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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Brighton Fringe Review: Late Night Love, The Marlborough Theatre by Ellen Carr

Absurdity is not that abundant in British theatre, and so I applaud Eggs Collective for bringing it back with Late Night Love. The show is inspired by the confessional radio show of the same…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:31PM
Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Brighton Fringe Review: The Book Binder, Sweet Dukebox by Ellen Carr

The first piece of theatre I ever saw was The Snowman and it was the magic of seeing someone flying on stage that drew me in to theatre. I still love the magic of theatre, but it isn’t the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:08PM
Sunday, May 22, 2016

Brighton Festival Review: Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour, Theatre Royal Brighton by Ellen Carr

It is sad that it’s still rare to see a stage dominated by women, so I’m pleased the cast of Our Ladies of Perpetual Succour dominated in the way they did. The six young women have an in…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AM

Brighton Fringe Review: Leaving Home Party, Latest 7 Music Bar by Ellen Carr

Catherine Ireton has a disarming voice and in Leaving Home Party she uses it to tell the story of how she left home, returned, and left again. Her personal story is used to explore the notio…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AM
Thursday, May 19, 2016

Brighton Festival Review: Can I Start Again Please, Brighton Dome by Ellen Carr

Can I Start Again Please is a challenging performance about the capacity of language to represent traumatic experience, particularly childhood sexual abuse. It is never going to be an easy w…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:28PM
Sunday, May 15, 2016

Brighton Fringe Review: Menkind, Rialto Theatre by Ellen Carr

Menkind by Embrace Theatre is about Barry, Alan and Martin’s journey into deep space on a Starr Intergalactic Tour Capsule.  They are on a stag do, and the piece uses this to question the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:25PM

Brighton Festival Review: The Complete Deaths, Theatre Royal Brighton by Ellen Carr

The Complete Deaths by Spymonkey is an exercise in theatricality and endurance. To perform all of Shakespeare’s 75 on-stage deaths is no mean feat, and not to be taken on lightly. That’s…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:08PM
Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Brighton Fringe Review: Echoes, The Rialto by Ellen Carr

Echoes is an evocatively written two-hander from Spitting Image writer Henry Naylor.  Interwoven monologues tell the stories of two women, separated by 175 years but united by parallels in …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:28PM
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Feature: Tackling climate change at Liverpool’s Everyman Playhouse by Ellen Carr

In Liverpool a group of young people aged 16-22 are working on a play with a massive claim; The Environmentalists is the UK’s first carbon neutral play. How this is possible is one of the …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:03PM
Thursday, February 11, 2016

Sponsored Feature: BA Performance and Creative Enterprise at Guildhall School of Music and Drama by Ellen Carr

Socially engaged, participatory work is a healthy part of any artistic practice. What is any art form without the community it serves? Even so, ArtWorks investigated the landscape for artist…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:28PM
Saturday, September 19, 2015

Review: Talking Posts, The Old Market by Ellen Carr

The art of storytelling is about as old as the human race, and ghost stories always have and always will prove popular. Digital-mapping experts Share Space & Light have cleverly tapped i…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:59PM
Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Review: [data]Storm, The Old Market, Brighton Digital Festival by Ellen Carr

Ready Salted Code’s [data]Storm is a technological ballet where programme notes tell me that “classical ballet and computing collide”. The production’s visuals and choreography “u…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:09AM
Monday, September 14, 2015

Review: The Cube, The Old Market by Ellen Carr

Remember the first time you got absorbed in a book and the whole world came to life in your head? That same awe and imaginative glee is to be found in Circa 69’s The Cube. Blending Unity 3…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:04AM
Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Feature: Re-wiring theatre for the digital age by Ellen Carr

As it becomes harder to remember a time when ‘Google’ wasn’t a verb, questions are being asked about how our new technological landscape is changing the neuronal pathways in our brains…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:19PM
Monday, March 23, 2015

Review: SICK! Festival: Lippy, The Old Market by Ellen Carr

Dead Centre’s acclaimed production Lippy is a nightmarish production that teeters on the brink of comprehension. 14 years ago four female relatives in a small Irish town decided to die. T…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:56PM
Tuesday, January 27, 2015

Feature: Comedy in the horror of Theresienstadt by Ellen Carr

Comedy isn’t a genre we tend to place alongside art about the Holocaust, but in Theatre in the Theresienstadt Ghetto the two go hand in hand. This collection of plays to be performed in Fe…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:20AM
Wednesday, January 7, 2015

Feature: Alex Brown – “There is no one route into directing” by Ellen Carr

Photo credit Helen Murray Alex Brown began directing plays whilst studying at the University of Sussex and since graduating his career has flourished. Currently he is Associate Director on G…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:35PM
Friday, August 8, 2014

Feature: Circus Incognitus – everyday circus? by Ellen Carr

Jamie Adkins is a clown. Not the white-faced big-shoed kind that makes children cry, but just an “ordinary man”. His show, Circus Incognitus, playing Edinburgh this month, is so called b…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:06AM
Thursday, July 17, 2014

Feature: Edinburgh preview – Molly Naylor by Ellen Carr

Imagine running into an old teenage friend in a sauna. How would you react? Hiding – as writer, performer and spoken word artist Molly Naylor did – is an option many of us would probably…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AM
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Yes No Maybe, Marlborough Theatre by Ellen Carr

Paperfeet Theatre’s Yes No Maybe at the Marlborough Theatre is one of the physical theatre offerings at Brighton Fringe. Described as “a compelling piece of physical theatre exploring ou…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:23AM
Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: 366 Days of Kindness, Spiegeltent by Ellen Carr

(5/5 Stars) I’ve often come out of the theatre inspired to live life differently; but whether I’ve felt upset at the state of the world or spurred on to make a change I’ve never seen a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 04:30AM
Saturday, May 17, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Bitch Boxer, The Old Market by Ellen Carr

(3/5 Stars) Ever since Quentin Tarantino’s Raging Bull we’ve known boxing stories can be about a lot more than just boxing. Snuff Box Theatre’s Bitch Boxer sits somewhere between Taran…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AM
Thursday, May 15, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: Quartet, Latest Music Bar by Ellen Carr

(1/5 Stars) Heiner Muller’s works are not known to be the easiest to comprehend, watch and – I’m sure – work on. Muller is renowned for his complex, dense and poetic works and has of…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:57PM
Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Brighton Festival: Gym Party, Brighton Dome by Ellen Carr

(4/5 Stars) Made in China’s Gym Party is about winning; it’s about being the person everybody wants to dance with, the best kisser, the richest, the person with the best upbringing, and …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:20PM

Brighton Fringe Review: Finding Joy, Vamos Theatre by Ellen Carr

(4/5 Stars) Vamos Theatre’s Finding Joy is an endearing, tender and playful look at what happens when a life begins to end. This full-mask performance is extremely well performed by a cast…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:17PM
Saturday, May 10, 2014

Brighton Fringe Review: The Complete History of the BBC (Abridged), The Dukebox Theatre by Ellen Carr

(2/5 Stars) I was expecting more from The Complete History of the BBC (Abridged) than the title suggested, but unfortunately this show is exactly what it says on the tin. Having seen the per…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:41AM
Friday, May 9, 2014

Feature: Microcosm – should we be scared of people younger than us? by Ellen Carr

After graduating in Theatre from the University of Hull Matt Hartley “didn’t have a clue” what he wanted to do. He became an agent but found his way into playwrighting by attending cou…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:30AM
Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Brighton Festival Review: What happens to the hope at the end of the evening, Brighton Dome by Ellen Carr

(3/5 Stars) What happens to the hope at the end of the evening is a large title for what appears to be a pretty small show; two men, mates and performers, on stage with a chair. However, wha…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:15PM
Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Brighton Festival Review: Opus No.7, Brighton Dome by Ellen Carr

(4/5 Stars) To say that I enjoyed Opus No.7 doesn’t seem correct. I’m certain that it was something breathtakingly unique but I suspect we don’t yet have a word when talking about thea…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:55PM
Monday, April 28, 2014

Feature: Incoming Festival preview – The Wardrobe Ensemble by Ellen Carr

With May’s Incoming Festival rapidly approaching, I caught up with Jesse Meadows, one of the nine members of the Wardrobe Ensemble. This rather large company will be performing an evolved …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:08AM
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Feature: Courting war – Dan O’Brien on writing the story of a haunted photographer by Ellen Carr

“To suffer is one thing; another thing is living with the photographed images of suffering, which does not necessarily strengthen conscience and the ability to be compassionate. It can als…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:10AM

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2023-2024 BROADWAY SEASON
May 30, 2023: Grey House - Lyceum Theatre
Jun 26, 2023: Just For Us - Hudson Theatre
Jul 24, 2023: The Cottage - Hayes Theater
Nov 16, 2023: Spamalot - St. James Theatre
Dec 18, 2023: Appropriate - Hayes Theater
Mar 07, 2024: Doubt - Todd Haimes Theatre
Apr 14, 2024: Lempicka - Longacre Theatre
Apr 17, 2024: The Wiz - Marquis Theatre
Apr 18, 2024: Suffs - Music Box Theatre
Apr 25, 2024: Mother Play - Hayes Theater
Jun 10, 2024: The Drama Desk Awards