10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Sellotape Sisters, playing this week at the Tristan Bates Theatre in Covent Garden, gets off to an inauspicious start. Ethel and Phyllis, played by Charlotte Weston and Kellie Batchelor, are…
Hurriedly rushed into a car down a side street by the venue is the way that Rubber begins. A quick content warning and then slam " doors are shut; it's just me and one other person, seatbelt…
Ever since I saw Bucket Club's award-winning Lorraine and Alan in 2014, I've been dying to see what they have got up to since and I can happily say that I was not disappointed. Fossils has e…
'How are you going to get down from there?' asks a small child in the audience of The Hogwallops. With a playful shrug, a smile in response and a rippling chuckle from the audience, it's thi…
The Burnt Part Boys is an emotionally wrought and gripping coming-of-age tale. Centred on the taut relationship between two brothers, Pete and Jake, it is an unapologetic look at what it…
It's always a risk when you try to universally capture the very personal experience of being young, even in a youth production. The Fall by the National Youth Theatre takes it one great hubr…
Thunderstorm's busy opening night at the London Coliseum marked the opening of The Shanghai Season. Shanghai Opera’s Thunderstorm was developed as an opera from the play of the same na…
With the makings of a strong and novel concept for the basis of a piece of theatre, Who Said Theatre‘s The Calm sees war spark the cementing of one relationship and the destruction of …
In addition to all the theatre that’s up at the Edinburgh Fringe, there’s a massive range of stand-up comedy to choose from, too. Just like the theatre up here, there’s loa…
Sometimes, after a long day of seeing shows, or giving out countless flyers to hundreds of strangers on the Royal Mile (you'll be in one of those two groups I'm sure), you just want to have …
It's a bold move. Taking direct inspiration from the most iconic Irish playwright of the twentieth century, Samuel Beckett, actor and writer Michael Laurence has undoubtedly set a high ba…
A follow-up after a smash hit can always be difficult and while Breach Theatre's Tank is good; it sadly lacks the impact that they managed to illicit with last year's The Beanfield. Taking o…
'Without knowing why, I love this world where we come to die.' " The magic signboard, in YÅkai*. I couldn't help but rise to my feet. In a world darkened by the deaths of treasured stars,…
Amidst a sea of hummus pots and picnic blankets, Shooting Stars theatre company picked their way across the lawn of Lauderdale House to perform Wilde's perennial masterpiece, The Importance …
I don't even think there are enough words to describe how much I loved We Are Ian, there are only dance moves. Two in particular; the hot potato and the waterfall fingers. We're all Ian. Wel…
The only way I can describe this show when I'm telling every person I meet to go and see it, is that despite the fact that no one says a word; I still ended up with tears in my eyes and my c…
Kill the Beast have been absolutely smashing it with their productions. They’ve become renowned for their highly physical, energetic styles of performance, and acclaimed for their use …
Of course I was the only young adult in a monstrous mass of restless children. Of course the only other company available were the respective parents waiting to tire their children out, conv…
An infuriated woman whose sister falls victim to revenge porn. A man who develops a porn addiction as a result of a failing marriage. And another lonely girl. These are just some of the voic…
Dealing with grief is a peculiar thing that no words can ease or alleviate the pain. Scenes From The End takes a post-dramatic view in the aftermath of death through opera, music, multime…
At first glance of its synopsis, In Fidelity sounds like a gimmick. "Part TED Talk, part theatrical experiment" and with the inclusion of "a live onstage date", the show I expected was a sur…
There are many positives in this production of Philip Ridley's Dark Vanilla Jungle. I could mention the pared down staging, the simple yet effective lighting or the careful injections of hum…
Entering the ZOO Cabaret Bar, you find yourself in the Karaoke Klub that dreams are made of. Rainbow string lights adorn the stage where an equally enthusiastic bar maid is giving it her all…
The curtains open and we see a man holding on to a huge piece of light fabric, dancing in the air, moved by a circle of fans. The wonder begins and I suddenly feel like a child again, recept…
The Pensive Federation's Square explores the modern day interpretation of friendship. It questions the validity of social media, the connection of human beings to each other and the masks th…
