Wednesday, April 4, 2012
It is a slight lie to say this was my first ballet, as my very first theatrical experience was watching The Nutcracker age 10 with my school. But we spent most of our time trying to force th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:55AMMonday, April 2, 2012
This is a question posed by Tuirenn Hurstfield, a lecturer from the third year of my undergraduate degree in musical theatre. In his blog, he discusses the apparent lack of drive he has foun…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMFriday, March 16, 2012
This is a question that has been burning away for a while but no one has really wanted to acknowledge, especially a country that prides itself on its performance heritage and its hub of thea…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:57PMSunday, March 4, 2012
As well as looking at the issues currently facing musical theatre, I want to look at the genre as an art form. I want to look at what goes into the making of a show and how it faces just as …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:59PMSunday, February 5, 2012
Last October I wrote a blog about celebrity casting, including a quote where composer Andrew Lloyd Webber declared: “I think the reality shows are at saturation point and probably what pro…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:27PMSunday, January 22, 2012
Last September I left the bright lights of London for the countryside of North Devon, where my family now live. I grew up in Birmingham before the move to the South East so I have always fou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:33AMSunday, January 8, 2012
If you study musical theatre in any sort of depth you will come to realise that nearly every show falls into one of two categories: either a book musical or a concept show. A book musical st…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:29PMSunday, December 18, 2011
One of my biggest pet peeves is how musicals are often perceived as being as far from reality as you can get in theatre, because the characters sing and dance. Whilst we don’t tap danc…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:55PMSunday, November 20, 2011
Ever since my first year of university, when my lecturers told this story, I have been fascinated by it and couldn’t help but share it with A Younger Theatre readers. Many of you may know …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:50PMSunday, November 6, 2011
There is a song in the musical Avenue Q called ‘What do you do with a B.A in English?’ which perfectly sums up the dilemma faced by many graduates with less vocational qualifications. Th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:45AMSunday, October 30, 2011
A key term in musical theatre training is learning to be a ‘triple threat performer’, which means the ability to act, sing and dance to a high standard. An example of this is Sutton Fost…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:07PMSaturday, October 15, 2011
A Younger Theatre’s Elinor Walpole recently wrote an article describing the panel discussion she took part in, debating whether musical theatre can be relevant in today’s society. This b…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:49AMSaturday, October 8, 2011
The subject of celebrity casting is very relevant in today’s theatrical world and touches close to home for many people involved in the industry. Last month there was an article in The Dai…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:37AMSunday, September 25, 2011
Last month I read The Guardian’s supplement on ‘How To Enjoy Opera’ [note: the online version has a slightly different, shorter opening paragraph than the print version] co…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:14AM 
