22nd October 2022, 7.30pm, City United Reformed Church Windsor Place, Cardiff, CF10 3BZ Created and composed by the celebrated Welsh pianist Geoff Eales, Spirit of the Mine is a powerful multi-media musical-drama that tells the epic story of the rise and fall of the Welsh coal-mining industry, an industry that created the wealth of a nation. It is a tale of unbearable hardship, tragedy, bitter social conflict, greed and exploitation. But it is also a story of immense courage,…
Over 2,660 RRT Care Kits and Comfort Snack Packs have been donated to families with hospitalised children, including Ronald McDonald House at Noah’s Ark Children’s Hospital, as a show of love and compassion by the Rapid Relief Team UK (RRT). The donation from the charity has been made in partnership with the Ronald McDonald House Charities UK, who provide free ‘home away from home’ accommodation for families with children in hospital. The RRT, a charity comprised of volunteers from the Plymouth…
White Cat Theatre will be performing “Art” by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton, at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre in Cardiff Bay this September. Art examines the reactions of Marc and Yvan to an expensive large white painting bought by their friend Serge. The unexpected purchase causes the three friends to explore what brought them together in the first place, and what keeps them together after fifteen years of friendship. French author Yasmina’s award-winning comedy will be performed over…
One of Wales’ most famous rock bands, Manic Street Preachers, will be performing classic tracks from across their career at this gig. Seventy five pairs of free tickets to attend the gig will be available for fans and allocated at random via a BBC Studio Audience Services ballot. Audiences can register for the chance to get tickets here. Registration is now open and closes at midnight on Sunday 20th March. The 6 Music Festival takes place from Friday 1 – Sunday 3…
People living in and around Cardiff will be able to collect a tree to plant at home this weekend as part of an ambitious Welsh Government project to fight climate change. On Saturday 5th March, Cardiff’s Bute Park will host a pop-up hub which is part of a pilot scheme that will see the release of the first 5,000 trees to households in Wales. It follows a promise made by Deputy Climate Change Minister Lee Waters in December that every…
Two teenagers from Cardiff have beaten learners from across Wales to win a national debating competition and represent the UK at a global exhibition in Dubai. Marzooq Subhani, 16, and Crystal Tran, 15, both Seren learners at Willows High School in Splott, secured their places to attend and debate at this year’s World Expo in Dubai after winning the Welsh leg of the ‘Dubai Expo Factor’ – a UK competition which sees teams of two young people from across the…
There can’t be too many comedy touring shows this year revolving around the throwing of a bread roll. Nish Kumar’s Your Power, Your Control strongly features that time he was on the receiving end of a baked-product hurling at a charity gig. For a while he was an undisputed rising star of the British stand-up scene with one excellent Edinburgh Fringe show after another and media appearances ranging from hosting Newsjack on the radio and The Mash Report on TV,…
Photo Credit: Jon Stone Fierce & Fantastic – RuPaul’s Drag Race Cardiff 2022 Season 2 of RuPaul’s drag race being ‘full of diversity and variety’ took place at St David’s Hall on Saturday February 19th. What a night to remember! Eleven individual and unique Drag Queens, including Tayce, Ginny Lemon and A’Whora, took to the stage with plenty of show stopping talent. Although the Season 2 winner Lawrence Chaney was absent from the show, therefore, Tayce opened the show and…
Trebby Jones, a keen young fisherman had a birthday wish, to meet his sporting idol – team captain for the Welsh Ladies Carp Team – Kayleigh Watkins. The Welsh Ladies Carp Team is a low profile international women’s fishing team, that only those in the fishing industry would have heard of. The team first got together in 2015 and since then they have gone from strength to strength, and are undergoing preparations for this year’s International season, with their hardest…
Postmodern Jukebox are bringing “the most sensational ’20s party this side of The Great Gatsby” across the pond, in the shape of The Grand Reopening Tour. The time-twisting musical collective known for putting “pop music in a time machine,” are set to make the ‘20s roar again – kicking off in Belfast on 20th April, the tour will delight 20 cities across the UK, including Liverpool, Cambridge, Manchester, Glasgow, Nottingham, Leeds, Edinburgh, Guildford, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Bristol, Northampton, Birmingham, Ipswich, Margate, Southend, Oxford, Norwich and renowned London venue – the Palladium….
