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Friday, February 28, 2020

Review: The Prince of Egypt, The Dominion Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: The Prince of Egypt, The Dominion Theatre 3.0Stars The Prince of Egypt has become a much beloved classic, and this adaptation is years in the making. After finding critical acclaim o…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:54PM
Thursday, February 20, 2020

Review: Lovepuke, Hen & Chickens Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Lovepuke, Hen & Chickens Theatre4.0StarsValentine’s Day has a lot of expectations, and whether you see it as a delightful holiday or a moment to be avoided, Lovepuke takes thes…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 01:06PM
Thursday, February 13, 2020

Review: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands, VAULT Festival by Suzannah Ball

Review: Everybody Cares, Everybody Understands, VAULT Festival3.0starsA lot of us have problems, and the majority of us are hesitant in speaking about them. These problems manifest themselve…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:03PM
Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Review: Death of England, The National Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Death of England, The National Theatre5.0starsEngland is a fucked-up world of its own, a catalyst for change that has a stubborn insistence on perpetually staying the same. We grasp …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:18AM
Monday, February 3, 2020

Review: Something Awful, VAULT festival by Suzannah Ball

Review: Something Awful, VAULT festival3.0starsThe internet is a scary place which only becomes scarier still when the on-screen chaos and storytelling leaks into our own lives. Something Aw…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 03:18PM
Saturday, January 25, 2020

Review: The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: The Sunset Limited, Boulevard Theatre 4.0stars The Sunset Limited dabbles in discussing the depressive state man finds himself in, until it propels forward and it finds itself questi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:12AM
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Review: West End Misfits: The Christmas Edition by Suzannah Ball

Review: West End Misfits: The Christmas Edition 4.0stars Misfits is bringing in the Christmas season, almost. A mish mash of brilliant showtunes and heartfelt ensembles, West End Misfits –…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:42AM
Saturday, November 16, 2019

Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican by Suzannah Ball

Review: The Taming of the Shrew, Barbican 3.0stars Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew is a play well-loved; it has brought us 10 Things I Hate About You and numerous other stage and scr…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:06PM
Thursday, September 26, 2019

Review: Call Me Fury, The Hope Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Call Me Fury, The Hope Theatre 4.0stars Call Me Fury is angry, captivating and musically invigorating. It trails the stories of Salem, passing through the happenings of witch executi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:24PM
Sunday, September 22, 2019

Review: Big The Musical, Dominion Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Big The Musical, Dominion Theatre2.0starsBig The Musical, doesn’t feel big, it feels hollow. Big follows the journey of a young Josh Baskin (Jamie O’Connor) until, as Tom Hanks d…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:18AM
Monday, June 17, 2019

Review: The Flies, The Bunker by Suzannah Ball

Review: The Flies, The Bunker1.0starWritten in 1943, Jean Paul-Sartre’s The Flies adapts the Greek Myth of Orestes and his lost sister Electra as they seek to avenge their unjustly murdere…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 10:54AM
Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Review: Education, Education, Education, Trafalgar Studios by Suzannah Ball

Review: Education, Education, Education, Trafalgar Studios3.0starsRemember what it felt like to be in high school? Everyone was against you, failing an exam meant the end of your life and at…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:24AM
Monday, April 29, 2019

Review: Little Death Club, Underbelly Festival Southbank by Suzannah Ball

Review: Little Death Club, Underbelly Festival Southbank5.0Overall ScoreRelinquish any preconceptions, get rid of your boundaries and prepare yourself to be fully immersed into the mad world…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 09:05AM
Friday, April 26, 2019

Review: Goodnight Mr. Spindrift, Old Red Lion Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Goodnight Mr. Spindrift, Old Red Lion Theatre2.0Overall ScoreWith careful and silky-smooth language Goodnight Mr. Spindrift introduces the audience to a world perhaps not too unlike …

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:58PM
Saturday, April 20, 2019

Review: Night of the Living Dead LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Night of the Living Dead LIVE!, Pleasance Theatre 4.0Overall Score George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead is quite simply, a cult classic. It is iconic in black and white, ridicu…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:37AM
Friday, April 5, 2019

Review: A Super Happy Story (About Being Super Sad), The Vaults Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: A Super Happy Story (About Being Super Sad), The Vaults Theatre3.0starsStill on a high from its successful stint at the Vaults Festival, A Super Happy Story (About Being Super Sad) r…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:42AM
Monday, March 11, 2019

Review: Waitress, Adelphi Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Waitress, Adelphi Theatre4.0starsWhisked away by songs instilled with good old country ballads, Waitress warms me up like a freshly baked pie. With soulful music and lyrics by Sara B…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:22AM
Saturday, March 9, 2019

Review: Orangutan, VAULT Festival by Suzannah Ball

Review: Orangutan, VAULT Festival 2.0stars The memory of falling into an animal enclosure may not, or at least I hope not, be a familiar one. However, the emotional turmoil that Orangutan ex…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:03AM
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Review: The New Romantic, VAULT Festival by Suzannah Ball

Review: The New Romantic, VAULT Festival 5.0Overall Score Humans love creating boundaries and placing labels. We are innately afraid to step away from the norm. Yet, modern society is at the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:40AM
Sunday, February 17, 2019

Review: Babylon: Beyond Borders, Bush Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Babylon: Beyond Borders, Bush Theatre 3.0Overall Score Babylon: Beyond Borders in an ambitious, passion-filled project spanning across four countries. In London, it feels as though I…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:12AM
Friday, February 8, 2019

Review: Mancoin, VAULT Festival by Suzannah Ball

Review: Mancoin, VAULT Festival4.0starsEnter Guy White. A seemingly harmless 20-something cis white male played by the endearing Hubert Burton. Mancoin, a bold addition to the 2019 VAULT Fes…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 11:32AM
Friday, February 1, 2019

Review: Father (Vader), The Barbican by Suzannah Ball

Review: Father (Vader), The Barbican5.0starsFather (Vader) is a delightful twist of comedy, melancholic drama and unnerving horror. It is set in an old folks’ home where nothing is quite a…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:18AM
Saturday, January 19, 2019

Review: Nuns, Tristan Bates Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Review: Nuns, Tristan Bates Theatre3.0Overall ScoreWith the promise of delinquency, sin and smoking, I was anticipating a hot and dangerous exploration of religious rebellion as I sat down t…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 12:48PM
Saturday, December 15, 2018

Review: The Messiah, The Other Palace by Suzannah Ball

The Messiah is a hilariously unpredictable exploration of Nativity. Writer and Director Patrick Barlow succeeds in creating a piece of comedy that feels alive, feeding on and reacting to the…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 08:42AM
Saturday, December 8, 2018

Review: Return to Elm House, Battersea Arts Centre by Suzannah Ball

With the state of the world being very much up in arms with the inevitable and much-needed presence of the Me Too movement, Return to Elm House interweaves nineteenth century feminism with p…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:06AM
Tuesday, December 4, 2018

Review: Striking 12, Union Theatre by Suzannah Ball

There is no escaping the mandatory Christmas cheer that shall soon be, or perhaps already is, plaguing your day to day life. Although you may be filling with excitement the closer you get to…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:33PM
Wednesday, November 21, 2018

Review: Philip Pullman’s Grimm Tales, Unicorn Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Am I no longer privy to the magic of the mundane? While the children which scatter the front rows are happily laughing along, calling out and interacting with the actors onstage, I am left f…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 02:36PM
Saturday, November 10, 2018

Review: Lands, Bush Theatre by Suzannah Ball

The stamina, wit and sheer emotional energy needed to create and perform this piece of art is astounding. And this isn’t even considering the endurance Sophie Steer, one part of the two-pi…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:36AM
Friday, November 9, 2018

Review: Romeo and Juliet, The Barbican by Suzannah Ball

Welcome to the Romeo and Juliet trendy infusion. The contemporary spin on the ever-tragic teenage love story is a fun and light-hearted adaptation of the stilted and traditional original, un…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 07:06AM
Tuesday, November 6, 2018

Review: No Direction Home – The Cocoa Butter Club, The Camden People’s Theatre by Suzannah Ball

Going to see The Cocoa Butter Club is an experience in which everyone should partake. Though, I must warn you, you’ll need to be holding onto more than just your hats as it won’t only bl…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 05:54AM
Friday, October 26, 2018

Review: The Wipers Times, Arts Theatre by Suzannah Ball

This easy, affectionate and immersive play captivates the audience with its quick and docile humour. The Wipers Times, a newspaper named for the English mispronunciation of the French town Y…

SOURCE: A Younger Theatre at 06:33AM

All that Chat

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