03/05/2019

  Wallace & Gromit’s Musical Marvels comes to St David’s Hall for two fun-filled performances on Saturday 1 June at 1.30pm and 6pm. THE nation’s favourite dynamic duo Wallace & Gromit are back and this time they are embarking on an exciting orchestral adventure! Get ready to experience the sheer musical masterpiece that is Wallace’s My Concerto in Eee Lad with a helping paw from his faithful canine companion Gromit…What could possibly go wrong?!   This interactive experience features specially created animations…

03/05/2019

  A celebration event was recently held for Irene Hicks and her team of trusty helpers to say thank you for raising over £100,000 for The Breast Centre Appeal.   Irene and the team were invited in for lunch at The Breast Centre, where she was joined by Mr Sumit Goyal, Consultant Breast Surgeon along with Independent Member and Chair of the Charitable Funds Committee, Akmal Hanuk and Peter Welsh, University Hospital Llandough Hospital Manager.   Irene, a loving mother…

03/05/2019

Cardiff & Vale Health Charity recently had the pleasure of welcoming the First Minister, Mark Drakeford to Our Orchard at University Hospital Llandough (UHL) to plant a tree which will blossom and grow for the future. The First Minister was joined by Maria Battle, Chair of Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (UHB), Jane Hutt AM, members of the Executive Team and staff to plant an apple tree.   The Our Orchard project will bring to life the vision of a…

03/05/2019

  Honeyblood have today shared ‘She’s A Nightmare’, the latest single & video from their upcoming third album ‘In Plain Sight’ – out 24 May on their new label home, Marathon Artists. The single was given its radio debut by Shaun Keaveny on BBC Radio 6 Music this week and follows the 6 Music playlisted lead single ‘The Third Degree’ which arrived in February. NEW ALBUM ‘IN PLAIN SIGHT’ IS OUT 24 MAY (ON MARATHON ARTISTS) Recognised as one of…

03/05/2019

  New artwork has been unveiled at Redrow Homes’ St David’s Meadow development in Colwinston after local artist, David Mackie, collaborated with children at the neighbouring St David’s Church in Wales Primary School to produce the masterpiece.   The public art, which has taken two years to make, is made up of designs created by the pupils after David visited their school for a series of workshops and incorporated their artistic ideas into the finished article.   The owls, hares…

03/05/2019

  Talent Ticker have recently made a high profile new hire. This week, market intelligence technology company Talent Ticker have announced that Andrew Cochlin, previously from Polecat, will be joining them as a CFO. Andrews experience has been on growing SaaS based technology businesses, which is perfect for ambitious technology start-up Talent Ticker. His background is in strategic formation and execution, financial and company operations, financial modelling and reporting, early stage corporate governance and preparation for equity funding. This makes…

03/05/2019

Tom Abell, Managing Director and owner of Peccadillo Pictures, has been presented with the inaugural Iris Prize Fellowship. Honouring those who have made a significant contribution to the LGBT+ film industry, the fellowship recognises Tom’s services to LGBT+ film distribution in the UK. Directors, actors, producers, industry professionals and LGBT+ activists gathered at the Ministry in London to congratulate the much-loved LGBT+ champion Over the past 40 years, Tom’s commitment to sharing LGBT+ cinema has brought hundreds of films to…

02/05/2019

Britain’s Got Talent’s Micky P Kerr had us all laughing with his performances last year. He talks to Carl Marsh ahead of his performance at The Glee Club on Sunday 5th May 2019 Carl Marsh: Would you say that of all the comedians, Bill Bailey has been a significant influence to you? Micky P Kerr: Yes, I think so because I’ve seen Bill Bailey a couple of times. I believe we are quite similar in the sense that we’re musical…

02/05/2019

Starring in The Hustle alongside Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson, which is in cinemas in May 2019, Carl Marsh speaks to actor Ingrid Oliver about her character Inspector Desjardins.   Carl Marsh: You’re appearing in a remake of the film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which I have seen about 50 times, and it’s called The Hustle.   Ingrid Oliver: Really?   Carl: – Yes, it is my ‘go-to-comedy’, you can’t beat a bit of Steve Martin’s character Freddy pretending to be…

02/05/2019

Appearing at St Davids Hall on Sunday 26th May 2019,Howard Jones chats  to Carl Marsh. Carl Marsh: Am I correct in saying that this new tour is going to be about the new album Transform and your first album, Human’s Lib? Howard Jones: Yes, I’m structuring it so it’ll be like one song from the heritage section and then one new one. We’ve gone back to all the songs I’ve chosen from the catalogue and revisited some of the sounds…