Two years can be an eternity when the anticipation is so great waiting for the incredibly talented Joe Jackson and…
A Pretty Sh*tty Love, Theatr Clwyd
July 13, 2022When the blurb says the play is based on a woman buried alive by her former partner, one suspects that…
The Lion King at Wales Millennium Centre
July 13, 2022For theatrical entertainment, The Lion King still ranks as a scorching success and explains why it is probably the most…
Natalya Romaniw delights in Rusalka at Garsington Opera
July 5, 2022Natalya Romaniw’s performance in Garsington Opera’s first production of Rusalka was delayed by Covid for two years. Then mid-run the…
Fflur Wyn in The Excursions of Mr Brouček, Grange Park Opera
July 1, 2022Never shy from letting his imagination run riot on the opera stage, David Pountney and his design team have created…
Gwyn Hughes Jones’ sublime Otello at Grange Park Opera
July 1, 2022The dark side dominates in David Alden’s sombre Otello for Grange Park Opera. While the tragedy is Otello and Desdemona,…
Migrations, Welsh National Opera
July 1, 2022June is barely over, and already this is proving to be a very interesting Summer for new operas. This is…
A more Kardashian than Kalashnikov Tamerlano, Grange Festival
June 26, 2022Glorious cast includes Welsh mezzo soprano Angharad Lyddon Handel’s Tamerlano gets a contemporary setting in The Grange Festival’s take on…
Chicago, New Theatre, Cardiff
June 21, 2022For Chicago to succeed on stage it requires not only charismatic principal characters but a full ensemble of strong singers,…
Violet, Music Theatre Wales
June 10, 2022It was a night of celebration at the Sherman Theatre as Music Theatre Wales marked forty years of championing modern…