Mayday
Carnedd Address: Willcox House, Dunleavy Drive, Cardiff, CardiffRad art space Shift got hoyed out of their home in Cardiff’s Capitol Centre the other week, but they were quick to search for a new residence and ended up here – Willcox House, which is the old Cardiff Council building sort of by the Sports Village. Their buddies Dyddiau Du, Tactilebosch and Umbrella have …
May Day Ecstatic Dance & Cacao Ceremony
The latest one in Rosa Lux’s steady, calendar-determined series of ceremonial events up in this hippy hideout is fixin’ to mark the beginning of summer – or Beltane as the ancient Celts knew it. Imbibe cacao medicine, partake in ecstatic dance and meditate before socialising with participants around the fire.
Johnny Flynn & Robert McFarlane
Tramshed Clare Road, Cardiff, South Glamorgan, United KingdomMusic and storytelling intertwine onstage, as British actor and singer-songwriter Johnny Flynn joins forces with the acclaimed writer Robert Macfarlane for a sold-out Tramshed show. Where Flynn has starred in a sequence of acclaimed movies, including The Outfit, Emma. and The Dig, writer Macfarlane has published books on landscape, nature, place, people and language, which …
Lady Maisery
Borough Theatre Town Hall Cross Street, Abergavenny, MonmouthshireAn esteemed name on the ‘provincial town arts centre’ folk music circuit, Lady Maisery are an all-female trio whose number includes Rowan Rheingans, also of the Rheingans Sisters. Their latest album Tender – eight Maisery originals plus covers of Björk, Tracy Chapman and Lal Waterson – is now some 18 months old but a widespread …
Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch
New Theatre Park Place, Cardiff, Cardiff, United KingdomThink you know {The Little Mermaid}’s Ursula? Well, think again. {Unfortunate: The Untold Story Of Ursula The Sea Witch} is what really happened… from her point of view at least. In 2022, {Unfortunate} made a big splash (sorry) in Edinburgh – I couldn’t fit it in to my festival schedule, but the posters caught my …
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