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Don Leisure x Andy Votel
Don Leisure x Andy Votel
Cardiff’s Don Leisure has recorded an album, Tyrchu Sain, created by being given the back catalogue of pioneering Welsh label Sain Records to edit into something beat-based and danceable. It’s released on Fri 28 Feb and launched that evening, with Andy Votel (whose Finders Keepers label previously revived Sain via two Welsh Rare Beat comps) …
Swansea Sound + Shale
Swansea Sound + Shale
What with Swansea Sound advertising their Welshness in their very name, it’s another saint-appropriate gig this evening, even if this troupe of indiepop veterans are only partly from Swansea. Either …
6 events,
Let’s Dance!
Let’s Dance!
Let’s Dance is a nationwide movement of dance organisations, charities, health professionals, community groups, celebrities getting together on Sun 2 Mar with the objective of getting more people dancing. From 11am-1pm there’s a FREE Dance for Parkinson’s class, open to those living with Parkinson’s and their friends and family; from 1.30-3.30pm, a FREE and Fun taster …
James Martin
James Martin
When pondering live shows by TV chefs, I struggle not to think of Jamie Oliver performing his reggae song Give It To Me Hot in between preparing a lamb curry. …
For Wales, See Wales – Live!
For Wales, See Wales – Live!
“It could make for a great addition to your morning commute,” Buzz’s Hari Berrow has written of this podcast, which features Robin Morgan, fellow Welsh comedian Mel Owen and the Guardian’s ‘stuff in Wales’ guy Will Hayward. That doesn’t apply to this, its debut live show, however. Unless you both live and work inside the …
2 events,
James Martin
James Martin
When pondering live shows by TV chefs, I struggle not to think of Jamie Oliver performing his reggae song Give It To Me Hot in between preparing a lamb curry. Indeed, it seems James Martin plays some rock guitar in this show, which also promises audience participation, “Yorkshire wit” and food dating from the 1950s …
Tobias Ben Jacob
Tobias Ben Jacob
Mike Duggan’s long-running Barry-based gig series Roots N All opens its 2025 account with a show for Tobias Ben Jacob. Tobias hails from Lancashire, cites Bob Dylan as his major …
3 events,
Polly & Esther
Polly & Esther
Going underground! Cardiff music venue Porter’s opens a 60-seat fringe theatre in its basement this month. Managed by Dan Porter along with Alice Rush and Frankie-Rose Taylor, the new space aims to showcase touring productions and emerging local artists alike. Cabaret duo Polly & Esther camp it up there from Tue 4-Thurs 6 Mar.
Ghost The Musical
Ghost The Musical
The degree to which musical adaptions of movies retain a tangible connection to said movies varies wildly, but Ghost The Musical can make a stronger claim than most thanks to Bruce Joel Rubin, writer of the original screenplay, taking the reins for this stage version. It debuted in 2011 and is on its fourth UK …
Murder On The Orient Express
Murder On The Orient Express
Agatha Christie’s Poirot is as relevant today as he was in 1934, when this play is set, indeed he’s recognised as a Belgian phenotype. This murder mystery is infamously set on an impounded train, with the killer unable to escape – but their identity unclear for now… On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 5 …
10 events,
The Wearable Art Show
The Wearable Art Show
This has been a (more or less) annual fixture of the RWCMD calendar for quite some time now; a Canadian event with the same name also calls itself “the original Wearable Art Show” but I can’t comment on that. Students here use scrap and recycled material to make high-fashion costumes before they’re showcased on a …
Shabaz Ali
Shabaz Ali
Very much emergent through the ‘TikTok to live standup comedy’ pipeline, Shabaz Ali’s schtick does contain layers in this regard though, as it’s a detailed lampooning of modern social media …
Local Wildlife In The Hay And Clyro Area
Local Wildlife In The Hay And Clyro Area
A talk about animals living in this part of mid-Wales/H*r*fordshire, and their relationship with the natural habitats, by Stewart Roberts, who will illustrate his words with photos he’s taken. This will probably be lovely, although I found the venue’s choice of words to describe Stewart – “Facebook regular” – powerfully amusing.
Katherine Priddy
Katherine Priddy
Birmingham-born folk musician Katherine Priddy is touring across the UK during February and March, with Pontardawe Arts Centre fulfilling the Welsh stop on her series of shows. This marks her return to Wales, having performed in Acapela Studios in Cardiff last year. Having emerged back in 2018 with her debut EP Wolf, Priddy has continues …
10 events,
Spectrum Of Sight
Spectrum Of Sight
A theatrical art installation from Pontypridd-based artist Bridie Doyle-Roberts, combining furniture, art and poetry. After experiencing ongoing sight loss due to a degenerative eye condition, Doyle-Roberts has used her personal journey to develop Spectrum Of Sight, sharing the impact in an intimate yet immersive setting.
Ravers
Ravers
Here is a new play both about and aimed at teenagers, from the creative brain of Rikki Beadle-Blair – whose work has most often centred on issues of race and sexuality, though Ravers appears not to. Rather, it’s a riff on geekdom in the young: protagonist Ali wants to cast off his Dungeons & Dragons-heavy …
Booklaunch: Carole Hailey
Booklaunch: Carole Hailey
Carole Hailey lives in Cardigan and debuted in 2023 with The Silence Project, to rave reviews. This month she returns with Scenes From A Tragedy, which is based around a plane crash in the Lake District. Griffin Books, who are promoting this in-person launch, call it “a glorious exploration of a psychopath in our midst”.
Leroy Brito + Stuart Thomas
Leroy Brito + Stuart Thomas
Two standups visit Swansea to play the Rogues’ Gallery comedy night, hosted by Chris Barnes. Leroy Brito is from Cardiff Bay and has been on the scene since the early 2010s, while Stuart Thomas is from Welsh farming stock but now calls Manchester his home. Get there by 7.20pm to get in, say Elysium.
Red Snapper
Red Snapper
Marking both the 30th anniversary of their classic album Reeled And Skinned and the release of new EP Tight Chest, Red Snapper are preparing for a big night at The …
11 events,
Kayla Painter: Masterclass In Ableton
Kayla Painter: Masterclass In Ableton
Newport-born and Bristol-based, Kayla Painter has earned the right to speak as an authority on music technology and performance – on an official level, as she lectures in creative composition and production at the University Of Gloucester, but also in more informal terms by virtue of her rep as a crafter of live electronica. With …
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Health podcasters getting booked into 3,500-seat venues. It wasn’t always like this was it – not that I think people have changed much, there just didn’t use to be such things as ‘health podcasters’. “Dr Chatterjee will captivate you throughout an evening of powerful storytelling and inspirational stories,” promise Swansea Arena here.
Lady Garden Presents International Women’s Gig
Lady Garden Presents International Women’s Gig
Lady Garden, armed with a name that may make you do the ‘Kenneth Williams face’, are a band of four young Cardiff-dwelling women and they are toasting International Women’s Day by playing a set of their grungy alt gear in Porter’s alongside some other chosen acts: Battery Acid, Silver, Leela Das, Meela and Samantha.
13 events,
The Agent
The Agent
Not checked in for a while on what magician Jasper Blakeley is up to in the Small Space, a front room-sized venue he runs and often performs at. He’s resident every Friday and Saturday in March with a show, The Agent, that combines comedy, magic and mindreading, with a running James Bond theme. He also …
Bass Jamz x CUE
Bass Jamz x CUE
Cardiff’s club listings for March are dismal even by the city’s own deeply dismal standards, but if you like super-upfront bouncy tech-house type stuff you’ll be all over this night at District, showcasing the stable of Geordie label Bass Jamz. Label boss Gaskin features alongside Marsolo and Ellia Jaya.
Peter Doherty
Peter Doherty
Famous for his recordbreaking fried breakfast eating exploits, Peter Doherty is also a musician in bands such as The Libertines and Babyshambles. This conference centre show is set to feature …
Red Telephone
Red Telephone
“It seems this band are happy with the music they’re making, as they should be,” I wrote last month, reviewing the new album by Cardiff indie-synthpoppers Red Telephone. Sounds quite patronising, reading it back, but I can only vouch for my own sincerity, which extends to a wish for this weekend headline show to be …
The Wave Pictures
The Wave Pictures
This band, who deal in wistful indie/tweepop with a folky air, have a Welsh connection from their earliest days – band member Franic Rozycki was a Cardiff art student at the time – and cross the border fairly often. This is their debut in Cwrw, I think, and includes support from John Mouse, also a …
4 events,
Robots For Kids
Robots For Kids
It’s class how invested this museum are in putting on these electronic gizmo-centred kids’ workshops every month or so. They’ve been doing it forever so I assume they’re popular. This …
The Darkness + Ash
The Darkness + Ash
At what point in their career would it have seemed feasible that The Darkness would rack up eight studio albums? Possibly around the time of their seventh? Either way, its followup, sporting the very Darkness-y title Dreams On Toast, is out at the end of March and the band are preceding that release with a …
2 events,
Spiers & Boden
Spiers & Boden
Visiting Ystradgynlais on, says the venue blurb, their only tour of the year; it feels like I list a gig for vaunted Britfolk duo Spiers & Boden every month, but that might be a case of the mental faculties shutting down. John Spiers and Jon Boden are both in Bellowhead but peddle a more traditional …
Kelly Lee Owens
Kelly Lee Owens
Owens, a north Walian who moved to Manchester then London, now has a decade-plus of lauded releases in the electronic music world under her belt; latest album Dreamstate is released …
2 events,
Calamity Jane
Calamity Jane
Carrie Hope Fletcher has got her chops around the musical theatre canon enough to do a tour, back in 2023, where she just sang the songs. She’s also starred in Les Mis, Cinderella and Heathers, and is now playing Calamity Jane in Calamity Jane, the musical version of the 1953 Doris Day movie. Tickets: £15-£95. …
An Evening With Rick Stein
An Evening With Rick Stein
This section’s second ‘TV chef onstage’ event for March, though I anticipate Cornwall-based fish fryer Stein delivering something a little more restrained than James Martin. Mind you even this one …
4 events,
The Actress
The Actress
Newport Playgoers Society present their second production in two months which is itself set in theatrical realms. Originally by Peter Quilter, we encounter the actress herself backstage, ahead of her last ever performance, with a whirlwind of bitterness, rivalry and heady emotions in the air. ‘Elderly female thesp who is kind of a nightmare’ is …
What Ho Wodehouse
What Ho Wodehouse
A kneeslapping new play set in early 20th-century Whitechapel on the evening of P.G. Wodehouse’s stag do… no wait, I’ve got that wrong. It is based on Wodehouse’s comedic writings, …
12 events,
Spectrum Of Sight
Spectrum Of Sight
A theatrical art installation from Pontypridd-based artist Bridie Doyle-Roberts, combining furniture, art and poetry. After experiencing ongoing sight loss due to a degenerative eye condition, Doyle-Roberts has used her personal journey to develop Spectrum Of Sight, sharing the impact in an intimate yet immersive setting.
Gallifrey Cabaret
Gallifrey Cabaret
With the amount of card-carrying Doctor Who fans on the core Buzz staff having dropped in recent months from two to zero, it falls to this What’s On compiler – who first gave the show a whirl while Sylvester McCoy was the Doctor, and has not watched it since – to give this evening of …
Still Here
Still Here
Written by Mari Lloyd, produced by Julia Stubbs’ 20 South Street company and told from the viewpoint of two teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in a small ex-mining town, Still Here’s March tour visits several such towns. Rhys and Yasmin are both 18; Rhys wants to be a boxer and his father wants to …
Aidan Thorne & Jason Ball
Aidan Thorne & Jason Ball
This ambient jazz duo’s debut collaborative release, Archwilio’r Traddodiad : Exploring The Tradition, was recorded on St David’s Day 2024 at Oriel Davies, Newtown. This year they’ll be playing the Flute & Tankard, Cardiff (Wed 5); Melville Centre, Abvergavenny (Sat 8) and Elysium Gallery, Swansea (Sat 13).
Uproar: Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
Uproar: Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
One of Britain’s most celebrated mezzo-sopranos Dame Sarah Connolly brings her commanding, adaptable voice to Cardiff. In true style, she’ll be joining the Welsh National Opera music director Tomáš Hanus …
16 events,
Gentry Families And Their Poets In Late-Medieval Brecon
Gentry Families And Their Poets In Late-Medieval Brecon
An evening lecture by Professor Helen Fulton, whose area of expertise is medieval Welsh literature. This includes the praise poetry tradition, where the most powerful landowning families would have their …
Alison Moyet
Alison Moyet
Early 80s synthpop siren turned solo chart-botherer Moyet is here to promote her latest album, autumn 2024’s Key. It’s a collection of (save for two new numbers) re-recorded versions of …
Still Here
Still Here
Written by Mari Lloyd, produced by Julia Stubbs’ 20 South Street company and told from the viewpoint of two teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in a small ex-mining town, …
12 events,
Dame Sarah Connolly & Tomáš Hanus With WNO Orchestra
Dame Sarah Connolly & Tomáš Hanus With WNO Orchestra
One of Britain’s most celebrated mezzo-sopranos Dame Sarah Connolly brings her commanding, adaptable voice to Cardiff. In true style, she’ll be joining the Welsh National Opera music director Tomáš Hanus and the WNO orchestra for a programme of Schubert, Mahler and Sibelius at the RWCMD’s Dora Stoutzker Hall. On at 7.30pm on Sat 15 Mar; …
The Agent
The Agent
Not checked in for a while on what magician Jasper Blakeley is up to in the Small Space, a front room-sized venue he runs and often performs at. He’s resident every Friday and Saturday in March with a show, The Agent, that combines comedy, magic and mindreading, with a running James Bond theme. He also …
Tina Pasotra: Jamni
Tina Pasotra: Jamni
A really interesting-looking 90 minutes of film and associated discourse here, centred on the work of Cardiff-based Tina Pasotra. There’ll be three of her short films screened, with the brand …
Sophie McCartney
Sophie McCartney
Standup comedian whose routines are mostly about being a mother, though this latest show, One Foot In The Rave is about reaching your thirties and feeling old but wanting to …
3 events,
Pirates Love Underpants
Pirates Love Underpants
And they’re not the only ones – small children also love underpants, or so it is assumed by many who write books for them. One such series, by Claire Freedman and Ben Cort, has been turned into a stage show for toddlers and older. On at 1.30pm (Sun 16) and 10.30am (Mon 17) in Llandudno.
3 events,
Pirates Love Underpants
Moonchild Sanelly
Moonchild Sanelly
Good booking here in the form of post-kwaito musician Moonchild Sanelly of South Africa, touring the UK in the wake of her first album for the Transgressive label (who’ve certainly …
Murder She Didn’t Write
Murder She Didn’t Write
Degrees Of Error, the team behind this show, can’t lay exclusive claim to the idea of the ‘improvised whodunit’: a conceptually similar one, Locomotive For Murder, visited Cardiff last year, …
3 events,
Kinky Boots
Kinky Boots
Coming at a time before theatres were saturated with movie adaptation musicals, Kinky Boots sits in that sweet spot that British films like The Full Monty occupied in the decade before. A film with such a British basis, specifically Northampton, being adapted by two distinctly New York voices – in this case Harvey Fierstein and …
Stef Dag & Gabby Bryan
Stef Dag & Gabby Bryan
This is billed specifically as a crowdwork-heavy show, with this NYC comedian duo attempting to “get into the minds and personal lives of audience members”. Fairly warned be thee, likewise by Stef Dag being best known for “the popular digital dating show, Hot And Single, in which I flirt with eligible singles all across the country.”
Haywire
Haywire
There have been a few bands called Haywire but these are from Boston, MA and play ignorant hardcore punk. Someone from Conservative Military Image, who played The Cab once and had a second show cancelled on account of, well, their conservative military image, is in the lineup. Moshing likely to occur, in short.
7 events,
Shorts | Byrion
Shorts | Byrion
Three up-and-coming choreographers fill the stage with drama, dark comedy and design that shines, set to a mix of new music and classic hits.
Park & Daring
Park & Daring
Three consecutive nights aimed at local developing theatremakers etc. On Wed 19 Mar it’s a Scratch Night, with six artists sharing brief excerpts of material; Thurs 20 is Pitch Pot, with presentations by Sylvia Strand & Jonathan Gregory, Bethan Nia and Rebecca Smith-Williams, and on Fri 21 you can hear from Harriet Fleuriot and Rhys …
Snapped Ankles
Snapped Ankles
At the end of March, Snapped Ankles release their sixth studio album, Hard Times Furious Dancing. Primitive and feral, its first single Raoul is an ode to dancing in the face of unrelenting existential threat. The absurdity of modern life is sometimes overwhelming, and while technology and its abstract societal implications stir paranoia, Snapped Ankles …
Hollie McNish
Hollie McNish
“McNish told the audience she never skips the Welsh capital on tour,” reported Gosia Buzzanca last year, reviewing this popular performance poet’s Cardiff show. Hope she’s ready to plead poetic licence because her 2025 schedule shows this to be a big fat lie. One for the right reasons, arguably, with further dates in Crickhowell, Tywyn …
7 events,
Lord Of The Flies
Lord Of The Flies
It says here that this play is “performed by the senior section of Swansea Little Theatre’s Young Players”, which sounds like it could be a convoluted joke about the premise of Lord Of The Flies, in which a group of children are stranded on an island and have to assume an adult-like society. It’s probably …
Park & Daring
Park & Daring
Three consecutive nights aimed at local developing theatremakers etc. On Wed 19 Mar it’s a Scratch Night, with six artists sharing brief excerpts of material; Thurs 20 is Pitch Pot, …
Grace Mulvey
Grace Mulvey
With Jeff Japers and John Collins the evening’s openers, Mulvey, an Irish comedian living in London, headlines the March edition of Dolly Chicken Comedy with her first set in Cardiff, …
Daoirí Farrell
Daoirí Farrell
Touring the UK for a fortnight before taking his liltingly sung yarns and rippling bouzouki to Australia during April, Daoirí Farrell is an Irish folkie with an official qualification in the nation’s traditional music from Dublin’s Ballyfermot College. Don’t expect a scholarly, fusty experience at this electrician-turned-singer’s hands, though, as Farrell has a remarkable way …
15 events,
Weekend Of Mistakes
Weekend Of Mistakes
This mad-sounding three-day event for finance/economy types includes a screening of The Wizard Of Oz preceded by a talk about its “hidden economic depths”. Before that, there are lots of talks etc from experts in the field, I guess broadly drawn from the soft left to Tory wet spectrum. Perks granted by the £1200 ticket …
Y Lle Da
Y Lle Da
This Tenby arts festival debuts with an eclectic programme ranging from music to talks, workshops and cookery, with the Welsh language uplifted. Founded by three Pembrokeshire creatives, Andy Jones of FOCUS Wales has been enlisted as music programmer, and he’s enticed Gruff Rhys to headline, with N’Famady Kouyaté, Cerys Hafana and Samana also billed. Tickets: …
Hot Chicks
Hot Chicks
For Welsh theatre-goers, the Swansea-based Grand Ambition delivered highlights of 2023 and ‘24 alike with Sorter and Mumfighter: plays which tackled grave, weighty topics (heroin addiction and navigating motherhood with a disability) with bright, carefully applied wit. {Hot Chicks}, co-produced with Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre, looks set to continue that streak when it debuts this spring, …
No Regrets
No Regrets
Glaswegian playwright Gary McNair drew on real people’s testimony for No Regrets, interviewing them anonymously over half a decade about the topic of regret. Is it better to regret something you have done or something you haven’t done? Maybe Aberystwyth Arts Centre Youth Theatre, who are performing the play here, will reveal the answer.
Wet Mess: Testo
Wet Mess: Testo
After a sold-out run at Battersea Arts Centre, Wet Mess’s Testo comes to Chapter for two nights. Who is Wet Mess? Well, their website’s ‘about’ page doesn’t help – looking at their Instagram, though, I realised I’d seen them at east London drag/club night Cybil’s House, where they did a drag strip while wearing a …
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Drone Light Show
The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz Drone Light Show
A fortnight ahead of Glamorgan’s cricket season restarting, why not pile onto the pitch to watch colourful orbs taking to the sky. That’s right, this event – produced by light …
Park & Daring
Park & Daring
Three consecutive nights aimed at local developing theatremakers etc. On Wed 19 Mar it’s a Scratch Night, with six artists sharing brief excerpts of material; Thurs 20 is Pitch Pot, with presentations by Sylvia Strand & Jonathan Gregory, Bethan Nia and Rebecca Smith-Williams, and on Fri 21 you can hear from Harriet Fleuriot and Rhys …
The Wombats
The Wombats
“This introspective exploration of emotional states, paired with musical experimentation, makes for a skilfully crafted, serenely relatable experience,” wrote Alex Swift in Buzz’s February issue, on the subject of The …
16 events,
The Agent
The Agent
Not checked in for a while on what magician Jasper Blakeley is up to in the Small Space, a front room-sized venue he runs and often performs at. He’s resident every Friday and Saturday in March with a show, The Agent, that combines comedy, magic and mindreading, with a running James Bond theme. He also …
Shangri-La: Ewan McVicar
Shangri-La: Ewan McVicar
Scottish house DJ McVicar hails from Ayr, and some may have assumed he emerged ‘from air’ in 2021 when he charted with a clubby cover of Rufus’ Tell Me Something …
Watch Dance Class
Watch Dance Class
Get a unique behind-the-scenes look at how our dancers prepare just hours before a show. You can observe, sketch, record and photograph the ballet or contemporary class, giving you a …
Immersed Festival
Immersed Festival
All-day event in all of this venue – that’s to say it features four stages – organised by Creative Industries students at USW as part of their course. Hip-hop duo …
7 events,
Neo Soul Jams
Neo Soul Jams
Taking place every fourth Sunday of the month, Neo Soul Jams celebrates Black and diverse musicianship in a collaborative, open space. Overseen by Cardiff musical personality Dionne Bennett, jazz-funk collective The Siglo Collective host, providing backing for the evening and bringing life to ideas through improvisation and networking.
Tom Segura
Tom Segura
It’s been a hard road for American standup Tom Segura – his father was a mere vice-president of a trillion-dollar investment company, after all – but having made his name with albums called White Girls With Cornrows and a podcast titled Your Mom’s House, here he is with his brand of ‘relatable’ observational comedy.
Uproar: Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
Uproar: Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto
Uproar, a Welsh ensemble comprising 16 soloists, tour to Aberystwyth, Cardiff, Newtown, Merthyr Tydfil and Cilgerran across a fortnight. They’ll perform new works from Welsh composers alongside rare performances of international masterpieces – including a domestic premiere of Ligeti’s Chamber Concerto and Anna Thorvaldsdottir’s Hrím, written as an accompaniment to the former.
4 events,
Hot Chicks
Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys
Gruff Rhys’ solo album American Interior was released 11 years ago and he’s doing a 10th anniversary tour of it this spring. To his credit he has actually acknowledged this (“I ran out of time last year”), unlike most forget-their-own-birthday types, and he’s also giving a boost to budding Riverside venue the Sustainable Studio by …
Dracula’s Child
Dracula’s Child
Dracula’s Child is visiting the Glee Club this March! Or, to put it in a more grammatically pleasing way, Dracula’s children are five queens from series six of Drag Race UK. In episode four of the series – what’s becoming the iconic ‘girl group’ episode – winner of the season Kyran Thrax, along with Chanel …
Gordon Buchanan
Gordon Buchanan
Scottish wildlife show presenter Gordon casts himself as a reluctant focal point – he was originally a cameraman until the BBC offered him a role in front of it – but has been made into enough of a personality to do live shows like this one, titled Lions And Tigers And Bears. Tickets: £23.20-£36.
5 events,
3Drama
3Drama
Three new Welsh-language dramas created through a project, Sgen Ti Syniad, and touring extensively. Ceri Ashe’s 99’er, Carwyn Blayney’s Wisgi and Cai Llewelyn Evans’ Dishgled ‘da Del visits Pontio, Bangor (Tue 25 and Wed 26 Mar), Galeri, Caernarfon (Thurs 27), Nauadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli (Fri 28) and Theatr Twm O’r Nant, Denbigh (Sat 29), then nine …
The Black Ball Final: 40 Years On
The Black Ball Final: 40 Years On
If you don’t know what the title refers to you are probably not the target audience. It’s the final of the 1985 snooker world championship, when Dennis Taylor beat Steve Davis on the very last ball. Now aged 76 and 67 respectively, they’ll play out the match – presumably not all of it – on …
Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day
Broadsheet hack turned podcast host takes said podcast to the stage, assisted in some way by standup comic Suzi Ruffell. How To Fail “interviews guests who discuss what their failures taught them”; all sounds very ‘motivational post on LinkedIn’ to me, in the same way Jake Humphrey and that lot do. Tickets: £30-£60.50.
7 events,
Cerys Hafana
Cerys Hafana
Cerys Hafana is reinventing perceptions of the Welsh triple harp, an instrument rarely played across the country, let alone in the manner taken by this unique harpist. The Machynlleth-based artist …
Betty Blue Eyes
Betty Blue Eyes
Absent the entertaining concept of Alan Bennett writing a musical, Betty Blue Eyes – a 2010s production based on his 1984 film A Private Function, and performed here by Brynmawr Musical Theatre Company – is the nearest thing we have. It’s set in 1947, on the occasion of Liz and Phil’s royal wedding, with a …
Clwb Comedi
Clwb Comedi
Booked by showbiz hard workers Little Wander, local lad Carwyn Blayney is joined by Louise Young and host Rajiv Karia.
8 events,
Dinner
Dinner
Produced by the RWCMD’s in-house Richard Burton Company and directed here by Max Harrison, Dinner dates from 2002 and was written by Moira Buffini – a late-80s graduate of this college, although she studied as an actor rather than a playwright. It’s a black satire on the mores of types who throw celebratory dinner parties. …
Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Rita, Sue & Bob Too!
Truly a movie from a different era, though it seems there is mercifully little enthusiasm for sacrificing 1987 comedy Rita, Sue & Bob Too! on the altar of Age Gap Discourse, this stage version stars Jake Quickenden, with Hollyoaks and Shameless alumni also featuring. The poster features Jake sporting a very modern lad hairstyle but …
Still Here
Still Here
Written by Mari Lloyd, produced by Julia Stubbs’ 20 South Street company and told from the viewpoint of two teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in a small ex-mining town, Still Here’s March tour visits several such towns. Rhys and Yasmin are both 18; Rhys wants to be a boxer and his father wants to …
An Audience With Mark & Lard
An Audience With Mark & Lard
Mark Radcliffe and Marc Riley were at the vanguard of jovial evening radio DJing and playing better than average music during the mid-90s. Then they got the breakfast show gig, which didn’t go as well, but the pair have maintained broadcasting careers ever since, albeit mostly separately. This ‘audience with’ show looks set to hark …
12 events,
Dracula
Dracula
Probably never a bad time to bring Dracula to the people, but the worldwide success of Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu doubtless makes this an especially good one. Yes I know there are copyright wrangles concerning the two characters. No-one normal cares! This high drama production comes from Blackeyed Theatre and has been adapted and directed by …
Still Here
Still Here
Written by Mari Lloyd, produced by Julia Stubbs’ 20 South Street company and told from the viewpoint of two teenagers on the cusp of adulthood in a small ex-mining town, Still Here’s March tour visits several such towns. Rhys and Yasmin are both 18; Rhys wants to be a boxer and his father wants to …
Far From The Madding Crowd
Far From The Madding Crowd
Those of you who consider hip-hop Shakespeare etc utter woke nonsense may well be reassured by Conn Artists’ faithful take on Thomas Hardy’s magazine-based soap opera turned novel, about a …
17 events,
The Agent
The Agent
Not checked in for a while on what magician Jasper Blakeley is up to in the Small Space, a front room-sized venue he runs and often performs at. He’s resident every Friday and Saturday in March with a show, The Agent, that combines comedy, magic and mindreading, with a running James Bond theme. He also …
It’s The Engels Of The World As We Know It, And We Feel Fine
It’s The Engels Of The World As We Know It, And We Feel Fine
Artist and radical book fair hosted by art organisation and creative community space G39 in collaboration with Yellow Back Books and Red Shoes Poster Archive (more on who a few pages along), featuring workshops, talks, stalls to browse, publishers, artists, campaign groups and activists. Evidently a Friedrich Engels/REM pun opportunity was too good to pass …
Belong: A Celebration Of Culture In Cardiff
Belong: A Celebration Of Culture In Cardiff
A free afternoon of cultural celebration organised by a group of young volunteers from The SAFE Foundation. Everyone is welcome to come together and learn about different cultures via a …
Mark William Lewis
Mark William Lewis
London indie musician who seems to have a mysterious air, perhaps on account of a relationship with the loose Dean Blunt/Lolina set but perhaps due to his hazy shoegaze/post-rock styles. …
5 events,
Eshaan Akbar
Eshaan Akbar
London comedian who’s been on the circuit for about a decade and has most of the normal panel show and podcast stuff in his bio. He also had a lead role in Sex Education and appeared on a reality show about walking the north Wales Pilgrim’s Way. This set is titled Can’t Get No Satisfakshaan.
4 events,
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Dinner
Her Naked Skin
Her Naked Skin
The Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama venture to Canton, maybe via Pontcanna Fields, to perform this play by Rebecca Lenkiewicz in which love between two jailed suffragettes traverses class boundaries. Directed by Emily Ling Williams, it’s on at 2pm and 7pm on Thurs 3 Apr; 7pm only all other days, with a day off on Sun …
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Pirates Love Underpants
Pirates Love Underpants
And they’re not the only ones – small children also love underpants, or so it is assumed by many who write books for them. One such series, by Claire Freedman …
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Kamasi Washington
Kamasi Washington
It’s been 10 years since bandleader and saxophonist Kamasi Washington released his aptly titled debut album The Epic. To this day, the triple album is acknowledged as a triumph for …
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Half Man Half Biscuit
Half Man Half Biscuit
Mersey mirthmen Half Man Half Biscuit aren’t touring as such, rather playing a show every month or two, but Wales gets a brace of those in fairly short succession. They’re …
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Dissent Fest
Dissent Fest
This eight-hour sesh has been booked by a gent calling himself VogonLaundromat and has loads of great stuff if you like noisy rock music. Louse (scum rock) and Ritual Error (90s emo) are debuting in south Wales, Black Shape (weirdo doom) return; Can Kicker, Made Of Teeth, This Is Wreckage and Cruel Prank are all …
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