Theatre

Stefan Pejic, in a camouflage shirt, gesturing mid-speech in a rehearsal room with two cast members behind him
Cinderella

SWANSEA: Tommy Cooper is coming back to life at the Grand, fez and all, in a new musical by the city’s own Stefan Pejic

The panto favourite has spent six years writing a musical that opens at the moment Cooper collapsed on live television…

The Yr Aelwyd name in dark lettering on the grey cladding of Port Talbot's transformed theatre
Cllr Cen Phillips

PORT TALBOT: First look inside Yr Aelwyd as the new name goes up on the theatre

The lettering is on the wall, the auditorium's seating tiers are taking shape and gold cladding is wrapping the old…

Three actors in Elizabethan costume on Illyria's outdoor stage, one in a patchwork jester's outfit and cap
Illyria

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Surface level Shakespeare and that’s perfectly fine’, Illyria’s As You Like It at Oystermouth Castle

Outdoor company Illyria open their Mumbles run with Shakespeare's romantic comedy at the foot of Oystermouth Castle, and reviewer Jonathan…

Two men standing behind a stone memorial wall at Penrhos carved with three faces and Welsh inscriptions
Opera

PENYBERTH: The night three men burned down an RAF bombing school is coming to a Swansea stage

Fflamau Penyberth, a new opera marking 90 years since the 1936 arson attack that fired up Welsh nationalism, reaches Taliesin…

Dylan Fairbairn in a gold sequinned jacket with arms spread wide in front of The Four Horsemen pub set, holding a quiz sheet
Dylan Thomas Theatre

THEATRE REVIEW: ‘Alternative and memorable’, the world ends with a pub quiz at the Dylan Thomas Theatre

Alison Carr's The Last Quiz Night On Earth turns the Dylan Thomas Theatre into a pub with an asteroid on…

John Partridge as Hannibal Lecter in a blue prison uniform pressing his hand against the glass of his cell, facing Mollie Gallagher as Clarice Starling holding out a black folder
Grand Theatre

SWANSEA: Hannibal Lecter is coming to the Grand as Silence of the Lambs hits the stage

The first stage adaptation of Thomas Harris's thriller arrives at Swansea Grand Theatre next February, with EastEnders star John Partridge…

The ornate Victorian auditorium of Swansea Grand Theatre, with rows of seats facing the stage and tiered balconies above
Grand Ambition

SWANSEA: Wider seats and a new cooling system for the Grand this summer

Swansea Council is giving the auditorium at the city's Victorian theatre an upgrade for the summer with new seats and…

Actor Di Botcher looking out over the docks in Port Talbot
Cllr Cen Phillips

PORT TALBOT: Princess Royal Theatre’s new name revealed by Twin Town star Di Botcher

Port Talbot's revamped theatre will reopen under a new name this autumn — revealed in a video fronted by Twin…

Headshot of actor and writer Jonathan Houlston
Grand Ambition

THEATRE INTERVIEW: ‘Just do it. Don’t wait for the phone to ring’ — Gorseinon writer Jonathan Houlston on Physical Education and finding his voice

After Grand Ambition's Physical Education drew some of the strongest reviews Swansea theatre has seen this year, our writer Jon…

The new angled oak-panelled ceiling installed above the balcony level of the Princess Royal Theatre auditorium, with scaffolding on the construction site below
Cllr Cen Phillips

PORT TALBOT: First look inside the £16.9m Princess Royal Theatre revamp — as the auditorium’s timber ceiling goes in ahead of autumn opening

New photos from inside the Princess Royal Theatre show the auditorium's sweeping timber ceiling in place and the new glass…