Before the start of HMS Pinafore John Savournin appears in his costume, as Captain Corcoran, in an old music hall…
Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, fun but a little shallow
November 16, 2021The show is Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, a lad who wants to wear a dress. But as times have moved…
Gloria be – Van Morrison live! at St David’s Hall, Cardiff
November 8, 2021With legal action threatened due to allegedly libellous chanting when a series of concerts in his hometown of Belfast was…
Gweneth Ann Rand & Simon Lepper, RWCMD
October 22, 2021I’m not quite there yet when it comes to getting back to live events. Maybe it’s the trains not being…
Shoedunnit? Death Drop sashays into Cardiff New Theatre
October 21, 2021I have decided my drag name will be Agatha Crustie and my look can alternate between Margaret Rutherford and Joan…
Book of Mormon, Wales Millennium Centre
October 20, 2021I’d be lying if I said that the animated series ‘South Park’ was not part of my upbringing. Even to…
Mormons still has lots of laughs but all a bit dated
October 14, 2021In 2011 the Book of Mormon took theatreland by storm with its irresistible appeal of irreverence, giving a woke sort…
Charming and chilling, MWO, Puccini’s Il tabarro
October 13, 2021Mid Wales Opera’s touring production of Puccini’s Il tabarro demonstrates that this is a company with more sense than money…
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…
Butterfly, well sort of. WNO at WMC
September 25, 2021What to do if the opera you are directing has ethical and cultural problems? Australian Director Lindy Hume’s solution is…