24/06/2019

FOOD BANK COLLECTION You will remember that at the Glenn Tilbrook concert earlier in the year we assisted the Pontypridd food bank by collecting donations of food for the centre. We had a tremendous response from our audience members so we have decided to do it all over again. The Food bank are particularly interested in receiving the following: UHT milk UHT fruit juice Small multi-pack cereals Tins of fish Tins of Rice pudding Tins of Custard Chocolate Biscuits We…

24/06/2019

  Welsh National Opera Presented the fourth opera in their current Freedom season in The Weston Studio at Wales Millennium Centre. A colourful and stunning performance from the WNO’s Youth Opera made this the perfect addition to the Freedom Season, A clear, strong statement of the importance of human rights and standing up for what we believe in. Brundibár is the story of Pepíček played by Alfie Jones, and Aninku played by Manon Thomas, who venture to the market to…

24/06/2019

Transporter written and performed by Catherine Dyson was presented to an intimate audience at Sherman Theatre Cardiff. It was the simple but effective set up that ensured that Transporter was an intimate and intense experience, situated in The Studio with its black walls and curtains matched by a dark colored floor and only a desk with a computer tablet, some paper and a glass of water on it, which filled you with intrigued before a serene Catherine Dyson took to…

24/06/2019

Credit: Emile Holba commissioned by Dimensions. Not-for-profit support provider Dimensions is launching a new photography project, giving a platform for people with learning disabilities and autism to show their most prized possessions.   The project, being previewed in Cardiff today by Dimensions Cymru and is the first of its kind to explore how seemingly everyday objects can play a vital role in giving people with autism and learning disabilities agency and ownership over their lives.   Personal possessions help all of us…

24/06/2019

  To celebrate the England women’s football team taking part in the FIFA 2019 Women’s World Cup, Lucozade Sport is offering up 90,000 minutes of free football to all Women across the UK. The partnership with the FA, will see free pitch time available at Cardiff Power league and Goals football centre’s this summer.   The iconic sports drinks brand Lucozade Sport is announcing the giveaway as part of its campaign to inspire support for and participation in women’s football…

21/06/2019

Pakistan’s National University of Sciences and Technology’s team AirWorks Beta crowned champions Teams from Queen’s University Belfast took second and third places Southampton’s Team Volta won the Innovation prize and Bath’s Team Drones received the Best Design Award Pakistan’s National University of Sciences and Technology’s team AirWorks Beta won the UAS Challenge 2019 drone competition, which attracted teams of young engineers from the UK and abroad to a “fly-off” this week at the Snowdonia Aerospace Centre in North Wales. Teams…

21/06/2019

  Launching on 29th June 2019, Aqua Splash sessions will provide the ultimate inflatable fun, all laid out in the swimming pool. If you are 8 or over, enjoy a challenge, and think that you have what it takes to complete the water based inflatable assault course, then make Aqua Splash a must do weekend activity. Sessions will run every Saturday and Sunday from 1.30 – 2.30pm and they will be offering the chance to hire the inflatable out for…

21/06/2019

  “This timeless story of forbidden love, repressed emotions and teenage discovery is no better told than by the young.” First things first, this is Matthew Bourne’s Romeo + Juliet, and there are so many changes to the original version. Shakespeare scholars may question ‘why’ the story changes as Romeo and Juliet is supposed to be about power, corruption, gang violence, young love and tragic consequences, and the effects on the people that become trapped in that crossfire. So yes,…

20/06/2019

    Local girl from Cardiff, Ling Lin, has won the title of Miss Teen South Glamorgan and a place in the prestigious grand-final of Miss Teen Great Britain 2019. Ling Lin, from Cardiff has seen off hundreds of teens from across Great Britain to make it to the grand final. Ling says: “I am so excited to have made it to the final, it is definitely a great achievement, as there were so many gorgeous semi-finalists! I feel honoured…

20/06/2019

  Amnesty Cardiff group will unveil giant knitted chain as part of ‘Knit for Naz’ craftivism campaign Dane Baptiste, Robin Morgan, Angela Barnes and Clint Edwards to perform Amnesty International’s Cardiff group is to stage a high-profile comedy event in support of the jailed UK-Iranian woman Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe. The ‘Stand-Up in the Park’ event, part of the Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival, will be held in Sophia Gardens on Sunday 7 July, and will feature well-known comedy circuit performers Dane…