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JASON DONOVAN ON PRODUCING PRISCILLA | INTERVIEW

September 15, 2021

Jason Donovan turns his hand to theatre production, pulling the strings for this UK tour of Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - set to light up Cardiff’s New Theatre from Mon 20-Sat 25 Sept.

Category: Interviews, Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE | STAGE REVIEW

September 13, 2021

Wales’ leading opera company return with a safe-bet, classic production of The Barber Of Seville from 1986, writes James Ellis.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

SHELL SUIT CHER: BELIEVE IN BINGO | STAGE REVIEW

August 26, 2021

Just when Jamie Rees thinks he's seen it all, along comes Tracey Collins with a new show that does what it says on the tin. It’s Cher, dressed in a shell suit, and we play bingo.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

BOYLESQUE: BOYS OF SUMMER | STAGE REVIEW

August 11, 2021

Having enjoyed the Burlesque performance from Cardiff Cabaret Club at Wales Millennium Centre a few weeks ago, Jamie Rees sees how the men compare in this Boylesque version of the genre.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO | STAGE REVIEW

August 9, 2021

Cardiff Castle Events is doing all it can to bring live music and theatre back to the capital this summer, and Black RAT Productions opened proceedings with four performances of Pinocchio.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

THE FULFILMENT OF ILL-CONCEIVED DESIGNS | OPERA REVIEW

July 27, 2021

Sarah Bowdidge reviews a new animated online opera created during lockdown with the help of Royal Welsh College graduates.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

HOOF! | STAGE PREVIEW

July 20, 2021

There are lots of questions for theatres to answer, post-lockdown. With this collaboration between Theatr Iolo and Kitsch & Sync, Hoof! – the family show on a Wales-wide mission to revive outdoor theatre – has the answers.

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: Wales-Wide

BURLESQUE: FREEDOM! | STAGE REVIEW

July 20, 2021

Cabaret entertainment of many types (including burlesque) thrills Buzz's Jamie Rees as part of the Wales Millennium Centre's return.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO | STAGE REVIEW

July 16, 2021

The curtain-raiser to Wales Millennium Centre’s Cabaret season, if anyone could win over a tough sellout crowd it was Matt Tedford, playing Margaret Thatcher in this outstanding show.

Category: Theatre Region: South Wales

POSSIBLE | STAGE REVIEW

July 5, 2021

This one-man show, by Shôn Dale-Jones and the latest production from National Theatre Wales, is wilfully strange in some ways but transmits simple messages: hope, joy, living in the moment, boldly making decisions without the worry of regretting them later on.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

EVERYMAN 21: CARDIFF OPEN AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW

July 2, 2021

The Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival will be returning this summer, bringing outdoor theatre back to Wales in the process. Things will look a bit different to previous editions, the …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | STAGE REVIEW

June 28, 2021

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | STAGE REVIEW Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan , Fri 25 June A welcome return to live performance in Wales: how I’ve missed …

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE REVIEW

June 25, 2021

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE REVIEW Pontio Arts Centre, Bangor [livestream], Fri 18 June Goethe’s Faust has always felt out of reach for me, portraying the task of instigating …

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: North Wales

NATIONAL THEATRE WALES: SHÔN DALE-JONES | INTERVIEW

June 24, 2021

NATIONAL THEATRE WALES: SHÔN DALE-JONES | INTERVIEW Possible, the latest production from Wales’ eminent theatre company, has been some two years in the making, and not so much set …

Category: Interviews, Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | PREVIEW

June 23, 2021

If, like me, not many things sound more idyllic to you than an opera performance in a National Trust garden on a summer evening, with a glass of bubbles in …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

TORCH THEATRE: THE WOOD | STAGE PREVIEW

June 21, 2021

TORCH THEATRE: THE WOOD | STAGE PREVIEW The Wood, which embarks on a virtual tour of Wales from Tue 22 June to Sat 3 July, is inspired by a …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: West Wales

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE PREVIEW

June 14, 2021

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE PREVIEW With theatres beginning preparations to open their doors again, for now the focus remains on digital performance as we ease ourselves gently back …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: North Wales

WE NEED BEES | STAGE REVIEW

June 8, 2021

WE NEED BEES | STAGE REVIEW Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Thurs 3 June It’s been a long wait – for playwrights, performers and punters alike. Now, finally, Theatr na nÓg …

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: Mid Wales

THE DENIAL THIS IS FOREVER | STAGE REVIEW

May 25, 2021

THE DENIAL THIS IS FOREVER | STAGE REVIEW NoFit State, Cardiff, Sun 23 May Describing itself as “part museum, part live action video game and part live performance”, The …

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

THE MERTHYR STIGMATIST | STAGE PREVIEW

May 24, 2021

Playwright Lisa Parry set out to amplify a voice she considered, in her words, “at risk of being muffled”: to tell a story of someone with little to no media …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JENNIFER LUNN | INTERVIEW

May 20, 2021

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JENNIFER LUNN | INTERVIEW For the second of two interviews with people behind the Royal Welsh College’s annual showcase of new plays, Keiron …

Category: Interviews, Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JONATHAN MUNBY | INTERVIEW

May 19, 2021

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JONATHAN MUNBY | INTERVIEW For the first of two interviews with people who make the Royal Welsh College’s annual showcase of new plays …

Category: Interviews, Previews, Theatre

PRYD MAE’R HAF? | STAGE PREVIEW

May 10, 2021

PRYD MAE’R HAF? | STAGE PREVIEW Buzz was at Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre the last time Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru put a production on a stage for a live audience. Our …

Category: Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales

BUZZ CULTURE: RAKIE AYOLA IN DAT’S LOVE | INTERVIEW

April 12, 2021

BUZZ CULTURE: RAKIE AYOLA IN DAT’S LOVE | INTERVIEW Billie Ingram-Sofokleous, for Buzz Culture, is bowled over by the dulcet tones of Cardiff actor Rakie Ayola. Just as well, …

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

JASON DONOVAN ON PRODUCING PRISCILLA | INTERVIEW

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: THE BARBER OF SEVILLE | STAGE REVIEW

SHELL SUIT CHER: BELIEVE IN BINGO | STAGE REVIEW

BOYLESQUE: BOYS OF SUMMER | STAGE REVIEW

THE ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO | STAGE REVIEW

THE FULFILMENT OF ILL-CONCEIVED DESIGNS | OPERA REVIEW

HOOF! | STAGE PREVIEW

BURLESQUE: FREEDOM! | STAGE REVIEW

MARGARET THATCHER QUEEN OF SOHO | STAGE REVIEW

POSSIBLE | STAGE REVIEW

EVERYMAN 21: CARDIFF OPEN AIR THEATRE FESTIVAL | PREVIEW

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | STAGE REVIEW

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE REVIEW

NATIONAL THEATRE WALES: SHÔN DALE-JONES | INTERVIEW

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA: ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND | PREVIEW

TORCH THEATRE: THE WOOD | STAGE PREVIEW

FAUST + GRETA | STAGE PREVIEW

WE NEED BEES | STAGE REVIEW

THE DENIAL THIS IS FOREVER | STAGE REVIEW

THE MERTHYR STIGMATIST | STAGE PREVIEW

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JENNIFER LUNN | INTERVIEW

RICHARD BURTON COMPANY NEW WRITING FESTIVAL: JONATHAN MUNBY | INTERVIEW

PRYD MAE’R HAF? | STAGE PREVIEW

BUZZ CULTURE: RAKIE AYOLA IN DAT’S LOVE | INTERVIEW

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