Dionne Warwick - St David¹'s Hall

2:36pm Monday 1st December 2008

FIVE minutes into "An Evening with Dionne Warwick ­ My Music and Me" and you realise here is a pop diva who doesn't suffer from modesty but then with a career that stretches back 45 years and a string of Bacharach and David hits behind her, she doesn't have anything to be modest about!

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A View From The Bridge, Blackwood Little Theatre

11:54am Friday 28th November 2008

THE cast of Blackwood Little Theatre again show how versatile they are with this challenging Arthur Miller play.

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Oklahoma, Newport Operatic Society, Dolman Theatre

1:41pm Wednesday 26th November 2008

IN these dark times, this production is just the thing to take you to a much warmer and happier place.

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The Mighty Boosh, CIA

1:29pm Wednesday 26th November 2008

enjoy my Boosh at home, sitting around the TV with my teenage children chuckling merrily along with the antics of Vince, Howard and co.

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Philharmonia Orchestra, St David's Hall, Cardiff

2:26pm Tuesday 25th November 2008

Orchestral showpieces are not to be found only among music that excites with its virtuosity.

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Abergavenny Symphony Orchestra, Our Lady and St Michael's RC Church, Abergavenny

2:25pm Tuesday 25th November 2008

Not many country towns in Britain can sustain a symphony orchestra or draw capacity audiences to its concerts.

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Paul Weller, CIA

3:22pm Monday 24th November 2008

NEVER have so many men who look like the Mitchell brothers gathered in one place at the same time.

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Independent Ballet Wales, Under Milk Wood, The Riverfront

3:25pm Monday 24th November 2008

Under Milk Wood has had a history spreading back nearly 65 years. Dylan Thomas’s observations of the sleeping town of New Quay written as “Quite early one morning” and later recorded for radio formed the nucleus of what would become “Under Milkwood” in 1954. Unfortunately the Welsh poet’s greatest known work would turn out to be his last, and before revising his manuscript, rumoured to be a response to the horrific atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Thomas died. The play was recorded for BBC Radio in 1954, but it was much later that it was adapted for stage and film.

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The Harpham Quartet, The Riverfront

3:20pm Monday 24th November 2008

THE current line-up of the prize-winning Harpham Quartet is different from the ones advertised for this concert, which suggests a none too fluid arrangement But on this showing, they could easily become part of a new generation extending the golden age of quartet-playing.

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West Side Story, Dolman Theatre

10:20am Friday 21st November 2008

Based on the Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story transforms the play to a musical set in 1950s New York. The story surrounds two rival gangs (the Jets and the Sharks) getting ready for a fight, when one of the Jets leaders falls in love with the sister of the rival gangs leader.

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