TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2018 & 2019 PREVIEW | FILM
2018 – A YEAR IN FILM As 2018 comes to an end, what has cinema taught us this year? Superhero franchises are unstoppable, it seems, but there has been a …
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NILE RODGERS & CHIC | LIVE PREVIEW
NILE RODGERS & CHIC Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Tue 18 Dec It’s refreshing to find out that Nile Rodgers & Chic are going by that moniker, rather than the simpler and …
FOODIE FOCUS | DECEMBER – JANUARY
Foodie Focus As Christmas and the New Year beckons, Elouise Hobbs tracks down the foodie-related events in south Wales this winter. Y Bwrdd Festive Supper Club Victoria Rd, Penarth, Thurs 6 …
“Every night we come off stage and we look like we’ve been beat up” – BLACK STONE CHERRY INTERVIEW | UPFRONT
BLACK STONE CHERRY “It’s one of my personal favourite places to go,” claims Jon Lawhon, the man responsible for the low end in Black Stone Cherry, in his unmistakable Southern …
MATILDA THE MUSICAL | INTERVIEW & STAGE PREVIEW
MATILDA THE MUSICAL Inspired by Roald Dahl’s children’s novel, Matilda The Musical takes to the stage at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre for over a month. Brought to us by the Royal …
HEN OGLEDD | LIVE PREVIEW
HEN OGLEDD Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Sun 2 Dec Initially founded in 2013 by Tyneside troubadour Richard Dawson and improvisational harpist Rhodri Davies, with the later addition of Sally Pilkington …
CREED 2 | FILM PREVIEW
[wpdevart_youtube]IS2nfJ6LVNg[/wpdevart_youtube]CREED 2 *** Dir: Steven Caple Jnr (12A, 125 mins) Following Ryan Coogler’s unofficial Rocky sequel unexpectedly being somewhat of a knockout, this sequel carries on the Creed and Balboa saga. …
TIM PEAKE’S SPACECRAFT | UPFRONT
TIM PEAKE’S SPACECRAFT The shiny rocket egg thing, or the Soyuz TMA-19M Capsule to give its full title, will be on full display in Cardiff’s National Museum for three months …
THE WHITE FEATHER | THEATRE PREVIEW
THE WHITE FEATHER Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea Sun 11 Nov This poignant and inventive show from dynamic Welsh theatre-makers Theatr na nÓg is getting a revival this month to commemorate …
THE GRINCH (2018) | FILM PREVIEW
[wpdevart_youtube]Bf6D-i8YpHg[/wpdevart_youtube]THE GRINCH ** Dir: Yarrow Cheney/Scott Mosier (PG, 90 mins) Another crack at the Dr. Seuss creation that doesn’t like Christmas after the hyper-kinetic and scarily made-up Jim Carrey mess …
MADE BY HAND | ART PREVIEW
MADE BY HAND City Hall, Cardiff Fri 2-Sun 4 Nov You’ll have heard it a million times – we’re a nation of consumers. And we consume things in large volume, …
SOUL II SOUL INTERVIEW | UPFRONT
SOUL II SOUL We might think that the first of November will see the return of Soul II Soul, but in truth they’ve never been away. Off the road for …