Theatrical alchemy: Nicola Turner on designing WNO’s DEATH IN VENICE
Designer Nicola Turner makes a welcome return for WNO's take on Death In Venice by Thomas Mann. We pick her artistic brain on her creative process.
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What’s on in Wales: 2024’s biggest gigs, shows, festivals and more
For the forward-thinking culture vultures, we have your 2024 calendar done and dusted for the year's biggest gigs, shows, festivals and more.
Christmas crackers: your festive events guide
Moving into December and January, a roundup of theatre, pantos, concerts, festivals and more taking place in the Yuletide build-up and aftermath.
Christmas crackers on stage: the best of the season’s theatre & panto (so far)
A wreath of plays, pantos and more festive theatre kicks off almost two months in advance of Christmas itself - and we've rounded up the very best!
Christmas come early! The best of the season’s concerts, markets & more in Wales
From carol singers to choirs to festive markets to kids’ events, Rhiannon Farr has compiled the cream of concerts, markets and more this Christmas in Wales.
Utterly unique things to do this May in Wales, from submerged forests to queer techno
Discover the best and most unique things to do in Wales this May, from a guided walk through the submerged forest of Borth to a vibrant queer techno rave in Cardiff.
Vaporwave Mozart shakes up Welsh National Opera in a disappointing MAGIC FLUTE
A unique 'Vaporwave' Mozart production of The Magic Flute by WNO, features 80s aesthetics and impressive vocal performances in an unconventional take on this classic opera in Cardiff Bay.
“It needs to last forever” – Oldfield collaborator Robin Smith on TUBULAR BELLS at 50
As groundbreaking synth/prog/proto-chillout album Tubular Bells tours the UK 50 years after its release, Rhonda Lee Reali speaks to Robin Smith.
“We’re basically a live advertisement” – THE BOOTLEG BEATLES make Christmas their own again
Dead-on renditions of Fab Four classics in full regalia and Liverpudlian wit – it’s gotta be The Bootleg Beatles who's traditional pre-Christmas tour hits Cardiff on Wed 7 Dec.
Your guide to winter 2022’s best theatre & panto in Wales and beyond
December and January traditionally offer jam-packed stage programmes, and Christmas 2022 going into the 2023 New Year season is no exception.
WNO’s LA BOHÈME features timeless staging – but lacks classic magic
Ever the crowdpleaser, Puccini’s La Bohème never lost its romantic allure for generations of opera goers.
“We started in 1963 and worked every year since” – BOBBY ELLIOTT on THE HOLLIES’ 60th anniversary
Rhonda Lee Reali talks to a guy whose drumming for Manchester beat group The Hollies powered some of the jauntiest hits to have emerged from the 1960s golden age.