The Best of 2022: Our Number Ones

The Best of 2022: Our Number Ones

Welcome to Wales Arts Review’s Best of 2022! Over the past few weeks we have been nominating our top Welsh art and cultural offerings from throughout the year. We’re now excited to reveal our favourites from each category — read on for our 2022 number ones.

Welsh Albums

Bato Mato by Adwaith

Welsh Theatre

Operation Julie – Theatr na nOg and Aberystwyth Arts Centre

Welsh Visual Arts

Gwen John (Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff)

Welsh Fiction

Fannie by Rebecca F. John (Honno)

Welsh TV

Dal Y Mellt (S4C)

Welsh Non-Fiction

Welsh [Plural]: Essays on the Future of Wales, edited by Darren Chetty, Hanan Issa, Grug Muse and Iestyn Tyne

Welsh Books for Young People

The Mab, edited by Matt Brown and Eloise Williams

Welsh Opera and Classical

Puss In Boots – Mid Wales Opera

Welsh Poetry

Pearl and Bone by Mari Ellis Dunning