stage
Missing Taliesin Arts Theatre, Swansea. £10-£18.50. class on the phenomenon of Concentrating on WWII this by the Owen Money Theatre Theatre, Cardiff. 10.30am +
Centre, Swansea. 11.30am Info 01792 475715. (Until laughter, taken by Jos Houben. evening. (Until Sat 21) Company. (Until Sun 22) 7pm, £8.50-£17.50. Info 029
+ 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01792 Sun 15) Jimmy Carr Wales Millennium Kismet Grand Theatre, 2087 8889. Concentrating on
602060. Theatr Iolo’s “modern Martin Bigpig Mor + Craig
mondaY 16
Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, Swansea. 7.15pm, £8-£13. Info WWII in the morning and WWI
fairytale”, concerning a brother Campbell + Inder Manocha
Barti Ddu Wales Millennium
£22.50. Info 08700 402000. 01792 475715. (Until Sat 21) in the evening. (Until Sat 21)
searching for his missing sister. + Jason Wood Glee Club,
Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1 + 7pm,
Kismet Grand Theatre, Michael Mcintyre Cardiff Kismet Grand Theatre,
Oliver! Theatr Brychieniog, Cardiff Bay. 7.45pm, £16. Info
£7-£14. Info 08700 402000.
Swansea. 7.15pm, £8-£13. International Arena. 7pm, £30. Swansea. 7.15pm, £8-£13. Info
Brecon. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0871 4720400.
Child-friendly pirate adventure
Info 01792 475715. The Abbey Info 029 2022 4488. Also on Sat 01792 475715. (Until Sat 21)
01874 611622. (Until Sat 14) Oliver! Theatr Brychieniog,
in Welsh, presented by Cwmni
Players presnt this tale of 21. This date is sold out. On The Edge: Straight
Ray Peacock + Ed Gamble Brecon. 2 + 7.30pm, £14/£12.
Mega.
Arabian extravagance. (Until On The Edge: Straight Talk Talk The Riverfront, Newport.
+ Mark Olver Grand Pavilion, Info 01874 611622. (Finishes
Linda Marlow: The World’s
Sat 21) Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.45pm, £4. Info 01633 656757.
Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £7. Info today)
Wife Wales Millennium Centre,
On The Edge: Straight Talk 7.30pm, £3. Info 01792 463980. Script-held performance of a
01656 815995. A Comedy Onegin St Edward’s Church,
Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Script-in-hand performances play by Dan Anthony.
Network night. Cardiff. 2pm, £8/£6. Info 029
08700 402000. Stage version of
8pm, £3. Info 029 2030 4400. A of works by contemporary play- Peter Karrie The Met,
Rich Hall & Otis Lee 2070 7629.
the poems of Carol Ann Duffy.
new play by Dan Anthony which wrights. Abertillery. 2.30pm. Info 01495
Crenshaw Pontardawe Arts Shh! Wales Millennium Centre,
Plum (...And Me, Will!)
is the 10th in this season of ScriptSlam Sherman Theatre, 322510. Afternoon show from
Centre. 8pm, £15. Info 01792 Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £10/£8. Info
Blackwood Miners’ Institute.
script-in-hand performances. Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2064 the man who I don’t think has
863722. 08700 402000.
11am + 1.30pm, £4.50/teachers
Plum (...And Me, Will!) 6900. Four new 10-minute plays actually appeared in these
Romeo & Juliet Grand The Brigands Grand Pavilion,
free. Info 01495 227206. On
Blackwood Miners’ Institute. by new writers are performed listings for a while. I hope’s
Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £8.50/£8.
tomrorow also.
11am + 1.30pm, £4.50/teachers script-in-hand. been OK.
7.15pm, £8.50/£6.50. Info 01792 Info 01656 815995. WS Gilbert’s
Travelling Light Aberystwyth
free. Info 01495 227206. She Stoops To Conquer The Steve Williams + Paul
475715. (Finishes today) opera, presented here by Mid
Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £5/£3. Info
She Stoops To Conquer Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, Thorne + Tom Stade +
Shh! Wales Millennium Centre, Glamorgan Savoyards.
01792 623232. New short plays
Pontardawe Arts Centre. £5-£11. Info 01633 656757. Dave Fulton Glee Club, Cardiff
Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £10/£8. Info The Glass Menagerie
developed by emerging drama-
7.30pm, £9/£7. Info 01792 Presented by Mappa Mundi. Bay. 7.45pm, £9/£6 NUS. Info
08700 402000. New dance thea- Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30
tists. Today: Use by Christina
863722. Drama. The Dorothy Squires Story 0871 4720400. (Until Sat 21)
tre installation created by Sue + 7.30pm, £8-£14. Info 029
Katic and Feathering The Dark
Theatr Elli, Llanelli. 7.30pm, The Europeans The
Williams and Roy Campbell- 2064 6900. (Finishes today)
by Chris Kinsey. WEdnESdaY 18
£8-£10. Info 0845 2263510. Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm,
Moore, which takes place in a Turandot Aberystwyth Arts
Cappucino Girls Parc &
One-woman musical drama £7/£5. Info 01633 656757. The
‘virtual house’. On tomorrow Centre. 6pm, £17.50. Info 01792
Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm,
looking at the life of this Welsh 17th century wars between the
also. 623232. Live screening of this
TUESdaY 17
£15.50/£12.50. Info 01443
diva who was married to Roger Christian and Turkish empires
The Glass Menagerie opera from the New York Met
Andy Parsons The Riverfront,
773112. Mal Pope’s play,
Moore for a bit. I hope in 30 is the basis for Vista Theatre’s
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. Opera House.
Newport. 8pm, £15/£13. Info
directed by David Williams,
years’ time someone does a poetic drama. (Until Sat 21)
7.30pm, £8-£14. Info 029 2064
01633 656757. TV-happy
which by all accounts I will like
similar thing to this, but with Travelling Light Aberystwyth
6900. (Until Sat 14)
SUndaY 15
comedian.
if I like Desperate Housewives.
Isabella Ice. Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £5/£3.
Tyner Yw’r Lleuad Heno
Days Of Significance
Claytime Wales Millennium (Until Fri 20)
Utterly Crystallized The Info 01792 623232. New short
Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan.
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, £6. Comedy Night The Garage,
North Star, Cardiff. 8-11pm, plays by Liz Jones and Jenifer
7.30pm, £7.50-£10. Info 01239
7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2064
Info 08700 402000. Interactive Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792
free. Info 029 2062 4050. Tuckett.
621200. (Finishes today)
6900. The Royal Shakespeare
theatre for children.
Company present a non-
645007.
Experimentica 09 Chapter Days Of Significance ThURSdaY 19 FRidaY 20
SaTURdaY 14
Shakespeare work, about two
Arts Centre, Cardiff. £6/£5
lads who go out on a pissup
Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 1.30 An Evening Of Musical An Evening Of Musical
6 Characters In Search (day pass) / £14-£25 (full week
before becoming soldiers. (Until
+ 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 Theatre Royal Welsh College Theatre Royal Welsh College
Of An Author New Theatre, pass). Info 029 2030 4400.
Sat 21)
2064 6900. (Until Sat 21) Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.
Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, Today features Eve Dent & Zoe
Dog In Snood Koko Gorilaz,
Far South Chapter Arts Centre, 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039
£8.50-£25. Info 029 2087 8889. Gingell, Sian Robinson Davies,
Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029
Cardiff. 8pm, £4-£6. Info 029 1391. Featuring third year vocal 1391.
(Finishes today) Sam Hasler & Leo Devlin,
2034 1767.
2030 4400. A multimedia work students from the RWCMD. On Cappucino Girls Parc &
Cinderella + Lyric Suite Katherina Radeva, Geumhyung
Extraordinary World Wales
by Des Barry that includes tomorrow also. Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm,
Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Jeong (“a lecture perform-
Millennium Centre, Cardiff
filmed interviews, short films Cappucino Girls Parc & £15.50/£12.50. Info 01443
7.30pm, £12-£16. Info 01792 ance that explains how a JCB
Bay.80pm, £8-£12. Info 08700
and readings from Barry’s novel. Dare, Treorchy. 2 + 7.30pm, 773112. (Finishes today)
623232. Two ballet pieces, the transformed her sex life”),
402000. Standup comedy meets
Not sure if this constitutes a £15.50/£12.50. Info 01443 Cell Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
first by Michael Corder and the and Gerlad Tyler vs Limbo.
dance from a pair who call
stage performance but you get 773112. (Until Fri 20) 7.45pm, £6/£4. Info 01792
second by Morgann Runacre- (Finishes today)
themselves the New Art Club.
the idea anyway I hope. Days Of Significance 623232. Uhuh Dance’s perform-
Temple. Lazytown Live! Grand
Gorseinon Performing
Footloose The Musical Lyric Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. ance of a piece centred round
Dewin Ar Os Lyric Theatre, Theatre, Swansea. £10-£18.50.
Arts College Foyer, Wales
Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2064 the idea of Josef Mengele
Carmarthen. 7pm, £8-£10. Info Info 01792 475715. (Finishes
Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.
£8-£10. Info 0845 2263510. 6900. (Until Sat 21) being imprisoned in a cell with
0845 2263510. (Until Sat 14) today)
1pm, free. Info 0870 402000.
Presented by Merlin Youth Eddie Izzard Cardiff someone whose disability would
Experimentica 09 Chapter LJC Academy Of Dance &
Gulliver Torch Theatre,
Theatre. (Until Sat 21) International Arena. 7pm, £30. have led to his incarceration or
Arts Centre, Cardiff. £6/£5 Drama St David’s Hall, Cardiff.
Milford Haven. 7.30pm. Info
Gulliver The Welfare, Info 029 2022 4488. On tomor- execution under Mengele’s own
(day pass) / £14-£25 (full week 3pm, £10.50. Info 029 2087
01646 695267. Hijinx present
Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm. Info row also. policies. In Cardiff on Sun 22.
pass). Info 029 2030 4400. 8444. Modern, tap and ballet
a new community-minded play
01639 843163. Far From The Madding Days Of Significance
Today features Eve Dent & routines from kids.
by Kit Lambert. Touring to
Horrible Histories New Crowd Aberystwyth Arts Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
Zoe Gingell, Chad Dembski, Pinnochio Wales Millennium
many Welsh and English venues
Theatre, Cardiff. 1.30 + 7pm, Centre. 7.30pm, £8/£6. Info 7.30pm, £5-£16. Info 029 2064
Paul Hurley, Los Torreznos and Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3.30pm,
(mostly out of our ‘area’); in
£8.50-£17.50. Info 029 2087 01792 623232. Thomas Hardy’s 6900. (Until Sat 21)
Baroque Barrett (see the Music £6. Info 08700 402000. Theatre
Ystradgynlais tomorrow.
8889. Concentrating on WWI in novel is adopted for the stage by Drones Comedy Club Chapter
listings). (Until Sun 15) for kids presented by Indefinite
Horrible Histories New
the afternoon and WWII in the Marc Healy. (Until Sat 21) Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.
Hansel & Gretel Memorial Articles.
Theatre, Cardiff. 7pm, £8.50-
evening. (Until Sat 21) Footloose The Musical Lyric Info 029 2030 4400.
Hall Theatre, Barry. 1.15pm, The Art Of LaughterWales
£17.50. Info 029 2087 8889.
Jack And The Beanstalk Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, Eddie Izzard Cardiff
£6/teachers free. Info 01446 Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Popular kids’ books are
Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. £8-£10. Info 0845 2263510. International Arena. 7pm, £30.
738622. Bay. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 08700
brought to this stage again.
7pm, £13/£10. Info 01874 (Until Sat 21) Info 029 2022 4488.
Lazytown Live! Grand 402000. A stage-based master- 611622. Family show presented Horrible Histories New Far From The Madding
live review
INSANE IN THE BRAIN
The Sherman, Tue 13-Wed 14 Oct
words BEN BRYANT
An energetic hip-hop dance interpretation of Ken Kesey’s classic novel, Insane In The Brain is a loopy,
highly stylised production that takes the explosive elements of the plot and sets them to a soundtrack that
includes Cypress Hill and System Of A Down.
The production does a decent enough job of distilling the essence of the 1960s novel, although the character-
isation questionable. Randle P. McMurphy isn’t even close to the fiery, redheaded anti-hero of Kesey’s novel,
replaced instead by a dozy, breakdancing waster with a ponytail who lacks any of the charm of Nicholson in
his landmark performance. Nurse Ratched’s laconic, icy manner, meanwhile, is barely visible. This is not a
production that ever sets out to convey the subtleties of Kesey’s novel, and the most moving scenes in the
film serve to actually hinder this stage production’s breakneck pace.
But that’s not really the point, because Insane In The Brain is at its most glorious when it abandons the
shackles of Kesey’s narrative and allows the choreographers’ imaginations to run riot. The opening montage,
a creepy, robotic dance from double-masked figures dressed in black, is brilliantly conceived. A night time
dormitory scene creatively reinterprets the characters’ dementia into a dizzying, energetic dance that makes
clever use of lighting. An 80s Fame interlude that has been shamelessly crowbarred into the production is
charming and gloriously realised. Brimming with energy, enthusiasm and more than a little madness, Insane
In The Brain succeeds in no small part because it is utterly bonkers, winning you over on the strength of its
sheer brazenness and vivacity.
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