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

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

Plays to See: Bonnie and Clyde at Wales Millennium Centre

Bonnie and Clyde wanted to be famous. Bonnie, in the more traditional sense. She wanted to be a movie star, or a writer, or a model plastered all over the front covers of magazines...

Review | 28.03.2024

Plays to See: Edward Scissorhands at Wales Millennium Centre

Now, first things first – I haven’t seen the movie. I know. I’m sorry. It’s just one of those iconic pieces of pop culture that’s somehow slipped through the cracks...

Review | 21.03.2024

Plays to See: The Wife of Cyncoed at the Sherman Theatre

The Wife of Cyncoed is pretty much faultless. Which is annoying. Whenever I think something might be pretty much faultless, I tend to spend the following few hours / days compulsively trying to detect a fault...

Review | 19.03.2024

Wales Arts Review: Baba Joon at Swansea Grand Theatre

Rhys Edwards reviews the new one-woman show from Lisa Zahra, Baba Joon, an exploration of the mixed-heritage experience in Wales...

Review | 25.10.2023

Plays to See: Heathers at Wales Millennium Centre

Maybe it’s my British cynicism, or the fact that UK and US school environments are so different (despite what Netflix’s Sex Education would have Americans believe) but I just couldn’t get on board...

Review | 24.08.2024

Plays to See: Choo Choo! at the Sherman Theatre

CHOO CHOO! – the title of this outstanding new production from StammerMouth, refers to how intrusive trains of thought can smash their way through a troubled mind and in the process, drive a close...

Review | 24.07.2024

Plays to See: The Ocean at the End of the Lane at Wales Millennium Centre

A child’s fight against the prospect of growing up has always been fertile ground for fantasy stories. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen it put to such good use as it is in Neil Gaiman’s...

Review | 02.06.2023

Plays to See: Es and Flo at Wales Millennium Centre

Jennifer Lunn must be relieved. Not only did Es and Flo turn out to be a remarkable and captivating play about the strength of unity in the face of adversity... 

Review | 17.05.2023

Plays to See: Romeo and Julie at the Sherman Theatre

Romeo and Julie is not Romeo and Juliet.  There’s not a Montague, Capulet or even a balcony in sight... 

Review | 08.05.2023