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250 cinemas are hosting dedicated autism friendly cinema screenings this month right across the UK in partnership with Dimensions, a national not-for-profit support provider for people with learning disabilities and autism. Cineworld cinemas show their autism friendly screening on the first Sunday of every month. Their next showing is Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul on Sunday 4th June at 11am. Showcase cinemas show their autism friendly screening on the second Sunday of every month. Their next showing…
We spend hours at the gym or running and hiking to train our body and endurance. But what about our brain? If you feel like your attention span is shortening, you can stretch and strengthen it with simple everyday changes. Get more sleep Not sleeping properly can not only affect our energy levels and looks but also our brain functions. Getting enough Zzz’s can help support learning, memory as well as regulate our mood or even appetite and libido. When…
The Woman in Black, which has recently celebrated its 28th anniversary in the West End, is touring to Cardiff’s New Theatre for eight haunting performances – plenty of opportunity to see if you’ll survive the tale… Stephen Mallatratt’s adaptation of Susan Hill’s best-selling novel has terrified over 7 million theatre-goers since it first opened. Robin Herford’s gripping production is a brilliantly successfully study in atmosphere, illusion and controlled horror. The production’s huge popularity has reached a global level, having toured…
Constructionline are encouraging SMEs in the construction industry to attend their next Meet the Buyer event, which is set to take place in Cardiff on Wednesday 14 June. The event, which will take place at Cardiff’s All Nations Centre, will provide the opportunity for contractors, consultants and suppliers to connect with main contractor and public sector buyers to discuss upcoming work in the region. Confirmed exhibitors at the event include: Bibby Factors Ltd, Kier Construction, JN Bentley, The National…
Australia’s most successful family entertainment group, The Wiggles, are coming to the UK and Ireland for the first time in 5 years! Emma, Lachy, Simon and Anthony are so excited to be touring England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales this July and August. They will be bringing some familiar wiggly friends with them too, including Dorothy the Dinosaur, Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog and Henry the Octopus! Emma will be delighting fans with her Irish and ballet dancing and there’ll…
15th-22nd July 2017 After a first year where audience numbers exceeded all expectations, the festival is back to serve a second helping of fringe theatre to Wales’ capital. This year will be bigger and better, with a programme of 31 performances taking place across 12 venues. “We are so excited about the programme we have put together. After last year’s pilot, we were flooded with applications from amazing companies wanting to perform in the festival – 49 to…
A new film released on 31 May called The Firefighters’ Dilemma is calling for the government to set national standards to improve emergency response times. The film shows a pensioner trapped inside a burning flat. The first fire engine arrives, but the second is some way behind. The firefighters are desperate to go in and save ‘Alice’ but they are not supposed to enter the building until the back up crew arrives, for their own safety (see notes to editors…
St David’s Hall Friday 20 October, 7.30pm CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA’S 2017/18 season starts in style with the fiery passion of From Russia…With Love on Friday 20 October – and tickets are on sale now! Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 forms a fascinating centre-piece to this programme, and is familiar to film fans as the romantic music featured in Brief Encounter. Accompanying the orchestra is 2014 BBC Young Musician of the Year, Martin James Bartlett for what will be a…
Tee It Up to provide golf lessons for children – could your child be the next Rory or Charley? Wales’ first golf simulation centre, Tee It Up, is hoping to find the next UK golf champion by starting children’s golf lessons. Concerned that the numbers of children taking up the sport is declining, the team behind Wales’ only dedicated golf simulation centre has decided to nurture the next generation of golfers by running classes for children as young as six to 16….
GOODGYM COMBINES GETTING FIT WITH DOING GOOD IN CARDIFF LAUNCH RUN SAW RUNNERS LAY A DISABLED ACCESS PATH FOR CANTON COMMUNITY HALL GARDENS AND RUN 4K FIRST GROUP OUTSIDE OF ENGLAND THE GROUP WILL MEET AT CARDIFF’S THE OLD LIBRARY, THE HAYES EVERY TUESDAY AT 18:15 CARDIFF, MAY 25th 2017 – GOODGYM – the community of runners who combine getting fit with doing good – launched in Cardiff this week (May 23). The inaugural run on 23rd May saw 35…
