TWO WAY MIRROR | STAGE REVIEW
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 …
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NOT THE WORST PLACE | STAGE REVIEW
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 …
SHHH…APES! / JESS HALL / ROGUE JONES | LIVE REVIEW
SHHH…APES! / JESS HALL / ROGUE JONES | LIVE REVIEW Dempseys, Cardiff, Thurs 1 May I often prefer to go to gigs without prior knowledge of the featured artists, …
YOUNG KATO | LIVE REVIEW
YOUNG KATO | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 23 Apr You would be forgiven for never having heard of Young Kato. This indie-pop band from Cheltenham have …
GWDIHW ALLSTARS MICROFEST | LIVE REVIEW
GWDIHW ALLSTARS MICROFEST | LIVE REVIEW Gwdihw, Cardiff, Sun 20 Apr Running from 3pm–3am with as many bands, DJs, hotdogs and face paint as you can conceivably cram into …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY TWO | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY TWO | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 19 Apr Saturday afternoon, and with the effects of last night’s beer banging around …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY THREE | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY THREE | LIVE REVIEW The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 20 Apr The general sense of communal decency given off by Wales Goes Pop! is …
WALES GOES POP! – DAY ONE | LIVE REVIEW
WALES GOES POP! – DAY ONE The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 18 Apr The inaugural Wales Goes Pop! weekender last year was a bold move – the appeal …
DEAF HAVANA | LIVE REVIEW
DEAF HAVANA | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 15 Apr Deaf Havana are one of those bands whose songs have the power to reach right …
FRANK SKINNER: MAN IN A SUIT | LIVE REVIEW
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
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
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
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 …
TINIE TEMPAH | LIVE REVIEW
TINIE TEMPAH | LIVE REVIEW Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Fri 4 Apr After enduring the opening acts, including a DJ that ruined every good song he played, Tinie came out …
NORTHERN BALLET: CINDERELLA | THEATRE REVIEW
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
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 …
MILES KANE | LIVE REVIEW
MILES KANE | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 25 Mar The atmosphere pre gig was almost tense. One got the feeling that even the keenest Kane …
MARK THOMAS | LIVE REVIEW
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
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 …
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB / RAE MORRIS / FLYTE | LIVE REVIEW
BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB / RAE MORRIS / FLYTE | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff University Students Union, Sun 16 Mar Bombay Bicycle Club have finally returned with their long awaited …
CHVRCHES | LIVE REVIEW
CHVRCHES | LIVE REVIEW Solus, Cardiff, Thurs 13 Mar Halfway through Chvrches’ Welsh debut – after I’ve already spent a sizeable chunk of the set distractedly trying to pinpoint …
VILLA NAPOLI RESTAURANT| FOOD REVIEW
VILLA NAPOLI RESTAURANT| FOOD REVIEW Glendale Hotel, 10 Plymouth Road, Penarth. 029 20 708302 / www.glendalehotel.co.uk A constant in restaurant terms, the Glendale Hotel/Villa Napoli restaurant has had the …
SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA | LIVE REVIEW
SLOWLY ROLLING CAMERA | LIVE REVIEW Dempseys, Cardiff, Fri 7 Mar On their third documented appearance in Cardiff, this sizable, diverse ensemble filled the unexpectedly formal air …
TEMPLES | LIVE REVIEW
TEMPLES | LIVE REVIEW The Globe, Cardiff, ThurS 6 Mar Touring on the back of their critically acclaimed debut album Sun Structures, Temples float into Cardiff on a psychedelic …