BLOOD BROTHERS: classic musical of hope in times of despair still a crowd-pleaser in Cardiff
After seeing the most recent Blood Brothers production at the WMC it’s easy to see why it’s called the “standing ovation musical.”
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WELSH BALLROOM COMMUNITY: Leighton Rees Milan on the legacy & future of pioneering group
Welsh Ballroom Community founder Leighton Rees Milan talks about the group’s dedication to honouring their legacy and their plans to throw Wales’ first-ever mini-ball.
Lloyd Webber’s stage version of THE WIZARD OF OZ lands in technicolour in Cardiff
Brought to the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber, The Wizard Of Oz is a sufficiently fun, colourful show for kids in the audience to be enjoying it alongside adults.
Foster care meets comedy? KIRI PRITCHARD-MCLEAN explains how
Kiri Pritchard McLean adds foster parenting to both her personal life and on-stage material, including brand new tour Peacock.
What to see at this week’s HIJINX UNITY FESTIVAL in Cardiff
A guide to the highlights of Hijinx’s Unity Festival, a biennial programme of inclusive and disability arts, with an emphasis on dance theatre.
IL TRITTICO: WNO stage Puccini’s grand triplet of operas at the WMC
Il Trittico is an impressive three-part undertaking from WNO. With such a glorious company on our doorstep, more ought to experience opera.
LUKE HEREFORD on becoming ESTHER PARADE, Cardiff’s ‘hairiest’ drag queen
Before you Get Into Bed With Esther Parade, a la their WMC Cabaret show this month, find out how Welsh drag artist Luke Hereford took the plunge.
NYE: WMC, National Theatre & Michael Sheen’s serviceable co-produced history of the NHS
After all the buzz around Nye, the Michael Sheen-starring Aneurin Bevan play from the Wales Millennium Centre and National Theatre, it's a serviceable production with some striking imagery.
A focus on art in Wales: this year’s major news & exhibitions
With plenty going on in the art world this year, CJ Wagstaff presents a bumper roundup of news and exhibitions coming up in Wales.
“If my EP was a movie, it’s a coming-of-age chick flick” – One to watch: AISHA KIGS
A rising pop/r’n’b experimenter based in Cardiff, Aisha Kigs describes circumstances leading to her writing debut EP Fire Hazard.
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.
KARL JENKINS: the man behind the moustache, at 80
We speak to Welsh musical giant Karl Jenkins, the man behind the moustache, about his 80th birthday tour and his love of jazz.