Lucie Jones is one of my favourite singers, so when I was invited to review her first solo concert, I didn’t take much persuading!  Lucie, who is from Pentyrch on the outskirts of Cardiff, first came to my attention when she reached the live finals of X Factor in 2009.  Controversially, she was booted off after a sing-off against Jedward.  Looking back, that seems an almost unbelievable decision by the judges.  However, Lucie was not bitter and has only positive…

Wales Millennium Centre is thrilled to announce the full cast of Tiger Bay the Musical, which includes a 39-strong cast with many notable names from right here in Wales. Tiger Bay the Musical – created by a multi-award-winning team composer, Daf James, writer Michael Williams and director, Melly Still – is set in the flamboyant multi-ethnic community of Cardiff’s Butetown in the early 1900s. Extreme poverty meets supreme wealth. Gangs of street children roam the docks. Coal is King, and…