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The story of the angst-ridden Prince of Denmark, his murderous uncle and his father’s ghost may be one of Shakespeare’s best-known plays, but this new production of Hamlet aims to give the bard a modern twist.
DRESSING UP TOO Sherman Cymru, Cardiff Thurs 21-Sat 23 Feb Involving all 120 of its youth performers, Sherman Cymru’s Dressing Up Too explores the relationship within themselves and between each …
Saturday saw a celebration of Welsh theatrical talent at the Theatre Critics In Wales awards.
A joyous production wrapped warmly in the comfort of classic British comedy traditions, it’s hard not to fall in love with One Man, Two Guvnors.
Tin Shed Theatre Company launch their brand new collaborative Molecule project for artists and theatrical practitioners.
The ever innovative Dirty Protest theatre company has teamed up with The Wales International Visual Arts Prize Artes Mundi to bring together an evening of theatre and visual art across seven short plays.
Usko loves to hear stories, to go on adventures, and mess about in the snow. One Christmas carnival, after making snow angels and getting told off by his mother for doing so, he sneaks off to find his own story but he gets lost in the deep, dark forest.
Ghosts may be one thing, but have you ever fallen under the spell of a crazed musical genius?
A witty and visually impressive adaptation of J.M Barrie’s classic that continues the tradition of spectacular Christmas shows at Sherman Cymru.
Mayhem, murder, gore and grime are the basis of a Horrible History book, and for the budding historians in the audience, the more gore the better.
Ahead of Sherman Cymru’s exciting Christmas production of Peter Pan, we caught up with writer Rob Evans to find out how his adaptation has developed its own individual twist on …
A tiny, overlooked news article catches the eye of Jane, Blue Sky’s intrepid reporter. A man was bundled into a private plane in Karachi and there is only one witness who caught the plane’s tail number.
Recent times have seen us question the many power battles fought between investigative journalism and the government. The Telegraph exposed the expenses scandal and News Of The World resorted to criminality in the ‘line of duty’. But who really holds the power?
Headlong Theatre’s take on Euripides’ Greek tragedy holds a lot of potential: transferring the action to modern day suburbia allows writer and director Mike Bartlett to explore some thought provoking themes surrounding gender and infidelity.
It seems to be a rite of passage for most women to have seen the film Dirty Dancing and, to at some point in their life, have wished that they were the character of Baby having a good old session (dancing), with Patrick Swayze’s character of Johnny.
Creating a new legend, even a new fairy tale, is not an easy feat. However, if you head down to Sherman Cymru this half term you will witness a performance doing just that.
It’s not every day that you go to a theatre production and see re-enactments of orgasms live on stage, or have tampons thrown at you in the audience. Outlandish, yes, but this show is also captivating, moving and hilarious.
The wonderful Mab Jones rounds up another month of arty goings on in November.
Originally performed two years ago, Give It A Name have revived Rude for Black History Month Wales with a run at the Rockin Chair Caribbean restaurant in Riverside, Cardiff.
Every hook, jab, side step and uppercut draws the audience into the unflinching reality of these boxer’s lives: all five are fighting for their place in the world, to be recognised for their skills and as individuals as well as to reach for the stars and away from the grey Glaswegian streets.
IF you’re still on a high from Africa Express but worrying about the encroaching autumn, have no fear, the Afrovibes festival is here! Another project that links our little country …
As we take our seats, engines start to whir as we are slowly transported to the depths of the ocean… then two actors come on stage and break the spell...
"After a side-splitting first act, I left the auditorium at the intermission grinning like the proverbial Cheshire cat and I expected the second act to be in the same vein..."