Sherman theatre, CardiffTim Price’s play links a 1980s coal miner with Odysseus in an affecting if heavy-handed mythological drama Forty years after the 1984 miners’ strike, Tim Price�…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:32PMThe Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo strategists from the US and New Labour are recruited to help win a ruthless election in a former Russian colony The New Real is bookended by scenes wh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMBristol Old VicGareth Farr’s account of IVF’s development is briskly directed but the science feels under-dramatised Towards the end of Gareth Farr’s A Child of Science, which explores…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 10:54AMSherman theatre, CardiffConceptually brilliant, with complex characters and a fearless cast, Azuka Oforka’s debut play is a remarkable examination of women under colonialism with contempor…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:24AMTheatr Clwyd, MoldLucie Lovatt’s elaborate comedy exploring the housing crisis in rural Wales is provocative and conceptually ambitious yet still pleasingly entertaining Caryl and Meirion …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:36AMSherman theatre, CardiffThere’s no shortage of smart ideas in Bethan Marlow’s drama of adolescent awakening in rural Wales, but they whiz by before they really develop There isn’t much…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 04:06PMBristol Old VicThis play with songs has pleasing performances but needs a clearer idea of what it wants to satirise A comedy double act since their university days and now working as nannies…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMWales Millennium Centre, CardiffThis Welsh-language retelling of an ancient myth is a huge endeavour, with great performances and lots of promise Here is a Welsh-language theatrical rarity: …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:42AMSherman theatre, CardiffManon Steffan Ros has translated Ionesco’s play into Welsh for this technically ambitious and compelling production Eugène Ionesco’s absurdist classic warns tha…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:07AMThe Riverfront, NewportGavin Porter’s exploration of grief through the experiences and funeral traditions of the residents of Cardiff’s Butetown pays tribute to the rituals that bind a c…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:37AMThe Other Room, CardiffSet on the scaffolding atop a building that never gets finished, Matthew Trevannion’s two-hander is full of dazzling ideas What goes up must come down. Gravity, ligh…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMBirmingham Rep theatreWiliam Young, an actor with learning disabilities, gives an affecting, lived-in performance as Lennie in this assured adaptation of Steinbeck’s Dust Bowl classic In …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:00AMSwansea Grand theatreRichard Mylan’s grim narratives are filled with sympathy and compassion, lifted by Sophie Melville’s all-consuming and fearless performance As noted in a programme g…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:00AMTheatr Clwyd, MoldBrisk direction, plucky performances and complex lyrics propel this original adaptation, as the hunt for a source of renewable energy comes under threat To paraphrase that …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:03AMWatermill theatre, Newbury An excellent cast animate Karla Marie Sweet’s adaptation with a drilled menace, while contemporary songs are employed to remarkable effect Karla Marie Sweet’s …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:25AMThe Other Room, CardiffMelding ancient stories with current crises, Tamar Williams’s clever version of Branwen’s story from the Mabinogi is elegantly directed In a week when the climate …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:33PMTheatr ClwydBoth actors excel in Katherine Chandler’s fictionalised account of the attempted murder of a Swansea woman in 2015 Carl walks into a cafe in Swansea where Hayley works as a wai…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:54AMTheatr ClwydFifty years of a tender idyll are reimagined with dignity, grace – and the odd meta moment At the time of her death in 1829, at the grand age of 90, Eleanor Butler had been liv…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:18AMSherman theatre, CardiffWhile there are some strong performances and the conceit is intriguing, this modern-day version of the classic fails to convince Towards the end of Brad Birch’s rei…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:12AMBristol Old VicGiles Terera’s lyrical and inventive drama about a brutal episode in British history brims with urgency, pain and ultimately pride In November and December 1781, 132 enslave…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:48AMSherman theatre, CardiffThe drama may miss a beat, but the music, sleek production and talented ensemble provide a tempting treat for the soul In the week that saw the lifting of almost al…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:06PMSherman theatre, CardiffThis stylish play packs a lot in and has strong performances but its darker nuances are smothered by whimsy Performed and captioned in Welsh, English and some French,…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:12PMBristol Old VicA father and daughter meet for the first time in 50 years in this evocative and powerful exploration of grief It is August 2000. In a Seoul hotel at the second state-organised…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 07:36AMSherman theatre, CardiffPanto tropes are happily pooh-poohed with a gender-swapped Scrooge and properly terrifying puppetry in Joe Murphy’s triumphant Dickens redo Attend the tale of Ebbi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 12:03PMTheatr Clwyd, MoldMark Lambert is superb as a widower given a digital assistant in Tim Price’s rumination on loneliness, privacy and ethics It is March 2020, and widower Roger (Mark Lamber…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:12AMSherman theatre, CardiffNo details are spared in Rhiannon Boyle’s frank and funny exploration of the sperm bank route to parenthood, starring the charismatic Bethan Ellis Owen A Welsh idio…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:12PMTheatr Clwyd, MoldKaite O’Reilly relocates August Strindberg’s classic to a Welsh stately home in postwar, post-pandemic 1921 ‘What do you know about magnificence?’ asks Christine th…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:18PMSchaubühne, BerlinThe multiverse in Chris Bush’s Kein Weltuntergang, directed by Katie Mitchell, lays bare our contradictions and complicity in the climate crisis Ambivalence and contradi…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AMTheatr Clywd, MoldLetting the audience choose props and costumes adds both absurd and affecting possibilities to this selection of 15 new short plays Directed by Theatr Clwyd’s artistic di…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 02:42PMTheatre on the Downs, BristolClear in its message and the targets of its take-downs, this play’s rhetoric is persuasive but it leaves you yearning for more Performed in Bristol’s new pop…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 01:32AMAvailable onlineShôn Dale-Jones’s autobiographical show tells the story of his lockdown through texts, WhatsApp group chats and Zoom calls with loved ones Like the denizens of Love Island…
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