50 stories by "Elisabeth Mahoney"
Aberystwyth Arts CentreWhile most of theatreland beyond Edinburgh slows or closes in high summer, Aberystwyth Arts Centre puts on a musical, one of its biggest shows of the year. Last year's…
Chapter, CardiffDanceWhat is it to be a woman right here, right now? How can you articulate through movement? And what can you say? Caroline Sabin isn't the only artist to pose these questio…
Chapter, CardiffClare Bayley's powerful 2007 play, performed in a 40ft shipping container and revived for Refugee Week, is one you are glad to flee when it ends. A deliberately gruelling and…
Radio 3's staging of Terence Rattigan's 1941 play provided a warm and moving introduction to the playwright's workThe Terence Rattigan season, which celebrates the centenary of the playwrigh…
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, MoldSome productions of Shakespeare's comedy about the taming of a spirited young woman into happy obedience are an uneasy watch for anyone with even remotely feminist sy…
Tobacco Factory, BristolHistory can be a slippery old business. It's not just the contrasting versions of the past, but a question of how we relate to the big events and key dates. These iss…
Bristol HarboursideIn the bustle of the harbour, two figures face each other across 500 metres of water, enacting a semaphore soap opera. Between 11am and 1pm each day, they communicate sile…
Torch, Milford HavenIn the programme notes, writer Lawrence Allen describes dementia as "a foreign country", and it's this idea that shapes his 2005 drama about a woman slipping into somethi…
Chapter, CardiffA woman plays violin on a neat lawn and the decorous strains of English Country Garden fill the air. Then she stops to spit mouthfuls of water across the stage. So begins Wak…
Bike Shed, ExeterIf ever a performance space was made for Pinter's menacing and hilarious early one-act play, the subterranean Bike Shed is it. Stiflingly warm on a balmy evening, the window…
Ten short tales with the theme of love worked hard and fast to flesh out their charactersA clutch of writers and 10 short tales made up yesterday's Afternoon Play (Radio 4). The theme was lo…
Omid Djalili tells Joan Bakewell his fascinating life story and explains why his comedy routine can be offensiveWhat a fine fellow Omid Djalili sounded on Belief (Radio 3). Articulate and en…
Chapter, CardiffIan Rowlands's new play, set on trains and buses across a "small country", certainly captures the feel of a long journey on public transport. There's anticipation, frustratio…
Tobacco Factory, BristolFrom the opening moments, cordially announced by a violin and piano, there's an air of restraint about Andrew Hilton's approach to Shakespeare's early, and rather boi…
Aberystwyth Arts CentreWhat a vexing novel this is for anyone adapting it for the stage. Richly written and doused with passions that simmer for decades, Emily Brontë's novel is a gift an…
New Theatre, CardiffFrom the opening moment of this exhilarating co-production between Clwyd Theatr Cymru, the New Wolsey Theatre and Salisbury Playhouse, you know you're in confident, chari…
Torch, Milford HavenParallel worlds shape the content of this new show from NoFit State, in collaboration with National Theatre Wales, but they also sum up its challenges. Can you blend cont…
Exeter PhoenixThe themes in this new show from Theatre Alibi are hefty, with their focus on the horrors of war, an artist's responsibility for the consequences of a creation, and the human s…
Barbican, PlymouthFor its inaugural Flourish festival, showcasing the work of fledgling theatre companies in the south-west, Plymouth's Barbican is dedicating its main space on Friday nights…
Tobacco Factory, BristolShakespeare's greatest plays have a knack of being timeless and yet thrillingly topical, too. So it is with Andrew Hilton's commanding production of Richard II, which…
Bike Shed, ExeterIt's the end of the world in Neil Bebber's new play, as an approaching asteroid will soon make smithereens of the Earth. Meanwhile, Bebber shows us how three couples " neigh…
The Brewery, BristolDylan Thomas's 1954 radio play is suffused with voices articulating their dreams and desires in "lulled and dumbfound" Llareggub, the fictional Welsh village that spells …
Tobacco Factory, BristolIn the foyer before the show, all talk is of how they will "do" the nose. It's testimony to Andy Burden's wonderfully spirited production of Carlo Collodi's fairytale…
The Egg, BathThe Egg's modest size and fun, curvy lines make this a great venue for children's theatre. You see the value of this intimacy from the first moments of Lee Lyford's exubera…
The Provincial, CardiffSherman Cymru has relocated to a temporary venue for its production of Shakespeare's "problem" comedy, while its own building is closed for redevelopment. And what an …
