After all these years, judging from the buzzing, dancing-in-your-seat atmosphere of the auditorium, Grease certainly is still the one that we want. The nationÔÇÖs favourite musical has hit the stage of The New Theatre, with Orbit Theatre Company bringing us all the classic hits itÔÇÖs famous for- the ones that we all undeniably know the lyrics and all the moves to. Opening the show, the … Continue reading Review: Grease, New Theatre.
Here at Quench Culture we love a good offering of home-grown talent, and perhaps thereÔÇÖs no better than┬á’Parallel Lines’. Cardiff-based playwright Katherine Chandler created ‘Parallel Lines’ in 2012, and the following year it ran for fourteen nights at Chapter (arguably our cityÔÇÖs best venue for independent art and drama). Since then, popular demand has meant itÔÇÖs been re-adapted by Dirty Protest, an award-winning Welsh theatre … Continue reading Review: Parallel Lines, Chapter Arts
ÔÇ£So, did you ever hear the story of the Johnstone twins? As like each other as two new pins, of one womb born on the self-same day, how one was kept and one given awayÔǪÔÇØ A complex question that is thrown back and forth in the world of theatre is ÔÇÿWhat makes a good show? The answer, though it may seem somewhat ambiguous, usually … Continue reading Review: Blood Brothers, New Theatre.
In todayÔÇÖs society, the concept of privacy seems to go amiss as social media, publications and news all focus in some way on the human form and how ┬áit appeals to audiences. Lucy Kirkwood (best known for her stunningly observed work as a writer on gritty teen drama Skins and Sky OneÔÇÖs The Smoke) writes NSFW. Kirkwood┬áprovides a┬ásnappy and shocking insight┬áwhich solely focuses on the … Continue reading Review: Not Safe For Work, Chapter Arts.
To say that Kevin Bridges is anything less than a comical genius would be an understatement. His┬álatest tour titled A Whole Different Story, reveals the Scottish comedianÔÇÖs feelings towards life twelve years into his career. His material had a hilariously nostalgic tone to the childhood days of sleepovers, old gaming devices and internet connection. He brought to attention that the days of PlayStation 1 and … Continue reading Review: Kevin Bridges- A Whole Different Story, St David’s Hall
ÔÇ£Giving pussy to assholes makes them into c**tsÔÇØ. Whilst the above quote is not the most orthodox of ways to begin a review of a performance, it may be the only way of exemplifying the original style of comedy witnessed by several hundred people at St DavidÔÇÖs Hall, Cardiff last night at Reginald. D. HunterÔÇÖs national tour of ÔÇÿThe Man who attempted to do as … Continue reading Review: Reginald. D. Hunter, St David’s Hall
An eclectic mix of youth and experience combine in the New Theatre this week for OrbitÔÇÖs production of the timeless classic The Wizard of Oz. The award winning amateur theatre company which has been entertaining audiences for nearly half a century did not disappoint with their most recent production, pulling out all the stops to provide a heart-warming interpretation of the classic story. Based on … Continue reading Review: The Wizard of Oz, New Theatre
Beautiful chaos; two adjectives that are rarely, if not ever merged together in the same phrase to connote something positive. In spite of the oxymoron, the chaotic elegance of the Pirate of the CarabinaÔÇÖs ÔÇÿFlownÔÇÖ truly represented the chaotic splendour of circus. With personal anecdotes, tense, harmonic vocals and story-telling tight rope walkers, ÔÇÿFlownÔÇÖ can merely be described as a celebration of the surreal yet … Continue reading Review: Pirates of the Carabina’s- ‘Flown’, St David’s Hall.
A sense of self and individual identity is something that all of us take for granted. But what would happen if this was suddenly taken away? In the fight for survival, working class widow Ella Gericke is forced to adopt her husbandÔÇÖs identity during Nazi Germany in this captivating piece of modern theatre, Man To Man. The audience are transported through the 20th century from … Continue reading Review: Man To Man, Weston Studio.
Minutes before the play began, I walked into the Sherman theatre finding myself in the pleasant surroundings of a few dozen people who, like myself were all anxiously waiting for Peter DoranÔÇÖs ÔÇÿGRAVÔÇÖ to begin. Upon reading that the show was solely performed by one man, I was not sure what to expect. But as the play began I knew that I would be partaking … Continue reading Review: GRAV, Sherman Theatre
