Yet again dance shows it has the power to communicate with us in a way that theatre so often fails,…
Nightmare Scenario, Operasonic, Riverfront, Newport
October 8, 2017Operasonic’s new project Nightmare Scenario revolves around an imaginary war and the consequences of decisions that have to be made, including by the…
Rare opportunity to see re-imagining of a classic Ibsen
October 2, 2017Welsh writer and director Simon Harris, and LUCID Theatre Company presents Little Wolf, a major new version of Ibsen’s Little…
Rhian Hutchings: It’s not a Nightmare Scenario – really!! Operasonic
October 2, 2017When I launched Operasonic in 2015, one of the things I knew I wanted to do was create an adventure…
Rhian Hutchings: Newport is a legendary place to me!
June 28, 2017In my former role at Welsh National Opera we undertook a three-year project to take opera to Wrexham – Wrexham…
Cinderella, Newport, Riverfront Theatre
December 19, 2016Warming hearts and bringing Christmas cheer, Hiss and Boo return to Newport once again for the panto season. This time,…
OTUS, Company Oliveira & Bachtler, Riverfront, Newport
December 5, 2016A stream of sawdust drops from above, straight and true like an Angel Falls. The woody taste is on my…
Macbeth: Director’s Cut, The Riverfront, Newport
October 24, 2016Swansea-based Volcano Theatre’s Macbeth: Director’s Cut is a deconstructed, two-person adaptation of Shakespeare’s text, performed with charisma and conviction by…
Aakash Odedra Company, Murmur 2.0 / Inked, The Riverfront, Newport
October 20, 2016As we take our seats in the auditorium for Inked, the first of tonight’s two-dance programme, revealed in the dim…
A Regular Little Houdini, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe
August 16, 2016You’d never guess it, but Harry Houdini loved Newport. He loved the grand Lyceum Theatre there, and chose the South…