COMEDY legends Jasper Carrott & Alistair McGowan will share the bill next Tuesday (1 December) at St David’s Hall for a special night of superb stand-up and uncanny impressions. Drawing on their vast experience on the UK circuit, this show promises to have you roaring with laughter in no time – but hurry only limited seats are remaining! Born Robert Davis, the lovable Brummie Jasper Carrott MBE has become a familiar face on our TV screens as a comic, actor…
Tuesday the 24th of November will see Cardiff author Mark Blayney launch his short story collection at First Space in Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff at 7.30pm. Blayney, the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, will be reading from his collection in which Ghosts torment from the past; future selves write back; the lost look about, find themselves watched, are lead astray. Come and keep company with thieves and murdering artists, with the couple who miss the ferry for their make-or-break…
Five authors from three genres discuss why they write, why they came together and what the future holds for their (currently) all female collective Gillian Hamer What was it about crime writing that appealed to you? It was crime ‘reading’ that first appealed from a very early age. I read every Famous Five and Secret Seven book in the village library. Then I moved onto Nancy Drew … and finally Agatha Christie. I think it was the pace and tension…
A new agreement between Community Housing Cymru and Public Health Wales has committed the organisations to working more closely together to improve the lives and health of people in the most deprived communities in Wales. A Memorandum of Understanding signed on 19 November 2015 will ensure that the organisations work together to identify common problems and develop joint solutions. The memorandum is a commitment to a joint focus on prevention and early intervention, to ensuring work is informed by the…
A major new production of classic Broadway musical Mack & Mabel comes to Wales Millennium Centre next week (1-6 December) starring double Olivier award-winning Michael Ball as Mack Sennett. Based on the real-life romance between Hollywood legends Mack Sennett and Mabel Normand, Mack and Mabel tells the story of a group of pioneering filmmakers who changed the world surrounded by the great fun of the silent screen: heroes in capes, girls tied to the tracks, glamorous Bathing Beauties and the…
The Wicked Indoor Booma is the best indoor boomerang in the world! Made of special “memorang” foam, it is soft and safe, yet durable and versatile! With its special properties, you can tune the wings for different types of flight and the boomerang will stay in shape. When thrown as instructed, we guarantee your boomerang will travel around in a 4-6 metre circle and come right back to you! Made from soft foam so it won’t smash anything! Made in…
Councillor’s Michael Costas-Michael and Monica Walsh officially re-opened Cardiff, a Wyevale Garden Centre alongside returning Garden Centre Manager, Mike Greenwood and founder of the original nursery in 1952, Jean Hughes. Crew Manager, Richard Ball and two local fireman from Cardiff Central Fire Station celebrated the opening of the garden centre on the 2 year anniversary of the fire New Centre boasts a new improved state-of-the-art redevelopment Wyevale Garden Centres celebrated the reopening which took place on the 2 year anniversary…
REGGAE LOVE SONGS TOUR 2016 YolanDa Brown, double MOBO award-winning saxophonist and one of the UK’s most exciting and sought after live performers, is embarking on a nationwide tour from February to June 2016. Wowing audiences across the country, from London and Cardiff to Manchester and Glasgow, the Reggae Love Songs tour will be an infectious journey of Reggae rhythms from the Caribbean, peppered with supreme Jazz flavoured inflections and sensibilities. Throughout the tour, YolanDa Brown will be joined by…
BulliesOut has joined up with Giveacar, a non-profit social enterprise which collects old cars as part of a novel fund-raising boost for BulliesOut. Giveacar is a not-for-profit social enterprise that turns old and used cars into monetary donations for charity. Profits from the sale are then donated to a charity of the car owner’s choice. Giveacar is supporting local charity BulliesOut to help raise vital funds. BulliesOut is a registered charity with Giveacar, making it an easy and effective way…
Celtic music legend Martyn Joseph will lead a stunning quartet of folk stars in the Sweet Liberties concert at St David’s Hall next Friday (27 November) at 8pm. Martyn is gifted with the rare ability to speak from the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics with a career spanning 30 years, 32 albums, over half a million record sales and thousands of live performances! His boundless versatility allows him to delve into the genres of folk, rock, soul, folk funk and…
