10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
You can't help but see the streets of Borough in the light of the horrific events that occurred recently. It seems almost surreal going to the theatre for entertainment on the doorstep of te…
I came into the European premiere of the musical Working at the Southwark Playhouse with a very specific set of associations. While the UK has not previously encountered this 1978 musical, c…
Danny (Gareth O'Connor) gets in to fights and drinks beer in dingy American bars. He's quick to anger, but lacks punch in his simmering delivery. The first half of Danny and the Deep Blue Se…
Edgar Allan Poe isn’t usually one for the faint hearted, and as I waited for the double bill of the king of gothic horror's dark short stories to start on Thursday 8th June 2017, I won…
Following a successful run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2016, Scottish Ballet return to Sadler's Wells with the double bill MC 14/22 / Emergence by Angelin Preljocaj and Crystal Pite. Pr…
John Boyne's novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas became a worldwide bestseller on its publication in 2006; told from the point of view of nine-year-old Bruno, it has faced many criticisms f…
Music spans generations, connects people through a love of the melody and the beat. It brings The Boy (Aaron Price) and The Girl (Rubie Ozanne) together in LOOP, Alexander Knott's newly writ…
A pushy, mollycoddling mother and an intelligent, emotionally involved prostitute make for quite the female influences in Jack's (Christopher Adams) life. One is determined for him to lose h…
Common is a little like a medieval Midsomer Murders. The new play written by DC Moore opens with disguised villagers taking the matter of common land into their own hands, setting the stage …
Eddie ‘super-duper businessman’ Costello (Joe Dixon) runs a roller diner in a dreary gang-riddled Birmingham, with the help of his daughter Chantel (Lucie Shorthouse) and waitres…
Nikolai Foster's new Annie at the Piccadilly Theatre is decidedly a post-Matilda production. The feel-good story's tinged with darker edges, these orphans seem shrewder and cruder than ever …
In the week that "covfefe" both baffled and delighted the Twittersphere, it seems appropriate to be watching a play that examines just how quickly news can spread through the medium of 140 c…
The Three Inch Fools' Twelfth Night may have been the third production of the play that I've reviewed in 2017, but the young troupe's jovial, musically inventive performance demonstrates tha…
Innovative theatrical legend Robert Lepage is one of those few multi-talented sub-species that seem to be able to do anything they set their mind to. A world-wide renowned writer, director, …
Beneath Waterloo Station, Silent Opera bring Leos Janacek's opera, The Cunning Little Vixen to life through an immersive experience. Composed in 1921-23, the libretto was adapted from a seri…
Happily Ever After is a simple show, with a simple message: love is love. Action Transport Theatre creates an amazing piece of theatre for children, inspired by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijla…
The London theatre scene never ceases to amaze me. Squeezed above a pub, in a swelteringly hot room set above the rumbles of bankers freed from a day of trouble causing, we are presented wit…
Win two tickets to Incoming Festival at New Diorama Theatre. Incoming Festival | Until 11 June | New Diorama Theatre Incoming Festival is a showcase of the ‘best eme…
Inspire: The Next Playwright Programme | Hampstead Theatre This year Hampstead Theatre is launching Inspire: The Next Playwright Programme, an opportunity for playwrights aged between 1…
On the Town is a story suitable for the outdoors for sure, one that charts the adventures of three sailors as they look for love during their 24 hours on land, tearing through New York City'…
The Arcola Theatre’s industrial style Studio 2 is the perfect setting for Asif Khan’s Combustion. Taking place in a Bradford garage workshop owned by Shaz (Beruce Khan), a case i…
On paper, Last Night is exactly what London theatres should be showing. Celebrating, mourning and mimicking London’s diminishing night club culture, the billed spoken word and music pe…
A run-down detective and a potential serial killer. This set up has fuelled drama to the point of exhaustion. These mystery stories easily slot into the world of noir thrillers that plunge u…
Written by George Johnston, Snapshot is somewhat of a modern-day love story. Plagued by social media, internships, and rising rent costs, it follows James (Brian Martin) and Daniel (Joey Aku…
Catch Me is the London Premier of Flip Fabrique's circus show Attrape Moi. Direct from Quebec, where the circus art is rife and celebrated, they are renowned for their flips, tricks, stunts,…
