Emily Garside The second in ‘The Violence Series’ at The Other Room, after American Nightmare, is Tess Berry-Hart’s The Story. Directed by David Mercatali it is a cleverly constructive and engaging piece of theatre that balances storytelling and human engagement with a reflection on bigger issues. The Story focuses on […]
Jon Gower meets father and son Anthony and Aron Evans as they exhibit their work together for the first time. Anthony and Aron Evans’ recent joint show at Cardiff’s Oriel Canfas was an opportunity to contrast and compare two very different takes on Welsh landscape. In choosing Pembrokeshire as his […]
*English follows below* Adam N. Coward, Comisiwn Brenhinol Henebion Cymru Gwelwyd mwy o drafodaeth ar bwysigrwydd hanes Cymru yn ddiweddar, pa un ai wrth ystyried rhinweddau’r cwricwlwm newydd neu wrth dynnu sylw at storïau grwpiau nad ydynt wedi’u cynrychioli’n ddigonol. Yn y drafodaeth hon, mae amgylchedd hanesyddol cyfoethog Cymru yn […]
Jon Gower Even though the First Law of Thermodynamics says that energy cannot be created or destroyed it does allow for energy being changed from one form to another. So it’s possible, though pretty fanciful, that some of the billions of kilojoules of energy that went into the founding of […]
Emily Garside Gods and Kings is a story about mental health, and mental illness. But it’s a story about a man, about a person. It’s a story of diagnosis, and about the practical (and impractical) elements that go with it. But also, about the mind that’s affected. It’s about asking […]
Sarah Tanburn The Vagabond King, young Threon of the Waterlands, is given stern guidance by the sky god Zenith at a crucial moment in his fortunes. Threon has been dispossessed in a cruel invasion by the army of Thelonia, the large offshore island nation ruled by Empress Keresan. She, her […]
Emily Gardside Sometimes a piece of work ticks all the boxes, without feeling like it’s ticking any- rather just being an excellent piece of work. Papertrail’s A Night at the Clink is that. It fuses immersive theatre, issue-driven theatre, real-life stories, bilingual theatre….and also food. It’s a melting pot of […]
Jon Gower Just as the former lead-mining areas of mid-Wales are riddled with tunnels and disused workings, so too is this novel by Helen Pendry, set in the same pock-marked and sullied landscape, shot through with secrets. Abbie Hughes, a social worker in a London hostel for the homeless befriends […]
Jon Gower Introducing a new heroine into the world of crime fiction is a tricky business, not least because there are already so many of them, all jockeying for attention, all with their public flaws and personal burdens. The dysfunctional DS Charlie Zailer in Sophie Hannah’s novels. Tess Gerritsen’s creation […]
Emily Garside The theme of Ed Thomas’ On Bear Ridge is catastrophe. On the micro and macro level. Both the wider world and the character’s lives are bleak and desolate places. It’s a raw, often challenging watch, but one that has much to unpick. Although it is his first new […]
