PIRATE JENNY CABARET | STAGE REVIEW
PIRATE JENNY CABARET | STAGE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Fri 17 July Having already gained a good following in the west of Wales, Pirate Jenny Cabaret has …
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PIRATE JENNY CABARET | STAGE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Roath, Fri 17 July Having already gained a good following in the west of Wales, Pirate Jenny Cabaret has …
EVERYMAN THEATRE: AS YOU LIKE IT | STAGE REVIEW Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wed 22 July For a master of death, tragedy and general wordiness, Shakespeare also …
147 QUESTIONS ABOUT LOVE | STAGE REVIEW Volcano Theatre, Swansea, Tues 7 July Volcano have followed up their explosive, brilliant adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull with a piece that …
TRIPTYCH | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Chapter Arts Centre + Portland House, Cardiff, Thurs 9 July We’ve all heard or read about the horrors of war and post-traumatic stress …
CARLOS ACOSTA: ON BEFORE | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 3 July On Before consists of six pieces of choreography, created by an impressive spectrum of …
EVERYMAN THEATRE: SWEET CHARITY | STAGE REVIEW Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wed 8 July Sitting at the open air venue on a beautiful summer’s evening as …
{150} | STAGE REVIEW Royal Opera House Stores, Aberdare, Tues 30 June For many local Welsh folk, Patagonia is less an actual place than a romantic, rose-tinted legend, shrouded …
EVERYMAN THEATRE: BLACKADDER THE THIRD | STAGE REVIEW Everyman Open Air Theatre Festival, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Sat 27 June A confident and well executed performance which had the audience …
THIS IS HOW WE DIE | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Tues 23 June I was so blown away by Christopher Brett Bailey’s astonishing monologue This Is How …
THE BODYGUARD | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Mon 22 June For any X Factor enthusiasts out there (and those of you who haven’t been living under …
THE WINTER’S TALE | STAGE REVIEW Thompson’s Park, Canton, Wed 17 June Being comprised of a cast of both disabled and non-disabled musicians, dancers and actors, the Taking Flight …
BIANCO | STAGE REVIEW NoFit State, John Street, Wed 18 June Though this is a contemporary circus show, more about the elegant acrobatics than clown cars and lion tamers, …
THE LADYBOYS OF BANGKOK | STAGE REVIEW The Sabai Pavilion, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 4 June Since their first appearance at the Edinburgh Fringe back in 1998, The Ladyboys of …
AN EVENING WITH DAVID SEDARIS | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 1 June The atmosphere in the foyer at St David’s Hall prior to this show is one …
AL MURRAY: ONE MAN, ONE GUVNOR | LIVE REVIEW Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen, Fri 29 May I’ve never been so relieved to be sat in the upper circle of a …
IGNACIO LOPEZ | LIVE REVIEW Nolton Corner, Bridgend, Tue 26 May A tall, strikingly handsome twentysomething man with slicked back long dark hair and a guitar: Ignacio Lopez definitely catches …
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Fri 17 Apr ‘NEBBISH‘: Americanised version from the Yiddish word nebech. A male who is inept, unfortunate, …
THE LADYKILLERS | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Tues 19 May Comedy and the criminal underworld would not usually be paired together but they’re brought together in Everyman …
FLICK AND JULIE: POP-UP PENNY PINCHERS | STAGE REVIEW Riverside Conservative Club, Cardiff, Sat 25 April This hilarious comedy-duo will be heading to Edinburgh this summer but stopped by …
MOTHER COURAGE AND HER CHILDREN | STAGE REVIEW Merthyr Tydfil Labour Club, Mon 11 May Merthyr Tydfil Labour Club is the unlikely setting for National Theatre Wales’s adaptation of …
IPHIGENIA IN SPLOTT | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Tues 12 May You can’t go far in Cardiff without bumping into somebody you know and protagonist Effie is somebody …
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA | STAGE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 9 May It’s not often I voluntarily sit on church pews, but for Opera’r Ddraig’s rendition of …
THE WOMAN IN BLACK | STAGE REVIEW The New Theatre, Cardiff, Tues 5 May I had plenty of warnings that the Woman In Black was crap-you-pants terrifying. My partner …
A GOOD CLEAN HEART | STAGE REVIEW The Other Room, Porter’s Bar, Cardiff, Thurs 30 Apr Halfway through Alun Saunders’ play A Good Clean Heart, Hefin and Jay engage …