Welsh performance News archive for 2012
We have been scouring the media, and keeping our noses to the ground ,
for news stories related to welsh theatre dance and performance.
Below are the 362 main stories for 2012 in our database
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National Theatre Live : The Magistrate, by Arthur Wing Pinero 18 December 2012 |
Broadcast live in HD to Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, on Thursday 17th January @ 6.45pm |
'Vinyl' by performance artist Bill Aitchison 16 December 2012 |
Vinyl is the most recent show from performance artist Bill Aitchison whose work has entertained and confounded the expectations of audiences across Europe |
Forced Entertainment present THE COMING STORM at Aberystwyth 15 December 2012 |
Forced Entertainment’s new theatre piece THE COMING STORM comes to Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Thursday 31 January – Friday 1 February 2013. |
A CABINET OF CURIOSITIES at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 15 December 2012 |
50 Days to Go Until Y Bont
14 December 2012 |
There’s only 50 days to go until Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s spectacular production to celebrate 50 years since the famous protest on Trefechan Bridge will be held in Aberystwyth. |
50 Diwrnod i Fynd Tan Y Bont
14 December 2012 |
Dim ond 50 diwrnod sydd i fynd hyd nes digwyddiad arbennig Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru i ddathlu 50 mlynedd ers protest enwog Pont Trefechan yn Aberystwyth. |
GREAT EXPECTATIONS
12 December 2012 |
GWENT YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE presents Charles Dickens’ GREAT EXPECTATIONS adapted by Nick Ormerod and De clan Donnellan at the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny |
‘OH, WHISTLE . . .’, TWO GHOST STORIES BY M R JAMES 11 December 2012 |
Over a century after they were first published, the ghost stories of M R James retain their power to terrify and amuse. |
Aberystwyth's Christmas pantomoine launched.... 11 December 2012 |
THE stars of the Wardens’ pantomime have gathered in Aberystwyth to launch this year’s show - oh yes they have! |
Learn the art of Burlesque from the best 06 December 2012 |
Burlesque Class with Miss Tempest Rose at the New Theatre |
Dewch i ddysgu’r gelfyddyd Fwrlésg gan un o’r goreuon 06 December 2012 |
Dosbarth Bwrlésg gyda Miss Tempest Rose yn y Theatr Newydd |
The curtain’s up for Blackwood’s Christmas Panto 05 December 2012 |
Blackwood Miner’s Institute will be alive with laughter, singing and a lot of booing and hissing this Thursday (6th December) |
Xmas Open Space: What’s a theatre maker’s utopia? 02 December 2012 |
Open Space is a radically new way of bringing people together that allows you to have the conversations you really want to have. |
New Season at Wales Millennium Centre
30 November 2012 |
One Man Two Guvnors, Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, High Society, Ghost, No Fit State Circus and Mickey are only some of the exceptional shows making their way to Wales Millennium Centre in 201 |
Cadeirydd newydd i Creu Cymru 28 November 2012 |
Mae Creu Cymru, yr asiantaeth ddatblygu ar gyfer theatrau a chanolfannau celfyddydau yng Nghymru, yn chwilio am Gadeirydd newydd ar gyfer ei bwrdd cyfarwyddwyr ac ymddiriedolwyr. |
New Chair for Creu Cymru Board of Directors and Trustees 28 November 2012 |
Creu Cymru, the development agency for theatres and arts centres in Wales, is seeking a new Chair for its board of directors and trustees |
Nunkie Theatre Company presents “Count Magnus…” 26 November 2012 |
Two Ghost Stories by M R James, Performed by R M Lloyd Parry Llanover Hall Arts Centre, Dec 7th, |
Welsh playwright's work on stage in America 26 November 2012 |
Mark Jenkins' stageplay 'Rosebud;The Lives of Orson Welles' opens in Seattle, Washington State, for a two week pre-Christmas run ahead of a planned tour taking in San Francisco and Los Angeles in the new year. |
Encouraging New Directors Into the Theatre in Wales 22 November 2012 |
LIVING PICTURES DIRECTORS COURSE 2012/13, IN ASSOCIATION WITH THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU & SHERMAN CYMRU, FUNDED BY ARTS COUNCIL WALES |
Annog Cyfarwyddwyr Newydd i Fyd Y Theatr Yng Nghymru 22 November 2012 |
CWRS CYFARWYDDO LIVING PICTURES 2012/13 , MEWN CYDWEITHREDIAD A THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU A SHERMAN CYMRU |
Christmas with the Siren Sisters! 21 November 2012 |
Tocynnau ar werth ar gyfer pedair sioe wych yn y Theatr Newydd, Caerdydd 20 November 2012 |
Mae tocynnau’n mynd ar werth heddiw ar gyfer pedair sioe gyffrous newydd yn 2013 |
Four great shows now on sale at the New Theatre, Cardiff 20 November 2012 |
The New Theatre, Cardiff is excited to announce four exciting new shows for 2013 going on sale today |
National Dance Company Wales to perform in Belarus 20 November 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales, (NDCWales), will close its autumn 2012 tour with two performances in Belarus. |
Final Opportunity to see Just Like Family by Paul Swift 19 November 2012 |
Just Like Family will be performing it’s last show on Saturday the 24th of November at 7pm in Llanover Hall Arts Centre |
Joe Pasquale ready to entertain Wales this Christmas in the enchanting pantomime Sleeping Beauty at the New Theatre, Cardiff 16 November 2012 |
Sleeping Beauty, starring Joe Pasquale, Wales’ own Ceri Dupree and Lucy Evans is at the New Theatre, Cardiff from Saturday 8 December 2012 – Sunday 20 January 2013. |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES’ DE GABAY TO LINK BUTETOWN, CARDIFF WITH GLOBAL SOMALI DIASPORA THROUGH POETRY, VIDEO AND MUSIC, OVER THREE DAYS 16 November 2012 |
COMPANY CALLS ON LOCAL TALENT TO JOIN PREPARATIONS FOR THIS LIVE-STREAMED PRODUCTION EXAMINING THE FOUR AGES OF MAN |
Newport welcomes a hero in green tights this Christmas… 15 November 2012 |
Robin Hood has gathered his merrie men and women and is coming to town for this year’s Riverfront Panto which runs from 4 December 2012 to 5 January 2013. |
The Snow Tiger / Teigr Yr Eira 12 November 2012 |
Sherman Cymru presents children’s adventure story this Christmas in both Welsh and English |
Fly away to Neverland in Sherman Cymru’s Christmas show 12 November 2012 |
Sherman Cymru’s well-loved Christmas show makes a welcome return to the city this year with an exciting adaptation of Peter Pan. |
Reminiscences of Childhood: Adapted from the works of Dylan Thomas
10 November 2012 |
FILTER THEATRE TOURS ITS NEW FEATURE FILM: WHAT YOU WILL 08 November 2012 |
The highly acclaimed Filter Theatre takes the pioneering step of touring its feature film WHAT YOU WILL this autumn to Bristol, Poole and Aberystwyth. |
Theatre show for babies visits Chapter this Christmas 08 November 2012 |
This December, Out of the Blue, a theatre show for babies aged 6-18 months (and their grown-ups!), comes to Chapter in Cardiff. |
Live on stage - Horrible Histories at the New Theatre, Cardiff 07 November 2012 |
Fans of Terry Deary’s best-selling Horrible Histories books are in for a treat when the Terrible Tudors and Vile Victorians come to the New Theatre, Cardif |
DUETS – Delivering Unique and Exciting Training Strands 07 November 2012 |
Ballet Cymru and Rubicon Dance awarded £138,000 from The Paul Hamlyn Foundation to deliver opportunities in advanced training and participation for dancers and communities in Wales. |
THAT'LL BE THE DAY!, BRAND NEW CHRISTMAS SHOW
07 November 2012 |
Swansea Grand Theatre, Tuesday 4th December 7.30pm |
New Theatre opens its doors for rare behind the scenes experience 07 November 2012 |
On Sunday 18 November the New Theatre, Cardiff will throw open her doors for a day of behind the scenes tours |
Blue Sky, a gripping political thriller 06 November 2012 |
Pentabus Theatre present the world premiere of award-winning writer Clare Bayley’s new play Blue Sky, a gripping political thriller |
Caroline Sabin presents...A Curious Zoo 05 November 2012 |
Dirty Protest and Clwyd Theatr Cymru Present....Last Christmas 05 November 2012 |
Welsh fringe theatre company Dirty Protest is delighted to announce it's next show will be a co-production with Clwyd Theatr Cymru. |
Incubator Project / Prosiect Deori 04 November 2012 |
'The Utah Bride', by Carmen Medway-Stephens / 1.618Theatrefilm 04 November 2012 |
Directed by Louise Osborn, starring Bafta Best Actress 2012 Sharon Morgan and S4C star of 'Alys', Sara Lloyd-Gregory |
Ex-actors' new 'performance' bar gets go ahead
at Harlech Court
01 November 2012 |
On Friday 19th October the Council gave the approval for a new licensed premises in one of Cardiff’s renowned buildings, Harlech Court. |
X Factor finalist Marcus Collins joins the cast of Hairspray 01 November 2012 |
X Factor’s Marcus Collins will join stars Mark Benton and Lucy Benjamin in the forthcoming UK and Ireland tour of Hairspray, which returns to Wales Millennium Centre in June 2013. |
THEATR BARA CAWS yn cyflwyno cynhyrchiad newydd:‘LLANAST!’ 01 November 2012 |
Scriptography Productions presents To Kill A Machine 30 October 2012 |
A new play celebrating Alan Turing premiered at Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival 30 October 2012 |
A weekend of stories, songs and music from Wales and the Wide Wide World! |
A Western by Action Hero 30 October 2012 |
Action Hero perform ‘A Western’ at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Tuesday 20 – Wednesday 21 November, 2012. |
Dylan Thomas’ ‘A Child’s Christmas in Wales’ 29 October 2012 |
A Christmas Classic will be coming to Aberystwyth this year…. |
NOVELLIST NIALL GRIFFITHS SPEAKING AT A FREE CARDIFF EVENT 24 October 2012 |
The Wales Arts Review is to host it’s first ever Critics Roundtable, which is to become an annual event, in Cardiff this November and topping the bill is author and playwright Niall Griffiths. |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES’ EXECUTIVE PRODUCER LUCY DAVIES APPOINTED EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT THE ROYAL COURT THEATRE 24 October 2012 |
Lucy Davies, who has been Executive Producer at National Theatre Wales since its launch, is to leave the company to become Executive Director at the Royal Court Theatre, London. |
Spectacle Touring Communities with Just Like Family by Paul Swift
23 October 2012 |
Just Like Family was launched last week at Canolfan Rhys Arts and Education Centre and continued its tour to Gartholwg Theatre, Melville Theatre and Maerdy Youth Centre. |
HAWL gan Iola Ynyr 23 October 2012 |
Cynhyrchiad theatrig ar gyfer pobl ifanc 13 oed+ |
Tremble with Terror from Halloween Treat 23 October 2012 |
Inky Quill's mini-touring horror show 'Shudders' left Cardiff quaking on Halloween 2011 and now, in partnership with Blackwood Miners' Institute, they bring a fresh selection of stage horror to full scale theatre production on Wednesday 31st October. |
SKILLS FOR CREATIVE FUTURES - Strengthening the arts in Powys 23 October 2012 |
Powys Youth Theatre Festival , 10am - 6pm Saturday 27th October 2012, Llandrindod Wells |
The Importance of Being Earnest 23 October 2012 |
Classic Wilde comedy comes to the New Theatre for the first time in over a decade |
The Importance of Being Earnest 23 October 2012 |
Comedi glasurol Wilde yn dod i Gaerdydd am y tro cyntaf ers degawd |
Kitsch&Sync Collective: Private Eye Detective 22 October 2012 |
A curiously quirky dance theatre production that parodies the classic detective genre, inspired by vintage and retro trends, film noir and electro swing music...... |
The latest pantomime productions from Rainbow Valley Productions 22 October 2012 |
JAM-PACKED NOVEMBER AT RCT THEATRES 22 October 2012 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff Theatres play host to an exciting month of events this autumn. |
Hugh Hughes: Stories from an Invisible Town 21 October 2012 |
At the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on 12 + 13 November at 8pm (UK tour from 16 October to 8 December) |
I like the way you wear your hair.... 19 October 2012 |
A true story, written and performed by Greg Wohead - at WMC Cardiff 20 Nov 2012 |
From Ballet to Breakdance, Find Time to Discover Dance this November! 18 October 2012 |
Discover Dance, Newport’s annual dance festival returns from 20 – 24 November and includes performances, workshops, visual arts exhibitions, dance-battles and more |
3Gs Young Promoters helping a Country Boy’s Struggle! 18 October 2012 |
the show tells the struggle of a boy moving to London from Cornwall and how he struggles because he doesn’t think he fits in |
Sister From Another Mister present: ‘A Work in Lolgress’
16 October 2012 |
7:45pm, Thursday 8th of November, 2012, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Round Studio |
Revealing What Lies Just Beyond the Body 16 October 2012 |
TaikaBox: Beyond the Body. Touring Wales November 2012 |
Bugsy Malone at the New Theatre 16 October 2012 |
Local youngsters hard work pays off as they win roles in Orbit Theatre’s Bugsy Malone at the New Theatre |
Don Quixote comes to Blackwood in a boisterous new play 15 October 2012 |
Open Space: Where are all the producers? 15 October 2012 |
Have you got work you want to do, but you’re held back by the thought of producing it? |
Cast announced for Dirty Dancing at Wales Millennium Centre 11 October 2012 |
The new cast of the smash hit stage musical Dirty Dancing, which comes to Wales Millennium Centre between 6 November and 1 December, has been announced |
Theatre Rue present Very Hard Times, at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 11 October 2012 |
Mid Wales outfit Theatre Rue presents a dark, brooding meditation on the banking crisis |
‘Russian Desperate Housewives’ at RWCMD 10 October 2012 |
Unsatisfied by her husband’s love, and also that of a family friend, a bored wife sets her sights on her son’s handsome young tutor. |
Moist. On the Edge season. 09 October 2012 |
The Ty Newydd Mentoring Scheme 08 October 2012 |
An informal rehearsed reading of work developed on the 2012 Ty Newydd Mentoring Scheme, National Writers Centre of Wales. |
Performing Ecology and Environment Lecture Series 08 October 2012 |
The first speakers for IGES' and TFTS' 'Performing Ecology and Environment Lecture Series', this year are John Fox and Professor Baz Kershaw. |
Earthfall become the first Arts organisation to win a prestigious Chartered Institute of Marketing ‘Canmol’ Award. 08 October 2012 |
Last Friday, 5th October, Earthfall were honoured to receive a Canmol Wales Award for their At Swim Two Boys marketing campaign. |
Dirty Protest Presents....The Real Valleys 06 October 2012 |
Welsh writers are coming together for one night of explosive theatre reacting to MTV’s The Valleys. |
CRIME WRITERS CREATE STORIES FOR TWO NEW OPERAS FOR MUSIC THEATRE WALES. 05 October 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales Autummn listings... 05 October 2012 |
Propeller present Pocket Henry, directed by Edward Hall, 05 October 2012 |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES ANNOUNCES ITS FIRST EVER SUPERASSEMBLY 04 October 2012 |
APPLICATIONS ARE WELCOME FROM ALL OVER WALES TO CREATE THIS FREE PERFORMANCE & DEBATE EVENT IN DECEMBER |
TaikaBox: Beyond the Body. Touring Wales November 2012 03 October 2012 |
Revealing What Lies Just Beyond the Body |
Leading children’s theatre company celebrates 200th anniversary of Grimm’s Fairy Tales with playful production 03 October 2012 |
This Autumn, South Wales based children’s theatre company Theatr Iolo will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the publishing of Grimm’s Fairy Tales with Grimm Tales. |
A COMEDY IN THICK FOG! 03 October 2012 |
Black RAT Productions are back at Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale on Wednesday 24th October with Tim Firth's Laurence Olivier Award nominated comedy Neville's Island |
Wales Arts Review to host inaugural Critics’ Roundtable in Cardiff, November 17th 2012 03 October 2012 |
Panellists at this FREE event will include Lyn Gardner (The Guardian) and ITV Wales political editor Adrian Masters |
Cardiff Reggae Scene in 1980s Recreated in Ska Musical 03 October 2012 |
Following the widely acclaimed sell-out production My Life in CIA, theatre company Give It A Name is back with a revival of their hugely popular ska musical Rude! |
Come and see dance being developed at one of Wales’ premier arts venues 02 October 2012 |
Earthfall ar restr fer Canmol, Gwobrau Marchnata Cymru! 01 October 2012 |
Ar ddydd Gwener, 5 Hydref yng ngwesty'r Mercure Holland House yng Nghaerdydd, bydd Earthfall yn cystadlu yn erbyn 15 o frandiau a busnesau mwyaf adnabyddus Cymru |
Same writer, same director, same cast in two young people’s plays at Sherman Cymru 01 October 2012 |
The National Theatre of Scotland is re-staging the Citizens Theatre’s productions, The Monster in the Hall and Yellow Moon by David Greig for autumn 2012 |
Earthfall shortlisted for prestigious Canmol: Wales Marketing Award! 01 October 2012 |
On Friday 05 October at the Mercure Holland House Hotel in Cardiff, Earthfall will be going up against 15 of Wales’s best known brands and businesses, |
SATELLITE LIVE! COMES TO WYESIDE 28 September 2012 |
The future is unwritten present Fever Pitch 28 September 2012 |
Fever Pitch, the hugely successful play adapted by Paul Hodson from Nick Hornby’s best-selling book, is back on stage. |
Best of BE FESTIVAL 28 September 2012 |
Showcasing the finest work from Birmingham’s celebrated festival of European performance, in a nationwide UK tour |
Scheherazade 2012 28 September 2012 |
Much-loved arts Cardiff-based broadcaster Nicola Heywood-Thomas will be setting the scene for Scheherazade 2012, one of the most ambitious shows staged at St David’s Hall |
Omidaze Productions present Things Beginning with M 26 September 2012 |
At Aberystwyth Arts Centre Thursday 18th October 2012 7.45pm |
GETINTHEBACKOFTHEVAN present EXTERNAL at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 26 September 2012 |
De Oscuro and Wales Millennium Centre present Gaza/Blaenannerch 25 September 2012 |
Leading Welsh director Judith Roberts joins forces with the celebrated choreographer and performer Eddie Ladd to perform Gaza/Blaenannerch, the first production by new company De Oscuro |
GREASE at Swansea Grand Theatre, Monday 5th - Saturday 10th November 25 September 2012 |
The number one greatest musical, Grease, continues to rock 'n' roll around the UK and is at Swansea Grand Theatre from Monday 5th to Saturday 10th November. |
Yr holl docynnau wedi eu gwerthu ar gyfer The Mousetrap yn y Theatr Newydd, Caerdydd 25 September 2012 |
Mae’r holl docynnau wedi eu gwerthu ar gyfer The Mousetrap gan Agatha Christie yn y Theatr Newydd, fel rhan o daith gyntaf erioed y sioe o amgylch y DU. |
Tickets all snapped up for first ever UK tour of The Mousetrap at the New Theatre, Cardiff 25 September 2012 |
The first ever UK tour of Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap has sold out its week- long run at the New Theatre. |
Wales’ national dance company returns from triumphant tour of China 25 September 2012 |
Visiting China as part of UK NOW, a festival celebrating British arts and culture, National Dance Company Wales, (NDCWales), performed in Qingdao, Chongqing, Zhengzhou, Suzhou and Shanghai. |
De Oscuro a Chanolfan Mileniwm Cymru yn cyflwyno Gaza/Blaenannerch 25 September 2012 |
Mae'r cyfarwyddwr blaenllaw o Gymru, Judith Roberts yn ymuno â'r coreograffydd a'r perfformwraig poblogaidd, Eddie Ladd, i gyflwyno Gaza/Blaenannerch, sef cynhyrchiad cyntaf y cwmni newydd, De Oscuro. |
Leading children’s theatre company celebrates 25th birthday with Grimm fairy tales production 24 September 2012 |
This Autumn, Cardiff-based children’s theatre company Theatr Iolo will be celebrating their 25th birthday year with Grimm Tales, a production based on the haunting tales of the Brothers Grimm. |
North Wales Dance Collective collaborative event 21 September 2012 |
Dance artists from across North Wales are taking to the stage, foyer and even walls of Galeri, Caernarvon for their first major collaborative event. |
Memories of Trefechan Bridge 1963 21 September 2012 |
Atgofion Pont Trefechan 1963 21 September 2012 |
Oeddech chi yn rhan o brotest enwog Pont Trefechan yn Aberystwyth yn 1963? Fyddech chi yn barod i rannu eich atgofion er mwyn helpu creu darn o theatr i goffau’r digwyddiad hanesyddol yma? |
The Market Theatre and Assembly present And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses 20 September 2012 |
And The Girls In Their Sunday Dresses brings together high drama and kooky comedy to examine life in modern day South Africa. |
KRAPPS LAST TAPE & CATASTROPHE by Samuel Beckett 20 September 2012 |
Best-selling children’s author Terry Deary set to meet Welsh fans of Horrible Histories
20 September 2012 |
TALES, TUNES AND TUTUS! 19 September 2012 |
Rhondda Cynon Taff Theatres play host to an exciting season of events this October |
Whose Coat Is That Jacket? at the New Theatre, Cardiff 17 September 2012 |
The team that brought the hit comedy, Bred in Heaven to the New Theatre last year returns with their latest production, Whose Coat Is That Jacket? from Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 October. |
SHUDDERS 2012 16 September 2012 |
Blackwood Miners Institute and Inky Quill Productions present SHUDDERS 2012 |
Cardiff based trio Kitch&Synch a hit at Festival No 6 16 September 2012 |
Cast announced for American Idiot at Wales Millennium Centre 14 September 2012 |
The U.S cast have been announced for the UK premiere of Green Day’s acclaimed award-winning Broadway rock musical, American Idiot, which comes to Wales Millennium Centre |
Birmingham Royal Ballet’s 2012 Autumn Season comes to Wales Millennium Centre 14 September 2012 |
"Breaking The String" at Swansea Grand Theatre 14 September 2012 |
Written, directed by, and starring, Frank Vickery |
West End stars headline national tour of tap dancing musical great
42nd Street at the New Theatre, Cardiff 14 September 2012 |
Circa yn dod i Ganolfan Mileniwm Cymru ym mis Hydref eleni
11 September 2012 |
Bydd y cwmni syrcas cyfoes o Brisbane, Circa, yn dod â'i sioe ysblennydd, Wunderkammer, i Ganolfan Mileniwm Cymru rhwng 12 a 13 Hydref. |
Circa comes to Wales Millennium Centre this October 11 September 2012 |
Brisbane-based contemporary circus company Circa will be bringing their spectacular show, Wunderkammer, to Wales Millennium Centre between 12 and 13 October. |
DEVOTED AND DISGRUNTLED CARDIFF 11 September 2012 |
What are we going to do about theatre and the performing arts in 2012 and beyond? |
Criccieth Memorial Hall brings to you "MACBETH" performed by Opra Cymru 10 September 2012 |
A Decadent Evening of Comedy and Cabaret comes to Cardigan 10 September 2012 |
Experience the unexpected as Cwtch Cabaret raises the curtains on it’s 3rd season of alternative cabaret evenings at Mwldan on Thursday 27 September at 8pm, with a line up of internationally acclaimed artistes. |
MELLOW DRAMA TO MELODRAMA
10 September 2012 |
From mellow drama to melodrama, Rhondda Cynon Taff Cultural Services brand new act 8 Drama Season features brilliant comedy, and a beautiful adaptation of a classic children’s tale. |
‘The Great Outdoors 2012’ 10 September 2012 |
Wales’s first National Conference for Outdoor Performance - final delegate places now available |
“Shishya 2012” 08 September 2012 |
The largest Indian Dance event in Wales! |
OUR COUNTRY’S GOOD 07 September 2012 |
MAX STAFFORD-CLARK REVIVES TIMBERLAKE WERTENBAKER’S MODERN CLASSIC At Aberystwyth Arts Centre as part of a UK Tour Autumn 2012 |
Sherman Cymru rolls out Welsh language workshops for little ones 07 September 2012 |
Sherman Cymru in Cardiff will be extending its Sherman Sherbets weekly drama workshop for children to include dedicated Welsh language sessions. |
ARTS IN EDUCATION REVIEW - your participation is sought. 07 September 2012 |
The Welsh Government has appointed Prof. Dai Smith to chair a Task and Finish Group which will focus on how the quality and range of arts in schools can be improved. |
ADOLYGIAD O’R CELFYDDYDAU MEWN ADDYSG – cyfle i chi ddweud eich dweud 07 September 2012 |
Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi penodi’r Athro Dai Smith i gadeirio Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen a fydd yn canolbwyntio ar sut y gellir gwella ansawdd ac amrywiaeth y celfyddydau mewn ysgolion. |
ON THE RAZZLE 07 September 2012 |
Tom Stoppard's dazzlingly brilliant farce presented by Gwent Young People's Theatre Company |
'The Great Outdoors 2012' - Wales' first National Conference for Outdoor Performance. 07 September 2012 |
Now just over a month away on Friday 12th October, final delegate places are available |
Sherman Cymru’n cynnig gweithdai Cymraeg i’r rhai bach 07 September 2012 |
Bydd Sherman Cymru yng Nghaerdydd yn ehangu eu gweithdai drama wythnosol i blant, sef y Sherman Sherbets, i gynnwys sesiynau penodol yn yr iaith Gymraeg. |
Flora, Fauna and Fairies at the bottom of the Garden 06 September 2012 |
Llanerchaeron (near Aberaeron) is the National Trust location for the Youth Theatre’s latest production, Torri Ffiniau / Beyond Border, |
Macbeth - the first project in Pontardawe’s innovative Shake it up – Shakespeare Project 05 September 2012 |
A new fast moving, exciting production of this ever popular tragedy that many have called Shakespeare’s thriller. |
'Refuse'... 05 September 2012 |
Absurdly Moving Theatre Company bring you 'Refuse', their latest show, to Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Thursday September 20th at 7.45 pm. |
On The Edge 2012 03 September 2012 |
Mike Smith previews this season's productions |
Tall Tales and Topiary with NYTW and the National Trust 31 August 2012 |
The National Youth Theatre of Wales and National Trust in Wales are welcoming audiences to walk through the grounds and gardens of two of Wales’ most significant properties, |
THE NEWPORT MONOLOGUES 31 August 2012 |
THE RIVERFRONT AND FEEL GOOD NEWPORT PRESENT A VERY SPECIAL NIGHT AT THE THEATRE |
Scheherazade 2012 30 August 2012 |
This October, young people from across South Wales will come together with major national arts organisations to bring one of the greatest stories ever told to life. |
Sherman Cymru a Bristol Old Vic yn cyd-gynhyrchu drama newydd Katherine Chandler, wedi ei lleoli ar stad o dai yng Nghaerdydd 29 August 2012 |
Gan barhau â’u hymrwymiad i ddatblygu, cynhyrchu ac hyrwyddo awduron newydd o Gaerdydd bydd Sherman Cymru a’r Bristol Old Vic yn cyd-gynhyrchu drama newydd llawn cythrwfl emosiynol. |
Sherman Cymru and Bristol Old Vic produces Katehrine Chandler’s new play set on a Cardiff housing estate 29 August 2012 |
Continuing their commitment to developing, producing and championing new writers from Wales, Sherman Cymru will be co-producing a haunting new drama with Bristol Old Vic, Before It Rains, written by Cardiff writer Katherine Chandler and directed by Sherman Cymru’s Associate Director Róisín McBrinn. |
Upcoming shows at Swansea Grand Theatre... 29 August 2012 |
TORCH THEATRE’ LAUNCHES ANNIVERSARY SEASON 28 August 2012 |
Milford Haven’s Torch Theatre launches another great season of entertainment this month and there are a few pleasant surprises in store which will make those darker evenings a little more bearable! |
Legendary Welsh singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews is to share the stage live with Ballet Cymru 28 August 2012 |
Legendary Welsh singer-songwriter Cerys Matthews is to share the stage live with Ballet Cymru as her album Tir is choreographed as part of the 10th anniversary celebrations of Newport’s City Status. |
On The Edge celebrates 8 years of Welsh script-held performances with an outstanding autumn Season
28 August 2012 |
Next month will mark the eighth year of Michael Kelligan’s widely acclaimed On The Edge project of Script-held performances of plays by mainly Welsh and Wales based authors. |
National Dance Company Wales opens autumn tour internationally 28 August 2012 |
Wales’ national dance company launches its autumn tour of work created exclusively in Wales with a performance at Germany’s international contemporary dance exhibition, and a five city tour of China. |
Paralympic Torch Relay; Welsh Flame will light the skies of Cardiff 25 August 2012 |
Cardiff will be one of three locations in the UK to welcome the Paralympic Torch Relay as it plays host to the Welsh Flame in the capital this weekend. |
Blackwood Miners’ Institute launches New Season of Events 24 August 2012 |
Blackwood Miners’ Institute launches its new autumn season line-up this month with a mouth-watering array of live music, theatre, comedy, children’s theatre, family entertainment and more. |
Frapetsus Productions present Whose Coat is That Jacket 22 August 2012 |
THE LATEST COMEDY FROM THE TEAM BEHIND BRED IN HEAVEN goes to Aberystwyth Arts Centre Friday 28 September 2012. |
What's on at the Savoy Theatre Monmouth, September 2012 20 August 2012 |
Encore! 19 August 2012 |
The third exhibition by Swansea Grand Theatre’s first Artist in Residence, |
Wales Millennium Centre’s first full production - Ma Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco goes on tour of Wales 15 August 2012 |
Wales Millennium Centre is thrilled to announce its first national tour with a Welsh language production called Ma’ Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco (Bili does a Bronco). |
'Cluttering 15 August 2012 |
The Sir Harry Secombe Trust presents Oliver! at Swansea Grand Theatre 14 August 2012 |
New theatre company debuts next week in Nanteos mansion near Aberystwyth 14 August 2012 |
A NEW theatre company based exclusively at a refurbished mansion house in Wales makes its debut later this month. |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART’S DON GIOVANNI 13 August 2012 |
Mid Wales Opera returns this autumn with Mozart’s Don Giovanni, a tale of love, lust, betrayal and revenge. |
It’s My Shout to Ensure a Bright Future for Bridgend Youth Theatre 12 August 2012 |
Leading BBC Cymru Wales Talent Consultant - Roger Burnell – joins with Bridgend County Borough Council to lead youth theatre activities in Bridgend. |
Nigel Charnock - a tribute by Mike Smith 05 August 2012 |
Arts friends and colleagues yesterday paid tribute to one of the UK’s most important dancers and choreographers, North Wales-raised Nigel Charnock who died aged 52 on Wednesday. |
Leading Asian Arts Festival Welcomes Welsh Play Llwyth 03 August 2012 |
A successful Welsh play will take centre stage at a leading Asian arts festival next month. |
Llwyth yn Teithio I Taipei! 03 August 2012 |
Bydd drama Gymraeg lwyddiannus yn cymryd rhan yn un o brif wyliau celfyddydol Asia y mis nesaf. |
From the Festival Ground to the Centre 01 August 2012 |
Sunday 5 Augustt |
DOWCH I SGWENNU! 01 August 2012 |
Ydach chi wedi meddwl erioed am sgwennu drama ac ofn mentro? |
Taith Eisteddfodwyr i Ganolfan Mileniwm Cymru 01 August 2012 |
Dydd Sul 5 Awst |
THE TWITS by Roald Dahl adapted by David Wood 31 July 2012 |
OUTDOOR THEATRE AT WELSH WILDLIFE CENTRE | CANOLFAN NATUR CYMRU CILGERRAN |
Boys Aloud singer Dan Hampton becoming first winner of a prestigious new award for young people who make a significant contribution to theatre 30 July 2012 |
The Jonathan Conick Award commemorates a much-loved member of Playgoers who lost his battle with cancer three years ago, aged just 29. |
In Water I'm Weightless now running.... 30 July 2012 |
"It's provocative, it's sexy, it's telling stories that haven't been told before" |
Clwyd Theatr Cymru Summer Youth Theatre. 27 July 2012 |
Lil'tim, Dance Captain at the Olympic Opening Ceremony and Britain’s Got Talent 2012 semi-finalist joins the artistic team at Clwyd Theatr Cymru Summer Youth Theatre. |
A Storm is Forcasted in 12 Days 27 July 2012 |
There’s only 12 days to go until Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s exciting production of The Tempest opens its doors. |
Rhagolygon o Storm mewn 12 diwrnod 27 July 2012 |
Dim ond 12 diwrnod sydd i fynd hyd nes fydd cynhyrchiad cyffrous Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru ‘Y Storm’ yn agor ei ddrysau yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Bro Morgannwg. |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES BRINGS A HEN WEEKEND TO A FLINTSHIRE FOREST – AND LIVE-STREAMS IT AT CARDIFF’S CITY CENTRE 27 July 2012 |
National Theatre Wales’ 22nd production – and its third and final contribution to the London 2012 Festival – will be a visually extraordinary event |
THE HISTORY OF MILFORD HAVEN… IN 67 MINUTES? 25 July 2012 |
An entertaining new play documenting the history of Milford Haven and its development over the years is being premièred by a Summer Youth Theatre group in Pembrokeshire next week. |
Gwent Young People’s Theatre present A Midsummer Night’s Dream 16 July 2012 |
Shakespeare's glorious comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream in the perfect setting of Abergavenny Castle |
GET READY FOR DANCING IN THE STREETS THIS SATURDAY AS WALES CELEBRATES BIG STREET DANCE DAY 12 July 2012 |
Wales celebrates Big Street Dance Day, this Saturday 14th July. |
Amgueddfa Cymru tackles Child poverty in conference 12 July 2012 |
A one-day conference Transforming children’s lives |
Sherman Cymru announces Autumn 2012 programme and their commitment to new writing
06 July 2012 |
Sherman Cymru has today revealed their Autumn programme, which includes a mix of Welsh, UK and International artists |
Sherman Cymru’n cyhoeddi rhaglen yr Hydref 2012 a’u hymrwymiad i sgrifennu newydd
06 July 2012 |
Mae’n cynnwys cymysgedd o artistiaid Cymreig, Prydeinig a rhyngwladol |
After The End.... 06 July 2012 |
Cardiff’s new writing company, Dirty Protest is this month taking on their biggest challenge yet as they produce their first ever full length production. |
Wounded Service Men and Women stories set for Sherman Cymru’s stage 06 July 2012 |
Summer Repertory Season at Swansea Grand Theatre, Tuesday 24th to Saturday 18th August 7.30pm 05 July 2012 |
The hugely popular Summer Repertory Season, now in its 16th year, serves up its usual fantastic farces, enthralling thrillers and cracking comedies, with an all-star-cast. |
Wales Millennium Centre’s first full Welsh language production - Ma Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco goes on tour of Wales 05 July 2012 |
Theatr Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru
National Youth Theatre of Wales 05 July 2012 |
Torri’r Ffiniau - taith yn benodol i safle drwy straeon a thirluniau. Beyond Borders - a site-specific journey through stories and landscapes |
SUMMERDANCE 2012: CELEBRATING YOUNG DANCE TALENT 03 July 2012 |
Unique collaboration between top young Welsh dancers and musicians premiers in Cardiff |
The internationally renowned West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company presents ‘Decade’ 03 July 2012 |
Having just returned from representing Wales at the Cultural Olympiad Youth Theatre Festival in London, West Glamorgan Youth Theatre Company are about to embark on their Summer Course 2012. |
DANCE TAKES TO THE STREETS AS WALES GETS MOVING FOR BIG DANCE WEEK 01 July 2012 |
Big Dance Week is part of Big Dance 2012, one of the many ways the creative arts world is celebrating the 2012 Olympics |
WREXHAM STUDENTS HEAD TO LONDON TO PERFORM AT BIG DANCE 2012 LAUNCH EXTRAVAGANZA 30 June 2012 |
A group of students from Wrexham are heading to London next week to take part in a dance extravaganza to launch the UK’s biggest-ever festival of dance |
THEATR BARA CAWS presents ‘GA’ I FOD..?’ by Madeleen Bloemendaal 30 June 2012 |
Nature calls..! Our next exciting production ‘Ga’ i fod..?’ promises to be a breath of fresh air – literally. |
Biggest swingers in town head for Sherman Cymru 28 June 2012 |
What happens if you group together some of the hottest talent in Welsh theatre, get them to spin a bottle, put a few mattresses on the floor and get them to stay awake all night? |
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN’T DANCE? WELSH TOUR OF DAVID ROLLAND CHOREGRAPHIES’ ‘THE READERS’ PROVES ANYONE CAN MOVE WITH INNOVATIVE PARTICIPATORY PERFORMANCE 27 June 2012 |
The Readers comes to Wales as part of Big Dance Cymru, Wales’ largest ever celebration of dance |
An extraordinary 'play without words’ at Blackwood Miners' Institute 27 June 2012 |
Multi award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum bring their hit play Translunar Paradise to Blackwood Miners’ Institute on Friday 6th July. |
Henry V at the Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran 27 June 2012 |
Illyria and Theatr Mwldan present Henry V at the Welsh Wildlife Centre, Cilgerran Sunday 8 July 2012, 7.30pm |
FROM BALLET TO BOLLYWOOD, TEA-DANCE TO TAP, AND STREET TO SALSA, GET MOVING FOR BIG DANCE CYMRU 2012
25 June 2012 |
Celebrate dance of all genres this summer as Wales hosts Big Dance 2012, the UK’s biggest-ever festival of dance. |
Join the wonderful world of carnival and cabaret at this year's Blysh festival
23 June 2012 |
Blysh festival at Wales Millennium Centre [2 to 22 July] |
Scheherazade at Cardiff's St David’s Hall 21 June 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales, Welsh National Opera and Literature Wales have combined to create a new production based on Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherazade |
Dennis Kelly’s After the End Welsh premier and first full length production by new writing company, Dirty Protest 20 June 2012 |
Kitsch & Synch Collective: Privet Eye Detective 19 June 2012 |
A curiously quirky dance theatre production at Chapter 20-21 July 2012 |
Dirty Protest Midsummer Night Fete 19 June 2012 |
Come to the Dirty Protest midsummer night's indoor fete at Little O'Neills and help us raise money to support our upcoming events. |
Proposed reforms to the regulation of children and performance 19 June 2012 |
DfES are currently holding jointly with Department for Education in England on proposals to reform the regulation of children and performance |
‘Stitching’: one of the most controversial and discussed plays of recent years. 18 June 2012 |
Stuart and Abby love each other madly but when Abby discovers she is pregnant the choices that they make will haunt them forever |
THEATR BARA CAWS yn cyflwyno ‘Ga’ i fod..?’ 18 June 2012 |
Dance talent on display at the ‘Stute! 18 June 2012 |
To celebrate the talents of people from across Caerphilly county borough, Caerphilly County Borough Arts Service will be hosting a Community Dance Showcase at 7.00pm on Monday 25th and Tuesday 26 June at Blackwood Miners’ Institute. |
Brian Hibbard, the wild man of welsh theatre, dies 18 June 2012 |
Devoted and Disgruntled is coming to Wales 15 June 2012 |
The Devoted & Disgruntled Roadshow is part of the 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural Olympiad, with19 events across the UK between June and October. |
Details of international arts events revealed in this year’s Unity Festival in Cardiff 14 June 2012 |
The Unity Festival is created by Hijinx Theatre and will showcase and celebrate the best in inclusive, disability and learning disability arts |
ROYAL SHAKESPEARE COMPANY’S OPEN STAGES COMES TO ABERYSTWYTH ! 14 June 2012 |
An Aberystwyth based theatre company will be presenting a Shakespeare classic this July as part of the prestigious UK wide RSC Open Stages programme. |
Sherman Cymru’s famous pink campervan goes under the hammer 13 June 2012 |
Sherman Cymru’s famous pink campervan is looking for a new home. The vehicle has been touring Wales while the company have been waiting for their new building to be completed. |
Barker in Wales 13 June 2012 |
Later this month the arts center Chapter in Cardiff, Wales, will present a mini-season of recent Howard Barker plays from both established and new independent companies. |
13 DAWNSIWR IFANC YN CHWILIO AM GOREOGRAFFYDD 13 June 2012 |
Mae Dance Blast am gomisiynu coreograffydd i weithio gyda'i gwmni dawns ieuenctid blaenllaw; Cwmni Dawns Ieuenctid Sir Fynwy (MYDC). |
13 YOUNG DANCERS IN SEARCH OF A CHOREOGRAPHER 13 June 2012 |
Dance Blast is looking to commission a choreographer to work with its flagship youth dance company; Monmouthshire Youth Dance Company (MYDC). |
DANCE SHORTS 2012/2013 13 June 2012 |
10 munud o waith dawns newydd a chyffrous |
DANCE SHORTS 2012/2013 13 June 2012 |
10 minutes of fresh & exciting dance |
Campyrfan binc enwog Sherman Cymru ar werth! 13 June 2012 |
Mae campyrfan binc enwog Sherman Cymru yn chwilio am gartref newydd. Mae’r cerbyd wedi bod yn teithio Cymru tra bod y cwmni’n aros i’w hadeilad newydd gael ei gwblhau. |
Sports Play - Just a Must in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum London 11 June 2012 |
English Language Premiere of Nobel Prize Winner Elfriede Jelinek’s theatrical meditation on sport and violence |
Local Amateur Dramatic groups showcase their work with the RSC
at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 11 June 2012 |
13 local Amateur Dramatic Companies from around Wales and the South West will be performing extracts of plays they have developed with the RSC’s Open Stages Project at Sherman Cymru |
Mandela Memories 08 June 2012 |
Later this month Wales Millennium Centre will welcome the return of Cape Town Opera with the European Premiere of Mandela Trilogy, |
Mzansi Cymru Project: Torchbearers 08 June 2012 |
Valleys Kids & Wales Millennium Centre 2008 - 2012 |
Welsh actor Owain Arthur confirmed to play lead role in One Man, Two Guvnors at Wales Millennium Centre 06 June 2012 |
Bangor-born Owain Arthur, will appear in the National Theatre’s five-star award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors when the production comes to Wales Millennium Centre |
The Best Amateur Drama In Wales in one weekend 06 June 2012 |
Gwent Drama Association (in association with the Drama Association of Wales) is to host a two-day amateur theatre festival |
The Great Outdoors 2012 31 May 2012 |
Wales’s first National Conference for Outdoor Performance |
100 young people to perform their own short performances at Sherman Cymru 30 May 2012 |
Sherman Cymru’s Youth Theatre members will be given the opportunity to perform their own devised short plays with their first performance back in their new home at Sherman Cymru in Cardiff. |
Nichola McAuliffe yn ymddangos yn The Lady in the Van gan Alan Bennett yn y Theatr Newydd, Caerdydd 30 May 2012 |
Daw cynhyrchiad clodfawr Hull Truck o The Lady in the Van gan Alan Bennett i’r Theatr Newydd, Caerdydd, o ddydd Mawrth 12 Mehefin i ddydd Sadwrn 16 Mehefin. |
Nichola McAuliffe stars in Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van at the New Theatre, Cardiff 30 May 2012 |
The highly acclaimed Hull Truck production of Alan Bennett’s The Lady in the Van comes to the New Theatre, Cardiff from Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 June. |
MULTIMEDIA PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE’S MOST POLITICAL PLAY TO BE STAGED IN A SOUTH WALES AIRCRAFT HANGAR 29 May 2012 |
TICKETS ON SALE TODAY FOR CORIOLAN/US, NATIONAL THEATRE WALES’ 21ST PRODUCTION, AND ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE LONDON 2012 FESTIVAL IN WALES |
CHRISTOPHER BRUCE’S DANCE GB OPEN REHEARSALS 29 May 2012 |
See Olympic-inspired dance being created at Wales’ national dance venue |
TOP LONDON DANCE SCHOOL BRINGS CREAM OF THE CROP TO WALES 29 May 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales teams up with London Contemporary Dance School to inspire young dancers |
Annie at the New Theatre, Cardiff 28 May 2012 |
A half-term treat for all the family |
RISING Cardiff-based actor Sule Rimi is juggling stage and silver screen work. 28 May 2012 |
Bite-size Plays at RWCMD at Lunchtime – The Perfect Way to Taste New Drama! 24 May 2012 |
Short, entertaining and challenging, the first of a new series of half hour Lunchtime Bites |
24 May 2012 |
Actorsworkshop Announce Summer Tour! 24 May 2012 |
Cyflwyniad Nos: Brith Gof Evening 24 May 2012 |
National Concert Hall brings the stage to the page! 23 May 2012 |
Aurasma arrives in Wales |
AWARD-WINNING WRITER KAITE O’REILLY REJOINS NATIONAL THEATRE WALES WITH SIX DEAF & DISABLED PERFORMERS 23 May 2012 |
In Water I’m Weightless, which takes a provocative look at the body, will be performed in Cardiff and London by a cast of six Deaf and disabled performers. |
Two new plays by Howard Barker at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 22 May 2012 |
Pot of Thieves presents two new plays by Howard Barker: Acts (Chapter One) and Lot and his God at Aberystwyth Arts Centre Wednesday 30 May 7.45. |
Everyman Theatre continues its BANNED SEASON of plays with Ibsen's classic drama Ghosts.
22 May 2012 |
CAST Y STORM YN CAEL EI GYHOEDDI 21 May 2012 |
Bydd cast cynhyrchiad cyffrous newydd Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, ‘Y Storm’, yn cynnwys rhai o enwau adnabyddus byd y theatr yng Nghymru. |
CAST MEMBERS OF ‘Y STORM’ ANNOUNCED 21 May 2012 |
The cast of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s exciting production of ‘Y Storm’ will include a number of well-known names from the world of Welsh theatre. |
Free Workshops at Unity Festival 2012 18 May 2012 |
Centre for Performance Research - workshop-laboratory
ACTION: BETWEEN PRECISION AND SPONTANEITY 18 May 2012 |
30th JULY – 12th AUGUST 2012, Aberystwyth, Wales 2 Week, 1 Week or Weekend workshop options available |
Enchanting puppetry with a 3D finale! 16 May 2012 |
Award-winning family entertainment Swamp Juice is a delightful production full of silliness and surprises, and it comes to Blackwood Miners' Institute on Thursday 24th May. |
Powys Arts service is delighted to announce two public performances of their enormously popular production of ‘Home’. 15 May 2012 |
‘Home’ is an enchanting new bilingual theatre performance for young audiences aged 3 – 7 and for families and communities. |
Rhaglen ddawns ryngwladol arloesol a chyffrous yn ymweld â Chaerdydd 15 May 2012 |
Mae menter deithiol ryngwladol Dance Roads yn dod i Chapter, Caerdydd ar ddiwedd mis Mai ac yn cynnig cyfle i gynulleidfaoedd weld gwaith 5 o goreograffwyr mewn un rhaglen amrywiol a diddorol. |
Innovative and compelling International dance programme visits Cardiff 15 May 2012 |
Dance Roads international touring initiative is coming to Chapter, Cardiff at the end of May and offers audiences the opportunity to see five choreographers work in one diverse and engaging programme. |
Cardiff city centre transformed into Paris and Milan for immersive 1970’s spy thriller theatre show 09 May 2012 |
Following two widely acclaimed sell-out productions (Heart Of Darkness and Rude), theatre company Give It A Name is back with an immersive 1970's Parisian spy thriller, My Life in CIA, in Cardiff city centre 23 May – 3 June. |
I Dreamed a Dream at the New Theatre, Cardiff 08 May 2012 |
Susan Boyle comes to Cardiff |
National Theatre’s five star award-winning hit comedy One Man, Two Guvnors comes to Cardiff 04 May 2012 |
Nicholas Hytner’s five star award-winning production of One Man, Two Guvnors will embark on a second UK tour visiting Cardiff, Wales Millennium Centre from 22 – 26 January 2012 |
Philip Glass presents Dracula: The Music and Film
at Wales Millennium Centre 04 May 2012 |
W i t c h 04 May 2012 |
Thirteen voices bring to life the thrilling tensions of a Suffolk village in the throes of the witch hunts of the mid-seventeenth century. |
JOHN HEGLEY AT LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE 01 May 2012 |
"BEYOND OUR KENNEL" - SATURDAY MAY 12TH, 7.30PM. |
Coronation Street writer inspired to create a play about traditional Cardiff pubs 01 May 2012 |
Cardiff born Coronation street writer, Simon Crowther has written a new play based on a group of friends reuniting for one night, which is set in Cardiff. |
MORE THAN 8,000 PEOPLE WATCH LIVE-STREAM OF THE RADICALISATION OF BRADLEY MANNING WORLDWIDE 01 May 2012 |
VIEWERS IN 76 COUNTRIES ENGAGE WITH THE WORLD’S FIRST HYPER-CONNECTED THEATRE EXPERIENCE |
The Divine Comedy’s Neil Hannon creates music for new musical adaptation of Swallows and Amazons at the New Theatre, Cardiff 30 April 2012 |
Electrifying New Drama Staged at Abergavenny 28 April 2012 |
Fragments of Ash, written and directed by Terry Victor, is staged by the Notional Theatre at the beginning of a national tour. |
Dirty Protest Presents....MayDay 25 April 2012 |
A reception school teacher, two comedians, a Scottish playwright who this year adapted Marriage of Figaro, a My Family actor, Eisteddfod drama winner and musical writer will all be writing for the next Dirty Protest Theatre night |
Applications for the 2012 BBC Drama Writers Academy are now open. 25 April 2012 |
Designed to train writers to write for Casualty, Holby City, EastEnders and Doctors. |
HEARTWARMING NEW PLAY AT ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE 24 April 2012 |
"The Shoeshine" is a new two-act play written by Swansea writer and actor Richard Lloyd, which will be performed in Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
NOTIONAL THEATRE presents FRAGMENTS OF ASH 22 April 2012 |
An electrifying new play, intelligent, physical theatre |
ADAIN AVION 20 April 2012 |
Co-produced by Taliesin Arts Centre and Swansea University for the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad |
Plenty of fighting spirit at the ‘Stute! 20 April 2012 |
The final plunge for Earthfall’s At Swim Two Boys! 18 April 2012 |
Earthfall’s sell-out production of At Swim Two Boys, based on the novel by Jamie O’Neill, concludes at the aptly named Riverfront Arts Centre |
Oppressed stories from one of the last dictatorships to be retold at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff
18 April 2012 |
A play about people living under one of the last dictatorships in the world , Minsk, 2011: A Reply to Kathy Acker will be at Sherman Cymru, Cardiff on 29 and 30 May. |
BAFTA AWARD WINNING ACTRESS TACKLES INTRIGUING LIFE OF AWARD WINNING HOLLYWOOD STARLET 17 April 2012 |
How did a shy Welsh minister’s daughter become a booze-soaked, foul-mouthed, fading Hollywood star? |
7 Day Drunk 17 April 2012 |
Bryony Kimmings brings her show 7 Day Drunk to Cardiff’s Millenium Centre for one night only, for 2 performances on 4 May at 8pm. |
Galw ar Ddawnswyr Ifanc i Berfformio dros Gymru 17 April 2012 |
Mae Dawns Genedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru (DGIC) am ddewis hyd at 15 dawnsiwr ifanc rhwng 16 – 21 oed i fynd ar gwrs preswyl dwys ym mis Awst 2012 |
Wales Millennium Centre seeks its 10-millionth visitor 10 April 2012 |
Are you their 1 in 10,000,000? |
A Beauty of a Ballet 10 April 2012 |
Northern Ballet’s Beauty and the Beast at the New Theatre, Cardiff |
Tick, tick...BOOM! 09 April 2012 |
"What Was That? Productions are thrilled to be returning to the Aberystwyth Arts Centre for a third, successive year, with their newest production 'Tick, tick...BOOM!' |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES ADDS A NEW MEMBER TO ITS LEADERSHIP TEAM 04 April 2012 |
National Theatre Wales has appointed Michelle Carwardine-Palmer to the company’s new role of Director of Administration and Development. |
SPRINGBOARD: INSPIRING A LOVE OF DANCE 03 April 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales offers young people a taste of life as a professional dancer |
National Dance Company Wales’ dancers triumph at festival 30 March 2012 |
Two National Dance Company Wales dancers are celebrating success after scooping top prizes at an international dance festival in Germany |
Women in Love 29 March 2012 |
Welsh National Opera's 2012 spring season focuses on matters of the heart, seen from a woman's perspective. |
From stage to screen 28 March 2012 |
Earthfall Dance on Film evening in Plymouth University! |
Steel Magnolias at the New Theatre, Cardiff 28 March 2012 |
The funniest play to ever make you cry |
Experience At Swim Two Boys through 4 artists individual interpretations 21 March 2012 |
An installation of artistic works, which range from projected Images to sculptures, will be presented at Y Llofft, Chapter Arts Centre on Saturday 17th March |
SOME LIKE IT HOTTER 21 March 2012 |
Don't miss the Oxfordshire Touring Co's brilliant acclaimed new show THIS WEEK at THE MONMOUTH SAVOY THEATRE |
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES 20 March 2012 |
One of the great classic comedies of all time will be coming to Aberystwyth soon ! |
Over 160 plays on a page on display at the new Sherman Cymru 20 March 2012 |
To celebrate the opening of Sherman Cymru, the theatre is displaying over 160 plays around the new building, covering the foyer walls and even the backs of toilet doors. |
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Yn Cyhoeddi Rhaglen Artistig
19 March 2012 |
rhaglen artistig Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru dros haf a hydref 2012 |
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Announces Artistic Programme
19 March 2012 |
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s artistic programme for summer/autumn 2012 |
U.Dance Wales – a showcase of some of the best youth dance in North Wales.
15 March 2012 |
Over 60 young dancers will descend upon Galeri in Caernarfon on Monday 2 April for U.Dance Wales – a showcase of some of the best youth dance in North Wales. |
Once in a House on Fire 15 March 2012 |
Monkeywood Theatre bring bestselling memoir to life… |
Aberystwyth Arts Centre New Writing group present
The Town With No Traffic Wardens 15 March 2012 |
Is this the last resting place of Jack the Ripper? Anarchy rules in town with no traffic wardens. |
Cirque du Ciel: ShangHi , Swansea Grand Theatre 14 March 2012 |
Direct from China, the highly awaited, internationally acclaimed production of ShangHi by Cirque du Ciel is at Swansea Grand Theatre |
“Directors Call Out” 14 March 2012 |
It’s My Shout Productions Ltd seeking new talented Directors for BBC Cymru Wales! |
Translunar Paradise- comes to Wales Millennium Centre 14 March 2012 |
An extraordinary 'play without words’ from award-winning Theatre Ad Infinitum |
Bold Productions & Aberystwyth Arts Centre present TALKING HEADS 14 March 2012 |
1ST YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE PASSION TO BE MARKED WITH A MEMORY EXHIBITION & THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE GOSPEL OF US 14 March 2012 |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES AND MICHAEL SHEEN CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS FROM AUDIENCE AND PARTICIPANTS FOR THE EXHIBITION |
NATYA STEM DANCE KAMPNI 14 March 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales welcomes Indian dance partner on debut Welsh tour |
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE presents SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER 12 March 2012 |
Broadcast live in HD to Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, on Thursday 29 March @ 6.45pm |
THE ‘ODD COUPLE OF THE VALLEYS’ ARE BROUGHT TO THE STAGE AT ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE 09 March 2012 |
A new stage version of an Oscar nominated film is brought to life this month, as ‘ELWYN’ is performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Thursday 26 to Saturday 28 April. |
Theatre show for 3-5 year olds uses children’s own words and stories 09 March 2012 |
Ruby Red Tells Tales is a magical, fairytale inspired theatre production especially for 3-5 year olds that uses the actual words and stories of small children. |
Exciting new play at the Melville Theatre, Abergavenny
08 March 2012 |
Gritty city drama looks at the ups and down of twenty somethings 08 March 2012 |
Poet and Rapper debut play at Sherman Cymru |
MEET THE ARTIST, SEE THE ART 07 March 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales launches intimate art experience |
dOCUMENTA (13) - Travel Awards Available for 2012 06 March 2012 |
Wales Arts International is inviting applications for support towards attending dOCUMENTA (13). |
Edinburgh sell-out play to be performed in historic Cardiff pub 06 March 2012 |
Following a huge sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009, Barflies, a play which is performed inside a pub will be coming to old The Vulcan Hotel in the City Centre of Cardiff in March. |
dOCUMENTA (13) - Grantiau Teithio 2012 06 March 2012 |
Mae Celfyddydau Rhyngwladol Cymru yn gwahodd ceisiadau am gymorth i fynychu dOCUMENTA (13). |
Drama Association of Wales user survey 05 March 2012 |
Involved in the Arts in any way? DAW Need Your Help! |
U.Dance 2012 05 March 2012 |
Weston Studio Spring Season 2012 05 March 2012 |
The Weston Studio is the intimate theatre at Wales Millennium Centre that presents a handpicked range of drama, physical theatre, comedy, music and children’s shows - the new 2012 Spring Season is no exception. |
NATIONAL THEATRE WALES ANNOUNCE LATEST WALESLAB PROJECTS 02 March 2012 |
THEMES INCLUDING BALLET DANCING, MEXICAN WRESTLERS,AND LIFE AFTER DEATH |
Future Dance Cardiff 2012 02 March 2012 |
Future Dance Cardiff courses take place at the Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. |
Young critics’ scheme leads to career success 02 March 2012 |
A scheme designed to enhance the critical writing skills of local young people has helped a Bridgend resident secure her dream role. |
Chris Kinsey hosts an evening of poetry with readings by Jim Ferris and Kaite O’Reilly
02 March 2012 |
Frank Vickery – Granny Annie 01 March 2012 |
Wales’ favourite playwright Frank Vickery is back on tour with his smash hit comedy ‘Granny Annie’. |
Shakespeare’s As You Like It at the New Theatre, Cardiff 29 February 2012 |
Clwyd Theatr Cymru returns to the New Theatre, Cardiff with their new production of one of Shakespeare’s most popular comedies, As You Like It |
Masters of fantastical theatre, Hoipolloi, kick off the Hijinx Residencies 29 February 2012 |
This month, acclaimed theatre company, Hoipolloi, will be the first visiting company to provide performance training workshops as part of an exciting series of residencies hosted by Hijinx Theatre |
Cychwyn Taith Fala Surion - Cwmni’r Frân Wen 28 February 2012 |
Bydd addasiad llwyfan Cymraeg o un o lyfrau ffuglen cyfoes gorau Cymru yn cychwyn ar daith o amgylch Cymru ddydd Mawrth, 28 Chwefror - 28 Mawrth. |
Write a story on a page and see it on display at the new Sherman Cymru 28 February 2012 |
Sherman Cymru are asking writers of all ages to write a Play on a Page, so they can display their words around the building. |
Architect Rob Firman's 'mission' lists 111 theatres in west and south Wales 23 February 2012 |
An architect who made it his mission to visit every theatre and performance building in south Wales was surprised to discover dozens of "hidden gems". |
AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS – MIS I FYND! 23 February 2012 |
Wedi dwy flynedd o ymchwil, gwaith caled a digon o goffi cryf mae ARAD GOCH bron yn barod ar gyfer 7fed Gŵyl AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS! |
Cardiff company perform award winning show about real Welsh men 23 February 2012 |
Following its success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Cardiff’s Shock n Awe Performance Company will be bringing their award winning show, Muscle, to Sherman Cymri |
‘Turning 20’ 23 February 2012 |
Britain’s premiere dance company of disabled and non-disabled dancers celebrates its 20th anniversary with a bold triple bill |
AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS – 1 MONTH TO GO! 23 February 2012 |
After two years of research, hard work and a lot of strong coffee ARAD GOCH are almost ready for the 7th AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS FESTIVAL! |
Contemporary production highlights a serious issue 21 February 2012 |
Earthfall make a splash in Sell out London tour, At Swim Two Boys, now returning to Wales. 16 February 2012 |
The return of Earthfall’s award winning production staged entirely in water. |
Theatr na n’Og Spring 2012 press release 14 February 2012 |
Theatr na n’Og announce their new season of work for Spring 2012 with a sell out production! |
Arts Council of Wales appoints a new Creative Producer for Dance 14 February 2012 |
Arts Council of Wales is delighted to announce the appointment of Carole Blade as the new Creative Producer for Dance. |
Datganiad i’r Wasg Theatr na n’Ôg , Gwanwyn 2012 14 February 2012 |
Mae Theatr na n’Ôg yn cychwyn tymor newydd o waith gyda thaith sydd wedi gwerthu allan! |
NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE presents The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare
Starring Lenny Henry at Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan / Aberteifi 14 February 2012 |
After the phenomenal success of One Man Two Guvnors, NT Live deliver another superb comedy starring Lenny Henry. |
Show And Tell presents JOHN PEEL’S SHED - By John Osborne 14 February 2012 |
The five-star sell-out Edinburgh Festival show John Peel's Shed, broadcast on Radio 4 in December, plays Cardiff's Wales Millennium Centre on Monday March 5th. |
Earthfall make a splash with ‘Turning Tides’ Bath Spa University.
13 February 2012 |
Earthfall’s Education and Participation Programme are running a physical theatre programme, in collaboration with RWCMD music students and Bath Spa University dance students |
Current Economic Crisis on Stage At Arts Centre
10 February 2012 |
A Welsh language verbatim play that discusses people’s attitudes to having and not having money will be visiting Aberystwyth Arts Centre next month. |
The audience is in control for Mr and Mrs Clark’s new creation ‘NINE’ 09 February 2012 |
Mr and Mrs Clark are a collective-creative force of nature and will be performing their new show in The Riverfront Studio Theatre for the first time on Friday 17 and Saturday 18 February at 7.45pm. |
Opera’r Ddraig presents its 2012 operatic double bill: Handel – Acis and Galatea & Purcell – Dido and Aeneas 09 February 2012 |
The UK national tour of Chicago the Musical returns to Wales Millennium Centre 09 February 2012 |
Hormonal Housewives at the New Theatre, Cardiff 09 February 2012 |
The ultimate girls night out comes to Cardiff! |
Edinburgh sell-out play to be performed in historic Cardiff pub 09 February 2012 |
Following a huge sell-out success at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2009, Barfllies, a play which is performed inside a pub will be coming to old The Vulcan Hotel in the City Centre of Cardiff in March. |
Only Men Aloud to join in the ‘Stute celebrations! 07 February 2012 |
BETSAN LLWYD APPOINTED AS NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF BARA CAWS
06 February 2012 |
Theatr Bara Caws is delighted to announce that Betsan Llwyd has been appointed as their new Artistic Director. |
Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Theatr Bara Caws 06 February 2012 |
Hoffai Theatr Bara Caws ddatgan mai Betsan Llwyd sydd wedi ei phenodi yn Gyfarwyddwr Artistig newydd i’r Cwmni. |
Avenue Q is back! 06 February 2012 |
The Tony award-winning and hugely successful hit musical Avenue Q returns to Cardiff for one week only, at the New Theatre from Tuesday 21 – Saturday 25 February 2012. |
Bringing urban Welsh fiction to stage 26 January 2012 |
A Welsh stage adaptation of one of Wales’ finest contemporary fiction books will be touring Wales this spring (28 Feb – 28 March) with the premiere performance at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Tuesday 28 February. |
CAPE TOWN OPERA (Cymraeg) 25 January 2012 |
Perfformiad cyntaf y Mandela Trilogy yn Ewrop |
CAPE TOWN OPERA 25 January 2012 |
European premiere of the Mandela Trilogy at Wales Millennium Centre |
Opening night for Butterfly Kiss 24 January 2012 |
The senior members of Gwent Young People’s Theatre (GYPT) present a premier performance of Butterfly Kiss, at the Borough Theatre, Abergavenny |
BRITISH DANCE EDITION LONDON 2012 24 January 2012 |
National Dance Company Wales and BBC National Chorus of Wales showcase Welsh artistic talent at the UK’s leading dance event |
NOFIT STATE CIRCUS & NATIONAL THEATRE WALES’ MUNDO PARALELO TAKES TO THE ROAD 23 January 2012 |
Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, Friday 10 February 2012, 7pm. Saturday 11 February 2012, 2pm & 7pm |
The Echo Chamber --a new performance from THE LLANARTH GROUP- 20 January 2012 |
Four innovative and award-winning creators from different strands of theatre have come together to produce a poetic/spatial meditation on time, science, and our place in the universe. |
Lleisiau Pobl Go Iawn Mewn Drama Newydd Gymraeg 20 January 2012 |
Fe fydd drama Gymraeg gair am air newydd sydd yn defnyddio storïau pobl yn eu geiriau ei hunain yn dechrau ar daith o amgylch Cymru y mis nesa. |
Voices of Real People In New Welsh Language Play 20 January 2012 |
A Welsh language verbatim play that uses real stories, as spoken by real people, will begin a tour of Wales next month. |
Actors working with Trinity Saint Davids students on new production 19 January 2012 |
Over the coming weeks, professional actors will be working alongside Welsh-medium graduating students from the School of Performing Arts Trinity Saint David on a production and short tour of Torri Gair |
Actorion yn cydweithio â myfyrwyr 19 January 2012 |
Dros yr wythnosau nesaf bydd actorion profiadol yn gweithio ar y cyd â myfyrwyr cyfrwng Cymraeg Ysgol y Celfyddydau Perfformio - Prifysgol y Drindod Dewi Sant - ar gynhyrchiad teithiol o’r ddrama Torri Gair |
U.Dance 2012 19 January 2012 |
U.Dance 2012 is a national celebration of youth dance, with performances in venues throughout the UK in 2012. |
AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS 2012 – TWO MONTHS TO GO! 19 January 2012 |
In exactly two months time the seaside town of Aberystwyth will be full to the brim with artists from all corners of the world as we start a whole week of fun and performances in the 7th AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS FESTIVAL! |
AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS 2012 – DAU FIS I FYND! 19 January 2012 |
Dau fis i heddiw bydd tref glan mor Aberystwyth dan ei sang wrth inni groesawu perfformwyr o bob cwr o’r byd i berfformio yn 7fed Gŵyl AGOR DRYSAU – OPENING DOORS! |
WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING OF PHILIP GLASS OPERA "IN THE PENAL COLONY" 16 January 2012 |
Music Theatre Wales’s UK premiere production of Philip Glass’s one-act opera, In the Penal Colony is released on CD on February 20, 2012. |
PETER GILL RETURNS TO CARDIFF TO DIRECT HIS BRAND NEW ADAPTATION OF CHEKHOV’S A PROVINCIAL LIFE 16 January 2012 |
One of Wales' greatest writers and directors, Peter Gill, returns to his native city with a portrait of provincial life in 1890s Russia. |
Spring 2012 season at the New Theatre Cardiff announced 13 January 2012 |
Welsh Writers’ Plays Selected for Royal Shakespeare Company Project 13 January 2012 |
Plays by two writers from Wales have won a competition to be staged at Newport’s 400-seat Dolman Theatre – with the possibility of going on to be performed at Stratford as part of the World Shakespeare Year celebrations. |
PUBLIC TO CHOOSE PROJECTS FOR NATIONAL THEATRE WALES’ NEW 2012 ASSEMBLY PROGRAMME 12 January 2012 |
National Theatre Wales is transforming its innovative Assembly programme into bespoke, democratically-elected creative arts projects which will take place across Wales. |
SIMON STEPHENS’ STARK AND SHATTERING 7/7 PLAY GETS WELSH PREMIERE IN 2012 12 January 2012 |
Following the sell–out, critically acclaimed staging of Caryl Churchill’s Serious Money in 2011, Waking Exploits return with Simon Stephens’ beautiful yet chilling award winning play Pornography. |
“Script Call Out” 12 January 2012 |
It’s My Shout Productions open applications for new scripts for the 2012 Television training scheme |
National Dance Company Wales Spring Tour 2012 11 January 2012 |
An international programme of bold and exciting dance |
International Conference on the relationship between literature and the media in Small Nations
09 January 2012 |
CALL FOR PAPERS |
Cynhadledd Ryngwladol ar berthynas llenyddiaeth â’r cyfryngau mewn Cenhedloedd Bychain
09 January 2012 |
GALWAD AM BAPURAU |
BAFTA award winning costume designer Ray Holman is back in Cardiff for one night only. 09 January 2012 |
BAFTA award winning costume designer Ray Holman whose recent work includes BBC’s Silk, Torchwood, Doctor Who, Law & Order and Sherlock is coming to the Kuku Club in the Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff on Friday 3rd February. |
ALASKA 03 January 2012 |
ALASKA takes you to one of the last great frontiers of the modern world. A land where steam freezes, fish have mastered cryogenics and the Yukon river can make you disappear. |
CIRCUS OF HORRORS 03 January 2012 |
CIRCUS OF HORRORS 03 January 2012 |
High Society at Wales Millennium Centre 03 January 2012 |
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff on Tuesday 12 – Saturday 16 March 2013. |
Special charity performance of Aladdin in aid of the Swansea Valley Miners Appeal Fund 03 January 2012 |
Swansea Grand Theatre, Sunday 8th January 6.00pm |
Robin Hood at Aberystwyth Arts Centre 02 January 2012 |
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