MARCH DEMOS | MUSIC REVIEW
CASHUW facebook.com/cashuwmusic Everything about this EP’s looks – jewel case with black tray, cheaply photocopied sleeve, even the Impact typeface – reminds me of how all demos were presented in …
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CASHUW facebook.com/cashuwmusic Everything about this EP’s looks – jewel case with black tray, cheaply photocopied sleeve, even the Impact typeface – reminds me of how all demos were presented in …
Closing the opening night of WOW 2017, Pablo Larraín’s fantastical biopic of Chilean poet, Pablo Neruda, is a strange little cinematic oddity that I couldn’t help but fall in love …
Kicking things off at this year’s WOW film festival, The War Show is quite easily one of the most powerful and deeply affecting films of 2017 so far. If you …
[wpdevart_youtube]PX-fNZsCWrY[/wpdevart_youtube] **** Twenty years ago, a coachload of cocksure, naïve and heroically pissed-up Glaswegian musicians and associated “bawbags” travelled to the small town of Mauron in Brittany, invited to play …
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Tues 14 Mar The anticipated Matthew Bourne adaptation of The Red Shoes has arrived. The 1948 film, based on a Hans Christian Andersen story, starred …
PETROL GIRLS / SALT BATH | LIVE REVIEW Le Pub, Newport, Thurs 16 Mar Venues like Le Pub form the grit and foundation of not just a music scene, …
New Theatre, Cardiff Mon 20 – Sat 25 Mar The award-winning Evita is coming to Cardiff! The story of Eva Peron, the wife of a former Argentine dictator, is told by …
The Parrot, Carmarthen, Fri 17 Mar; Noah’s Yard, Swansea, Sun 19; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 25 Splendid Scottish folk balladeer Alasdair Roberts returns to Wales this month, part of …
[wpdevart_youtube]dSqMpkGOW9g[/wpdevart_youtube] *** Dir: Olivier Assayas (15, 105 mins) An unconventional ghost story that examines spiritual crisis, Assayas’ film reunites him with emo-queen Kristen Stewart after the excellent Clouds of Sils …
**** Dir: Bill Condon (PG, 123 mins) After the box office bonanzas that greeted its live action remakes of Cinderella and The Jungle Book, Disney continues to plunder its back catalogue …
Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen Sat 18 Mar – Sat 13 May David Jones promises that there are no hidden messages to his work, but when you see his work showcased …
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Fri 17 Mar When this show was announced back in November by the people behind the Swn festival, there were slaps on backs all round. A couple …
TEN FÉ / JW RIDLEY / SHOP GIRLS | LIVE REVIEW Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Sat 11 Mar Ten Fé’s brand of polished MOR fare may be considered an …
AFRO CLUSTER | LIVE REVIEW Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 11 Mar It is a time to be excited by local music! Cardiff band Afro Cluster are doing something …
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Sat 18 Mar-Sun 11 Jun If ever you’re in an arty mood on a rainy day, Chapter Arts is the place to be. For almost four …
ALL TIME LOW / SWMRS / WATERPARKS | LIVE REVIEW Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Sat 11 Mar I was met with an impressive queue of brightly-dyed hair and …
Ajay Close (Sandstone Press) The relationship between parent and child is always fraught with tension, but for Freya, things are even more complicated. She has never known her father and her …
The Other Room, Cardiff Tue 14 Mar – Sat 1 Apr Seanmhair is the latest production to come to Cardiff’s the Other Room theatre. This unique pub-theatre venue specialises in presenting plays …
[wpdevart_youtube]YAbI4w95cTE[/wpdevart_youtube] **** Dir: Jordan Vogt-Roberts (12A, 120 mins) King Kong is the granddaddy of all monster movies. The 1933 black and white original with the giant gorilla on top of the …
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Sat 11 Mar As part of the Aberystwyth Storytelling Festival, Adverse Chamber present Dreaming the Night Field. From the creative team behind the much loved Hunting the …
Rhigol @ The Scene, Swansea Fri 10 Mar The second Welsh-monikered promoter this issue, and no Clwb Ifor Bach in sight! Rhigol (groove) is a regular party for Swansea’s lovers …
Mathias Enard (Fitzcarraldo Editions) A contemporary premise and captivating plot form the basis to this unique novel from French writer Mathias Enard. Having received critical acclaim for his previous work, …
Wales While Round Two is done and dusted, the Welsh-Anglo rivalry is as bitterly obvious as ever. Indeed, the high intensity clash at the Principality Stadium lived up to the …
Chapter, Cardiff Sat 4 March When Howard Brenton’s Romans in Britain was first staged at the National Theatre in 1980, its bloody violence, copious swearing and explicit depiction of …