Pictures by Kirsten McTernan Described by Guardian critic Michael Billington as ‘a startling debut that spluttered and fizzed like an out-of-control firework’, Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco starts its Welsh tour this week at Chapter in a revival by Waking Exploits. Chapter – famed for showcasing new works alongside old – is the venue where Gary … Continue reading PREVIEW: ‘Crazy Gary’s Mobile Disco’ by Gary Owen – Waking Exploits
PREVIEW: ROGUE’Z The Homecoming Playwright Harold Pinter believed The Homecoming – a prickly insight into a womanless family – was among his best work. It’s certainly one of his darkest, and, potentially, funniest. Therefore, it’s appropriate that the undeniably talented folks at ROGUE’Z Theatre Company have chosen to perform it as part of this year’s … Continue reading Preview The Homecoming, Rogue’z Theatre by Sam Pryce.
We all have a morbid fascination with serial killers. How can someone be that fearless and disturbed to commit such an act of forethought malice over and over again? In this 1988 absurdist play from French playwright Bernard-Marie Koltѐs, the notion that a killer is in fact influenced by the hypocrisy and corruption of others … Continue reading REVIEW: August012’s Roberto Zucco – Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff by Sam Pryce
Roberto Zucco – natural or nurtured killer? That question, among others, is the sort of thing this production of Bernard-Marie Koltѐs’ final play shall attempt to answer. Not only is it sure to answer this, but I expect it will encourage its audience to pose many questions as well with its boldly original style, courtesy … Continue reading PREVIEW: August012’s Roberto Zucco – Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff by Sam Pryce
The sun, as it often chooses not to, is shining over Wales, with people country-wide crossing their fingers for a summer just as extraordinary as this unusual event. Perhaps that could be found with the return of the Everyman open air festival in Sophia Gardens, the biggest of its kind in Wales, hoping to entertain … Continue reading Preview Everyman open air festival by Young Critic Lois Arcari
Things We Do For Love New Theatre, Cardiff Writer: Alan Ayckbourn Director: Laurence Boswell Reviewer: Barbara Michaels Rating: [3.8] A multi-layered romp – in more ways than one – Things We Do For Love was first staged in 1997. The humour, and the dark edge behind it, are still relevant today, as indeed can be … Continue reading Review Things We Do For Love New Theatre, Cardiff by 3rd Age Critic Barbara Michaels
Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre is turning forty, can you believe? And it doesn’t look a day over twenty-one. Since life is meant to begin at forty, the theatre has themed this year’s Script Slam around anniversary material symbols – paper for one year and ruby for forty, and so on. If, like I was, you are … Continue reading Review Script Slam, Sherman Cymru, Young Critic Sam Pryce
This was the first play to make me cry. Not because it was so awful, of course; but because its story, characters and premise would bring tears to even the most cynical of eyes. In fact, the work of Patrick Jones has always been intensely emotional. His poetry is especially controversial and visceral, tackling subjects … Continue reading Dandelion Review “The writing, the lighting, the acting, the set – it’s, quite frankly, flawless” by Young Critic Sam Pryce
Nobody embodied the concept of rags to riches better than Dorothy Squires. Born in a carnival caravan in Pontyberem near Llanelli, Squires packed in her job at the tin factory, and set out on the ultimate gold paved path to The Big Smoke. There, after years of tireless performances in the West End, she rose … Continue reading Review,Say It With Flowers,Sherman Cymru, Elin Williams
On Thursday 18th of April I attended Chapter Arts Center in Canton, Cardiff to view the production Love and Money. Love and Money tells the story of relationships, heartache, sacrifice, obsession and money within the marriage of a young couple, David and Jess. Written by Dennis Kelly, we follow a young woman’s all too familiar addiction for material … Continue reading Review Love & Money, Waking Exploits, Chapter Arts by Sarah Finch.
