There was a real buzz in the WMC on Friday night for the performance of the celebrated musical Hamilton. Essentially…
Hairsprays at Wales Millennium Centre
August 1, 2024I’m a big fan of John Waters’ film Hairspray. I remember well going to see it on its release in…
Opera Favourites, Welsh National Opera
March 7, 2024In Opera Favourites WNO’s Orchestra and Chorus took centre stage. The audience was treated to a diverse programme of familiar…
A gloriously sung La Traviata, Welsh National Opera, WMC
September 22, 2023In recent months the WNO has served up wonderful innovative productions: Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ainadamar. As part…
Mother Goose, Wales Millennium Centre
March 30, 2023I was looking forward to seeing Mother Goose enormously. This production had attracted a lot of press attention when it…
Strictly Ballroom, Wales Millennium Centre
January 24, 2023This musical is based on the hugely successful film of 1992, directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann (though the film…
Hilarious Barber of Seville, WNO at WMC
October 2, 2021Despite attending WNO productions in Cardiff for over twenty years this was the first time I have seen their staging…
National Dance Company Wales, Roots, Dance House, Cardiff
November 25, 2019Any performance by National Dance Company Wales is to be keenly anticipated. They have established a reputation for quirky, delightful…
Will Young, St David’s Hall
October 12, 2019The original Pop Idol still has the X Factor. Since winning Pop Idol in 2002 Will Young has released seven…
The Mirror Crack’d, New Theatre
March 28, 2019In addition to being one of the bestselling fiction writers in the world, Agatha Christie is a very successful female…