Looking for a way to make your summer unforgettable, but don’t feel like leaving Wales or even Cardiff in order to do so? Luckily, Wales has plenty of activities and…

National Theatre: Jane Eyre Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Tuesday 27th June 2017 Reader, it’s beautiful. The National Theatre’s retelling of the gothic classic Jane Eyre delivers haunting, dreamlike set pieces…

Everyman Theatre: Spamalot Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival, Sophia Gardens June 2017 Around a year ago, I remember hastily searching for my purse (as well as the permission and accompaniment my…

Peter James is one of the UK’s most successful crime novelists and he recently turned his attention to stage adaptations of his bestselling page turners. The most recent of these,…

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…

The Woman in Black New Theatre, Cardiff Tuesday 6th June 2017 There aren’t many plays that are as impressive as The Woman in Black and when I say impressive I do of…

“To dream the impossible dream…” That has been the mantra for Quixotic Cardiff, whose upcoming debut theatrical production ‘Man of La Mancha’ comes to the beautiful Gate Arts Centre, Roath,…

Jimmy is disappearing, literally and figuratively. At work he’s been replaced with a coin bin, and this morning his hands seem to have been replaced with fresh air. Kitty has…

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…

Review: Experimentica Day #5 Chapter Arts Centre Sunday 2nd April 2017 It was a sad Sunday afternoon, when Experimentica came to an end. It has been another awesome five days…

Omidaze Productions – Romeo and Juliet Western Studio, Wales Millennium Centre Thursday 27th April 2017 What is there to do today with a play like Romeo and Juliet? In Cardiff…

National Dance Company Wales – Profundis & The Green House Sherman Theatre Friday 28th April 2017 After the huge success of Northern Ballet’s Casanova, the week would continue with more…

Have you ever chatted to someone gorgeous at a party, and they’ve expressed a super niche and acute interest in 17th Century Russia, or estuary fishing or some other subject…

Another gloriously warm evening in Cardiff to be spent in another boiling hot theatre space with spectators fanning themselves with their programs. It was in a part of Cardiff that I…

There’s always something a little bit scary about returning to the things you loved as a kid when you’re older and (supposedly) wiser. So sitting down to watch the 25th…

Company of Sirens & good cop bad cop – The Nether Seligman Theatre, Chapter Arts Centre Friday 17th March 2017  *you might be triggered reading this. A cautious warning* It…

Act One Drama Society – The Duchess of Malfi Llanover Arts Centre Saturday 25th February 2017 For those of you unacquainted with 17th century drama, this isn’t one of the…

Bristol Old Vic – Pink Mist Sherman Cymru Thursday 2nd February 2017 The wars seen in Iraq and Afghanistan have for some years been a scourge in our conversation and…

La Cage aux Folles New Theatre, Cardiff Tuesday 31st January 2017 It’s been around 15 years since La Cage has been at New Theatre. Through great patience and excitement, it…

It was a riot of a performance (not literally of course), when the new musical based on the early career and music of The Kinks, Sunny Afternoon, arrived at the…