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by Mike Smith
Trying to tag a label on Castellana at the Spiegeltent is a tricky business; combining excellent circus skills, burlesque acts,…
by Gareth Llewellyn
It’s that time of year when the frost settles on the ground, the cheesy Christmas tunes begin their heavy rotation…
I Should Be So Lucky is so derivative of a host of other musical, stage shows and television series that…
by Megan Callaghan
Shrek the Musical by Megan Callaghan, age 13. Shrek the musical is based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film and is…
by Nigel Jarrett
Cellist Shirley Smart has helped extend the number of unusual instruments that find a home in jazz, but she draws…
by Rhiannon Callaghan
Everyone’s talking about gender identity, gender dysphoria, gender politics. So there was a real risk that a musical about a…
by Michael Stimpson
In honour of the 70th anniversary of the passing of Dylan Thomas, The Dylan Thomas Birthplace and composer Michael Stimpson…
by Amanda Griffiths
In this latest screened production from the National Theatre, which was broadcast live to cinemas earlier in the Autumn, Director…
For Chicago to succeed on stage it requires not only charismatic principal characters but a full ensemble of strong singers,…
The smile never left my face throughout this very polished and elegant feel-good staging of Singin’ in the Rain. With…
by Chiara Strazzulla
It may not be the most dramatic or spectacular of musicals, but I must admit that I have always had…
At one stage in his show Bianca Del Rio made a light-hearted moan that there are drag queens everywhere, which…
Aladdin is at Wales Millennium Centre from 7 December 2023 – 14 January 2024 Gavid Adams, a recent graduate of…
Barry Slack directs Brian Friel’s The Yalta Game and Afterplay for Everyman Theatre Cardiff that are staged at Chapter, Cardiff…
Swansea City Opera’s new chamber opera Shoulder to Shoulder will tour in November with a five-strong cast. It has been…
Mid Wales Opera are back on the road this season with two Shakespearean operas. In March next year the company…
Welsh author Sophie Anderson talks about the stage adaptation of her book, The House with the Chicken Legs. The magical…
Volcano Theatre marks the onset of winter and embraces the encroaching darkness with Confessions of a Dark Room, a new…
Welsh television and stage actor Dyfrig Morris and Cardiff actress and singer Millie Davies will return to play the lead…
The multi Tony Award-winning production of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I continues to delight audiences as it tours…
Mid Wales Opera’s ‘Beatrice & Benedict’ enthrals audiences and impresses critics as it begins SmallStages Tour while Arts’ Council Wales…
Wales Millennium Centre has announced a new project starring Welsh actor Michael Sheen and the National Theatre in London. The…
While Welsh National Opera has again received the largest single Arts Council of Wales funding allocation, the company says it…