10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
A fresh angle on the popular topic of Brexit and a charismatic performance from Margot Przmierska. This short play celebrates a Polish- British wedding; one of the last before the Brexit dea…
A very talented cast and a very sad history. Geoffrey Williams' (playwright and director) new play is an intimate and scathing reminder of the horror of history that we often forget to remem…
Just as its title would indicate, Imagined Touch is uncertain and fleeting. Over 20 minutes, Heather Lawson and Michelle Stevens seek to reframe disability, specifically deaf blindness, by b…
Oxford-based production company Creation Theatre bring their adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum to Clapham's Omnibus Theatre. Combining immersive binaural sound design …
Whenever I have a stomach ache, I cuddle up on the sofa with a hot water bottle and a blanket, and put on a Jane Austen TV adaptation. There is something in these DVDs and plays, and not nec…
Every now and then, you need a reminder of how and why Shakespeare is still relevant. Enter Guilt Trip, which does exactly that and then some. Intermission Youth Theatre's loose adaptation o…
The stamina, wit and sheer emotional energy needed to create and perform this piece of art is astounding. And this isn't even considering the endurance Sophie Steer, one part of the two-piec…
Welcome to the Romeo and Juliet trendy infusion. The contemporary spin on the ever-tragic teenage love story is a fun and light-hearted adaptation of the stilted and traditional original, un…
A Pupil is a not just a play, but a concert of sorts. This strings-based affair is both visually and aurally commanding in its tale of a teenage violinist being taught by an old, female, mas…
Full disclosure: to me Zadie Smith's first novel White Teeth is a national treasure brushing shoulders with the Countdown theme song and Naomi Campbell. I knew that no adaptation would ever …
It seems that the whole world is demanding the attention of Indhu Rubasingham. In her office at the peak of the Kiln Theatre, the Artistic Director sits with a coffee cup in one hand and her…
Chekhov's First Play is a reimagining of a Shakespeare play, but with an entirely different goal! As the lights go down in the auditorium, we put on headphones waiting to be received by the …
The Mysteries is a collection of six plays set across England, from the quaint backdrop of Eskdale, to the buzzing city of Manchester. The full cycle of six plays is performed for the first …
Beauty and the Beast is a tale as old as time, almost quite literally, as the famous story of the girl locked away in a tower by a ferocious and unforgiving beast is thought to be about 4,00…
Thelma Ruby is a commendable 93 years old. She's starred in countless West End Productions, worked with Judi Dench and Orson Welles, done everything from Shakespeare to Panto, and worked on …
Going to see The Cocoa Butter Club is an experience in which everyone should partake. Though, I must warn you, you'll need to be holding onto more than just your hats as it won't only blow y…
In 2016 I saw a call-out from Flux Theatre for their inaugural EMERGE night, a new writing initiative designed to give a platform to emerging writers, directors, and actors in front of an au…
debbie tucker green returns to the Royal Court with her newest play, ear for eye. Sewn together using her signature poetic style, ear for eye is a compilation of conversations centring on th…
I and You kicks off with lots of yelling. A teenage boy called Anthony walks into his classmate's bedroom clasping cookies, waffle fries and a homework assignment. He is not happy, but rathe…
After premiering here at the National Theatre in 2003, then being revived at the Wyndham's Theatre in 2006, Honour has found its way back to us at the Park Theatre, over a decade later. Joan…
I was recently at a director's workshop with ten others who had all come together on a rainy Monday to learn about dramaturgy skills and the director's process, with an artistic director. We…
Within cushioned walls that at once both recall an American sports centre and a psychiatric padded cell, a girls' soccer team on the cusp of adulthood gather in episodes of pre-game warm-ups…
Romeo & Juliet is possibly the most over-told story of all time. At almost any given time in London, there is someone, somewhere, producing this play. At the moment, it's BoxLit theatre,…
Hope Mill Theatre is a quaint place in the bustling metropolis on the outskirts of Manchester City Centre, the perfect place to host a party in an upmarket penthouse. Picture the scene: it's…
All writers have a secret method that gives their work an extra something special. For some it's an exercise regime, for others it might be a particular place they like to sit, but for write…
