Posted on 04 April 2011 by Catherine Noonan
A Younger Theatre’s Editor, Jake Orr, recently gave a speech concerning the future of A Night Less Ordinary, in which he discussed what restrictions young people face when entering the world of theatre. This made me wonder, if I hadn’t spent my childhood under the influence of my theatre-obsessed cousins, or with the opportunity to [...]
Posted on 02 February 2011 by Erykah Brackenbury
Gulf Stage, an innovative new project broadcasting Arabic theatre online for free, launched on Monday. The result of a unique collaboration between The British Council and Digital Theatre, where each of the six plays comes from a different Gulf country. Subtitled into English, they can be found online via a dedicated section of the Digital [...]
Posted on 13 November 2010 by Lois Jeary
If your idea of a good night at the theatre is sitting silently in the dark and passively observing while the actors have all the fun, it’s probably safe to say Belt Up aren’t the company for you. If, however, you want to play games, take on roles, or get naked in front of a [...]
Posted on 12 November 2010 by Lois Jeary
Written and directed by Dominic J Allen, Belt Up Theatre’s Lorca is Dead is a remarkably complex play for something that is also a hell of a lot of fun. On a basic level it seeks to tell the tale of the death of the poet Lorca, which was Dom’s initial motivation for writing the [...]