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Rock of Ages

ROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else

May 18, 2022

Rock of Ages is as un-subtle and devoid of depth as the music it celebrates. But perhaps that’s entirely the point.

Category: Culture, Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else
Waitress, Wendy Mae Brown 'Becky', Chelsea Halfpenny 'Jenna' and Evelyn Hoskins 'Dawn' - credit: Johan Persson

“I’ve been obsessed with WAITRESS since it opened” – Chelsea Halfpenny on bringing her “dream” musical to Cardiff

May 13, 2022

Waitress star Chelsea Halfpenny jumped at the chance to trade the world of TV soaps for pie-based musicals. But that journey has brought her back to her old Casualty stomping ground in Cardiff Bay.

Category: Culture, Interviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read more“I’ve been obsessed with WAITRESS since it opened” – Chelsea Halfpenny on bringing her “dream” musical to Cardiff
The Paradis Files - credit Marilyn Kingwill

THE PARADIS FILES: new, inclusive opera spotlights forgotten female composer

May 6, 2022

The Paradis Files - now at the Royal Welsh College after a medium sized tour around the UK - remains perhaps the most inclusive piece of theatre out there.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreTHE PARADIS FILES: new, inclusive opera spotlights forgotten female composer
Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat

A feast of colour & joy: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT

May 6, 2022

In Cardiff for just one week, Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat is a veritable feast of colour and movement – joyous, uplifting and fun.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreA feast of colour & joy: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOUR DREAMCOAT
Six

SIX: historical divas compete in this clever, current & campy musical

May 4, 2022

This musical by Toby Marlow and Lucy Moss is as modern a piece as you can get: this is not Hilary Mantel’s Tudor Queens.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreSIX: historical divas compete in this clever, current & campy musical
White Sun's performer Will Dickie

WHITE SUN: a perfectly imperfect middle-class critique

May 3, 2022

It feels purposeful that Will Dickie and Peader Kirk's play White Sun's only audience at Chapter is also directly in its firing line.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreWHITE SUN: a perfectly imperfect middle-class critique
Jac Yarrow as Joseph, 2021 - credit Tristram Kenton

Roll up Cardiff, there’s a new Joseph in town… Jac Yarrow dons the Dreamcoat

April 28, 2022

Joseph And The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’s current tour brings rising West End star Jac Yarrow back to his old stomping ground at the New Theatre this month.

Category: Interviews, Previews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreRoll up Cardiff, there’s a new Joseph in town… Jac Yarrow dons the Dreamcoat
Dreamgirls - credit: Matt Crockett

DREAMGIRLS: timeless music & themes combine for a showstopper

April 21, 2022

Dreamgirls is an emotional rollercoaster of a musical. It’s in Cardiff until the end of the month, not just One Night Only, so you’ve no excuse if you miss it.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreDREAMGIRLS: timeless music & themes combine for a showstopper
We Will Rock You

20 years on, WE WILL ROCK YOU’s mixed messages are woefully behind the times

April 7, 2022

We Will Rock You is still playing to packed-out audiences after 20 years: clearly, a show that continues to do very well - but that doesn't mean it's without fault.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read more20 years on, WE WILL ROCK YOU’s mixed messages are woefully behind the times
Cluedo - Daniel Casey and Michelle Collins - credit: Craig Sugden

CLUEDO on stage in Cardiff is a murderously good time

April 5, 2022

Currently at the New Theatre in Cardiff this week, this version of Cluedo is as delightfully silly and fleet-footed as the 1985 film's original script.

Category: Culture, Reviews, Theatre
Read moreCLUEDO on stage in Cardiff is a murderously good time
Matthew Bourne Nutcracker WMC

The perfect antidote to the way things are – MATTHEW BOURNE’S NUTCRACKER! is sugary sweet

March 23, 2022

You don’t go to a Matthew Bourne show to see a traditional interpretation of a classical ballet and his Nutcracker! is no different.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreThe perfect antidote to the way things are – MATTHEW BOURNE’S NUTCRACKER! is sugary sweet
Pepper & Honey

“We all love trying new foods and recipes, and we are proud of our own” – Pepper and Honey Interview

March 22, 2022

With the question “Where do I belong?” more pertinent than ever, this theatre show – on at Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre on Tue 22 Mar – deals with belonging, change, cultural differences, heritage, homesickness, identity, love, loss, migration and tradition.

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read more“We all love trying new foods and recipes, and we are proud of our own” – Pepper and Honey Interview
Anthem

Cymruvision? Llinos Mai’s new stage show ANTHEM searches for Welsh singing stars

March 21, 2022

Anthem promises wind machines, key changes and finalists from every corner of Wales getting ready to battle in the nation’s biggest TV singing competition. 

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreCymruvision? Llinos Mai’s new stage show ANTHEM searches for Welsh singing stars
Johannes Radebe in rehearsals for Freedom

“There’s no fear of self-expression and shame attached to what I’m doing” – STRICTLY star JOHANNES RADEBE on getting back to his roots with new tour

March 17, 2022

Ahead of his new tour Freedom, South African dance star Johannes Radebe tells Sarah-Jane Outten how the idea was developed, how much it means to him personally and the importance of his Strictly Come Dancing success.

Category: Dance, Interviews, Theatre Region: West Wales
Read more“There’s no fear of self-expression and shame attached to what I’m doing” – STRICTLY star JOHANNES RADEBE on getting back to his roots with new tour
Pepper & Honey

Theatre & live baking combine in innovative show PEPPER & HONEY

March 14, 2022

Tackling shelter and another basic need, food, are two main concerns of Pepper & Honey, a theatre show that ties baking to belonging.

Category: Interviews, Theatre
Read moreTheatre & live baking combine in innovative show PEPPER & HONEY
Kizzy Crawford, Petula

“It’s interesting working in three languages” – singer KIZZY CRAWFORD on PETULA, a multilingual stage odyssey

March 10, 2022

With a script by that is almost trilingual in its use of Welsh, English and a little French, Petula star Kizzy Crawford tells Noel Gardner why she took on the multilingual acting challenge.

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: Wales-Wide
Read more“It’s interesting working in three languages” – singer KIZZY CRAWFORD on PETULA, a multilingual stage odyssey
Wendi Peters in Sleepy Hollow, Theatr Clwyd, Mold, UK Tour 2022

Wendi Peters welcomes you to SLEEPY HOLLOW – on-stage in Mold for one week only

March 7, 2022

Starring seasoned soap and theatre star Wendi Peters, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow UK stage tour creeps into Theatr Clwyd this week.

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: North Wales
Read moreWendi Peters welcomes you to SLEEPY HOLLOW – on-stage in Mold for one week only
Shirley Valentine

Willy Russell’s beloved film SHIRLEY VALENTINE hits the road in new Welsh stage production

March 2, 2022

Translated into Welsh for the stage, Shirley Valentine is due to open at Theatr Soar in Merthyr Tydfil on Thurs 3 March before embarking on a national tour.

Category: Previews, Theatre
Read moreWilly Russell’s beloved film SHIRLEY VALENTINE hits the road in new Welsh stage production
Patrick Duffy and Linda Purl in Catch Me If You Can - credit Jack Merriman

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN: settle into a cosy – if not confounding – murder mystery in Cardiff

March 1, 2022

Catch Catch Me If You Can, if you can, at the New Theatre this week for an evening of cosy murder mystery-solving from the 60s Broadway classic.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreCATCH ME IF YOU CAN: settle into a cosy – if not confounding – murder mystery in Cardiff
Carwyn - credit Drew Buckley

“It’s very much about men not talking about mental health” – director Gareth John Bale on one-man rugby play, CARWYN

March 1, 2022

Jamie Rees talks to the director of new play, Carwyn, which tells the unsung story of the coach who masterminded four victories against the All Blacks in the 70s.

Category: Interviews, Theatre Region: Wales-Wide
Read more“It’s very much about men not talking about mental health” – director Gareth John Bale on one-man rugby play, CARWYN
Andrei Kymach and Marina Monzo in Don Giovanni - credit Bill Cooper

DON GIOVANNI: sex, murder and statues – women reign supreme, along with Ukrainian superstar, in WNO revival 

March 1, 2022

After a politically-charged week, the Cardiff audience for WNO's Don Giovanni gave a rousing standing ovation for Ukrainian baritone Andrei Kymach, a rare sight at opera performances.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreDON GIOVANNI: sex, murder and statues – women reign supreme, along with Ukrainian superstar, in WNO revival 
Flossy and Boo

Children’s entertainment darlings FLOSSY & BOO are back with THE GIRL WHO COULDN’T PRETEND

February 24, 2022

Theatre favourites Flossy and Boo are back with their first tour in two years, and how welcome their vibrant performances and charming personalities are.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: Mid Wales, West Wales
Read moreChildren’s entertainment darlings FLOSSY & BOO are back with THE GIRL WHO COULDN’T PRETEND
In Pursuit Of Maud

IN PURSUIT OF MAUD: the perfect comedic delight to end Welsh theatre’s long COVID winter

February 22, 2022

Caroline Sabin's intimate production of In Pursuit of Maud, about the strange but talented mad scientist's assistant Igor, is a delightfully dark treat.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales
Read moreIN PURSUIT OF MAUD: the perfect comedic delight to end Welsh theatre’s long COVID winter
Carwyn - credit Drew Buckley

New play CARWYN pulls back curtain on a tragically overlooked Welsh rugby hero

February 17, 2022

Who is Carwyn James? A new play at the Torch Theatre - and set to tour Wales - tells the sadly unsung story of the man who masterminded four victories against the All Blacks in the 70s.

Category: Reviews, Sport, Theatre Region: West Wales
Read moreNew play CARWYN pulls back curtain on a tragically overlooked Welsh rugby hero
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