Madam ‘Ebbie’ Scrooge has topped The Times Rich List for 7 years in a row, but her heart is far from being as full as her pockets. Joe Murphy’s charming staging of Gary Owen’s adaptation returns to Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre, brimming with Dickensian dramatics. This high-spirited production playfully reverses Scrooge’s gender while offering up a visual party bag of exuberant festive bustle. Unafraid to stray from the original, Murphy’s production delivers a buoyant jaunt back to 1843 Cardiff, in which…

The Sherman Theatre truly outdid themselves at the premiere of their modern-day take on the ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ by Shakespeare. The comical, romantic play honours Hermia’s emotive declaration in Act One; ‘O hell, to choose love by another’s eyes!’ This set the tone for the entirety of the play; echoing Shakespeare’s sonnets, it was a heart-warming celebration of love in all forms. Whilst Shakespeare plays may sometimes present themselves as inaccessible to the modern day audience, thanks to the…

Dance To The Bone tells Joannes’ story through a captivating mix of innovative writing, live rock music and contemporary dance, making for a transcendental night at the theatre. Neon Candle, Ceriann Williams and Sherman Theatre created a play that both modernises and relays the phenomenon of the St Vitus’ Dance which in 1518 struck the city of Strasbourg. 500 years later a Welsh millennial faces what some may call a ‘quarter life crisis’, and finds herself struck by the same…