Plays to See: ‘Hot Chicks’ at the Swansea Grand

County lines is undoubtedly a worthy subject to explore on stage, particularly if, like Rebecca Jade Hammond, your intention is to bring something new to the conversation...

Review | 14.04.2025

Nation Cymru: Rebecca Jade Hammond on her new play ‘Hot Chicks’

Rebecca Jade Hammond’s new play ‘Hot Chicks’ explores how organised crime groups abuse, manipulate and exploit young people through the practice of County Lines...

Feature | 01.04.2025

Nation Cymru: Calamity Jane at Wales Millennium Centre

Surely, I’ve seen Calamity Jane before? It’s a classic, after all. The movie is a staple of Hollywood’s Golden Age. It’s Doris Day for crying out loud...

Review | 14.03.2025

Nation Cymru: Ghost: The Musical at Wales Millennium Centre

Making a musical adaptation of a classic movie seems like a no brainer. You have a story that is tried and tested. You have ready-made fans who don’t need an awful lot of persuasion to buy a ticket... 

Review | 09.03.2025

Nation Cymru: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe at Wales Millennium Centre

Narnia seems to have fallen out of favour in recent years. Whilst pop culture endlessly reveres Hogwarts and Hobbits, C.S Lewis’ world of... 

Review | 13.02.2025

Chortle: Should you be watching G'wed?

G’wed has been a tremendous success for ITVX. Sold as Gen Z’s answer to The Inbetweeners, it spawned healthy reviews, a pleading feature in The Guardian declaring it to be... 

Feature | 06.02.2025

Plays to See: A Christmas Carol at Sherman Theatre 

Gary Owen’s adaptation of ‘A Christmas Carol’ was first revived and rejigged by director Joe Murphy in 2021, but as you may have guessed...

Review | 16.12.2024

Nation Cymru: Gary Owen on reimagining A Christmas Carol with a Welsh twist

Whether he’s transporting Euripides’ Iphigenia to Splott, Chekhov’s Cherry Orchard to Pembrokeshire or Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet to...

Feature | 10.12.2024

Nation Cymru: Writer Hefin Robinson on his new horror play Pontypool

When I first heard that Wales Millennium Centre were producing a new horror play set to premiere across Halloween, I was eager to hear more. But I soon discovered that the more you learn...

Feature | 03.11.2024

Plays to See: Shirley at the Sherman Theatre

Shirley runs ‘the best pub you’ve ever been to’. A place where every night ‘is a night to remember’. Above all else, this landlady wants all her patrons to feel two things: ‘welcome… and magic’...

Review | 03.10.2024

Nation Cymru: Gemma Prangle discusses her bold and moving new play, Splinter 

Gemma Prangle’s new play Splinter, performing this week at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, marks her debut as a writer. Set in an imagined forest space.... 

Feature | 16.09.2024

Chortle: Daddy Issues, BBC Three 

Written by former stand-up Danielle Ward, BBC Three’s new sitcom Daddy Issues centres on Gemma - a messy, relatable, twentysomething who enjoys a bit of casual sex and doesn’t take life too seriously.... 

Review | 16.08.2024

Nation Cymru: Welsh National Opera launch new community engagement project with Rakie Ayola

On the anniversary of the public unrest that occurred in Ely and Caerau in 2023, Welsh National Opera has launched a new community engagement project... 

Feature | 24.05.2024

Plays to See: The Drifter's Girl at Wales Millennium Centre

Aside from being a wedding dancefloor staple, I didn’t know an awful lot about The Drifters. And now, after watching The Drifters Girl – the jukebox musical biography of the band – I think my ignorance can well and truly be forgiven...

Review | 10.05.2024

Chortle: Mammoth, BBC TWO

Pitching Mammoth must have been a breeze: ‘A 1970s PE teacher is transported to 2024 - hilarity ensues.’... 

Review | 17.04.2024