Period Drama
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University Penglais Campus, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, United KingdomThe title is a pun, and a well-worn one, but instead of ‘birthday card for middle-aged relative’ type humour Olga Kaleta, architect and performer of this one-woman show, promises “a deep dive into the question of wellness through a feminist lens via slasher flicks, bloody knickers and existential dilemmas of insects”.
Glen Wool
Elysium Gallery 210 High Street, Swansea, SwanseaOne of a few Canadian standups who moved to the UK in the 90s to make their bones, Glen Wool can nevertheless command an international audience, and has done various panel shows in his time. He’s also at the Glee Club in Cardiff Bay on Fri 8 and Sat 9, should that be more geographically …
Shaun Ryder
The Riverfront Kingsway, Newport, Gwent, United KingdomFeels like we’re rarely more than a few months away in either direction from a spoken word tour by Shaun Ryder, though this time he has a new(ish) book, whose terrible title is Happy Mondays, And Fridays, And Saturdays, And Sundays. Fans can meet the Mondays (and Black Grape) singer from 6pm with a meet …
Out Of Order
Y Ffwrnes Park Street, Llanelli, CarmarthenshireRay Cooney’s 1990 play about politicians shagging their secretaries anticipated the wave of ‘Tory sleaze’ by a year or two (although I’d guess was partly inspired by Cecil Parkinson), but is unlikely to ever feel too anachronistic. It’s also been adapted to depict pols of many other nations, but Llanelli Little Theatre tackle it here.
Ledi’r Wyrcws
Neuadd Dwyfor 19 Penlan St, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, United KingdomThree-hander Welsh-language play starring Morfudd Hughes, Owen Arwyn and Judith Humphreys, set in a workhouse circa 1955 (all British workhouses had been closed by then so this may be theatrical licence) where the workers keep their spirits up – and find common ground – by singing folk songs to each other.
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