SVJ DANCE: CLEAR CUT | STAGE REVIEW
SVJ DANCE: CLEAR CUT | STAGE REVIEW M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff, Thurs 23 Apr Taking place in Roath’s charming M.A.D.E. arts café, this quaint performance area allowed for a full immersion …
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SVJ DANCE: CLEAR CUT | STAGE REVIEW M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff, Thurs 23 Apr Taking place in Roath’s charming M.A.D.E. arts café, this quaint performance area allowed for a full immersion …
MICHAEL FLATLEY’S LORD OF THE DANCE – DANGEROUS GAMES | STAGE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Weds 8 Apr Well, where to begin? At the beginning, perhaps: I first saw …
CIRKOPOLIS | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 8 Apr The audience knows they’re in for an unconventional circus experience when a video projection of a vast, …
DIRTY DANCING | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 19 Mar There is a shelf space reserved for this classic film in the home of every woman …
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Tues 10 March From the mind of Tim Burton, Edward Scissorhands has a new revival courtesy of Matthew Bourne. …
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS | COMPETITION Love, romance, monsters and scissors – the ballet re-invention of Tim Burton’s dark fairytale film Edward Scissorhands will be dancing onto the stage at the …
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES SPRING SEASON | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sat 7 Feb Earlier this month National Dance Company Wales (NDCW) opened its doors to …
PLATFORM CLUEDO | STAGE REVIEW Four Elms, Cardiff, Sat 17 Jan Giving a platform to artists with work in progress, Splatch Cardiff used NoFitState Circus’ space to create their …
BLOOD ON THE SNOW | STAGE REVIEW Four Elms, Newport Road, Cardiff, Sat 20 Dec If I could get one wish granted this Christmas it would be to live …
CHANNEL ROSE | LIVE REVIEW Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 6 Dec The National Dance Company Wales welcomed to the Dance House their ex choreographer, Eleesha …
PUNISHMENT | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Thurs 27 Nov Punishment is a physical theatre piece that sees its characters wielding kitchen knives and showering their small …
MARY BIJOU’S NUT CRACKING CHRISTMAS | LIVE REVIEW Fri 28 Nov, Four Elms, Cardiff I don’t often hand out five stars reviews. I’ve only ever given one show the …
LORD OF THE FLIES | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 23 Oct This infamous teenage tale gets the Matthew Bourne treatment in this new dance production …
FAÇADE | STAGE REVIEW Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre, Newport, Fri 10 Oct Façade, by experimental circus company Crashmat Collective, was not only a dining experience unlike any other I’ve …
MATTHEW BOURNE | INTERVIEW + DOCUMENTARY The award-winning choreographer’s new dance piece tackles savage literary classic Lord Of The Flies. A risky gambit, with half the cast novice dancers. Heather …
NORTHERN BALLET: CINDERELLA | THEATRE REVIEW New Theatre, Cardiff, Tues 8 Apr Some stories are churned out time and time again; after all, the classics are relatively safe bets. …
NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY WALES | THEATRE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Mon 10 Feb I remember when this group were called Diversions. They came to my school once, and we …
HIDE | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 25 Jan The fashion, these days, is to call a spade a spade. In another time, this show might have been …
Every second blew me away, pulling me into the dance the same way the novel transports me to the Roaring Twenties and Long Island life.
Saturday saw a celebration of Welsh theatrical talent at the Theatre Critics In Wales awards.
The wonderful Mab Jones rounds up another month of arty goings on in November.
I expected the attitude, energy and loud beats. The creativity and upbeat entertainment value were more of a surprise.
The Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour is set to wow audiences at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena until Sun 19, with sell out crowds almost every night.