I was a late starter to dance, I was studying drama as a 16-year-old and loved being expressive. My drama…
Little Wolf, Lucid
October 27, 2017Playwright Simon Harris is on ravishing form with this exquisite reworking of Ibsen’s 1894 play Little Eyolf for this first…
RAFT, Gwyn Emberton Dance, Riverfront, Newport
October 20, 2017Yet again dance shows it has the power to communicate with us in a way that theatre so often fails,…
Nightmare Scenario, Operasonic, Riverfront, Newport
October 8, 2017Operasonic’s new project Nightmare Scenario revolves around an imaginary war and the consequences of decisions that have to be made, including by the…
Rhian Hutchings: It’s not a Nightmare Scenario – really!! Operasonic
October 2, 2017When I launched Operasonic in 2015, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was create an adventure…
OTUS, Company Oliveira & Bachtler, Riverfront, Newport
December 5, 2016A stream of sawdust drops from above, straight and true like an Angel Falls. The woody taste is on my…
OTUS, Company Oliveira & Bachtler, Riverfront, Newport
December 2, 2016OTUS is a chic, elegant and also funny circus-dance-theatre performance, filled with grace and charm but with eye brow raising…
Sage Bachtler Cushman: Otus takes circus and theatre to new heights
November 23, 2016Having wowed audiences internationally, Cardiff-based artists Sage Bachtler Cushman, originally from Oregon, USA and Hugo Oliveira of Porto, Portugal, are…
Romeo a Juliet, Ballet Cymru, Riverfront, Newport
November 5, 2016Ballet Cymru’s award-winning Romeo a Juliet is back on the road and shows again what makes this a company that…
Macbeth: Director’s Cut, Volcano, Riverfront
October 23, 2016At the heart of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth is the enterprising relationship between Lady Macbeth and her husband. Perhaps one of…