Review: 1984, Sherman Cymru

Reviewed by Amy Pay If you look up “scary theatre” on a search engine, youÔÇÖll see that The Woman In Black is widely held as the most frightening show.┬á HeadlongÔÇÖs adaptation of 1984, though, is by far one of the most disturbing pieces of theatre created during our lifetime The success of the play is largely down to OrwellÔÇÖs inventive dystopian novel on which it … Continue reading Review: 1984, Sherman Cymru

Review: National Dance Company Wales, WMC

Reviewed by Vaiva Seskeviciute To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the award winning National Dance Company Wales presented a dynamic programme created by Stephen Petronio, Angelin Preljocaj and Eleesha Drennan. Performed by a team of 12 international dancers, three exhilarating compositions – Virtual Descent, Noces and Water Stories – were brought to the stage in Wales Millennium Centre on the 5th of November. The first performance … Continue reading Review: National Dance Company Wales, WMC

Review: Boing!, Sherman Cymru

Reviewed by Amy Endacott Boing!, devised by companies Travelling Light and Champloo Dance, is a piece of theatre which invited you to relive the excitement and anxieties of one of the most treasured childhood memories: Christmas Eve. The forty-minute piece spanned the tense twelve hours before Christmas morning and showed us all the ways two brothers try to pass the time. Performed on a simple … Continue reading Review: Boing!, Sherman Cymru

Review: Chelsea Hotel, WMC

Reviewed by Matthew Lee Schneider ÔÇ£This hotel does not belong to America. ┬áThere are no vacuum cleaners, no rules and shame. ┬áThe high spot of the surrealÔǪÔÇØ┬á – Arthur Miller. ┬á A stubborn weed in the garden of the American dream, the Chelsea Hotel was, is, and forever more will be a raw and true counter-cultural heartbeat behind the romantic fa├ºade that is Manhattan. ┬áIn … Continue reading Review: Chelsea Hotel, WMC

Opinion: Why Burst Bridget Jones’ Bubble?

Words by Laura Carter IÔÇÖm sure I wasnÔÇÖt the only one to be absolutely horrified at the news that Helen Fielding had killed off Mark Darcy in her new book Mad About The Boy. The last time we read about dear Bridget, she was about to embark on married life with Mr Darcy himself. I know what youÔÇÖre going to say: ÔÇ£ItÔÇÖs only a bookÔǪ … Continue reading Opinion: Why Burst Bridget Jones’ Bubble?

Review: I’m With The Band, WMC

Reviewed by Sum Sze Tam Sitting down at the stage of IÔÇÖm With The Band, youÔÇÖd think it was the set of a somewhat bland music gig. The actors come out and start playing their first song ÔÇÿWeÔÇÖre All In This TogetherÔÇÖ (not the finale from High School Musical), and though the show is premised as an allegory for the political state of the UK, … Continue reading Review: I’m With The Band, WMC

Review: Boeing Boeing, RWCMD

Reviewed by Esther Strange The tour of Boeing Boeing is the fourth musical collaborative piece between Black Rat Productions and Blackwood MinersÔÇÖ Institute. The tour takes off in Blackwood and travels across the whole of Wales before touching down in CardiffÔÇÖs Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Boeing Boeing takes polygamy to a whole new level. Architect Bernard (Richard Corgan) is engaged to three … Continue reading Review: Boeing Boeing, RWCMD