10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
After a successful run at last year's Edinburgh Fringe, Fledgling Theatre reprise their wholesome, surreal, and downright beautiful show They Built It. No One Came. for a UK wide tour. Writt…
Fusing personal memories, circus acts, and a decisively nineties soundtrack, Throwback " a collaboration between Jacksons Lane theatre and Silver Lining circus company " is an evocative and …
Growing up, I never felt particularly proud to be from Hull. In fact, the absolute opposite. If enquiries were made about my origins, I’d launch into a frenzied, pattie buttie-wielding…
The show opens in the 1930s on King Herod's birthday banquet. "Decadence…beauty…lust…envy…desire. The words of a prophet, a mother's envy, a stepfather's desire, a sp…
"I don't have dreams " I just want to be full," the puppet sings, turning his pleading, extraordinarily expressive eyes towards the audience. He is Tarrare, "The Gentleman Glutton," the real…
Fusing personal memories, circus acts and a decisively nineties soundtrack, Throwback –Â a collaboration between Jacksons Lane Theatre and Silver Lining circus company – is an…
Four actor-musicians set the scene. Dressed up as blue birds they sing a merry tune to welcome in the morning, before one is promptly shot by a large air rifle that protrudes from the stage.…
Deep in the bowels of Shoreditch Town Hall, Jamie Lloyd’s production of Philip Ridley’s first ever play, The Pitchfork Disney, is staged. In the long, dimly lit room known as The…
Themes of heroism, bravery " a struggle with identity " and a love story, underscored by an evocative musical soundscape, bring to life an often-neglected pocket of World War II history in L…
"The image of Frankenstein’s monster from the movies is so iconic that everyone just assumes this is what you are going to do. However, in a way it made it easier to go away from th…
Simon Higlett will be hosting a free design masterclass at the Theatre Royal Haymarket. Award-winning designer Simon Higlett will be bringing along the model box displaying his designs for L…
Win a pair of tickets to see Natives at Southwark Playhouse Natives by Glenn Waldron | 29 March " 22 April | Southwark Playhouse "Where are the grown-ups to do something, where …
A new queen is born, a challenge issued, and the old queen must flee, taking half her court with her as the courtiers embark on a journey to find a new home. When you explore the secret live…
The old saying goes that all you need for theatre to happen is an 'empty space'; but what if instead you find a big warehouse cluttered with curious cabinets and old train records? Mat Burt,…
The young refugee turns to the audience, beseeching someone to help her, begging for someone to listen. When no one speaks on her behalf, she follows the bus driver, whose help she so desper…
If you had a daughter growing up in today's steamy political climate what is the advice you'd give her? Would you tell her that the blame is always on her and her alcohol consumption if she …
Vault Festival, sometimes described as London’s answer to the Edinburgh Fringe, is once again upon us. Amongst a wide variety of shows being presented is Crocodile. Joyous Gard’s…
by India-Inés Levy In 1985, when The Iron Man, a children's science fiction novel by poet laureate Ted Hughes was re-published with illustrations by Andrew Davidson, it won the Kurt Maschle…
In Michael McLean's Years of Sunlight, we trace the lives of two best friends " Paul (Mark Rice-Oxley) and Emlyn (Bryan Dick) " from the latter's death back to their childhood on the Skelmer…
"How do you make space for yourself in a world that's over capacity?" This, in many ways, is the central question of The Litterati " a short piece of original writing performed as part of th…
As part of VAULT Festival, Chivaree Circus brought the audience on an intimate, immersive, and fragmented journey into the underworld with Persephone in Becoming Shades. The Vaults is segmen…
by Dan Rubins What is in store for each of us in the mystery-in-progress known as 2017? We may not all be ready to confront that question yet, but the members of RedBelly Black Theatre Compa…
The social importance of eating together is reiterated throughout history and resonates across cultures. Of course, here in Britain, the attention affixed to tea is a clear indication of thi…
In 1902, when Maxim Gorky's The Lower Depths premiered at the Moscow Arts Theatre, Russia was a sprawling and unwieldy empire in flux. The revolution of 1905, lead in part by the 'lower orde…
The bunker theatre is buried in an unused car park, mysteriously hidden away on Southwark street. With a winding and sloping entrance, the audience are met by friendly staff members who welc…
