Wizard of Oz & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera St David’s Hall Sunday 10th September 2017 It’s September again – that time of year when people have returned from half…

Cardiff Animation Nights – Late Night Work Club Special Chapter Arts Centre Saturday 22nd July 2017 After the spectacular Lotte Reiniger Special a few weeks prior, we can’t seem to get…

Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival – YESYESNONO: 5 Encounters on a Site Called Craigslist & Little Black Book Productions: nerdf*****: a solo play with bad boundaries Chapter Arts Centre Thursday 20th July 2017…

David Lynch: The Art Life Directors: Jon Nguyen, Rick Barnes & Olivia Neergaard-Holm 15, 88 mins Mulholland Drive Dir: David Lynch 15, 141 mins The Straight Story Dir: David Lynch…

Menier Chocolate Factory Production – Funny Girl Wales Millennium Centre Wednesday 5th July 2017 There has been a mighty buzz about this production of Funny Girl and it’s star Sheridan Smith….

BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Fringe Concerts – Britten’s Canticles, Llŷr Williams: Songs without Words & Brahms’ Liebeslieder Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama Wednesday 14th-Friday 16th June 2017  This June…

Eric Whitacre, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Cardiff Polyphonic Choir, Cardiff Ardwyn Singers & Côrdydd – The Music of Eric Whitacre St David’s Hall Friday 2nd June 2017 Eric Whitacre is a…

Cardiff Animation Nights – Lotte Reiniger Special Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Saturday 24th June 2017 Shadow puppetry is an art form that’s golden era is many moons past. Yet some…

Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces Dir: David Lynch 15, 89 mins *Potential Twin Peaks spoilers follow*  We are in the midst of Twin Peaks mania. Whilst the the new season…

Welsh National Opera – Die Fledermaus (The Bat) Wales Millennium Centre Wednesday 7th June 2017 WNO is revelling in the beauty of Vienna. Whilst The setting of the Austrian capital very much…

BBC National Orchestra Wales – Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring St David’s Hall Thursday 8th June 2017 Sad times abound, as BBC NOW wraps up another yearly season at St…

Quixotic Productions – Man of La Mancha The Gate, Cardiff Saturday 10th  June 2017  Since Quixotic Productions is a brand new theatre company, I can relate to all the difficulties and…

Welsh National Opera – Der Rosenkavalier (The Knight of the Roses) Wales Millennium Centre Sunday 4th June 2017 Welsh National Opera are now in the midst of Vienna mania. In this…

Lady Macbeth Dir: William Oldroyd 15, 89 mins 2016 was the pointless “celebration” of the Bard’s death 400 years ago. Although we always celebrate Shakespeare, any varying interpretation of his…

Vale of Glamorgan Festival – Grand Band St David’s Hall Tuesday 23rd May 2017 I have been absent from the Vale of Glamorgan Festival for a few years. This eternal…

Twin Peaks – Season 3, Episodes 1 – 4 *potential Peaker spoilers follow* “It is happening again…it is happening again.” Peakers rejoice…the wait is over! It’s now been over 9,477 days…

BBC NOW -Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique St David’s Hall Thursday 4th May 2017 BBC NOWs season is soon to wrap up. Before this, a penultimate concert before the autumn filled with…

Music Theatre Wales & Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru – Y Tŵr (The Tower) Sherman Theatre Friday 19th May 2017 Wales has always been the land of song…yet where are all the full…

The Butcher Girls of Love – Wrapped in Plastic, A Twin Peaks Happening The Big Top, Church Street, Cardiff Saturday 20th May 2017 Twin Peaks fans around the world are…

BBC National Orchestra & Chorus of Wales – Bach’s St John Passion St David’s Hall Wednesday 12th April 2017 Bach looms over most of classical music today. From his own…