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16/10/2015

Casting has been announced for the Music & Lyrics Limited and West Yorkshire Playhouse production of the much-loved Sherman Brothers musical CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. Lee Mead (Casualty, Legally Blonde, Joseph and The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat) will play Caractacus Potts, Michelle Collins (EastEnders, Coronation Street) will feature as Baroness Bomburst and Welsh actor Andy Hockley (The Phantom Of The Opera) will star as Grandpa Potts. Casting for the roles of Truly Scrumptious, Lord Scrumptious and the Childcatcher are to be announced. Ewen Cummins plays The Toymaker/Mr Coggins, with Sam…

16/10/2015

QWill Writing Services Limited (“QWill”), located in Cardiff Bay, has a mission to reduce the cost of Will writing and Lasting Power of Attorney (“LPA”) work whilst also taking a charitable approach to the business. Louise O’Halloran, Managing Director of QWill, established the Will writing business after experiencing considerable expense setting up a Will to protect her own family. Recent reports suggest that over 67% of the adult population in England & Wales do not have a Will. Reasons given include lack of knowledge surrounding the…

16/10/2015

The International Concert Series continues at St David’s Hall next Tuesday (20 October) with the acclaimed Armonico Consort featuring one of the most exciting talents in Welsh classical music.  Swansea soprano Elin Manahan Thomas will share the stage with the supremely talented trio of William Towers, Alexander Aldren and Yvette Bonner for a powerful programme of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater.  Written just weeks before his death at just 25, Pergolesi’s imperishable Stabat Mater is one of the…

16/10/2015

Two of the finest emerging talents in classical music will join forces next Tuesday (20 October) for a special Lunchtime Concert at St David’s Hall.  Benjamin Baker Acclaimed violinist Benjamin Baker and the supremely talented pianist Jonathan Ware will share the stage for a sensational programme of Schubert and Elgar. Born in 1990 in New Zealand, Benjamin studied at the Yehudi Menuhin School and the Royal College of Music with Natasha Boyarsky and Felix Andrievsky. Over the last year Benjamin…

15/10/2015

Broadway to the Bay, an exclusive production showcasing the best in musical theatre, will bring Wales Millennium Centre’s tenth anniversary celebrations to a close with three nights of showbiz glitz and glamour (23-25 October). Famed for attracting the big Broadway and West End musicals to Wales, the Centre will present a hand-picked selection of favourite moments from the musical blockbusters it has welcomed over the last ten years. Headline artists include John Owen-Jones (Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables), Kerry Ellis (Wicked, Les Misérables), Ruthie Henshall (Chicago, Cats), Sophie Evans (Wizard…

15/10/2015

Local charity Welsh Hearts Calonnau Cymru celebrates its 2nd birthday this week. Welsh Hearts was founded in 2013 by Sharon Owen and has been focusing on placing Defibrillators in communities and schools through-out Wales and holding free CPR training sessions to the public!  Welsh Hearts have trained over 7736 people in CPR and have placed 215 defibrillators across communities in Wales. The aim of this is to drastically improve the chances of those that have cardiac arrests outside of hospital…

15/10/2015

Land of Our Fathers, a funny and deeply moving Welsh mining drama, is set to embark on its first national tour starting at Wales Millennium Centre next week (20-28 October).  3 May 1979, South Wales. Thatcher is counting her votes, Sid Vicious is spinning in his grave and six Welsh miners are trapped down a coal mine.As the men await their rescue, secrets emerge and accusations fly. Within two weeks, everything they believe in and everything they know will have…

15/10/2015

This October half-term, Halfords is helping kids get bike savvy by hosting entry-level bike workshops for children, worth £10 per head, at most of its stores in Wales on Wednesday 28th  October. Over 62,000 children and parents have benefitted from this free-of-charge workshop that teaches 7-11 year-olds the basics of things to check on their bike. The session is ideal for kids who have little to no experience of bike maintenance and repair. Halfords’ Community and CSR Manager, Emma Thomas, said:…

15/10/2015

New research released today indicates that nearly a third of UK adults would have aesthetic treatment for a change in job or career, underlining that youthfulness still equates to success in work for many people.1  Survey results also highlighted that 1 in 5 women in the UK have dermal fillers to turn the clock back and retain their beauty while surprisingly, almost 40% of respondents, aged 25-44, said they would have aesthetic treatment if their partner wanted them to.1 This…

15/10/2015

 Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra starts its spectacular new 2015/16 season in style with a powerful programme of Dvořák and Rossini this Friday (16 October) at St David’s Hall. This compelling concert features two of the most popular and instantly recognisable classics ever written in Rossini’s William Tell Overture and Dvořák’s Symphony No.9 From the New World. There’s also a performance of legendary Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins’ Concerto for Euphonium & Orchestra — expertly played by very special guest soloist, David…