*** Youth theatre can be easy to dismiss, but there is a particular joy to it: especially when it engages…
One Man, Two Guvnors, Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival
July 5, 2024Open air theatre can be a cruel mistress. Head down to Sophia Gardens on a balmy Summer day, and…
The Tempest, Cardiff Open AIr Festival
June 23, 2024**** It doesn’t quite feel like Summer in Cardiff until the Open Air Theatre Festival is on. Coming to Sophia…
Il Trittico, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
June 16, 2024Even for Puccini lovers, Il Trittico is somewhat of a curiosity. This collection of three one-act operas was debuted in 1918…
Nye, National Theatre and Wales Millennium Centre
May 22, 2024**** I have, as I am sure many other people also do, a deep-seated horror of hospitals. Hospitals are, as…
Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar, WNO at WMC
September 10, 2023The WNO chose to open its Autumn season for this year with something a little out of left field, treating…
Les Amazones d’Afrique and Vieux Farka Touré at Llais Festival
November 2, 2022The 2022 edition of Llais Festival has been an exciting rollercoaster of events, performances, and talks, and while it is…
John Cale at Llais
October 30, 2022Our second day at Llais festival was a bit of a special one, as it surely would have been for…
A day at Llais Festival
October 28, 2022If you wander down to Cardiff Bay over this long October weekend, you will be welcomed by a whole universe…
Coming soon: Llais Festival, Wales Millennium Centre, 26-30 October 2022
October 17, 2022The final line-up has been recently announced for the 2022 edition of Llais Festival, the flagship international arts festival organised…