Marcel Lucont
Wales Millennium Centre Bute Place, Cardiff, Cardiff, United KingdomThis guy, real name Alexis Dubus, is an English comedian who pretends to be French for whatever reason. His latest gambit is an audience-participatory gameshow called {Les Enfants Terribles} whose theme is terrible infants – children compete in matters of bad behaviour and one is chosen as the awfulest.
North Wales International Music Festival
A good shout for the preeminent classical music event in its stated region, having been founded 52 years ago, the NWIMF also incorporates folk and choral works, as classical programmes are wont to do. Sain Records veterans Ar Log are 2024’s token folkies, playing on Fri 13 Sept; the day before sees the premiere of …
Splinter
Sherman Theatre Cardiff, South GlamorganThe proverbial content warnings are lined up like bowling pins for this play, a debut work by Gemma Prangle produced in-house with Red Oak Theatre. It’s a two-hander in which a father and daughter anticipate the death of their wife/mum; set in a forest, with nature offering a certain respite, strobes and gunshots are also …
The Girls Bathroom
Swansea Arena Oystermouth Road, Bae Copr Bay, Swansea, Swansea, United KingdomLive version of hit podcast whose spiritual ancestor seems to be not so much other podcasts as the likes of Take A Break magazine. Check out the titles of their episodes (“He broke my heart, stole our business and LEFT the country!”) coupled with the graphic design of the YouTube thumbnails for evidence.
Young Ensembles’ Concert
United Free Church 15 The Broad Shoard, Cowbridge, United KingdomFourteen concerts in 10 days amounts to a burst of activity in this part of the Vale Of Glamorgan, rarely troubled by live music during the rest of the year. The Cowbridge Music Festival’s remit centres on classical, folk and jazz, but is liberal in its definition of those terms. One might deem the music …
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