10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Porgy and Bess collaborates vocal excellence with truthful relationships and powerful drama to amalgamate into a visual and audible rollercoaster. Porgy and Bess, a well-known George and Ira…
One can expect several things when going to watch a tragedy of William Shakespeare; it'll be long, there'll be at least one death and it'll be both a cerebral and emotional experience. Watch…
For those of us who have been nurturing a 1927 shaped hole in our hearts since Golem left theatres in 2015, we have been offered some slight relief. Â This relief takes the form of Elephan…
It takes some self belief to decide to take on a novel like Dracula. It's one of only a few novels that have remained in print since its publishing in 1896, and it is undeniably well covered…
Upon entering the Watford Palace Theatre (after a surprising quick journey from Euston) I am utterly charmed by the sand bags, air raid warnings and women in vintage army uniforms dotted abo…
"Welcome to my therapy," Bryony Kimmings states at the beginning of her new 80- minute work, I'm a Phoenix, Bitch. Inhabiting the vastness of the recently re-opened Great Hall of the Batters…
If the phrase "I'm not running", or anything similar to it ever falls from a politician's lips, we can usually safely assume that they will be doing just that, and they're just waiting for t…
As Artistic Director and Chief Executive of Watford Palace Theatre, I have been running a feminist theatre for over ten years. This simply means that I try to give equal creative opportu…
Denise Marsa is one of a kind. She's a force of nature, a life-affirming singer, an overwhelmingly positive presence. Fuelled by her passion, she walks on stage with total confidence. Comple…
(No) Leaves on my precious self is an endearing, honest and vulnerable piece of writing exploring the hardships of a career in a forever changing, always judging art form that some of us cal…
Gustav Mahler lived quite the life. A genius late romantic composer and acclaimed conductor, who famously sought psychological advice from Freud, he was connected (willingly or unwillingly) …
The use of integrated BSL is quite a thing at the moment with Deafinitely Theatre’s take on Sarah Kane’s 4.48 Psychosis and SUMMIT a new play by Andy Smith. Lucky for you we have…
Josephine Balfour Oatts has a natter over email with Emma Rice, former Artistic Director of The Globe about her new company, Wise Children, passion for touring and the clowning schools of Pa…
There are some episodes in history that are morbidly fascinating. The story of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary (1858-1889) and his life of excess, frustration, sex and death is one of…
‘Gaman’ is a Japanese word that cannot be adequately translated into English. Instead, Director Ailin Conant unravels its meaning through a play that is drenched in metaphors. Fi…
Kwame Kwei Armah and Oskar Eustis' Twelfth Night is slick, easy to follow, genuine and (of all qualities to aspire most to in a piece of new work), powerful. It is packed with musical genius…
I've always had a brain like Piccadilly Circus and a body like a coiled spring. I'm a child of the 80s, so when my mum asked a doctor for advice he told her to just keep me busy, and I kept …
For a Bon Jovi amateur whose fandom is limited to Livin’ On A Prayer, my knowledge needn’t be more experienced! Paul O'Donnell takes us on an idea for a Bon Jovi musical, relying…
Set during the not-so-distant past of the Victorian era where women did not have the right to higher education and were expected to play an ever-subservient role, Joy Wilkinson's The Sweet S…
Drip Feed at the Soho theatre is, in a few different ways, painful to watch. I don't mean this as a negative comment – the play knows exactly what it is doing, and it enjoys it. The ma…
The European debut of Halley Feiffer's play A Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Gynecologic Oncology Unit at Memorial Hospital Sloan Kettering Cancer Center of New York City is currentl…
Dom O'Halon's musical Side Show pays homage to the Siamese twins Daisy and Violet Hilton, staging the tumultuous story of their upbringing, followed by the gloomy realities of celebratory st…
The outer shell of the stage recedes to reveal a different kind of artifice. Film crew and stage-hands in black tend to final preparations, as the actors linger patiently, meeting each other…
When we found out Jamie Lloyd was to take over the Harold Pinter Theatre with a celebration of One Act Pinter plays staring some of the biggest names in theatre, we got a little excited. …
I don't know if it's because I'm not a twenty-something in a rocky relationship, or because I'm just not the right type of person, but I couldn't feel any genuine connection to Hedgehogs and…
