10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Agatha Christie's presence in London's theatrical scene is, even today, taken for granted. With The Mousetrap still being played after 65 years, whodunits are still a cult favourite. In Witn…
Stargazing is both an art and a science, a pursuit with a broad enough appeal for the dreamer and the realist. Accompany this with the pain of losing a sibling and the joy of reminiscing on …
"A brother condemned to walk forever in the shadow of death A family teetering on the brink of catastrophe A dystopian world where one girl dares to take a stand" Antigone is Actors of Diony…
Ian Dury was born in Harrow in 1942. He contracted polio during the 1949 epidemic, which left him disabled in later life. In 1971, Ian Dury and the Blockheads were formed and quickly became …
Written in 1888 by the Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, The Lady of the Sea is originally set in the coastal fjords of Scandinavia. Newly adapted by Elinor Cook and staged at the Donmar Wa…
London, 2040. The street throbs under a thick layer of traffic. Yesterday's youth have grown up with a mask clamped over their mouths. They wade blindly through the clogged arteries of a whe…
Set inside an intimate yet stylish New York hotel room, Insignificance, written by Terry Johnson, takes us into the minds of a few of the most defining celebrities of the twentieth century. …
Fishskin Trousers is a humble play, with just three actors who barely move from their spots onstage. The set is simple and delicate " a circle of pebbles and other assortments that might be …
It is tricky to combine a glistening spectacle with a meaningful lesson in the dangers of political apathy in the format of a large-scale commercial musical. However, Rufus Norris' productio…
Everyone has heard of the well-known phrase 'all animals are equal, but some are more equal than others'. Unfortunately, Orwell seems to have hit the nail on the head a few too many times. W…
London, 1910 – George Joseph Love (Fred Perry) is a serial fraudster, wooing and tricking the desperate women of London. Adelaide Pinchin (Natasha J Barnes) is a seamstress, making and…
Unfamiliar as I am to opera, I was moved by the power it has to communicate without (English) words, but through music, voice and expression. Handel’s Giulio Cesare is a story of…
Hammer House of Horror Live: The Soulless Ones marks the long-time horror production house's first foray into immersive theatre, and it delivers the goods. It's true, no two audience experie…
Monica Salvi is doomed to insanity. Her repertoire glows with the most compelling, extraordinary of characters who, as she recalls, "get all the best songs". There's just one problem: they'r…
Newspapers, typecasts and, well Katie Hopkins, have turned the single mother into a villain. The image is almost etched into our minds: greasy hair, pack of fags, always on the way to Lidl. …
After their success with last year's Attack of the Giant Leeches, The Lampoons are back, with another classic horror film crudely condensed into almost two hours of slapdash, faux-improvised…
As flashy new musicals flaunt garish pyrotechnics and desperate nods to the twenty-first century (I'm looking at you, Dear Evan Hansen), the humble one-man show feels more and more limited, …
Both a love letter and a lament to London and its obscene housing crisis, In Memory of Leaves is an intensely personal one-woman show exploring love, loss and gentrification. Performed on a …
The China Changing Festival returns to the Southbank Centre this year, taking over the building for one day to focus on the relationship between modern China and Britain, and to showcase som…
Regardless of your life experience, every person will be able to relate to this play. The Trap, by Kieran Lynn, takes place in a payday loan shop, and asks the question, who is to blame for …
Win 2 x tickets to see a Sunday performance of The Play That Goes Wrong! Will this be The Competition That Goes Right for you? Sorry, we had to go there. Given 5 stars from The Daily Mail…
Action To The Word (A Clockwork Orange, Dracula) return to the Pleasance with a magical adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s classic tale of fairies, pirates and the little boy who flew through…
After joining the National Youth Theatre in 2016, I successfully auditioned to become a member of this year's REP Company, which has been an incredible training opportunity thus far. I’…
The Exorcist's origins don't necessarily rely on the faith of huge numbers, nor does it really matter. Based on a 'real life' case (that old chestnut) about a boy possessed and subsequently …
In the aftermath of media coverage on the violence against women in India, comes a play about women rising up. Pink Sari Revolution, adapted for the stage by Purva Naresh and directed by Sub…
