disturbing layers of 'wellness' and 'healthy' living. Isaacs begins…
Jack Rooke is the comedian behind the award winning Good Grief on Radio 4, and the recent BBC Three documentary 'Happy Man'. In both, he explores the subjects of mental health and loss, brin…
Given a fitting late night time slot, and set in an intensely lit room with the feel of a sweaty club, The Unmarried is an essential part of a big night out at the fringe. Using poetic story…
Drag has always been prominent within the performing arts. In recent years, with drag culture becoming more and more celebrated and mainstream, thanks to RuPaul's Drag Race an…
FREAK is undeniably provocative. Juxtaposing lap dancing club orgies with first time sexual experiences, Anna Jordan's sex-focused play seeks entry to the growing canon of flawed female char…
Anyone who was around in 2012 (or indeed most of 2011) will remember the HYPE that surrounded the London Olympic games. Stepping through the doors at Theatre N16 and seeing copious amounts o…
The Cambridge Footlights might be Britain's most famous sketch comedy troupe. The university society claim such alumni as Stephen Fry and Sue Perkins and are a regular presence at the Fringe…
Sleepwalkers takes place simultaneously in Berlin before the outbreak of World War II and in a sinister post-Brexit Britain which has reached warzone conditions. At the heart of this play, w…
In Wishing on a Stopgap, a retired teacher, spending his days giving away his paperback collection to 'anyone without a kindle', begins to examine his many past relationships and wonder why …
The Marriage of Kim K (the title is a play " pun intended " on The Marriage of Figaro) marries reality TV with classic opera and explores how people overcome differences in relationships, th…
How to Win Against History is one of those plays at the Fringe that has the double-edged curse of "hype". Last year, it played in the tiny Box at Assembly George Square " this year, it's pla…
Hotter, a two-hander devised and performed by Mary Higgins and Ell Potter, is a kaleidoscope of song, dance, verbatim theatre, sketch comedy and heartfelt monologues. It explores wo…
This is the 7th year that collegiate a capella group All The King's Men have performed at the Fringe. After almost winning the first BCC 'Pitch Battle', they return this year with even more …
The Improv Musical just does what it says on the cover " the audience give suggestions, and a troupe of University of Warwick students improvise a wholly original musical on the spot. They h…
Stephen Sondheim's musicals are never easy to put on. His music is difficult " it doesn't often provide memorable showstopper numbers and can quickly go obviously wrong if not performed extr…
From the Ground Up is an interactive show developed by the Almeida Theatre Young Company. It is an unusual, exciting but slightly disconcerting experience which involves the audience being a…
A piece from the King’s Head Theatre Queer Festival, which commemorates fifty years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality, Funeral Meats tackles the legacies of same-sex marriag…
Apologia, noun: a formal written defence of one's opinions or conduct, not to be confused with an apology. Directed by Jamie Lloyd, Apologia is a volatile family drama set in 2009 in the Eng…
'Sex is the loneliest thing you can do.' These words, spoken poignantly by young porn star, Blaize (Michael Hanratty), drill right into the heart of this fantastic play by Matthew Kyne Basko…
If you have ever read The Wasteland by T.S. Eliot you probably have a good idea of how it felt to watch the first piece in this double bill. Certain lines, such as 'Here is water and only ro…
Formed in 2009 by Fumi Gomez and Juan Echenique, Horatio Theatre Company specialise in Science Fiction theatre, giving particular focus to new writing and original storytelling. In bringing …
Cow is billed as a rural tragi-comedy with songs, though it is more of a one person show about rural life. A woman leaves her liberal, metropolitan, elite London life to help out on he…
