Casting has been announced for the world premiere of new play with music Blood Harmony. Inspired by and featuring the music of acclaimed indie folk trio The Staves, the exploration of love, loss and legacy has been created by writer Matthew Bulgo and co-directed by Jonnie Riordan and Jess Williams. Riordan and Williams will direct […]
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Edinburgh dates for Luke Hereford’s Grandmother’s Closet
Wales Millennium Centre and Luke Hereford’s acclaimed solo musical Grandmother’s Closet will follow its successful run at home in Cardiff by heading for this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The autobiographical play by first-time writer and long-time theatre-maker Hereford will be performed at Summerhall from 3-28 August 2022. Featuring modern arrangements of pop classics by famous […]
Hit family show Oi Frog & Friends to tour UK
Olivier-nominated family show Oi Frog & Friends! will follow its festive run in Cardiff with an extensive UK tour in 2022. Presented by Kenny Wax Family Entertainment, the stage musical inspired by Kes Gray and Jim Field’s bestselling and award-winning series of picture books Oi Frog! Oi Dog! Oi Cat! and Oi Duck-Billed Platypus! will […]
The Barricade Boys announce Bring Him Home Tour for 2022
Musical theatre group The Barricade Boys are heading back on the road in 2022, with their new Bring Him Home Tour. Starring past performers from the global theatrical sensation that is Les Misérables, The Barricade Boys have entertained fans around the world since they formed in 2015 and now they are visiting towns and cities […]
Tiger Bay the Musical – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Tiger Bay the Musical continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 25 November. Star rating: three stars ★ ★ ★ ✩ ✩ An instant reaction to any show titled Tiger Bay the Musical is that it is going to tell the story of the legendary Shirley Bassey, born there 80 years ago. However, we are in […]
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 4 November and then tours until 23 June 2018. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Now two months into its UK tour, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical tells an unusual, although not unique, story, for the singer/songwriter […]
Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre – full cast details for premiere
The full cast has been announced for the premiere of Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre (running from 13 to 25 November, with opening night on 15 November). Bringing to life on stage this epic story of romance, revenge, heartbreak and hope will be a 39-strong cast, led by the previously announced West […]
Tiger Bay the Musical – Suzanne Packer makes Cardiff homecoming
Casualty’s Suzanne Packer will be heading home to Cardiff to take on a leading role in the premiere of Tiger Bay the Musical at Wales Millennium Centre this November. Packer will join the previously announced West End and Broadway actor John Owen Jones (Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera), former Hear’Say singer and local […]
Hairspray back on national tour in 2017
Producers have confirmed the successful touring production of the hit musical Hairspray will begin its second major UK and Ireland tour in Cardiff on 16 August 2017. The production of the multi-award winning show will visit more than 30 venues on its return trip around the country which will last until the early summer of […]
Kiss Me, Kate – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff and Touring
Kiss Me, Kate continues at Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 7 October, then plays dates in Liverpool, Llandudno, Birmingham, Oxford and Southampton. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ✩ Strictly speaking, it isn’t at all necessary to ‘Brush Up Your Shakespeare’ to enjoy the infectiously foot-tapping music and lyrics of Cole Porter’s musical […]
Broadway in Concert – Kerry Ellis, Matt Cardle, Lee Mead, Ben Forster and Sophie Evans line up
West End favourite Kerry Ellis will be joined by four stage stars discovered by television talent shows in a glittering celebration of the Broadway musical this November. Broadway in Concert will feature Wicked and We Will Rock You star Ellis alongside X Factor winner Matt Cardle (Memphis); West End leading men Lee Mead (Joseph and […]
Mandela Trilogy to return for UK and Ireland dates
Cape Town Opera’s Mandela Trilogy is heading back to the Wales Millennium Centre ahead of a UK and Ireland tour. Written and directed by Cape Town Opera’s managing director Michael Williams with music by Peter Louis van Dijk and Mike Campbell, the musical celebration of the life of Nelson Mandela had its European premiere at […]
Only the Brave – Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Only the Brave continues at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff until 2 April. Star rating: four stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ Set against the background of the Second World War and based on a little-known true story of one of the dramatic events leading up to the D-Day landings, Only the Brave, from the book by Rachel Wagstaff, […]
Interview – Caroline Sheen stars in new British musical Only the Brave
CAROLINE SHEEN is soon to appear in Rachel Wagstaff, Matthew Brind and Steve Marmion’s new British musical Only the Brave, premiering at the Wales Millennium Centre from 28 March to 2 April. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, the show tells the inspirational true story of […]
Original musical Only the Brave – latest details
Emilie Fleming will join the previously announced David Thaxton, Caroline Sheen and Neil McDermott to head the cast of the new British musical, Only the Brave, premiering at the Wales Millennium Centre from 28 March to 2 April. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production […]
Original musical Only the Brave premieres at Wales Millennium Centre
This Easter, Wales Millennium Centre will premiere its first full-scale, original musical, Only the Brave, produced with Soho Theatre, Daniel Sparrow Productions and Birdsong Productions. Based on the real lives of men and women caught up in the D-Day landings, this new production (playing from 28 March to 2 April) will star David Thaxton, Caroline […]
