Director Phyllida Lloyd on 20 Years of Mamma Mia! in London and Broadway's Upcoming Tina: The Tina Turner Musical by Matt Wolf

Mamma Mia! has transformed the lives of a lot of people, not least its gifted and versatile director, Phyllida Lloyd, who came to the ABBA musical from a career in the British not-for-profit…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 3:04pm on April 23, 2019☆⚑

Transracial adoptees: We are everywhere and nowhere. by Naomi Sumner

As a transracial adoptee, Naomi Sumner has always felt something is missing. She writes about battling 'the' questions and the show formed through her experiences. I was the only non-White c…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:05am on April 20, 2019☆⚑

Review: Funeral Flowers, Bunker Theatre by Alexandra Wilbraham

Review: Funeral Flowers, Bunker Theatre5.0Overall ScoreIt's not often that I leave a performance with my thoughts already fully formed. Normally, I take the time on the train ride home to le…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:56am on April 20, 2019☆⚑

Review: Night of the Living Dead LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Night of the Living Dead LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre 4.0Overall Score George Romero's Night of the Living Dead is quite simply, a cult classic. It is iconic in black and white, ridiculo…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:37am on April 20, 2019☆⚑

Review: Vessel, Sadler's Wells by Gabriel Wilding

Review: Vessel, Sadler's Wells4.0starsFrom the primordial darkness, inhuman shapes begin to shift as slow eerie sounds begin to build. This is Vessel's first touch down at Sadler's Wells, th…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 1:29pm on April 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Sitting, Arcola Theatre by Ela Portnoy

Review: Sitting, Arcola Theatre3.0Overall ScoreAfter a sold-out run at the Edinburgh Fringe, Sitting, Katherine Parkinson's debut play, transfers to the Arcola Theatre. It is a short play ma…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 8:02am on April 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre by Alannah Jones

Review: Three Sisters, Almeida Theatre 4.0stars Fresh from the smouldering success of Summer and Smoke, Rebecca Frecknall reignites Anton Chekhov's 1901 classic at the Almeida Theatre. Best …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:51am on April 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Toast, The Other Palace by Gabriel Wilding

Review: Toast, The Other Palace 4.0stars Welcomed in by the comforting smell of toast, I enter The Other Palace which plays host to the latest incarnation of the food writer Nigel Slater's a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:30am on April 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Mortgage, Tristan Bates Theatre by Dovydas Laurinaitis

Review: Mortgage, Tristan Bates Theatre3.0starsI enter the space to the sound of screams as a beam of light tries to escape beyond sheets of plastic hanging at the back. Sugar cubes are line…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 5:00am on April 19, 2019☆⚑

Review: Unsung, King's Head Theatre by Alannah Jones

Review: Unsung, King's Head Theatre4.0starsHistory is haunted by the silent voices of unsung women, their voices, stories and achievements overlooked due to the frustratingly simple yet damn…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 8:25am on April 18, 2019☆⚑

Barbican's Fertility Festival: "We are arts professionals as well as IVF patients" by Josephine Balfour-oatts

Josephine Balfour Oatts talks to the co-creator of Fertility Festival, Jessica Hepburn about 'Project Baby', bringing the conversation into the 21st Century and climbing Mount Everest. Jessi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 8:09am on April 17, 2019☆⚑

Review: 3 Rounds of Amp, The Place by Gabriel Wilding

Review: 3 Rounds of Amp, The Place4.0starsPulling together three different pieces all within the dance style of Krump (Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise) Artists 4 Artists nurture the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 8:53am on April 16, 2019☆⚑

Review: The Trick, York Theatre Royal by Ela Portnoy

Review: The Trick, York Theatre Royal3.0starsWe open with a shining proscenium arch. It is a little cracked and half of the lights have fallen out, but a sense of glamour follows it, just as…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:00am on April 16, 2019☆⚑

Review: Collisions, The Pit at the Barbican by Farah Najib

Review: Collisions, The Pit at the Barbican4.0Overall ScoreWaiting to enter the Barbican's underground Pit space, I really have no idea what to expect. I'm aware that this isn't going to be …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:18am on April 15, 2019☆⚑

Review: FEAST (a play in one cooking), Romanian Cultural Insitute by Dovydas Laurinaitis

Review: FEAST (a play in one cooking), Romanian Cultural Insitute 2.0Overall Score FEAST (a play in one cooking) sets out looking to answer its own question of 'what it means to be a woman i…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:03am on April 15, 2019☆⚑

FOH Work: Artist's Refuge or Masochistic Nightmare? by Rachel Harper

Like most creatives trying to survive, Actor and Playwright, Rachel Harper works Front of House. Here, she considers the pros, cons and ludicrousness of it all. As I sit watching a two and a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 9:04am on April 13, 2019☆⚑

Review: Ghost Stories, Lyric Hammersmith by Tricia Wey

Review: Ghost Stories, Lyric Hammersmith4.0Overall ScoreAlmost ten years after its inception, Jeremy Dyson and Andy Nyman remount Ghost Stories at the Lyric Hammersmith, to continue deliveri…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:46am on April 13, 2019☆⚑

Review: Rooms, Silk Street Theatre, Barbican by Madeline Lee

Review: Rooms, Silk Street Theatre, Barbican3.0Overall ScoreAn atmospheric, immersive show and an experience that feels original. However, Rooms is not a cheerful theatre trip, and stays on …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:26am on April 13, 2019☆⚑

Stephen Mangan & Kara Tointon to Lead World Premiere Stage Adaptation The Man in the White Suit by Andy Lefkowitz

Acclaimed stage stars Stephen Mangan and Kara Tointon have been cast in the upcoming world premiere play The Man in the White Suit, slated to arrive in the U.K. this fall. Adapted and direct…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 11:09am on April 12, 2019☆⚑

Review: Kingdom, HOME Manchester by Emily Bancroft

Review: Kingdom, HOME Manchester5.0starsWhen thinking of theatre productions, traditional plays often come to mind, but Kingdom and the work of Señor Serrano couldn't be more unlike the t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 7:27am on April 12, 2019☆⚑

Review: ORAL, Camden People's Theatre by Farah Najib

Review: ORAL, Camden People's Theatre3.0starsTrigger warning: childhood sexual abuse (CSA) Viv Gordon's Oral is part of The Sick of the Fringe festival 2019. The fest connects work engaging …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 6:00am on April 11, 2019☆⚑

Review: Ramping Up: Scratch, Homegrown Festival: Occupy by Madeline Lee

Review: Ramping Up: Scratch, Homegrown Festival: Occupy3.0starsA full festival of zeitgeist topics, comedy and honest opinions in the form of theatre, Homegrown Festival: Occupy takes over t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 1:04pm on April 10, 2019☆⚑

Ashley Samuels: " A Black Man Playing the Lead Was Unheard of" by Halima Hassan

Night of the Living Dead Live is hitting London this month and it doesn't just promise scares. Halima Hassan speaks to Ashley Samuels about playing an iconic, yet criminally underrated chara…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:31am on April 10, 2019☆⚑

Ben Edelman on Starring in London's Admissions Amidst College Scandal Headlines by Matt Wolf

Ben Edelman burst onto the New York theater scene like a proverbial comet in last year's Lincoln Center Theater production of Admissions, the fiery play about family dynamics and race from J…

SOURCE: Theatre.com at 4:09pm on April 9, 2019☆⚑

Review: Intra Muros, Park Theatre by Madeline Lee

Review: Intra Muros, Park Theatre4.0starsIntra Muros takes you on a journey, from what starts as a fairly ordinary plot, into a highly intriguing and multi-faceted story. This narrative then…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:08pm on April 8, 2019☆⚑