SHELF LIFE | THEATRE REVIEW
"Like a library, it successfully summons that sublime feeling of being deluged by an impossibly rich and unknowable world"
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THE CARETAKER | THEATRE PREVIEW
With the library-based Shelf Life being the latest offering from National Theatre Wales, this is certainly a month where silence and powerful pauses take over and, as every passionate theatre-goer knows, …
MARK JENKINS | INTERVIEW
Before I met up with playwright Mark Jenkins to discuss his latest piece, I’d heard a lot of curious things about the work. For a start, it’s award-winning, humorous and …
REGINALD D. HUNTER | INTERVIEW
Reginald D Hunter’s laconic drawl and authoritative delivery mark him out as one of the most stimulating comedians of his generation. Robin Morgan spoke to the man about his latest …
WELSH UNSIGNED STANDUP AWARDS: HEAT ONE
Comedy editor Robin Morgan rounds up heat one of the Welsh Unsigned Standup Awards
THE FAMILY | THEATRE REVIEW
A Hammer Horror-inspired dark comedy that crackles with mordant energy
LAUREN PRITCHARD | LIVE REVIEW
You could be forgiven for thinking you could predict in advance what Lauren Pritchard sounds like. Folksy, low-key, earnest-yet-charming, right? Wrong.
A GOOD NIGHT OUT IN THE VALLEYS | VIDEO
We liked A Good Night Out In The Valleys, the debut play from National Theatre Wales. So we made a video about it.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN | THEATRE REVIEW
Death Of A Salesman Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Fri 26 Mar *** Their timing was spot on. A few days before this critic attended Death Of A Salesman, Obama passed …
RACE HORSES | LIVE REVIEW
Singer Meilyr Jones: like the actress from Psycho in a biopic about Os Mutantes
ART NEWS: PURL UP AND DIE
Knit-Purl is badass and wrong. Put down that crack pipe and cast on sinners.
PROJECT/TEN POP-UP GALLERY LAUNCHES
Setting up an art gallery is not the kind of endeavour that most people would attempt singlehandedly. project/ten, however, is unlike any other art space in Cardiff. A ‘pop-up’ gallery …
CHRIS ADDISON | COMEDY REVIEW
*** "His observations would undoubtedly brighten up any evening at the pub, but as a stand-up performance, you find yourself waiting for a pay-off that's only intermittently delivered."
CRAFTING A 21ST CENTURY FOX
Fantastic Mr Fox was one of the most beautifully animated films of 2009. André Bonifay spoke to some of the Oscar-nominated animators behind it to find out how they ended up working with the inimitable Wes Anderson.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON | FILM REVIEW
"A stunning spectacle of quality animation, beautiful imagery and simple, effective storytelling"
SEVEN FINGERS: TRACES | DANCE REVIEW
"The dancers toy with their audience, joking around with one another, knowing full well that they are making light work of superhuman stuff."
A GOOD NIGHT OUT IN THE VALLEYS | THEATRE REVIEW
"The struggle with the past is the real meat of this play, and it’s all around, from the crumbling walls of the institute to the Woolworths pencils doled out to the audience for a game of bingo."
MANY GOOD NIGHTS TO FOLLOW
A preview of National Theatre Wales' first production A Good Night Out In The Valleys
A KIND OF ALASKA | THEATRE REVIEW
"'Am I dead?' inquires Deborah in A Kind Of Alaska, and not without good reason, since the reaction to her emergence from a 30-year sleep is nothing short of funereal."
WIN: ANIMATION MASTERCLASS TICKETS
This weekend the animation crew behind Wes Anderson’s Fantastic Mr Fox are coming to Cardiff to give an animation masterclass to students at Cardiff’s Atrium building. It’s invitation only, but …
SWAN LAKE | DANCE REVIEW
Swan Lake Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Tue 9 Mar **** The shock of Matthew Bourne’s use of male swans in Swan Lake may have worn off years ago, but …
RICHMOND FONTAINE | LIVE REVIEW
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff | Mon 1 Mar The Redlands Palomino Company – a somewhat cumbersome name, but one you’d do well to commit to memory, because once you’ve heard …
ART NEWS | ELYSIUM: AFTER THE END | SWANSEA LOVE STORY
ROLL UP ROLL UP. I have some exciting news. Elysium Gallery, the fantastic artist-led space at 41 High Street, Swansea is moving to bigger and better things. From this weekend …