BBC Wales

JUAN SOLO’S EXCELLENT ADVENTURES IN SPACE! Will Embark on UK Tour
by Stephi Wild - Dec 5, 2024

Juan Solo’s Excellent Adventures in Space! is the family friendly, hilariously funny stand up and  interactive sci-fi adventure show recommended for ages 5+ and touring the UK beginning in December.

Original London Cast of OPERATION MINCEMEAT Will Transfer to Broadway
by Stephi Wild - Nov 1, 2024

The original 2024 Olivier Award-winning cast of Operation Mincemeat will reprise their performances for the musical’s Broadway premiere this spring. Learn more about the cast of Operation Mincemeat here!

Ignacio Lopez Will Embark on UK Tour in 2025
by Stephi Wild - Sep 27, 2024

Ignacio Lopez will embark on his biggest ever tour, taking his new stand up show Señor Self-Destruct to 40 venues around the UK between January and May 2025.

Paines Plough Reveals 2024 Plans Marking 50 Years of the New Writing Company
by Stephi Wild - May 10, 2024

In their 50th year as a ew writing company, this summer Paines Plough's portable pop-up theatre venue Roundabout will return to Summerhall at Edinburgh Festival Fringe for its tenth year as a touring venue. Learn more about the upcoming programming here!

Cast Set For PLAYING SHAKESPEARE WITH DEUTSCHE BANK: ROMEO AND JULIET
by Stephi Wild - Feb 2, 2024

Shakespeare’s Globe has announced the cast of this year’s Playing Shakespeare with Deutsche Bank production, Romeo and Juliet.

Gentleman's Dub Club Releases New Album 'On A Mission'
by Michael Major - Jun 22, 2023

After a very successful collaboration with The Nextmen on the Pound for Pound album, GDC brought in The Nextmen's Bradford Ellis (a.k.a. Brad Baloo) to produce this one. The album also features guest appearances by Hollie Cook, Gardna, Josh Waters Rudge (of The Skints), Eva Lazarus, and Sara Lugo.

Simon Russell Beale to Appear at Shakespeare's Globe's MOVING STORIES, in Support of the UN Refugee Agency
by Aliya Al-Hassan - May 25, 2023

On Sunday 25 June, Shakespeare’s Globe will host ‘Moving Stories’ in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in support of UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. The event will include sketches, short plays and songs examining the experiences of refugees, and responses to the crisis.

92NY Shares Acclaimed Performance of "Under Milk Wood" Starring Michael Sheen
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2023

92NY’s Unterberg Poetry Center celebrates the ninth annual International Dylan Thomas Day (on May 14) by sharing video of an acclaimed 2014 performance of Thomas’ timeless “play for voices” - Under Milk Wood – starring actor Michael Sheen and an all-Welsh cast.  

Patricia Clarkson, Alex Lawther, Daryl McCormack, And Louisa Harland Join Brian Cox For LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT West End
by A.A. Cristi - May 9, 2023

The new West End production of Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical magnum opus Long Day's Journey into Night led by Emmy-winner Brian Cox has added Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) and more to its cast.

DOG HAIR To Premiere at VAULT Festival 2023
by Stephi Wild - Jan 3, 2023

DOG HAIR, a brand new 3-hander by emerging working-class writer Phillip Jones for Seventh Sense Theatre, is premiering at VAULT Festival from the 3rd-5th February 2023.

Mike Bubbins Announces First Ever Solo UK Tour With THROWBACK
by Stephi Wild - Dec 13, 2022

Mike Bubbins will embark on his first ever solo stand up tour next year with brand new show Throwback. Opening in Maidenhead on 4th February he then heads to Cheltenham, Shrewsbury, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Leamington Spa, Northampton, Leicester, Portsmouth, Barry, Salford, Chorley, Nottingham, Sheffield, Leeds, Newport, , Winchester, Birmingham, Treorchy, Rhyl, Milford Haven, Cardiff, Swindon and Port Talbot before concluding in London on 1st April.

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Film Actress Ruth Madoc Passes Away at 79
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 11, 2022

According to various sources, Ruth Madoc, the actress best known for playing Fruma Sarah in the Fiddler on the Roof film, and Gladys Pugh in the BBC sitcom Hi-de-Hi! passed away on Friday, December 9th after surgery she received for a fall earlier in the week. 

Sherman Theatre Presents TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 3, 2022

Sherman Theatre presents TALES OF THE BROTHERS GRIMM from 26th November – 31st December 2022.

Edinburgh 2022: Ignacio Lopez Q&A
by Natalie O'Donoghue - Jul 28, 2022

BWW catches up with Ignacio Lopez to chat about bringing El Cómico to the 2022 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Theatr Clwyd Announces Cast For World Premiere of CELEBRATED VIRGINS: A STORY OF THE LADIES OF LLANGOLLEN
by Stephi Wild - Apr 29, 2022

Theatr Clwyd today announces the cast for their new production of Celebrated Virgins: A Story of the Ladies of Llangollen, created by Katie Elin-Salt and Eleri B. Jones. This inspiring new play, based on the remarkable true sapphic love story of Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, opens at Theatr Mix – Theatr Clwyd's temporary theatre village – on 24 May, with previews from 20 May, and runs until 4 June.

Lou Sanders Tours New Show To Swindon This Weekend
by Stephi Wild - Apr 5, 2022

Critically-acclaimed stand-up and co-host of Broadcast Digital Award winning Unforgiveable, Lou Sanders announces her biggest tour yet with 45 dates nationwide performing the brand-new show One Word: Wow.

Emily White Announced As The Recipient Of The 52nd George Devine Award
by Stephi Wild - Dec 8, 2021

Emily White has been announced as the recipient of the 52nd George Devine Award for her play Atlantis, picking up a £15,000 prize. 

JODY AND THE JERMS Release 'Sensation' EP
by Sarah Jae Leiber - May 11, 2021

Brimful of the band's trademark multi-layered melodies infused with a roller-coaster of synths, organs and vocal harmonies; a notably pronounced Tom Verlaine-esque guitar sound also comes courtesy of new member Peter James Millson.

THE MERTHYR STIGMATIST Will Have its Digital World Premiere From Sherman Theatre and Theatre Uncut
by Stephi Wild - Apr 19, 2021

Originally scheduled as part of Sherman Theatre's Autumn 2020 season, The Merthyr Stigmatist will be presented in a co-production with Theatre Uncut this Spring as a fully-staged digital production recorded in the Sherman Theatre Studio.

English Touring Theatre Announces Brand New Playwright Development Scheme Nationwide Voices
by Stephi Wild - Sep 3, 2020

ETT (English Touring Theatre) today announces the inaugural Nationwide Voices; a year-long development programme for six playwrights across the UK.