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by Mike Smith
XXXXX Apologies to the rest of the splendid cast members, and they really were all excellent, but this revival…
by Chiara Strazzulla
For one of the best-known and most frequently staged of Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto can prove at times quite frustrating. There is a…
by Emmanuel Adrieu
The Chorégies d’Orange closed triumphantly on July 22, with a semi-staged version of Giacomo Puccini ‘s masterpiece Tosca, to which…
by Mark Rees
As the summer sun beat down on the rolling grounds of Longborough, this highly enjoyable new production of La bohème…
by Shaun Tougher
I’m a big fan of John Waters’ film Hairspray. I remember well going to see it on its release in…
Proms 2024 Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem Under the baton of Ryan Bancroft, the principal conductor of BBC National Orchestra of…
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…
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…
At the age of 16 I experienced a psychotic episode during a drug overdose that resulted in a suicide…
“The choice of Three Musketeers was an easy one. When I was looking for inspiration to write for Black RAT’s…
A special one-off screening of HAMLET, followed by a Q&A with award-winning Swansea born Director Sean Mathias. Joining him…
I am thrilled to share Frân Wen’s 2024 Summer/Autumn programme, which is spearheaded by a unique storytelling trilogy based…
Alyn Hawke is resident dierctor of Come from Away which is at Wales Millennium Centre from April 2-6, 2024. Alyn…
Stephen Murray plays Edward Scissorhands in New Adventures’ Edward Scissorhands, choreographed by Matthew Bourne. Edward Scissorhands is at Wales…
Tickets are on sale for Mid Wales Opera new SmallStages production of Pagliacci, following a gargantuan effort to raise finances after the…
In autumn 2024 Black RAT Productions and Blackwood Miners’ Institute present a brand-new comedy based on Alexandre Dumas’ 17th Century…
A special one-off screening of Hamlet will be followed by a Q&A with award-winning Swansea born Director Sean Mathias. Joining…
Tickets are now on sale for the Cowbridge Music Festival which is now in its fourteenth year, bringing world class…
Craidd, formerly known as Ramps Cymru, has appointed five Agents for Change who will be based in partner venues across…
Everyman Theatre Company’s longstanding summer theatre extravaganza is back with a diverse programme from contemporary Shakespeare adaptations, to West end…