OPERATION JULIE: legendary drug bust’s psychedelic musical returns to the stage
The only good thing to come out of Operation Julie (the drugs bust) was the fact that Operation Julie (the play) was written.
The only good thing to come out of Operation Julie (the drugs bust) was the fact that Operation Julie (the play) was written.
After a strong opening, the 2024 edition of Chapter Arts Centre’s performance art festival Experimentica continued with BDSM gardening and ambient short films.
Daring and bold, infuriating and life-affirming, it’s always worth going back for more Experimentica at Chapter Arts Centre.
Charming in some ways and bafflingly off-putting in others, the musical version of An Officer And A Gentleman in Cardiff feels like someone sat down with a bottle of vodka one night and slammed out the plan for it.
The Wales Millennium Centre welcomes their own group of ‘come from awayers’ as this popular musical stops off in Cardiff Bay on its first UK tour, straight from the West End.
Bonnie and Clyde, folk heroes of the Great Depression, make interesting subjects for a musical, although, on the evidence of this production, I’m not sure the execution completely works.
An eerie and authentic adaptation, even after 85 years And Then There Were None can resonate with a contemporary audience.
There’s something special about Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands that requires repeat viewing, or even the first time if you haven’t seen it before.
Britten's opera adaptation of Thomas Mann's controversial Death In Venice gets a marvelous mounting by WNO, with help from NoFit State circus.
One of Mozart’s four famous operatic works which does not feature a knockout aria, WNO's Così Fan Tutte has some value, but both the length and the lack of worthwhile supporting characters makes it drag.
Murder In The Dark is a unique, mind-bending thriller that will keep you in terrified suspense till the final scene.
Feral Monster, a musical that breathlessly tackles everything from classism to addiction to neurodivergence to the postmodern nuances of queer identity, is a roaring success for NTW.