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La Fille Mal Gardée, The Nutcracker & Swan Lake St David’s Hall Tues 20 Dec – Mon 2 Jan 2pm, 5.30pm & 7pm (Excluding 25 & 26 December and 1 January) WHAT better way is there to get in the Christmas spirit than to enjoy a world class ballet with your loved ones at St David’s Hall? We’ve got the festive season all wrapped up with three magical productions from the prestigious Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia. Our…
Oakfield Primary School attends Kellogg’s Breakfast Club awards at Westminster Houses of Parliament to collect national trophy A primary school in Cardiff has won ‘Best Breakfast Club in Wales’ and received £1,500 in prize money for their breakfast club. Oakfield Primary School’s breakfast club came top of the class for providing a healthy and creative approach to breakfast for their attendees and ensure each child feels involved and able to participate in activities. The winning school bagged £1,500 prize money…
St David’s Hall Friday 5 May, Doors 7pm IRELAND’S reigning rock queen Imelda May returns to St David’s Hall with her first UK tour in three years on Friday 5 May 2017 – and tickets went on sale Friday 9th December at 9.30am, don’t miss out! Imelda’s much-anticipated fifth album Life Love Flesh Blood is due for release in March 2017, and the tour promises to be show the inimitable artist as you’ve never seen her before. A new groove has…
LEGENDARY rockers The Pretenders will visit St David’s Hall for the very first time on Friday 6 October 2017 – and tickets went on sale Friday 9th December at 10am so don’t miss out! The band burst onto the UK scene in 1979 when their self-titled debut album stormed to the top of the charts, whilst the hit single Brass in Pocket also surged to the No.1 spot. Spearheaded by force-of-nature Chrissie Hynde, the group garnered rave reviews throughout the 80s…
BRITAIN’S favourite pop-rock band, Squeeze are back with a brand new album and a UK tour including a date at St David’s Hall! The new wave heroes return to the National Concert Hall of Wales on Tuesday 10 October 2017 – and the much sought-after tickets went on sale Friday 9th December at 9am and are selling fast! After rave reviews for their latest album Cradle to the Grave and a storming set at Glastonbury over the summer, the band…
CHRISTMAS is the most magical time of the year, so it’s fitting that the ultimate festive ballet The Nutcracker is coming to St David’s Hall! From the world-renowned Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia, this spellbinding production is at the National Concert Hall of Wales for nine sensational performances from Thursday 22 December – Wednesday 28 December at 2pm and 5.30pm (excluding 25 & 26 December). Feel the warmth of the open fire as presents lay beneath the tree…
With Christmas on the horizon, it can sometimes be difficult to find that right present or even worse you find yourself having that Christmas Eve panic when you realise you still haven’t bought a gift for a relative or friend. Christmas goes as quickly as it arrived, New Year comes along and then it’s back to the usual day to day activities for the next year. So why not do something different this year and give a gift that is…
ST DAVID’S HALL presents three magical performances of La Fille Mal Gardée for the first time from Tuesday 20 – Wednesday 21 December. Performed by the Russian State Ballet & Orchestra of Siberia and recreated from Alexander Gorsky’s classic version, this gentle tale of love thwarted, unrequited and found is one of the oldest ballets is still regularly performed. It is a masterpiece of comedy full of ribbons, romance and rivalry, and conjures up a world of pastoral simplicity where…
HARRY POTTER – PSYCHO – GLADIATOR – SUPERMAN + Star Wars EPISODE vii: The force awakens + INDIANA JONES – THUNDERBIRDS – PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN LIGHTS…CAMERA…ACTION!!! The ever-popular Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra concert A Night at the Movies returns to St David’s Hall on Friday 9 December – and this year it comes with a Heroes & Villains theme! Experience the glitz and glamour of Hollywood with some of the most memorable movie music ever recorded including Harry Potter, Superman,…
Two players from Wales were among the winners at the Marbella ITF (International Tennis Federation) seniors Grade 2 event. Jonathan Howell from Newport partnered Damien Pound of Australia to take the O35s doubles title, while Chris Hill (Abertillery) teamed up with fellow Brit, Rajiv Batra, to win the O55s title. The previous week, Hill had reached the final of the ITF Grade 4 event at the Royal Club El Casco with Emlyn Jones of Penarth. This was Hill’s fourth major…
