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Our Town review – Michael Sheen brings warmth and wit to Welsh National Theatre opener

Thornton Wilder’s classic American play is transposed for this company’s inaugural production. The result is heartfelt, though its emotional bite can seem uncertain

The Guardian - UK · Jan 22

‘I can’t waste this’: Michael Sheen on his riskiest role yet – saving Wales’s national theatre

When funding cuts closed National Theatre Wales, the actor saw it as an emergency, and set about building a replacement. As its first show comes to the stage, he explains his plan to bring big productions back to his homeland

The Guardian - UK · Jan 18

The Guardian view on Michael Sheen’s new national theatre for Wales: an act of defiance

Welsh culture is in crisis. The actor’s intervention is to be applauded, but it is not a long-term solution

The Guardian - UK · Apr 4, 2025