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Category: Wales Reviews/ Adolygiadau Cymru
The Pillowman, Everyman Theatre, Chapter, Cardiff
It speaks of the intensity of the storytelling that this Everyman production of The Pillowman was so powerful, its messages...
Blaze of Glory!, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
I have to confess to not really looking forward to an opera about Welsh choirs and coal mines. What next,...
Sleeping Beauty, Wales Millennium Centre
Matthew Bourne’s vamp camp caper is back. This Sleeping Beauty, with designs by Lee Brotherston, is a bouncy and fun...
Strictly Ballroom, Wales Millennium Centre
This musical is based on the hugely successful film of 1992, directed and co-written by Baz Luhrmann (though the film...
Bugsy Malone, Wales Millennium Centre
This stage musical version of Bugsy Malone is a highly entertaining if rather strange theatrical experience. It has the charm...
Swan Lake, Varna International Ballet, St David’s Hall, Cardiff
Christmas would not be the same in Cardiff without the ballets at St David’s Hall and over the years we...
Les Misérables, Wales Millennium Centre
It seems like sacrilege to say anything negative about the blockbuster, record breaker, that is Les Misérables. Yes, it is...
The Lion, The B!tch and the Wardrobe, Wales Millennium Centre
I am late to the Polly Amorous party having missed last year’s XXXmas Carol and not being that up on...
Natalya Romaniw’s dream Royal Opera debut
Nearly 40 years have passed since the last time a British soprano sang Tosca at Covent Garden and that was...