An opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa after the play by Victorien Sardou Cast: Floria Tosca – Claire Rutter (Soprano) Mario Cavaradossi – Hector Sandoval (Tenor) Baron Scarpia – Mark S. Doss (Bass-baritone) Cesare Angelotti – Daniel Grice Sacristan – Donald Maxwell Spoletta – Michael … Continue reading Review Tosca, Welsh National Opera by Roger Barrington→
Hamilton is a phenomenon. Lin Manauel Miranda’s show about the rise and fall of the founding farther Alexander Hamilton who would be immortalised by having his face on the ten dollar bill is one of the biggest shows to musical theatre in a long time. It’s fan-base has grown and grown and it … Continue reading Review Hamilton by Jonathan Evans→
Roger Barrington The 13th Brecon Baroque Festival. Maestro I am particularly looking forward to the 13th Brecon Baroque Festival. Maestro violinist Rachel Podger, a Brecon resident, will present her annual baroque extravaganza in such wonderful venues as Theatr Brycheiniog and Brecon Cathedral from 18th-22nd October 2018. YTou can visit the dedicated website to read reviews … Continue reading The Get the Chance team choose their 2018 Cultural Highlights→
Winston Churchill was a Prime Minister that was granted his position because of the oncoming war. He took up the position and lead England to victory. He is remembered for his inspiring speeches and iconic look. Darkest Hour tells the story of Churchill gaining position and his first few days as the leader of … Continue reading Review Darkest Hour by Jonathan Evans→
Paranoid—this is perhaps the best word with which to describe Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow, both in terms of the world that it depicts and the way that it makes the reader feel throughout its (many!) pages. Much like George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, this novel has us confronted with a society which owes its stability and … Continue reading Gravity’s Rainbow (Thomas Pynchon) Revisited by Rhys Morgan→
Dirty Protest blasts off into 2018 with launch of project inspired by Wales’s claim to Star Wars fame. “Lightspeed from Pembroke Dock, a co-production between Wales’s acclaimed new writing company, Dirty Protest, Chapter and the Torch Theatre, takes the 1979 Pembroke Dock building of the full-scale Millennium Falcon as its inspiration The Millennium Falcon under … Continue reading The Force is Strong in Welsh Theatres This Spring→
(The review below is from a preview performance, accessed through Spice Time Credits) So off I went out out (no slippers) for my first Spice Time Credit spend in several months. It was so good to get out, I’ve been bit unwell again, just coming through the other side, treats like this make recovery fun … Continue reading Review Tiger Bay The Musical, Wales Millennium Centre by Ceri Ann Goddard→
August 012 performs John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men for laughs and misses the mark by a country mile! Introduction and Background John Steinbeck’s classic 1937 novella was a new genre of work that Steinbeck invented. In his own words, it was strictly, neither a novel or a play, but a play/novelette. In his … Continue reading Review Of Mice and Men at the Chapter Seligman Studio presented by August 012→
During the afternoon of Saturday, October 28th, I took a little journey back in time. As an English Literature student at University some of the books I studied back in GCSE feel like a lifetime away. So, when I was given the opportunity to see Of Mice and Men, one of the most well-known of … Continue reading Review/Discussion: Of Mice and Men→
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