Comedy Club 4 Kids
The Riverfront Kingsway, NewportMid-afternoon trio of comedians tailoring their sets for a youthful audience. Runi Talwar, from Sydney but London-based, headlines over musical funnywoman Katie Pritchard and South Shields’ Lee Kyle. They say …
The Misadventures Of Pinocchio
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, AberystwythDescribed as “an imaginative retelling of the classic fairytale”, the synopsis of this production by the Bohemians Theatre Company seems to list more differences than similarities. This Pinocchio is, in …
Brujeria
Sin City 14 – 16 Dillwyn Street, SwanseaLongrunning concept-metal extremists play what I think is their first ever Swansea show. With grindcore-y songs in Spanish about drug lords, serial killers etc Brujeria have featured several household names …
Romeo A Juliet
The Riverfront Kingsway, NewportHere’s Shakespeare done not only in ballet form but also with Welsh dialogue, by Ballet Cymru. This production has already won a Wales Theatre Award and following these two dates …
Cwmwl Tystion III / Empathy
Tŷ Pawb Market Street, WrexhamEmpathy is the third and final touring project devised by Welsh jazz trumpeter Tomos Williams, and for this observer’s money the most impressive musical assembly of all three. The first …
Dreaming The Other World
Galeri Doc Victoria, CaernarfonAn evening of storytelling through the forms of music, song and story, with Welsh names such as Cath Little, Fiona Collins, Angharad Owen and Claire Mace (to name but four) …
The Anchoress
Le Public Space 14 High Street, NewportCatherine Anne Davies was born in Wales before moving to Australia aged 10 weeks, but despite this early exit has generally worn her Welsh identity on her sleeve in her …
Nubiyan Twist
The Globe 125 Albany Road, CardiffBig band – described as a 12-piece in some places, with a mere nine people in the photo I’m currently perusing – from the UK bohemian jazzy dance scene that …
Puerto Candelaria
Neuadd Ogwen BethesdaThis gig is a warmup of sorts for the Tonnau festival, which takes place in Anglesey in mid-July and has lots of ‘global grooves’ from acts like this. Puerto Candelaria …
Lady Nade Sings Nina Simone
Acapela Heol Y Pentre, CardiffA ‘tribute show’, yes, but of a stripe decidedly less tawdry than most things thus described. Lady Nade is a known talent in the field of post-millennial UK soul and …
Shinani’n Siarad
Wales Millennium Centre Bute Place, CardiffThis is The Vagina Monologues, in Welsh, I believe 20 years after Sharon Morgan’s translation first hit the stage. Just found a review from 2004 which said (in Welsh), “It …
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