We lower our heads as a hearse passes by, buy a poppy once a year, wave a flag when…
Oklahoma!, Wales Millennium Centre
July 8, 2015What’s not to like about this smile-inducing Rachel Kavanaugh’s touring production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, packed with well-known…
Burt Bacharach, Wales Millennium Centre
July 6, 2015In his surprisingly frank autobiography, Bacharach tells of how, after the release of the Austin Powers films (in which he and his…
Carlos Acosta, Wales Millennium Centre
July 5, 2015Let me start by saying that I had heard many great, lavish words to describe the man who is one…
Wales Dance Platform 2015
July 1, 2015Over the course of 48 hours across three consecutive days in three different venues, Wales Dance Platform 2015 crammed…
Wales Dance Platform, initial thoughts
June 29, 2015AUDIENCES thrilled to three days of dance at the weekend as choreographers, performers and photographers showed off their latest work….
Alexandra Burke, The Bodyguard, WMC
June 18, 2015Twenty-three years after the film, X-Factor winner Alexandra Burke is starring in the Bodyguard Musical at the Wales Millennium Centre….
Mike Smith reviews Pelléas et Mélisande, WNO
June 1, 2015David Pountney’s recent opera productions display a near Buddhist philosophy of reincarnation, the continuance of the spirit, the revolution of…
Pelleas et Melisande, Leah-Marian Jones
May 28, 2015Scott Wilde (Arkel) and Leah-Marian Jones (Geneviève) Mezzo soprano Leah-Marian has returned to Welsh National…
Peter Pan: the kids have their say
May 21, 2015Niamh Bennett, age 8: I liked the Peter Pan show because it was my first ever time seeing an…