Two Welsh charities unite ahead of Wales’ largest celebration of equality and diversity. Cardiff Deaf Centre and Pride Cymru have come together to meet the needs of the deaf and hard of hearing community in Wales during the annual Big Weekend (23-25 August). The two charities will collaborate fully, making Deaf Pride Wales a part of Pride Cymru’s Big Weekend, which is celebrating it’s 20th year. As a charity Cardiff Deaf Centre is undergoing a large development programme that…

Distinguished New York-born, London-based singer-songwriter Nell Bryden today announces a UK tour for June and July 2019, an intimate set of dates to support the release of her new EP, Soundtrack To Little Wing (Part 1). The shows will offer Bryden’s legions of fans the chance to see her, up close and personal, in a trio format with her longtime bandmates Ali Petrie (keyboards) and Sebastian Hankins (drums). The extensive, 15-date itinerary will see Bryden returning to her roots and…

  Peculiar Productions returns to The Gate Arts Centre after their successful production of Terry Pratchett’s news-satire The Truth last year. This time, the group is tackling one of Pratchett’s best-known novels – comedy crime thriller Men at Arms. Captain Vimes has been landed with a new hiring policy that means his City Watch must include members from the city’s populations of trolls, dwarfs, gargoyles, and the undead. On top of managing tensions between his new recruits, Vimes must also contend with a…

  Around 120 children from 6 special schools competed in The Lady Taverners inter-school sports day at the National Indoor Athletics Centre in Cyncoed. Heronbridge, Meadowbank, Ty Gwyn, Riverbank, Ysgol y Deri and The Hollies competed in sports from wheelchair races, long jump, table tennis, skittles and egg and spoon races. The event finished a relay race and a lap of honour with all the children taking part. Face painting was kindly provided by Acorns Nurseries. Glamorgan County Cricket Club…

Coming soon to Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay: with seven outlets already across South West England, Hubbox, is set to open its first restaurant in Wales Schroder UK Real Estate Fund (‘SREF’) has signed a deal to bring Hubbox to Mermaid Quay, the popular 150,000 sq ft mixed-use destination on the waterfront in Cardiff Bay, as the fund continues its multi-million pound strategic repositioning of the scheme.   Hubbox is a small, independent chain with seven outlets across South West England, this…

ROB BECKETT: WALLOP! UK Tour 2019 “There are hints that his eyes are set firmly on arenas that are as big as that mouth of his”– METRO   “Relentlessly smiley, perpetually grinning Londoner whose unshowy, unpretentious but thoroughly funny shtick has every chance of winning him a big audience” – GUARDIAN   Rob Beckett is back on tour with a brand-new stand-up show. It’s been a busy few years for the Mouth of the South – and he’s coming to see…

  NICK HELM: PHOENIX FROM THE FLAMES UK & Ireland Tour 2019   ‘A true comedy daredevil’ – TIME OUT **** ‘Genuinely exciting’ – TELEGRAPH ***** ‘A comic tour de force’ – MAIL ON SUNDAY ****   Following on from his return to the Edinburgh Fringe after six long years,  Helm is back on tour to remind the world of what they’ve been missing out on. Resurrected from the ashes, come and witness two-time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and International…

The Luka State are attempting to play 100 x live shows in 2019 and are already well on their way to achieving that target (just imagine how many Ginsters these boys must be consuming?!) – they play Swansea Sin City on Saturday 6 July.   THE LUKA STATE ADD NEW LIVE DATES TO SPRING/SUMMER 2019 UK & IRISH TOUR  + NEW SINGLE ‘GIRL’ IS OUT NOW  WATCH ‘KICK IN THE TEETH’ LIVE AT GLASGOW BROADCAST; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmmnuKlwKTQ&feature=youtu.be   “Ones to watch”,…

Fearless.org, the youth service of the charity Crimestoppers, is launching a new film this week to raise awareness of how ‘County Lines’ drug gangs exploit young people to move and sell drugs. The film – ‘Running the Lines’ – was made for the Fearless Wales project by ‘It’s My Shout’ productions. It follows the character Evan who is groomed, exploited and threatened into becoming a drug runner for a London-based organised crime gang. The fictional story is inspired by accounts…

Research ahead of Public Service Day reveals how shockingly under-valued our NHS, education, policing and civil service servants are   Nurses have been named as the most under-appreciated public sector professionals by workers in Cardiff.   Almost 5.4m people are employed in the public sector and civil service across the UK but research by public sector membership club Boundless has revealed how rarely they get thanked.   The research, which polled 2004 UK workers in advance of the UN’s Public…