10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Michael Morpurgo has had a pretty good streak of seeing his books comes to life on stage. Since War Horse galloped onto the West End stage and then a nationwide tour and international produc…
Kiki’s Delivery Service is perhaps one of award winning Studio Ghibli’s most beloved films. Released in 1989 it was later dubbed in English and featured actress Kirsten Dunst in …
The Winter's Tale has been regarded over the years as one of the most problematic of Shakespeare's works, a difficult to achieve blend of emotional drama and light-hearted comedy. Director N…
In A Pickle was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and originally performed as part of The World Shakespeare Festival in 2012. It is a totally immersive show designed for 3-5 year…
Christmas is almost upon us, but there's still time to warm your cockles with a festive trip to the theatre. Some are quirky, some are thoughtful, some take their lead from classic Christmas…
What many are likely expecting with the UK stage premiere of Dreamgirls is something vaguely similar to Bill Condon's 2006 film, starring Beyonce Knowles and an Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson…
12 days, eight shows, one director " The Pensive Federation celebrates its fifth anniversary with a series of showcase pieces that are written, rehearsed and performed in such a short space …
You might want to make notes here – Matthew Bourne has been gestating The Red Shoes for the past twenty years, and to celebrate the 30th year of his company he's finally delivered. Bas…
Alexander Zeldin's world premiere of Love is by no means a stereotypical interpretation of the emotion. Natasha Jenkins presents a semi-immersive set, a run-down, stark social housing unit t…
Originally published in 1844 by Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen, The Snow Queen is ultimately a tale of good versus evil. It’s traditionally told in seven parts, but in this prod…
There are at least 30 pop and RnB songs shoe-horned into the production of 2 Become 1, averaging one song every two minutes. For the quintessential 90's child, that's a stacked scoop of nost…
If the idea of pantomime causes you to break out in a cold sweat then it might be worth trying this potted version of some of the most classic pantomimes to ever grace the stage at this time…
The moral tale at the heart of The Wind in the Willows is an important one for adults and children alike. Pushing your boundaries, stepping outside of your comfort zone, being open minded an…
The festive season is in full swing, and many of our readers will be looking forward to a well-earned seasonal break " if not already kicking back with a mug of mulled wine and a mince pie. …
Writer Stuart Slade on why breaking out of our safe social media bubbles, and opening ourselves up to stare trauma in the face, is the only way to change the world. I bet the same …
The radio drama: a form almost entirely lost to history but which at one time commanded audiences of millions, glued to the wireless to listen to whatever classic literary adaptation Welles …
There is no need for an elaborate set, complicated lighting design or gimmicky sound effects, as Mark Lockyer stands on a threadbare rug to relive vividly and emotionally his astonishing jou…
The events of Shakespeare's classic Hamlet take the rather novel form of being played out over the course of Claudius and Gertrude's wedding night in Kelly Hunter’s new adaptation. In …
Palimpsest's Katherine Tozer delves into the rich, but bittersweet lives of the Pre-Raphaelites as the company conjure with ghosts at William Morris' former home, The National Trust's Red…
A stormy night, a group of travellers forced to abandon their car and take shelter in a crumbling old mansion…on the face of it, Benighted looks like a classic haunted house thriller. But …
Alistair Frederick bounds onstage. "What do we love?" he cries. "Big Dick" we roar. Thus we have Charming Dick, the latest collaboration between the Royal Vauxhall Tavern and The Cockpit, br…
We've had a bit of a Priestley renaissance this year haven't we? Stephen Daldry's An Inspector Calls is celebrating a 25th anniversary run, The Roundabout got its first revival courtesy of t…
Balancing Acts, a subtle yet powerful piece of new writing from the Kaleido Film Collective and Feral Foxy Ladies, is part video installation, part physical theatre and part confessional mem…
“This may be the best production of She Loves Me I’ve seen,” says Sheldon Harnick, the show’s lyricist, in a surprise speech given during the curtain call. I may not …
"This is the way the world ends, not with a bang but with a whimper," reads TS Eliot's line projected onto the wall behind singer Heloïse Werner during this ambitious one-woman meditation…
