New Theatre

I just love the color of decorations inside the theatre. I went to see To Kill A Mockingbird, the second half is really good!

Fantastic Old Theatre
Like St David’s Hall, I’ve been visting the New Theatre since I was a child and it hasn’t really altered but that’s a good thing (if it isn’t broke, don’t fix it!). I’ve seen everything from pantomimes to Shakespeare to modern plays to ballets (always fantastic in the New Theatre) to dance shows and musicals. The theatre caters for all tastes and attracts wonderful shows. Staff are really helpful and pleasant and only once have I had a problem (very minor) and the manager contacted me the next day to apologise. The customer service is always excellent. I follow the New Theatre on Twitter and they provide lots of information about upcoming shows and when you can start booking. I’d also recommend signing up for their email newsletter because they sometimes offer some excellent deals (I recently saw Cadfael for half the normal price and I had good seats and the play was outstanding). The only place from which I haven’t had the greatest of views is from the boxes but you are warned of this on their website. I’ve always had a good night at this theatre and no doubt I shall have many more. I try to book to see something at least once a month here (ideally twice).
You can book online, in person or on the phone all easy and hassle-​free
There is ample free parking (after 6pm) not far from the theatre in the area around the Crown Court, Police Station and Museum and a few restaurants and bars nearby. If you want drinks for the interval then order in advance and you can buy the usual soft drinks, ice cream and sweets, which I’ve always thought are very reasonably priced.
I can’t wait to go tomorrow!

I adore this theatre and older generations tell me it hasn’t changed since they were small. It is still immaculately clean and kept in a fantastic condition though.
The staff are friendly and helpful and the prices not too steep. One thing though, book early as it is so popular that the good shows sell out quickly!
Five stars just aren’t enough for the New Theatre. Oh, and they welcome students unlike some other places!

I think it’s an important thing for a city to have a good, old fashioned Theatre. It provides a much needed platform for an art-​form which has been struggling for a long time. Outside London, theatres have struggled to attract good shows and keep audience numbers up.
It was, therefore, pleasing to see a full crowd for Simon Callow’s recent tour of ‘Shakespeare — The Man From Stratford’. This is exactly the kind of production that will keep theatres like this going, unfortunately, all too often you can see the dirge of pantomime taking over the theatre for weeks on end.
With tickets available for as little as £5 it is incredibly cheap and worth considerably more.
Located in the middle of town, just walking distance from many of the clubs and bars, it is a reminder that an evening out can be about something other than drinking or eating. So much do bars and restaurants dominate the evening scene in Cardiff, it’s worth remembering that the New Theatre is the perfect venue if the show is right.

The New Theatre is an old classic looking theatre that I always remember when visiting it on school trips to see what shows they had. I vaguely remember seeing ‘The Hobbit’ on stage and that was enjoyable. The New Theatre is one of the oldest buildings in Cardiff and still delivers shows for everybody.
If I were to put a certain category of shows the New Theatre has it would be pantomimes. Everyone loves the pantomime and The New Theatre knows this, it has had shows like Aladin, Dick Whittington and a variety of other shows. It does have some drama plays too. I went to and see Romeo and Juliet with my girlfriend. However, this does bring me to mention a problem the auditorium has. We were sitting at the back of the stalls and unfortunately we had a giant pillar between our seats so we couldn’t even see each other, this wasn’t exactly the most romantic way to spend an evening watching Romeo and Juliet’s final scenes and all I have to comfort me is a pillar. New Theatre I beg of you, please knock this pillar down.
The New Theatre is an old classic theatre that still has a buzz when a performance starts. It may not have the most contemporary shows but it’s brilliant for families. My only problem is that annoying pillar. Knock it down!

Though not actually new anymore this theatre is a very good one, particularly for the diversity of shows it plays host to.
A great variety of shows are preformed here. The New Theatre has housed musicals and plays — and big famous touring ones at that, Blood Brothers and The Woman In Black are apt examples — as well as more unusual things like radio shows and smaller solo pieces. There’s also an annual pantomime here that’s usually very successful and if you’re lucky you may even see some famous names treading the boards.
I’ve attended a few performances here I found the place very agreeable. The décor and furnishings are eye-​catching without being over the top, the seats are comfortable (and I’m six foot three so that’s saying something) and the bar is open, roomy and well stocked. Getting home after the performance is easy as well since there’s a taxi rank just across the road and several bus stops just along it.

I went to see Rain Man here a few months ago featuring Oliver Chris and Neil Morrisey. As a theatre virgin as it were, I entered with much trepidation, unsure of what to expect. I was highly impressed. It’s decorated quite lavishly in a pretty old-​fashioned way. It certainly conformed to every imagining I had of what a theatre should look like inside and was in keeping with the history of the building, built in 1878.
Onto the bar then! The service was quick and the drinks were reasonably priced. A surprise, as I thought I’d get stung for a drink here. A cool service they provided (I have no idea if this is standard fare or not) is that you could order drinks for the intermission, so when you come out, rather than waste any precious time queueing and paying, your drinks are there waiting for you with your name on! I thought this was brilliant.
As nobody really wants to stand up in the middle of a tense scene and shuffle past an entire row, there was the expected mad rush for the bathrooms at the end of the performance but the toilets were adequately sized which was great.
I’m not a big theatre person but I had a really enjoyabke night here and would definitely go back if something that took my fancy came to town.

The name in its self states what the place exists for; and they show many types of plays here too, regularly. The tickets are reasonable prices and they often do discounts for React Card holders, student discounts, older people and children.
It is a lovely theatre and I have seen many plays here and will go back again. I have seen; Cats, Godspell, West Side Story, Blood Brothers, A View From the Bridge (a school trip and we got to ask the actors questions about the play afterwards), Peter Pan and many, many more. All very professionally performed and produced and they where immensely entertaining, I remember them all thoroughly.
There are only a few floors for the building as a whole and it can get very busy. The queue’s for women often end up out of the door, so I would advise you that you go to the toilet beforehand.
You can buy programmes for the show and Ice Cream. I recommend it to all as the service is very good and you can also buy drinks at the bar in the breaks.

The striking New Theatre building is no longer actually very new — it was constructed using red brick and Bath Stone and opened more than a hundred years ago, right in the centre of Cardiff.
Inside it’s quite lavishly decorated and furnished in red and gold, giving it that rich, dramatic look that you often find in old-​fashioned theatres.
The building itself is impressive, but of course on the night a theatre experience is only good if the production is enjoyable. The New Theatre is still one of Cardiff’s main theatres, and hosts lots of big touring productions featuring famous faces, including plays, musical theatre, an annual panomime, and various children’s shows. The theatre’s variety of performances mean it attracts all sorts of people, young and old, both regular theatre-​goers and people who might go once a year or even less. If you pick the right production, the New Theatre is a fantastic little venue — far more intimate than St David’s Hall or the Millennium Centre, and far more atmospheric than the modern Sherman Theatre.

When I imagine J.M.Barrie dreaming up Peter Pan, I imagine him in a place large enough to be awe inspiring, yet small enough to see the light sparkle off a thimble.
I imagine that the very venue would inspire people to talk in hushed, excited voices. That people would put on their Sunday best to catch a midweek matinée.
I imagine that there would be the cheapest seats at the top, where people would squeeze in their knees and pay 50p for binoculars, only to forget about them halfway through Act I.
I imagine acoustic that would amplify a dying faerie’s tickles to three hundred pairs of ears.
I imagine a place where children won’t speak for two hours and adults will not even notice.
This is the New Theatre. Classic, magical and superb.

Having been to the New theater throughout my childhood and well into my adult life this place has a feeling of familiarity to it. Despite refurbishments and face lifts it’s feels like it hasn’t really changed and that’s what I like.
The décor is very is school, think plush red carpets and velvet drapes and lashings of gold. There’s a full bar and snack kiosk on every floor so during the interval you can pick up a bag of maltesers or something a wee bit stronger.
Prices depend entirely on the production, seating and time of day but there is something to suit most budgets if you pick carefully.
What I especially like is the variety of acts and performances, from hosting the Britain’s got talent auditions to being the venue for the ever reliable Cardiff panto. At Christmas time it’s nicely placed near the winter wonderland so for a full festive experience it’s good to visit both.
All in all, a big thumbs up to the New Theater for providing something that’s transcended childhood and continues to be magical.

Sooooo, awhile ago I went to see the tour of Grease stop by at the New Theatre.
I’ll try and stay away from talking about the actual production (Awesome by the way) and tell of the venue. It has a very classic red, rich feel to the place in that classic 50’s theatre style. The opposite of the more modernised St. David’s Hall. Also the size does not rival St David’s but gives a great personal feeling to productions as you feel very close to them.
The staff were lovely as well and was surprised at the speed of the bar staff serving. I thought I was going to do the great British tradition of the queue and tut routine, but alas a friendly barmaid was with me in minutes serving me my beer. The price stung a little, but you have to expect that at a theatre.
All in all I had a warm experience of the theatre and should really look for an excuse to take my lovely so I can go back.

It is quite difficult to review a theatre because, obviously, so much of your experience depends on the production that you saw. (I went to see The Hobbit with my boyfriend, which was — incidentally — fantastic.) However, I’ll give it a go.
The building itself is attractive, giving you the sense of really experiencing culture when you enter. It is nicely kept inside, plush carpet, elegant colour scheme, wonderful twisting staircase. It made me feel as though I should have been wearing a bonnet, and my boyfriend should have been twirling a cane — just wonderful.
We had already collected our tickets and the service had been brilliant. I had forgotten which address I’d entered as confirmation and they were very patient with me!
Our seats were extremely comfortable. There were binoculars available despite the fact that the theatre is so small that I could probably see every individual hair on Bilbo’s head.
The only downside for me was the loos, located on the lower ground floor, because they weren’t quite up to the standard of the rest of the building, although they were acceptable in themselves.
The other brilliant thing about the New Theatre is its location — it is close to town, and therefore has good access to buses/​trains/​taxis. It also means you can easily head out afterwards. Its proximity to Cathays/​Roath is excellent because that, combined with the student discount means there’s no reason not to go.

Beautiful Victorian style theatre which shows a wide variety of acts from drama to musicals and eveything in between.
With it’s central location (just off Queen St) there are lots of handy eateries nearby for pre-​show dinner or post-​show drinks.
Has a tendency to get rather cramped and hectic during intervals due to lack of space in the main assembly area which is why I couldnt award it the full five stars.