Lolita Chakrabarti on Life of Pi: "Somebody said to me yesterday, this is total theatre." by Lindsey Huebner

Lindsey Huebner interviews Lolita Chakrabarti, who has been tasked with bringing Life of Pi to the stage. They talk puppets and oh so wonderful, rewrites… It would be an understatement to …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:54am on July 4, 2019☆⚑

Andrew Langtree on How the New West End Musical The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 ¾ Brings Up Cringeworthy Memories by Matt Wolf

Andrew Langtree has appeared in the world premiere productions of the musicals Mamma Mia!, Ghost and Groundhog Day, receiving a 2017 Olivier nomination for his performance as Ned Ryerson in …

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 4:04pm on July 2, 2019☆⚑

Review: Present Laughter, The Old Vic by Jessica Handscomb

Review: Present Laughter, The Old Vic5.0starsEmbarrassingly, I had never seen a production of a Noël Coward play before Present Laughter. I had of course read some of his work, and heard …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:03am on July 2, 2019☆⚑

Review: Mass Epidemic Hysteria, Greenwich Theatre by Madeline Lee

Review: Mass Epidemic Hysteria, Greenwich Theatre2.0starsMass Epidemic Hysteria is a play with a  jumble of ideas, ranging from the dancing plague and Charcot's hysteria theory. It includ…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:12am on July 1, 2019☆⚑

Review: Stepping Out, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough by Hannah Hobson

Review: Stepping Out, Stephen Joseph Theatre, Scarborough4.0starsRichard Harris' Stepping Out, initially staged in 1984 and adapted for screen in 1991, may be a familiar story to many of the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:24am on June 29, 2019☆⚑

Alex Mugnaioni on the Thrill of Making His West End Debut in Captain Corelli's Mandolin by Matt Wolf

Alex Mugnaioni has worked at Shakespeare's Globe, touring the Bard to North and South America, but only now is the actor making his West End debut, and in a work well away from the Bard. Beg…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 12:00am on June 29, 2019☆⚑

Review: Summer Rolls, Park Theatre by Jamie Kutner

Review: Summer Rolls, Park Theatre 2.0stars Vietnam is a country full of culture, tradition and fascination. With a recent history that revolves around the battle for freedom " first from th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:33am on June 27, 2019☆⚑

Review: Red Ink, The Place, Bedford by Jamie Williams

Review: Red Ink, The Place, Bedford 4.0stars As part of a collaboration with The Place, Bedford, we are publishing reviews by three young writers between June and August 2019. This is by 17 …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:33am on June 27, 2019☆⚑

Review: Down to Zero, Alphabetti Theatre by Lauren Vevers

Review: Down to Zero, Alphabetti Theatre 3.0stars Down To Zero, a new play written by Lizi Patch and presented by Coracle productions, focuses on the bewildering and destabilising process of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:33am on June 27, 2019☆⚑

Review: One Night in Miami, Bristol Old Vic by Emma Robinson

Review: One Night in Miami, Bristol Old Vic5.0stars'We're not weapons, we're men'. The balance between the necessity to voice the race struggle during the fraught 1960s American culture, and…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:33am on June 27, 2019☆⚑

Review: Radio, Arcola Theatre by Farah Najib

Review: Radio, Arcola Theatre4.0starsAl Smith's one-man-show Radio follows the story of Charles Lebanon Fairfax Junior (Adam Gillen), born in June 1950 in the small town of Lebanon, Kansas. …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:18am on June 27, 2019☆⚑

Acknowledging the Elephant on the Stage: Can theatre ever just be theatre? by Aidan Bracebridge

Can we watch and create theatre without any political intention? Is apoliticism an insidious tool? After watching two very different shows, Aidan Bracebridge is left wondering. A few months …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:42am on June 26, 2019☆⚑

Review: Three Sisters, Vaudeville Theatre by Aidan Bracebridge

Review: Three Sisters, Vaudeville Theatre4.0starsMaly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg's production of Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov's poignant exploration of human hearts in rebellion against…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 1:54pm on June 25, 2019☆⚑

Review: Strange Fruit, Bush Theatre by Gabriel Wilding

Review: Strange Fruit, Bush Theatre5.0starsRare is it that a first attempt at any art is so emotionally complex, brimming with potential, bitterness and written skill. Think about the last t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 2:24pm on June 24, 2019☆⚑

Review: The Decorative Potential of Blazing Factories, Coronet Theatre by Jamie Kutner

Review: The Decorative Potential of Blazing Factories, Coronet Theatre3.0starsThe Decorative Potential of Blazing Factories offers a unique experience to view expanded cinema, where an art e…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:36pm on June 22, 2019☆⚑

Bitter Wheat: It's Not Upsetting Anyone by Farah Najib

After watching the Harvey Weinstein based play, Bitter Wheat, Farah Najib wonders whether theatre is there to upset us and why her reaction was so different to those around her. A few months…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:18am on June 22, 2019☆⚑

Review: Sir Pe Talwar, HOME Manchester by Shamima Noor

Review: Sir Pe Talwar, HOME Manchester3.0starsSir Pe Talwar plays as part of Horizons Festival which arrives at HOME for International Refugee week " a week-long celebration of international…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:18am on June 22, 2019☆⚑

Review: Brooklyn, Napoli, Park Theatre by Jessica Handscomb

Review: Brooklyn, Napoli, Park Theatre4.0starsOn 16 December 1960, two planes collided above New York. One landed in Staten Island, the other in Brooklyn. The latter became known as the Park…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:42am on June 22, 2019☆⚑

Review: Laura-Doe's Vaudeville of the Vulva, Bread and Roses Theatre by Hilary Webb

Review: Laura-Doe's Vaudeville of the Vulva, Bread and Roses Theatre2.0starsCabaret meets puppetry meets vulvae in the latest one-woman show to hit the Bread and Roses Theatre " it's Laura-D…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 8:24am on June 22, 2019☆⚑

Girl From the North Country Will Return to London's West End by Andy Lefkowitz

In advance of its recently announced Broadway transfer, the celebrated new musical Girl From the North Country will return home to London's West End for a limited run later this …

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 11:58am on June 21, 2019☆⚑

BBC Radio 2's Elaine Paige on Sunday to Be Broadcast Weekly on Broadway.com by Broadway.com

Broadway.com is excited to announce the upcoming weekly broadcast of Elaine Paige on Sunday, the beloved BBC Radio 2 show featuring Olivier-winning stage icon Elaine Paige. Beginning on June…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 5:00pm on June 20, 2019☆⚑

Review: Flux, Camden People's Theatre by Gabriel Wilding

Review: Flux, Camden People's Theatre3.0starsWith a dully radiating stage, and a rather disturbingly lifelike full-sized puppet, award-winning theatre company Smoking Apples's latest product…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:48am on June 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Hot Flushes, Camden People's Theatre by Gabriel Wilding

Review: Hot Flushes, Camden People's Theatre2.0starsWith its heart in the right place and huge amounts of potential, Hot Flushes springs from a genuinely exciting place. That's unfortunately…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:42am on June 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: The Cheviot, the Stag & the Black, Black Oil, Live Theatre by Lauren Vevers

Review: The Cheviot, the Stag & the Black, Black Oil, Live Theatre4.0starsRarely does an evening at the theatre involve dancing. Cèlildh dancing, no less. The Cheviot, the Stag and the …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:12pm on June 17, 2019☆⚑

Sunday in the Park with George, Starring Jake Gyllenhaal & Annaleigh Ashford, Will Transfer to London by Andy Lefkowitz

On the heels of an acclaimed 2017 Broadway production, Sarna Lapine's new staging of Sunday in the Park with George has scheduled a move to London's Savoy Theatre next spring. Jake Gyllenhaa…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 12:04pm on June 17, 2019☆⚑