An Edinburgh Fringe smash hit has landed at Cardiff’s New Theatre for just two nights — and it’s not one to miss. I had the pleasure of joining an audience buzzing with excitement, ready to enjoy the great works of Oscar Wilde — or at least a version of them… thoroughly and gloriously butchered. This […]
Love Love love!!! My first sparkly and beaming five stars for this year at the Wales Millennium Centre for sure! This is the story of a son trying to save his fathers generationally owned shoe factory. The only way how, seems to be to find a niche and after bumping into a tough Drag Queen on the streets of London and meeting her team of angels, he soon realises that the way […]
She’s not exactly lyin’, but she’s careless with the truth! Yes that’s Calamity Jane all right. Forever spinning stories to make her the biggest hero in town (according to her). Her fearless, masculine and gun slinging ways, keep her in trouble with the locals, but they finally start believing in her when she brings to […]
Take an Oscar winning love story and add in music and lyrics co written by Eurythmics Dave Stewart. This is Ghost the musical. Sam is murdered on the street one night seemingly over just a wallet. He leaves behind his forever love Molly, but she isn’t ready to move on and after reluctantly listening to a fraudster of a psychic, she gets to […]
It’s 75 years since C.S Lewis wrote the beautiful novel that would go on to cause generations of children to frantically search through wardrobes in hope of finding a snow covered land full of magic and friendly animals. The search is over as Narnia has finally arrived at the Wales Millennium Centre and it is […]
The theatre filled up with an audience wearing cowgirl boots, denim jackets and sequined tops. This could mean only one thing, a musical full of Dolly Parton songs was about to hit the stage. All our favourite songs from this country music Idol were there including Jolene, 9 to 5, Islands in the Stream and […]
Kansas not only transforms into the merry old land of Oz this Summer in Cardiff, but Harold Arlen and E.Y.Harburg along with Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and of course Tim Rice have transformed this 1939 classic film into a musical full of colour, wonder and loveable characters who keep you smiling throughout the whole performance. Even the evil […]
The majestic sight of Cardiff Castle back lit by the setting sun was once again sound tracked by some quality live music last night. Firstly the crowd was welcomed with British indie rock band The Big Moon. The perfect tunes for golden hour at the castle. Then the lights went out and the unmistakable beats started pounding out as Catfish And The Bottleman took to the stage.Longshot was […]
Cardiff is busy “Taking bets on who gets jets” as this musical tribute to 80’s culture plays on the Donald Gordon Theatre stage in Wales Millennium Centre this April.An Officer and a Gentleman is a Jukebox musical adaptation of the classic 1982 film of the same name. The story follows the journey of Zack Mayo and other recruits as they enlists in the U.S. Navy […]