SOUTH WALES
What’s on in South Wales
Home to our capital, Cardiff, which means the South is where much of Wales’ politics, industry, and culture is developed. It’s the country’s most urbanised region, so expect to find the greatest density of theatres, clubs, restaurants and the like. But that’s not all South Wales has to offer: the region also maintains areas of sweeping beauty in the Valleys and elsewhere. Read on to see what’s on in South Wales.
FEATURED EVENTS
Trivial Pursuits
Dolman Theatre Kingsway, Newport, GwentPlays about plays are ten a penny, of course, but this comedy by chronicler of Valleys life Frank Vickery, dating from the early 90s, is a play about preparation for a play. Members of a Welsh operatic society are having a BBQ and fighting over their roles in between buttering their rolls. Tickets: £8.50-£15. On …
The Marriage Of Figaro
Wales Millennium Centre Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff, United KingdomJust a note: don’t go into The Marriage Of Figaro expecting the well-known aria Largo Al Factotum (the one that goes “Figaro Figaro… FIGARO” etc), because that features in The Barber Of Seville. As a burgeoning opera-goer, I didn’t realise Marriage was effectively the sequel to Barber – naively thinking that sequels were a modern …
Eliza Carthy + Jennifer Reid
Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Cardiff, South Glamorgan, UKThere’s hundreds of years’ worth of English folksong, which amounts to the material being passed down through several generations, and in the tour pairing of Eliza Carthy and Jennifer Reid …
LATEST FEATURES IN SOUTH WALES
FEATURED VENUES IN SOUTH WALES
Chapter Arts Centre
A bohemian standout in its neighbourhood of Canton, Chapter (as it’s often shortened to) turned 50 years old in April 2021. It’s been through a vast array of changes in …
The Riverfront
Strikingly angular, and nigh on unmissable as it fulfils the promise of its name by sitting beside the River Usk, this venue opened in 2004 in the wake of Newport …
Wales Millennium Centre
Towering over Bute Place, the Wales Millennium Centre multi-use building is as imposing as it’s elegant, a venue befitting a capital city. Its main auditorium is the primary place to …
Le Public Space
One of the most widely respected DIY music venues in south Wales, or for that matter the UK, Le Pub thrived in its original location since the early 90s. A …
Coliseum Theatre
The borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff are responsible for two theatres at present: the Coliseum, in Trecynon near Aberdare, and the Park & Dare in Treorchy. Each boasts a capacity …
Park & Dare
The borough of Rhondda Cynon Taff are responsible for two theatres at present: the Coliseum, in Trecynon near Aberdare, and the Park & Dare in Treorchy. Each boasts a capacity …
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