Posts Tagged ‘Theatre’

Postcards from Port Talbot: The Passion, Easter 2011

Postcards from Port Talbot: The Passion, Easter 2011

Over Easter, Michael Sheen’s performance in The Passion had a huge impact on his hometown of Port Talbot

Mapping the Nation: the National Theatre Wales journey so far…

Mapping the Nation: the National Theatre Wales journey so far…

Half way through its opening season, it’s an opportune time to look at what the National Theatre has achieved – and it’s been a pretty impressive run

Shakespeare al fresco

Shakespeare al fresco

Outdoor performance is a part of the British summer. But instead of Muse at Glastonbury, how about the Bard at Cardiff Castle?

Winners and losers, movers and shakers

Winners and losers, movers and shakers

The clocks have gone forward, the promise of spring is nearby and the first quarter of the new decade has passed. So it seems apt that before change is well and truly upon us we take a quick look back at the cultural winners and losers so far in 2010

Time for a new Dirty Protest

Time for a new Dirty Protest

ALWAYS willing to put a plug in for like-minded independent spirits (and mates), WalesHome.org has heard that an imminent production from the critically-acclaimed Dirty Protest theatre company is about to hit town this week. Entitled Dirty Protest Presents…..Out With The Old, the new production features five writers, including Skinsscribe Lucy Kirkwood, named by The Independent recently as the [...]

Room for review

Room for review

The theatre critic no longer has the power to make or break a play, but should still play a vital part in guiding audiences to quality productions

The idea made flesh: Birth of a National Theatre

The idea made flesh: Birth of a National Theatre

National Library? Check. National University? Tick. National Museum? You bet. National Theatre? At last

Oh! What a lovely store

Oh! What a lovely store

Many of Wales’s most important theatre venues are benefiting from public money, while others are in clear need. Without venues that are fit-for-purpose, the national threatre companies that took so long to establish will not be able to reach audiences