Welsh performer reviews
Elin Pritchard shines in Grange Park’s Simon Boccanegra
*** There was something slightly surreal about watching a nearly 30-year-old David Pountney production of Simon Boccanegra at Grange Park...
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Rigoletto, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre
For one of the best-known and most frequently staged of Verdi’s opera, Rigoletto can prove at times quite frustrating. There is a...
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Verdi Requiem: BBC National Orchestra of Wales, BBC National Chorus of Wales and the Crouch End Festival Chorus
Proms 2024 Prom 6: Verdi’s Requiem Under the baton of Ryan Bancroft, the principal conductor of BBC National Orchestra of...
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The Tempest, Cardiff Open AIr Festival
**** It doesn’t quite feel like Summer in Cardiff until the Open Air Theatre Festival is on. Coming to Sophia...
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Cardiff-born tenor Sam Furness sings Nero at Grange Festival
**** Grange Festival, HampshireIt would seem the contemporary version of achieving the feeling of absolute authority, power over everyone including...
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Cinderella, Swansea Grand Theatre
For many years, there has been a winning formula to staging a successful pantomime at Swansea Grand Theatre: put record-breaking...
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The First XXXmas: A Very Naughty-tivity, Wales Mllennium Centre
**** This might at first seem a shockingly blasphemous take on the Christmas story with drag star Polly Amorous...
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Castellana, the Spiegeltent, Sophia Gardens
***** Trying to tag a label on Castellana at the Spiegeltent is a tricky business; combining excellent circus skills,...
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Sleeping Beauty The Rock’n’Roll Panto, Theatr Clwyd
**** I’ve been lucky enough to review the annual Rock’n’Roll panto for quite a few years. This year’s production...
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Shrek the Musical, Wales Millennium Centre
** Shrek the Musical by Megan Callaghan, age 13. Shrek the musical is based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks film and...