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This week I had the pleasure of interviewing British award-winning actor, writer and director (and fellow Northerner) Mike Jibson. You may have seen him in the true crime BBC production ‘Four Lives’ released in January this year, where he played the distasteful character of DC Slaymaker. This interview gave a real insight into how he got where he is today. Despite Mike’s on-screen successes, his career started off in musical theatre, and during the interview it was fascinating to learn…
Boyzlife announce the ‘Old School’ headline tour across the UK, which will see the band perform new songs from their upcoming original material studio album, ‘Old School’, due on May 6 and classic hits from Boyzone and Westlife. Boyzlife will kick off their colossal 27-city outing on Monday 22 September at Liverpool’s premier arts and entertainment the Philharmonic Hall, and make a stop at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Sunday 2nd October. Boyzlife is the supergroup formed by long time…
After stealing the show at the Royal Variety Performance not once but twice in recent years, Welsh comedian Rod Woodward returns to his home town to play at the New Theatre for the first time in his career on Saturday 26th February 2022. Despite numerous awards and TV credits to his name, Canton born Rod believes playing the grand old venue is “a serious itch he needs to scratch”. “I’ve been fortunate to play most of the other great Welsh…
Winter Artwork Show Cardiff Made 20 November 2021 – 24th December 2021 Visit: www.cardiffmade.co.uk A Christmas Carol Sherman Theatre 26 November 2021 – 31 December 2021 Visit: www.shermantheatre.co.uk Acapela Studios 22nd December 2021 Christmas with the Rat Pack and Marilyn visit: www.acapela.co.uk Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland Tuesday 16 November 2021 – Sunday 2 January 2022 Now set over two stunning sites at City Hall and Cardiff Castle with additions including the Ice Bar and an outdoor roof terrace. Get your skates…
A major charity match-funding initiative by the National Emergencies Trust and Crowdfunder UK has announced it will remain open over the coming weeks to enable Welsh charities and groups to cope with seasonal increases in demand. The Local Action Fund launched on 22 September to offer funding to community and voluntary organisations to help them counter the financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Eligible charities simply have to set up a fundraising campaign on Crowdfunder UK, and the National Emergencies…
Human Appeal, one of the UK’s fastest growing NGOs, is returning its UK-wide winter Comedy Takeover to raise money for the Winter Emergency Appeal. The tour will take place in Glasgow, Leeds, Bradford, Manchester, Blackburn, Birmingham, Cardiff, Leicester, London, Croydon, Ilford, Luton and Slough with COVID guidelines in place. Comics on the bill this winter include Ali Official, star and writer of hit series Muzlamic (BBC), judge of the BBC New Comedy Awards and presenter of the BBC’s Being British…
Noah’s Ark fundraisers (from left): Holly Padfield, Andrea May, Lucy Toutt and Vicky Toutt Six brave fundraisers have raised £1850 for Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital by facing their fears on the world’s fasted seated zipline, situated at the old Tower Colliery mining site in Aberdare. Swansea Building Society cashier, Vicky Toutt, joined her sister-in-law Ceri Toutt and four other ladies to take part in the event organised by Noah’s Ark at Zip World Tower in the Rhigos mountain range….
Max J Hayward, Bartender at Lab 22 Bar in Cardiff won the Judges’ Choice prize with his cocktail, The North Coast Southside, a nod to the gin which is made in the UK mainland’s most northerly distillery, on the coast of Scotland. His recipe was chosen by the Judging Panel from a shortlist of 5 extraordinary entries to a national contest. The competition marked International Scottish Gin Day® (ISGD) held earlier this month. He wins a case of Rock Rose…
Nathalene had a stroke while she was still in the womb and was born with cerebral palsy. This has affected her movements down the left side of her body. Her family and their supporters fundraise for regular month-long constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT), which has helped her regain the use of her left hand. Fundraising for Nathalene’s therapies as well as for accommodation and other costs around the sessions continues. Mum Katie Szekely, 31, from Pentwynmawr, said: ‘We’ve been fundraising…
Military children from two primary schools in Cardiff took part in a free virtual workshop run by the charity Little Troopers this week. The children from Pontprennau Primary School and Oakfield Primary School all have parents currently serving in the British Armed Forces and logged in to the Little Troopers at School workshop with 260 other children from across Wales. Using storytelling, imaginative play, drawing, movement and drama, the children got to explore some the unique challenges that forces life…
