- The Forsythe Sisters Wed 4-Fri 6 Feb at the Norwegian Church Arts Centre.
Find out what’s on in South Wales this week.
Michael Jackson might have left us in 2009, but his former body double Navi has (figuratively) revived him for King Of Pop starring Navi (Sun 7 Feb, 7.30pm, tickets: £19.50/£17.50). Navi, plus an incredible live band and dancers, revisits all the classics with at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.
The RBS Six Nations Rugby Championship returns to the Welsh capital this week, beginning with a showdown against England at the majestic Millennium Stadium (Fri 6 Feb, 8pm, tickets: £144-£275). An sporting meeting guaranteed to have the nation rapt.
Illumination (Fri 6 Feb-Mon 13 Apr, open all day, admission: free), showing in Cardiff Bay’s Wales Millennium Centre, is an exhibition of artwork, music and creative writing from inhabitants of prisons, secure hospitals and by people on probation in Wales. This collection has been curated by women from Gibran UK.
The Cardiff Story Museum (located in the Old Library) hosts the dazzling Cardiff Carnival 25th anniversary exhibition (throughout February, closed on Sundays, admission: free). Its story will be told through oral history, archive material and donated items.
In the Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay, The Forsythe Sisters (Wed 4-Fri 6 Feb, 8pm, tickets: £12/£10) offer a haunting show: fusing live music and theatre, they promise to immerse us in a bloody and ghostly musical.
Newtown’s ever-interesting Oriel Davies Gallery serve up 23 photographs – their subjects either nude or dressed in vintage clothing – by modernist artist Francesca Woodman (until Wed 25 Feb, open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, admission: free).
Renowned entertainer of the Welsh valleys Mike Doyle (Sat 7 Feb, 7.30pm, ticket: £18) invites us to sit back and enjoy his blend of comedy and song with a concert in the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.
Welsh psychedelic rock upstart H Hawkline (Thurs 5 Feb, 7pm, admission: £6/£5 adv) starts a month-long residency in Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, this week. So if you don’t catch this one, he’ll be there on Thurs 12, 19 and 26 too.
Lovers of goth, industrial and general dark alternative music might want to get to The Scene club in Swansea for Dead Of Night (Sat 7 Feb, 9pm-3am, admission: £4/£3 before 9.30pm), which takes place there on the first Saturday of each month.
Dr Livingstone, I Presume (Thurs 5 Feb, 7.30pm, tickets: £11-£14), presented by Miracle Theatre, is at Porthcawl’s Grand Pavilion and “tells the story of one man’s obsession to discover the heart of Africa and transform an entire continent singlehanded”.
words JENNIFER MAGUY
