Anticipating The Lightning Seeds’ return to Cardiff after what feels like a lifetime, the Tramshed was filled to capacity with fans of the 80s rock band. Kicking off the night was a delightfully calming set from indie musician Badly Drawn Boy, creating a chill vibe throughout the entire venue. He was alone onstage but his gorgeous voice filled the room and was a great choice … Continue reading Review: The Lightning Seeds @ Tramshed 18/11/2022
Molly Openshaw On the 16th of November, Florence and the Machine kick-started their U.K. portion of the third leg of the Dance Fever tour at Cardiff International Arena. This is FlorenceÔÇÖs first tour back since the pandemic with their last tour being the High as Hope tour in 2018. Florence and the Machine released their fifth studio album, Dance Fever, in May 2022.┬á Despite the … Continue reading Review: Florence and the Machine @ CIA 16/11/22
Words and photos by Ashley Thieme The last time English alternative rock band Deaf Havana played in Cardiff was 2019, before live shows came to a standstill. However, this time around the previously four-piece band is now fronted by two brothers, James and Matthew Veck-Gilodi. In a statement put out by the band in November 2021 they revealed uncertainty surrounding the future of the band, … Continue reading Review: Deaf Havana @ Tramshed 08/11/2022
Words and photos by Billy Edwards The audience at the Students’ Union waited with bated breath for The Feeling’s first appearance in Cardiff in some years. This was responded to very well on stage ÔÇô it began with a special harmony-laden fanfare of Fill My Little World rich with atmosphere. It sounded like an off cut from The Beach BoysÔÇÖ Smile Sessions, a piece of … Continue reading Review: The Feeling @ Cardiff Students’ Union 21/10/2022
By Sophie Revell Act One has spoiled us this year with a wide variety of performances, and this May they returned to Pulse Nightclub for their take on Twisted the Musical, produced by Euan Prout and directed by Sian Howells. Twisted was created by the ÔÇÿfunÔÇÖ and ÔÇÿfantasticalÔÇÖ StarKid Productions, an American theatre company and brainpower behind a variety of comedies and parody musicals including … Continue reading Act One’s ‘Twisted’
By Sai With the Homeless World Cup on the way, Ffotogallery hosted an exhibition about it, showing photos taken by photographer Paul John Roberts. Having been in Paris on a documentary course, Roberts came back to the UK with the mindset of looking to make the familiar strange. After hearing of the Homeless World Cup, which coaligned with his interest in football, he got involved … Continue reading One Match | Review
The Red Shoes, Tuesday 14th March, Wales Millenium Centre, Reviewer: Gemma Gibson Matthew BourneÔÇÖs dance company, New Adventures, are renowned for their vast selection of ballets including Swan Lake, The Car Man, and Sleeping Beauty, and this week the Wales Millennium Centre has been graced by their latest touring masterpiece-┬á a magical, original adaptation of 1948ÔÇÖs fairytale sensation – The Red Shoes. Audiences are welcomed … Continue reading Review: The Red Shoes, Wales Millennium Centre
Danza Contempor├ínea de Cuba, Tuesday 28th February, Wales Millennium Centre, Reviewer: Penelope Barnes The long-established and highly prestigious Danza Contempor├ínea De Cuba stopped in Cardiff this February, bringing with them a welcomed ray of Cuban sunshine to an otherwise wintery Welsh evening. A hot-ticket for any dance fan, the troupe boasts a blend of smooth American modernism and Afro-Caribbean rhythms, flecked with European ballet. However, … Continue reading Review: Danza Contempor├ínea de Cuba, Wales Millennium Centre
Sinners Club, Thursday 9th February, The Other Room, Reviewer: Bob Wigin Not a play but a piece of ÔÇÿGig theatreÔÇÖ, Sinners Club loosely portrays the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain. Lucy Rivers of theatre company Gabblebabble and her musical accompaniment The Bad Mothers play at recording an album while the audience sit around the edges of The Other … Continue reading Review: Sinners Club, The Other Room
Wonderman,┬áFriday 9th December, Wales Millennium Centre. Reviewer: Khuram Mahmood and Sarah Harris When you first enter to take your seat at WalesÔÇÖ Millennium Centre to watch┬áWonderman, you are instantly met with a feeling that this will not be any ordinary old production.┬áTables are spaced front to back in a somewhat orderly fashion but not so as to make it seem unnatural, with each featuring two … Continue reading Review: Roald Dahl’s Wonderman, Wales Millennium Centre
Love Steals Us From Loneliness, Thursday 8th December, Chapter Arts Centre. Reviewer: Sarah Harris and Khuram Mahmood.┬á If youÔÇÖve ever been to see a play at Chapter Arts Theatre, youÔÇÖll know theyÔÇÖre not the typical type you would come across at say CardiffÔÇÖs New Theatre or Millennium Centre. Often acted out within a small room, with slightly over a dozen audience members and usually a … Continue reading Review: Love Steals Us From Loneliness, Chapter Arts Centre
Kiss Me, Kate, Tuesday 6th December, Wales Millennium Centre. Reviewer: Rachel Nurse.┬á 1940s Baltimore and itÔÇÖs opÔÇÖninÔÇÖ night of a musical version of┬áThe Taming of the Shrew. Rehearsals are over, costumes donned and thereÔÇÖs a 10 minute curtain call. What youÔÇÖre about to witness is a whole lot more than ShakespeareÔÇÖs comic love storyÔǪÔÇØ Welsh National OperaÔÇÖs Autumn season featured three productions inspired by William … Continue reading Review: Kiss Me Kate, Wales Millennium Centre
On 21st October, Artes Mundi 7 Exhibition and Prize opened its doors to the public, showcasing work from six artists from around the world. Both National Museum Cardiff and Chapter Arts centre play host to the innovative and contemporary pieces and Quench Culture got an opportunity to go along and learn more. The Artes Mundi exhibition at the Cardiff Museum is a display that features … Continue reading Artes Mundi 7
A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be invited to watch the rehearsals for Sherman CymruÔÇÖs upcoming performance of Romeo and Juliet. A select few young critics and reviewers were invited to view the rehearsal process and even we had the opportunity chat with director Rachel OÔÇÖRiordan afterwards. After arriving and exchanging a few introductions, we sat down to watch the cast rehearse … Continue reading An Afternoon at Sherman Cymru
Artes Mundi is back for its fifth exhibition,┬áthis must-see exhibition has been growing in strength since┬áfirst established in 2004, and this yearÔÇÖs offering is no exception.
Providing you donÔÇÖt arrive expecting to see a rock show, itÔÇÖs hard not to be impressed by this TONY award winning musical from across the pond. Continue reading “Review: American Idiot”
You may be planning on seeing the film adaptation of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, directed by the bookÔÇÖs author, Stephen Chbosky; but first check out the novel before you go see it on the big screen. Continue reading “Review: Stephen Chbosky’s ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’”
Alexandra Warren reviews Gregory Doran’s┬átake on the Shakespearean classic┬áJulius Caesar. Continue reading “Review: Julius Caesar, New Theatre”
Jasmine Freeman reviews Irish writer Shauna Gilligan’s novel Happiness Comes from Nowhere. Continue reading “Review: Shauna Gilligan’s ‘Happiness Comes From Nowhere’”
Francis Smithson reviews Sue Hubbard’s emotive novel focusing on the life of artist Paula Modersohn-Becker. Continue reading “Review: Sue Hubbard’s ‘Girl in White’”
