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Colourful suspects in a comedy whodunnit
REVIEW: Cluedo 2 at New Theatre It's the late 1960s, and failing rock star Rick Black (Liam Horrigan) is about to play the tapes of his...
Jun 26, 2024


This moving and horrific tale of slavery makes an exceptional theatrical experience
REVIEW: The Women of Llanrumney at Sherman Theatre Wales’s role in slavery is thrown into the spotlight in a remarkable and powerful new...
May 23, 2024


Laughs come thick and fast in the chaos of government
REVIEW: Party Games at New Theatre, Cardiff A new political comedy takes audiences to the UK of 2026, where a hastily formed centrist One...
May 22, 2024


A fabulous night of fun with a strong message
Review: Unfortunate at New Theatre, Cardiff Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch opened to a lively and excited audience...
May 8, 2024


A joyfully silly high-speed adventure, packed with laughter
REVIEW: The 39 Steps at New Theatre, Cardiff There's another chance to join the plucky Richard Hannay in an epic adventure, as the multi...
Apr 24, 2024


'And Then There Were None' - violence and intrigue on a remote island
REVIEW: And Then There Were None at New Theatre, Cardiff The latest stage production of the best selling crime novel of all time has...
Mar 20, 2024


'The Wife of Cyncoed' - engrossing, amusing, and moving
REVIEW: The Wife of Cyncoed at Sherman Theatre A one-woman play about the life of an ordinary, just-retired hospital administrator in the...
Mar 13, 2024


JAC AND THE BEANSTALK: CLIMBING INTO THE FESTIVE PERIOD
Jac and the Beanstalk at New Theatre, Cardiff Review by Sophie Platt It’s panto season and the New Theatre is presenting the classic Jac...
Dec 13, 2023


The Merchant of Venice 1936: powerful and sadly relevant
The Merchant of Venice 1936 at New Theatre, Cardiff Review by Andy Weltch A powerful new version of a Shakespeare classic has arrived...
Nov 1, 2023


The Woman in Black: Spooky horror is a scary treat
Audiences are hard to scare these days, you might think. Sophisticated, big-budget movie and TV horrors have perhaps made us immune to...
Sep 20, 2023


Fun-filled ’80 Days’ for kids of all ages
A joyfully lighthearted new production of Jules Verne’s classic story Around the World in 80 Days is having a stop-over in Cardiff this...
Jun 23, 2023


Review: Sherlock Holmes – The Valley of Fear
It’s no wonder The Valley of Fear is so rarely staged. This final Sherlock Holmes novel presents many narrative challenges, and there are...
May 25, 2023


Review: Wish You Were Dead
When Detective Superintendent Roy Grace and his mortician wife Cleo arrive in rural France for a much-needed break from the crime-riddled...
May 17, 2023


The Beekeeper of Aleppo: powerful & moving
When clashes over pro-democracy protests in Syria escalate to civil war in 2011, the peaceful life of beekeeper Nuri and his artist wife...
Mar 29, 2023


Pride & Prejudice: joyously entertaining (& clever)
Of all the adaptations of Jane Austen’s great novel of manners, surely there has never been one as joyously entertaining as Pride &...
Mar 21, 2023


Uplifting tale offers escape to the sunshine
If the icy rain and snow of South Wales is getting you down this week, the New Theatre offers the chance to escape to the sunshine and...
Mar 9, 2023


Fisherman’s Friends: bursting with joy & energy
When a group of Cornish fishermen came together to perform the traditional songs they’d sung for generations, they didn’t expect it to...
Oct 26, 2022


Hard-hitting classic still relevant today
The multi award-winning National Theatre production of JB Priestley’s classic thriller An Inspector Calls is back in Cardiff. This...
Oct 19, 2022
When Darkness Falls: spooky stories for Halloween
With Halloween approaching, what could be better than a spooky story? At the New Theatre this week, When Darkness Falls does better than...
Oct 11, 2022


Sensational Osmonds show tells a captivating tale
The Osmonds were one of the most successful music acts of the 1970s – the ultimate clean-cut boy band before the term ‘boy band’ was...
Oct 5, 2022
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