A choir of remarkable children and young people who look after sick or disabled relatives will take centre stage next month when Barnardo’s Cymru hold a fundraising concert. The Merthyr Young Carers’ Choir, whose members are aged between nine and 15, often have heavy responsibilities at home helping to look after parents or siblings. But every week they have a night off to sing their hearts out with the choir which meets in Dowlais. On Monday, March 2 they will…
The KIDZ BOP World Tour comes to Cardiff St David’s Hall on Thursday, April 16 – and one lucky dance group will see their own performance premiered at the live show, as well as being in with a chance of performing at the world famous The London Palladium. KIDZ BOP – the #1 music brand for kids – is searching for new dance talent to join them as part of the UK leg of the KIDZ BOP World Tour in April 2020. The KIDZ BOP…
The millennium may be 20 years ago, but you can still party like it’s 1999 as New Purple Celebration celebrates the legacy of Prince this Saturday (11 January)! This fabulously funky two-hour extravaganza from MRC Presents features the huge hits of one of the most beloved artists of all time including Kiss, Raspberry Beret, Diamonds & Pearls, When Doves Cry, Cream, Purple Rain and many more. We had a quick chat with New Purple Celebration frontman Jimi Love about this terrific tribute show……
LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTION!!! AFTER another sell-out last year, Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra’s A Night at the Movies concert returns to St David’s Hall on Friday 6 December – but this time it’s an extra special occasion as it’s the 25TH ANNIVERSARY of this amazing annual concert! Neil Collins speaks with CPO Conductor, Michael Bell MBE about what makes this night so enduringly popular every year… Incredibly, it’s been a quarter of a century since you first held a “one-off” concert of film music…
I must declare an interest. Will Young is not just my ‘pop idol’, but is my idol in so many other respects. His openness about his battles with PTSD and depression and his candid views on LGBT issues have been very helpful to many. I think Will is close to being a national institution now, and if you haven’t heard his podcasts with Chris Sweeney, ‘Homosapiens,’ you should head over to his website, willyoung.co.uk. It is no exaggeration to say…
Image Credit: BAFTA/Rex Shutterstock 13 October 2019: The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) in Wales, BAFTA Cymru, has announced the winners of the 2019 British Academy Cymru Awards. The awards honour excellence in broadcasting and production within film, games and television in Wales and inspire the next generation of creative talent. The ceremony was hosted once again by BBC Radio 1 presenter, Huw Stephens, at St David’s Hall, Cardiff, where presenters included Ruth Jones (Gavin and Stacey,…
Your new album Lexicon reminds me so much of your album Echoes which featured your standout track Jealousy, it feels like a natural successor to that album, even though you had an album out between these two called 85% Proof, in 2015? I made that song Jealousy with Richard X, and the same writing partners Jim and Mima Eliot. And when we did that album Echoes, we always said pretty much that when we finished it that we wanted to…
THE Family Prom is back at St David’s Hall on Sunday 21 July at 3pm, and this time we are celebrating the wonders of weather! Come rain or shine, Conductor Michael Bell MBE and Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra are forecast to be on cloud nine as they take this year’s event by storm. And who better to present a concert all about the weather than BBC Wales duo Derek Brockway and Behnaz Akhgar. Joining them are a vibrant cast of…
Interview with CPO Conductor Michael Bell MBE Neil Collins chats to CPO Conductor, Michael Bell MBE about this powerful programme… The 2018/19 season has certainly been a varied one for CPO from Composers of the First World War to the glamour of nights at the movies and Proms, and now to the sheer power of Beethoven & Shostakovich. How has it been for yourselves? The orchestra relishes the chance to perform many different genres, and this season has…
Cinema Classics Live on the Dancefloor Anton Du Beke and Erin Boag, the nation’s favourite ballroom couple announce a brand new show for 2020 as they ‘Dance Those Magical Movies’ on a major tour of UK and Ireland. The sensational production, filled with Hollywood glamour, is set to the music that made it big on the silver screen, including classics from ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’, ‘Singin’ In The Rain’, ‘The Wizard of Oz’ through to songs from blockbusters…
