TOAST/KEN AND STEVE | LIVE REVIEW
TOAST/KEN AND STEVE | LIVE REVIEW by Velvet Trumpet, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wed 30 July Toast, a Talking Heads-style monologue charting one man’s love affair with, well, toast, …
David Griffiths
ORPHEUS | STAGE REVIEW
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 …
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO | STAGE REVIEW
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, …
EQUUS | STAGE REVIEW
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 …
SAM LEE | LIVE REVIEW
SAM LEE | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 8 May Sam Lee is introduced to the stage by a man announcing that folk music is trendy. “I …
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 …
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 …
I, PEASEBLOSSOM / I, CALIBAN | STAGE REVIEW
I, PEASEBLOSSOM / I, CALIBAN | STAGE REVIEW Sherman Cymru, Cardiff, Tues 4 Mar ‘Hi Brian. I’m a monster’ says Jimmy Whiteaker’s Caliban to an audience member by …
EZRA FURMAN + SO SO GLOS + THREATMANTICS | LIVE REVIEW
EZRA FURMAN + SO SO GLOS + THREATMANTICS | LIVE REVIEW The Moon Club, Cardiff, Sat 15 Feb Threatmantics are probably the only contenders for best folk-punk-country band …
SEAN LOCK | COMEDY REVIEW
SEAN LOCK | COMEDY REVIEW St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Tues 12 Nov Lock is a familiar face from his appearance on nearly every television panel show ever devised. …
REGINALD D HUNTER | LIVE REVIEW
REGINALD D HUNTER | LIVE REVIEW St David’s Hall, Sat 5 Nov From the moment that Reginald D Hunter strides onto stage, to a huge round of applause, …
ROBERTO DEVEREUX | STAGE REVIEW
ROBERTO DEVEREUX | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Wed 2 Oct WNO’s new production of Donizetti’s Roberto Devereux doesn’t place too high a premium on historical veracity. My history …