**** When the singers start jigging along at the end of Il re pastore, having told us the Greek army is…
Annie, Wales Millennium Centre
July 4, 2023It would be a challenge not to be sucked in by the sense of persistent optimism present in Annie, and…
Port Talbot’s Adele Thomas directs Il Trovatore, Royal Opera
June 30, 2023**** Port Talbot born Adele Thomas has won numerous awards in Wales, plaudits for work at the Royal Opera House…
Mitridate, Garsington Opera
June 27, 2023***** Sometimes it is a bore being an opera-loving academic classicist. On one hand it can be very helpful knowing…
Natalya Romaniw shines in Ariadne auf Naxos at Garsington
June 26, 2023***** Great things are now expected from the acclaimed Swansea-born Natalya Romaniw, and in Bruno Ravella’s production of Ariadne…
Candide, Welsh National Opera
June 23, 2023**** It has been a while since I can remember Welsh National Opera getting a (well-deserved) standing ovation and…
Gwyn Hughes Jones in searing delight: Tristan und Isolde, Grange Park Opera
June 21, 2023***** Take singers in fabulous voice, the Gascoigne orchestra luxuriating in Wagner’s exquisite music and a visually and…
Imrie, Theatr Clwyd
June 7, 2023Drama gyffrous a dwys gan y dramodydd Nia Morais yw Imrie, cynhyrchiad ar y cyd rhwng Frân Wen a’r…
Piaf, Cabaret, Wales Millennium Centre
June 3, 2023Wales Millennium Centre’s reinvented Cabaret room in the old Blas restaurant (one of many variations) hosted a charming evening of…
Ocean at the End of the Lane, National Theatre, Wales Millennium Centre
May 30, 2023Well, I wasn’t expecting that! Based on the award-winning Neil Gaiman 2013 novel, this is a spectacular piece of theatre,…