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SWEENEY TODD | STAGE REVIEW Sophia Garden’s, Bute Park, Cardiff, Fri 4 July As the sun went down on the opening night of this year’s Everyman Open Air Theatre …
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SWEENEY TODD | STAGE REVIEW Sophia Garden’s, Bute Park, Cardiff, Fri 4 July As the sun went down on the opening night of this year’s Everyman Open Air Theatre …
ROSIE WILBY | INTERVIEW Part comedian part teacher Rosie Wilby is heading to Cardiff Science Festival to ask ‘is monogamy dead’? What first made you ask the …
COMPETITIONS | JULY TICKETS TO SEE SHOW BOAT Hailing all the way from South Africa, Cape Town Opera are bringing a musical tale of America’s Deep South to …
WAR HORSE | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 18 June Five minutes into War Horse I was bleary eyed. The story is universally recognised, Michael Morpugo’s …
THE LADY BOYS OF BANGKOK | STAGE REVIEW Roald Dahl Plass, Cardiff Bay, Tue 10 June The Lady Boys Of Bangkok are back in town in all their …
ORPHEUS | STAGE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Thurs 5 June Ah, Greek myth, the perennial favourite of the playwright casting around for a subject. So timeless, so …
JOSH WIDDICOMBE: INCIDENTALLY | LIVE REVIEW Ffwrnes Theatre, Llanelli, Fri 30 May Josh Widdicombe declares during this show that he’s not a “big issues comedian” and that he “doesn’t …
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | STAGE REVIEW Swansea City Opera, Riverside Theatre, Newport Opera is a tricky subject to review because it spans so many different artistic areas: music, drama, …
BIANCO | STAGE REVIEW Wed 28 May, NoFit State, St John’s Street, Cardiff Despite being far from the clown car and ring-master filled circuses I saw when I was …
EQUUS | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Equus starts with a description of a horrific act of violence, ends with a graphic depiction of that act, and in …
GYM PARTY | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 16 May When a production has the word “party” in the title, you’re greeted by names in neon lights …
THE MAGIC TOYSHOP | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Thurs 8 May From the moment you walked into the studio at Chapter Arts to see this adaptation of …
TWO WAY MIRROR | STAGE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Thurs 8 May My last experience with Arthur Miller was studying All My Sons at school and, being …
NOT THE WORST PLACE | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Tues 6 May The story tells of seventeen year old Emma, played by Rachel Redford, during a difficult chapter …
FRANK SKINNER: MAN IN A SUIT | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 12 Apr Frank Skinner told us that his return to the stand-up stage after a …
MAUDIE’S ROOMS | STAGE REVIEW Bute Place, Cardiff, Sat 12 Apr The last experience I had with family theatre was the local rugby clubs’ charity panto – written …
UNDER MILK WOOD: AN OPERA | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Fri 11 Apr In preparation for this unique interpretation of Dylan Thomas’ radio play Under Milk Wood …
THE RITE OF SPRING + PETRUSHKA | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Tues 8 Apr The premiere of the Rite Of Spring, just over a century ago in …
NORTHERN BALLET: CINDERELLA | THEATRE REVIEW New Theatre, Cardiff, Tues 8 Apr Some stories are churned out time and time again; after all, the classics are relatively safe bets. …
DAY TO GO | STAGE REVIEW Memo Arts Centre Barry, Sat 5 Apr “Don’t underestimate what is brewing in fine bone china cups…” From the ashes of a town …
COMPETITIONS | APRIL FREE SKILLS FOR SUSTAINABLE LIVING SESSION The environment-loving folk at Green City events are organising a whole host of sustainable living workshops taking place throughout the summer, …
LEE MEAD TICKETS | COMPETITION Catapulted into the throes of fame after winning Andrew Lloyd Webber’s talent show Any Dream Will Do, Lee Mead has been a household staple of musical …
MARK THOMAS: 100 ACTS OF MINOR DISSENT | LIVE REVIEW Sherman Theatre, Wed 19 Mar Mark Thomas comes on to the stage to the strains of Charles Mingus’ Haitian …
THE WORLD OF WORK | STAGE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wed 19 Mar I’m ashamed to say that on seeing difficult|stage’s The World of Work billed as …