THE WELSH NATIONAL OPERA ORCHESTRA ARE OFF TO SEE THE WIZARD! WNO celebrates the magical movie The Wizard of Oz with a stunning live accompaniment at St David’s Hall on Sunday 10 September. Forget scratchy soundtracks – this is the chance to hear Over the Rainbow, Follow the Yellow Brick Road and all your favourites in vivid orchestral technicolour complete with original vocals. Released in 1939 by MGM as an enchanting adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s novel, The Wizard of…
Michael Sheen paid a visit to Chapter yesterday (Saturday 8 July) to host a Q&A session following the screening of Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle, the opening event of the art centre’s documentary film strand Real to Reel. Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle is a feature length documentary exploring the failures and deception behind the social housing crisis in Britain. Directed by Paul Sng, maker of the acclaimed cinema release Sleaford Mods – Invisible Britain (2015) this film tells the…