Pros: An almost uniformly strong cast carries the production with great enthusiasm. Plus there are good songs and music, and innovative audience interaction.  Cons: A lacklustre performance from the title role lets down an otherwise excellent show. You can tell the moment you enter the theatre that this is going to be no ordinary performance. The space is filled with a grand piano, a double bed, a sofa, armchairs and other Victorian pieces of furniture – all of which looks ...

A charming, lively show that mixes lots of ingredients with great skill.  

Two new pieces of varying quality open this festival that champions the new and the different.

No thrills, no spills. A jazz-era take on a great American classic that left us feeling cold.

A clever collaboration between a classical dance narrative (La Bayadère), dance history and modern thought and interpretation.

An enjoyable show which makes excellent use of an intimate venue.

An entertaining and engaging play, which will keep you guessing until the end.

Although the writing could do with some tightening to increase its cross-generational appeal, Lagden’s onstage presence is so captivating and the props and sound are so well worked that this short piece stands up.

An excellent tale energetically performed by a great cast, but this re-written version of Strindberg’s 1888 play doesn’t always ring true to present day.

A very pacey and amusing hour well spent and a corking Welsh Cake provided at the end.