The ceaseless battle between Mankind and Mother Nature lies at the heart of the latest production from South Wales-based circus-makers…
New arts and cultural hub for Wrexham
March 30, 2016Funding for a new arts and cultural hub in Wrexham town centre has been approved by the Arts Council of…
Jumpy, Theatr Clwyd
March 16, 2016First staged at the Royal Court in London in 2011, Jumpy is a briskly modern comedy-drama which manages to address…
There is a Place, NoFit State Circus, Pontio
March 14, 2016It seems odd that a show created to celebrate the opening of Bangor’s Pontio arts complex should premiere more than…
Rambert, Theatr Clwyd
March 11, 2016It’s a question choreographers must be asked all too often: does an audience need to be aware of the inspiration…
NDCWales Spring Tour 2016, Venue Cymru
February 13, 2016It was a night with the National Dance Company Wales. I expected contemporary dance – and I got contemporary dance…
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Theatr Clwyd
February 12, 2016There’s no denying that if you choose Tennessee Williams’s Cat on a Hot Tin Roof as the first production of…
How to Win Against History, Pontio
January 11, 2016Henry Cyril Paget, the 5th Marquess of Anglesey, was a singularly remarkable man. He was also an extraordinarily brave man…
Saturday Night Forever, Theatr Clwyd
December 10, 2015Monologues are tricky things to pull off. By definition, there’s only one performer, so that performer has to be at…
Cinderella, Theatr Clwyd
December 4, 2015It’s a lovely touch that Judith Croft, the designer of this all-singing, all-dancing panto at Theatr Clwyd, has transformed the…