Thursday, September 12, 2019
Review: Figure a Sea, Southbank Centre2.0starsAs we pile into the Southbank Centre’s cavernous Royal Festival Hall, we are greeted by 17 dancers limbering up in full house lights. This is …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMWednesday, September 4, 2019
Review: The Secret River, National Theatre 4.0stars Still reeling from the death of Ningali Lawford-Wolf (the original narrator and creative spine of The Secret River), Andrew Bovell’s sta…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:36AMSaturday, August 31, 2019
Review: Appropriate, Donmar Warehouse4.0starsThe great tradition of watching a family be horrible to one-another is given a fresh undercurrent in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ 2014 play Appropri…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PMTuesday, August 20, 2019
Review: Tales of the Turntable, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre 5.0stars ZooNation crashes into the Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall for a follow up on their 2013 hit show Gr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:06AMMonday, August 12, 2019
Review: Willis & Vere: The Starship Osiris, Soho Theatre4.0starsThe comedy of catastrophe is a very British pleasure (Brexit anyone?). The same is true in theatre and Willis & Vere: …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMTuesday, July 30, 2019
Review: Schlong Song, King's Head Theatre4.0starsDeliciously devilish, irrepressibly irreverent, Woody Shticks entertains, astounds and glistens in his new one-man show Schlong Song. As expe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AMSunday, July 28, 2019
Review: The View Upstairs, Soho Theatre5.0starsBe sure to have plenty of tissues at the ready as the European premiere of Max Vernon’s Musical The View Upstairs sashays into the Soho Theat…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:18PMSaturday, July 20, 2019
Review: Grey, Ovalhouse 4.0stars A show about a young black woman’s struggle with depression and misconception is understandably not a laugh a minute affair, but then again (at times) neit…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMThursday, July 18, 2019
Review: Peter Gynt, National Theatre 2.0stars Can money swing a show? It’s a real worry in this business. Does having a large, famous cast set against an expensive or moving set always gua…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:03AMMonday, June 24, 2019
Review: Strange Fruit, Bush Theatre5.0starsRare is it that a first attempt at any art is so emotionally complex, brimming with potential, bitterness and written skill. Think about the last t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:24PMWednesday, June 19, 2019
Review: Flux, Camden People's Theatre3.0starsWith a dully radiating stage, and a rather disturbingly lifelike full-sized puppet, award-winning theatre company Smoking Apples’s latest produ…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AMReview: Hot Flushes, Camden People's Theatre2.0starsWith its heart in the right place and huge amounts of potential, Hot Flushes springs from a genuinely exciting place. That’s unfortunate…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AMThursday, May 23, 2019
Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Southwark Playhouse5.0starsOccasionally, approaching a review is an absolute breeze, with very little to be critical of. This is a rare joy. The …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PMTuesday, May 14, 2019
Review: Breakin' Convention, Sadler's Wells5.0Overall ScoreCelebrating their 16th year, Breakin’ Convention explodes into the Sadler’s Wells theatre filling every corner with noise, life…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:36AMFriday, April 26, 2019
Review: The Picture of Dorian Grey, The Richmond Theatre2.0Overall ScoreSex, murder hedonism, and art. What more could anyone want from a tale? The Picture of Dorian Grey as a fallen hero sh…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:16AMFriday, April 19, 2019
Review: Vessel, Sadler's Wells4.0starsFrom the primordial darkness, inhuman shapes begin to shift as slow eerie sounds begin to build. This is Vessel’s first touch down at Sadler’s Wells…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:29PMReview: Toast, The Other Palace 4.0stars Welcomed in by the comforting smell of toast, I enter The Other Palace which plays host to the latest incarnation of the food writer Nigel Slater’s…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:30AMTuesday, April 16, 2019
Review: 3 Rounds of Amp, The Place4.0starsPulling together three different pieces all within the dance style of Krump (Kingdom Radically Uplifted Mighty Praise) Artists 4 Artists nurture the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:53AMTuesday, April 2, 2019
Review: Hair, New Wimbledon Theatre3.0starsKicking off the fiftieth-anniversary production, Hair grooves into the night as the audience is left breathless, entertained and flummoxed. This …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:00AMSunday, March 17, 2019
Review: 10, VAULT Festival3.0Overall ScoreIn the dramatic and dripping cavern space at the Vaults, a light is shone onto ten women whom history has relegated, or in some cases completely for…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:41PMSaturday, March 2, 2019
Review: The Son, Kiln Theatre 4.0Overall Score Florian Zeller’s The Son comes crashing into the Kiln Theatre, with emotional clout, ice cold writing, and knife-twisting brutality. The th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:19AMTuesday, February 26, 2019
Review: Bon Voyage, Bob, Sadler's Wells 4.0stars Last night was momentous, not just within the world of experimental dance, but beyond. Pina Bausch’s legendary company, Tanztheater Wupper…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:39AMFriday, February 1, 2019
Review: Cuzco, Theatre5034.0starsWe have all had our own holidays from hell, the pressure to enjoy oneself, the sights, the sounds, the partner you never realised you disliked until it’s j…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:42AMThursday, January 24, 2019
Review: Approaching Empty, The Kiln Theatre3.0starsPlunging into the detailed microcosm of a taxi firm in Middlesbrough as Margaret Thatcher dies; we are reminded of the Iron Lady’s far-re…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:24AMFriday, January 18, 2019
Review: Witness for the Prosecution, London County Hall4.0starsAn Agatha Christie legal drama set in a 1920’s Courtroom? You might as well watch Death on the Nile on a boat? Or Murder on t…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:18AMTuesday, January 15, 2019
Review: Coming Clean, Trafalgar Studios3.0stars“Have an éclair dear, calm yourself down,” and boy do we need calming down! With a wit, pace and intensity that almost sweeps us off our f…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AMWednesday, December 26, 2018
Sumptuous, salacious and utterly stupendous! Leave the kids at home, dodge your prudish boyfriend and don’t invite Nana, because Club Briefs promises a raunchy night of high class cabaret,…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06AMThursday, December 13, 2018
Why do we watch the same plays over and over again? Is it a testament to the innate genius of the writers? Because they cover issues constantly facing humanity? Is it a lack of imagination, …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:36AMMonday, December 3, 2018
Ambitious, infectious, yet seemingly never-ending, Cuckoo is a boiling pot of talent and potential that would have to be subject to a considerable sizing-down before becoming a hit show. Tou…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AMSaturday, December 1, 2018
Whimsical, nonsensical, and sadly lacking heart, Seussical the Musical aims to blend many of Dr. Seuss’s characters into one flashy surreal tale filled with rhyming, joy and well…more rh…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:04AMWednesday, November 21, 2018
Telling the lesser-known tale of German movie star Marlene Dietrich, this cool production is both heartwarming and side-splitting. Mixing Drag, cabaret, songs and… duty? together, Peter Gr…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PM 
