10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
"We are the electorate. And we are not trustworthy". Theatre company Riot Act explore the fallible nature of democracy in this very funny and direct production. One of the Ibsen's least famo…
Very rarely does a show have a perfect title but The Life and Times of Lionel is the only way to describe this wonderful piece of theatre. Forget About The Dog are a new company hailing from…
Still Here was a play of challenges to overcome, not least to find the venue but also to fully understand what Theatre For Justice were trying to do. If the idea of the tent was to make the …
Children's theatre can so often forget its audience and miss out on entertaining both adults and children, but Strung Up Theatre's Jungle Book made no such mistake. An enchanting hour that d…
If you can't make it up to Edinburgh this year, View From Here festival is set to bring a carefully curated selection of new Scottish writing to London. Philippa Mannion explains where the i…
Milk is universal. From our first breastfeed to our last cup of tea, we're completely surrounded by it. Milk explores the need for three of our most basic needs: Food, love and survival. Ste…
Dozens of loose pages fly, wondrously whirling round the furiously scrawling hand of an earth-bound airman, in memory of one of the world's most treasured storytellers. Wonderman injects the…
Tabloids and the press in general can be comical oft times with their extra agent headlines and desperate attempts for a story. Combine this topic with an absurd plot about a princess kid…
Anna and Ben are like any normal couple, with Travesty showing us snippets of their relationship by letting us peer into the intimacy of Anna's bedroom. Nothing particularly interesting happ…
Virtual Reality is in vogue: we are constantly presented with numerous opportunities to be surrounded by artificial atmospheres and immersed in the experience. But if wearing goggles isnR…
The Edinburgh Fringe is an absolute mish-mash of every theatrical genre. There’s something for everyone, and that’s why it’s such a unique festival. Hot Coals Theatre certa…
Heart To Heart Theatre’s How We Think We Think begins inauspiciously. Peter Dewhurst as Tom ushers the audience to their seats, then haltingly embarks on a prepared presentation on hum…
Virtual Reality is in vogue: we are presented with numerous opportunities to be surrounded by artificial atmospheres. But if wearing goggles isn’t your thing, Ron Arad’s Curtain …
"You're not good. You're stained. But you're mine". One night, the police show up at a mother's door. She knows it. He's dead…. Until the police tell her he's not. Her son, who she thi…
“They’re not aliens, they just have other priorities to us.” The topic of autism seems to intimidate a lot of people, simply due to a lack of individual understanding not o…
"Soldiers die. Women give birth." A Boy Named Sue is a story about gender perceptions, sexuality and understanding the risks that come from not fitting in with the norm. Through a series of …
In an oppressed nineteenth century Germany, a group of children become teenagers, but with no real knowledge of the adult world or where babies come from, how can they possible protect thems…
As we enter the installation, we are warned to keep our feet behind the lines which act as runway down the centre of the space and are told that, in a moment, we will be plunged into complet…
LCP Dance Theatre’s piece, Escape, explores the journey of a refugee through aerial dance and physical theatre, responding to a very current topic. Using aerial slings, projection a…
There's shows about shows, theatre about theatre and then there's [Title of Show], a musical about two guys writing a musical about two guys writing a musical. It's essentially Inception for…
'Tis Pity She's a Whore: Essentially Romeo and Juliet… with incest. John Ford's reflection of the sins of seventeenth century British society is cleverly transferred to Padua to mock t…
John Fowles’ classic novel The Collector is given a new breath of life in this adaption by Mark Healey. With the themes of class, mortality and obsession at the heart of this story, th…
Ballet National de Marseille's 70-minute dance drama is a quite epic foray into the possibilities of artistic expression. Using 17 dancers in the almost completely bare Royal Festival Hall s…
The story of Lorca's classic Yerma is relatively well known. It is frequently performed at different theatres around the country often with a few modern twists and sometimes we see an una…
When you hear that the show is called The Gruffalo or think of the term 'family theatre' you immediately think that the show is aimed at small children. But Olivia Jacobs, co-artistic direct…
