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Madama Butterfly, Ellen Kent
It was an unusual experience to be seeing an opera in Cardiff not by the WNO and not in the...
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Hamilton, Wales Millennium Centre
There was a real buzz in the WMC on Friday night for the performance of the celebrated musical Hamilton. Essentially...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Michael Stimpson: Dylan, a song cycle for baritone and harp
In honour of the 70th anniversary of the passing of Dylan Thomas, The Dylan Thomas Birthplace and composer Michael Stimpson...
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NT Live, Much Ado About Nothing
In this latest screened production from the National Theatre, which was broadcast live to cinemas earlier in the Autumn, Director...
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Chicago, New Theatre, Cardiff
For Chicago to succeed on stage it requires not only charismatic principal characters but a full ensemble of strong singers,...
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Singin’ in the Rain, Wales Millennium Centre
The smile never left my face throughout this very polished and elegant feel-good staging of Singin’ in the Rain. With...
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School of Rock at WMC
It may not be the most dramatic or spectacular of musicals, but I must admit that I have always had...
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Bianca del Rio at St David’s Hall, Cardiff
At one stage in his show Bianca Del Rio made a light-hearted moan that there are drag queens everywhere, which...
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Six at Wales Millennium Centre
I realised I was not the target market for this show when the singers who “play” each of the six...
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Lord of the Dance, New Theatre, Cardiff
There is no getting away from the fact that Lord of the Dance was an intoxicating evening’s entertainment that swept...