Review: The Niceties, Finborough Theatre3.0starsIn the notes section at the beginning of Eleanor Burgess’s play, The Niceties, she writes, “both of these women can be noble… resist the…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:06PMReview: Shida, The Vaults4.0starsThe Vaults, the hub of fringe theatre in London, is the new home for Jeannette Bayardelle’s Shida. Fresh from a New York run, Bayardelle’s one woman musi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:18AMReview: Chiaroscuro, Bush Theatre5.0starsChiaroscuro is the first play directed by Lynette Linton in her role as the new Artistic Director of the Bush Theatre. While Chiaroscuro may be Linto…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:42AMReview: My One True Friend, Tristan Bates Theatre2.0starsMy One True Friend is the second of two plays by Alexander Matthews to be performed at the Tristan Bates Theatre this year. Matthews�…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:12AMReview: Styx, Playground Theatre5.0starsWith the Edinburgh Fringe Festival over, September brings a whole host of transfers to delight London theatre goers. One of these is Styx, the lates…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMReview: The Importance of Being... Earnest?, The Pleasance Theatre3.0starsImmersive theatre is having a bit of a moment. From large scale productions like Punchdrunk’s The Drowned Man, to …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:18PMReview: Noises Off, Lyric Hammersmith5.0starsWidely considered one of the funniest plays in the English language, Michael Frayn’s meta-farce, Noises Off, premiered at the Lyric Hammersmith…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:48AMReview: The Crucible, The Yard Theatre4.0starsLike many people of younger generations, I first became aware of Arthur Miller’s 1953 play, The Crucible, when I studied it for GCSE drama. Ge…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:05AMReview: Akhnaten, London Coliseum4.0starsAncient Egyptian culture is so strongly associated with a worship of a multitude of gods and goddesses (as well as pyramids, hieroglyphics and mummie…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:54AMReview: Good Women, VAULT Festival4.0starsThree women dressed identically in white, pray silently while religious music plays in the background. The lights dim and the show begins. The women…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMReview: Jayde Adams: The Divine Miss Jayde, Soho Theatre4.0starsHow can someone who worked on the Asda fish counter become a diva? Be Jayde Adams; a dynamic, feisty, wickedly-funny Bristolia…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:12AMDirected by Natasha Nixon, Macbeth is the latest production by the National Youth Theatre REP Company, and the final in its 2018 season (the two previous productions being Consensual and Vic…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:42PMAs is evident by the weather, Christmas is around the corner, and so too are the multitude of traditions associated with it; mince pies, Christmas songs and of course the Great British tradi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:42PMIt’s no secret that the theatre industry has problems with diversity beyond the types of actors we see on stage. Playwrights, directors and producers are primarily white males, continuing …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:12PMOne 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.…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:06PMAs I sat down to watch the Southwark Playhouse’s newest production I couldn’t help but feel rather ‘cool’. Normal theatre goers hang out in the West End, but here, just a stone’…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:12AMSince its original 1977 run at Hampstead Theatre, Mike Leigh’s Abigail’s Party has seen a large number of revivals as The post Review: Abigail’s Party, Queen’s Theatre appear…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:33AMTwo things come to mind whenever someone mentions Little Shop of Horrors: amateur productions (sometimes good, but mostly bad) and The post Review: Little Shop of Horrors, Regent’s Park Op…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:12PMAlthough you might not think it from the current weather we are having, but the summer holidays are in full The post Review: The Star Seekers, National Theatre appeared first on A Younger Th…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:12PMAs I sit on a Bakerloo line tube on the way to the National Theatre, I can’t help but feel The post Feature: Ditching Clichés: The Next Generation of Playwrights? appeared first on A Youn…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:06AMPrecious Little Talent, written by Ella Hickson, is one of three plays that form part of the Director’s Festival at The post Review: Precious Little Talent, Orange Tree Theatre appeared fi…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:48AMShopping baskets brimming with fake flowers, gold trainers and a lone hanging microphone. A girl (Georgia May Hughes) runs around The post Review: Katie Johnstone, Orange Tree Theatre appear…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:36AMBritney Jean Spears. She’s the pop princess that the ‘00s generation grew up with long before the emergence of Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Ariana Grande. She’s one of those artists …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PMPsychological thrillers often work well in theatrical environments – Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap is the world’s longest running play currently in its 64th year. Wait Until …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:42AMDrag has always been prominent within the performing arts. In recent years, with drag culture becoming more and more celebrated and mainstream, thanks to RuPaul’s Drag Race and Drag I…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:42AMThe lights dim, and after what is possibly one of the longer blackouts in theatre currently, we see the frail figure of George Orwell (Peter Hamilton Dyer) deep in the clutches of Tubercul…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:04AMAmong the hills and leafy streets of north London, lies the aptly named Jacksons Lane Theatre, a charitable arts and cultural venue which showcases contemporary performances. This intimate …
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AM“Some stories didn’t make it in to the history books” is the tagline for Charing Cross Theatre’s newest production and it couldn’t be truer. Yank!, directed by James Baker, foll…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AMRight in the heart of the West End, tucked just between Chinatown and Leicester Square lies the aptly named Leicester Square Theatre. Upon descending a set of stairs, you emerge into what fe…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:48AMIt’s not often that we see queer women’s stories on stage, rarer still that they feature a lesbian protagonist. That’s what was so exciting about Neaptide – it features not one but…
SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:24AMWith such a vast number of shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year, it is not surprising that I wasn’t able to see everything I wanted to. That’s why I was so relieved that Rash…
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