31 stories by "Nicholas Davies"
Since it began in 2010, NTW has been through ups and downs. In a new decade, with a new artistic director, what
More than 20 years ago, theatremaker Kaite O'Reilly met a former Second World War codebreaker, Molly Schuesselle. After a half-century of silence,
Founded in 2014, the Welsh pub venue won The Stage award for best fringe theatre just two years later. Its artistic director
Cardiff's New Theatre has marketed Cinderella as "the godmother of all pantomimes" and the creators of this year's festive offering have gone
The Sherman's Christmas show is a Cardiff tradition and this year the company turns to the versatile Conor Mitchell to provide script,
It speaks volumes of the tumultuous times in which we live that so many new plays are set in dystopian near-futures that
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Wales' Welsh-language national theatre company) tackles a seminal piece of European drama in this new translation of Brecht's The
A premiere of an Ed Thomas play is a rare event. It's been 15 years since his last play and three decades
As the Rugby World Cup gets underway in Japan, the National Dance Company Wales is going the extra mile to support its
The Clink is one of Cardiff's best restaurants and, attached to the city's prison, it's staffed by prisoners in the last phase
Twelve months after an open letter protested at National Theatre Wales' apparent disregard for Wales-based artists, Nicholas Davies looks at the progress
As one of the first countries to have equal gender representation at parliament level, Wales has a cultural history of equality, reflected
When, three years ago, Kully Thiarai was named artistic director of National Theatre Wales, she immediately signalled her intention to work with
Katherine Chandler's play is, for the most part, a gripping three-hander. Three people's lives hurtle towards the sweet release of a booze-filled
After 10 years of creating outdoor plays involving D/deaf and physically disabled actors (performing in spaces as unlikely as woodland and castles),
Jo Clifford takes on one of Shakespeare's more troublesome plays in this re-imagining of The Taming of the Shrew, co-produced by Sherman
Blue is the first fully-fledged new production for young theatre company, Chippy Lane Productions. It's a classic premise: a very domestic drama
Sherman Theatre's artist development programme bears fruit in this gripping new play by its most recent graduates, writer Elgan Rhys and director
The New Theatre's panto combines genuine musical and comedy talent with affable rugby hero, Gareth 'Alfie' Thomas. Alfie's slowly becoming a stage
The Other Room pub theatre has created a Christmas tradition of offering a grown-up ‘anti-panto’ as an antidote to the usual family-oriented
Jason Robert Brown's glorious 2001 musical, exploring a couple's passionate yet doomed relationship from each partner's perspective, has seen a number of
Kevin Jones' one-man play, Cardiff Boy, is a love letter to the 1990s " a spirited monologue that plays to an evocative
It's unlikely that a play exploring such diverse themes as unemployment, suicide, deprivation and Brexit will ever evoke as much as joy
The Other Room’s latest season kicks off with a stripped-back, one-woman play that is both funny and unsettling. Lily (Lauren O’Leary) is
This new play by Alan Harris is one of National Theatre Wales' five Love Letters to the NHS. Its location could not
