Dance House, CardiffTudur Owen's Welsh-language play about a second world war veteran is unashamedly heartfelt and anchored by very fine performances This play by Tudur Owen tells the story …
Corn Exchange, NewportEveryday oppression is explored through the narratives of a Black Lives Matter activist, a blacklisted construction worker and an environmental campaigner Performances …
Sherman theatre, CardiffTheatr Cymru's bilingual version of Shakespeare's tragedy brings intriguing complexity to the warring families but also some confusion 'Speakest thou from the heart?"…
Bristol Old VicFlora Wilson Brown's play spans 250 years of climate science " from 1850s New York to 2100 Svalbard " to examine what it means to bring a child into our ecologically inhospita…
Sherman theatre, CardiffPlay edited from 150 hours of interviews shows how working-class communities are always subject to the whims of global market forces " be those of steel or the art wo…
Sherman theatre, Cardiff Mared Jarman's superb debut play, in which she stars, provides a portrait of reckless nightlife and prejudice towards disabled people The title of Mared Jarman's pla…
Sherman theatre, CardiffTim Price's play links a 1980s coal miner with Odysseus in an affecting if heavy-handed mythological drama Forty years after the 1984 miners' strike, Tim Price's pla…
The Other Place, Stratford-upon-AvonTwo strategists from the US and New Labour are recruited to help win a ruthless election in a former Russian colony The New Real is bookended by scenes wh…
Bristol Old VicGareth Farr's account of IVF's development is briskly directed but the science feels under-dramatised Towards the end of Gareth Farr's A Child of Science, which explores the d…
Sherman theatre, CardiffConceptually brilliant, with complex characters and a fearless cast, Azuka Oforka's debut play is a remarkable examination of women under colonialism with contemporar…
Theatr Clwyd, MoldLucie Lovatt's elaborate comedy exploring the housing crisis in rural Wales is provocative and conceptually ambitious yet still pleasingly entertaining Caryl and Meirion se…
Sherman theatre, CardiffThere's no shortage of smart ideas in Bethan Marlow's drama of adolescent awakening in rural Wales, but they whiz by before they really develop There isn't much that …
Bristol Old VicThis play with songs has pleasing performances but needs a clearer idea of what it wants to satirise A comedy double act since their university days and now working as nannies…
Wales Millennium Centre, CardiffThis Welsh-language retelling of an ancient myth is a huge endeavour, with great performances and lots of promise Here is a Welsh-language theatrical rarity: …
Sherman theatre, CardiffManon Steffan Ros has translated Ionesco's play into Welsh for this technically ambitious and compelling production Eugène Ionesco's absurdist classic warns that un…
The Riverfront, NewportGavin Porter's exploration of grief through the experiences and funeral traditions of the residents of Cardiff's Butetown pays tribute to the rituals that bind a commu…
The Other Room, CardiffSet on the scaffolding atop a building that never gets finished, Matthew Trevannion's two-hander is full of dazzling ideas What goes up must come down. Gravity, light,…
Birmingham Rep theatreWiliam Young, an actor with learning disabilities, gives an affecting, lived-in performance as Lennie in this assured adaptation of Steinbeck's Dust Bowl classic In Jo…
Swansea Grand theatreRichard Mylan's grim narratives are filled with sympathy and compassion, lifted by Sophie Melville's all-consuming and fearless performance As noted in a programme gloss…
Theatr Clwyd, MoldBrisk direction, plucky performances and complex lyrics propel this original adaptation, as the hunt for a source of renewable energy comes under threat To paraphrase that …
Watermill theatre, Newbury An excellent cast animate Karla Marie Sweet's adaptation with a drilled menace, while contemporary songs are employed to remarkable effect Karla Marie Sweet's adap…
The Other Room, CardiffMelding ancient stories with current crises, Tamar Williams's clever version of Branwen's story from the Mabinogi is elegantly directed In a week when the climate emer…
Theatr ClwydBoth actors excel in Katherine Chandler's fictionalised account of the attempted murder of a Swansea woman in 2015 Carl walks into a cafe in Swansea where Hayley works as a waitr…
Theatr ClwydFifty years of a tender idyll are reimagined with dignity, grace " and the odd meta moment At the time of her death in 1829, at the grand age of 90, Eleanor Butler had been livin…
Sherman theatre, CardiffWhile there are some strong performances and the conceit is intriguing, this modern-day version of the classic fails to convince Towards the end of Brad Birch's reima…