When I visited Benin for the first time over 15 years ago, I was in awe of the amazing hand painted signs that adorned shops and restaurants. The colours and the names the business owners had come up with; I thought the whole thing was…

If you head to Bristol Hippodrome this week expecting to see Lumière, Mrs Potts, Chip and the other characters that feature in the Disney version of Beauty and the Beast, you’ll be disappointed. But what you will see is a dark, magical and visually stunning…

A lion reading a newspaper. A gigantic lobster-like creature. An eccentric bird catcher. Bright orange suits. What do they have in common? The wonderful story that is The Magic Flute. Part of the Welsh National Opera‘s (WNO) spring 2019 season currently playing at Bristol Hippodrome,…