10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Left Luggage is an endearing play following sisters Nicola (Kim Burnett) and Danni (Bryony Thomas) as they rediscover each other in the wake of their grandmother’s death. Written by Is…
Václav Havel was probably the most powerful playwright who ever lived, having the distinction of being the first President of the Czech Republic as well as a heroic dissident and author o…
It's probably a good idea to have a coffee or three before seeing David Mercatali's revival of Blue Heart, Caryl Churchill's 1997 double-bill of tongue-twisting, head-spinning wordplay. Beca…
The Red Barn is David Hare’s new play based on Georges Simenon’s novel La Main, a story of crime, jealousy and desire. We are in Connecticut in 1969, and a snow storm is raging o…
In a play featuring powerful poetry, captivating physical sequences and some first-rate piano playing, it's a shame the standalone talents don't gel together more in Riotous Company's Scherz…
Method in Madness, on for a short run at the Greenwich Theatre, is part period piece, part physical theatre and part Shakespearean drama that is a joy to watch. The story follows an unnamed …
WorkSHOPERA has a unique brand of theatre that has the potential to both deconstruct and revitalise the world of opera and theatre. However, despite the vibrancy of this new and exciting for…
Highbury Opera Theatre's production of Lost In The Stars " Kurt Weill's last musical-cum-opera " in Islington's Union Chapel is actually the work's London premiere, only 67 years after it wa…
HighTide is looking for new theatre writers to help them start out in the profession HighTide festival, which is based in Suffolk, is looking for five emerging writers for First Commissions …
For any dancer or choreographer, to have an evening of your work staged by Sadler's Wells is a coup. But for Suzie Birchwood, who presents and performs in A Conversation with Dystonia, part …
Isango Ensemble's stage adaptation of Jonny Steinberg's novel A Man of Good Hope is a goose-bump inducing production that portrays brilliantly the true story of Somalian refugee, Asad Abdull…
Wonderful Town is a Tony award winning musical written in 1953, based upon the play My Sister Eileen by Joseph Fields and Jerome Chodorov. Bursting with a joyous Leonard Bernstein score, the…
Rose (Sue Wylie), a retired actress and now drama teacher, is diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease and Kinetics follows her struggle as she is determined to fight the disease an…
The horror showcase began, as these things often do, with an eerie butler-like figure serving as a narrator to connect the five stories. In the first five minutes he lets slip a joke, just t…
Mark Ravenhill's infamous Shopping and Fucking created a new 'in-yer-face' genre within theatre. He remarks before the script, “The theatre scandal – the play that shocked th…
We live in the hope that the future will be better than the reality we have today. That there will be better opportunities, more advanced technologies, more freedom, more choice. But what ha…
If it wasn't the first word then "suicide" must at least have been the second spoken onstage tonight. Norway.Today does not beat around the bush or hold any punches when it comes to dealing …
This is Matty and He is Fucked is part of Matchstick Theatre’s New Writing Nights. Its sold out one off performance at The Winemaker’s Club in Farringdon shows that new work has …
Deborah’s youngest daughter has flown the nest; her oldest still hasn't given her any grandchildren and her husband is fixated on running a marathon – so home life is rather quie…
Skin A Cat should be compulsory viewing for anyone under 25. Scratch that, it should be compulsory viewing for everyone. A hysterically funny, warm-hearted, autobiographical three-hander abo…
Four of the most influential black American men in popular culture assemble in a single, drab motel room on the eve of a world about to irreversibly change forever. Whether fictional or not,…
I did not know what to expect of From the Mouths of the Gods, but what I found it to be I was not impressed with. The set consists of a chair and two glasses of water and the performer comes…
Before entering the modern theatre space at artsdepot, the audience are given one piece of advice: trust your instincts. We begin by filling out luggage tags with our names and addresses,…
As I said in my review of Red Ladder Theatre's The Damned United a few months ago, I'm really not into football. I do of course love theatre, however, so I find myself at a bit of crossroads…
Cardboard Citizens have reached their 25th anniversary – a company devoted to raising awareness and helping the homeless through programmes, theatre and workshops. Cathy blends togethe…
