Splinter, by Gemma Prangle, unearths the restlessness of grief and how nature manages to hold us in those moments where holding ourselves feels impossible.

The play stars Nia Gandhi (Enola Holmes 2, Casualty, Pijin/Pigeon) and Rhys Parry Jones (House of the Dragon, A Very English Scandal, Eastenders), and is co-directed by Nerida Bradley and Matthew Holmquist. This will be Red Oak Theatre’s first production as a Company In Residence at Sherman Theatre.

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Splinter

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O.G. Prince of Wales is an epic sword and sorcery, queer-romance saga about Owain Glyndŵr and Henry V. The rebel Prince and the anointed King go head to head in a hilarious and heart-rending new musical about that most human of struggles: the quest to find out who we are and where we belong.

Join us for the first step of the journey of this major new musical by Seiriol Davies (How to Win Against History, Milky Peaks, The Messenger and Betty! A Sort of Musical).

O.G.

Steven Kavuma and Mared Llywelyn’s Dal Gafael / Hold On is a gripping bilingual production that bears witness to a young person’s cry for a better future, destined to be shaped by the ancestry of their past.

Join the 24 strong cast – featuring some of Wales’ most talented young performers aged 16 – 22 and directed by Fio’s Dr Sita Thomas – in this tender and agonizing story with climate justice and questions of identity at its heart.

Dal Gafael / Hold On

Experience this modern Welsh classic in a major new production.

It’s nearly a decade since Gary Owen’s heart-wrenching Iphigenia in Splott took the world by storm, entrancing audiences and critics alike, winning awards and becoming an international smash-hit.

Now, in 2024, one of the most important plays in Welsh theatre history returns more relevant and resonant than ever. Alice Eklund’s powerful production of this new Welsh translation urgently brings this devastating classic to life once more, with a powerhouse performance from Seren Hamilton. Full of raw emotion, empathy, compassion and heart, this searing one woman play is a shattering wake-up call.

Iphigenia yn Sblot

A billionaire BigWig with a penchant for golf courses is closing the Welsh Cake factory. Join the outraged Peaceful Protesters and Risk Taking Radicals as they take on the power-hungry people in suits ripping the heart out of their town.

Grown-ups will laugh at the satire. Children will be inspired by the story. Make memories during the summer holidays on a fun family afternoon at the theatre.

Firmly putting their stamp on the script co-created with them by Davina Moss and Lowri Morgan, the rousing Sherman Youth Theatre eagerly bring the characters to life. This is controlled chaos delivered with energy and joy.

Have Your Welsh Cake and Eat It

Horrible Histories is back with revolting rulers and mad monarchs from Britain’s barmy past!

Would you be wooed by Richard the Lionheart? Are you ready for a date with King Edward I? Would you be shaken or stirred by Richard III? See Mary Tudor knock the spots off Mary Queen of Scots! Can evil Elizabeth entertain England? Will you be hanged by King James for being a witch? Sing along with crazy King Charles and move to the groove with party Queen Victoria!

Boasting the funniest and most outrageous regal scenes from the hit Barmy Britain shows, Rotten Royals promises Cardiff will be most amused!

Horrible Histories: Rotten Royals

Moscow 2001. Echoes of Soviet Russia linger and young Putin is flirting with the West, when two rebellious souls lose themselves in a vodka-fuelled romance.

Bringing audio diaries made on an old Walkman to life, Moscow Love Story is an untamed exploration of love and memory, paralleling personal boundaries with geopolitics in a world on the brink of transformation. Developed with support of Alma Alter Theatre Laboratory, Bulgaria and Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

Moscow Love Story

A high camp chaotic drag cabaret, written and performed by iconic Welsh mother and daughter drag duo Polly Amorous & Esther Parade.

Join Polly & Esther in this preview of their hotly anticipated Edinburgh Fringe debut, as they navigate chosen family, adolescence, and villainous low fat yoghurt based probiotic gut health brands – all whilst serving intergenerational c***!

A celebration of self-expression, a joyfully queer blend of drag, musical theatre and cabaret, and a tale of finding family in unlikely places.

Polly & Esther

Humanity, empathy, justice, and redemption.
There are few things to look forward to when transported to barren Australia, as a convicted felon. Amidst brutality and the squalid conditions of a newly founded penal colony, stories of empathy and redemption emerge.

Sherman Players bring intensity and heart to Our Country’s Good, the classic play by Timberlake Wertenbaker. The committed and talented non-professional Sherman Players bring to life intriguing, tormented characters, skilfully depicting the emotional connections made between officers and convicts among upheaval and uncertainty in 1780’s colonial Australia.

Our Country’s Good

Come and meet Rala Rwdins, Rwdlan, Dewin Doeth, Dewin Dwl, Llipryn Llwyd, Strempan – not forgetting Mursen the cat!

Come and join the characters as they embark on their holidays. And as always with this gang, there will be a lot of tricks, singing and laughing!

Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch are known for producing plays for children, and our Rala Rwdins productions have been an important part of the company’s work since the very beginning! Rala Rwdins and her friends have successfully gone from page to stage and to the small screen, and generations of children have grown up with the characters.

Cerdyn Post o Wlad y Rwla

This timeless story, based on Louisa May Alcott’s life, is brought to life in this smash hit musical which follows the adventures of sisters, Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March.

This award winning musical features a powerful score that soars with the sounds of personal discovery, heartache and hope.

Little Women: The Broadway Musical

Chat, company, coffee and theatre! Join us for the next edition of Tales and Tea, our regular morning get-together for older people.

Our Tales and Tea audience will get an exclusive preview of Odyssey ‘84 by Tim Price, in a rehearsed reading ahead of its world premiere performances in October.

We will gather in the Sherman Theatre foyer at 10am before the performance starts and you’re free to sit wherever you like so can be socially distanced if you’d prefer.

Tales and Tea: Odyssey ’84

Dr Jekyll is a kind, well-respected and intelligent scientist. But we all have a dark side, don’t we?

Join us as director Kevin McCurdy adapts this cult classic and investigates the duplicity of human nature and what happens when we meddle with the darker side of science. Featuring a thrilling score of pop rock hits from multi-Grammy and Tony nominated Frank Wildhorn & double Oscar and Grammy-winning Leslie Bricusse, Jekyll & Hyde has mesmerised audiences the world over.

Jekyll and Hyde

The Bohemians Theatre Company proudly present ‘The Misadventures of Pinocchio: The Radical Robot Girl!’

“We’ve changed a few names but the story’s the same…”

Join Pinocchio, the Radical Robot Girl, on her fantastical adventures as she leaves the cosy bunker where she lives with her caring father Joe – on a quest to save the planet!

A hilarious and exciting coming-of-age musical packed with extraordinary live music – this is a banging folk-rock fairytale for the modern age!

The Misadventures of Pinocchio: The Radical Robot Girl!

Don’t miss Deian and Loli’s first ever live theatre show as the mischievous pair explore the wonders and dangers of their fantasy world.

We all have to grow up sometime. Or do we?

It’s Deian and Loli’s first day in big school!

Deian is super excited but Loli really doesn’t want to go. On top of everything, the car keys are missing and they can’t go to school. Loli insists that her imaginary friend has stolen them – but Mum, Dad and Deian don’t believe in imaginary friends.

Deian has no choice but to join Loli in the search for the lost keys. So it’s time to say THAT magic word and freeze their parents as the twins go on the greatest adventure of their lives.

Deian a Loli

A thought-provoking, sinister satire where three seemingly ordinary Gen Z couples are thrust into the surreal world of the reality TV show – Couple Goals. As every element of their lives is commodified, the contestants’ reach breaking point. They’re humiliated and traumatised, but who is to blame – the naive contestants, the manipulative producers or us, the voyeuristic audience.

New 24: Couple Goals

Bute Park

One of the most famous shows by legendary director/choreographer Bob Fosse and featuring a joyous score with hit songs such as Big Spender and The Rhythm of Life.

Sweet Charity

Set in 18th century colonial Jamaica, Azuka Oforka’s searing new play powerfully explores the experience of women during slavery – those who benefited from it, those who were brutalised by it and those who fought to destroy it. The Women of Llanrumney puts Wales’s role in slavery centre stage; illuminating a hidden chapter of Welsh history.

The Women of Llanrumney

But who else has made the guest list? Lowri’s determined to survive her brother’s wedding day. But as he prepares to start an exciting new chapter, is her own future and the family farm on the verge of ruin? Idris misses his old best friend and comes back to Llŷn for the big day. But will past secrets resurface to ruin everyone’s day?

After its roaring success at last year’s National Eisteddfod, join us for this laugh-out-loud comedy play by Gruffudd Owen directed by Steffan Donnelly, starring Mared Llywelyn and Mark Henry Davies.

Parti Priodas

I dislike audience participation.

I think it’s creatively bankrupt, ethically questionable and if I see it mentioned in the blurb for a show, I will not attend due to moral objections and/or personal discomfort.
Anyway.
I’ve written something about that and it’s got just over 200 parts.
So…
Collaborator was conceived specifically to be performed in the round and is re-written a bit for each particular venue. This will likely be the fifth staging and something like the eighth rewrite and it’s actually getting quite good.

Daniel Kitson: Collaborator – A Work In Progress

April is always a particularly exciting time at Sherman Theatre. Once again, the Sherman will be taken over by youth theatre companies from across south Wales as we host the NT Connections Festival.

Theatre fans can feast on fresh new writing performed by bright young talent. The youth theatre companies themselves will have the opportunity to perform, learn new skills and make friends. Come down to the Sherman this spring and witness the future of theatre.

Replica

April is always a particularly exciting time at Sherman Theatre. Once again, the Sherman will be taken over by youth theatre companies from across south Wales as we host the NT Connections Festival.

Theatre fans can feast on fresh new writing performed by bright young talent including a performance of The Periodicals by our very own Sherman Youth Theatre. The youth theatre companies themselves will have the opportunity to perform, learn new skills and make friends. Come down to the Sherman this spring and witness the future of theatre.

The Periodicals

Dy Enw Marw

Performed by Porthcawl Comprehensive as part of Connections 2024.

April is always a particularly exciting time at Sherman Theatre. Once again, the Sherman will be taken over by youth theatre companies from across south Wales as we host the NT Connections Festival.

Theatre fans can feast on fresh new writing performed by bright young talent. The youth theatre companies themselves will have the opportunity to perform, learn new skills and make friends. Come down to the Sherman this spring and witness the future of theatre.

Orchestra

Charlie loves reading. Especially books about pirates. But his sister hates it – it’s boring! Can Charlie convince her that reading is fun? Perhaps if she read a book about a pirate, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading a book about a knight…

Come and delve into a range of books with Charlie Cook, brought to life with puppetry and enchanting songs, and perhaps you will be able to help his sister discover the wonderful world inside a book…

Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book

What happens when Ballroom meets Theatre? When magical myths meet real-life legends?

As part of an exciting new collaboration between the Welsh Ballroom Community and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Kiki Cymraeg features original spoken word performances by artists Lauren Morais, Nina Bowers and Leo Drayton, exploring what it means to be queer in Wales today.

Kiki Cymraeg (Scratch Performance)

2024 will be 100 years since the death of one of the most loved composers of Italian opera, Giacomo Puccini, and RWCMD will mark this by mounting Gianni Schicchi, his one act comic opera, which features ‘O mio babbino caro’, one of the most popular arias in all of opera.

Better known for his epic orchestral tone poems such as Fountains of Rome and Pines of Rome, twentieth century Italian composer Ottorino Respighi’s music is full of surprises, and his operatic account of Charles Perrault’s timeless fairy tale Sleeping Beauty is no exception.

Opera Double Bill

Life begins now

See the city and streets in which you live in a new light in Matt Hartley’s gloriously entertaining one woman play starring Vivien Parry (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club West End).

Jayne’s life is at a crossroads. Brought up in Rumney, she lived it up in Cyncoed, but after a bitter divorce she found herself living alone in Lakeside. Newly retired and at odds with her kids, a new way of living suddenly opens to her. But will she give herself permission to live her new life fully?

The Wife of Cyncoed

Having consulted with top Harley Street specialists, the St Anne’s Jombulance Brigade and Professor Twitty, that did covid, (the bald one), Count Arthur Strong has decided to gradually phase in his farewell tour over a yet to be specified number of parts, because of the likelihood of people doing ‘Cold Turkey’ in theatres over him. Whilst partial himself to the odd bit of cold turkey, it is banned in most theatre auditoriums, apart from in the north east, because of it getting trodden in to the carpets etc., and the cumulative smell. The management would appreciate your co-operation in this matter.

Count Arthur Strong… And It’s Goodnight From Him

Unconventional. Emotional. Inspiring.
Sherman Youth Theatre returns with The Periodicals.

Set in a dystopian future, not too far from our own world, The Periodicals follows a group of young people living outside of society. Determined not to be sent back to school, the Periodicals form their own alternative community.

Exploring issues important to our young people today – from mental health and friendship to the importance of having their voices heard – The Periodicals is an eye-widening experience to the very end.

Expelled from school and not even able to get a job at the chippy, Jax (she/they/whatever) is a cocky, loveable teen living with her Nan in a tiny, boring village.

When Jax meets Ffion, with her smart talk and loud looks, sparks fly. Queer teenage lust brings together this unlikely match in all its messy, clumsy and awesome glory.

Feral Monster follows Jax and her noisy, opinionated brain as they navigate love, identity, class and family.

Feral Monster

Ie Ie Ie is a Welsh adaptation of Yes Yes Yes; an award-winning show from award-winning Aoteaora/New Zealand-based theatre makers Karin McCracken and Eleanor Bishop. Directed by Juliette Manon, the show features honest interviews with young Welsh people, a gripping solo performance, and an opportunity for the audience to take part. This is an important piece of theatre about the real lived experiences of young people today that raises essential questions around healthy relationships, lust, and consent.

Ie Ie Ie

Chat, company, coffee and theatre! Join us for the next edition of Tales and Tea, our regular morning get-together for older people.

Our Tales and Tea audience will get an exclusive preview of The Wife of Cyncoed by Matt Hartley, in a rehearsed reading ahead of its world premiere performances in March.

We will gather in the Sherman Theatre foyer at 10.30am before the performance starts and you’re free to sit wherever you like so can be socially distanced if you’d prefer.
Tea and cakes will be served in the foyer afterwards and the Café Bar will be open for those wishing to purchase lunch.

Tales and Tea: The Wife of Cyncoed

Roll up, Roll up: Be amazed and amused in the wonderful world of Zoetrope!

Is an hour enough to learn the whole of human history? Probably not.

Is it enough time to be amazed, intrigued, and delighted? Definitely.

Imaginations will run wild as Chimps, lizards and skeletons leap and cartwheel across a stage exploding with clever effects and music.

This entrancing family experience combines all the fun of the fair with acrobatics and dance to explore the meaning of life, the origins of film and our attraction to magic.

Zoetrope

Lovingly tended by the women in her family and invigorated by big anthems on the karaoke, Shirley faces a crisis when she discovers plans to sell the pub, threatening to unravel everything.

In a whirlwind of self-discovery, Shirley re-examines her relationship with her body, questions the power she holds, and confronts her own complicity in the process.

Her story is an electrifying exploration of identity, agency, and womanhood, told with raw honesty, infectious humour, and music from some of our favourite divas.

Immerse yourself in the sharply real and wildly fantastical world of ‘SHIRLEY,’ where every night is a night to remember.

Shirley

Cancelled and reviled in the media, Edward Prosser Rhys’s 1924 crown-winning poem, ATGOF, faced a storm of abuse for depictions of lust and a same-sex romance. Bwystfilod Aflan explores these events through a contemporary lens, with an operatic monologue by Conor Mitchell, creator of Abomination: A DUP Opera, performed by tenor Elgan Llŷr Thomas; and a personal reflection on the original poem by actor/dancer Eddie Ladd; both created in collaboration with and directed by Jac Ifan Moore.

Bwystfilod Aflan

Heartfelt, passionate and moving, Odyssey ’84 tells of the adventures our ideals take us on. As the strike and the stand-off with the British Government begin, miner John O’Donnell (Odysseus) finds himself thrust into a fight for survival, taking him far from South Wales. Meanwhile, at home, his wife Penny (Penelope) goes on her own epic personal journey whilst striving to support her community. When they are finally reunited, not only has the world around them changed, but so have they.

Sherman Theatre Artistic Director Joe Murphy (Housemates, Tales of the Brothers Grimm) directs an exceptional cast including Rhodri Meilir as O’Donnell and Sara Gregory as Penny. With a sensational set and a soundtrack of 80s tunes, Odyssey ’84 promises a spectacular theatre experience to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the most tumultuous chapters in our recent history. Odyssey ’84 is a soaring hymn to the power of community and the true meaning of solidarity.

Odyssey '84

Exploring kindness, generosity and the value of what we do, Shôn Dale-Jones raises money for Save The Children’s Emergency Fund.

Funny, poignant and playful, The Duke weaves together the tragi-comic fate of a family heirloom – a porcelain figure of The Duke of Wellington, the quandary of a scriptwriter stretching his integrity and an unfolding disaster as thousands of children flee their homes. Blending fantasy and reality, this playful show gently challenges our priorities in a world full of crisis.

Shôn Dale-Jones: The Duke

Shôn’s 83-year old mother is waiting for some test results from the hospital. Shôn goes back home to the Isle of Anglesey to visit her. To relieve some pressure, she asks him to crack an egg on her head. All hell is let loose. Internet trolls appear in real life demanding Shôn stops abusing his mother and gets off the island

Shôn Dale-Jones: Cracking

Ebbie Scrooge is back!
Our laughter-filled, tear-jerking and utterly life-enhancing production of A Christmas Carol, first seen in 2021, returns for Christmas 2024.
Hannah McPake reprises the role of Ebenezer Scrooge in this critically acclaimed, smash-hit Christmas treat for everyone aged 7+.

A Christmas Carol

Little Red Riding Hood is the perfect introduction to theatre for children aged 3 – 6.

Christmas! It’s all about the presents, right? Giving and receiving them (but mainly receiving them). At least that’s what Red thinks… Especially when a super cool new red cape turns up in her stocking!

But when she gets lost in the woods on the way to her grandma’s house, her encounters with a hungry wolf show her that maybe Christmas is about more than just playing with her new toys. Join Red for a magical adventure filled with songs and laughter this festive season. This is going to be the best Christmas EVER!

Little Red Riding Hood

Yr Hugan Fach Goch is the perfect introduction to theatre for children aged 3 – 6.

Christmas! It’s all about the presents, right? Giving and receiving them (but mainly receiving them). At least that’s what Red thinks… Especially when a super cool new red cape turns up in her stocking!

But when she gets lost in the woods on the way to her grandma’s house, her encounters with a hungry wolf show her that maybe Christmas is about more than just playing with her new toys. Join Red for a magical adventure filled with songs and laughter this festive season. This is going to be the best Christmas EVER!

Yr Hugan Fach Goch

Escape to the edge of your seat for a double bill of National Dance Company Wales’ signature blend of brilliantly crafted, life-affirming dance.

AUGUST by Matthew William Robinson
As the sun set everything changed.

AUGUST is inspired by sunsets – a space between restraint and recklessness. AUGUST is about endings and saying goodbye. About the changes that fling us together and tear us apart.

Bathed in the fading colours of dusk and the neon accents of night, AUGUST navigates a sensual landscape shifting between the perilous and the beautiful.

Sherman Theatre

14 - 21 Sep, 2024

Splinter

Sep 21, 2024

Zoetrope

Sep 27 - Oct 5, 2024

Shirley

Oct 9, 2024

Bwystfilod Aflan

11 - 26 Oct, 2024

Odyssey '84

14 - 21 Sep, 2024

Splinter

Sep 7, 2024

O.G.

Sherman Theatre