DANGEROUS LIAISONS | DANCE REVIEW
An ill-judged soundtrack and lewd choreography detract from this otherwise promising adaptation of Les Liaisons Dangereuse.
Reviews
JONAH MATRANGA | LIVE REVIEW + Q&A
Jonah Matranga is an eclectic musician so taken with the idea of music as conversation that he makes personalised recordings for fans.
HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN | FESTIVAL REVIEW
Cate Le Bon, Sweet Baboo, Jonathan Powell & more at the philosophy and music wing of Hay festival.
BAD LIEUTENANT | FILM REVIEW
Nicolas Cage is on remarkable form in this entertaining tale of a cop gone bad.
[.REC] 2 | FILM REVIEW
Shakey cam's most feverish disciples are back with a horror that cranks up the tension.
ISLET | LIVE REVIEW
Islet have achieved remarkable success despite an almost complete lack of self-promotion. That's because they're a really good band.
ROSS NOBLE | COMEDY REVIEW
Susie Wild bumps into Ross Noble's bum cheeks at Hay Festival. Really.
COMEDY REVIEW: RUSSELL KANE
The hyperactive, multi-accented, well-educated Russell Kane prances into Swansea.
CLINIGOL | LIVE REVIEW
Clinigol play bubblegum pop music that isn't afraid of embracing its inner Alphabeat.
GRID57 | ART EXHIBITION | REVIEW
Four emerging Welsh artists tackle everything from mermaids to tap dancing, to mixed results.
A GLIMPSE INTO THE ARCHIVES | ART EXHIBITION | REVIEW
An enjoyable look back at the Welsh School of Architectural Glass' impressive history.
LOCWS: JACKIE CHETTUR | ART EXHIBITION | REVIEW
A voyage through time that's brimful of sea fever.
ART AFTER HOURS | LIVE REVIEW
"Sweet Baboo's voice – on record a charmingly eccentric thing, emanating from somewhere near the back of his throat – bouncing off the marble pillars sounded a little like a frog being kicked down a well"
ROLO TOMASSI | LIVE REVIEW
"Rolo Tomassi have evolved into an excellent band who are doing something which sounds like little but themselves"
IDLEWILD | LIVE REVIEW
Idlewild + Sparrow & The Workshop Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Tue 20 Apr words & photos: Tom Hartrey Clwb Ifor Bach played host for the Cardiff leg of rock stalwarts …
LLWYTH | THEATRE REVIEW
"This is a play about gay life in Wales. Does that mean it’s only a play for gay people? No."
SHELF LIFE | THEATRE REVIEW
"Like a library, it successfully summons that sublime feeling of being deluged by an impossibly rich and unknowable world"
THE FAMILY | THEATRE REVIEW
A Hammer Horror-inspired dark comedy that crackles with mordant energy
LAUREN PRITCHARD | LIVE REVIEW
You could be forgiven for thinking you could predict in advance what Lauren Pritchard sounds like. Folksy, low-key, earnest-yet-charming, right? Wrong.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN | THEATRE REVIEW
Death Of A Salesman Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Fri 26 Mar *** Their timing was spot on. A few days before this critic attended Death Of A Salesman, Obama passed …
RACE HORSES | LIVE REVIEW
Singer Meilyr Jones: like the actress from Psycho in a biopic about Os Mutantes
CHRIS ADDISON | COMEDY REVIEW
*** "His observations would undoubtedly brighten up any evening at the pub, but as a stand-up performance, you find yourself waiting for a pay-off that's only intermittently delivered."
SEVEN FINGERS: TRACES | DANCE REVIEW
"The dancers toy with their audience, joking around with one another, knowing full well that they are making light work of superhuman stuff."
A GOOD NIGHT OUT IN THE VALLEYS | THEATRE REVIEW
"The struggle with the past is the real meat of this play, and it’s all around, from the crumbling walls of the institute to the Woolworths pencils doled out to the audience for a game of bingo."