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We're almost done packing up Sherman ready to move into our temporary offices for the building redevelopment - but before the work starts we have one final show - Oedipus | Antigone - which will be performed in the empty hallways, dressing rooms and stages of the Sherman building. This really will be a unique chance to see the building as you've never seen it before.
Tickets are limited and already largely booked up - book the last few remaining tickets now on 029 2064 6900 (telephone bookings o… Continue

Cardboard Dad opened at Sherman last week and after going to one of the first performances, I can wholeheartedly recommend it – it’s a beautifully written, funny, quirky piece.

Based around the idea from America, where families can order ‘Flat Daddies’ when their loved ones are away on duty with the army (Google it – the pictures are weirdly fascinating!), Cardboard Dad is the story of Donna, who after receiving her ‘Cardboard Dad’, finds her life turned upside down.

As an audience member, you… Continue

Don't forget Directors' Week this week (9 - 12 Sept) at Sherman. Sita Calvert-Ennals, Sarah Bickerton and Bridget Keehan have been mentored by established directors as part of the year-long Directors' course run by Sherman Cymru and Living Pictures. Now, for the culmination of their course, they each direct a show professionally produced at Sherman.

Sita Calvert-Ennals directs Frozen, a hard-hitting play by Bryony Lavery about a mother whose daughter is abducted and killed by a serial killer.… Continue