Jimmy Eat World Bring The Classic Album Bleed America Back To Cardiff Castle

Last night Jimmy Eat World wrapped up this summers Cardiff Castle concerts brought to you by Depot Live. Twenty five years on and Bleed American sounds as good as the day it came out with Jimmy Eat World giving everything back to the fans. It was clear that they had revisited these songs since there career defining release in 2001 and evolved them artistically. They matched this with an elevated live performance like non before starting […]

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Legally Blond The Musical is Here

The iconic 2001 film starring Reese Witherspoon, has become a fresh stage production directed by Nikolai Foster (the brains behind the recent Kinky Boots tour). It comes with all original music, plenty of pink and Omigod You Guys, it is one to get down to the Bay for. “This ultimate feel-good rom-com, based on the award-winning […]

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Wales Millennium Centre Hosts Waitress the Musical 

Have you ever cried over pie? No? Just me? Well by the end of this pie-filled show, you will most certainly find tears in your eyes. It’s serving hilariously bad ideas sung beautifully. ​Waitress follows Jenna, a small-town waitress and expert pie baker trapped in a toxic, abusive marriage. When she discovers she is unexpectedly pregnant, […]

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Miss Saigon Returns to Cardiff

If you have never seen Miss Saigon before, then this is the perfect cast and production for your introduction to this absolute master class in musical theatre. If you are like me and have seen it multiple times, you won’t regret your return in the slightest. The stage is transformed into Saigon by a beautifully […]

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Johnny B. Goode Has Never Sounded Better!

Buddy, The Buddy Holly Story performed miracles at the Wales Millennium Centre last night. I watched 70 and 80 year old audience members seemingly become 50 years younger throughout the show, and by the end, everyone was on their feet dancing! The bobbing heads, the audible “awwwws,” and the pure joy on the audience’s faces would have […]

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Priscilla Has Escaped The Desert and has become Queen of Cardiff!

The UK tour of Priscilla Queen of the Desert burst onto the stage at Wales Millenium Centre last night. With more glitter, heart, and unapologetic flamboyance than the audience could ever have hoped for. This production embraces the show’s camp roots while grounding it in genuine emotional warmth, creating a night that feels both outrageously fun and […]

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The Red Shoes dance their way to Cardiff

Sir Matthew Bourne—the visionary behind the iconic gender-swapped Swan Lake and the hauntingly beautiful Edward Scissorhands—has returned to Cardiff, gracing the Wales Millennium Centre with his breathtaking masterpiece, The Red Shoes. This production marks a triumphant return for the Olivier Award-winning ballet, which saw its 2020 tour cruelly cut short by the pandemic. Based on […]

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War Horse Returns To Cardiff

A breathtaking portrayal of an incredible story that will move even non horse lovers. Let us return to the days of the First World War – a conflict in which an estimated ten million people lost their lives. But it wasn’t only soldiers who fought with courage. Horses, too, faced the horrors of war with astonishing […]

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Cardiff Becomes Verona as & Juliet Arrives 

Sets that are popping, music that is pure pop and an actual real-life popstar as the lead role, you must pop down to the Wales Millenium Centre to see & Juliet!  What if Juliet didn’t kill herself when Romeo died? What if she just moved on? Well, Shakespere’s wife has decided the ending of Romeo […]

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The Chicago Tour Brings Some Razzle Dazzle to Cardiff

Anyone who is interested in musicals, dance or just theatre, needs to see this tour of Chicago. This show massively revolves around Bob Fosse choreography and is definitely one for the fans of breathy jazz numbers.  It is based around the raunchy 1920’s jazz nightlife. With beautiful women making poor life decisions involving adultery and murder. With great numbers like Cell Block Tango (which I like to refer to as menopausal women taking revenge […]

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