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Mike Smith reviews Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
David Pountney’s recent opera productions display a near Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation, the continuance of the spirit, the revolution of...
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Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
Immerse yourself in Beneath the Streets: Lost and Found
A sequel to one of Hijinx’s most successful and innovative shows, Beneath the Streets, is to be created for performances...
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Broken, Motionhouse.
Motionhouse has mastered the combination of aerial dance and gymnastic athleticism and melded the beauty of physical movement with the opportunities...
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Peter Pan: the kids have their say
Niamh Bennett, age 8: I liked the Peter Pan show because it was my first ever time seeing an...
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Mike Smith pans Peter Pan, WNO
Boys might be able to fly but this turkey certainly doesn’t. Early on in this show a wagon on the...
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Iphigenia in Splott, Sherman Cymru
How was the writer of Iphigenia in Splott to know that out of the blue (well, sort of red) it...
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Stories from a Crowded Room, Earthfall
Who knew kettling could be cool? This clever concept Jim Ennis, Jessica Cohen and Mike Brookes in Earthfall’s 25th year...
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To Kill a Machine, Scriptography
To Kill a Machine is a refreshing antidote to the recent sanitzing of the Alan Turing story while standing on...
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A Good Clean Heart, The Other Room
After reading so many gushingly good reviews about the plays being staged at The Other Room at Porter’s in Cardiff,...
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Mother Courage and Her Children, National Theatre Wales
Entering into the spirit of Ed Thomas’ populist adaptation of the Brecht masterpiece, here is today’s Merthyr Express front page...