Wales Arts Review

Wales Arts Review is dedicated to delivering top-notch critical writing from Wales, as well as insightful commentary about the country. This platform serves as a space for enthusiastic and knowledgeable arts critics, both local and from afar, to share their thoughts. Our contributors are not driven by personal agendas but are simply passionate individuals who deeply value culture and society. Established in March 2012, Wales Arts Review is a vibrant media hub that connects a new wave of critics and art enthusiasts, fostering lively and inclusive conversations about literature, theatre, film, music, visual arts, politics, and media.

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Wales Arts Review launches Production Arm

May 9, 2024 | walesartsreview.org | Ben Glover

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Men Up: Matthew Barry in Conversation

Dec 28, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Rhys John Edwards

Rhys John Edwards talks to Welsh writer Matthew Barry about his brand new drama, Men Up, set to premiere this weekend which tells the story of the first clinical trial of Viagra in 1990’s Swansea. Welsh writer Matthew Barry is experiencing a full-circle moment.
Richard John Parfitt on Class and the Gift of Ideas.

Dec 4, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Emma Schofield

In the latest in our series of Q&A’s with some of Wales’s leading artists, musicians, performers, and writers, Richard John Parfitt, founding member of 60 Ft. Dolls turned writer, discusses his inspirations and the process for writing his debut novel, Stray Dogs. Where are you from and how does it influence your work? I’m from Newport by way of Cwmbran although I now live in the Vale of Glamorgan. On the way I’ve lived in Toronto, the south of France and London.
A Year at Llandaff: Choir of Llandaff Cathederal

Nov 29, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | David Truslove

David Truslove listens to A Year at Llandaff, the new release from the Choir of Llandaff Cathedral and finds signs of robust choral health in Wales. This recent disc from Regent Records and the Choir of Llandaff Cathedral is a heartening sign of robust choral health in the Welsh capital. Recorded over three days in June 2022, there’s no sign of the decline or thinning of tone that has afflicted certain choirs in the UK two years after Covid 19.
At Crossed Purposes | Exhibition

Nov 8, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Rachel Mainwaring

Elysium Gallery in Swansea will this month play host to an exhibition At Crossed Purposes, featuring three-way conversations between two artists and a curator. The show, which runs from Saturday, November 10 until Saturday, December 23, is a creative curatorial project supported by 56 Group Wales that has led to the production of new work and new partnerships, a touring exhibition and accompanying book.
Baba Joon | Review

Oct 24, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Rhys John Edwards

Rhys Edwards reviews the new one-woman show from Lisa Zahra, Baba Joon, an exploration of the mixed-heritage experience in Wales. Baba Joon covers a lot of ground. In part, it is the story of a young man from Iran finding a new life in Swansea in the 1970s, but it also recalls the experiences of his daughter – Lisa Zahra – growing up in this city in the 1990s.
Hidden Voices of Power | Exhibition

Oct 23, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Rachel Mainwaring

Hidden Voices of Power is a new exhibition at the Elysium Gallery in Swansea and features Joel Morris, Melissa Rodrigues, Anna Smith, Nathan Thomas and Jasmine Violet and uses their work to tell the powerful stories which explore black bi-racial talent as artists trained and living in Wales.
Lisa Zahra and Izzy Rabey in Conversation

Oct 16, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Rhys John Edwards

As Lisa Zahra prepares to open her new play at Baba Joon this month, Rhys Edwards sat down to discuss writing and the rhythm of voices, with Lisa and director, Izzy Rabey. Lisa Zahra doesn’t think of herself as a writer. This is despite the fact that she has written a new play – Baba Joon, directed by Izzy Rabey – that is set to premiere at the Swansea Grand Theatre later this month. This is Lisa’s first play, and for the time being at least, she has no plans to write another.
Wall2Wall Jazz Festival: Abergavenny

Oct 11, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | Nigel Jarrett

Not even Covid lockdown could silence the annual Wall2Wall Jazz Festival in Abergavenny – it made videos of the music for streaming – and it has continued since to re-establish its loyal ‘live’ following. This year’s event was typical. Nigel Jarrett and Ian Mann reportHome is where the heart is and there’s a lot of heart in young pianist Eddie Gripper’s début album of the same name.
British Piano Concertos Vol 2: BBC NOW

Oct 3, 2023 | walesartsreview.org | David Truslove

David Truslove listens to a new release from Lyrita, featuring the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and pianist Simon Callaghan, as part of their British Piano Concertos Volume 2. Lyrita’s second instalment of British Piano Concertos forms another significant addition to the catalogue, providing a valuable spotlight on three rarely performed 20th century works, each receiving their recording premieres.