Photographic credit Mei Lewis I sat on a wooden seat I remembered well from school days, from weddings, from funerals; from happy, sad and scary times. The doors open to the green light and the bird song, to the passers-by and the church bells. We are a congregation of grey hairs, crumpled linen and sensible … Continue reading Review An Evening with Bryn Terfel and Friends Festival of Voice by Helen Joy
Remember me. The evening before I had sung those words when rehearsing with the Forget Me Not (dementia) Chorus. Haunting to hear them sung out again across the cavernous auditorium of the WMC by men in khaki uniform looking to their end in the First World War. I am surrounded by men in uniform. Bearskins … Continue reading Review In Parenthesis WNO by Helen Joy
Young Critics, 3rd Act Critics and Kids in Museums volunteers are working in collaboration with Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales (ACNMW) http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/ on a new free project focusing on the quality and standards of exhibitions and programming at their sites across Wales. Those involved recently spent a day with the staff at the National … Continue reading Review Treasures: Adventures in Archaeology by Kirsty Ackland
This year has been packed full of the best movie releases to date with the latest James Bond movie Spectre, Jurassic World and the new Star Wars film Episode VII: The Force Awakens. There is no surprise that the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra have chosen to do ‘A Night at the Movies’ for their Christmas show. … Continue reading Review Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra, A Night at the Movies by James Briggs
“Long ago, dragons were hunted to near extinction by the Order of St. George, a legendary society of dragon slayers. Hiding in human form and growing in their numbers in secret, the dragons of Talon have become strong and cunning, and they’re positioned to take over the world with humans none the wiser. Ember and … Continue reading Review Talon, Julie Kagawa by Bethan Hooton
Hunter S. Thompson’s 1971 novel Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas begins famously with, ‘We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold.’ Christopher Brett Bailey’s This Is How We Die seems to carry on from where Thompson left off in this brilliant piece of … Continue reading Review This is How We Die, Chapter Arts Centre by James Knight
CARMEN Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Stadium (Performance 2.10.2014) Music: Georges Bizet Libretto: Henri Melham and Ludovic Haley Based on the story by Prosper Marilee Directors: Patrice Caurier and Moshe Leaser Revival Director: Caroline Chaney Review: Barbara Michaels Rating: [4.00] Passion and death are dominant in the story of Carmen – the Spanish gypsy girl … Continue reading Review Carmen, Welsh National Opera, Wales Millennium Centre (Performance 2.10.2014) by Barbara Michaels
Adrift Infini productions. Well what can I say about this show? The first free comedy show I saw and it was at a higher level than some of the shows that I’ve paid to see. Three guys, stranded on a raft at sea after failing a mutiny. How does their fate end? You’ll have to … Continue reading Review Adrift, Infini productions by Kaitlin Wray
Love and Loss through the eyes of the only Welsh Prime Minister POSTED BY HYPERCRITICREVIEWS ⋅ MARCH 5, 2012 ⋅ LEAVE A COMMENT Rate This The wizard, the goat and the man who won the war Richard Burton Theatre, RWCMD 2nd March 2012 Stars: **** To create a one man show about a politician who has been dead for … Continue reading Love and Loss through the eyes of the only Welsh Prime Minister
