There are so many fantastic theatre shows and live performances coming to Cardiff and the surrounding areas this spring, summer and beyond, from top musicals such as The Lion King and We Will Rock You at Wales Millennium Centre, to TV favourites such as Horrible Histories live on stage at...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with tickets to Red in exchange for review Red may be inspired by Little Red Riding Hood but this new family theatre show, produced by Wales Millennium Centre and Likely Story, is nothing like the fairytale most of us are familiar with....
Thanks to the Celtic Manor for inviting us to review The Nutcracker on Ice and for a family skating session at The Great Skate If you’ve visited or driven past the Celtic Manor Resort over the last few months, you will have noticed the huge new International Conference Centre Wales...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for providing us with tickets to the press performance of The Snow Queen in exchange for this review Like many Cardiff families, the Sherman Theatre’s family theatre productions are a highlight of our festive season. Each year the award-winning Cardiff theatre presents wonderfully imaginative stage...
Thanks to Theatr Iolo for providing us with review tickets for the show With a name like I Wish I Was A Mountain, it’s clear even before the performance starts that this isn’t going to be your average children’s theatre production. Performance poet Toby Thompson draws on inspiration from the...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with tickets for the purpose of this review. Two years ago, pretty much to the week, I took my eldest two children who were then aged 7 and 5 to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Wales Millennium Centre (you...
Thanks to St David’s Hall for providing us with tickets to review Zog Live on Stage. Zog has always been one of our family’s favourite Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler story collaborations, loved as much by the adults in our house as the children. In fact, we’ve had our copy...
I’m still putting together my big Easter holidays events listings… there’s just so much going on but hopefully they will be with you soon. In the meantime, here are 16 family theatre and live performances happening in and around Cardiff from now until the end of the month, with the...
Thanks to the New Theatre, Cardiff for inviting us to see the show in exchange for this review “Fair play, that was absolutely brilliant,” were my husband’s words as we left Cardiff’s New Theatre last night after watching Billionaire Boy The Musical. And he’s right. The musical stage adaptation of...
Thanks to Seussical Jr at Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival for inviting us to review the show The family production at the Everyman Cardiff Open Air Theatre has become one of our favourite annual summer traditions. While the grown-up performers take on Shakespeare, classical musicals and comedies, each year the talented...
Thanks to the New Theatre for inviting us to review Awful Auntie David Walliams is without a doubt one of the country’s most exciting contemporary children’s authors. The man who was once most famous as one half of the Little Britain comedy sketch show now boasts a collection of 10...