OK, let’s get the headline out of the way first – Jamie Ballard is simply extraordinary in (and as) Uncle…
Jamie Ballard: Not getting heavy with Chekhov, Theatr Clywd
September 18, 2017In 2010, the Guardian’s Susannah Clapp listed actor Jamie Ballard as one of her “ten best Hamlets”, alongside high profile…
Out of Love, Theatr Clwyd, Mold
July 24, 2017What is it, that “fire between women”, as playwright Elinor Cook calls it? Not even the main characters in this…
BoHo, Hijinx, Theatr Clwyd
June 23, 2017Working in the City is hard. It’s stressful. Maybe it’s not as hard as coal mining or fire-fighting, and not…
Brad Birch’s Black Mountain, Theatr Clwyd, Paines Plough
June 21, 2017A script is like a recipe – the playwright sets out the ingredients and their properties, but it takes a…
The Importance of Being Earnest, Theatr Clwyd, Mold
May 11, 2017Richard Fitch’s blisteringly energetic production of The Importance of Being Earnest at Theatr Clwyd takes Oscar Wilde’s magnum opus, holds it up to…
NDC Wales Spring 2017 at Theatr Clwyd, Mold
April 27, 2017What I love about Caroline Finn is the eccentricity she brings to her work. Finn, the Artistic Director of NDC…
Gabriel at Theatr Clwyd, Mold
April 24, 2017The Channel Islands were the only British territory occupied by German forces during World War Two. The UK government did…
Scarlett, co-production between Hampstead Theatre and Theatr Clwyd
April 5, 2017We’ve all wanted to just throw in the towel and run away sometimes, haven’t we? When the daily humdrummery of…
‘Theatres should be as natural to us as breathing’ – Tamara Harvey, Artistic Director, Theatr Clwyd
April 4, 2017When Tamara Harvey talks about Junkyard – the new musical from the prestigious pens of BAFTA-winning playwright Jack Thorne and…