NDC WALES: ROOTS 2019 | STAGE REVIEW
NDC WALES: ROOTS 2019 **** Dance House, Cardiff, Tues 12 Nov With Roots, National Dance Company Wales delivers four very different dance routines, each by different choreographers, and each exploring …
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NDC WALES: ROOTS 2019 **** Dance House, Cardiff, Tues 12 Nov With Roots, National Dance Company Wales delivers four very different dance routines, each by different choreographers, and each exploring …
CARDIFF DANCE FESTIVAL Taking place in six venues across Cardiff throughout November, this celebration of dance brings a variety of unique performances to the city by offering both ticketed and …
DRUDWEN The Riverfront, Newport, Thurs 7 + Fri 8 Nov; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 15 Nov Drudwen is no normal theatre performance, but a dark twisted play that fuses dance and …
PERFORMANCES FOR THE CURIOUS The Wales Millennium Centre’s Performances For The Curious season returns this autumn, with an eclectic mix of 40 productions incorporating comedy, circus, burlesque, dance and drag. …
MATTHEW BOURNE’S ROMEO AND JULIET | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 19 June As time ticks slowly on, the question of whether Shakespeare’s classic tales continue …
Romeo and Juliet – Matthew Bourne As Sir Matthew Bourne‘s Romeo and Juliet arrives in Cardiff with a coterie of young dancers gracing the stage of the Wales Millennium …
As A Tiger In The Jungle *** Thurs 2 May, The Riverfront, Newport Suspended in a cage shrouded in darkness, a female figure sits, poised, Buddha-like. All seems well. Serene …
Pepperland *** Wales Millennium Centre, Fri 12 Apr. Were the Beatles overrated? – that debate has been raging for decades. But whatever you think, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band …
The Beatles’ most famous album is now being given a radical reimagining by the Mark Morris Dance Group. Ruth Seavers finds out more from dancer Brandon Randolph. Mark Morris and Ethan …
Ballet Cymru 2 – Made in Wales **** Fri 22 Mar, Dance House, Cardiff Ballet Cymru 2 is the pre-professional company of Ballet Cymru. The pre-professional course is only two years …
Awakening ***** The Riverfront Theatre, Newport. Fri 1 Mar Dark, disturbing, hypnotic and atmospheric are a just a few of the adjectives that describe Friday’s show by National Dance Company …
The Nutcracker **** St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Fri 21 Dec The season is upon us of fir trees, mince pies, ornaments, bells, good cheer and The Nutcracker. Adults may …
Roots **** Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Mon 5 Nov National Dance Company Wales presented a trio of contemporary works from award-winning dancers/choreographers under the name of Roots, and each …
Passion ** Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, Tue 23 Oct Music Theatre Wales and National Dance Company Wales’ staging of Passion is their first co-production and first in association with the …
MK ULTRA MK Ultra is the end result of a collaborative effort between acclaimed documentarian Adam Curtis, whose works include Hypernormalisation and Bitter Lake, and dance chorerographer Rosie Kay, who earlier this …
TONGUES Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Fri 24 Aug; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 31 Aug Five professional dancers, a composer, poet and artistic director are all on their way to south …
EISTEDDFOD Argentina, Australia, South Africa, the United States and Wales. What do they all have in common? At some point in their history they all celebrated the Eisteddfod. It’s a …
Alternative Routes Anyone in south Wales whose interest lies in dance theatre and choreography should already be au fait with Alternative Routes, an annual event which begins in the …
Lexicon Lexicon, directed by Firenza Guidi, promises to be an inspiring performance. It’s being performed alongside the Volvo Ocean Race in Cardiff Bay, which is making its first-ever stop-off …
CINDERELLA | STAGE REVIEW **** Reasons to rejoice: another spectacular Matthew Bourne show is back, and with it comes all the magic that’s expected and as always, Bourne’s touches of …
TERRA FIMRA | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Thu 8 Feb. **** National Dance Company Wales began its 2018 spring tour, Terra Firma, at the Sherman theatre premiering Atalaÿ, and …
Ahead of their new tour, National Dance Company Wales director Paul Kaynes talks to John-Paul Davies about their ambitious year ahead. National Dance Company Wales’ latest, 16-date, tour arrives in …
St David’s Hall, Cardiff Tues 19 Dec – Sun 31 Dec The Russian State Ballet of Siberia returns to St David’s Hall this December, to dazzle and delight audiences across …
UNDER GLASS | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 23 Nov Ever imagined that you could spectate someone’s inner self enclosed in captivity? Under Glass promises to …