Mike Smith, Author at Art Scene in Wales

Mike Smith: How do we get our well-funded companies to actually perform?

In 1959 the House of Commons endorsed the principle of public subsidy and the independence of the arts. This largely...

Music Director Jonathan Lyness talks about creating a new score for four instruments to perform Puccini’s Il tabarro, and Artistic...

Simon Evans’ postponed dates have been rescheduled again with tickets for he Work of the Devil on sale. Simon’s last...

This delicious performance of the stripped back to its emotional basics I Pagliacci had an increased poignancy, being the last...

Young Welsh singers Ryan Vaughan Davies and Thomas Kinch joined his fellow Iford Arts New Generation Artists in a vocally and...

Baby, Bird & Bee is to return with performances at Grange Pavilion, Insole Court and The Riverfront. Baby, Bird &...

The Blackwood Miners’ Institute is preparing to open from September 17. The venue has played a major role in the...

Lockdown was intended to squash the COVID sombrero in early 2020 but it also flattened Welsh soprano Elin Pritchard’s rising...

Frân Wen is turning a city centre shop into a multi-media quest for first-time experiences! In Development is Frân...

Welsh National Opera is scheduling a series of events around its performances of Puccini’s Madam Butterfly on the type of...