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Picture of last year’s winners from Wales, Armistice Cantata, when they were presented with their Award by Katherine Jenkins   The 25th Birthday National Lottery Awards, the annual search for the UK’s favourite National Lottery-funded projects, is now open for entries.   The National Lottery Awards provide a golden opportunity to shine a light on and celebrate the inspirational projects and people who transform our communities and make extraordinary things happen thanks to National Lottery funding.   This is a…

Currently showing at the Wales Millennium Centre until the 27th April 2019 is the the musical production of The Bodyguard, which closely follows the plot of the the 1992 film starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. Starring as Rachel Barron is Alexandra Burke, she who won The X-Factor, so her impeccable voice is never questionable but can a great singer actually act?! Yes she can, and that means both serious and comedic, timings were spot on too. She portrays the…

PRIDE Cymru will be represented at this year’s London Marathon, as one of the charity’s event directors is getting ready to take on his first ever marathon in support of LGBTQ+ communities across Wales. On Sunday 28 April, Craig Michael, 48, will hit the starting line at this year’s Virgin Money London Marathon, hoping to raise significant funds for Pride Cymru. The Welsh-based charity was nominated as a regional charity to enter the UK’s most popular marathon by the Virgin…

Hair the Musical is now in it’s 50th Anniversary as the tour stops at New Theatre, Cardiff for five days. The show is a high energy dance filled delight.  Set in 1967, it follows the lives of a group of teenagers in an East village in New York.   The show is known for pushing against the boundaries of authority and society in 1967 and the modern offering does not disappoint.  The show tackles the issue of being drafted into the…

Carl Marsh: You are both working together again (Hanna – airs on Amazon Prime March 29th), in an indirect sort of way but who got the part first? Mireille Enos: I happened to be working over in Oxford, and David Farr (the writer of the show) was able to drive out. We sat down and talked about the part, and then I started reading it. He let me know that Joel was his greatest wish for Erik and that couldn’t…

Carl Marsh: We all know of your character Lee Nelson, even some might actually think he is a real person but what sort of experience do you want the audience leave with after seeing the show? Simon: Good question, funnier is what they will leave with. It’s part of the mini-tour, which I’m sure you know, that’s part of the Lee Nelson tour. The Serious Joker tour. I think this is something like the fourth leg of the tour. The…

Carl Marsh: The opening night of your new tour is here in Cardiff, will it all be new material or are you going to throw some of the old stuff in? Ben Haenow: Yes, I think you’ve got to do some of the older stuff, but I’ve had another album out since. I’m on my second album now and I’m also doing my third, so it’s going to be a lot of the new material and a lot of that…

  Carl Marsh: What is your go-to food? James Martin: Fish and chips. Without a shadow of a doubt. That’s my nemesis, fish and chips. Carl: What? From a chippy or home-cooked? James: A chippy. A chip shop, yes. You can’t get fish and chips cooked at home like you can do in a fish and chip shop. Carl: I know, but don’t you live down South (England) as I always was told they tasted nicer up North? James: Well,…

Title Track Featuring Lykke Li Out Now Academy, Grammy and Golden Globe-winning artist and producer, Mark Ronson, announced that his highly-anticipated fifth studio album, Late Night Feelings, will be released on June 21st via Columbia Records. The title track single “Late Night Feelings” feat. Lykke Li is available now. Late Night Feelings will feature collaborations with a diverse range of artists including Miley Cyrus, Camila Cabello, Alicia Keys, YEBBA, Angel Olson, King Princess, The Last Artful, Dodgr, Diana Gordon, and…

Around half of people (47%) living in Wales cannot correctly identify the large bowel on a diagram, according to a poll of 4,000 UK adults commissioned by Bowel Cancer UK. Just over a quarter of Welsh adults (26%) thought their small bowel was their large bowel, a common misconception. The remaining fifth confused their large bowel with their stomach (3%), liver (3%), pancreas (3%) and kidneys (2%), with seven per cent of people having absolutely no clue where their large…