There was a real buzz in the WMC on Friday night for the performance of the celebrated musical Hamilton. Essentially…
Michael Stimpson: Dylan, a song cycle for baritone and harp
October 26, 2023In honour of the 70th anniversary of the passing of Dylan Thomas, The Dylan Thomas Birthplace and composer Michael Stimpson…
NT Live, Much Ado About Nothing
November 17, 2022In this latest screened production from the National Theatre, which was broadcast live to cinemas earlier in the Autumn, Director…
Chicago, New Theatre, Cardiff
June 21, 2022For Chicago to succeed on stage it requires not only charismatic principal characters but a full ensemble of strong singers,…
Singin’ in the Rain, Wales Millennium Centre
May 25, 2022The smile never left my face throughout this very polished and elegant feel-good staging of Singin’ in the Rain. With…
School of Rock at WMC
May 17, 2022It may not be the most dramatic or spectacular of musicals, but I must admit that I have always had…
Bianca del Rio at St David’s Hall, Cardiff
May 10, 2022At one stage in his show Bianca Del Rio made a light-hearted moan that there are drag queens everywhere, which…
Six at Wales Millennium Centre
May 4, 2022I realised I was not the target market for this show when the singers who “play” each of the six…
Lord of the Dance, New Theatre, Cardiff
April 26, 2022There is no getting away from the fact that Lord of the Dance was an intoxicating evening’s entertainment that swept…
Dreamgirls, Wales Millennium Centre
April 21, 2022I must have been one of the few audience members who had not seen Dreamgirls, the movie, nor Nicole Raquel…