Superstar poet HOLLIE MCNISH shares anecdotes & excepts from new book LOBSTER at packed Cardiff show
Visiting Cardiff during her Lobster promotional tour, poet Hollie McNish's audience is captivated by what feels like a hangout with a good friend.
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A family wedding in Wales provides drama, laughs & culture clashes in PARTI PRIODAS
Family drama, language barriers and the difficult task of coming to terms with change are the basis of new Welsh play, Parti Priodas.
Artistic journeys & joyous reimaginings: EXPERIMENTICA winds down for the year
After four impactful days, Experimentica 2024 at Cardiff's Chapter Arts Centre comes to an end – and on its final day, reviewer James Ellis developed his own ongoing practice.
THE 39 STEPS: a whirlwind of a comedy spy thriller on stage in Cardiff
The cast in Cardiff absolutely nail The 39 Steps; this high-energy romp of a spy mystery will leave you satisfied – and somewhat exhausted.
OPERATION JULIE: legendary drug bust’s psychedelic musical returns to the stage
The only good thing to come out of Operation Julie (the drugs bust) was the fact that Operation Julie (the play) was written.
AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN charms and baffles as a stage musical in Cardiff
Charming in some ways and bafflingly off-putting in others, the musical version of An Officer And A Gentleman in Cardiff feels like someone sat down with a bottle of vodka one night and slammed out the plan for it.
COME FROM AWAY: ignore the clichés – this is musical theatre at its most uplifting
The Wales Millennium Centre welcomes their own group of ‘come from awayers’ as this popular musical stops off in Cardiff Bay on its first UK tour, straight from the West End.
Musical renegades BONNIE & CLYDE don’t hit the right notes on stage in Cardiff
Bonnie and Clyde, folk heroes of the Great Depression, make interesting subjects for a musical, although, on the evidence of this production, I’m not sure the execution completely works.
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE: macabre CHRISTIE adaptation makes its way to the Cardiff stage
An eerie and authentic adaptation, even after 85 years And Then There Were None can resonate with a contemporary audience.
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS is quintessential Matthew Bourne magic at the WMC
There’s something special about Matthew Bourne's Edward Scissorhands that requires repeat viewing, or even the first time if you haven’t seen it before.
DEATH IN VENICE: Britten’s final curtain unites WNO & NoFit State in an impassioned fusion
Britten's opera adaptation of Thomas Mann's controversial Death In Venice gets a marvelous mounting by WNO, with help from NoFit State circus.
COSÌ FAN TUTTE: WNO offer a mixed education in Mozart’s dated comic opera
One of Mozart’s four famous operatic works which does not feature a knockout aria, WNO's Così Fan Tutte has some value, but both the length and the lack of worthwhile supporting characters makes it drag.