THE 39 STEPS: a whirlwind of a comedy spy thriller on stage in Cardiff
The cast in Cardiff absolutely nail The 39 Steps; this high-energy romp of a spy mystery will leave you satisfied – and somewhat exhausted.
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OPERATION JULIE: legendary drug bust’s psychedelic musical returns to the stage
The only good thing to come out of Operation Julie (the drugs bust) was the fact that Operation Julie (the play) was written.
Kinky horticulture & the silence of saints: EXPERIMENTICA 2024 continues
After a strong opening, the 2024 edition of Chapter Arts Centre’s performance art festival Experimentica continued with BDSM gardening and ambient short films.
A rousing return for Chapter Arts Centre’s live art festival EXPERIMENTICA
Daring and bold, infuriating and life-affirming, it’s always worth going back for more Experimentica at Chapter Arts Centre.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN charms and baffles as a stage musical in Cardiff
Charming in some ways and bafflingly off-putting in others, the musical version of An Officer And A Gentleman in Cardiff feels like someone sat down with a bottle of vodka one night and slammed out the plan for it.
COME FROM AWAY: ignore the clichés – this is musical theatre at its most uplifting
The Wales Millennium Centre welcomes their own group of ‘come from awayers’ as this popular musical stops off in Cardiff Bay on its first UK tour, straight from the West End.
Sensational new JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR touring production touches down in Swansea
What's the buzz, Swansea? It's the touring production of Jesus Christ Superstar, fresh from its Cardiff run for another sensational show.
Musical renegades BONNIE & CLYDE don’t hit the right notes on stage in Cardiff
Bonnie and Clyde, folk heroes of the Great Depression, make interesting subjects for a musical, although, on the evidence of this production, I’m not sure the execution completely works.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: macabre CHRISTIE adaptation makes its way to the Cardiff stage
An eerie and authentic adaptation, even after 85 years And Then There Were None can resonate with a contemporary audience.
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is quintessential Matthew Bourne magic at the WMC
There’s something special about Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands that requires repeat viewing, or even the first time if you haven’t seen it before.
KILL THY NEIGHBOUR: playwright Lucie Lovatt on her dark comedy about holiday homes
We speak to Lucie Lovatt about her new play, Kill Thy Neighbour, where real-life issues with holiday home hoarders provide the basis for some dark comedy.
DEATH IN VENICE: Britten’s final curtain unites WNO & NoFit State in an impassioned fusion
Britten's opera adaptation of Thomas Mann's controversial Death In Venice gets a marvelous mounting by WNO, with help from NoFit State circus.
“Developing Poirot made me a better listener” – DAVID SUCHET reminisces on how iconic CHRISTIE character changed him
As his conversational show Poirot And More – A Retrospective reaches Wales this month, we sat down with David Suchet to talk about playing the iconic role.
Theatrical alchemy: Nicola Turner on designing WNO’s DEATH IN VENICE
Designer Nicola Turner makes a welcome return for WNO's take on Death In Venice by Thomas Mann. We pick her artistic brain on her creative process.
COSÌ FAN TUTTE: WNO offer a mixed education in Mozart’s dated comic opera
One of Mozart’s four famous operatic works which does not feature a knockout aria, WNO's Così Fan Tutte has some value, but both the length and the lack of worthwhile supporting characters makes it drag.
MURDER IN THE DARK: a riveting supernatural thriller with an unexpected twist
Murder In The Dark is a unique, mind-bending thriller that will keep you in terrified suspense till the final scene.
National Theatre Wales unpack classism, queer identities & neurodivergence in roaring musical FERAL MONSTER
Feral Monster, a musical that breathlessly tackles everything from classism to addiction to neurodivergence to the postmodern nuances of queer identity, is a roaring success for NTW.
National Theatre Wales is giving chaotic queer teens in rural Wales a voice with FERAL MONSTER
Two of the creators of Feral Monster, an explosive new musical from National Theatre Wales, tell us what it was like penning the queer and chaotic show.
IE IE IE: Theatr Genedlaethol gives us hope for a better, empathetic future for Welsh theatre
Ie Ie Ie is an important, well-performed and well-constructed show from Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru that should be taken to every school in Wales.
Director Juliette Manon on navigating consent & comedy in Welsh adaptation of IE IE IE
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru continues its run of innovative remounts this month with Ie Ie Ie, helmed by one half of Wales' first non-binary directing team, Juliette Manon.
A blistering revival of JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR rocks Cardiff
“What’s the buzz?” Why, it’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Jesus Christ Superstar coming to the Millennium Centre in its Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre incarnation.
PETER PAN GOES WRONG: a hilarious theatrical catastrophe unfolds at Wales Millennium Centre
Mischief Theatre, behind the hugely popular The Play That Goes Wrong, take on J.M. Barrie’s beloved childhood favourite Peter Pan, and turn it into a farce.
FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN: feminist history with a shiny, pop musical twist
From a producer of Six and written by a Pankhurst descendant, Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World is an ideal school trip show.
KATE PANKHURST on FANTASTICALLY GREAT WOMEN musical: “Nobody told me there was a Suffragette in my family!”
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World writer Kate Pankhurst was inspired by global and personal history when she penned the kids' book turned musical.