South Wales Archives

Cultvr Lab’s latest audiovisual experience ILLUSORY CONTOURS channels THE MATRIX

May 25, 2022

Designed by artists Tom Slater and Jeremy Keenan, Illusory Contours allowed attendees to experience what it might feel like to enter the world of The Matrix in Cardiff.

Category: Art, Reviews Region: South Wales

Guitarists WILL VARLEY & JACK VALERO create richly poignant live atmosphere

May 24, 2022

Will Varley and Jack Valero invest the audience through gorgeous wordplay and melodic progressions with their sets in Cardiff.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

Let dance piece SPIRIT OF NIMBA recharge & uplift you

May 24, 2022

Idrissa Camara’s latest piece Spirit of Nimba is an absolute joy: an hour of music and dance that left his Cardiff audience feeling that they had just been reset last Friday.

Category: Dance, Reviews Region: South Wales

Traumatic humour & necessary urgency: REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. is a radical act of public mourning

May 24, 2022

Humorous. Chaotic. Intense. Just a few of the words that came to mind in the first five minutes of Alice Birch’s play Revolt. She Said. Revolt Again, in Porters’ pub theatre The Other Room.

Category: Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

“I would die if my album didn’t come out in 12 months” – MAHALIA talks new EP & future plans before Cardiff debut

May 23, 2022

Ahead of her more-than-overdue debut in Cardiff, Carl Marsh speaks to Midlands soul siren Mahalia Burkmar (but just her first name’ll do, cheers) about her plans for ’22.

Category: Interviews, Live Region: South Wales

London rockers PUPPY make every riff count at no-frills Clwb gig

May 23, 2022

Puppy’s no-frills headline performance at Clwb Ifor Bach was a reminder that, at the end of the day, the music should always take centre stage.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

Old Park Farm

May 22, 2022

Region: South Wales

Current & vital, BOB VYLAN are at the top of their game live in Cardiff

May 20, 2022

Formidable pugilists righteously fighting the corner of the maligned and marginalised, Bob Vylan are a product of our times – and a band at the top of their game.

Category: Live, Reviews Region: South Wales

There are worse ways to spend an evening than with “silly and childish” SANDI TOKSVIG

May 19, 2022

Sandi Toksvig’s post-lockdown tour Next Slide, Please is named after Chris Whitty’s catchphrase from the daily COVID briefings. However, Sandi’s slides were full of joy, silliness and fun.

Category: Comedy, Culture, Reviews Region: South Wales

Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

May 19, 2022

With Goodsheds delivering both quality and variety, Barry is fast gaining a reputation for more than just fish and chips.

Category: Food & Drink, Reviews Region: South Wales

ROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else

May 18, 2022

Rock of Ages is as un-subtle and devoid of depth as the music it celebrates. But perhaps that’s entirely the point.

Category: Culture, Reviews, Theatre Region: South Wales

St Illtud’s Church

May 18, 2022

Region: South Wales

Cultvr Lab’s latest audiovisual experience ILLUSORY CONTOURS channels THE MATRIX

Guitarists WILL VARLEY & JACK VALERO create richly poignant live atmosphere

Let dance piece SPIRIT OF NIMBA recharge & uplift you

Traumatic humour & necessary urgency: REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. is a radical act of public mourning

“I would die if my album didn’t come out in 12 months” – MAHALIA talks new EP & future plans before Cardiff debut

London rockers PUPPY make every riff count at no-frills Clwb gig

Old Park Farm

Current & vital, BOB VYLAN are at the top of their game live in Cardiff

There are worse ways to spend an evening than with “silly and childish” SANDI TOKSVIG

Barry’s GOODSHEDS: a smorgasbord of mouthwatering indie food faves

ROCK OF AGES ain’t nothin’ but a good time… and very little else

St Illtud’s Church

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