Comeback Special & Kissing The Shotgun Goodnight Chapter Arts Centre Tuesday 1st & Thursday 3rd November 2016 It’s upsetting that Chapter has had to delay its Experimentica festival till spring…

Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra – Remembering the Battle of the Somme St David’s Hall Sunday 13th November 2016 Commemorations have been plentiful this year for the centenary of the Somme. This…

Welsh National Opera – Kiss Me, Kate Wales Millennium Centre Thursday 29th September 2016 WNO is thriving in its celebration of Shakespeare’s death. Though the production of Macbeth might be…

Dead Sheep | New Theatre, Cardiff | Tuesday 11th October 2016 Since Margaret Thatcher‘s death in 2013, there has been a resurgence in all things from that lamentable era, although another critic has…

Welsh National Opera – The Merchant of Venice Wales Millennium Centre Friday 16th September 2016 New opera has been a large element of WNOs output this year. With Figaro Gets…

Welsh National Opera – Macbeth Wales Millennium Centre Saturday 10th September 2016 It’s been 400 years since the passing of the Bard. Shakespeare, who never needs celebrating (because his work is…

Here at Weeping Tudor Productions*, we are having a fundraiser for OCD UK. For the last few months, my brother’s own Obsessive Compulsive Disorder has got the better on him…

Edinburgh Previews 2016* | Saturday Night Forever & Alix in Wundergarten | Chapter Arts Centre | Saturday 30th July 2016 *Edinburgh Previews 2016 at Chapter are exclusive previews of Welsh shows heading…

Welsh National Youth Opera – Kommilitonen! (Young Blood!) | Memo Arts Centre, Barry | Thursday 28th July 2016 This year has seen the passing of a great composer in contemporary British music….

Sculpting Time: Andrei Tarkovsky Retrospective Part 1 – Ivan’s Childhood, Andrei Rublev and Solaris Chapter Arts Centre Chapter have given us a rare gift. The cinematic work of Andrei Tarkovsky is an…

The birds sing stark in zero hour. No…nothing but stillness shattered. Linger lives in breasts, hearts depart. The tainted honour is past passing. – These men, whose centenary ends, Keep…

The views expressed in this article are not necessarily the same as theSprout’s. It has not been a very good week for those keen to remain in the European Union….

Festival of Voice | The Last Mermaid & Opera For The Unknown Woman | Western Studio & Rehearsal Room 3, Wales Millennium Centre | Thursday 9th June 2016 There has been a great…

La Voix Humaine | Festival of Voice | Beachcliffe Apartments, Penarth | 8th June 2016   The Festival of Voice has thankfully incorporated a large deal of classical and opera. The festival…

The 39 Steps | New Theatre, Cardiff | Tuesday 14th June 2016 The 39 Steps is the writing of John Buchan, immortalised in Hicthcock’s film and now a roaring success as a…

  An Evening with Bryn Terfel & Friends | Festival of Voice | Llandaff Cathedral | Tuesday 7th June 2016 As a critic, Festival of Voice has engulfed over a week…

Festival of Voice – Le Mystere Des Voix Bulgares Llandaff Cathedral Friday 10th June 2016 It has been event after joyous event, at Festival of Voice. I’ve given many a…

Before I Leave | Festival of Voice | Sherman Cymru | Tues 31st May 2016 We received two reviews of this play. Be sure to check out dan45ist’s review as…

Ala.Ni & Rufus Wainwright | Festival of Voice | Wales Millennium Centre | Sunday 5th June 2016 The blistering heat of a Sunday evening in June would be the perfect atmosphere for…

A Midsummer Night’s Dream | Royal Shakespeare Company & Everyman Theatre | New Theatre, Cardiff | Tuesday 24th May 2016 Cover photo for a A Midsummer Night’s Dream. One would hope that students…