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CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Tue 30 Apr It was over 20 years ago when the story of a Yorkshire branch of …
CALENDAR GIRLS THE MUSICAL | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Tue 30 Apr It was over 20 years ago when the story of a Yorkshire branch of …
ASH BEFORE OAK Jeremy Cooper (Fitzcarraldo) Jeremy Cooper’s latest novel is often so realistic you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a memoir. But it’s fiction, excellent fiction, in the …
User Not Found ***** Mon 29th Apr, Quantum Coffee Roasters, Cardiff Bay. As a society, we are hooked on social media. In fact, we are often obsessed with capturing the …
[wpdevart_youtube]ZwC2TNShdwY[/wpdevart_youtube] TOLKIEN *** Dir: Dome Karukoski (12A, 122 mins) The man behind The Lord Of The Rings and The Hobbit gets his own movie, though not a trilogy directed by Peter Jackson, …
[wpdevart_youtube]77AKDxhdxR8[/wpdevart_youtube] THE CURSE OF LA LLARONA ** Dir: Michael Chaves (15, 93 mins) Another in the ever-growing universe around horror hit The Conjuring, this 70s-set jump-scare heavy horror adds an …
IRMA LA DOUCE (Masters Of Cinema, Blu-ray) Billy Wilder’s 1963 romantic comedy gets the deluxe Blu-ray treatment from Masters Of Cinema this month. Irma La Douce plays like a mish-mash …
WILKO JOHNSON BAND | LIVE REVIEW Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 26 Apr In their Roxette days in the mid-70s, Dr. Feelgood’s rawest rhythm & blues weapon was Wilko Johnson: an …
FROM SEVEN TO THE SEA Jayne Joso (Seren) From Seven To The Sea delivers a story about the struggles of starting a new family, as told from the perspective of seven-year-old …
SUEDE | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 26 Apr By their own admission, it’s been a long time since Suede have graced a Cardiff stage, …
SAUSAGE REVOLUTION Unit 1, Atlantic Trading Estate, Barry. 01446 739525 / www.thesausagerevolution.com Food **** Atmosphere ***** Listen. Any Cuban-themed restaurant with Che Guevara on the walls is going to get …
[wpdevart_youtube]y8lFgF_IjPw[/wpdevart_youtube] EIGHTH GRADE **** Dir: Bo Burnham Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton (15 1hr 34mins) A heart-wrenching adolescent drama that rings wonderfully true in its awkward, painfully observed brilliance. Eighth …
STEFFLON DON | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 18 Apr It’s easy to see why Stefflon Don stands out in the UK music scene. While …
LOWKEY | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 18 Apr “Free free Palestine” is not a chant you would necessarily expect to hear chanted within the somewhat sticky …
A STRANGER IN PARIS Karen Webb (Impress Books) A Stranger In Paris is the first in Karen Webb’s three-part memoir, A French Life. The novel is a lovely hybrid between memoir …
THE STORYTELLER Pierre Jarawan, trans. Sinéad Crowe & Rachel McNicholl (World Editions) A masterful tale of family, friendship and love forms the basis for this epic novel from Pierre Jarawan. …
GURKHA CORNER 12 Glamorgan Street, Brecon. 01874 610781 / www.gurkhacorner.co.uk Food *** Atmosphere *** We were staying in the Wellington Hotel, a few doors away from this restaurant, and the …
[wpdevart_youtube]2p5pdWyyZoc[/wpdevart_youtube] Dragged Across Concrete *** Dir: S.Craig Zahler Starring: Mel Gibson, Vince Vaughn (USA, 18, 2hrs 39mins) An overlong but sporadically good, bleak heist thriller from the director of …
ALBUMS ÅRABROT SPECIALE *** Die Nibelungen (Pelagic) A soundtrack album for Fritz Lang’s legendary 1924 silent film of the same name, originally performed live at Tromsö. As a soundtrack, it …
THE BODYGUARD | STAGE REVIEW Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 17 Apr After recently seeing Jersey Boys and The Motown Story, both incredible shows, at this venue, I …
SAVING GRACE | LIVE REVIEW The Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen, Tue 16 Apr Robert Plant, the golden-haired god of rock, could be happily living on the legacy of his world-conquering, …
ANIMALIA Jean-Baptiste Del Amo, trans. Frank Wynne (Fitzcarraldo) Del Amo’s first work translated into English, Animalia follows the lives of a modest peasant family over the course of nearly a …
[wpdevart_youtube]2f1maBmQzH8[/wpdevart_youtube] GRETA ** Dir: Neil Jordan (15, 98 mins) A potboiler reminiscent of 80s and 90s psychological thrillers like The Hand That Rocks The Cradle, as Chloë Grace Moretz’s young …
SHE LIES IN WAIT Gytha Lodge (Michael Joseph) Six teenage friends go out camping during a heatwave in July 1983, with Aurora, the younger sister of one, tagging along. All …
[wpdevart_youtube]2p5pdWyyZoc&t=6s[/wpdevart_youtube] DRAGGED ACROSS CONCRETE *** Dir: S. Craig Zahler (18, 159 mins) An overlong but sporadically good bleak heist thriller from the director of the superb westerm Bone Tomahawk. This …