In recent months the WNO has served up wonderful innovative productions: Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. As part…
Mother Goose, Wales Millennium Centre
March 30, 2023I was looking forward to seeing Mother Goose enormously. This production had attracted a lot of press attention when it…
Strictly Ballroom, Wales Millennium Centre
January 24, 2023This musical is based on the hugely successful film of 1992, directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann (though the film…
Hilarious Barber of Seville, WNO at WMC
October 2, 2021Despite attending WNO productions in Cardiff for over twenty years this was the first time I have seen their staging…
National Dance Company Wales, Roots, Dance House, Cardiff
November 25, 2019Any performance by National Dance Company Wales is to be keenly anticipated. They have established a reputation for quirky, delightful…
Will Young, St David’s Hall
October 12, 2019The original Pop Idol still has the X Factor. Since winning Pop Idol in 2002 Will Young has released seven…
The Mirror Crack’d, New Theatre
March 28, 2019In addition to being one of the bestselling fiction writers in the world, Agatha Christie is a very successful female…
Passenger, Festival of Voice, Wales Millennium Centre
June 17, 2018Compared to 2016’s Festival of Voice (which featured both John Grant and Rufus Wainwright) I had found little to attract…
Terra Firma, NDCWales
May 15, 2018The Terra Firma triple bill does not disappoint with three very different dances including two that I have seen before…
Sunset Boulevard, Wales Millennium Centre
February 28, 2018Let’s get this out of the way. Yes, I am a Strictly fan and, yes, the main attraction of this…