MONDAY 1 APRIL
R Fame Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15-£36. Info 01792 475715. Musical of the film, this being the 30th anniversiry of the former. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 3 and Sat 6. (Until Sat 6)
R Motown The Musical Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £15-£64. Info 029 2063 6464. West End hit with people playing Berry Gordy, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross etc. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 4 and Sat 6. £21-£77 on Fri 5 and Sat 6. (Until Sat 6)
Standup Comedy Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. uThe Mirror Crack’d New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13-£30. Info 029 2087 8889. Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple vehicle, with Marpz played by Susie Blake. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 4 and Sat 6 Apr. £14-£33 on Fri 5 and Sat 6. (Until Sat 6)
TUESDAY 2 APRIL
5 Soldiers Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8-£16. Info 029 2064 6900. Dance piece by Rosie Kay, who spent a period of time ‘joining the army’ for research purposes. Previewed in the March issue.
Così Fan Tutte Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Opera, presented by Swansea City Opera. In Abergavenny on Tue 9.
Peeling Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5.50-£11. Info 01792 863722. New Welsh language production of this Kaite O’Reilly play by Taking Flight, with English captions and audio description. Based on Eripides’ The Trojan Women. In Llanelli on Wed 10; Cardiff on Tue 30-Sat 4 May.
T42 Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £7. Info 01633 263670. Variety entertainment.
WEDNESDAY 3 APRIL
1940s Dad’s Army Variety Show Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 2pm, £16. Info 01633 868239.
Adore Delano Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0871 4720400. Drag queen presented here by Holy Trannity.
R Broadway & Beyond Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Songs from the musicals, presented by the Curtain Up Theatre Company. On tomorrow also.
R Guys And Dolls Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8-£15. Info 01600 772467. Musical, presented by Monmouth Music Theatre. (Until Sat 6)
R Legally Blonde Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444. Musical presented by Sioe Gerdd Performing Arts Society. (Until Sat 6)
Noel James + Jeff Japers + Gill Webb + Daf Rhys + Sian Fisher + Dai Davies The Albion, Penarth. 8pm, free. Info 029 2033 0743. Comedy night.
R Seussical The Musical The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £9.50. Info 01633 656757. Presented by The Children’s Academy Of Stage Training. On at 1pm and 7.30pm on Sat 6. (Until Sat 6)
The Enfant Terrible Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £3-£5. Info 01970 623232. Script-held reading of a new play by Catrin Fflûr Huws.
The Time Machine Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01873 850805. HG Wells’ time-travelling novel adapted for the stage by Dyad.
THURSDAY 4 APRIL
Awakening Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8-£14. Info 01792 602060. National Dance Company Wales with three pieces: Afterimage, Revellers’ Mass and Tundra. In Aberystwyth on Wed 24.
Dau Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444. Jim Cartwright’s play, presented here in Welsh by RCT Theatres. In Pontardawe on Wed 10; Ammanford on Fri 12; Carmarthen on Sat 13; Blackwood on Mon 15; Aberystwyth on Wed 17; Brecon on Thurs 18; Cardiff on Fri 19.
John Cooper Clarke Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7pm, £18 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. A lot of his publicity material calls him Dr John Cooper Clarke, but looking it up this appears to refer to an honorary doctorate he was given in 2013, so I feel I can ignore that. In Monmouth on Sun 7.
R Laura Lexx + Christopher MacArthur-Boyd + Dave Fulton + Jack Barry Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£17 with a pie/£6 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Tonight is Pie Face Comedy and features both comedians and food offers. On tomorrow also (£16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food and a drink) and Sat 6 (£19/£10 NUS), with Barry replaced by Glenn Moore on both those nights.
Machynlleth Comedy Festival Preview Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Said festival is in a month’s time, acts at this preview are currently TBC.
The Sound Of Music Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £15/£12.50. Info 01686 614555. Musical, presented by Newtown Musical Theatre Company. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 6. (Until Sat 6)
Where Is Mrs Christie? Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01646 695267. One-woman show based on the time Agatha Christie crashed her car in 1926, went missing and then said she couldn’t remember anything about it when eventually found.
FRIDAY 5 APRIL
Comedy Club Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. With comics TBC.
Henning Wehn Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 01639 763214. Standup comedian whose USP is that he’s German. In Cardiff tomorrow.
MHT Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £19.50/£15. Info 01633 868239. Drag troupe. Not sure what MHT stands for.
R Resident Magicians The Small Space, Barry. 7.30pm, £20. Info [email protected]. Notably small (only 20 seats!) magic-centred Vale venue. On every Friday and Saturday this month (Sat 20 sold out), with a special guest on Sat 27.
‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £12.50/£11.50 adv. Info 01495 227206.
SATURDAY 6 APRIL
Aladdin Jr Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 2.30 + 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510. Presented here by The Performance Factory.
Greg Wohead Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Experimentica solo theatre show based on a meeting between Wohead and an Amish couple.
Henning Wehn St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Likely to be sold out by the time you read this.
Little Red Riding Hood Talent Shack, Cardiff. 10.30am, £5/£4. Info 07886 020923. First of six performances until Sat 13 showcasing the work of Shelley Norton’s Stage School classes – this one is the Mini Musical Theatre show.
Mamma Mia Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £6-£9.50. Info 01239 621200. Musical presented by Dynamix Performing Arts. On at 1pm tomorrow. (Until Mon 8)
Paul James Gwyn Hall, Neath. 8pm, £8.60. Info 0300 3656677. Welsh comedian.
Paulus: Beta Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. One-person drag musical, the person being cabaret sort Paul R Martin in a new genderfluid incarnation.
Steffan Evans & Drew Taylor + Sheep & Mash Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 01443 491424. Clwb Comedy present the final show in the headline duo’s Tales From Wales series.
Theatre In Focus: Thornton Wilder Grand Theatre, Swansea. 12.30pm, £6.50. Info 01792 475715. Fluellen present a talk about this playwright followed by a script-held reading of one of his plays. Held in the Circle Bar.
The West End At The Movies The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01639 843163.
SUNDAY 7 APRIL
Good News From The Future Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Improvised performance troupe perform in the foyer here, set to a soundtrack by Sam Barnes of Boy Azooga. GNFTF are in Swansea tomorrow.
John Cooper Clarke Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £18. Info 01600 772467.
R Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.
Mosaic Of Musicals Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01656 815995. Musical theatre.
Senior Musical Theatre Dance Show Talent Shack, Cardiff. 5pm, £7/£6. Info 07886 020923.
Shappi Khorsandi Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £15. Info 0871 4720400. With her latest standup show Skittish Warrior.
WillNE & Stephen Tries Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £22-£42. Info 029 2063 6464. YouTube personality duo whose ‘thing’ appears to be commenting on other things that are popular online. Based on a quick look at Stephen’s Twitter I’m expecting a vanilla lad banter type vibe.
MONDAY 8 APRIL
R Adam Kay Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Comedian who draws on his time in the medical profession for much of his material. I think we have an interview with him in this issue that probably doesn’t ask him about his Tory-esque song about striking tube drivers, but should do. In Cardiff on Tue 16, Aberystwyth Wed 17 and back here on Sun 28. Today’s show is sold out but Sun 28 currently isn’t.
R Merched Caerdydd + Nod Satwrn O Hyd Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510. Two new plays based in Cardiff, by Catrin Dafydd and Roger Williams respectively. On tomorrow also; in Cardiff from Wed 10-Sat 13.
Rubicon Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £8.50. Info 01633 656757. Showcase performance.
TUESDAY 9 APRIL
Così Fan Tutte Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £22/£19. Info 01873 850805.
R Death Of A Salesman Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. Presented by Newport Playgoers Society. On at 2.30pm (tickets £11) and 7.15pm on Sat 13. (Until Sat 13)
Edith’s Wartime Scrapbook Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 5.30pm, £6. Info 0845 2263510. Theatre performed by the children of Halfway School.
R Five Green Bottles Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2064 6900. Play by Spilt Milk Theatre, part of a new night called Get It While It’s Hot whose price includes a pie and a pint. As such I assume it is a rebranded version of A Play, A Pie & A Pint which used to run here. (Until Sat 13)
R Octopus Soup! New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£31. Info 029 2087 8889. New comedy starring Nick Hancock which, from the exclamation mark in its title onwards, sounds very much like it’s been beamed in from 1978. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 11 (£13-£26 in the afternoon) and Sat 13. £18-£35 on Fri 12 and Sat 13. In Swansea from Tue 23-Sat 27. (Until Sat 13)
Rough As Comedy The White Swan, Swansea. 8pm, £8 adv. Info [email protected]. Hosted by Dylan Jones with more acts TBC.
R The Producers Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01639 763214. Port Talbot Amateur Operatic Society presents Mel Brooks’ Hitlertastic musical comedy. (Until Sat 13)
WEDNESDAY 10 APRIL
Dau Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5.50-£11. Info 01792 863722.
Drama Devised Show Talent Shack, Cardiff. 5pm, £5/£4. Info 07886 020923.
Hairspray! The Musical Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.15pm, £14. Info 0300 0040444. Presented by Selsig Musical Theatre Society. On at 5pm on Sat 13. (Until Sat 13)
R Merched Caerdydd + Nod Satwrn O Hyd Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sat 13)
R Night Must Fall Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.15pm, £13.50/£11.50. Info 01792 475715. Fluellen production of classic thriller. On tomorrow also; in Maesteg on Sat 13.
Peeling Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.
R The Government Inspector Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 473238. Swansea Little Theatre present Nikolai Gogol’s farcical comedy. (Until Sat 13)
R The Queen Of The Ocean The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £42 adv. Info 01792 654366. This is billed as an immersive theatre experience in which you eat a five-course meal on the Titanic. Crikey. (Until Sun 14)
THURSDAY 11 APRIL
Acting LAMDA Showcase Talent Shack, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07886 020923.
R Andy Askins + Susie McCabe Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£17 with a pie/£6 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Tonight is Pie Face Comedy and features both comedians (one more act TBC) and food offers. On tomorrow also, (£16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food and a drink) and Sat 13 (£19/£10 NUS), with Stephen Grant and Allan Havey also featuring on both dates.
R Buttons Undone Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01656 815995. It’s a panto, but sort of rude, and Owen Money is in it. On tomorrow also. In Blackwood on Fri 26 and Sat 27.
Ignacio Lopez + Steffan Evans + Calum Stewart Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30-10.30pm, £7 adv. Info 01685 879491.
Kiri Pritchard-McLean Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Comedian with a show titled Victim, Complex.
Noel James + Jack Campbell + Matt Stellingwerf Narberth Rugby Club. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01834 869323. Comedy Club night hosted by Span Arts.
R The Young Artists Festival The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info info@
otherroomtheatre.com. Performances of specially commissioned scripts by Lisa Parry, Owen Thomas, Isley Lynne, Brad Birch, Nerida Bradley and Roger Williams. (Until Sat 13)
Tickles & Tarts The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Standup and sketxhes hosted by Joe Granville.
FRIDAY 12 APRIL
An Evening Of One-Act Plays The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £8.50/£7.50. Info 01639 843163. Presented by the Glantawe Theatre Company.
A Night At The Musicals Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £16/£15. Info 01633 868239.
Dau Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.
Dreaming The Nightfield Theatr Y Gromlech, Crymych, Sir Benfro. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01834 869323. Presented by Span Arts.
R Godspell: The 2012 Broadway Revival YMCA Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2046 5250. Musical, or a version of a musical, presented by AndGO. On tomorrow also.
House Of Broadway Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Musical theatre.
R Magical Journey Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £8-£11. Info 01970 623232. Aberystwyth Arts Centre Dance School present their biennial modern and tap dance showcase. On tomorrow also, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm.
O Go My Man Talent Shack, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 07886 020923.
R Pepperland Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £16.50-£32.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Dance-based tribute to Sgt. Pepper, devised by Mark Morris. See Upfront. On tomorrow also.
Rod Woodward Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £20.50 adv. Info 01495 227206.
R Stuff Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £8-£11. Info 01970 623232. Tom Wells’ play based around a troublesome surprise birthday party. On tomorrow also.
R SU Dance Society Annual Showcase 2019 Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10/£7. Info 01792 602060. On tomorrow also.
SATURDAY 13 APRIL
A Royal Birthday Surprise Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2.30pm, £8. Info 01495 243252. Kids’ theatre in which a princess named Belle and her friends have to prepare for a birthday party.
Dau Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510.
Days Of Significance Talent Shack, Cardiff. 5pm, £7/£6. Info 07886 020923.
Emerald Academy: Don’t Stop Believing Miners Institute, Blackwood. 6.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. Scenes from films and musicals.
Night Must Fall Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.
Séayoncé Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. A seance, but in drag, and also something to do with Beyoncé, I guess.
R The Girl With Incredibly Long Hair Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 11am + 2pm, £8. Info 029 2030 4400. Kids’ show based on Rapunzel but set in those ‘modern time’ we know and love. In English at 11am today; Welsh at 2pm. Sun 14 (relaxed performances): Welsh 11am, English 2pm. Tue 16: 11am and 2pm, both English. Wed 17: 11am and 2pm, both in Welsh. Thurs 18: 11am and 2pm, both in English. No performances on Mon 15. In Brecon on Fri 26 and Sat 27. (Until Thurs 18)
SUNDAY 14 APRIL
Lee Nelson Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £20. Info 0871 4720400.
Shine Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9. Info 01792 602060. Musical presented by The Rising Stars Theatre Company.
ShowTime 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 12.30 + 5pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Dance showcase from the Mandy & Shirley Morris School Of Dance.
MONDAY 15 APRIL
Dau Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50 adv. Info 01495 227206.
R Hair New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£37. Info 029 2087 8889. Musical celebrating the hippy idyll of 1967, as well as its own 50th anniversary. Although I think that was actually two years ago and this version is still touring. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 18 (£17-£25 in the afternoon) and Sat 20. £23-£40 on Fri 19 and Sat 20. (Until Sat 20)
R Horrible Histories: Barmy Britain Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 1.30 + 5pm, £16/£8 under-16s. Info 029 2064 6900. A new version of this enduring family history show. On at 2.30pm and 7pm tomorrow; 11am on Wed 17. (Until Wed 17)
Pongo’s Party Gwyn Hall, Neath. 1.30pm, £7.82. Info 0300 3656677. Singalong kids’ theatre.
Sooty’s Magic Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 11am + 2.30pm, £14/£12 kids. Info 01792 475715.
Tarzanna Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £8/£6. Info 01970 623232. Kids’ theatre with puppetry and acrobatics.
TUESDAY 16 APRIL
Adam Kay Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715.
R Carol Goode School Of Dance + Expressions School Of Dance Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 01633 868239. Performing The Nutcracker, The Greatest Showman and more. (Until Fri 19)
R The Bodyguard Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £19-£64. Info 029 2063 6464. Return of a West End hit which was previously here in 2015, starring Alexandra Burke – as indeed it still does. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 18 (£19-£59 evening show), Sat 20, Thurs 25 and Sat 27. £22-£71.50 on Fri 19, Sat 20, Fri 26 and Sat 27. No Alexandra on the afternoons of Thurs 18, Sat 20 or Thurs 25. (Until Sat 27)
R You’ve Got Dragons Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 11am, £7. Info 029 2063 6464. Kids’ theatre presented by Taking Flight. (Until Sat 20)
WEDNESDAY 17 APRIL
Adam Kay Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £25. Info 01970 623232. Will probably be sold out by the time you read this.
Dau Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232.
Egg And Spoon Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 11.30am, 1.30pm + 3.30pm, £9. Info 029 2064 6900. Interactive theatre aimed at ages 1-9
The Odyssey The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2048 3344. Rock musical version of this Homeric work, performed by Pantaloons. In Aberystwyth on Tue 30.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Miners Institute, Blackwood. 2pm, £9/£8.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. Kids’ theatre. In Narberth on Wed 24.
THURSDAY 18 APRIL
Angela Barnes Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £14. Info 0871 4720400. Comedian performing a show titled Rose-Tinted. See Upfront.
Bump + Bully Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Readings of two new plays by Kelly Jones and Tom Wentworth respectively.
County Youth Dance Company Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £8.75/£6.75. Info 01792 602060. Three new contemporary dance works.
Dau Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £7-£12. Info 01874 611622.
Dolly Chicken Comedy: Fun At The Flute Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £6.50/£5 adv. Info
[email protected]. Featuring Ignacio Lopez, Sarah Breese and Good Kids plus MC Anita Shaw.
Eleanor Conway Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm, £13. Info 01792 475715. Standup show based on Conway’s previous life as a ‘party girl’. She is more clean living now but still described in the PR blurb as a “filthy firebomb”. Who writes this stuff?
Family Dance Festival 2019 Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 12, 2 + 4pm, free. Info 0845 2263510. Two hour-long pop-up sessions featuring dancers from Bombastic, Coreo Cymru and Wales Millennium Centre. In Barry on Thurs 25; Newport on Sat 27.
Haka Musical Evening Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £10-£12.50. Info 01970 623232. Musical theatre.
Noel James Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £10/£9. Info 01970 623232. Comedian who performs various in Welsh and English – today it’s the latter, next month the former.
Studio Comedy Club Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£9 early bird. Info 029 2064 6900. With acts TBC.
The Amazing Bubble Man Miners Institute, Blackwood. 11.30am + 2pm, £12.50/£10.50 kids. Info 01495 227206. Louis Pearl makes some of his trademark giant bubbles in a theatrical science stylee.
The Dock Town Hall, Maesteg. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01656 815995. New IRA-themed drama (could be good timing?) by Emily Darcy.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 2pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Kids’ show presented by The People’s Theatre Company.
FRIDAY 19 APRIL
Dau Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.
R Mike Wilmot + Alistair Williams + Jarred Christmas + Paul McCaffrey Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food and a drink. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS) and Sun 21.
Noel Sullivan Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2063 6464. Hear’say member turned musical theatre fixture with his debut solo cabaret show, titled – and fair play to the big man here – If You Don’t Noel Me By Now.
SATURDAY 20 APRIL
Donna Marie Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. See Upfront (I think) for an interview with Welsh Lady Gaga impersonator who came into the Buzz office at the exact moment I was writing this listing! Cosmic, man.
MONDAY 22 APRIL
Little Meerkat’s Big Panic Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12 + 4pm, £7. Info 029 2063 6464. Multi-sensory kids’ show set in the Kalahari desert. On tomorrow also.
TUESDAY 23 APRIL
Aliens Love Underpants Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 12 + 3.30pm, £14. Info 01656 815995. Kids’ theatre based on a book. In Aberdare tomorrow.
Dinosaur World Live The Riverfront, Newport. 1 + 3.30pm, £14. Info 01633 656757. Interactive educational theatre. On at 11am, 2pm and 4.30pm tomorrow. (Until Fri 26)
Myths & Monsters Pyle Library, Bridgend. 2pm, £6. Info 01656 815995. Greek myths for kids, told here by Craig Johnson. In Maesteg tomorrow.
R Octopus Soup! Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12-£21. Info 01792 475715. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 25 and Sat 27. (Until Sat 27)
Swan Lake Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01239 621200. Ballet, presented by Ballet Theatre UK. In Builth Wells tomorrow.
WEDNESDAY 24 APRIL
Aliens Love Underpants Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1.30 + 4pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 0040444.
R Annie Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Famous musical presented by the SA15 Stage School. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Fri 26 and Sat 27. (Until Sat 27)
Awakening Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12-£15. Info 01970 623232.
R Bing Live! Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 1 + 4pm, £19.25/£17.25. Info 01639 763214. Kids’ show. On tomorrow also.
Comedy Club Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £11.50. Info 01792 475715.
R Legally Blonde The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £8/£7. Info 01495 355945. Presented by AYDMS Juniors. On at 2.30pm on Sat 27. (Until Sat 27)
Myths & Monsters Maesteg Library. 3pm, £6/£4.50 library members. Info 01656 815995.
Pongo Party Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 11am + 2pm, £10/£8. Info 01685 384111. Family show aimed especially at ages 2-7.
There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Queens Hall, Narberth. 1.30pm, £6. Info 01834 869323.
R The Wonderful World Of Disney On Ice Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £28. Info 029 2022 4488. On at 2.30pm and 6.30pm on Fri 26; 10.30am, 2.30pm and 6.30pm on Sat 27 and Sun 28. (Until Sun 28)
R Tom Gates Live On Stage! New Theatre, Cardiff. 7pm, £10-£14. Info 029 2087 8889. Stage version of popular series of kids’ books. On at 2pm and 7pm from Thurs 25-Sat 27. £9.50-£19.50 on Thurs 25 and the afternoon of Fri 26; £11-£22 on the evening of Fri 26, Sat 27 and Sun 28. (Until Sun 28)
R Tonto Evans Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Frank Vickery comedy about a retired miner who dresses up as a Native American for reasons I daresay are explained in the play itself. (Until Sat 27)
THURSDAY 25 APRIL
Al Murray Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £27.50. Info 01600 772467. “Actually Al Murray is really quite left-wing. It’s funnier because some of his audience actually have the same kind of views as his Pub Landlord character.” This was a thing we used to think and say.
Animalcolm Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £10-£14. Info 01970 623232. Speaking of comedians with mediocre political opinions, here’s a kids’ musical written by David Baddiel, about a boy who doesn’t like animals yet finds himself on a school trip to a farm.
R Carl Hutchinson Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01656 815995. Comedian, sold out this evening but on tomorrow also.
Chad Michaels + Farrah Moan Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £25/£55 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. Drag/burlesque show with Michaels and Moan playing Cher and Christina Aguilera respectively.
Family Dance Festival Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 2 + 4pm, free. Info 01446 738622.
R Faulty Towers: The Dining Experience The Orangery, Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 7pm, £55. Info 01639 881635. Price includes a three-course meal, canapes and prosecco. On tomorrow also.
Forbidden Nights Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £23.65. Info 0300 3656677. Male strippers.
Ignacio Lopez + Leroy Brito + Simon Emanuel Hardie’s, Merthyr Tydfil. 8.30pm, £8. Info facebook.com/merthyrcomedyfestival. Merthyr Comedy Festival event, second of two today – see below.
Karen Sherrard + Andrew Rutledge + Col Howarth Woodfired, Merthyr Tydfil. 6.45pm, £6. Info facebook.com/merthyrcomedyfestival. Opening show of this year’s Merthyr Comedy Festival, featuring eight standup gigs in the town between now and Sat 27. This one is in a pizza restaurant.
R National Theatre Connections 2019 Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 12pm, £10 full pass/£5 per performance. Info 029 2064 6900. Annual festival of new plays for/by youth theatres and schools, with three here each day for the next three days. See www.shermantheatre.co.uk for the full listings. (Until Sat 27)
Noisy Holiday The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 1pm, £6. Info 01639 843163. Children’s theatre presented by Kid Carpet.
R The Ebbing Hour Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01633 263670. David Martin’s play about a chilling hillside encounter and a therapy session. On tomorrow also.
The Girl Who Couldn’t Pretend Bettws Library, Newport. 2.30pm, £3.50/£2 members. Info 01656 815995. Kids’ theatre, taking place after the one listed below (for alphabetical reasons).
The Girl Who Couldn’t Pretend Sarn Library, nr Bridgend. 10.30am, £3.50/£2 members. Info 01656 815995.
What’s In The Box? Beelzebub’s, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info events@
craftydevilbrewing.co.uk. Newe improv comedy night which is scheduled to be on the last Thursday of each month and will feature three-minute slots on a topic chosen by the audience.
FRIDAY 26 APRIL
Adam Hess + Garrett Millerick Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £10. Info 01874 611622. Comedy Club night.
R Buttons Undone Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £18.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also.
Comedy Shed The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £13. Info 01633 656757. With standups TBC.
R Ed Gamble Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2030 4400. Standup comedian who seems like he’s been around forever but is six years younger than me. To be fair I also seem like I’ve been around forever. On tomorrow also.
R Maureen Younger + Mickey Sharma + Henry Paker Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food and a drink. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS) with one more comic TBC on both nights.
Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show For Kids Town Hall, Maesteg. 1pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 01656 815995.
R The Girl With Incredibly Long Hair Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 01874 611622. On tomorrow also, at 11am (in Welsh) and 2pm (in English).
R The Stick Maker Tales Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10/£8. Info 01970 623232. A National Theatre Wales production of a one-man show about an elderly shepherd, played by Peter Cox. On tomorrow also; in Abergavenny on Tue 30.
Wes Packer + Matt Rees + Chris Chopping Hardie’s, Merthyr Tydfil. 10pm, £8 adv. Info facebook.com/
merthyrcomedyfestival. Merthyr Comedy Festival event.
Zoe Lyons + Jarred Christmas + Drew Taylor + Daniel Glyn Merthyr Tydfil Labour Club. 6.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info facebook.com/merthyrcomedyfestival. Merthyr Comedy Festival event.
R Zog St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.30pm, £10-£15.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Theatre version of much-loved Donaldson/Scheffler kids’ book. On tomorrow at 11am, 2pm and 4pm; Sun 28 at 11am and 2pm. (Until Sun 28)
SATURDAY 27 APRIL
Craig Campbell + Tanyalee Davis + George Rigden + Carrieanne The Redneck Comedian + Paul James Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 01685 384111. Final Merthyr Comedy Festival show of 2019.
Family Dance Festival The Riverfront, Newport. 12, 2 + 4pm, free. Info 01633 656757. With standups TBC.
Fidelio Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01970 623232. Beethoven’s opera, performed here in Welsh.
Jarred Christmas + Simon Emanuel + Beth Jones Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 1.30pm, £3.50 adv. Info 01685 384111. Merthyr Comedy Festival show aimed at ages 6+.
John Archer The Small Space, Barry. 7.30pm, £25. Info [email protected]. UK magician performs his full 90-minute show, very rare this is apparently.
Cafficadabra Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8-10pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Magic from Josef Badman in the bar.
Roy Chubby Brown The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £24 adv. Info 01633 533666.
Steffan Evans A Ffrindiau Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 4.30pm, £6 adv. Info facebook.com/merthyrcomedyfestival. Merthyr Comedy Festival event, this one in Welsh.
The Man Whose Hair Grew Back + Hannah E Phillips Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 5pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 384111. Merthyr Comedy Festival show featuring a play by Anthony Bunko (The Man…) and a standup show by Phillips titled Topless In Treorchy. Sold out though.
SUNDAY 28 APRIL
Craig Campbell + George Rigden + Tom Evans + Drew Taylor The Lion Hotel, Treorchy. 6-9pm, £10 adv. Info 01443 777603. Comedy.
Wahala Comedy Clash Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £20. Info 0871 4720400. Kojo, Kat MTV, Dizzle and more in the latest Jamaica v Africa face-off to take place here.
MONDAY 29 APRIL
Josh Widdecombe Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6pm, £14. Info 029 2023 2199. Little Wander present work in progress gig from Devonian comic.
R User Not Found Quantum Coffee Roasters, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2063 6464. A play about death and the digital legacy people retain posthumously, presented by the Wales Millennium Centre with Dante Or Die but held in a coffee shop nearby. On tomorrow also.
TUESDAY 30 APRIL
R Calendar Girls Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £19.50-£42.50. Info 029 2063 6464. Musical about old women taking their clothes off for a charity calendar, devised by dirty old Gary Barlow. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 1, Thurs 2, Sat 4, Thurs 9 and Sat 11 May. £21.50-£47.50 on Fri 3, Sat 4, Fri 10 and Sat 11 May. (Until Sat 11 May)
Elmer The Patchwork Elephant Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 1 + 4.30pm, £9/£8. Info 01792 602060. Kids’ show based on a book by David McKee.
R Peeling Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £14/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. On at 2pm and 8pm on Thurs 2 and Sat 4 May. (Until Sat 4 May)
The Odyssey Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10-£14. Info 01970 623232.
The Stick Maker Tales Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12/£7.50 NUS. Info 01873 850805.