10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Review: Scrounger, Finborough Theatre4.0starsAthena Stevens as Scrounger sits in an armchair in the middle of the stage; a simple white wall is behind her with two doors and two windows surr…
Review: The Edit, Theatre5035.0starsNick (Jamie Wilkes) and Elena (Serena Manteghi) broke up " two years ago. Now, they find themselves back together in their old flat, catching up. Nick is …
There's excitement in the air and definitely some damp too… Wait, that must mean Vault Festival 2020 is nearly upon us. How has it been a year already? As part of our annual tradition, mem…
Review: Lexicon, Roundhouse4.0starsEntering into the large arena I look up and take in the frames, wires and rings which fill the space. TOOT. An out of tune trumpet sounds in my ear. A band…
Review: Pride and Prejudice: The Gay Panto, White Bear Theatre 2.0stars Hidden away in a black box above The White Bear Pub in Kennington is Pride and Prejudice: The Gay Panto. Written by Ke…
Review: The Importance of Being Earnest - Played by Immigrants, Tower Theatre2.0starsAs shrewdly commented by the prickly Lady Bracknell, "never speak disrespectfully of Society… only peop…
Review: The Little Prince, The Place4.0starsI haven't been to The Place since I was 17, so it's a true pleasure to be back here seeing such a beautiful story that's a core part of so many pe…
Review: The Wizard of Oz, Chichester Festival Theatre4.0stars Heading into Chichester Festival Theatre to see their Youth Theatre perform The Wizard of Oz, I'm a little apprehensive. I've…
Review: A Taste of Honey, National Theatre3.0stars62 years later, Shelagh Delaney's play about motherhood, love and discrimination still packs a punch. In the recent co-production between th…
Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre3.0starsKathy Rudd's staging of Neil Gaiman's children's book brilliantly interrogates the ever-thinning separation between reality …
Writing and performing in Schism three years ago, put Writer, Athena Stevens on the map and now she's back with a new show, Scrounger. Here, she talks about the expectations put on marginali…
Review: Fascinating Aïda, Southbank Centre4.0starsFascinating Aïda are performing their brand-new show at Southbank Centre all throughout December until early January. The cabaret trio…
Review: Gypsy, Royal Exchange Theatre5.0starsThis adaptation of Gypsy, Sondheim's infamous musical, follows the story Mama Rose, the ambitious, overbearing matriarch who yearns for her two y…
Review: Anansi and The Grand Prize, Bristol Old Vic4.0starsEnlivened with the spirit of carnival, the cast of Anansi and The Grand Prize embolden some and engage all with their energetic sto…
Review: Little Women, East Riding Theatre3.0starsLaura Turner's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is quite standard in many ways. The period has been kept, as have the central r…
Review: Cinderella, Trafalgar Studios3.0starsCinderella: the classic tale of a poor girl visited by a fairy godmother, her rags turned to riches and her pumpkin turned into a carriage. She m…
Review: Peter Pan Reimagined, Birmingham Repertory Theatre4.0starsPeter Pan Reimagined brings a children's classic kicking and screaming into the 21st century and far away from its comfortab…
In the third of multi-talented AYT writer, Emma Bentley's series of very personal articles, she talks about the pros and cons of doing scratch nights. But is she done with them completely? I…
Review: The Arrival, Bush Theatre 4.0stars On the surface, brothers Tom and Samad share many similarities: their complexions, the time it takes for their ligaments to heal, the emotional gen…
Review: Teenage Dick, Donmar Warehouse 4.0stars Modern day Shakespeare has seen various interpretations relocate the classic texts to American high schools. Castles become classrooms and cou…
Review: Blood Orange, Old Red Lion Theatre3.0starsIn her self-written one-woman show Blood Orange, Tania Amsel takes us on a journey through England's hospitals and the daily life of NHS's n…
Review: The Night Before Christmas, Leeds Playhouse5.0starsThis revival of The Night Before Christmas (having previously played at the then West Yorkshire Playhouse in 2015) is a wonderful f…
The festive season is in full swing and with it all the financially stressful trimmings. With the growing issue of theatre tickets becoming outrageously expensive, what should be available a…
Review: One Under, The Arcola3.0starsA beautifully simplistic set greets me as I walk into the performance space"a wooden frame, a paved circle on the floor and then, juxtaposed with this, t…
Revew: Hansel & Gretel, South Street Arts Centre4.0starsTucked away inside the unassuming red-brick building that is Reading's South St. Arts Centre is the town's best kept secret"the Fe…
