Willy Russell’s heart-warming comedy Shirley Valentine premiered in 1986 and took the world by storm. In celebration of its 30th Anniversary the first major revival of this national treasure has embarked on a UK tour which comes to Cardiff’s New Theatre from Tuesday 27 June – Saturday 1 July 2017. It stars the ever-popular Jodie Prenger as Shirley Valentine. Jodie Prenger last visited Cardiff in 2016 with Tell Me on a Sunday and is best known for winning the role…

  It’s that exciting time of year again when concert venues across the world announce the sensational array of orchestral shows that make up their new season. And none of them are as impressive as the 2017/18 International Concert Series at St David’s Hall! Plus, they are all on sale NOW! With visiting orchestras and ensembles from St Petersburg to Stuttgart as well as some of UK’s finest, we’re sure you’ll want to experience the thrill of classical music at…

Law firm Slater and Gordon is continuing its Cardiff expansion with the appointment of a new family specialist. Ben Evans, a senior associate with extensive experience in the field of family law, will head up a brand new team handling matters such as divorce, children disputes, financial settlements on separation and prenuptial agreements. Ben, who is originally from North Wales, joins from Grant Stephens Family Law and prior to that worked at London law firms before moving to the Welsh…

  Friday 16 February, 7pm Doors TICKETS ON SALE NOW EIGHTIES synth-pop icons Erasure are back with a new album and tour including a date at St David’s Hall on Friday 16 February 2018! The New Wave duo released another collection of perfectly crafted tunes with World Be Gone earlier this month, and fans can expect a mix of new material and old classics at the National Concert Hall of Wales. Tickets go on sale this Friday (2 June) at 10am,…

  Saturday 31 March, 7.30pm – TICKETS ON SALE NOW BRUTALLY honest political correspondent Jonathan Pie attempts to smash the system from within at St David’s Hall on Saturday 31 March 2018 – and tickets are on sale now! Following a sell-out 2017 UK tour ending at the London Palladium, the world’s most frustrated fictitious news reporter returns with his sharply observed and hilarious satire of current affairs entitled Back to the Studio. Since first appearing in September 2015, Jonathan Pie (created…

  Independent charity Crimestoppers and the Electoral Commission are calling on the public to be aware of the threat of electoral fraud, as the UK prepares for a General Election on Thursday 8 June. The three-week campaign, which launched on the 1 June, highlights the tell-tale signs of electoral fraud. This includes intimidating or bribing voters, stealing postal or proxy votes, voting as someone else, tampering with ballot papers or postal ballot packs, or asking someone to reveal their marked…

  All-female Welsh choir, Angelicus Celtis have recently shown their support for people affected by dementia and become Dementia Friends. The schoolgirls from Llanelli, South West Wales who have made it to the Semi-finals of Britain’s Got Talent were all made Dementia Friends as it was revealed that many members of the choral group have personal experience of the condition and their grandparents received direct support from Alzheimer’s Society Cymru. Alzheimer’s Society’s Dementia Friends programme is the biggest ever initiative to…

Families across Wales are being encouraged to take part in Sustrans’ Bike to School Week 2017 (5-9 June) and discover the benefits of cycling, scooting and walking. Bike to School Week is an opportunity for children and parents to kick-start active travel habits and switch to cycling, scooting or walking for the school journey. It is also a time to celebrate the good work already being done in schools to inspire more children and their parents to cycle, scoot or…

Over the last bank holiday, three teams from Parkinson’s UK cycled to gardens open for charity in England and Wales to the celebrate the 90th Anniversary of the National Garden Scheme. The teams aimed to cycle 90 miles in recognition of the first garden opening in 1927, but with a team in Yorkshire biking 45 miles, another in Cheshire riding 30 miles, and a third in Wales pedalling 40 miles – they smashed their target with an impressive 115 mile…

  A visually impaired man has found himself the victim of discrimination when he asked his local authority if he could vote at the General Election on June 8th in the same way that everyone else can. When Daniel Williams, 25, enquired at Cardiff City Council, if he could have a large print ballot paper, he was informed that this was not possible due to ‘legislative reasons’. No alternative was suggested.  Mr Williams was then told by the Electoral Commission…