As the summer sun beat down on the rolling grounds of Longborough, this highly enjoyable new production of La bohème…
Mid Wales Opera: Macbeth, Ffwrnes, Llanelli
March 27, 2024**** There are many interweaving themes running through Shakespeare’s ‘Scottish play’, but at its heart, Macbeth is a cautionary tale…
The Importance of Being…Earnest?, Swansea Grand Theatre
March 22, 2024*** As I arrived at Swansea Grand Theatre, I did my good deed for the day by helping a couple…
Madama Butterfly, Swansea Grand Theatre
February 21, 2024When reviewing modern-day opera, it has become almost compulsory to begin by tackling the number one question: was it a…
Twelfth Night, Swansea Grand Theatre
February 12, 2024The fall of Malvolio is one of Shakespeare’s more memorable, and more questionable, moments of comedy. As a pompous character…
Jesus Christ Superstar, Wales Millennium Centre
January 31, 2024In the 1970s, there was no shortage of morally corrupting entertainments for concerned citizens to protest against. When Jesus Christ…
Pan Goes Wrong, Wales Millennium Centre
January 24, 2024Am dram groups up and down the land will be familiar with the fluctuating emotions that go hand in hand…
Fantastically Great Women Who Changed the World Wales Millennium Centre
January 19, 2024If you were the curator of a new museum exhibition that celebrated the lives of great women, who would you…
WNO Orchestra: A Viennese Celebration, Swansea University’s Great Hall
January 7, 2024There’s a fine art to putting together a programme for a New Year’s evening of Viennese music. Pack it with…
Cinderella, Swansea Grand Theatre
December 13, 2023For many years, there has been a winning formula to staging a successful pantomime at Swansea Grand Theatre: put record-breaking…