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by Mike Smith
Vivette never meets her love rival in Cilea’s L’Arlesiana but the impact on her life could not be more traumatic…
Natalya Romaniw brought Opera Holland Park’s season to a sensational finale with Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta further demonstrating her position as one…
Michael Boyd’s concept for Garsington’s Don Giovanni equated the libertine’s rejection of morality at a time of great social change…
Martin Constantine’s Don Giovanni, transposed to a modern fitness centre, at first seems a straightforward “men are bad” reading of…
by Gareth Llewellyn
Rounding off a series of successful gigs held at Caerffili’s stunning castle over two successive weekends, there was a great…
by Sara Robinson
Just over 24 hours before appearing at Cardiff Castle with his band, Chic, Nile Rodgers took to Twitter to ask…
by James Ellis
Jukebox musicals have clogged our stages for years now. Little seems to go into new musicals not based on films…
by Rhiannon Callaghan
First, a confession. My expectations of “Madagascar – the Musical” at the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) were not high. To…
by Chiara Strazzulla
In many ways, Kinky Boots is already a classic of musical theatre. It is in its plot structure, a somewhat…
In a screen-to-stage adaptation that strikes a balance between thriller and comedy, making it most suitable to a Summer theatre…
Dance and theatre audiences’ love affair with Matthew Bourne shown no sign of waning and with this novel take on…
Avenue Q is almost as old as some of the characters the puppets (think muppets but for legal reasons they…
The Welsh Camerata choir and I have had an intensive time recently, exploring some of the most intellectually challenging music…
On the evening of our first preview of CLASS, the new play we had co-written about a parent-teacher meeting that…
Mark Morris’ Pepperland successfully launched Liverpool’s Sgt Pepper at 50 Festival in 2017 and this year it tours the UK,…
We are three weeks into rehearsal for Into The Light, Hijinx’s first European collaborative production, featuring performers from Italy, Spain…
Click. Send… (email swoosh). And breathe. My debut play BLUE has just been released from my closely guarded hands… Within a…
The not-so-new kids on the block: Cascade Dance Theatre Having achieved positive responses from critics and audiences alike during their…
Shortlisted for the Brighton Fringe Award for Excellence and following sold-out dates in London and Edinburgh Fringe 2018, Really Want…
We are down to double figures now as there are less than 100 days to go until The Riverfront Theatre…
Cardiff-based Hijinx is celebrating the homecoming of their critically acclaimed production Meet Fred this September. The show, which features a…
At a time where the risk of being overweight is now as almost as likely as smoking to cause cancer…
Three recent graduates from the Coleg Menai Foundation Art and Design course are currently exhibiting work at Pontio following a…
Cardiff-based music development organisation, Sound Progression, is launching a Youth Music Academy this August to offer bespoke creative development opportunities…