Photo credit: Huw John   By James Lee   I was so chuffed I managed to secure myself a ticket to Pixie Perez – Confessions of a Drag Queen, as this three night sell out showcase at the Wales Millennium Centre’s Ffresh Cabaret Bar was a triumph! Pixie had the enthusiastic audience in the palm of her perfectly manicured hands from the get go. With a hilarious voice over opening that had the room in fits of laughter even before…

A chorus of beautiful songs filled with inspiring, and heart-warming sentiment performed to a packed of centre full of people who couldn’t stop laughing and clapping leading to a final standing ovation in which the cast members clapped back to the audience. This is what you would have witnessed in the Wales Millennium Centre this evening as  Calendar Girls- The Musical took to the stage. The first thing that strikes you as the curtain lifts on this Musical miracle was…

Now showing at the Wales Millennium Centre (16-26 January 2019) is the famous and much lauded (having won numerous awards) show that is Jersey Boys. The show is the life story of how The Four Seasons and Frankie Valli came to be. The story is told about how they were formed, the issues they had trying to make a career in the music industry, and the hardships they faced. There were plenty of money worries such as the non-paying of…

Our reporter Emma Louise Smart had the joy of seeing Robert Plant play at the Wales Millennium Centre. Growing up, my mother was obsessed with Led Zepplin. Robert Plant was her first love, and as first loves have a habit of lasting a lifetime (musically, anyway), she still plays their records round the house on hard rotation. This meant that growing up, I was pretty obsessed with Led Zeppelin too, and it was with an entirely childish smugness that I…

Air Cadets from Penarth, just outside of Cardiff, are preparing to sing the praises of the RAF in Concert tour – the final chance to celebrate RAF100. Eleven Squadrons from across the country are showing their support for the final RAF centenary salute by selling programmes at their local concert venue. The concert is among a wide range of exciting events being staged around the UK this year that serve to commemorate and celebrate the Royal Air Force as well…

  Wales Millennium Centre is supporting The Fostering Network’s ‘Foster Walk’ in Cardiff on Sunday the 9th of September 2018. The Centre will be the start and end point to the network’s flagship fundraising event, which aims to raise money to help The Fostering Network continue their work transforming the lives of fostered children. The 5k route will go from the Centre around Cardiff Bay up to the barrage and back towards the harbour. The walk will be led and marshalled by staff…

We were lucky enough to see SHREK THE MUSICAL®  at The Wales Millennium Centre two years ago on its very first UK & Ireland Tour, and this week returned to the Centre to see it again on its latest tour.  It was brilliant back then and the whole family loved the show, so our expectations were high beforehand that this show would be at least equal to it. SHREK THE MUSICAL is based on the story and characters from William…