10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Review: Preludes, Southwark Playhouse 2.0stars Preludes, a new musical with the book, music and lyrics all created by Dave Malloy, takes its audience on a journey through the life and creati…
Review: Chiaroscuro, Bush Theatre5.0starsChiaroscuro is the first play directed by Lynette Linton in her role as the new Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre. While Chiaroscuro may be Linto…
Full casting is here for the tap-happy Irving Berlin musical White Christmas, making a return to London's West End this holiday season. The previously announced production will begin prev…
The Greek Passion, Opera North, Leeds Grand Theatre4.0Overall ScoreThe Greek Passion by Martinu, based on Nikos Kazantzakis's Christ Recrucified, is a bold season season opener for Opera …
High Fidelity, the short-lived 2006 Broadway musical based on Nick Hornby's 1995 novel, will receive a new life this fall with a U.K.-debut staging at London's Turbine Theatre. Tom Jackson G…
Review: Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestrial Salvation, Royal Court Theatre 4.0stars Fresh from the Edinburgh International Festival, Total Immediate Collective Imminent Terrestri…
Review: Red Dust Road, Home, Manchester3.0Overall ScoreAlthough it's an infamous dramatic cliché, the journey of self-discovery at the heart of Jackie Kay's 2010 autobiographical memoir is …
Review: No Man's Land, Hull Truck Theatre 3.0Overall Score It is safe to say that No Man's Land is, by no means, Harold Pinter's most famous play. Ostensibly, it is about age and memory f…
Review: Anahera, Finborough Theatre4.0starsAnahera is truly not an easy watch " a play that evokes genuine fear and raises controversial and uncomfortable questions, the audience are witness…
Review: A Very Expensive Poison, The Old Vic5.0starsAt once anachronistic, investigative and deeply morally invested, it's easy to see a million and one ways in which Lucy Prebble's A Very E…
Review: Torch Song, Turbine Theatre5.0starsBy the end of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song, I am acutely aware of the fraught atmosphere, the sobbing man on my left and my own damp cheeks. Origi…
Jay McGuiness was a member of the popular English boy band The Wanted and won the 2015 edition of Strictly Come Dancing, the U.K. precursor to Dancing with the Stars. But he is currently ret…
The record-breaking Michael Jackson musical Thriller Live has set a final performance date of its 11-year run at the West End's Lyric Theatre, which is scheduled to undergo a major refurb…
The stage within Wild Swimming is a liminal space, within which time is constantly shifting and the actor-character distinction is fluid. It's equally dependent upon script and improvi…
Review: Figure a Sea, Southbank Centre2.0starsAs we pile into the Southbank Centre's cavernous Royal Festival Hall, we are greeted by 17 dancers limbering up in full house lights. This is cl…
Review: RIFT present Midsummer Night's Dream, Alexandra Palace5.0starsWe gather on the observation terrace of Alexandra Palace in the shadow of its vast transmission tower. A plaque declares…
Memories of leaving her home in Sweden come flooding back for writer, Halima Hassan as she interviews Playwright, Lisa D' Amour. They talk about her new show, Anna Bella Eema, the demonisati…
Review: Jade City, Bunker Theatre 3.0stars Jade City is both a poetic ode to Belfast and a dark drama which presents themes surrounding accountability, trauma and masculinity. The light and …
Review: Falsettos, The Other Palace3.0starsIt's actually really frustrating to come out of a show like Falsettos, and to feel so very little. Naturally, there's always going to be that quest…
Review: The Fishermen, Trafalgar Studios5.0starsThe Fishermen is a masterpiece. It incorporates a poignant story, skilled acting and fantastic direction. It's a highly captivating stage adap…
Review: My One True Friend, Tristan Bates Theatre2.0starsMy One True Friend is the second of two plays by Alexander Matthews to be performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre this year. Matthews'…
British playwright Peter Nichols, who is best known for his play A Day in the Death of Joe Egg, has died at the age of 92, according to his agent, Alan Brodie. He died on Saturday, September…
Chicago actress Samantha Pauly has been in three previous productions of Evita, none of which can have been as conceptually daring as the director Jamie Lloyd's provocative and edgy current …
London audiences can officially gear up to see the celebrated Broadway smash Pretty Woman: The Musical. The previously announced London transfer will kick off performances on February …
Review: Stripped, King's Head Theatre 5.0stars A play about bodies, and the minds that sculpt them, Stripped gradually peels away the layers of hypocritical gloss that shroud the politics of…
