10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
In the Italian countryside circa 1920s, some cheerful socialites are buoyed by the engagement of Corrado (Ashley Stillburn) to our female protagonist, Grazia (Zoe Doano). Headed for Grazia's…
I have seen few plays whose subject matter ranges from calorie counting to Bolshevism through Everton's Youth Academy to The A-Team. I have seen even fewer which manage to remain entertainin…
In most brilliant ‘will they, won’t they?’ stories, we kind of know that they will. But that doesn’t in any way soothe the special kind of aching frustration that bre…
“We still need to get into position where you can go to the chemist, say you’re having a panic attack, ask if they mind you meditating for a bit and no one will bat an eyelid, ju…
Loren O'Dair describes the making of a show that combines art and activism " and challenges you to join them in taking control and re-shaping the public narrative around the refugee crisis. …
Director Amelia Sears examines the human cost of global events in Michael McLean's play Years of Sunlight, exploring themes of class, identitity, addiction, judgement and home. Years of Sunl…
In the week of Donald Trump's inauguration, Theatre503 brought together a team of artists to present Top Trumps, a festival of plays, proposals and premonitions exploring all that has led to…
Us/Them is an immensely powerful and affecting piece of devised theatre. Winner of a Fringe First at last year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival the play was originally designed as a children's sh…
“I am Determined to prove a villain  And hate the idle pleasures of these days.” Considered by some to be one of the more difficult plays to stage from Shakespeare’s can…
Out There on Fried Meat Ridge Road, written by and starring Keith Stevenson as the loveable redneck JD, has delighted audiences for years at LA’s Pacific Resident Theatre on Venice Bou…
Holding the Man, a play by Tommy Murphy, adapted from Timothy Conigrave's memoir, is one of the most beautiful love stories I have ever had the pleasure to behold on stage. Big Boots Theatre…
Liz Carr, actor and prominent disability rights activist (D-list celebrity, in her own words), brought the enormous and tangled issue of euthanasia to the stage in Assisted Suicide: The Musi…
Misirlou explores death: understanding it, accepting it and cheating it. It's a dark and meaningful topic that has me expecting a philosophical and stimulating evening; one that The Diva …
“Can I come in?” The dramatic trope of the ‘Third Man’ is well established in theatre; from Harold Pinter’s Davies in The Caretaker to J.B Priestley’s Ins…
Promises Promises, is based on the Oscar winning Billy Wilder movie from 1960, The Apartment. In 1968 it received the Broadway treatment with Neil Simon writing the book and Burt Bacharach a…
Aboard a quaint little barge, that moors in the waters of Little Venice during the winter months, I am surprised to find a fully functioning theatre complete with stage, lighting rig, and ma…
As something that originally came to being as a university assignment, The Doppel Gang has snowballed into a tour in 2015 and now gets a lengthy run at the Tristan Bates Theatre, all in the …
All the way from Brazil, Jô Bilac’s Turmoil explores a bizarre Jane Austen-esque world with a twist. Dende Collective along with a vastly international cast, (hailing from all over …
Take yourself back to 2003, turning on the news and hearing story after story of bombings and terrorism when the invasion of Iraq began in the Middle East. 'Thousands killed in horrific atta…
With the 16th January being labelled as the ‘most depressing day of the year’, concluding 'Blue Monday' watching a play that focuses on the HIV/Aids epidemic is, perhaps, apt. Th…
In the lead up to the US elections, director Andrew Whyment, playwright Brad Birch and writer Adam Foster of London-based theatre company Squint hit the campaign trail, travelling almost …
Six female students studying the arts share their reaction to the US elections, and how it impacts them and their work. On the day Donald Trump was elected, we held our third University Wome…
Resolution 2017 is the 28th edition of the celebrated platform for emerging contemporary dance choreographers. With a different triple-bill every night for just over a month, Resolution prov…
One of the only programmes of this type in the country, the StoneCrabs Young Directors' Training Programme aims to help train and develop the potential of a group of theatre makers in …
Katherine Soper’s Wish List follows two struggling siblings, trying to make the best of their lives after the death of their mother. Battling with financial desperation, a lack of gove…
