Constellations
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UKThe Richard Burton Company – plus director Francesca Goodridge, who’ll be co-directing Nye later this year – tackle a contemporary drama by Nick Payne. It’s about romance, infidelity, the multi-universe theory and bees, and Goodridge’s take has four different plotlines each happening in alternate realities, which sounds dead clever. There are matinee performances on Sat …
The None
Clwb Ifor Bach 11 Womanby Street, Cardiff, CardiffWith members based variously in London and Birmingham, The None’s 2024 featured touring (including at this venue in October, for Swn Festival) and two EPs of punky noiserock a la Shellac. The band’s best-known member is Gordon Moakes, ex of Bloc Party, but this reporter wishes to single out vocalist Kaila Whyte as a general …
Sinfonia Cymru & Hyeyoon Park
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United Kingdom“If you’re a classical music fan or giving it a go for the first time, this concert directed by internationally award-winning violinist Hyeyoon Park promises to warm your heart,” write Sinfonia Cymru on their website. Why is it only classical and opera that get promoted in this way? It’s not like most rock shows couldn’t …
Theo Alexander & Qow
Chapter Arts Centre Market Road, Cardiff, Cardiff, United KingdomTheo Alexander is a piano-based composer from London who released a tape, Points Of Decay, in 2017 which I really liked. Should probably catch up with his doings since – for 2025, there’s a collaborative album with Qow (Egyptian artist Omar El Sadek) due. Titled So Afraid To Show I Care, this performance will be …
Hidden
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United KingdomMotionhouse, dance company boasting frequent critical hits, premiere their latest show Hidden in their near-hometown Warwick before scooting over to Aberystwyth a week later. As well as the requisite acrobatics and theatrics, there’s a digital element and an electronic soundtrack, with a theme of “light … coming out of darkness in times of crisis.”
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