S4C celebrates 40 years pledging to make a new Welsh film every year
S4C's Chief Executive Sian Doyle announced at Wales Screen Summit that the broadcaster is committing to producing one Welsh film a year.
Welsh language
LOVECRAFT (NOT THE SEX SHOP IN CARDIFF) | UPFRONT
LOVECRAFT (NOT THE SEX SHOP IN CARDIFF) After festival success and winning the Best Cabaret award at the Adelaide Fringe, Welsh singer and actress Carys Eleri is taking her first-of-its-kind …
MAGS | STAGE REVIEW
MAGS *** Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Tue 12 Nov The dynamic combination of Welsh and English is swiftly becoming a mainstay of new theatre in Wales. Recently, productions such as Hela …
DRUDWEN | STAGE REVIEW
DRUDWEN **** Thurs 7 Nov, The Riverfront, Newport Drudwen the enchantress has everything she has ever wanted, except children – so when she finds Oggie and Olga in the forest, …
HELA | STAGE REVIEW
HELA **** Thurs 7 Nov, The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff In Niall Griffiths’s savage novel Sheepshagger (2001), Ianto — a young, feral mountain boy whose language and home have …
DRUDWEN | STAGE PREVIEW
DRUDWEN The Riverfront, Newport, Thurs 7 + Fri 8 Nov; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 15 Nov Drudwen is no normal theatre performance, but a dark twisted play that fuses dance and …
CARWYN ELLIS & RIO 18 | MUSIC PREVIEW
Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18 The Gate, Cardiff Thurs 10 Oct Carwyn Ellis has jumped around from project to project: from being frontman of psych-pop band Colorama since 2008, to …
LLINOS WILLIAMS & LIA HAWEN: SECRET SPACES | INTERVIEW
With Tafwyl 2019 looking to be the Welsh-language festival’s biggest year yet, Gareth Mitchell chats to festival director Llinos Williams and co-ordinator Lia Hawen. With the news of Tafwyl being …
MORFFIN & MÊL | BOOK REVIEW
Sion Hughes (Y Lolfa) Delving into the subject of espionage during the Second World War, this Welsh-language story is the second novel from author Sion Hughes. The story follows Richard, …
NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD | FEATURE
The Welsh festival of Literature, music and performance returns, 840 years since its conception, to the Castle Meadows in Abergavenny from July 29 – August 6. As one of the oldest …
CULTURE HUSTINGS: MEAGRE PICKINGS FOR CULTURE VULTURES | POLITICS FEATURE
There are genuine fears that the Welsh electorate don’t know what they’re voting for – let alone when – on the 5th May, which is the date for the next …
KEVIN ALLEN | INTERVIEW
KEVIN ALLEN | INTERVIEW The director of Welsh classic film Twin Town, Under Milk Wood, and its Oscar submitted Welsh language adaptation Dan Y Wenallt, Kevin Allen, spoke with Luke …