Buzz November 2018

WHAT’S ON VE NO MBER 2018

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Australia’s next big thing comes to Cardiff

APOSTLE Gareth Evans returns to Wales with hit new film

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Writing this contents entry and thinking about having foregone vegetarianism for an evening so I could review a tasting menu at a restaurant, and how good the food was. Then reading an almost indescribably pathetic tweet on my other monitor by James Delingpole about how much he hated vegans and scrubbing it all from my mind

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Sorry if any more of the club nights previewed are sold out by the time you read this, for some reason it seems to be a section for which it’s extremely hard to predict ticket availability. Or find things which aren’t drum’n’bass nights aimed at students

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I didn’t review the Marianne Faithfull album but really liked it, a lot more than I expected, and I didn’t review the Dan Fox book but think he’s a very good writer.

There’s also a We’ve Been Watching section but I don’t watch anything

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Everyone has that one perfect balaclava that, once they put it on, they never want to take off. Apply that principle of sustainability to the rest of your winter wardrobe, and you have this month’s Lifestyle page

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“Bali is an exotic island in Indonesia.” Not my words, but those of the person who wrote this illuminating article about faraway locations you can take a connecting flight to, having started at Cardiff Airport

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“Selling more than 50 million records worldwide since 1981 with hits like Karma Chameleon”

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I’m a bit wary of confidently stating what’s in this section, due to this month being a complete arse-ache of interviews that were scheduled and didn’t happen for various reasons. Rather than dignify the culprits by name, though, I’ll assume they didn’t come through after it was too late to change these contents, and big up Courtney Barnett, Levison Wood, Gareth Evans and Mogwai instead

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“Keiron Self? Perfect 10!” I said to the boys down the pub last night, referring to his ability to review that exact number of new movies each month. November’s crop includes Wildlife, the directorial debut of reality TV favourite Paul Danan [subs check] and a new Harry Potter-related thing starring Johnny Depp, who definitely deserves to still be getting blockbuster roles as if nothing had happened

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A forensic rundown of the current Wales rugby squad ahead of this month’s Autumn Internationals, itself ahead of next year’s Rugby World Cup in Japan. The return of entire towns starting to drink heavily around breakfast due to time zone differences, then. Wonderful

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Worst band names in this issue: Devilskin, The Bea2les, NoGood Boyo, And So I Watch You From Afar, Last Great Dreamers

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Big beards (Neil Hilborn, Seasick Steve), smaller beards (half of Mogwai), no beards but definitely used to have one (Bryn Terfel) and, I’m fairly certain, no beards ever (First Aid Kit)

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What’s on our radar this month BOY GEORGE AND CULTURE CLUB

Selling more than 50 million records worldwide since 1981 with hits like Karma Chameleon and Do You Really Want To Hurt Me, this is an unmissable show for children of the 1980s – or any other decade. Playing at the Motorpoint Arena, the evening features support from Belinda Carlisle plus Thompson Twins’ Tom Bailey.

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sat 10 Nov. Tickets: from £47.50.

Info: www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

NEWPORT RISING FESTIVAL

Do you yearn for the summer festival days? Being ankle-deep in mud surrounded by hundreds of sweaty people, the smell of body odour and stale beer filling your nostrils?

If you’re anything like us, you do. But don’t despair as the Newport Rising festival brings three days of live music, public performance, art and music to the streets of the city, following the footsteps of the Chartists March.

Various venues, Newport Fri 2-Sun 4 Nov. Tickets: prices vary Info: www.newportrising.co.uk

DAVID O’DOHERTY: YOU HAVE TO LAUGH

Recognisable from his regular appearance on the comedy panel show circuit (8 Out Of 10 Cats and Live At The Apollo spring to mind), David O’Doherty comes to St David’s Hall armed with his trademark 1986 electronic keyboard. Expect witty observations and musical accompaniments based on the mundanities of life, with this all-new tour from the Irish funnyman.

St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 8 Nov. Tickets: £21. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

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MARTIN BRIGGS: ON THE WAY

Welsh-born artist Martin Briggs hosts an exhibition of his striking work in Cardiff’s Sustainable Studio this November. Briggs’ work is a product of his travels; he is inspired by his surroundings, in particular Welsh and Japanese scenery. Martin uses Japanese brushes to create striking landscapes of bold colour and unique compositions.

The Sustainable Studio, Cardiff Bay, Fri 2-Fri 9 Nov. Admission: free.

Info: www.thesustainablestudio.com

WINTER WONDERLAND

Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland returns with a whole host of festive fun. The ice rink is back for those who fancy skating in the shadow of the city hall, and new for 2018 is a 90m Drop Tower, lifting passengers way above the city before plunging them straight down. For the more sophisticated the Sur La Piste apres-ski lounge offers a place to eat, drink and relax. Newport’s Celtic Manor is also opening an ice rink for the season.

ASTRONAUT TOUR

Civic Centre, Cardiff, Thu 15 Nov-Sun 6 Jan. Info: www.cardiffswinterwonderland.com

Julian Hodge Building, Cardiff University, Tue 20 Nov. Tickets: £18/£12.

Info: www.pintofscience.co.uk

Explore the final frontier with this event aunching in Cardiff University this November. NASA astronaut Dr Steve Swanson will be in the capital discussing his two shuttle missions and the 643 hours he logged in space. So, if you ever fancied yourself as a bit of a Neil Armstrongtype make sure you attend this one-time event.

WOMEN OF THE WORLD FESTIVAL

DYLAN MORAN: DR COSMOS

Dylan Moran, star of Black Books and Shaun Of The Dead to name but two, brings his all-new stand-up tour to the Wales Millennium Centre this November. Dr Cosmos promises to be a hit with fans as Moran stumbles through all facets of love, life, politics and the general state of the world, expertly delivered by his unique style of deadpan humour and poetic lyricisms.

Wales Millennium Centre, Sun 27 Nov. Tickets: from £27.

Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk

Founded in 2010, the Women Of The World festival comes to Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre this November.

The festival will be a blend of debate, comedy, music, mentoring, workshops and performance, raising awareness and taking a frank look at challenges women face in modern times. Appearing at the festival will be Gwenno Saunders, Charlotte Church [pictured] and Michael Sheen to name a few.

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 24 + Sun 25 Nov. Tickets: £10 per day / £5 concession.

Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

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D AV I D ANDERSON St Fagans has recently completed a £30m redevelopment project.

Ellie Wainwright chats to National Museum Wales Director General David Anderson about what to expect.

This is the most ambitious redevelopment project in National Museum Wales’s history. Why do you believe that St Fagans is important to Welsh history?

The story of Wales is still evolving and so is the Museum. We hold the national collections, for the people of Wales. As we always have, we are constantly adding new items – some of them directly from contemporary society, almost literally off the street.

St Fagans has long been Wales’ most popular heritage attraction and holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Wales. It is a people’s museum, exploring history through everyday lives. Through the redevelopment project, we believe we have preserved everything that people love about St Fagans whilst introducing important new dimensions.

Why do you believe that St Fagans needed this redevelopment?

St Fagans was founded in 1948 on the principle that the life of every person matters, and it is people, not institutions, who are carriers of culture. It is loved by many people in Wales in a way I have never witnessed before in my long career in the museum sector. So much so, that many people were anxious when they heard we had plans to redevelop the Museum that we might change it in a way that would damage this unique relationship. Yes, we have introduced important new dimensions but have also kept all the things people love about the Museum.

As part of the project, we have brought together all of our archaeological and historical collections in one place. This means we are able to present of a much broader sweep of the story of humans in Wales, from the first Neanderthal hunters a quarter of a million years ago, to contemporary multicultural society.

The three new galleries – Wales Is..., Life Is… and Gweithdy – allow visitors to be visually immersed in the history of everyday Wales. Why do you believe it is important to learn about these everyday aspects of history in Wales?

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past. In the Life Is… gallery, visitors can explore how countless generations have dressed, prepared food, worked, played and mourned – just as we do today.

Each of the new galleries includes objects which are relevant to our history and everyday lives. We hope they will encourage our visitors to share their own stories.

We are giving everyone an opportunity to get involved and make history together.

In developing St Fagans, we were inspired by the ideas of the Welsh writer Raymond Williams, who said in 1958 that “culture is ordinary” – by which I believe he meant that everyday life is part of culture and is as important as any other kind of culture.

What is the importance of museums and history to public life?

Our cultural lives are an integral and indivisible part of who we are. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights which, like St Fagans and the NHS, celebrates its 70th birthday this year, includes the right of every child and adult “to participate in the cultural life of the community, and to enjoy the benefits of science”. We have turned the UN Declaration into a promise: if you come to St Fagans, you can participate. Heritage is important when it achieves this.

Do you see a positive future for other museums thanks to St Fagans?

We see the St Fagans redevelopment not as a project but as a way of working for the whole organisation, based on social justice and participation, which we will sustain and develop in the years ahead. It is the beginning of a new era at St Fagans and all of Wales’ national museums.

National Museum Of History, St Fagans.

Info: 0300 1112333 / www.museum.wales

Show of Hands Joint Venture 16.11.18

Mogwai + The Twilight Sad 26.11.18

John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra 04.12.18

Levison Wood Journeys Through the Badlands 02.11.18

An Evening with Bradley Wiggins 17.11.18

David O’Doherty You Have to Laugh 08.11.18

Dr John Cooper Clarke Luckiest Man Alive 02.12.18

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra A Night at the Movies 07.12.18

Philharmonia Orchestra 30.11.18

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Hay’s Winter Weekend is the flipside to the summer’s Hay Literature Festival. Jake Andrews chats to festival founder Peter Florence.

If you had to convince a complete newcomer to attend the Hay Festival Winter Weekend, how would you do it?

We’d invite them up for the weekend to hang out in the inns and cafes of Hay, browse the bookshops and boutiques, walk by the river, gaze at the stars, dance a little, laugh a lot and share some amazing stories. Then we’d send them the programme.

Tell us a bit about Hay-On-Wye. What is it about the town and the community that makes it suitable for a festival of this type?

Hay is the ‘town of books’. We’re home to the world’s best bookshops, cafes, markets and B&Bs, plus riverside walks and the Brecon Beacons National Park.

Hay loves to throw a party at any time of year, but at the turn of the season it’s particularly special. As the nights draw in, what could be better than hunkering down with some of the world’s most interesting writers and thinkers for some candle-lit conversation and storytelling?

Hay Festivals are happening globally each year; how do the festivals differ in the different countries?

From Peru to Spain, Cartagena to Dallas, the uniting thread to our events is our passion to bring writers and readers together, to exchange ideas and debate. Besides that, no one festival is the same. Context plays a huge part. A conversation about gender equality will take a very different flavour in Mexico than it has in Wales, for example. Each is magical. Last year, in Colombia, one of

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the interviewers turned to a British writer and said: “You know, Hay is so big now, you even have one in the UK.”

What’s your main motivation for starting Hay? Is there something specific you look forward to at each one?

Curiosity. One thing keeps leading to another and the discoveries keep showing the world to be more and more wonderful. Over the years, the joys have unfolded and revealed themselves at different moments, and the motivation and belief in what we’re doing has grown. There’s the moment when one of our young stewards returned as an award-winning writer. Or when our local economic impact was estimated at £25m a year. Our spring festival in Wales begins with two free school days.

Thousands of pupils join us on site from across Wales to meet their favourite writers. They are the most beautiful, and noisiest, days of the festival. We’re lucky to do this for a living.

If you could recommend one place in Wales to a first-time visitor that’s not on the tourist maps, where would it be and why?

There’s a secret garden in Hay where you can travel through space and time, imagine what the world is like from other people’s point of view, and meet the love of your life. Only festival-goers find the way in. Come.

Various venues, Hay-On-Wye, Thu 22-Sun 25 Nov. Tickets: prices vary per event. Info: 01497 822629 / www.hayfestival.com

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GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN Tramshed, Cardiff Sat 8 Dec Tickets: £14.50 Info: 029 2023 5555 tramshedcardiff.com

MADNESS

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff Fri 21 Dec Tickets: £44 Info: 029 2022 4488 motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

SWAN LAKE

St David’s Hall, Cardiff Thurs 27 Dec Tickets: from £19.50 Info: 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

THE RAT PACK AT CHRISTMAS

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How does rising star Courtney Barnett really feel? Buzz’s resident Aussie Jaydon Martin chats to his countrywoman about local underground scenes, indie record labels and her friendship with Kurt Vile.

How do you feel about the positive reception by fans and critics for Tell Me How You Really Feel?

It’s been good, yeah.

Do you get nervous when you release records?

I always get nervous when I release something. I’m not immune to judgment [laughs] and I’m really self-critical. I can’t avoid that. Also it’s quite a moving feeling because you work on something for so long – to just get it out there it turns into something else when you release it. Other people interpret your songs and they’re kind of not yours anymore; they just belong out there.

Your songs have a relatable quality to them. No pretentiousness at all.

Do you get people coming up to you relating their own lives to your songs?

How do you react to it?

Lots of people hear their own stories and make their own connections to the songs, which I really like. It’s nice to see how many layers of meaning one song can have.

How about for you personally – do you find that the meanings of the songs change for you when you’re playing them every night? Especially when your lyrics are so personal.

Yeah, I think when you play them to an audience they change. I think all my songs have changed and evolved as time goes on. As I evolve as a person, the meaning of the songs change for me and I understand them from a different level.

Do you still find little novelties about touring or has the sheen of it completely worn off?

The whole thing’s a novelty – being on stage singing to strangers and being in new exciting towns is incredible. It’s not something I take for granted.

How was working with Kurt Ville on Lotta Sea Lice? You can really feel your friendship with him when you listen to that record.

It was a really incredible experience and it was just kind of casual and silly. I really enjoyed it. It was a really cool project that worked really well.

You played a couple of gigs with your idol Patti Smith last year. What was that like?

That was amazing, it was a life changing event and seeing her perform, which I had never done before, it was a really special show. It’s something I’ll never forget.

You set up Milk Records to be almost like a music collective. Could you tell us a little about it?

It’s a record label that we set up five, maybe six years ago. We have some really great artists and bands. It’s mostly people I know in Melbourne and we just put out their albums. It’s a very community-focused indie label.

Was setting up your own independent label a conscious decision to stay away from the big record labels and men in suits dictating creative decision to you?

I don’t even know if that stuff exists anymore, with the big labels and men in suits, maybe? But I’ve never been involved in that world. I just want to be able to create my own story and my own path. I just wanted to make a platform that I could release things on, my own way.

You went to art school in Tasmania and illustrated a lot of your own album art. Are you still drawing? Do you have any plans on exhibiting them?

Yeah, I’ve started drawing again recently. I kind of stopped and started taking lots of photos instead. I’ve got a box full of stuff, so I’ll do something with them one day.

I’m pretty optimistic about the world, but at the same time I think we’re all doomed!

You cover Shiver by Nick Cave’s first band, The Boys Next Door.

Their guitarist Roland S. Howard is I think one of Australia’s most underappreciated songwriters. I was wondering what drew you to cover the song?

Oh yeah, I love Rowland. I’m a big fan of Pop Crimes [2009 solo album, recorded whilst Rowland was dying]. It’s one of my favourite albums. I think Shivers is just a great song. At that moment in time when I recorded the cover I was really obsessed with it and listening to it a lot. And I’m a big Nick Cave fan - that whole era in Australian music I really like, but yeah Roland was amazing, an incredible guitar player as well.

Do you think there’s a lot of Australian music that hasn’t been appreciated internationally?

Definitely! I don’t think a lot of people know any of that stuff. Everyone knows Nick Cave, which is great. But when you ask anyone about Australian music they’ll say AC/DC, Tame Impala and Nick Cave, all great bands. But people don’t know the Divinyls, Paul Kelly, The Saints. Some know of The Go-Betweens. But yeah, there’s so much stuff people haven’t heard that’s worth checking out.

How important was it to you personally to discover these amazing local Australian bands and musicians?

Really important. I didn’t really even discover them until I was in my early 20s. I wasn’t hearing that music in the outer suburbs of Sydney so there was no chance of people on the other side of the world hearing it.

I remember seeing Magic Dirt when I first turned 18; they’re a band from Geelong, Victoria [near Melbourne]. I think I had a kind of realisation then. They were so great and because they were a local band, I thought I could do what they were doing. Up until then, seeing only American or English bands in magazines and in music videos on TV it seemed so far away and impossible. Seeing an amazing local band like that made it seem possible.

You have openly spoken out against sexism in the music industry and last year you signed an open letter calling for action. Do you think the culture is changing?

It’s slowly changing. Women are speaking up so much more and sharing their own stories; it’s never easy for people to be so open about those things. And obviously it’s not just the music industry, it’s the world dealing with sexism and inappropriate behaviour.

Do you feel optimistic about the future?

I think I’m a pretty optimistic person yeah. I’m pretty optimistic about the world, but at the same time I think we’re all doomed, ha!

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APOSTLE Gareth Evans may have earned his movie-making stripes in Indonesia, but his humour is wholly Hirwaun. Jon Sutton caught up with him to talk about his latest film Apostle.

The very opening chord of your latest film Apostle smacks of Nicholas Winding Refn’s work. Is this intentional?

Yes. I’ve always loved his work, since the first Pusher came out. He’s monumental. A powerhouse.

I’ve taken influences from him and lots of others.

How did Dan Stevens and Michael Sheen get involved? Did you have them in mind?

I never write the first few drafts thinking of anyone, because you’ll end up writing in their speech rhythms and you might not end up getting them. I didn’t see Downton Abbey but I loved Dan in The Guest and we had a shared history because he’d lived in Brecon for a while. So we met for a beer and talked about this project and he loved the absurdity of it.

Once we landed him, we approached Michael. We had dinner in Port Talbot and he helped me with the character development of the bad guys in the village.

His biggest note was making them each serve a different purpose. It brought them to life.

It’s fair to say that you like to use organic moves, real effects and a little distance for the characters during action scenes to show the actual technique – instead of just showing fists flashing in front of camera – do you think that’s caught on in Hollywood?

I suppose so, but everything we’re doing has been done before. Sam Peckinpah, Jackie Chan and John Woo were doing this as far back as the 60s. The way John Woo moves his camera is amazing – it’s not enough for him to just move it around and say “look, BUZZ 12

it’s fast and kinetic”. Everything he does has to be in service of the action. Perhaps Hollywood just forgot how good that real footage looked for a while.

Perhaps they’d also forgotten how good British horror could look. Apostle has the flavour of Peckinpah’s Straw Dogs – set in Cornwall – and Robin Hardy’s The Wicker Man – set in Scotland.

Does this complete a Celtic trio of intelligent, unforgiving, cerebral horror?

And now Wales, yes. Perhaps the connection is oppression? Although Apostle is actually more to do with the corruption of religion for political gain.

But yeah, the aesthetic of these films, and of Ben Wheatley’s films [Kill List, A Field In England], the way they look and sound, the behavioural traits of the characters, it fascinates me. There’s something askew about them. I’ve always been more afraid of humans than demons. I don’t believe in ghosts but I do believe in the horrors that humans are capable of.

Is it fair to say your style lends itself to genrejumping, since you are more interested in the relationships and the drama at the core of the films, rather than the delivery mechanism?

I think so. The brothers from The Raid for example, or the brother and sister from The Raid 2, we hint at their back story and explore their relationships.

But those action films are adrenalised in a way that makes audience participation OK. You want to cheer. Apostle is different. It’s designed to shock. I want to root you to your seat.

In some ways, you have done horror before. The Raid was essentially a contained horror/thriller in the Monster In The House mould.

Yes, but the tone is completely different in Apostle.

For example, if I watch a horror movie such as Wrong Turn, I can enjoy it for the thrills. But if I watch The Texas Chain Saw Massacre it’s not enjoyable at all.

It’s an endurance. It’s a torment. A pervasive sense of dread. I personally get more from that feeling of inescapable dread than I do from a quick scare. And that’s what I’m trying to achieve with this film.

What’s next?

Next is Gangs Of London, a new series for Sky/HBO. I’ve written one episode to be shot in Wales so that will give me more time back here. But Ed [Tafarn, producer of Apostle] and I want to make more films together here in Wales. I’m living back here now and if the future allows, we’d like to provide opportunities for up-and-coming filmmakers in Wales. The talent and the infrastructure is already here. And even if things aren’t set in Wales they can still be made in Wales because the locations we have are amazing.

Afterall, The Martian wasn’t shot on Mars! The thing that makes a film Welsh is the people who are making it.

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WELSH CINEMA Plenty of great films have been made in Wales – but what about films about Wales? Fedor Tot surveys the strange landscape of Welsh cinema.

What comes to mind when you think of Scottish films? Trainspotting? Local Hero? Maybe even films like the works of Lynne Ramsey or the inimitable Under The Skin? What about northern English films?

It’s not just the combined works of ol’Ken Loach, but also God’s Own Country and its rootedness in the Yorkshire countryside, or the recent Funny Cow, about a female comic (Maxine Peake) on the 1970s Northern working men’s club circuit. Irish cinema, too, has its own taste and history: the combined works of the McDonagh brothers in films like Calvary, In Bruges, and The Guard immediately come to mind, but so does Brooklyn and Lenny Abrahamson’s films before he went international with Room.

All works that feel like they could have only been made in those particular places – and even the Belgium-set film amongst these, In Bruges, is unmistakeably Irish in its humour and obsession with Catholicism. The more specific a film is about where it’s from, the more chance it seems to have of finding a wider audience – you’ll find the universal in the unique.

So where, then, is Welsh cinema?

Much is made of the world-class studios pitching up tent here such as Pinewood, and the fact that big Hollywood films frequently use Wales as a location backdrop – Christopher Nolan, Ridley Scott and the entirety of the Harry Potter production crew have used Wales for locations in recent years. This means the best of the best in the industry make a mark on the country. Their presence was preceded by the decision to base Russell T. Davies-led revival of

Doctor Who in Cardiff. Since then Bad Wolf Studios are probably the biggest of a batch of energetic young production companies who have set up home here.

There’s plenty of funding for film and TV here too, courtesy of BBC Wales and S4C. The structure of filmmaking means that infrastructure is as integral to its success as creative energy, more so than other artforms - a novelist only needs a pen and paper. A filmmaker needs actors, sound recordists, cameras and a whole lot more. Wales is currently in a better position in this regard than it has ever been in its history, and the craft and technical knowledge is present in the filmmaking culture here. Yet amidst this energy, Wales rarely ever plays itself. The creative voice is not yet there.

Even such sizeable domestic hits as Keeping Faith and Hinterland, brilliant though they are, effectively reuse many of the tropes of Scandi-noir whilst simply changing the setting to Wales. Human Traffic and Twin Town, cult hits of the 90s, are both, let’s face it, Welsh versions of Trainspotting. When a sizeable film does get made about Welsh stories – witness the big success of Pride a few years ago – the amount of actual Welsh talent involved is minimal, if at all present.

Yet the history of Wales and the unique geography of it should make for fruitful filmmaking. We have Cardiff – a capital it may be, but it’s a weird capital.

Step outside the city centre, and you’ve immediately got miles of low-rise housing, practically suburbs, with none of the dense population buildup you see in most major cities. The Valleys have their unique mixture of local bonhomie and geographic

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claustrophobia, houses clinging to the sides of steep hills, the rabbit’s warren of old mines below. The Port Talbot steelworks were apparently an inspiration for the cityscapes in Blade Runner (the connection is pure urban legend, though the comparisions are easy to see), but why shouldn’t Port Talbot play itself? It might not win anybody’s award for the most beautiful place to live, but ugly places have a habit of looking great onscreen. How else would we have gotten Taxi Driver, The French Connection, and all that great New York cinema of the 70s, when the city was at a historical low point and in the midst of a financial crisis?

Perhaps the reasoning is structural – are Welsh stories treated seriously by producers and those with the power to fund films? We have a thriving local theatrical and literary scene here, brimming with stories relevant to local audiences. Welsh stories that could only have been written by people living here, reeking of Chippy Lane on a Saturday night or of the wild freshness of the Brecon Beacons. It would be great to see some of these stories getting translated to the big screen, giving them a wider audience. It’s worth noting that Gareth Evans [interviewed opposite], probably the most talented Welsh director currently working, made his big break in Indonesia with The Raid films and not here in his native country. We clearly have the technical talent to make brilliant films here – but where are the creative opportunities for a nascent Welsh film industry to tell films about Wales?

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ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL CARDIFF This November sees the fourth edition of the Italian Film Festival Cardiff, which celebrates the most diverse and groundbreaking work from contemporary Italian cinema, presenting audiences with Welsh and UK premieres of independent films as well as the chance to participate in talks and Q&As with some of Italy’s prominent and emerging actors and directors. With a programme featuring seven independent feature films, five shorts and a selection of some of the best work in Italian animation, viewers can expect a unique glimpse into Italian cinephilia. This year, there’s a focus on the themes of diversity, beauty, and the tensions between modernity and tradition, according to the festival’s Artistic Directors Luca Paci and Luisa Pèrcopo.

Opening the festival on Friday evening is the all-female, Sardinia-set drama Daughter Of Mine (dir. Laura Bispuri), following a daughter torn between two mothers: the woman who lovingly raised her and the biological parent who left her behind. Stefano Amatucci’s powerful black comedy of migration, Caina – which was considered as an Italian submission for the 2019 Foreign Language Oscar – receives a UK premiere, as does rom-com Put Grandma In The Freezer [pictured].

Groundbreaking experiments in animation are also celebrated at this year’s festival, in partnership with Anim18, with a special selection of shorts from the prestigious Centro Sperimentale Di Cinematografia in Turin, alongside a premiere of the children’s film Leo Da Vinci: Mission Mona Lisa. A new thriller from Turkish-Italian director Ferzan Özpetek, Naples In Veils, concerns a medical examiner whose one-night stand later turns up as a corpse on her operating table. Meanwhile, there’s the uproarious musical romp of madness and the mafia, Love And Bullets by the Manetti Brothers, the quirky documentary Pagani, and the award-winning animation Cinderella The Cat, also shortlisted as an Italian Oscars entry.

Alongside these screenings at Chapter Arts Centre are a series of exclusive Q&A sessions with actors, directors and film experts, including Love And Bullets songwriter Nelson; directors Laura Bispuri, Marino Guarnieri and Elisa Flaminio Inno; President of Arci Movie Napoli, Roberto D’Avascio; and Dr. Ruth Glynn, an academic specialising in Italian Film from Bristol University. SAM PRYCE Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Fri 16-Sun 18 Nov. Tickets: Info: www.iffc.wales

ABERTOIR FILM FEST Abertoir – The International Horror Festival Of Wales – reaches its 13th year, a fitting year for a horror festival to be celebrating. Held annually in Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s university campus, this year celebrates the slasher genre. Snuggle down at Camp Abertoir for six days (starting on the 13th, obviously) of preview screenings, classic horrors aplenty, and a splattering of guests and Q&As. Starting with Sleepaway Camp, the programme continues with cult classics of the slasher genre – Slumber Party Massacre, Bloody Moon and My Bloody Valentine. At the time of writing, the new titles announced are Japanese horrorcomedy One Cut Of The Dead [pictured]; Cam, co-created by former camgirl Isa Mazzei about an adult performer who finds her videos taking on a life of their own; Abrakadabra, a Giallo homage; and Summer Of ‘84, continuing the 80s nostalgia trip with a mix of Stranger Things and The Burbs.

Also screening is one of the most famous slasher films, Friday The 13th, and the festival has secured its director and producer, Sean S. Cunningham as the guest of honour. Cunningham will also be taking part in an in-depth conversation about his career and sharing his filmmaking secrets in an exclusive workshop.

Throughout the years Abertoir has received a phenomenal response to their annual short film competition. Shown over the festival the films will be in competition for two prizes – The Abertoir Prize and as part of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation the Méliès D’Argent; the winners will go forward to a final lineup at one of the major European festivals for the prestigious Méliès D’Or Award for the Best European Fantastic Short Film.

The normal extra trappings of a film festival are all still present here, but this year sees the introduction of live theatre to Abertoir. The final night hosts Rob Kemp’s The Elvis Dead where the comedian reimagines Sam Raimi’s classic Evil Dead 2 through the songs of Elvis Presley. The king of rock’n’roll and the king of gore – what better way to round off Abertoir for another year? CHRIS WILLIAMS Abertoir Horror Festival, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Tue 13-Sun 18 Nov. Tickets: £60 (full pass). Info: www.abertoir.co.uk BUZZ 14

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LEVISON WOOD “People assume that just because you’re on TV, you must be illiterate,” vents man of the world and of words, Levison Wood, as he talks to Carl Marsh about his travels across the globe.

What was the catalyst for you to leave the army?

I did five years in the regular army and I went to Afghanistan. But I ended up breaking my leg with a bit of mischief when I was riding a horse in Mexico, which meant that I was going to be on limited army work duties for a good six months.

I thought to myself, “do I stay in the army and piss around for a while, or do I take on a new challenge?”

When you left the army, how did you decide on the career path that you took?

When I left I didn’t really know what I wanted to do – I had a vague idea that I wanted to write, and my interests have always been in travel writing and so on.

I left the army with a pretty vague plan but ended up volunteering for a charity that builds hospitals in Malawi, and I worked out there for a bit. I drove some ambulances down from the UK to Malawi and that was very rewarding as well; it inspired me to do more expeditions. Me and a mate set up a company that set up trips for other people. That’s how I got into this, by organising big expeditions for private clients as a guide, effectively.

I used that as a bit of a platform to do my own photography and writing; I ended up writing travel articles and bits for guide books like Lonely Planet and those sorts of things. I wore lots of different hats but it was all related to travel and adventure. Eventually I figured if I wanted to make a name for myself, I needed to do a big expedition and that is why the Walking The Nile idea came along.

Was that idea all down to yourself then?

It was. It was something that I wanted to do because I’d driven the length of Africa before, in 2011, so thought – why not walk the length of the world’s longest river?

It took a couple of years of planning and preparation – building a team, getting a book publisher, getting permits and visas, and so on.

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Had you not got a publisher or got the TV programme made, would you have still done it anyway?

Yes, I was going to do it anyway, that was the point. You’ve got to back yourself once you commit to these things. If you go in half-hearted, people won’t back you, and then you won’t get the publisher and the TV deal and everything else. You have to say to yourself “I’m doing it, and that’s it!”

The last journey I did [for the book Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart Of The Middle East], I did without a commission, without any sponsors. It was entirely self-funded! Me and a couple of mates, we all chipped in and just did it. We filmed it, and the idea is to sell it to the highest bidder. It’s not for Channel 4, this will be going elsewhere, just wait and see on that one.

Do people make presumptions about you based on your TV appearances?

You know, what frustrates me sometimes is that because people see you on the TV, then you are just a TV presenter and that’s all you’re allowed to be good at. There have been instances where people have asked me if I had a good ghostwriter or stuff like that! I write my own books, that’s what I am proud of and passionate about. Just because you are on TV, you must be illiterate [laughs] – that does my head in, so I just want to set the record straight.

Levison Wood: Journeys Through The Badlands And Beyond, St David’s Hall, Fri 2 Nov. Tickets: £27.

Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk.

Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart Of The Middle East, price: £9.99. Info: www.levisonwood.com

SEASICK STEVE As the veteran bluesman returns to Cardiff, Buzz chats to Seasick Steve about the wonder of the blues, Beyoncé, and his new album Can U Cook?

So, can you cook?

Uh… I can cook, a little bit. I can take care of myself. Nobody probably’d want to eat my food – but I actually can cook southern cooking. I can make biscuits, and I can make greens really good. I can make, like, unhealthy food pretty good. Soul food. But nothing to write home about.

Do you prefer to record albums in a more analogue way or do you find new engineering tools useful?

I don’t know how to use a computer for anything. But I know how to run a tape machine. And I know how to use microphones, you know? So I’m good at it, I know how to do it. But if they run out of tape, you know, when you can’t get tape anymore, then I quit.

Of all the old bluesmen – John Lee Hooker, Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters and all the rest – which one do you look up to the most?

You know, I love Mississippi Fred McDowell and Blind Willie Johnson the most.

What’s this about Jack White and Beyoncé sharing you as an inspiration?

We just played with Jack White in Barcelona this summer. I hadn’t seen him for a long time. He told me a funny story. He was telling me – and I could tell he didn’t want to tell me, either – Beyoncé had called him, she wanted to do this sort of bluesy track. And so she wanted him to make the track. He ended up having a song on her record, too.

So one of the songs on there is Jack’s. But she wanted to do this sort of bluesy song.

And she sent it to Jack to make the track. He sent the track back to her. And she goes: “I really like the track, Jack, but can’t you make it a little more Seasick Stevelike?” [laughs] Ohhhhhh, I could tell that he probably didn’t like that! But how she ever heard about me? That’s one of the funniest things I’ve heard in a long time.

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We heard you nearly got killed by an electric car, which inspired a song on the album?

That song Last Rodeo – it’s very specific – it came to me. I was in a parking lot in Norway and a car hit me, not hard, but it hit me. And it was one of these electric cars. I thought: “Fuck me, I’m going to get killed by an electric car!” And then I went home and wrote Last Rodeo. I just thought “If that’s what the world wants, if they want everything clean and everything perfect, and they don’t want rock bands anymore, I hope I’m gone.

Do you still love playing live?

Yeah. We rock. That’s what we do. Me, Crazy Dan [Magnusson, drummer] and Luther [Dickinson] – the most amazing guitarist you’ll ever see. And I don’t know why – I know, I don’t know exactly what’s going on, but we rock, in our little world, you know, where we are. We rock, and we rock enough that we can make 7, 8000 people think so. So then we must rock. I always use the reflection of the people.

Like, if we went out there, and people were like “tsk…” then I would go: “Oops, time to go home. We’re boring.”

What’s the best crowd you ever played for?

Wherever we play, I always just turn it into a bar. I just shrink it in my brain. I’m just like: “Alright everybody!” And I just, I take my arms and I just go “rrrrrrrrrrrrrr”, and I look at the few people up in the front there, and we’re having a party. Cause you can’t see nobody anywhere else anyway, so… But I try to reach around my arms, you know, in my brain. I’m like: “Come on down everybody! Party!” [chuckles] So I try to turn everything into a bar. We rock. That’s what we do!

Seasick Steve, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sun 18 Nov. Tickets: £30 Info: 029 2022 4488 / www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

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MOGWAI Glasgow’s finest noisemakers Mogwai are pitching up in Cardiff in November. Kristian Dando talks to Stuart Braithwaite about the toilet circuit, Gruff Rhys and drinking cider for lunch.

Twenty-two years have passed since Glaswegians Mogwai first visited south Wales. Back then, they were the support act to fellow Scots, lo-fi rock band Urusei Yatsura, when they played at Newport’s much-missed TJ’s in May 1996.

“I remember that night,” recalls band leader, guitarist and occasional singer, Stuart Braithwaite. “We were just teenagers then, sleeping on peoples’ floors.”

The nascent noise rockers would also take in Aberystwyth University and Barry’s Friar’s Bar on what would be one of the first of many forays out of Scotland. “Back then bands were playing all sorts of different towns – there wasn’t a lot of money in touring so you’d go anywhere for £50-£100,” says Braithwaite.

St David’s Hall, Cardiff’s grand modernist, purpose-built concert venue, is a world apart from the toilet circuit the young band visited back then. It’s been quite the journey – from gobby art-rock upstarts, Braithwaite and with bandmates Dominic Aitchison, Martin Bulloch and Barry Burns have settled into the role of post-rock elder statesmen with aplomb, and with 2017’s Every Country’s Sun album, have turned in some of their best recent work. The visceral formula of passages of ultra-quiet instrumental passages, tense, creeping interludes and swathes of coruscating noise remain the bread and butter of Mogwai’s musical output, but later albums, such as 2014’s stripped-back Rave Tapes and 2011’s Hardcore Will Never Die (But You Will) saw ventures in Krautrock and electronics.

Then, of course, there’s the acclaimed soundtrack work – starting with their Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait, the band also worked on the music for French supernatural drama Les Revenant and the science-fiction film Kin. They also worked with Trent Reznor on the soundtrack to climate change documentary Before The Flood. There’s another score they’re currently working on too, but tantalisingly, they’re sworn to secrecy.

So far, so serious – but Mogwai’s artistic inclinations are buoyed by a wry sense of humour – older readers will recall the band’s impish ‘Blur: are shite’ t-shirts manufactured for T In The Park festival in 1999. That predilection for both

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mischief and sonic experimentation is perhaps why they formed a bond with Wales’ Super Furry Animals. In 2001, SFA’s Gruff Rhys contributed a vocal, in Welsh, to Mogwai’s Dial: Revenge from the Rock Action album. What chance of a guest appearance in November?

“Well, stranger things have happened,” says Braithwaite. “If Gruff’s around we’ll probably go for dinner with him. I guess we’re both sort of non-fashion bands – well, they were fashionable for about six months which I’m sure they were horrified at. But they’re fun people and Gruff is a super-interesting guy – it’s impossible to have a boring conversation with him.”

With a sprawling back catalogue to draw upon, Mogwai will certainly have a task narrowing down what they’re going to air in Cardiff. “We’re not really sure what we’re going to play – we’ve not even started rehearsing for it yet! It depends – I like playing the stuff from Rave Tapes – it’s quite minimalist.”

It’ll be worth getting there early. Amongst the lengthy list of bands Mogwai have influenced are support act, fellow Scots The Twilight Sad, who are signed to the band’s Rock Action record label. The bands share a mutual admiration. “They’re a band we’ve played a lot of concerts with,” says Braithwaite. “When they were out of contract with their label we were happy to put their record out.

“I’m just happy that people still want to come and see us play,” says Braithwaite on the band’s lengthy and storied career. “Things are pretty drastically different now,” he reflects – entertainment on the road consists of podcasts and looking for good restaurants. But, it seems, the more things change the more they stay the same. “Back then we’d be drinking a bottle of cider for lunch. Musically though, there’s not that much different. We just get on stage and make as much noise as humanly possible.”

Mogwai, St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 26 Nov. Tickets: £29.50.

Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

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THE WOUND IN TIME It is the wound in Time. The century’s tides, chanting their bitter psalms, cannot heal it.

Not the war to end all wars; death’s birthing place; the earth nursing its ticking metal eggs, hatching new carnage. But how could you know, brave as belief as you boarded the boats, singing?

The end of God in the poisonous, shrapneled air.

Poetry gargling its own blood. We sense it was love you gave your world for; the town squares silent, awaiting their cenotaphs. What happened next?

War. And after that? War. And now? War. War. History might as well be water, chastising this shore; for we learn nothing from your endless sacrifice.

Your faces drowning in the pages of the sea.

Carol Ann Duffy, 2018

ARMISTICE DAY 2018 Sun 11 Nov marks 100 years since the First World War ended.

Jake Andrews and Ellie Wainwright look at events around south Wales marking this momentous occasion.

POPPIES OF REMEMBRANCE National Museum Wales has been hosting an exhibition explaining the cultural significance of the poppy as symbol of peace and remembrance. The museum also looks at the biodiversity of the poppy and its links with opium and its medical properties.

National Museum Cardiff, until Sun 3 Mar. Admission: free.

Info: 029 2057 3500 / museum.wales THE ARMISTICE SUITE Swansea’s Grand Theatre plays host to a multimedia performance commemorating the end of the Great War. The Armistice Suite will feature visuals and narration explaining the history of the conflict and features a musical score composed by BAFTA-winning, Emmy-nominated Welsh musician Mark Thomas.

Grand Theatre, Swansea, Mon 12 Nov. Tickets: £12.

Info: 01792 475715 / www.swansea.gov.uk BRITTEN: WAR REQUIEM An evening of classical music composed by Benjamin Britten and featuring the National Orchestra Of Wales awaits at Cardiff’s St. David’s Hall, performing the piece which was originally written to celebrate the dedication of Coventry Cathedral. The Cathedral was bombed to destruction in World War Two and completely rebuilt from the ground up.

St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sun 11 Nov. Tickets: £15-£41.

Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk BATTALION CONCERT 2018 In Newport, the Riverfront will feature an evening of performances ranging from the musical to the dramatic, as three schools from the local area come together for a night that celebrates and reflects on the passing of the Armistice.

The Riverfront, Newport, Tue 13 + Thurs 15 Nov. Tickets: £5/£3.

Info: 01633 656757 / tickets.newportlive.co.uk

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DANNY BOYLE’S PAGES OF THE SEA Director Danny Boyle is collaborating with 14-18 Now to create a commemoration entitled Pages Of The Sea. Inspired by Carol Ann Duffy’s poem The Wound In Time [printed above], written specifically to mark this historic event, Pages Of The Sea will involve thousands of people gathering on beaches across the UK and the Republic Of Ireland for a unique nationwide gesture of remembrance. The community-led events of the day will include a reading of the poem by Duffy, as well as a WWI portrait being drawn on the beaches by sand artists Sand In Your Eye. The drawings will be washed away by the incoming tide, marking millions of lives lost or changed forever, relating to the last line of Duffy’s poem, “Your faces drowning in the pages of the sea”. The Welsh beaches taking part include Swansea, Colwyn Bay, Broad Haven (Pembrokeshire) and Ynyslas (Ceredigion).

Various beaches across Wales, Sun 11 Nov. Admission: free.

Info: www.pagesofthesea.org.uk THE WIZARD, THE GOAT AND THE MAN WHO WON THE WAR BAFTA-winning Richard Elfyn returns with a show which has been selling out in theatres throughout Wales. Written and directed by DJ Britton, Elfyn plays one of Britain’s Welsh wartime leaders and politicians David Lloyd George in The Wizard, The Goat And The Man Who Won The War. Elfyn’s former TV successes include the recent Keeping Faith, The Crown and Welsh series Byw Celwydd. The fictional drama is set in Antibes, France at the time of George’s 50th wedding anniversary.

Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff, Sat 10 + Sun 11 Nov. Tickets: £15/£7.50 under-25s.

Info: 029 2039 1391 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk

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PERFORMANCES FOR THE CURIOUS Returning to the Wales Millennium Centre for the second time this year, Performances For The Curious’ autumn programme will feature a unique collection of performances, promoting both diversity and individuality as well as flaunting a host of Welsh talent.

After a successful first season in spring, the next round of performances will bring some of the best international performers and boundary-pushing ideas to the Welsh capital. With a variety of acts ranging from comedy and music to theatre, dance and burlesque, there’s plenty to choose from among the 25 featured performances here for anyone who is, well, curious.

Highlights include Milk’s Bullish, a play inspired by the Minotaur myth which explores transmasculine gender and identity in society. From the makers of the award-winning Joan, Bullish is a metaphorical bull-in-a-china shop for modern gender navigation, and a must-see on this season’s roster.

Three Dads, by still-rising comedian Leroy Brito, hopes to inspire audiences and make them laugh. The narrative arc here, with the Butetown-born standup taking us through his experience of fatherhood at the ages of 18, 24 and 34 seems quite novel. Brito’s previous show at the WMC last year was a success; hopefully this one will be just as good.

The powerful musical voice of Le Gateau Chocolat [pictured] will also come in highly anticipated. The cabaret sensation and drag star plays up the differences between his public and personal identity, as well as the objects of his own worship. He brings two shows, running simultaneously, to Cardiff – family-friendly Duckie and the more adult Icons.

There’s music too: blues and bop in the form of Fraser And The Alibis, jazz in the form of a tribute to Clifford Brown and Max Roach, and the variety of Tiger Bay Presents, where we’ll hear from the finest musicians to come out of Cardiff.

Performances For The Curious runs until New Year’s Eve, a surefire night out for anyone looking for some theatrical adventure. LEWIS SMITH Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, until Mon 31 Dec. Tickets: prices vary. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk

THE NIGHTINGALES What better place for Ruth Jones (Stella, Gavin & Stacey) to make a rare stage appearance than in Cardiff’s New Theatre? She stars as Maggie in William Gaminara’s (whose previous work includes Silent Witness) sparkling new comedy, which focuses on the weekly meetings of a small village acapella group. Maggie soon turns the group into something they never quite expected to be. It’s a fresh role for Ruth Jones after co-writing and starring in the successful series Stella, which she looks back on with “massive affection and great love”.

What was it about The Nightingales, her first stage appearance in 12 years, which drew her to the role? “I hadn’t planned to do any theatre again to be honest,” Jones says, “but William Gaminara got in touch with me asking if I’d read his play. I absolutely fell in love with it. There’s no way I could’ve turned down the opportunity to be a part of it.”

The acapella group is a mishmash of characters, led by the Cambridge-educated choirmaster Stephen. The colourful choir includes his younger ex-model wife Diane, her ex-husband Ben and history teacher Bruno. The group appear to be a friendly and welcoming bunch who are united by a love of music, despite their differences and problems at home. Whatever goes in their private lives, the two hours of rehearsals fly by – until one day Maggie arrives and changes the future of the group as they know it, urging them onwards, testing loyalties and tempers along the way.

“It’s a really compelling story, with fascinating characters, who, as an audience member you can never be 100 percent sure about,” Jones says. “The play is funny and touching and poignant and tense, which I reckon is a healthy combination of qualities for a great night out at the theatre.”

This is of course, Ruth Jones’ return to the stage. What’s the difference? “On TV you do scenes, or bits of scenes, over and over again, so you have to work hard to stay focused on what you’re doing. Onstage, you go on a journey from scene one to the end. I also love getting to know the rest of the cast and working together as a team.”

CHLOE EDWARDS New Theatre, Cardiff, Mon 19-Sat 24 Nov. Tickets: £18-£38.

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TIM PEAKE’S SPACECRAFT The shiny rocket egg thing, or the Soyuz TMA-19M Capsule to give its full title, will be on full display in Cardiff’s National Museum for three months into February.

Those in the know will recognise this as the vessel that piloted Tim Peake and two of his peers into the great beyond (and back again) for a trip to the International Space Station back in 2015. Visitors to the exhibition can brush up on all things astronomical when the capsule lands in Cardiff this coming month.

The exhibition is likely to be a hit with anybody who has ever wondered what it might be like to leave terra firma for the vast, yawning chasm that is space. The museum promises that attendees will be able to get up close and personal with Tim’s ship. It’s been freshly decked out with a fully-equipped interior, but still has the char marks from when the Soyuz hurtled back into the atmosphere. The ship will be accompanied by one of Tim’s space suits, the Sokol KV-2, as well as a space antenna and plenty of interactive displays explaining the ins and outs of day-today life in zero gravity.

Those looking to get a more hands on approach can opt for the Space Descent VR Experience. Participants are asked to wear VR headsets, before being invited into a VR lounge. Here, through the wonders of technology, they are transported into a Soyuz capsule on its 250-mile journey back to earth. The experience features moving seats that simulate all the action and there’s even a sciencey narration from Tim himself.

So, if you’re looking to discover what might lie beyond our home planet, spending an afternoon in Tim Peake’s exhibition this winter might be an ideal place to start. Who knows, it might lead to one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. JAKE ANDREWS National Museum Cardiff, Thu 15 Nov-Sun 10 Feb. Admission: free (VR experience £6).

Info: 029 2057 3500 / museum.wales

ILIZA SHLESINGER: FLUENT IN ENGLISH To say that US comedian Iliza Shlesinger is stoked to be visiting Cardiff seems to be underplaying her enthusiasm. “I am so excited to come to Wales,” she cries. “It has always been on my list and I cannot wait to hear Welsh in person, I’m gonna freak out, it’s so exciting! I also like the flag and want to get some cool shirts so I can brag to everyone back home.”

In the decade since she won US TV comedy/talent smackdown Last Comic Standing, Dallas-raised Shlesinger has established herself as one of the leading stand-ups of her generation. She’s also recorded four Netflix specials, including the recent Elder Millennial, which finds the now 35-year-old discussing relationships, singledom, and gender politics. And while there’s been much heated discussion online about her particular brand of ‘feminism’ (or not, depending on your viewpoint), it’s clear what she has to say hits the mark with many.

“It has been massive,” Shlesinger says of the response to the show. “The special trended forever and the fan mail I got was from all over the world – it was so cool to know that my comedy and the themes of it resonated internationally. I love the idea that, at our core, we are all affected by the same kind of emotions – it was really validating as a comic and as a human. It’s crazy to get a DM from a girl in Singapore and then from a guy in Buenos Aires, and to read that they both loved the special for different reasons.”

With Mark Wahlberg comedy Instant Family due in UK cinemas shortly, she’s just wrapping up filming on another movie with the actor, Wonderland (co-starring Black Panther’s Winston Duke and the genre-splicing Post Malone), and then to Cardiff with this show, titled Fluent In English.

“This new hour is a funny look at all the crap we are told we have to go through when we get married and what I put my foot down on,” she says. DAVE FREAK Glee Club, Cardiff Bay, Tue 13 Nov. Tickets from £22.50.

Info: www.glee.co.uk

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BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE As a country, Wales is the home for a glut of bands that have become globally applauded and adored. Flying the flag for metal, there are few as cherished as Bullet For My Valentine. “We went from playing in a church in Ogmore Vale to touring the world with Iron Maiden. It’s one of those rock ‘n’ roll stories you couldn’t make up,” says lead singer Matt Tuck, reflecting on what the outfit have achieved.

Starting on the Bridgend circuit in the late 90s as Jeff Killed John, Bullet have since garnered a career spanning over a decade, a staple of the UK metal circuit since 2005. Breaking into wider recognition with their debut album The Poison, Bullet have since graduated to an international band. “We always dreamed of it,” Matt says as he sits on the other side of the phone in Detroit, half-way through their American headline tour. “I was never really the type of person who started a band for fun, I’m just too passionate about what we do.

We never thought that what we have achieved was actually attainable.”

As an air of nostalgia permeated, our conversation drifted to highlighting changes in the industry, from the reliance on playlists to Matt altering his own “narrow-minded” way of listening to music. “When Bullet started to break the scene, metal was massive, whereas now it feels like it’s gone into a bit of a lull.”

In a largely self-contained genre, this sense of stagnancy was a catalyst in Bullet finding a new style, as they did with this year’s LP Gravity. “As creative songwriters, we need that struggle to produce new, rather than just going through the motions. We stood our ground and I think we’ve got a great record out of it.”

Bullet’s longevity and persistence has allowed for experimentation with their sound. Although purists may have been slightly taken aback by this rejuvenated album, Matt tells of how the band fight for what they believe in.

“I’d rather the band fold or fail because we have done things our way rather than it being at the hands of others.” FFION RIORDAN-JONES Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sun 11 Nov. Tickets: £30. Info: 029 2022 4488 / www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

JACK ROWAN Jack Rowan has had a stratospheric rise to success – going from a role in Silent Witness a few years ago, to winning Best Actor at the 2018 BAFTA Cymru Awards for his first leading role in Born to Kill. All of this at the age of only 21. Rowan himself seems amazed.

“Mate, my arm is sore from pinching myself!” he tells Buzz. The nerves, he says, had been getting to him up until that point. “I was getting more and more nervous as the night was going on as I had known that Best Actor was going to be last!

You just sit there the whole time getting nervous. For me to walk home with this award is amazing.”

The award, for him, is a bonus. “It’s a physical piece of memorabilia I can take away and say to myself, ‘next time I get a part I can get my teeth stuck into, I’ll get the homework done’. I never thought this stuff would come when I was actually filming this show; you never do it to win an award.”

Acting, strangely, was not Rowan’s first love. It was boxing. “I had 27 fights and in between those fights I had a 16-month injury on my back. In those 16 months I couldn’t train so I had to figure out something to do, or I’d be eating fish and chips all day! Acting became a hobby that I did as I couldn’t go to training. After the injury I had 10 more fights, but during those fights I kept thinking, ‘maybe I don’t want to do this anymore – maybe the passion lies elsewhere.’

“After my last fight, which I lost, I just thought ‘this ain’t me anymore’.

I was fighting to survive and not to win – that’s a very dangerous mindset to be in, so I thought I’d pack it in for a bit. I was getting more acting jobs as I was giving more of my time to it.” And hopefully, with this win, there will be plenty more jobs in the pipeline. CARL MARSH Born To Kill is available now on DVD or All4 Info: www.channel4.com

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Perfformiadau i’r Chwilfrydig Performances for the Curious

November/Tachwedd 2018 – February/Chwefror 2019

LEEWAY PRODUCTIONS

THE LAST FIVE YEARS TAC H 9 – 1 7 N OV

GWYNETH GLYN & FRIENDS 20.11.18 – 8pm

LEROY BRITO: 3 DADS TAC H 1 6 & 1 7 NOV

THE CYCLING PODCAST 27.11.18 – 8pm

MESS UP THE MESS THEATRE COMPANY & YOUTH CYMRU

HUMANEQUIN TAC H 20 - 24 NOV

MILK PRESENTS

MARTIN CARTHY & JOHN KIRKPATRICK

BULLISH TAC H 20 - 24 NOV

15.01.19 – 8pm

FRASER & THE ALIBIS TAC H 22 N OV

CAPITAL CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA 22.01.19 – 8pm with / gyda Mike Lovatt

JACKIE HAGAN & BIG FEAST

THIS IS NOT A SAFE SPACE RHAG 1 DEC

JIM MORAY 19.02.19 – 8pm

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SIR BRYN TERFEL With his new record Dreams & Songs just released, Sir Bryn Terfel chats with Jake Andrews about what inspired him and how an album of collaborations came to be.

There’s a lot of collaborations on the new album with some famous faces. Can you tell us what they were like to work with?

Since the album is a somewhat lighter repertoire for me, it’s without doubt this is the most fun I’ve had recording. As soon as Rob [Brydon] walks into the room he has everyone laughing. I was actually recording with Emma Thompson when it was announced that she was going to be made a Dame, so we should have been celebrating but we had some work to do. But she’s great fun to work with – we performed Sweeney Todd in London and New York together and working with her you see she’s so involved with everything she does and getting it absolutely right.

How did you find the process of choosing the songs on the album? Are there any songs on there that were certain inclusions from the start?

The recording process for this album was different in that we recorded the orchestra in Prague separately, which was completely new to me. It meant we just had concentrate on our singing and it meant we could record anywhere in the world, so we did bits in New York and San Francisco. But I wanted this album to be specifically about the British Isles which is why we had Sir Karl Jenkins

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compose an original piece telling the story of Welsh poet Hedd Wyn, who died on the first day of the Battle Of Passchendaele.

The rest of the songs have been encores for me throughout my career, songs that I have performed many times over many years; essentially my bread and butter. Fiddler On The Roof has been in my home every Christmas and is something that resonates with me. We made sure we did If I Were A Rich Man live because to get that right we needed to do that live.

How do you feel the role of a baritone has changed in recent years? Looking back over your own career do you feel that the industry has changed and what place does opera have in the modern day?

I think that I’ve been very lucky with the record company I work with to be allowed to be creative within the operatic genre. This has given me lots of colours on my palette by recording several different operas, an album in Welsh and a Christmas album. Even now, at the age of 52, I am still learning new repertoires and am able to look back at some glorious moments in my career.

A standout for me was performing at the Rugby World Cup in 1999 with Shirley Bassey. I’ve also been lucky enough to work closely with the Ryder

Cup in 2010 when that was in Newport, so I do believe that opera certainly does have a place in the modern day.

How would you describe the connection of Welsh culture on opera? Do you think that Wales has influenced or changed the face of opera in recent years?

The Welsh have a substantial number of singers in the industry that have paved the way internationally for my generation of performers; it’s certainly made my job easier when getting myself in the industry! I would say that the element of singing is highlighted in the traditions of Wales. Not just in the operatic world: there’s an abundance of Welsh pop groups, rock bands, actors and directors all of them creating iconic moments in our nation’s history.

Bryn Terfel’s new album Dreams & Songs is available now.

Info: www.deutschegrammophon.com

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FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD ***

Dir: David Yates (12A, 135 mins) The Potterverse keeps on expanding as Eddie Redmayne and his lips return as Newt Scamander, collector of beasts, in another wizarding adventure from the mind of JK Rowling. After the fairly underwhelming but distracting events of the first film, this second installment takes in some firm Potter favourites. Johnny Depp was revealed as the big baddy Grindelwald at the end of the last film, out to provoke war between muggles and wizards. Meanwhile, Redmayne’s Scamander is twiddling his thumbs in London looking to be reunited with Katherine Waterston’s Tina as she undertakes wizardry investigations in Paris trying to find Ezra Miller’s Credence Barebone. Credence, for his part, has mysteriously regenerated and joined a circus. All this plot pitches Scamander towards a young Dumbledore, played by Jude Law and an excursion to Hogwarts. In order to defeat the escaped Grindelwald, he’s going to need all the help he can get. It has been alluded to that Dumbledore shares romantic history with the villain. A wizarding war approaches in the heyday of Paris society but where will it lead? More CGI creatures, more retrofitted backstories, more spectacle and more ham from Depp and Law, which will please Potter lovers, but leave a lot of muggles befuddled. Opens Nov 16

CREED 2 ***

Dir: Steven Caple Jnr (12A, 125 mins) Following Ryan Coogler’s unofficial Rocky sequel unexpectedly being somewhat of a knockout, this sequel carries on the Creed and Balboa saga. Rocky IV was made in the mid-1980s when American jingoism was king. Sylvester Stallone faced a Russian, Ivan Drago played by a young Dolph Lundgren, after he killed his frenemy Apollo Creed in the ring. It was all very 80s, simplistic, patriotic nonsense, but forms the origin of this new grittier film. Michael B Jordan returns as Adonis Creed, now with a wife and family.

Yet the spectre of his father’s past still haunts him; Ivan Drago has a son, Viktor, who challenges Creed Jnr to a fight. Stallone returns as his trainer, Lundgren as his son’s trainer. Cue lots of ludicrous workout montages, stuff about family and grittily cathartic fisticuffs. Caple Jnr takes over directing duties and hopefully there will be a song to match James Brown’s Living In America on the soundtrack. Opens Nov 30

JULIET, NAKED ***

THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB ***

Dir: Fede Alvarez (15, 120 mins) Lisbeth Salander, the Girl With The Dragon Tattoo returns, having Played With Fire and Kicked A Hornet’s Nest in the novels and original trilogy of films with Noomi Rapace. The unnecessary American remake from David Fincher with Rooney Mara and Daniel Craig didn’t set the world alight and the series has since seemed moribund. Subsequently, creator Stieg Larsson’s popular heroine’s story has been taken over by novelist David Lagercrantz to new best-selling effect, making more film adaptations unavoidable. This all-new adventure for the vengeful hacker and sees her take the form of The Crown’s Claire Foy, clearly relishing the chance to cast off the Queen and get her hands dirty. Enlisted by Stephen Merchant on a hacking job, she finds herself set up, on the run and at the mercy of a new enemy, her scary sister Camilla, played by the excellent Sylvia Hoeks. A chase ensues as Salander tries to work out her plan, caught in an everdeepening web of corruption, and strike back before it is too late. Director Alvarez keeps the action lean, a short-haired Foy convinces as Salander, hurting men who hurt women, grittily anchoring this pleasingly propulsive and gripping thriller.

Opens Nov 21

Dir: Jesse Peretz (15, 97 mins) Some Nick Hornby novels have worked tremendously well in their transition from page to screen – High Fidelity, About A Boy – but this tale of a music obsessive and a relationship rut ultimately ends up a bit meh. Rose Byrne plays Annie, trapped in a 15-year relationship with Chris O’Dowd’s Duncan, who obsesses over cult rocker Tucker Crowe, played

by Ethan Hawke. Crowe releases a stripped-down, remastered version of his most famous album; Byrne posts a scathing review of it online and attracts attention from Crowe himself. Through a series of rather unbelievable events, the rocker ends up in their sleepy seaside home, where he’s attracted to Byrne, much to O’Dowd’s consternation; his hero is after his girlfriend. The mid-life stagnation is heavy-handed, but the cast do their best with the material, Byrne especially. Never quite as funny as it could be, Juliet, Naked is left a little out in the cold. Opens Nov 2

OVERLORD ****

Dir: Julius Avery (18, 109 mins) A bonkers B-movie writ large, this World War II escapade has soldiers parachuting behind enemy lines; men on a mission on the eve of D-Day. A harrowing opening when their plane is shot down leads to further unpleasant revelations as the plot takes us into gory supernatural territory. The opening, reminiscent of Saving Private Ryan in the air, sets an unsettling tone which worsens as the surviving soldiers enter a Nazi occupied village. Here, a mad doctor conducts scientific experiments in a bid to create a 1000-year army. Wyatt Russell and Jovan Adepo head up the fresh-faced cast thrust into hell, having to combat Nazi soldiers who can be shot in the face and survive. Mathilde Ollivier is a French freedom fighter, Ian de Castecker a war correspondent who gets more than he bargained for, and Pilou Asbeck a sinister SS man. An entertaining action horror with intense sequences and simplistic goodies vs baddies methodology. Opens Nov 7

ALSO RELEASED NOVEMBER 2018 THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (PG) Keira Knightley becomes the Sugar Plum Fairy in this re-imagining of The Nutcracker compete with gingerbread men, ballerinas and… Jack Whitehall? ROBIN HOOD (12A) Yet another retelling of the bloke who took from the rich to give to the poor. Taron Egerton dons this non-tights version with Jamie Foxx being his Little John. ASSASSINATION NATION (15) A town’s data is hacked, releasing nasty secrets and a darkly comic spiral into chaos in this stylish female thriller with Suki Waterhouse. NATIVITY ROCKS! (U) Another in the endless cycle of improvised Christmas time comedies with kids. This one has a concert! WRECK-IT RALPH 2 (PG) More adventures with the arcade game world as Ralph BUZZ 32

SUSPIRIA ***

Dir: Luca Guadagnino (18, 152 mins) A remake of Dario Argento’s lurid, blood-soaked horror from 1977 by the man behind Call Me By Your Name? Yup. Director Guadagnino has long been a fan of the Italian schlock-meister genius Argento and his gory giallo epics, peppered with deeply disturbing imagery and hypnotically brilliant scores from electro-nutters Goblin. Guadagnino has transformed the basic dance school-is-a-witches-coven plot of the original and turned it into a cerebral arthouse movie, again with lashings of gore and unsettling imagery but also with plodding seriousness.

Dakota Johnson plays Susie, an apparent goody-two-shoes thrust into a West Berlin dance school in 1977. She is an expressive dancer, flinging her limbs about as if possessed under the watchful eye of Tilda Swinton’s matriarch. Johnson finds herself chosen both as lead dancer for an upcoming show and for some witchy stuff to boot, leading to a bonkers finale. A supporting cast features Chloe Grace Moretz as a missing student and Tilda Swinton again – masquerading as an 80-year-old German man. Far from a rehash of Argento’s bonkers operatic style-fest, this Suspiria is more ruminative, often frustrating, but manages to be engaging. But if you want a quick jump scare, look elsewhere. Opens Nov 16

PETERLOO **

Dir: Mike Leigh (12A, 154 mins) Mike Leigh embarks on his most ambitious project yet, the epic tale of a pro-democracy rally in Manchester in 1819 brutally quelled by British forces. Peterloo initially follows a soldier (David Moorst) returning home to the north from Waterloo, and his mother and father (Pearce Quigley and Maxine Peake) as they become embroiled in radical meetings attacking the unfeeling politicians of London. Karl Johnson’s Home Secretary, Robert Wilfort’s Prime Minister and Tim McInnerny’s outrageous Prince Regent all fear a French-style revolution on city streets. The unrest culminates in a gathering of 80,000 people in St Peter’s Field, listening to progressive landowner Henry Hunt (a scenery-chewing Rory Kinnear), viscerally charged by a nervous cavalry killing 15 people. An unfocused slog, Peterloo would have benefitted from a shorter, sharper take on the events rather than this handsomely mounted endurance test. Opens Nov 2

THE GRINCH **

WIDOWS ****

Dir: Steve McQueen (15, 129 mins) A remake of an ITV Lynda LaPlante series from the 80s hardly seems the material the director of 12 Years A Slave would turn his hand to next. Before that, director McQueen previously made Hunger about IRA man Bobby Sands and sex-addict drama Shame. Widows, on paper, seems like lightweight fluff in comparison.

It’s his most commercial venture to date, a tightly-wound thriller with a political agenda, dealing with class, gender, gun violence and a heist. The action is relocated from London to Chicago with Viola Davis, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki and Carrie Coon playing the widows of armed robbers, killed on the job, looking for a way to make ends meet. The ragtag band are forced to take onboard the next break-in their husbands planned in the hope of solving their problems with Cynthia Erivo joining the ranks as Rodriguez’s babysitter. Davis’ husband died owing a $2 million debt to a crimelord (Brian Tyree Henry) and his scary sidekick (a vicious Daniel Kaluuya). The axe will fall on Davis if she cannot fix this. As well as delivering a cracking thriller, McQueen and fellow screenwriter Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl) use the women’s plight to examine deeper ills within society, making Widows a timely and intelligent drama. Opens Nov 6

Dir: Yarrow Cheney/Scott Mosier (PG, 90 mins) Another crack at the Dr. Seuss creation that doesn’t like Christmas after the hyperkinetic and scarily made-up Jim Carrey mess from 2000. This time he’s a completely CGI creation and comes from the studio that brought you Despicable Me. Bizarrely, Benedict Cumberbatch blandly voices the green monster out to spoil Christmas for the inhabitants of Whoville, who keep on destroying his peace in a cave in Mount Crumpet with their festivities. He wants to put a stop to all the frivolity, becoming a green Santa, stealing presents with gadgetry etc. until his heart is melted by a little girl. So essentially Despicable Me without the supervillain aspect. Yes, there is also some low-key rapping and Pharrell narrates. A supremely manufactured stab at a Christmas hit, bereft of any real magic and with Cumberbatch sounding ill at ease, this incarnation of the Grinch is to be avoided, like green eggs and ham. Opens Nov 9

WILDLIFE ****

Dir: Paul Dano (12A, 104 mins) Actor Paul Dano makes his directorial debut with a script he and long-time partner Zoe Kazan adapted from Richard Ford’s typically excoriating novel about relationships, and rather good it is too. Set in 1960s Montana, Jake Gyllenhaal is Jerry, a beer-drinking dad fired from his job working at a golf course. In a moment of ‘madness’ he decides to go off and fight a forest fire with the other men of the town, leaving behind his wife and son. Seen through the coming-of-age lens of his 14-year-old son Joe, played by Ed Oxenbould, we observe the tension in the marriage between Gyllenhaal and Carey Mulligan as his wife Jeanette.

She is stretched to breaking point, having had enough of being the housewife. She embarks on a frustrated flirtation with Mr. Miller, the antithesis of her husband, played with sleazy grace by Bill Camp. It’s a minute dissection of the turbulence of relationships, all suppressed emotion and yearning. Opens Nov 9

discovers wi-fi and goes on an internet adventure. Lots of in-jokes and references as Disney raids it’s substantial properties for humour. SURVIVING CHRISTMAS (12A) Two sisters try and survive a family Christmas in the wake of a death in this British family comedy from the man who wrote Fatal Attraction. POSTCARDS FROM LONDON (12A) The trials and tribulations of a male escort in London (reviewed online). DEAD SOULS (18) Grueling documentary from Wang Bing about the survivors of Chinese labour camps from the 1950s. ANNA AND THE APOCALYPSE (15) A British zombie musical set at Christmas. Could be great, could be a mess. POKEMON THE MOVIE: THE POWER OF US (U) Really? Does anyone collect Pokemon stuff anymore? Have people still got to catch’em all?

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HEAD OF STEAM OPENING

Replacing the former Harvester on Church Street, a new Cardiff bar called Head Of Steam is set to open by the time you read this, bringing 45 cask and keg lines and a signature menu. Head Of Steam was founded in 1995 and has since opened numerous venues across the UK; Cardiff will be its first venue in Wales, with an aim of bringing things back to basics.

18-19 Church St, Cardiff.

Info: www.theheadofsteam.co.uk

R O YA L W E L S H W I N T E R FA I R Christmas comes early as The Royal Welsh Winter Fair gears up for its 28th consecutive year. Jake Andrews takes a look at what’s in store.

The Royal Welsh Showground takes centre stage once again as all things festive descend upon Wales in what has become a staple event for Christmas elves and food-lovers alike. The annual agricultural show presents the best in British livestock, as the country’s top showmen come from far and wide to compete for some of the top accolades the UK has to offer. Think of it like The Great British Bake Off but instead of iced fingers and sponge cakes, it’s farmyard animals.

Away from the judging ring, visitors can expect Yuletide treats from hundreds of stalls offering up a range of their own British produce and handmade gifts. Foodies are well catered for with a large dining hall serving an enticing menu of fresh homegrown foods guaranteed to warm the cockles on those cold winter days. Those looking to get a bit more hands-on can head over to the handicraft demonstrations, where they’ll be showing how to make your own Christmas gifts with a unique and personal touch.

Alternatively, those of you who are looking to do something special with the most important (and stressful) meal of the year can take inspiration from one of the cookery demonstrations on offer.

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busy schedule and opening a grotto for the two-day event perfect for any children who want to make last minute additions to their Christmas lists. The whole thing kicks off with a free fireworks display on Mon 26. So, if you’re looking for an alternative to the hustle and bustle of the build up to festive period this is the perfect event for you. Gates will be open from 8am.

PERMANENT STREET FOOD MARKET OPENING

Many major cities around the world boast indoor food markets, and now Sticky Fingers Street Food is opening in the former Chiquito building in the Brewery Quarter. Every week from Thursday to Sunday, five Welsh street vendors – The Original Goodfiillas Company, Makasih, Two Anchors, Hoof and Mr Croquewich – will offer everything from calzone pizza and fish finger sandwiches to traditional Chinese and Malay cuisine.

Brewery Quarter, Cardiff.

Info: www.breweryquarter.co.uk

Two Anchors

Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells, Mon 26 + Tue 27 Nov. Admission: £16/£13 adv/£5 under-16s/free under-5s.

Info: 01982 553683 / www.rwas.co.uk

Pic: Bryon Lippincott

OF THE BEST PLACES TO EAT ON CITY ROAD Cardiff’s brimming with fantastic foodie areas, none more so than the beautiful multiculturalism of City Road, where you can travel the world in a five-minute walk. Oliver R. Moore Howells takes in the best on offer.

CHILLI BASIL

Putting the bang in Bangkok, Chilli Basil also provides plenty of bang for its customers’ buck. Authentic, unassuming and more café than restaurant, it’s been serving up stunning Thai cuisine at unbeatable prices since October 2014. This underrated gem dishes up all the old favourites including green/red curries, noodle soup dishes, and stir-fry pad thai 232 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2048 2233 / www.chillibasilthaifood.com

MEZZA LUNA

This family-run Moroccan and Lebanese restaurant specialises in mezze dishes, grills and Moroccan tagines. And whilst meat dishes are in abundance, its vegetarian and vegan-friendly too. If your dish isn’t spicy enough and you like it hot, the restaurant’s also famed for its bellydancing spectacles on Friday and Saturday evenings.

159 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2047 2772 / www.mezzalunacardiff.co.uk

TENKAICHI

The award-winning food from Tenkaichi not only tastes great but looks good on the plate. More than the sum of its parts, sushi is a culinary art form, and though some eschew raw fish, you’ll soon be converted! If unfamiliar with Japanese cuisine, then wade in slowly with one of Tenkaichi’s bento boxes – an assorted set meal in a lacquered box with compartments.

236 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2048 1888 / www.tenkaichi.co.uk

SHAAM NIGHTS

Want a culinary experience where you can be darn dapper and epicurean about it?

Then Shaam Nights shouldn’t be overlooked. There are few places that make you feel like an Arabian prince dining out in a downsized palace but this one boasts of a rare opportunity to taste its authentic Syrian cuisine. Voted one of the best grill houses in the UK by The Sunday Times, their shawarma, kufta and biryani dishes will no doubt please your palate.

116 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2048 2824 / www.shaamnights.com

KBS KEBAB HOUSE

Can’t be bothered with the fuss of a fancy sit-down meal on your return from the pub?

Then KBS is a great option for filling that gaping hole. Whilst kebabs don’t usually win awards within the ‘quality produce’ category, this humble takeaway does what it does very well. Furthermore, with other obligatory takeaway foods on offer such as pizzas, burgers, wraps and various ‘meal deals’, the gang’s all here and ready to give your gut that gastronomic pummelling.

242 City Road, Cardiff. Info: 029 2045 6545 / www.kbskebabhouse.com

LAMB SHANKS IN TOMATOES AND RED WINE Words Alison Powell Slow cooked for hours, this dish will fill your kitchen with smells that’ll cwtch you and tastes that’ll comfort you. Serve them with mashed potatoes and gently steamed green veg or a pillow-like pile of fluffy basmati rice, then relish in the soft meat tumbling from the bone, slurp up the sauce and feel sated and satisfied for a long time afterwards...

INGREDIENTS (serves 4) • • • • • • • •

4 lamb shanks Olive oil (2-3 tablespoons) 4 onions 6 cloves of garlic 200ml red wine 4 dried bay leaves 400g tin of tomatoes 4/5 medium carrots, peeled and chopped in to large chunks • 2 sticks of celery, washed and chopped in to chunks • 1 heaped teaspoon sea salt and a good grind of black pepper

HOW TO 1. U se a heavy cooking pot with a lid. Pour in the olive oil and turn the heat up so that you can brown the lamb shanks. It may be worth doing this two at a time; you need them to colour a little all over and too many in the pot will make them stew not fry. Remove them from the pan to rest on a plate.

2. Add thinly-sliced onions to the pot and cook on a low heat for about 10 minutes until the onions are soft and slightly brown and caramel like. Crush in the garlic after about five minutes.

3. Pour in the red wine and use it to deglaze any stuck meat from the bottom of the pot. Add the tomatoes and then fill the empty tin about 2/3 full of cold water.

Add that along with the bay leaves, chopped carrots, chopped celery, salt and black pepper.

4. Add the lamb shanks and move them around so that all of the meat is really coated.

5. Bring to the boil for a moment and then cover and turn the heat right down to a simmer. Let it bubble away super gently for two and a half hours, stirring occasionally, turning the meat.

6. You can either serve straightaway or you can cool and reheat very gently the next day. This will give the flavours time to make really good friends with one another and deepen. Make sure it is piping hot before you serve. @ASPwriter

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Pic: Charles Haynes Pic: Reading Tom

THE GOODS SHED

NOVEMBER FOODIE FOCUS As the winter comes closer, Elouise Hobbs draws in the best foodie-related events for November.

DIRT vegetarian pop-up Nest, Rhiwbina, Cardiff, Sat 3 Nov The creators of DIRT pride themselves on creating exciting vegetarian meals using only fresh, locally grown and sustainably-sourced ingredients. Their pop-up evenings combine tasty food with a healthy knowledge of what makes food great; the menu varies for each event, but in the past they have produced dishes such as tandoori carrot, pickled melon and mint labneh, and walnut and ale bara brith served with fig and apple jam. These events will be taking place across South Wales over the autumn.

Tickets: £40. Info: www.dirtypopup.co.uk

Fantastical Chocolate Festival Depot, Cardiff, Sun 18 Nov Have you ever wanted to experience what Charlie felt when he walked into Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory? Well, now might be your chance. Depot is hosting a day dedicated to everything to do with chocolate. On arrival, guests will receive a festival bag with a mug and a sweet or savoury skewer for dipping in the chocolate fountains. There will also be artisan chocolate, chocolate sculpting, chocolate egg decorating and even hot chocolate drinks – which includes the ‘Naughty Chocolate’ booze bar.

Tickets: £17.25. Info: www.depotcardiff.com

Beaujolais Nouveau Day, Thurs 15 Nov The Radyr Court Bar and Kitchen, Cardiff Every year, on the third Thursday of November, Beaujolais nouveau – a red wine produced in the Beaujolais region of France using Gamay grapes – is released on sale. The smooth wine, which is only fermented for a few weeks, has gained quite a reputation and has become something of a celebrated tradition, with south Wales no exception. At the Radyr Court Bar and Kitchen, diners will be greeted with a glass of prosecco before sitting down to a three-course meal, accompanied by French entertainment and, of course, a bottle of wine for the table.

Tickets: £37 Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk

RAW Magic Dinner Party Ve Wild, Whitchurch, Cardiff, Fri 2 Nov If you are looking for a fun and relaxing evening where you can learn more about nutrition and well-being, then this may be one for you. The monthly menus are specially created to combine foods that aid digestion and aim to provide a wholesome, filling meal. The five-course meal, which this month is themed around Chinese cuisine, begins with an alcohol-free cocktail and is followed by an appetizer, entree, main and dessert.

Tickets: £32. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk

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Further big things are coming to Wales’ street food scene with a massive redevelopment of a former railway goods shed in Barry. Built in the 1800s, there are plans for this railway shed to be turned into an entertainment village. The site will contain 50 shipping containers housing street food companies including Meat & Greek and Brother Thai. Aiming to become a central point in Barry, there are plans for a high-end restaurant, microbrewery/wine bar, apartments, ice-cream shop, bakery and a drive-thru coffee shop.

Barry Waterfront, 2019 TBC. Info: www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk

Pic: Niel Schofield

CARDIFF CHRISTMAS MARKET

The Christmas market is returning to the pedestrian streets of St John Street, Working Street, Hills Street, Trinity Street and the Hayes in Cardiff city centre this winter. Featuring handmade products, bespoke jewellery and original artwork as well as plenty of foodie stalls offering local and seasonal produce, Christmas will be the underlying theme of the food and drink on offer: mulled wine, mince pies, cheese, wine and a selection of hot street food.

Cardiff city centre, Thurs 15 Nov-Sun 23 Dec. Info: www.cardiffchristmasmarket.com

HEANEY’S

Romilly Crescent, Cardiff. www.heaneyscardiff.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere **** Having announced plans to transfer from his kitchen in Laleston’s Great House hotel, Tommy Heaney (he’s been on TV, maybe you watched) popped up in Pontcanna during summer. Specifically, a side-room of what was most recently Arbennig, and is now a glass-fronted, split-level restaurant proper.

Despite tonight being a soft opening with no walk-ins available, at least four couples try their luck during Buzz’s two-hour visit; could be the sympathetic location, could be the groundwork done in recent months. A 10-course tasting menu is offered tonight, with a fair few reprised or retweaked from Heaney’s pop-up incarnation. It’s modish in conception – courses billed as lists of ingredients, rather than named as such – but unpretentious in spirit and execution. Why, the Marmite butter accompanying the opening plate of sourdough could have been inspired by any prosaic moment of breakfast-table carelessness – except Caramac-coloured and far more welcome.

Smoked duck ham is delicate machismo with depth; two oysters sway a bivalve sceptic across the table via dill-and-apple zing, perhaps sacrificing their own personality. Thinly sliced bream is cured in curry oil and bolstered by horseradish sorbet. Beef tartar comes with beetroot, spiralised to resemble purple pappardelle.

Next up are two consecutive white fish fillets – pollock and cod – whose notional sameyness is nixed by the former’s startlingly rich buttermilk sauce and fromnowhere lime hit, likewise the cauliflower puree cosied up to the cod.

Courses eight and nine are highlight and lowlight respectively. BBQ lamb’s jus could flavour a gourmet chocolate bar (I’m serious about this idea, buy it off me), but an apple crumble riff, first of two desserts, feels like something any kitchen could do. A cylinder of biscuity salted caramel, though, looks like an uncooked potato croquette but sparkles alongside honeycomb and yoghurt.

Competitively priced at £40, with wines starting at £26 a bottle and cocktails all under a tenner, Heaney’s taster menu is likely the joint’s jewel, but there’s regularly-changing lunch and Sunday roast options too. I suspect this establishment is fixed here for the long haul. NOEL GARDNER

FALAFILO ISLAND

High Street, Newport. 01633 904550 / facebook.com/falafiloisland Food **** Atmosphere ** This new addition to Newport High Street, an area which isn’t exactly anyone’s idea of a foodie paradise is a welcome dash of colour to the place, although there are evidently still plentiful teething troubles. Perhaps the most important fact about this place is that it has been opened by two former Syrian refugees – evidence that Wales ought to be open as a home to anyone that needs it. The food itself, mostly Syrian and Lebanese dishes with a smattering of burgers and pizzas, is generally excellent, and fairly-priced, with the most expensive items topping out at £12 or so.

Their grilling abilities here are superb. The chicken tauk and boneless chicken we chose was cooked to perfection – melting in your mouth but just the right level of crispiness on the outside. The samosas for starters were also superb.

The menu has clearly been adapted for Newport tastes, and whilst they could take a few more risks in offering full-on Levantine cuisine, what they have on offer is generally superb.

Unfortunately, where the restaurant is lacking currently is both in décor and service. The food took its time and arrived in stages (one of us had almost completely finished their meal before another received their food), whilst the bright green-and-yellow décor and bright lighting gives the place the feel of a takeaway. Whilst it is clearly marketed towards cheap eats, it does mean Falafilo Island seems to sit somewhere between being a restaurant and a fast-food outlet – I think the quality of food is more suited to the former. FEDOR TOT

THE BOAT HOUSE

Cog Road, Sully. 029 2267 9678 / www.theboathousesully.co.uk Food **** Atmosphere *** The Old Sully Inn had been empty for a while, waiting to be rescued or, like most buildings these days, turned into flats. Its recent renovation – and name change – is down to the new owners, locals Stuart and Liz Reid, along with Peter Knowles and Andy Bradshaw from the Hamptons interior design store in Penarth. If you know Hamptons then you’ll know it for its furnishings, objets d’art and quirky interiors. The boathouse has had some serious interior design touches and the fresh nautical feel has given this formerly drab building a positive facelift.

The menu is concise and to the point, with an interesting fish selection. Having recently gone down the no-meat route, I was hoping for a varied menu, and the choices available were well thought out. Their veggie burger, in a brioche bun with cheddar, tomato, gherkin, tomato relish, chips and beetroot coleslaw, was excellent, as was calamari and fish and chips with a minted pea puree.

The chicken, I’m reliably informed, was also very good.

The downstairs area is more informal, with a bar and booths, plus a dog-friendly policy which is always a good sign. Upstairs is very Raffles in its style: foliage both real and fake adorning the walls, big centre fan lights and pale green rattan furniture with a selection of exotic prints dotted around. I’m a big fan of plants to soften a place – nothing worse than sitting in a clinical soulless restaurant.

A very enjoyable experience where everything worked, they know what people want and give it to them with style and a friendly welcome. Fabulous. ANTONIA LEVAY

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art

EXPLORING PLACE – MIKE HILL & DHYANA FRITSCHE

Volcano Theatre, Swansea Fri 2-Fri 30 Nov The Volcano Theatre in Swansea plays host to an exciting new collaborative piece put together by Mike Hill and Dhyana Fritsche. With both artists based in Swansea, Exploring Place is a celebration of the artistic beauty to be found in the city’s land and seascapes.

With Hill specialising in sculpture, the gallery floor will be littered with intriguing pieces created from the various fragments found on the beach at Swansea Bay. The result is a collection of sculptures made from a whole manner of unique materials.

Whether they be intricate pieces of porcelain, brightly-coloured plastics or bones from animal carcasses. They all come together to tell a story that was once buried by the sand.

Hill’s sculptures are teamed with the photography and print work of Dhyana Fritsche, who uses her work to showcase how environments can change. Here she focuses her pieces on North Gower’s salt marsh, Cwm Ivy and the breach of the medieval sea wall defences. Fritsche leaves work that draws attention to Swansea’s everchanging landscape.

Admission: free. Info: www. volcanotheatre.co.uk (JA)

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RACHEL MACLEAN: SPITE YOUR FACE

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Until Sun 20 Jan Scottish multimedia artist Rachel Mclean has never been one to shy away from controversy. Her latest film, Spite Your Face, is now available to view for free in Cardiff’s Chapter Arts Centre and is a jarring, unsettling piece that shines a light on the current state of global politics and our capitalist, celebrity-obsessed culture.

To say that the film is essentially a modern retelling of the 1940 Disney classic Pinocchio simply does not do it justice. Spite Your Face tells the story of Pic, a Venetian street kid who dreams of the fame and fortune associated with the upper echelons of the world he inhabits. His wish is granted when, through the use of an iPad and an online app, he stumbles across a special perfume called Truth; with the use of this he is quickly accepted into the land of the rich and powerful, before ascending into a life of fame and fortune himself. It is not long before this façade drops, and the cracks begin to show however, as he soon finds that what awaits him is a savage world of greed, gluttony and sexual violence.

Played on a loop with no clear beginning and end, Spite Your Face becomes a metaphor for society, as the boy is trapped in an endless cycle that see his rise and fall from grace repeated over and over again, leaving the audience to question which of these two worlds is heaven and which one is hell. Originally commissioned for the Venice Biennale back in 2017, Spite Your Face is Maclean’s first solo exhibition in Wales. The film will be exhibited alongside a new commission adorning the side of the Chapter Arts Centre announcing the arrival of Pic to visitors and passers-by alike. The exhibition is sure to be a hit with those of you with those of you with an interest in radical cinema. With the exhibition being free to attend, there’s no excuses not to have a politically-charged afternoon of reflective film viewing. JAKE ANDREWS/CHLOE EDWARDS Admission: free. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

GHOSTJAM & CANALCHEMY

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon Sun 4 Nov The Glamorganshire Canal was a vital transportation link, but the emergence of the railways signalled its death knell.

The long-closed waterway that ran partly through the city has been temporarily resurrected. Ghostjam – an arts group comprising poets and performers – in association with the Canalchemy project, will be “exploring parallel narratives of the living Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal and the ‘dead’ canal that used to link Merthyr Tydfil to the sea.”

Hallas, who also has a solo exhibition Canalworks here until Sun 11 Nov, said, “Over the period I was responding to the relining of the Llangattock stretch of the Brecon and Monmouthsire canal, Steven Hitchins was co-ordinating Canalchemy, an exploration of the former canal which ran from Merthyr to Cardiff. It was fascinating to see the parallels between the two canals.”

For the performance on Sun 4, Hallas will show videos created for the Canalchemy project, which involves taking images of water from the ‘live ‘canal and projecting onto industrial remains along the ‘dead’ canal, sucg the Merthyr Blast furnace and West Wharf in Cardiff.

Admission: free. Info: 01874 611622 / www.brycheiniog.co.uk (RLR)

LAURA EDMUNDS: MOUTH

Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan Until Sun 25 Nov The mouth need not merely serve the functions of eating, drinking and communicating with others: Laura Edmunds explores this vital element of the human body in greater depth, going further than its broadly understoof roles. In Edmunds’, work the mouth is essentially seen as a gateway between the outside and the inside, between one place and another. She also explores the breath and human voice as part of her concept.

Edmunds has worked with the Threshold choir of west Wales, who specialise in visiting the seriously and terminally ill. It allows the artist to associate ideas around death and the body. Despite the focus on the mouth, Laura also concentrates on the entire body, seeing it as a casing (and the skin as a shroud).

With the choir, they have created a soundscape constituted from the densities, textures and volumes of the voice. From this collaboration, a unique sound work emerged called Lung Volumes. The artist worked with medical illustrations of vocal chords but also used the mechanism of the mouth to make her work accurate and realistic.

Admission: free. Info: 01239 621200 / www.mwldan.co.uk (HM)

KATHRYN ALLEN HURNI: WITNESS

Elysium Gallery, Swansea Fri 2 Nov-Sat 1 Dec Anyone can take a photograph but not everyone can capture and portray the rawness and emotion seen in Kathryn Allen Hurni’s images. Brooklyn-based Hurni has been photographing since she first picked up a camera at the age of 13.

Winning the EPSY Photo Award in 2017, she is now exhibiting in the UK for the first time at Swansea’s Elysium Gallery.

Hurni generally works with film, using a medium format rangefinder to create unique natural images. Her portfolio consists of thought-provoking, emotive portraits, being drawn to the unusual and sensitive moments shared between humans.

Unlike shooting static landscapes, Hurni likes the fact that she has to give up control when interacting with people and photographing portraits, creating endless possibilities. Her desire to resist much post-production on her images only reinforces the idea of creating a collection of honest imagery allowing each viewer to take away something different from her work.

Hurni’s talent and photographic eye is clearly seen through the use of film and its undeniable grainy quality, which digital cannot rival.

Admission: free. Info: www. elysiumgallery.com (EW)

KATRIEN DE BLAUWER: REPRISE HYDREF 26 OCTOBER - RHAGFYR 8 DECEMBER Rhagolwg / Preview: Hydref 25 October, 6pm

Ffotogallery Penarth Turner House, CF64 3DH

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Pic: Maria Falconer

THE HUMOURS OF BANDON

Various venues across Wales Thurs 22-Tue 27 Nov Fresh from her successes at both the Dublin and Edinburgh Fringe festivals, writer and performer Margaret McAuliffe brings her delightfully funny one-woman show to Newport’s Riverfront Theatre. The Humours Of Bandon is a coming-of-age story that exploring the fiercely competitive world of traditional Irish riverdancing, shining a light on what lies behind the glitz and glamour.

The show begins with Annie, a 16-yearold girl desperately hoping to win the Irish Open Championship. Annie charts the audience through the highs and lows, trials and tribulations of what it takes to be the best at what she does.

McAuliffe plays all the characters in the piece, including a strict dance teacher, the doting mother of Annie and a fellow dance competitor, all with a swift change of voice and mannerisms.

Beyond its charming wit and well written characters, The Humours Of Bandon is a study of the pain of ambition and the sheer level of commitment necessary for a young girl to fill her bedroom with rosettes, ribbons and trophies. It visits Swansea’s Taliesin (Thurs 22 Nov); Newport Riverfront (Sat 24); Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli (Mon 26) and Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon (Tue 27).

Tickets: £10-£13. Info: www. fishamble.com (JA) BUZZ 40

NYRSYS

Various venues across Wales Fri 9 Nov-Tue 4 Dec One especially significant milestone for UK citizens this year has been the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service – a system based on the ethos of providing free healthcare to all, whatever the background. It’s hardly surprising, then, that this momentous landmark has been celebrated in many ways, with Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Pontio’s Nyrsys among the more creative celebrations to grace the world of arts and entertainment this autumn, following in the footsteps on National Theatre Wales’ month-long NHS70 celebrations back in July.

Nyrsys features an all-female cast performing Sara Lloyd’s and Bethan Marlow’s original concept, with additional songs by Marlow and Rhys Taylor. The songs and script have been crafted from interviews with real nurses and in support of the tour, an education pack has been created for students and teachers of the GCSE and A-level drama courses.

Nyrsys takes a look behind the scenes of a busy cancer ward in a Welsh hospital today, shining a light on the experiences of various nurses, be it the challenges they face in their day-to-day work, or the mischief, sisterhood and sense of vocation the job provides them with. The production couldn’t be on stage at a more crucial or deeply relevant period in the nation’s history.

Drawing on inspiration from the NHS’ ethos, the play is performed in Welsh with bilingual songs and offers a 10% discount on tickets to NHS staff. Offering pre-show talks to Welsh learners and two editions of the play interpreted through British Sign Language, the production will tour the country for a month, including dates at Carmarthen’s Lyric Theatre (Fri 9 and Sat 10 Nov); Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Tue 13 and Wed 14), Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff (Fri 16 and Sat 17); Theatr Hafren, Newtown (Fri 23); Borough Theatre, Abergavenny (Tue 27), Taliesin, Swansea (Sat 1 Dec) and Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (Tue 4 Dec).

CHLOE EDWARDS Tickets: £10-£20. Info: theatr.cymru Pic: Kirsten McTernan

THE LAST FIVE YEARS

Various venues across Wales Fri 9 Nov-Sat 1 Dec Leeway Productions are bringing Jason Robert Brown’s off-Broadway hit musical The Last Five Years to Wales.

It follows a young New York couple, Jamie and Cathay, and their relationship over a time span of five years. This musical also features dancers that will accompany the two actors throughout the piece.

Under the tutelage of artistic director Angharad Lee (Spring Awakening, Sweeney Todd) and choreographer Mark Smith, this piece provides a compelling musical for all audience members. A unique aspect of The Last Five Years is its accessibility for D/deaf, deafened and hard-of-hearing audience members; every performance has closed captions and sign language integrated into the performance.

Knowing the other works of Jason Robert-Brown, with such great pieces as Songs For A New World and Parade behind him, this musical promises to be heartfelt, compelling and touching, and will debut in Cardiff Bay’s Wales Millennium Centre from Fri 9-Sat 17 Nov before visiting Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Tue 20); Blackwood Miners Insitute (Tue 27 and Wed 28), Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli (Thurs 29) and Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil (Fri 30 and Sat 1 Dec).

Tickets: £8-£16. Info: www. leewayproductions.com (TH)

Pic: Drew Forsyth

THE WHITE FEATHER

Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea Sun 11 Nov This poignant, inventive show from Theatr na nÓg is getting a revival this month to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I. Written by My Family star (and Buzz’s film critic) Keiron Self and directed by Daniel Lloyd, The White Feather follows the plight of a young boy who dreams of escaping his humdrum home life in Swansea. As the war rages around him, he thinks that becoming a soldier could give his life the excitement and the purpose that it needs. But once he has a bitter taste of life on the battlefield, he comes to realise that war is no Boy’s Own adventure.

Blending the timeless words of war poets with Welsh folk music, The White Feather is a show suitable for adults and children alike, giving audiences an insight into the harsh realities of war through a heartfelt human drama of love, loss and family.

Theatr na nÓg are one of Wales’ leading theatre companies, founded over 30 years ago to meet the needs of the West Glamorgan community.

For this particular show, there are several opportunities for primary and secondary schools to enjoy the performance.

Tickets: £9. Info: 01792 473238 / www.dylanthomastheatre.org.uk (SP)

VENTOUX

Various venues, Tue 20-Wed 28 Nov This austere, minimalist production, brought to you by 2MagpiesTheatre, is the reenactment of the famous race between cycling legends Lance Armstrong (Alexander Gatehouse) and Marco Pantani (Matt Seage) during their Tour de France 2000 showdown on Mont Ventoux. Exposed for doping, the cyclists are infamous the world over – Armstrong for his protests of innocence, Pantani for getting caught.

Watching as they battle it out on fixed bikes, in front of a large screen projecting footage of the course along Mount Ventoux, the play explores the lives of these two men through the lens of all that’s happened both during and since that famous race, not least Pantani’s death from a cocaine overdose.

Modest to its muscle-taught core, the play features just two actors and pedals along for a mere 60 minutes. With actual race commentary throughout it promises to be an interesting examination of two fallen sporting superstars, delving into their character flaws, brokenness and grasps at sporting glory to the bitter end. Catch Ventoux in Cardigan on Tue 20 Nov; Blackwood Wed 21; Aberystwyth Thurs 22; Pontardawe Fri 23; Maesteg Sat 24 and Brecon on Wed 28.

Tickets: £3-£13. Info: www.2magpiestheatre.co.uk (OH)

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CHAOS IN THE CBD

Polymer @ Hangar 18, Swansea Fri 2 Nov Since their inaugural event in June 2017, the Polymer crew have consistently enticed immense crowds to their parties. After conceiving the brand whilst still attending Swansea University, the trio swiftly built a concrete rapport with the SU events team due to the immediate success of the launch. For their latest party they relocate to a new venue called Hangar 18, which locals may recognise as recently closed venue The Scene.

The headliners are Chaos In The CBD, brothers out of New Zealand now residing in Peckham and pushing the boundaries of classic house using their own interpretations of club music as it influenced them. Sifting through their versatile releases on labels such as ClekClekBoom, Mule Musiq, Rhythm Section and Amadeus, it is clear to see why they are in such popular demand.

They now boast an expansive self-made repertoire through channelling their highly motivated attitudes and innate desire to make people dance. The energetic progressions and complex drum patterns in the brothers’ releases on their own imprint In Dust We Trust underline their exceptional maturity as producers.

Tickets: £11 (sold out – check social media for resales). Info: polymerswansea@gmail.com (HW) BUZZ 42

STEVE LAWLER + JIMMY SWITCH

The Vaults, Cardiff Bay Sat 1 Dec Steve Lawler’s is one of those fairytale origin stories budding young DJs tell each other in enchanted tones over pints in pub corners, to stoke the fires in their bellies and bring stars to their eyes. Discovering house at 16 through Brum’s pirate radio stations, within a year young Steve was running his own illegal underpass parties on the M42 with turnouts of over 500. Snapped up for the Ibiza circuit and eventually even a full residency at the legendary Cream venue in Liverpool, the Lawler of today has long been a global name all to himself and a truly hyper-functioning unit on the decks.

If there’s a Lawler style – and there certainly is; the self-proclaimed “darker” edge to his classic house tendencies being peppy, stripped-out tracks with tribalinspired drums, underlit with moody bass – it’s because he regularly mixes his own edits for most of the tracks he plays. Stepping straight off the main stages at the heaving outdoor summer festivals of the world’s romance cities, Lawler sets his sights on something more intimate and closer to home for the cold, dark winter.

Come December, the Vaults down on Cardiff’s Bute Street are to host a solid techyhousey palaver as Lawler headlines alongside some other (at the time of writing) TBA DJs and intense Manc groover Jimmy Switch – another one that should be recognisable to anyone keeping an eye on who’s been hogging the controllers down in Ibiza this year, particularly at Amnesia. Punchy, restless, dirty, his moderner, urban style won’t disappoint dancers lured beyond the vault door by Lawler’s name, and together with the yet to be confirmed should keep the sweat pouring down those walls straight through to 5am. Venturing out in their hats and scarves this year, tech ravers ready to brace the wind down the Bay might think to warm their dance shoes up with a bit of a treat, replete with all the satisfaction that comes from knowing it will still be dark enough out for a guilt-free afters.

JASON MACHLAB Tickets: £14. Info: www.vaultspresents.com

HOUSE & GARAGE ORCHESTRA

The Globe, Cardiff Sat 24 Nov Orchestral renditions are becoming increasingly more prevalent on the fringe of live music, reimagining everything from Daft Punk’s Greatest Hits to Dr Dre’s The Chronic. The garage prophet himself, Mike Skinner, once asked “has it come to this?” and it seems the time has indeed come: to rebirth the genre’s seminal creations with added intensity and grandeur.

The full orchestral sound will also be accompanied by some of the original tracks’ singers and MCs: Kele La Roc [pictured], Sweetie Irie, MC Neat and others. Naturally it’s expected that the plethora of iconic anthems house and garage have brought about will be reincarnated. The likes of Flowers, A Little Bit Of Luck and Closer Than Close will undoubtedly be heard; whether the tempo and rhythms will stay true to the genre remains to be seen.

UK garage defined a swathe of British culture for a long period of the 90s and 00s, and is now being displaced from the sweating night club, brought to a theatre and reenacted organically with actual drums and trumpets. Has it come to this?

Tickets: £17.50. Info: 07590 471888 / globecardiffmusic.com (CP)

KINGS OF THE ROLLERS

Dazed @ Sin City, Swansea Sat 1 Dec Promoters Dazed are dominating club nights across the UK after forming in Bristol’s UWE. Having successfully made their events the go-to nights in several student cities, it’s a welcomed addition seeing the events taking shape in Swansea. Becoming synonymous for bringing drum’n’bass to the masses, touching down in Sin City are a trio who are all game-changers in their own right.

Kings Of The Rollers consist of Serum, Voltage and Bladerunner, who together combine their influences of traditional dubs with newly released material that provide sets packed with diversity.

After shelling festival season both as a unit or individually, they have been returning to the clubs with the latest track from the group Hot Wheels, which displays their signature gritty soars.

Accompanied with Inja, KOTR ensure predictability is never an issue.

In a live setting, the energy exuded from the three makes for debaucherous nights that truly can’t be missed. With last year’s event selling out, Dazed’s so-called Winter Rollerland will be announcing special guests who are certain to be as skank-inducing as the Kings themselves.

Tickets: £15/£12. Info: 01792 468892 / www. sincityclub.co.uk (FRG)

MANGA SAINT HILARE

Squeeze @ Gwdihw, Cardiff Wed 14 Nov Bubbling away in Cardiff is a largely undiscovered grime scene. With the exception of a few who have broken into the wider live-sphere, the city has been calling out for a statement event to reinvigorate the community. In true form, no one can do this better than London grime legend Magna Saint Hilare.

Manga is a figure in the movement whose influence has become pivotal.

With his passion for underground music being birthed from childhood, he’s an artist who has propelled the sound to accessible heights, whilst always preserving its authentic roots.

LP Outsiders Live Forever has been hailed as a benchmark – the result of exemplary collaboration, displaying beats from Bristol-based producer, Sir Hiss. Partnered with features from JME, PK and Murkage Dave, the event at Gwdihw follows suit with a DIY line-up.

With this event promising intimacy, the lineup consists of explosive artists including Kirby T, Maxsta, Jay0017, Deadly and Ralph Hardy. This event is being brought to us by new venture Squeeze, the product of Cardiff MCs Traxx and Motorious, and they reckon the night is likely to sell out.

Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk (FRG)

Comedy coming up at the Arena

KEVIN BRIDGES 16 NOVEMBER 2018 17 NOVEMBER 2018 (SOLD OUT)

LLOYD GRIFFITH: ALL ROUNDER AT EXIT 7 2 & 3 MARCH 2019

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BILL BAILEY 18 MAY 2019

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HINDS

Tramshed, Cardiff Wed 14 Nov Madrid quartet Hinds have artfully honed their musical style since their 2011 formation, taking inspiration from the likes of The Strokes, Mac DeMarco and The Vaccines whilst drawing comparisons to The Velvet Underground and C86-era groups – a response which makes vocalist and guitarist Ana Perrote “feel like we made it”. This month sees the start of the group’s Europe tour following the release of their second record I Don’t Run in the spring of this year, heralded as a janglier, punchier edition of the garage pop that made the group stand out from the male-dominated scene of Spanish garage rock at the start of this decade.

Previous live gigs of Hinds’ have elicited an atmosphere more fitting for a party than a rock gig – a testament to the fun and mischief the four inhabit within the group’s perimeter. Part of the charm of Hinds is the bilingual songwriting in both English and Spanish; Perrote says, “It’s just natural. We start talking in Spanish as if we were having a beer in a bar, remembering things, and then start writing it in English. Being two main singers makes it fun especially because we are best friends – it’s like writing a diary!”

Has the international response to their music caught them by surprise? “It was definitely shocking at the beginning - our fourth ever gig was in London! We toured Australia before America and both before having a full record out, just by having songs on the internet! I wouldn’t say we are surprised now, but since the beginning, we tried growing globally.”

With contemplative, dear-diary lyrics which at times mirror Alvvays and hazy, layered lo-fi instrumentals akin to Girl Ray and Sunflower Bean, it’s hardly surprising the group have caught attention of fans and critics alike outside of their native terrain and across the rest of Europe and further afield, making this onenight visit to the Welsh capital a night not to be missed.

CHLOE EDWARDS Tickets: £15. Info: 029 2023 5555 / tramshedcardiff.com

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Sun 2 Dec Initially founded in 2013 by Tyneside troubadour Richard Dawson and improvisational harpist Rhodri Davies, with the later addition of Sally Pilkington and Dawn Bothwell, this four-piece make experimental synthrock that conjures visions of the ancient past as well as the faraway future.

Each member hails from a historically different tribal region of Yr Hen Ogledd (or the Old North, to you and I) — a region that covered the southern Scottish Lowlands and northern England in the Early Middle Ages.

Cardiff’s Chapter provides the meeting place for the launch of their muchanticipated third album Mogic, out this month. The band’s mission? To challenge the notion that the ancient world was rife with magic while the modern age is paralysed by cold logic.

Despite the esoteric influences, the album’s first single Problem Child is an unexpected banger – strange, addictive and irresistibly danceable.

The band’s improvisational roots are evident throughout Mogic, but these are moderated by infectious rhythms, stunning melodies and a surreal sense of humour. A Richard Dawson gig is always an experience, but a Hen Ogledd gig looks to be a fever dream.

Admission: £12/£10 adv. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org (SP) BUZZ 44

Pic: Toby Amies

Pic: Rosie Morris

HEN OGLEDD

STEFFLON DON

Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union Thurs 22 Nov Hitting the stage at Cardiff University this month is Hackney’s favourite daughter Stephanie Allen, better known as Stefflon Don. Since her emergence in 2015 with her cover of Wretch 32’s Six Words, to winning the MOBO award for Best Female in 2017, Allen’s career seems to be on upwards trajectory. A bit of controversy, with the video for Pretty Girls portraying boarding school girls smoking a joint and the broadsheets picking up on the story, did her no harm either, but ultimately it’s the music that will be doing the talking.

As is the trend these days, Stefflon Don’s second mixtape dropped in August this year, but she has an impressive list of singles and collaborations in her repertoire.

Labrinth, Skepta, Demi Lovato and even the legendary Nile Rodgers have all been privy to Britain’s latest hope. Perhaps best known though for her top 10 single Hurtin Me, she’s more than a match for her American counterparts Cardi B and Nicki Minaj with a steamy energetic performance incorporating all her influences which range from hip-hop and grime with a little dancehall thrown in for good measure.

So bear witness to the phenomenon that is Stefflon Don in these relatively small surroundings, because next time you see her live, it may be from the nosebleeds.

Tickets: £16. Info: 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com (CA)

STICK IN THE WHEEL

Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells, Fri 16 Nov; Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan, Sat 17 Nov Stick In The Wheel’s brand of folk music may not be straight traditional, or that you’ll know every song from hearing them before in your local folk club, but like all great music of this ever-expanding style, the London group perform for the people.

They sing songs from some deep place that resonates in your bones and speaks to the pulse of your pumping blood.

This band walk the fine line between traditional song and modern sounds, brilliantly employing autotune on their latest envelope-pushing release Follow Them True. Live, their four to the floor and incessant handclaps are almost mesmeric. Nicola Kearey’s unadorned vocals sit perfectly above the rhythm section with Fran Foote’s pitch perfect harmonies adding light to Kearney’s dark. Ellie Wilson’s fiddle adds even more colour to the pallet but it is the endlessly repeating, but somehow never dull, patterns of Ian Carter’s dobro – a kind of resonator guitar – that forms the backbone of the band’s sound.

For an extra treat, Jim Ghedi & Toby Hay will be offering support in Cardigan. So get along to one of this band’s only two stops in Wales – stick in the wheel and follow them true.

Tickets: £14 (Fri 16) / £3-£14 (Sat 17).

Info: 01982 592555 (Fri 16) / 01239 621200 (Sat 17) (JPD)

ZABRINSKI

Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Sat 24 Nov Alternative rock is such a broad description as to hardly be accurate to describe any band these days, but if all the subgenres that fall under that particular umbrella could be used to describe one band, then that band would be Zabrinski. In the late 90s, when the Welsh rock scene was riding high and topping the UK charts, there was another crop of youngsters preparing their own assault. The Carmarthen-based Zabrinski would go on to move to Cardiff, release four albums and tour with the likes of Super Furry Animals and Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci, before splitting in 2007.

Fast forward to early 2018, where a tweet emerges promising new music from the band, shortly followed by news of live performances again: a dry run at October’s Swn festival will be followed by a headline show at Clwb Ifor Bach this month.

Zabrinski’s debut album Screen Memories is perhaps the best example of their versatility. The combination of bilingual lyrics to a backbeat of psychedelic indie and Chemical Brothers-style soundscapes and breakbeats shows a band with no fear of experimenting. The triumphant return of a much-underrated band who declare their Welsh pride in their music, at the home of Welsh music.

Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net (CA)

reviews albums ART BRUT ** Wham! Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! (Alcopop!)

“Close your eyes and hold on tight / Everything’s gonna be alright,” Eddie Argos reassures us on chipper horn-heavy opening track Hooray! But unfortunately it isn’t – or at least not for the next half hour or so. Wham!

Bang! Pow! Let’s Rock Out! is a midlife crisis version of Los Campesinos!’ first LP, and Argos an embarrassing dad clinging desperately to his youth by singing about crashing house parties (the title track) and the uncomfortable aftermath of one-night stands (Awkward Breakfast). BW

BARRY ADAMSON **** Memento Mori (Mute) Memento Mori is a great introduction to the cinematic soul of Barry Adamson, featuring his work with Magazine, Nick Cave and beyond.

John Barry’s soundtrack world was sports cars and Martini; Adamson’s is switchblades. backroom clubs, trilby hats and femme fatales.

It is not surprising that David Lynch got hooked on Adamson’s tunes and put in a call. Hopefully Adamson’s back catalogue will be reissued with the same splendour as what Pylon Records have done Stateside with Nitzer Ebb. DN

BILL RYDER-JONES **** YAWN (Domino) Having lost touch with Bill Ryder-Jones after his departure from The Coral, I don’t know quite what I was expecting from YAWN, his fourth solo LP – but it wasn’t this: an hour of softly-spoken vocals wrapped up snugly in a comfort blanket of drowsy, lambent melody. Opener There’s Something On Your Mind is typical in the way that it starts out all lo-fi loveliness before warm feedback bleeds in, but single Mither steals the show, blossoming with beautiful inevitability into a shoegazey daydream. BW

BISMUTH **** The Slow Dying Of The Great Barrier Reef (Dry Cough) The title of Nottingham duo Bismuth’s two-song second album betrays environmentalist concerns – one member has studied extensively in this field – yet itself sounds like tectonic plateshift, incremental erosion of giant masses, the loss of hope for the world. Extreme doom metal with no guitar, TSDOTGBR’s title track lasts 32 minutes and contains not just immense 0mph riffs but long passages of dark ambience and cold ethereality.

A fine, original statement in a not-ofteninnovative genre. NG

DAUGHTERS *****

JACK MAC ***

MAN WITHOUT COUNTRY ****

You Won’t Get What You Want (Ipecac)

Swagger Mac (self-released)

Infinity Mirror (Killing Moon)

Eight years after their third full-length and an extended hiatus, Daughters return with this new collection of music. You Won’t Get What You Want is a fitting title for an album from a band who progressed from technical, complex grindcore into something more refined with every release. This isn’t a sea change, but songs are more articulate, more dynamic and are allowed to breathe with the addition of new instrumentation. It’s not the same as before, but it’s distinctly Daughters all over. GM

This Cardiff saxophonist’s debut is a barrage of tightly executed boiling-over funk, where the party spirit is very much the focus. It’s fun, it sits nicely in the pocket and each instrumentalist oozes skill and finesse. However, many of the songs verge dangerously on the side of corny.

The real substance is found in the slower more methodical grooves such as Happy You’re Here, Walk Away, Need A Break and Break Of Day. A promising first offering. CPI

It’s been a bumpy road but Welsh musician, vocalist and producer Ryan A. James is back with renewed energy.

Infinity Mirror is a mix of electropop and dreampop/shoegaze and includes singles Remember The Bad Things and recent release Achilles’ Heel. The album has lots of solid beats, but vocally and tonally tracks are too similar, except for the musically haunting Lafayette, far too short even at six minutes. I wanted more Lafayette. LN

JOSEPHINE FOSTER ****

MARIANNE FAITHFULL ****

Faithful Fairy Harmony (Fire)

Negative Capability (BMG)

Whether meant as generosity or punishment, Foster’s latest album weighs in at a hefty 18 songs, though considerably lightened by the Coloradan’s remarkable voice. Pitched somewhere between Vashti Bunyan and Cate Le Bon’s upper register, it wobbles like a singing saw all over Faithful..., over music that twists sparse folk into shapes variously gothic or picaresque. It’s a great mad ramble of an album, sometimes like an old gramophone record beamed from a distant planet, and rewards getting lost in. WS

An acquired taste, Faithfull rewards the faithful with reflection on life, loneliness, aging and death encroaching.

In her indomitable, noBS way and trademark raspy, deep voice, she doesn’t so much sing as recite. She’s Puck and The Gypsy Faerie Queen paired again with Nick Cave in this folksy, splendid single, yearning for someone to love in the hauntingly beautiful In My Own Particular Way and eulogizing close friends who’ve passed in songs like Don’t Go, that are devastatingly disconsolate and exquisite. RLR

DAVID CROSBY **** Here If You Listen (BMG) Crosby’s back with his Lighthouse Band – Becca Stevens, Michael League and Michelle Willis – presenting a collaborative effort, writing and trading lead vocals, on this wonderful, mostly acoustic blend of gorgeous guitars and keyboards. They can’t escape comparisons to those soaring CSNYstyle harmonies, but so what? Opening single, the thoughtful, spiritual ballad Glory, Your Own Ride (a touching letter to Crosby’s son Django) and I Am No Artist, with Stevens’ Joni Mitchell-ish vocals, all display their beautiful chemistry. RLR

GINGER WILDHEART *** G*A*S*S MARK II (Round) So this is a curious release. In 2014 Ginger Wildheart spent the year treating fans and subscribers to three new songs a month. This album is the second of three releases of those songs in album format.

Honestly, it sounds a little indulgent: there are abrupt shifts in style between songs and, at first, I felt the whole thing just didn’t hang together. Yet the more I listened the more I liked. One for the fans? Probably. Worth a second listen? Definitely. JPD

THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE QUEEN **** Merrie Land (Studio 13) Damon Albarn travelled by train around England and Wales for inspiration for this very British album. That’s not to say Merrie Land is introspective. Far from it, this as much a reaction against Brexit Britain as it is a celebration of the island’s land and music.

Being produced by Tony Visconti seems to have rubbed off on Albarn, whose phrasing is very Bowie – but it’s the ghost of Syd Barrett that seems to linger in these songs. Whimsical with an underlying menace of surreality. JPD

JULIA HOLTER *** Aviary (Domino) Anyone joining Holter at the highpoint of …

Wilderness is going to be thoroughly bewildered by this confounding test – Holter following up a commercial success with a challenging and sprawling listen. It’s not all bad though, start halfway on the euphoric leftfield pop of I Shall Love 2, jerk to the kaleidoscopic orchestral funk of Underneath The Moon, soak in the austere beauty of Words I Heard then crash your cortex into the wall of sound of I Shall Love 1. CS

MIKE DENNIS ***** Edge In Wordways (self-released) Ever-productive hip-hop violinist Mike Dennis has been constant with his wordsmithery since first appearing a few years ago. Edge In Wordways is fresh right from album opener Astronaut, its originality and essential humour living alongside sounds that are astounding, especially when created by one person. Rob Nichols (aka Junior Bill, who features on a track) captured it perfectly when he described to me the amount of excellent tunes and rhymes Mike had just sitting there waiting for an album to be placed on. JE

LAIBACH ****

SETH LAKEMAN ****

The Sound Of Music (Mute)

The Well Worn Path (Cooking Vinyl)

You, you utter sham liberal, are not ideologically cleansed enough to be able to comprehend the dialectic of Laibach, they of once annoyingto-communists-now-playing-North Korea ironically fame. Less so shall you even begin to comprehend the critique of capitalism contained within the pounding beats and plush orchestration of their cover of that pinnacle of Western cultural imperialism, The Sound Of Music. Even when creating such tawdry puns for the masses as rhyming Maria with Korea, their intellectual fervour knows no bounds!

Also, it’s really good. FT

This is a strong return for the youngest of the Lakeman brothers after 2016’s Ballads Of The Broken Few, a dirgy, uninspired offering. After hitting the road with Robert Plant, both as support act and band member, The Well Worn Path doesn’t sound in the least bit Zep-like. But it does sound more Seth-like: varied, catchy, easy on the ear and at times, moving. The return of sister-in-law Kathryn Roberts’ beautiful backing vocals is a welcome reminder of Lakeman’s earlier landmark releases. JPD

GAMES REVIEWS SPIDER-MAN *****

(PS4) Spider-Man is the best video-game representation of the wall-crawler thus far. Web-swinging around New York City is a delight and the combat, whilst easy to master, is immensely satisfying to watch. The story starts with a traditional comic book setup, but by the end you are treated to an emotional gut-punch that will leave you floored. Characters don’t feel robotic, and the development of each hero/villain feels earned and justified. The graphical capability of the game is jawdropping, with the urban jungle of NYC creating a perfect playground for you to enjoy and explore. ED

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A GUMMY’S LIFE ***

(Nintendo Switch) In the vein of bonkers party game Stick Fight and with a touch of the purposefully janky controls of Surgeon Simulator, A Gummy’s Life revels in its zaniness. Clearly designed as a fun party game, it serves its purpose well with the inherent goofiness of just being a chewy sweet and battling it out on the back of, say, a moving train or on the scene of Frogger. Tedious alone but brought to life in multiplayer. BR

TY SEGALL ****

BAUHAUS ****

Fudge Sandwich (In The Red)

The Bela Sessions EP (Leaving)

Fuzz guitar tyrant Ty Segall’s umpteenth album is all big, noisy, fuzz-rock covers. This set rises above most covers albums due to the band’s ability to find the dead centre of each song. Among selections

by Sparks, John Lennon and some interstellar overdrive Funkadelic action, their version of War’s bob-along-athon Lowrider sees the suspension completely stripped out, revealing a fuzzed groove and the sheer coolness that was always lurking behind the original’s poppy veneer. AJ

Pete Murphy’s otherworldly voice kicks in on this 1979 version of Bela Lugosi’s Dead and you’re back in the early days of goth-rock.

Unearthed numbers Some Faces and Harry (about Debbie) are catchy ditties, while Bite My Hip is the first version of Lagartija Nick. Made me want to dress in black and have a Beggar’s Banquet. LN

VARIOUS **** Kreaturen Der Nacht (Strut) Despite thriving under quintessential conditions – decadence and austerity alike, industrial bleakness, political turmoil – Germany’s postpunk scene of the pre-unification 1980s doesn’t get talked about that much, perhaps because the bands had the cheek to sing in their own language. Here – as he often is – though, ex-Optimo cratedigger JD Twitch is a fount of wisdom, compiling 16 early-decade songs spanning saxy femme chantalongs, snaky dub-rockers, bedroom DIY clankers and a swish mutant disco edit, by Twitch himself, of Christiane F’s Wunderbar. NG

VESSEL **** Queen Of Golden Dogs (Tri Angle) Following on from 2014’s Punish, Honey, Queen Of Golden Dogs finds Bristol-via-London producer Vessel moving into a much more interesting direction. Largely eschewing the harsher industrial dynamics that characterised previous efforts, QOGD finds Vessel mixing in influences from the likes of chamber music along with the usual electronic eccentricities.

The results are intriguing but a mixed bag, and may turn off some – however, those that stick with it are in for a challenging and rewarding listen. ML

MADI ***** Dirty (Word) (self-released) Wonderful electropop from MADI, Cardiff’s Maddie Jones plus band, with dreamlike waves floating throughout and wonderful vocals a constant. Maddie has always been a very creative person but the wondrous swirling sounds that encapsulate this record are beautiful. I’m going to sit down and have a cup of tea while I await more releases... JE

RED TELEPHONE *** Victoria Park (Libertino) Had The Beatles hailed from Cardiff rather than Liverpool, they might have eulogised Victoria Park rather than Penny Lane. Had The Kinks ever come to Canton, they might have found it the perfect place for lazing on a sunny afternoon. Red Telephone certainly think so, with a single that sails perilously close to parody but just about deserves the benefit of the doubt. BW

WESTERMAN **** Ark EP (Blue Flowers) This new(ish) London songwriter will almost certainly lure you in to his captivating world by the close of this short EP. Sprawling soundscapes tick gently along with shimmering guitars, soft synth lines and a sporadic bass and vocal. It all feels very warm, free and open, reminiscent of Joni Mitchell’s songwriting approach; quaint stories that take you on an intriguing and fulfilling journey. CPI

singles

demos

AL MOSES *****

LIGHTHAMMER

I Want More (Forté Project)

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Merthyr quartet Al Moses reckon their debut single is an “anthem for the disillusioned youth”; I Want More is good old rock’n’roll with punk riffs and a hint of Britpop. Musically and vocally tight, this track has the spirit of the 90s with the force of 1976. I want more! LN

Listen carefully and you’ll hear it. There’s something stirring in the skies above us.

Lighthammer are allegedly from Cardiff, but the music they produce is firmly from a different planet. Like a rock version of Angels & Airwaves, they treat their instruments as sonic weapons to create upbeat spacerock epics, with the emphasis on huge riffs. With two tracks on their Bandcamp, an album in the works and a slew of live dates, it’s Hammer time folks. CA

ANI GLASS ****

VIV HINDS-PAYNE

Peirianwaith Perffaith (Neb)

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Like a skyscraper’s revenge on Godzilla, Ani Glass’ music is highsheen and devastating, electronic pop way too classy to emanate from Cardiff. Peirianwaith Perffaith is probably her best statement yet: five minutes of synth prod and vocal flutter that edges towards a climax but always keeps one step away. A swoon. WS

Viv dropped his CD into the Buzz office by hand, a gesture I will never tire of mentioning when people do it, and came all the way from his home in Barry to boot. Or perhaps combined it with various other errands. Either way, it’s a very Barry-centric disc thanks to Mr Zeraschi, the first of two songs, being a jaunty pop-rocker about his favoured beachside cafe, while Autism Song is more plaintive and acoustic-led. NG

WE'VE BEEN WATCHING...

DOCTOR WHO

(BBC, available on iPlayer)

The Chris Chibnall era of Doctor Who has officially begun.

Jodie Whittaker brings an enthusiasm and childlike wonder to the role not unlike the Eleventh Doctor, Matt Smith, yet also manages to maintain some of the gruffness of her predecessor, Peter Capaldi. With a new Doctor comes a new group of companions, played by Tosin Cole, Mandip Gill and Bradley Walsh respectively. Whilst the new Doctor and her companions are compelling and engaging, none of the villains thus far have really stood out. This needs to be rectified soon – Chibnall’s refusal to utilise the old stalwarts, the Daleks and the Cybermen, means that the pressure will be on to create new and frightening villains. Despite this, the series as a whole has been enjoyable and a nice throwback to the show’s origins. ****GE

OF GODS AND WARRIORS (DVD/BluRay)

An earnest Viking movie with a strong female lead in Anna Demetriou, forced to face her royal destiny after being raised oblivious to her heritage. Lots of grunts, groans and slo-mo battle sequences with cameos from an awkward Terrence Stamp, a bemused Paul Freeman and a bewigged Will Mellor.

Covers a lot of hoary cliches on a limited budget, has an unnecessary sex scene and some gore but remains mildly diverting for Nordic mythology fans. ***KS

I KILL GIANTS (Netflix/DVD)

A retread of A Monster Calls with Madison Wolfe’s quirky young girl defending her small town from monsters/giants via a series of elaborate traps – but she is really running away from her own family problems and looming tragedy.

She’s an outsider who finally manages to connect with a new friend, Sydney Wade, and face what is really troubling her.

Well-acted and directed, but unfortunately very similar to Patrick Ness’ metaphorical examination of grief. Worth a look but suffers by comparison. ***KS

KILLING EVE (BBC iplayer)

Killing Eve is the latest thriller to hit the BBC, directed by Fleabag creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. It doesn’t disappoint with it’s often darkly humorous take on espionage, surprisingly topical following heightened tensions between the UK and Russia. Sandra Oh stars as Eve Polastri, a low-level MI5 analyst who’s drawn into a terrifying game of cat-and-mouse after deducing that a recent assassination was in fact carried out by a woman. The cat to Eve’s mouse is Villanelle, a mysterious and psychotic assassin hellbent on killing her. Jodie Comer steals the show with her portrayal of Villanelle, veering from playful to sexy to evil, sometimes within the course of a single scene. This globetrotting spy thriller is a must watch; who knew being evil could be so enjoyable? *****GE

HOLD THE DARK (Netflix)

Jeremy Saulnier, the brains behind the superb thrillers Blue Ruin and Green Room hits Netflix with this chilly Alaskan mystery of wolves and missing children. It is not nearly as focused as either of his two previous films, and the film’s lack of a clear resolution has infuriated many viewers.

But those looking for such resolution are looking in the wrong places – this is a film of ambiguity and mystery, of a lonesome melancholy directed at the sadism of human beings. It isn’t as good as Green Room and it would have benefited from a cinematic run, but that’s the world we live in now. Enjoy it for what it is ****FT

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music news EXTRA

The 2018 Welsh Music Prize will be awarded, from a final shortlist of 12 albums, at a ceremony on Wed 7 Nov. It was announced on Mon 15 Oct, with voting among the wider jury having taken place earlier that month, and will be subsequently decided by a panel of judges. Two previous winners, Gruff Rhys and Gwenno, are nominated again for their albums (Babelsberg and Le Kov respectively), with two-time nominees Manic Street Preachers also back with Resistance Is Futile. Save for Rhyader folkie Toby Hay and ex-Paper Aeroplanes vocalist Bryde, all other nominees are debuting on the shortlist: Alex Dingley, Astroid Boys, Boy Azooga, Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita, Eugene Capper & Rhodri Brooks, Mellt and Seazoo

The fifth edition of Launchpad, the yearly funding scheme aiming to benefit up-and-coming bands in Wales, is open for applications until Fri 16 Nov. It was devised by BBC Wales and Arts Council Wales in 2014, is part of the Horizons development initiative and offers grants of up to £2,000 for bands to spend on furthering their nascent careers – recording sessions, tour van hire, photoshoots, fruit’n’flowers (pending approval). If you think you could benefit from Launchpad’s benevolence, or simply imagine 2018 to be a last chance saloon for the allocation of public funding in the UK, go to www.bbc.co.uk/horizons for more info Carmarthen music venue The Parrot is to close at the end of the year, citing financial issues in a statement: “Despite our best efforts, we can no longer make ends meet.” Initially launching as Tangled Parrot, a name which

has been retained by the record shop (which will continue to trade) above the venue, The Parrot has made its mark in the town by virtue of being one of very few places to watch alternative or underground music; it’s also built up an impressive craft beer selection in recent times. The venue’s current schedule remains unchanged until Mon 31 Dec, when there’ll be a closing party

The history of the mod movement in Wales is to be documented in a new hardback book called, reasonably, Welsh Mod [pictured]. Written by occasional Buzz contributor Claire Mahoney, it’s a photo-led title which starts at the scene’s 1960s explosion and takes in its various spikes of revival – the scene across Wales remains loyal and healthy to this day, with clothes shops, DJ nights and scooter clubs all to be found. Welsh Mod is set to be published on Fri 30 Nov, with a launch event that evening at the Look Out Cafe Bar in Cardiff Bay

There’s a new record shop in Cardiff! It’s called Dusty Fingers, is located in High Street Arcade and has been open since mid-October. It’ll be focusing on second-hand stuff and is the brainchild of Chris Conroy, also behind the monthly Sure Shot nights at Gwdihw, so expect leanings towards funk, soul, jazz, breaks and suchlike. They’re also joined in the shop by VinylArt, a new venture whose USP is the ability to create 12” picture discs containing whatever audio and displaying whatever image you choose. Bespoke stocking fillers ahoy!

ONES TO WATCH...

NICOTINE PRETTY

It’s fair to say that since their inception in 2016, Bridgend’s Nicotine Pretty have had way more than their fair share of problems. Frontman Ginge Knievil describes their new release Real Life Glories as “the EP that should never have been.” But, as the saying goes, from tragedy comes triumph and Bridgend’s sleaziest have delivered six songs of catchy rock’n’roll anthems spattered with a healthy dose of punk.

After the demise of the awesome Sick Livers, the local punk scene has been wondering what the enigmatic frontman’s next move would be. The answer was Nicotine Pretty. Gloriously biographical, the boys wear their musical hearts on their tattooed sleeves with plaudits coming from all over the rock world – including Danny McCormack from The Wildhearts who, if you are looking for a musical comparison for Nicotine Pretty’s music, would be a good starting point.

You can catch the quartet multiple times around south Wales before Christmas and then, by the sounds of it, early 2019 will be a busy time for the fellas. According to bassist Ian Pickens, “Well there’s pretty much a second EP’s worth of material written, so I think early in January we’ll start ironing that stuff out ready to record the follow up to Real Life Glories.” Powerpop-punk? Punk’n’roll? Whatever it is, it’s bloody good. (CA) nicotinepretty.bandcamp.com

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one louder

JUST the other day, a friend and I were reading the Times and encountered a story which quoted someone who was not only younger than us but identified her career as “travel expert”. We scoffed foully and wondered what sort of shithead could state that in sincerity, or what privilege they’d enjoyed to back it up. Why were we even looking at that increasingly unpleasant paper, anyway? Well, there was a free pile of them at the airport, just before we got on the plane to fly abroad. Talk about an unexpected twist!

One thing I’m not is a “travel expert”, as this was the first time in my life I’ve ever visited eastern Europe; ergo Poland; ergo Kraków; ergo Unsound, an annual festival in the city based around experimental music with a supplementary programme of talks, screenings, exhibitions and suchlike. It’s assembled with impressive care, relying little on marquee headliners as most would imagine them, and invites attendees to examine the social context in which they bug out. Although bug out people do: the programme in the main complex, an enormous building converted from a nevercompleted hotel, goes on until nearly breakfast time on some nights.

Kraków is a beautiful city, as well as being really easy to navigate for an Anglophone dipshit, and of course pleasantly cheap. Not quite at the levels that saw lager flow down stag parties’ necks like tapwater earlier in the millennium, but 50% of UK prices is a ballpark figure for most things. This includes Unsound itself, which offers hours of esteemed raver names on weekend nights for 80 złoty, or £16. Consequently, when I get taken ill on the first night and have to go back to the apartment without seeing Lotic, Ben UFO or RP Boo (among many others), I’m not crying over spilt currency quite as much.

Maybe it’s a natural thing for all non-“travel experts” to elevate unfamiliar mundanity into wonder; if so, may that always be my default reaction while on holiday, over another stoic shrug. I love Kraków’s architecture and cakes and public parks and the local election candidate pictured holding a cat on his poster and the array of Cold War-era enamel badges for sale in the outdoor market and the hooky Robert Lewandowski shirts in the indoor market. And that you can get really tasty food in the catering area of a thousands-strong club night, rather than e.coli burgers in a cotton wool bap.

It’s Friday night and I’m on spinach and feta midnight dumplings in between sets by Linn Da Quebrada (fantastic queer baile funk from Brazil), PC Music’s SOPHIE (sounds good, if only anyone could see owt) and Manni Dee & Ewa Justka (the most insanely hard acid techno I’ve ever been kerbstomped by, highest possible recommendation). The following day ICE, a posh art centre, hosts Drew McDowall (ex-Coil member performs a Coil album with immersive results), Colin Self (multimedia queer theory performance, except fun) and Autobiography, a dazzling dance production soundtracked by footwork maven Jlin. Come the evening? Powerful drone magic from Phill Niblock in a Twin Peaks-themed bar, Rozzma’s Egyptian electro-rap and the EBM sass delight of Marie Davidson. I mean... we have stuff kinda like Unsound near here, but not here here, and only Poland has a Kraków, and I can’t wait to go again and I promise on my life I am not getting paid by anyone for this puff piece.

ROLO TOMASSI (Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 1 Nov); SNACK FAMILY, POHL and KAYWOO (The Moon, Sat 3); RENU (The Big Top, Thurs 8); HERE LIES MAN and OBEY COBRA (Clwb Ifor, Sat 10); BLUE ORCHIDS (Moon, Thurs 22); PARDANS (Clwb Ifor, Fri 30) and VILE CREATURE, BISMUTH and ORDEAL BY ROSES (Moon, Fri 30) will tide me over, mind. NOEL GARDNER

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

SLIP OF A FISH Amy Arnold (And Other Stories)

This year’s Northern Book Prize Winner, Amy Arnold’s Slip Of A Fish, is mesmerising.

It’s published by And Other Stories, who have pledged to only publish female authors in 2018, and who have been praised for their impeccable selections thus far. This writer has never read such a poetic piece of prose before. Every word of the novel seems fished-out, curated, hand-picked. Just like Ash, our intriguing first-person narrator, who’d rather be swimming and climbing trees than dealing with the psychological complexity of her life.

Confused by what she considers other people’s unhealthy and pointless fixation with time and the keeping of it, Ash instead fixates on words, the way they change, the way people choose to use them, and their meanings, rather than what is actually happening to her.

This begins to breach her sanity, which is seamlessly integrated into the novel’s tone and structure as well as the lives of the other characters. The only thing she fixates on more than language, perhaps, is her daughter Charlie who seems to suffer the most from her mother’s condition.

Over summer, we watch the change in Ash’s relationships and her desperate, unforgivable attempts to grasp at the slippery remains of the one she has with Charlie. The narrative is so convincing that we develop a grotesque fascination with Ash’s life as she grapples with her sensuality, sexuality and engagement with the world outside of her mind. Reading it felt like seeing something underwater – just shapes, colours and blurry images that only make sense once we emerge from the water, gasping for air.

MEGAN THOMAS Price: £10. Info: www.andotherstories.org

GIRLS BE GOOD Bojan Babić , trans. Nataša Miljković (Glagoslav) Grim reading ahead. These 20 connected stories all detail the journey of 20 toy lemurs, built in a factory in Yugoslavia just before the country fell apart. On their journey around the world, they are witness to all manner of horror, almost exclusively of young girls between four and 15 being abused by (often male) authority figures. The book speaks to a specific Serbian mentality that we have inculcated in ourselves since the 90s – a mentality of sheer fatalism, nihilism and hopelessness. Through that comes a bitter croak of light, the tiniest sliver of bleak humour, the smallest of steps upward. This is painful to read at times, but all the better for it. Terribly bleak and brutally honest about the pain of modern lives in post-socialist Eastern Europe and further afield across the Mediterranean. (FT) Price: £17.50 Info: www.glagoslav.com LIMBO Dan Fox (Fitzcarraldo Editions) Dan Fox returns with another penetrating and subversive study into contemporary culture and its rabbit holes. His previous book, Pretentiousness: Why It Matters, argued the case for the muchmaligned term in the art world, warning that anti-intellectualism is killing creativity. In his latest book-length essay, Fox considers the experience of feeling ‘stuck’—whether creatively, psychologically or spiritually—and its importance in the processes of art and life. Mixing frank autobiography with philosophy and art criticism, this slim book is brimming with ideas and overflowing with references, from Thomas Aquinas to Twin Peaks and back again. It comes as yet another strange and stimulating read from Fitzcarraldo Editions, a publisher whose output of experimental novels and revelatory essays are a refreshing presence on today’s literary scene. (SP) Price: £10.99. Info: www.fitzcarraldoeditions.com BUZZ 50

HALFWAY B.E. Jones (Constable) On a dark winter’s day in wild and woolly west Wales, six desperate characters head for a closed-down deserted pub called Y Seren, The Star, or the Halfway Inn, which is halfway between here and there, hence the name, and the book’s title. Half a dozen arrive, but not all will leave alive. So who dies? Is it the copper, the hitcher, the nurse, the old landlord, his son, or the killer on the loose? There’s been a savage murder at a lonely farm and there’s a manhunt on for the murderer, but have they got the right suspect? This is the perfect thriller for a long cold November evening. Author B.E. Jones is an ex-journalist and police press officer who knows her business, so draw the curtains, stoke the fire, pull up a comfortable chair, and enjoy. (MTi) Price: £8.99. Info: www.littlebrown.co.uk

THINGS THAT MAKE THE HEART BEAT FASTER João Morais (Parthian) The best stories often come from encounters with strangers, usually when drunk in a pub, overhearing conversations you probably shouldn’t have been listening to. It’s during these moments that all formalities and sober awkwardness soars out the window: you must know more about what they were talking about and who they are!

There’s no need to get drunk at a pub for this one – João Morais has taken the time to stop and explore the Cardiff most people don’t tend to see. Things That Make The Heart Beat Faster delves into ordinary lives, sharing intimately changing moments from their lives; moments that made their (and will make your) heart beat a little faster. These 10 stories will make you angry, laugh, cry, and overall astound you, all in just over 100 pages. (ED) Price: £9. Info: www.parthianbooks.com

HARD TIMES Ostap Vyshnya, trans. Yuri Tkach (Glagoslav) Ostap Vyshnia’s Hard Times, a collection of short stories and satire from 1920s Ukraine, took me by surprise upon reading. Hugely popular in his native land, this writer hadn’t previously heard of this Ukrainian satirist, but some of the cultural touchstones can be quite unfamiliar. Vyshnia’s short stories, however, maintain a sense of comedy and sincere awareness of real-life situations that translate across time and culture (no doubt attributable to Yuri Tkach’s translation, too) and gives a humorous insight into Soviet life and bureaucracy in the 1920s. While some of his stories rely on an understanding of the social and political context in which they were written, chapters such as Making Money are timelessly and effortlessly funny.

It was a pleasure to read such simple, timeless and colourful satire. (MP) Price: £18. Info: www.glagoslav.com THE CURE: A PERFECT DREAM Ian Gittins (Palazzo Editions) This very substantial coffee table book traces the trajectory of The Cure, one of the UK’s most influential bands. The book chronologically follows the band from founding members Robert Smith and Laurence Andrew ‘Lol’ Tolhurst meeting at school in 1964 to their heady heights of fame in sold-out stadiums. There’s loads of interesting information in the book about the band and Robert Smith’s relationship with rotating band members that even an obsessed fan like myself didn’t know. There are also detailed breakdowns of all the bands discography as well as production details that give you an insight into the recording of each record. The strongest aspect is the design, with amazing pictures and album art dotted throughout the book. (JM) Price: £25. Info: www.palazzoeditions.com

SUSTAINABLE WINTER WARMERS You’ll have to be living under a rock not to know that we’re creating a huge problem with our throwaway society, and the fashion/clothing industry is one of the main culprits. Buzz explores some sustainable winter warmers to keep you toasty for many winters to come.

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Patagonia has been focusing for some time on continually improving its impact on the environment. When purchasing a down jacket, you’re assured of happy birds being part of the production process.

Men’s Down Hoody - from £198.00 eu.patagonia.com

Paramo is a brand with a non-PFCs (perfluorinated chemicals) guarantee.

Many outdoor waterproof coats use PFCs to give them their waterproof quality, Paramo is a great alternative.

Paramo Jacket - from £95.00 www.paramo-clothing.com

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So you’re all dressed for the elements but don’t forget about your buddy at the end of the lead.

These snug little outfits will keep your pooch nice and warm.

Tweed Dog Coats - £50.00 www.thegreendog.co.uk

Finisterre are a Cornish company founded by surfers mindful of the UK’s freezing winter seas. They now have a large range of sustainably produced clothing and are one of many non-profit-led businesses who are a member of B Corps.

15 Years Alkan Roll Neck - £125.00 www.finisterre.com

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Komodo has been around for 30 years, working from a small office in North London. Their ethos is: “Sourcing the finest quality natural fibres and innovative eco fabrics, to provide a tangible alternative to the culture of fast fashion.” This dress, made from 100% merino wool, is a sleek piece that will be the only layer you’ll need in the office.

Georgia Dress- £80.00 www.komodo.co.uk

Howies are based in Wales and have been producing their own style of work/ sportswear for years; their merino base layer is a great investment for a cold climate. Fantastic to wear under anything or on its own, it’ll keep you warm and wicks away moisture so doesn’t get smelly.

Light Merino Base Layer - £49.00 www.howies.co.uk

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Cobblers

The best way to be more responsible is to just keep what you have and make it last longer. Nikwax produces a range of natural waterproofing products for footwear, coats and anything you use outdoors, which will extend their life and therefore save your wallet.

Nikwax TX.Direct Wash-In - from £3.00 www.upandunder.co.uk

Avoid buying new and look after what you’ve got. A nice re-sole can bring a whole new lease of life to those old boots you haven’t worn for years.

Contact shop for prices www.cantoncobbler.co.uk

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CARDIFF CONNECTIONS Cardiff Airport has recently broken its visitor record by breaking one million visitors for the year. And with the magic of connecting flights you can easily find yourself all the way on the other side of the world, as Polina Zelmanova finds out.

NAIROBI, KENYA If you enjoy the outdoors and are an animal lover, then the capital of Kenya has a lot to offer. The city’s National Park is the home to many wild and endangered animals like giraffes, lions and rhinos, and if those aren’t enough, it is the perfect location to start on a safari trip. (connections via Amsterdam and Doha) SINGAPORE Singapore is easily one of the most exciting locations in the world, full of city life, multicultural history and a fantastical nature. A city built by the intermingling of cultures, it’s full of multicultural historic quarters that offer food, buildings and aesthetics of relevant areas – you can go from India to China to the Middle East in a matter of minutes. (connections via Doha) KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA Malaysia is known for its fantastic variety of street food, but if you prefer to experience the city visually, Kuala Lumpur offers plenty of places to see. For history buffs, the city has plenty of temples, the most famous one being located within the 400 million-year-old limestone mountainside. For those more impressed by modern architecture, the Petronas Twin Towers are a must-see. The 88-storey structure is luminous in the evening, topping out at 451m high, offering a unique view of the whole city. (connections via Amsterdam and Doha) PERTH, AUSTRALIA One of the most isolated cities in the world, Perth’s two million inhabitants live, well, in the middle of nowhere – outside of a few small settlements, Bali is nearer than Sydney. That does mean plenty of unspoilt beaches. Cottesloe Beach, with its crystal-turquoise water and gentle white sand, makes for perfect photos, as well as surfing activities. If you’re into getting familiar with the underwater wildlife, then Mettam’s Pool is perfect for snorkelling and has plenty of small and large creatures to say hello to. (connections via Doha)

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BALI, INDONESIA Bali is an exotic island in Indonesia. The locals consider it to be the spiritual centre of the universe, and it has plenty of attractions to prove it. While Bali has many beautiful beaches to enjoy the year-round sun on, there are some far more interesting attractions ready to be sought out, and you should definitely make your way beyond the tourist magnet, Kuta, and head away from the south for a more ‘local’ experience. The island is volcanic, so a hike up a volcano goes without saying, but Bali is also a great connection point to the rest of Indonesia, with places like Komodo and Lombok being only a short flight or ferry ride away.

Although you might be set back by the pricey flights, you’ll make up for it when exchanging to local currency – even on a small budget, Bali will allow you to live like a king. (connections via Doha) SEYCHELLES Way out in the Indian Ocean lies the Seychelles, a small archipelago of islands that make up what for most people would be the desert island fantasy, populated with dreamy waters, white golden beaches and permanently sunny weather (it pretty much never gets below an icy 20˚C). It might be expensive, but there’s few places that will give you such a completely dramatic sense of paradise. (connections via Doha) Info: www.cardiff-airport.com

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Tua 1.5 diwrnod y mis Swyddi di-dal, ond telir costau Teithio a Chynhaliaeth

Approx 1.5 Days per month Unremunerated – Travel and Subsistence costs will be met

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Ydych chi’n meddwl bod y celfyddydau yn gallu newid bywydau?

Ydych chi’n meddwl y dylai pawb fod yn medru eu mwynhau?

Do you believe the arts can change lives?

Do you believe they should be available to all?

Os felly, gallai fod gennych ran bwysig i’w chwarae o ran sicrhau bod hynny’n digwydd.

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn chwilio am aelodau i wasanaethu ar Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru ac i helpu i gyflawni ei flaenoriaethau strategol o ran hyrwyddo diwylliant bywiog, amrywiol a chynhwysol, a sector y celfyddydau sy’n gynaliadwy ac yn arloesol.

If you believe these things, you could have an important part to play in making them happen. The Welsh Government is looking for members to serve on the Arts Council of Wales and to help deliver its strategic priorities of promoting a vibrant, diverse and inclusive culture and an arts sector which is sustainable and innovative.

I gael rhagor o wybodaeth ac i wneud cais, ewch i http://llyw.cymru/ penodiadaucyhoeddus neu os oes gennych gwestiynau, cysylltwch â’r Ddesg Gymorth Cydwasanaethau ar 03000 255454, neu e-bostiwch publicappointments@llyw.cymru

For further details and to apply go to www.gov.wales/ publicappointments or for queries contact the Shared Service Helpdesk on 03000 255454 or email PublicAppointments@gov.wales

Y dyddiad cau ar gyfer ceisiadau yw 22 Tachwedd 2018.

The closing date for applications is 22 November 2018.

Angen fersiwn print bras, Braille neu sain? Ffoniwch 03000 255454 / Need large print, Braille or audio? Call 03000 255454

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ROUNDUP The Japan 2019 Rugby World Cup looms on the horizon, and this year’s Autumn Internationals are the perfect time to assess Wales’ chances. By Owen Scourfield.

With less than one year to go until the Rugby World Cup, we now have a little insight into Warren Gatland’s squad mindset going forward towards next year’s Six Nations and further on to Japan 2019. A young, experienced squad with a couple of shock additions, makes for an exciting international series in Cardiff this November.

The autumn test matches have become a staple in the rugby calendar nowadays.

The anticipation for next year’s World Cup will have the Welsh rugby public enthusiastic and looking forwards to seeing the boys in red play an open, expansive game. After all, we are still the third best team in the world by ranking… just. This year’s visitors to the Principality Stadium will be a plucky Scotland, nomugs Tonga, as well as a riled-up Australia and South Africa fresh off the back of a highly competitive Rugby Championship tournament.

Following an impressive if up-and-down start to the season for the Welsh regions, October’s autumn squad announcement was always going to be a target for everyone eligible for selection, and the first round of European rugby matches must have given Gatland and his team some headaches over selection, as many current and uncapped players put their hands up to prove a point and cement a place.

Captaining the squad, the ever-present Alyn Wyn Jones must have been the first name on the sheet, while fellow Osprey Justin Tipuric will surely make the number seven shirt his own following the retirement of former captain Sam Warburton. His absence, plus an unfortunate broken arm for Taulupe Faletau just a week before the squad was announced, left the back row spots up for grabs; those places were unsurprisingly taken up by Cardiff Blues’ Ellis Jenkins, the Dragons’ Ross Moriarty and Aaron Wainwright, while Osprey Dan Lydiate has joined up with his club-mate Tipuric.

The main shocks in the squad came in the backs. Wingers Jonah Holmes (Leicester Tigers) and Luke Morgan (Ospreys) made a beeline for the open spots left by injured pair Owen Lane (Cardiff Blues) and Hallam Amos (Dragons).

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Holmes, a relative unknown, qualified for Wales through his grandparent, boasted a tally of 10 tries in 11 games last season and takes his place in set up that will surely be a new experience for him. Ospreys winger Luke Morgan, also uncapped, made a big impression early on this season, the Wales Sevens star transitioning effortlessly to the fitness required in the 15-a-side game.

Half-back pairings for Wales have been a topic of discussion for as long as this writer can remember. Rhys Webb is now unfortunately ineligible for selection after his move to Toulon, giving Scarlets scrum-half Gareth Davies first choice here.

However, Ospreys newbie Aled Davies and Blues youngster Tomos Williams will be chomping at the bit for a shot at the number nine jersey.

You’d think Dan Biggar, now playing in England for Northampton, would keep the famous number 10 jersey, but fellow outside halves Rhys Patchell (Scarlets) and Gareth Anscombe (Blues) will again be pushing and pushing for an opportunity to pull the strings in the backline. Don’t let it shock you if Anscombe, having played so spectacularly for the Blues in their opening European win out in Lyon, gets a starting spot at either 10 or 15.

Then there’s fit-again Jonathan Davies back in the fold, newly-signed Osprey George North seems rejuvenated, and a mobile, skilful front five including future front row stars Wyn Jones (Scarlets), Nicky Smith (Ospreys) and Elliot Dee (Dragons). We’re not the only ones excited to see what this squad can deliver this month, hopefully progressing positively towards a huge 2019.

Wales v Scotland (Sat 3 Nov); Australia (Sat 10 Nov); Tonga (Sat 17 Nov); South Africa (Sat 24 Nov). Principality Stadium, Cardiff.

Tickets: from £15. Info: www.wru.co.uk

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BONFIRE NIGHT EVENTS NOVEMBER 2018 CYFARTHFA CASTLE’S BIG SPARKLE

HI-TIDE BONFIRE NIGHT PORTHCAWL

Cyfarthfa Park, Merthyr Tydfil, Fri 2 Nov. Admission: £5/£3 adv/ free under-3s. Info: www.ticketsource/whats-on/merthyr-tydfil Music, food stalls, funfair rides and even appearances from special mascots. The stalls and rides will be in Cyfarthfa Park, offering a perfect view of the castle for the firework display.

Mackworth Road, Porthcawl, Sat 3 Nov. Admission: free.

Info: www.hi-tide.co.uk An evening of fun for all the family with a free firework display and entertainment until late. The Hi-Tide is Porthcawl’s top cabaret and function venue, dating back to 1947; the sun deck offers a spectacular view of the firework display.

BARRY ISLAND FIREWORK FIESTA Barry Island, Sat 3 Nov. Admission: free. Info: www.visitwales.com This show, put on by the Rotary Club of Barry, will kick off at 7.45pm and is free to attend, with any donations made going to the Rotary Club.

CAERPHILLY CASTLE FIREWORKS Caerphilly Castle, Sat 3 Nov. Admission: free.

Info: www. caerphilly.gov.uk Annual fireworks display with a street collection for the Mayor’s charity. Lighting up the sky behind one of the most spectacular castles in Wales, the display commences at 7pm and the best viewing areas are Crescent Road and Dafydd Williams Park.

SPARKS IN THE PARK Blackweir Fields, Bute Park, Cardiff, Sat 3 Nov. Tickets: £10/£5 kids.

Info: cardiff.roundtable.co.uk Wales’ biggest firework display, claim organisers Cardiff Roundtable, with up to 20,000 people expected to attend. Further feathers in their cap include a funfair, Heart FM DJs and the further promise of all proceeds going to charity.

SWANSEA’S BIGGEST FIREWORK DISPLAY St Helen’s Rugby And Cricket Ground, Bryn Road, Swansea, Mon 5 Nov. Admission: From £3.50-£6. Info: www.enjoyswanseabay.com This one’s taking place on the evening of Bonfire Night itself, and is set to be bigger than ever. Beginning at 5pm with the display commencing at 7, there’s not just fireworks on offer, either, as X-Factor finalist Lloyd Macey takes to the stage for a live performance.

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art ABERGAVENNY MUSEUM / CHEPSTOW MUSEUM Castle Street, Abergavenny / Gwy House, Bridge Street, Chepstow. Daily 11am-4pm (Abergavenny closed on Wednesday). Free. www. abergavennymuseum.co.uk / www.monmouthshire.gov. uk/chepstow-museum The Great War: Britain’s Efforts And Ideals First World War propaganda prints by celebrated artists of the day, across both these sites in partnership with National Museum Wales. (Until Sun 6 Jan) ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. MonSat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/ artscentre Tim Rudman ‘An Uneasy Calm’ Handmade duo-toned silver gelatine black and white prints, printed in a darkroom from negatives taken in Iceland over a period of eight years. (Until Sun 11 Nov) Chwarae Teg | Fair Play An exhibition celebrating the past 100 years of women making and designing ceramics in Britain, featuring work from Aberystwyth University’s Ceramic Collection. (Until Sun 13 Jan) Aberystwyth At War Exhibition of artefacts and archives collected during 2018 and examining the impact of WWI on this town. (From Thurs 8 Nov until Sun 13 Jan) Paul R Jones ‘Frontier Territory’

Exhibition “questioning how art practice can challenge, visualise and destabilise the discourses around territory, identity and language.” Writing slightly more appealing descriptions than this would be a start.

(From Sat 17 Nov until Sat 26 Jan) Andrew Logan ‘The Wonderful World Of Reflections’ Esteemed British sculptural artist.

(From Wed 28 Nov until Sat 9 Feb) ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. 01970 622467 / www.aber.ac.uk David Ferry ‘The Ruin Of Picturesque Britain’ Prints and artist books.

(Until Fri 9 Nov) Travelling Through: Landscapes/ Landmarks/Legacies Mixed works from the School Of Art collection. (Until Fri 8 Feb) Holden Holcombe ‘This Is How It Feels’ PhD exhibition exploring the intimate stories of 18 transgender men and their journeys of transition from female to male. (From Thurs 22 Nov until Sat 9 Feb) ALBANY GALLERY 74b Albany Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Rob Piercy Watercolourist and mountaineer whose paintings depict the landscape of north Wales from a viewpoint of one who knows them intimately. (Until Sat 10 Nov) Winter Exhibition A changing exhibition fea-

turing selected works from over 40 prominent artists including Sir Kyffin Williams, Will Roberts, Mike Jones, Tim Fudge, Peter Kettle and Martin Llewellyn. (From Thurs 15 Nov until Sat 12 Jan) ANDREW LAMONT GALLERY (THEATR BRYCHEINIOG) Canal Wharf, Brecon. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Free.

01874 611622 / enquiries@brycheiniog. co.uk / www.brycheiniog. co.uk Penny Hallas ‘Canalworks’ Drawings, paintings, video and sculptural work centred mainly on a section of the Brecon and Monmouthshire canal in and around Llangattock.

(Until Sun 11 Nov) From The Beacons To The Sea An exhibition of ceramics from the South Wales Potters Group, and artwork from the Swansea Print Workshop Collective. (From Wed 21 Nov until Sat 22 Dec) ARCADECARDIFF / CAMPFA GALLERY Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.305.30pm. arcadecardiffcic@ gmail.com / www. arcadecardiff.co.uk Anne Smith Textile artist Smith shows quilts made during her time as Artist in Residence in ArcadeCardiff’s basement studio. (Until Sat 24 Nov) Sarah Roberts ‘Cloddi’ New immersive installation and related text

by Welsh artist Roberts.

(From Wed 28 Nov until Sat 22 Dec)

STEP INTO THE WOODS Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay, Sat 10 Nov-Sun 6 Jan Admission: free. Info: 029 2048 4611 / www.makersguildinwales.org.uk Step Into The Woods features design and crafts from some 30 UK makers and has been curated by Emily Skinner, a textile design graduate and the founder of the company Evan James Design. Having been awarded second prize in the international Hand and Lock embroidery competition in 2011, Skinner has selected handmade craft for the home, in keeping with the theme of this exhibition. Throughout November and December, festive craft workshops will be taking place at the venue, from jewellery making and painting to weaving and pottery. The perfect way to spend an afternoon picking up unique presents for Christmas or getting involved and learning a new skill.

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ART CENTRAL Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Free. 01446 709805.

Charles Burton & Peter Catrell ‘The First World War: A Commemorative Anniversary Of Remembrance’ Work by Welsh painter Burton, who has been creating WWIthemed art since the 1950s, and Scottish photographer Catrell, who captures wartime battlefield sites in various seasons. (Until Sat 1 Dec) ATTIC GALLERY 37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am5.30pm, Sat 10am-4.30pm.

Free. 01792 653387 / www. atticgallery.co.uk Winter Exhibition Mixed group show featuring over 40 artists, five of which are new to the gallery. (From Sat 3 Nov until Thurs 27 Dec, and Tue 29 Jan until Sat 9 Feb) BAYART 54 B/C Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2065 0016 / www.bayart.org.uk David Garner & Tom Pitt Two artists who share an interest in abandoned places or things, in the quality of a used place or object being discarded or deemed useless, or in a place of industrial ‘ghosts’. (Until Fri 9 Nov) CARDIFF STORY The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff. Daily 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2034 6214 / cardiffstory@ cardiff.gov.uk CAER Heritage Pop-Up Exhibition Discover the 6,000 year old story of Careau and Ely through artefacts curated by local people. (Until Sun 4 Nov) Protest! Objects For Change Discover the stories behind the protest objects in our new display, from badges and banners to T-shirts and embroidery. (Until Sun 30 Dec) AWEN City Showcase exhibition for this Whitchurch Library support group, who volunteer to run arts and cultural events at the library. (Until Sun 2 Dec) CHAPTER GALLERY Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org Rachel Maclean ‘Spite Your Face’ Welsh debut for an artist whose 37-minute video work here was comissioned for the 2017 Venice Biennale, and which references Pinnochio in its efforts at social critique. (Until Mon 20 Jan) Cornelia Baltes Art In The Bar exhibition for a German-born, Londonbased artist whose brightly coloured paintings combine simplicity with humour and playfulness. (Until Sat 24

Mar) CRAFT IN THE BAY The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff. Mon-Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611 / www. makersguildinwales.org.uk Frankie Locke ‘Quarry’ Ceramics and glasswork inspired by journeys to the quarries of North Wales and the slatescapes found there.

(Until Sun 4 Nov) Rooted In Practice Curated by textile designer, tutor and Makers Guild member Laura Thomas, a glimpse into the professional art practice of 25 contemporary artist designers working in textiles, ceramics, film, sculpture, print and jewellery. (Until Sun 4 Nov) Step Into The Woods Contemporary design and crafts by 30 UK makers, with Christmas shopping in mind. (From Sat 10 Nov until Sun 6 Jan) CWTSH COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE 226 Stow Hill, Newport.

Thurs + Sat 12-3pm, Sun 1-4pm. Free. 01633 664498 / www.cwtsh.org Ella Wilding ‘Out Of Allotment’ Paintings and drawings inspired by what the artist sees as “these little havens nestled within the city, they seem to be an antidote to surburban living”.

(Until Sun 11 Nov) DYLAN THOMAS CENTRE Somerset Place, Swansea.

Free. 01792 463980 / dylanthomas.lit@swansea. gov.uk / www. dylanthomas.com Starlight Order: From Y Gododdin To In Parenthesis Exhibition taking medieval Welsh poem Y Gododdin as its starting point and, through written and illustrated manuscripts, noting how it influenced David Jones’ own epic, In Parenthesis. (Until Sun 31 Mar) ELYSIUM GALLERY 16 College Street, Swansea.

Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www.elysiumgallery.com Kathryn Allen Hurni ‘Witness’ Portrait photographer from New York presents new work, indeed she’s exhibiting for the first time in the UK overall. (From Fri 2 Nov until Sat 1 Dec) FFOTOGALLERY Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2070 8870 / turnerhouse@ ffotogallery.org Katrien De Blauwer ‘Reprise’ See Upfront for more on this retrospective solo show from a reclusive photomontage artist, with images recycled from magazines. (Until Sat 8 Dec) FOUNTAIN FINE ART Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.

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fountainfineart.com Mike Jones ‘Works On Paper’ Born in 1941, Jones is a prolific artist who takes inspiration from the Welsh culture in which he grew up and is heavily influenced by the lives of the people and places of the valley. (Until Sat 10 Nov) Winter Group Exhibition Changing exhibition of new work from gallery artists to coincide with Llandeilo’s Festival Of Senses (see Events listings, Fri 16 Nov). (From Sat 17 Nov until Sat 5 Jan) G39 Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Saturdays 11am5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@g39.org Everything. All At Once.

At The Same Time.

Central show of a new season of work under the same title, this features new works from William Roberts, Sam Venables, Ruffles aka Clare Charles & Becca Thomas, Gaia Persico and Cecile Johnson Soliz. (From Sat 3 nov until Sat 19 Jan) Y GALERI, CAERFFILI Lower Ground Floor, The Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly. TueSat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2132 2570 / www. ygalericaerffili.co.uk Bert Evans & Howard Jones Evans depicts people going about their everyday lives in his paintings; Jones’ gentle watercolours are inspired by Welsh landscapes and beauty spots. (Until Sat 10 Nov) Christmas Showcase Artworks from an array of Welsh artists plus exclusive gift ideas from over 50 designers and makers.

(From Tue 13 Nov until Mon 24 Dec) GALERIE SIMPSON 222 High Street, Swansea.

Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free.

07714 327523 / galeriesimpsonswansea. com Simon Periton ‘Your War, My Love’ Exhibition relating to the Now The Hero series of events, featuring several reverse glass portraits of Periton’s grandfather in his WWI uniform. (Until Sat 3 Nov) THE GATE Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am9pm. Free. 029 2048 3344 / info@thegate.org.uk Sack Slavery An exhibition of coffee sacks provided

by Manumit Coffee, which have been transformed into pieces of art by local artists that represent ‘freedom from slavery’. (From Sat 3 until Sat 24 Nov) GLYNN VIVIAN ART GALLERY Alexandra Rd, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 516900 / www. swansea.gov.uk/ glynnvivian

A Spacewoman Dreams Multimedia exhibition by Swansea-based artists Anna Barratt, Gemma Copp and Joan Jones which imagines a desolate, post-human landscape with only three survivors, all women astronauts.

(Until Sun 18 Nov) Wakelin Award 2018: Richard Billingham Swansea-based artist, nominated for the Turner Prize in 2001 and chosen for this award by sculptor Laura Ford. (Until Sun 18 Nov) On Paper Work by celebrated 20th century and contemporary artists whouse paper as a medium, including Karla Black, Tim Davies, Eduardo Paolozzi, Cornelia Parker, James Richards and Bridget Riley.

(Until Sun 25 Nov) Dylan Thomas: Music Of Colour Work from the collections of this gallery and the Dylan Thomas Centre, aiming to illuminate the relationships and dialogues between poetry and art. (Until Sun 10 Feb) Yinka Shonibare ‘End Of Empire’ Sculptural work explores how alliances forged in World War I changed British society forever, and continue to affect us today. (Until Sun 24 Feb) INSOLE COURT Fairwater Road, Llandaff, Cardiff. Daily 10am-5pm.

Free. 029 2116 7920 / www.insolecourt.org Doreen Barnaville ‘Insole Court Gardens’ Prints and photographs of the titular gardens, exposed by the summer sun to give a blue hue. (Until Thurs 29 Nov) This House Is A Stage A new permanent ‘experience’ tour focusing on the history of Insole Court, tracing the legacy that the Insole family left through coalmines, and the family menbers themselves. (Permanent exhibition) KING STREET GALLERY 33 King Street, Carmarthen. Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@ kingstreetgallery.co.uk Charlotte Leadbeater ‘‘Into The Light – A Message Of Hope’ iPad paintings and drawings, pencil drawings and tapestries by Leadbeater, mapping her path through one year of cancer treatment. 10% of sales will go towards funding a refurbishment for the chemotherapy waiting room in Glangwili Hospital, Carmarthen. (Until Wed 14 Nov) KOOYWOOD GALLERY 8 Museum Place, Cardiff.

Free. 029 2023 5093 / www.kooywoodgallery.com Alan Salisbury New paintings from award-winning artist. Also featured: new work

by Jason Williams of Merthyr.

(Throughout November) LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE Romilly Road, Cardiff.

Mon-Fri 10am-8.30pm, Sat 10am-12pm. Free. 029

2087 2030 / www. llanoverhall.com Marion Cheung ‘Lost Connections’ Emotive paintings which connect children submerged in digital worlds to children in developing countries making a living recycling e-waste.

(From Fri 9 Nov until Sat 8 Dec) LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk Eighteen Contemporary artists aged 18-41 have been commissioned to create new work in response to the Lost Generation of WWI: the men of a similar age who were called up for service and perished in their millions.

(Until Sat 17 Nov) M.A.D.E. GALLERY 41 Lochaber St, Cardiff.

Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free.

029 2047 3373.

Zena Blackwell ‘Seen Not Heard’ New works painted over the past eight months, in acrylic and oils. First solo exhibition by the 2017 MADE Summer Art Prize winner.

(Until Sun 25 Nov) MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY 18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

029 2064 1411 / mtg@ artwales.com Harry Holland ‘Models’ A series of works by this highly esteemed Welsh painter, dating back to the 1970s when life models were mainly drawn as they were too expensive to sit for longer painting sessions. These pieces were not intended for public consumption initially, but, well, here they are, and for sale too. (Until Thurs 15 Nov) William Wilkins CBE Approximately 20 pieces from the last four years by Welsh painter who celebrates his 80th birthday this year. (From Wed 21 Nov until Thurs 20 Dec) MISSION GALLERY Gloucester Place, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free.

01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Fiona Banner ‘Buoys Boys’ A collection of inflatable sculptures, floating above the sea and presented here in the form of a 16-minute video soundtracked by people including Viv Albertine and Steve Beresford. (Until Sat 10 Nov) With Other Eyes A Ruthin Craft Centre exhibition, curated by Beate Gegenwart and bringing together a diverse range of international artists and makers, who include photography as an element in their work. (From Sat 24 Nov until Sat 5 Jan) NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF Cathays Park, Cardiff.

Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free

except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / museum. wales/cardiff Women In Focus: Women Behind The Lens Year-long exhibition that explores the role of women in photography, both as producers and subjects of images. This is the first part, preceding an exhibition concerning women as photography’s subject. (Until Sun 11 Nov) Artes Mundi 8 See Upfront for more on this biannual international art prize, and the five artists showcased as part of it this year: Anna Boghiguian, Bouchra Khalili, Otobong Nkanga, Trevor Paglen and Apichatpong Weerasethakul. (Until Sun 24 Feb) Kyffin Williams: The Artist And Amgueddfa Cymru Arguably Wales’ most popular landscape painter of the 20th century, Williams had a long history with Amgueddfa Cymru and was a member of its art

Museum And Art Gallery – 50 Years In John Frost Square Photographic exhibition, plus film footage, of the opening of said building

by Princess Margaret, who generously broke off her busy schedule of extramarital affairs to visit Newport on 5 Apr 1968. (Until Sat 15 Dec) Women’s Suffrage Banners Rotating exhibition to mark a century since the Representation Of The Peoples Act was passed. Two banners will be on display at a time, one in the Museum and one in the Art Gallery.

(Until Sat 29 Dec) Linda Kieft ‘Warrior’ Sculptural work exploring relationships and the way experiences of war impact emotionally on the warrior and those they love. (Until Sat 2 Feb) NORWEGIAN CHURCH ARTS CENTRE Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Daily 11am-4pm.

The Gate in Cardiff has an exhibition whose theme is both local and internationalist. Sack Slavery, on from Sat 3-Sat 24 Nov, features art painted on coffee sacks starting from the topic of ‘freedom from slavery’.

committee for many years.

This display explores that relationship through artwork and archival material. (Until Wed 1 May) Tim Peake’s Spacecraft As in, the actual pokey lil’ vessel Peake flew into space inside in 2015/16, plus some more related paraphernalia. See Upfront.

(From Thurs 15 Nov until Sun 10 Feb) NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm.

Free. 01792 638950 / museum.wales/swansea Karen Ingham ‘Deluge’ Ingham uses Swansea Bay sea water and Cornish copper to explore the inundation which could happen to areas of south Wales at risk from climate change-related flooding. Also a Year Of The Sea-related exhibition. (Until Sun 4 Nov) For Freedom & Empire An exhibition exploring the responses within the slate quarrying communities to the First World War recruitment campaign preceding conscription. (Until Sun 24 Feb) NEWPORT MUSEUM & ART GALLERY John Frost Square, Newport. Tue-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm.

Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport.gov.uk Newport Library,

Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff. com The Gallery Gift Shop A collaboration of artists, artisans, crafters and photographers from around South Wales offering their products at this exhibition-cum-popup. Wed 31 Oct-Sun 4 Nov is an Autumn Craft Festival.

(Until Sun 4 Nov) Bodil Friele ‘Prisoner of War: Paintings And Poems’ Paintings by visual artist Friele alongside translations of poems written by her father, Odd (Olly) Grønfur Olsen, during his years in a World War II PoW camp.

Part of ongoing cultural exchanges between Bergen and the arts community linked to this venue. (Until Tue 13 Nov) OFF THE WALL The Old Probate Registry, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 9.30am5.30pm, Sat 10am-4pm.

Free. 029 2055 4469 / art@galleryoffthewall.com Sarah Jane Brown ‘Blurring Time And Tide’ New exhibition of paintings exploring the intense yet fleeting nature of memory and its effect upon the present. (Until Wed 21 Nov) Christmas Show Annual selling exhibition featuring gallery artists. (From Sat 24 Nov until January)

ORIEL CRIC Beaufort Street, Crickhowell. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am1pm. Free. 01873 813669.

Autumn Exhibition Paintings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass and jewellery, with a showcase of a selection of ink drawings

by Abergavenny-based Jeremy Thomas. (Until Sat 10 Nov) Christmas At Cric Seasonal mixed exhibition, including an additional popup show in the Cric Studio.

(From Mon 12 Nov until Sun 6 Jan) ORIEL DAVIES The Park, Newtown, Powys.

Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm.

Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@orieldavies.org Waking The Witch Group exhibition by Verity Birt, Anna Bunting Branch, Nadine Byrne, Fiona Finnegan, Blue Firth, Fourthland, Georgia Horgan, Ben Jeans Houghton (brother of Beth in case you were wondering), Serena Korda, Candice Lin, Katarzyna Majak, Lucy Stein, Ayesha Tan Jones and Cathy Ward.

(Until Wed 7 Nov) Creu // Make Exhibition exploring contemporary craft products made by makers from across Wales, using traditional rural crafts including; pottery, weaving, chair making, textile art, wood work and more.

The work will also be for sale, with Christmas shopping in mind. (From Sat 17 Nov until Wed 30 Jan) ORIEL JOANNA FIELD Torch Theatre, St. Peter’s Road, Milford Haven. Free.

01646 695267 / www. torchtheatre.co.uk Cassandra Lishman ‘Speaking From The Heart’ Willow sculptor – who grows all her own willow, no less – based in a Pembrokeshire eco-village, who presents work here by both herself and her late mother, a fine artist. (From Fri 2 until Fri 30 Nov) ORIEL MWLDAN Bath House Rd, Cardigan.

Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free.

01239 621200 / helena@ mwldan.co.uk Laura Edmunds ‘Mouth’ Soundscape-themed art exploring the properties of the human voice and “the mouth as the liminal space between the outside and the inside”. (Until Sat 29 Dec) ORIEL MYRDDIN Church Lane, Carmarthen.

01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Makers Market 2018 Winter exhibition featuring individual makers, designers and artists from Wales and across the UK, with all work for sale. (Until Sat 13 Oct) ORIEL Q The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www.

orielqnarberth.com Keith Bayliss, Roger Moss And William Brown ‘Venus’ Moss and Bayliss present new work in a variety of media (painting, prints, drawings and sculpture) to accompany originals by art world titan William Brown.

The show also includes a bronze figure from each of them. (Until Sat 3 Nov) ORIEL Y PARC The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Free. 01437 720392 / info@orielyparc. co.uk Under The Sea Care In The Community charity exhibition. (Until Thurs 29 Nov) Clive Gould & Graham Brace Two local printmakers. (Until Fri 30 Nov) Pembrokeshire Craft Makers Discovery Room windows showcase exhibition. (Until Mon 31 Dec) ORIEL YR ARDD National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. Daily 10am-6pm. £10.50/£8.75 concessions/£4.95 under17s/free under-5s. 01558 667149 / botanicgarden. wales Habitats #1 A series of artworks responding to the Brangwyn Hall Panels in Swansea, courtesy of Swansea based artists Philip Cheater, Kathryn AnneTrussler, Amy Goldring, Tom Morris, Eifion Sven-Myer and Ann Jordan. Sibling exhibition to one in Swansea Grand Theatre. (Until Tue 13 Nov) PRINCESS ROYAL THEATRE Civic Centre, Port Talbot.

Mon-Fri 10am-4.15pm.

Free. 01639 763214 / npttheatres.co.uk/ princessroyal Bert Evans ‘Port Talbot: Face To Face’ Located in the foyer of the Civic Centre, 100 painted portraits of Port Talbot people who, to quote Evans himself, “love their town”. (From Tue 20 Nov until Sun 2 Dec) QUEEN STREET GALLERY Queen Street, Neath.

Wed-Sat 10am-4pm. Free.

01639 631081/ www. queenstgallery.co.uk Christmas Exhibition A constantly changing display of original paintings, mixed media art, prints, ceramics, glass, textiles and handmade jewellery by over 40 artists and designer makers. (From Sat 10 Nov until Mon 24 Dec) REDHOUSE Old Town Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free. 01685 384111 / info@ redhousecymru.com Alan Jones New exhibition of abstract paintings. (Until Sat 24 Nov) THE RIVERFRONT Kingsway, Newport. MonFree. 01633 656757 / BUZZ 57

* – recommended newportlive.co.uk Cabinets Of Curiosity Art created in workshops for people with mental health difficulties, devised by Inside OutCymru. (Until Thurs 8 Nov) SPIT & SAWDUST Rhymney River Bridge Road, Cardiff. Free. 029 2049 4741 / www. spitandsawdust.co.uk Chris Alton ‘Crudely Plucking The Strings’ S&S’ inaugural Billboard Commission, located in the park’s yard space and depicting/reimagining the flood of the Bristol Channel in 1607. The billboard is accompanied by a film by Alton, screened on occasion until November. (Until Mon 12 Nov) THE SUSTAINABLE STUDIO Unit 7, Curran Buildings, Curran Road, Cardiff.

Free. 07852 275498 / www. thesustainablestudio.com Martin Briggs ‘On thew Way’ Solo show featuring new landscape paintings and including work from Briggs’ travels across Wales, Japan, Spain and Italy. (From Fri 2 until Fri 9 Nov) SWANSEA COLLEGE OF ART / THE FORUM University Of Wales Trinity Saint David, Heol Ynys Kings Road, Swansea.

Free. www.uwtsd.ac.uk/ events/swansea-collegeof-art/ 20 Years Of Photojournalism & Documentary Photography Work by alumni, recent graduates, students and staff. Prints will be on sale to raise money for Ethnic Minorities & Youth Support Team Wales Hardship Fund for asylum seekers and refugees. (Until Fri 9 Nov) SWANSEA GRAND THEATRE Singleton St, Swansea.

Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Free.

01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk Mumbles & Grand Theatre Art Group Exhibition Drawings & paintings inspired by Wales and The Year Of The Sea. (From Mon 12 until Fri 30 Nov) SWANSEA MUSEUM Victoria Road, Swansea.

Tue-Sun 10am-4.30pm.

Free. 01792 653763 / www. swanseamuseum.co.uk Remembering Our Heroes / Some Things We Forgot To Remember Two exhibitions of eight and seven panels respectively, looking at both WWI soldiers from Swansea and Neath, and women war workers, conscientious objectors, soldiers from other parts of the British Empire etc. (Until December) Some Things We Forgot To Remember: Contemporary Responses Forty artists respond to the BUZZ 58

Swansea Museum collection and Now The Hero themed activities by creating a multimedia exhibition trail within the building. (Until December) TENBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Castle Hill, Tenby. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, £4/£3/£2 kids.

01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Sally Green Solo exhibition of paintings by local artist.

(From Sat 10 Nov until Fri 21 Dec) THEATR HAFREN Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am5.30pm. Free. 01686 625007 / thehafren.co.uk Anna-Lisa Coleman London-born painter who graduated from University Of Wales Newport, and who exhibits regularly throughout mid-Wales with paintings held in private collections all over the world. (Until Thurs 6 Dec) TOWER GALLERY 49 High Street, Crickhowell. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01873 812495 / www. towergallery.co.uk Harriet Lloyd & Michael Howard Joint exhibition between two Powys-based painters. Lloyd’s work focuses on the minutiae of the decorative and the domestic; Howard interprets the landscape around him abstractly.

Also showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative.

(Until Sat 10 Nov) Art For Chriustmas Shared exhibition showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative and pottery by guest artist Daniel Wright. (From Wed 14 Nov until Sat 12 Jan) VOLCANO THEATRE 27-29 High Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri 10am4pm. Free. 01792 464790 / www.volcanotheatre.co.uk Mike Hill & Dhyana Fritsche ‘Exploring Place’ Hill works with wood, metal, stone and found objects and is influenced by the Swansea/Gower coast.

Fritsche is a photographer/ printmaker, relocated to Swansea from Cologne.

(From Fri 2 until Fri 30 Nov) WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk Nelson Mandela: The Centenary Exhibition 2018 The late South African leader was born 100 years ago and as such is being honoured by an exhibition presented by Apartheid Museum, Anti-Apartheid Movement Archives, and Southbank Centre. (Until Sun 18 Nov) THE WELSH QUILT CENTRE Town Hall, Lampeter. Tue-

Sat 11am-4.30pm. Free.

01570 422088 / www. welshquilts.com Nos Da Goodnight! A Panoply Of Historic Welsh Quilts Historic quilts from the early 19th to early 20th centuries. Room one features examples from the Jen Jones collection; room two a glimpse into Welsh Samplers, many of which were made by very young girls in the 19th century.

(Until Sat 10 Nov) WEST WHARF GALLERY Jacobs Market, Cardiff.

Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm.

Free. westwharfgallery@ gmail.com Richard Cox Paintings, drawings, books and prints by a Welsh artists whose notable previous work includes images of mid 20th century American cars and documentation of stepwells in India. (Until Sat 17 Nov) THE WORKERS 99 Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 11am-4.30pm Thurs-Sat and by appointment. Free. 01443 682024 / wood4tt@gmail.com Political & Sporting Cartoons (Special Welsh Edition) Featuring Western Mail cartoonist Mumph among others. (Until Sat 3 Nov) Gayle Rogers ‘Unearth’ Artwork Art created during an Artist Residency & Research Project at the Pen Y Cymoedd wind energy site.

(Until Sat 3 Nov) Home & Hope Notions of both the H words in the title through a variety of media. The gallery’s Christmas show, to all intents and purposes, they say. (From Thurs 8 Nov until Sat 22 Dec)

clubs THE ARCH 11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / jack.thearchneath@gmail. com Sat 1 Dec The Techno Asylum 7pm-3am, £15 adv/£12 early bird. Techno from Spanish duo The Yellowheads, Alter:Ego (change your name FFS), Ryan Ross, Tom Murray, Matthew Hart and CJM. THE ATTIC 5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. facebook.com/ theatticswansea Mondays Concrete Junglists: The Community Works 10pm-3am, £3. Cardiff drum’n’bass/jungle brand branch into Swansea for a weekly session highlighting fresh local DJs etc. Sat 10 Heft 10pm-3am, £5.

Headlined by Phibes who I guess are some drum’n’bass thing.

BAR COCOA Broad Street, Barry. facebook.com/cocoabarry Fridays + Saturdays 10pm-3.30am, £3. With DJ James Bourne and special guest appearances/live sets.

Sat 3 has one from Lucas J Rowe with Starvz.

THE BIG TOP / 10 FEET TALL 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo. co.uk Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis.

Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk. Fri 16 Killing Moon 10pm-3am. Long(ish)running 80s alternative rock/new wave type night.

Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul.

BLIND TIGER 49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session. Fridays Beekay & Friends 11pm, £3-£5.

House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Fri 2 Fixate First Birthday 2pm-4am, £5.

Featuring Brandon Block, J-Tech, Madame Twisted, Owen Kilby and Dan Waite.

Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised.

BUFFALO 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff.

Open Mon-Thurs 11am3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff. com Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm-3am, from £2. R’n’b/ hip-hop night. Tue 13 Stickylemons 9.30pm3am. Drum’n’bass, lineup TBC. Tue 20 Tek 10pm3am. House and techno.

Thursdays Dazed Disco 10pm-3am, £4 adv. Disco, house, funk and soul. Fri 9 Disco Motel: Neverland Nights 10pm-3am. Disco, Motown, funk, soul and boogie. Fri 16 Selecta 10pm-3am, £3-£8. UK garage night headlined by Conducta, a newish name on the scene but with an oldskool vibe. Onslaught, Bandit and El Wot also DJ. Fri 30 Stickylemons 9.30pm-3am.

Drum’n’bass, lineup TBC. Saturdays Hideaway 10pm-4am, £3. Disco, house, and hip-hop from residents over two floors.

CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com Wednesdays YOLO 9pm2am, £4/£3 adv/free before 11. Midweek club night promising both your favour-

ite tunes and great offers.

Good name, really on trend.

Saturdays Juice 10pm3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.

CLUB ICE Broadway, Pontypridd.

07771 920726 / www. clubiceponty.com Fridays Flashback 10pm3am, Retro hits from the 80s, 90s and 00s. Saturdays Gravity 10.30pm-3am, £7/£5 before 11. House, techno and dance every week on the club’s Void soundsystem.

CLUB OXYGEN 1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, free. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 11.30pm-5am, £5/free before

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coffeebarker Fri 2 + Fri 7 Dec The Shakedown 8.30pm12.30am, free. Funk, jazz, R&B, boogaloo etc from DJs Lee, Matt and Andy, newly in this venue on the first Friday of every month.

COURTYARD 48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”. Fridays Spotlight Sessions / The Kickstart 5pm, £3/free before 9.

Urban and club anthems and drinks deals. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal which also includes entry to Blind Tiger, Meze Lounge and Lambaba. Saturdays Mischief Beat-driven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Good Time Social Club

DJ Guy was a regular on Cardiff lineups during the 90s but released next to nowt. He’s made an unlikely reemergence in the last few years, though, and headlines the last edition of techno party Doppler at Gwdihw, Cardiff on Fri 9.

1. Upstairs: deep house, commercial house and techhouse. Downstairs: urban, chart, classics, r’n’b, hip-hop and UK garage.

CLWB IFOR BACH Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net Thurs 1 Gucci Gang: Trap Night 11pm, £3-£7.

UK-wide club night punting trap music to students. Wed 14 Dazed 11pm, £6-£12.

Drum’n’bass from DJ Marky with MC GQ. Thurs 15 80s Vice City: Fleetwood Mac Night 11pm, £2-£6. This is sold as an 80s night, as per the name, but I’m guessing that most of the FM songs played will be from the 70s.

Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop. New, or at least refocused, night. Fri 2 Get Funky 11pm-4am, £9/£7.

House from Elliot Adamson, Daryl Finn, Andrew Lambert & Scott Heap. Fri 23 Treatment: Sam Divine Openers 10pm-4am, £12.50 adv. Popular house DJ Divine on a tour whose “openers” concept seems to refer to her having a support act, Jess Bays in this case.

Righto. Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: Grltlk and Andrew Rhys Lewis’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop; and Mr Potter’s proper disco.

COFFEE BARKER Castle Arcade, Cardiff. 029 2022 4575 / facebook.com/

8pm, free. DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights.

THE DUKE Old Market Street, Neath.

01639 643892.

Sat 24 Hedone 7pm-2am.

Residents night, precise details TBC but expect house and techno.

FICTION & VINYL The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub. co.uk/swansea Mondays Quids In 10.45pm-2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house. Mon 5 and Mon 12 are tie-in promotions for a bottom-shelf brand of rum. Wednesdays Underground 11pm3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms.

Wed 14 is headlined bu Dean Mac, whose tagline is “UK Mashup DJ”. Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party.

FUEL 5 Womanby Street, Cardiff.

07970 063107 / facebook. com/fuelcardiff Thursdays FUBAR 10pm2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight. Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal

anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town.

G6 CLUB 60 Station Road, Port Talbot. 01639 697564 / facebook.com/g6club Sat 10 Glitch x Sussed 9pm-3am, £6 adv. House, disco and techno from Tim Taylor, Earl Raff & Danny Gerrard, Tom Murray, Prydie, Luke Armstrong, Rhys Jenkins, Callum Gillings and Alex Eley.

GLAM Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk Mondays Bed 10pm-3am, £2/free before 11. A mashup of chart, r’n’b, cheese and dance across two floors.

Formerly known as The Fest.

Fridays Antisocial 11pm4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. Weekly student night. Fri 9 Groove Winter Rooftop Special 6-10.30pm, £12.50-£17.50 adv. Last rooftop party

by Groove this year, with headliner Mason Maynard.

Saturdays Prvlg 10pm3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed.

Formerly known as Vanity.

Sat 17 Groove 10pm-4am, £8-£12 adv. Skream DJing all night, six hours, no support, that’s yer lot.

GWDIHW Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk Fri 2 That Good Night 9pm-3am. Eclectic dance fun, here on a more or less monthly basis. Tue 6 Buena Disco Social Club 8pm, £3. Disco, funk and world music from Jeff Rainbow and Buena residents plus

art from Luana Tanir. *Fri 9 Doppler 9pm-4am. Quality techno purveyors, with special guest DJ Guy this month. This has a rare-atGwdihw 4am licence and will be the last Doppler for a while. Sat 10 Signor Funk 9pm, £3/£2 NUS. Motown, funk, disco and soul. *Wed 14 Squeeze 7pm, £8. See Clubs for more on this night, featuring rated grime MC Manga St Hilare plus Kirby T, Maxsta, Sir Hiss, Jay0117, Deadly, Traxx and Ralph Hardy. Fri 16 Now That’s What I Call Gwdihw 9pm3am. Gwdihw is 10 years old this month! That is genuinely impressive so they deserve to have 10 days of events and call it a birthday.

A lot of them are still TBC, details-wise, but this one has live music from Captain Accident and Supercharge plus DJing from Fat City.

Sat 17 Sure Shot & Blue Honey 9pm-3am. Fri 30 Pleasuredome 9pm, £4/£3 before 11. Eighties dance goodness, last Friday of most months in here.

HANGAR 18 50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv *Fri 2 Polymer 10pm-3am, £7-£11. London-based, Kiwioriginated house duo Chaos In The CBD headline. See Clubs. Although this sold out by mid-October! Sat 3 Riddim 10pm-3am, £6-£12.

Drum’n’bass with Annix, Lowgli, Noski, Ebbens and Mascot, plus MC XL. INTRIM Queen Victoria Street, Tredegar. 01495 725510.

Sat 10 16’an Half Men 8pm-3am. House and techno from Brad Dunkerton, Dan

Newman, Elliot Barlow, Mason James, Orange Peel, Rossy D and Tekno Tom. JACOB’S MARKET West Canal Wharf, Cardiff.

029 2039 0939.

Fri 2 Teak 10pm-5am.

House and disco from Raphaël Top-Secret, Ellie Stokes and Natural Sugars.

Sold out. Fri 7 Dec Teak 10pm-5am. Info TBC, will probably sell out so check social media for tickets etc.

THE LAST RESORT 207 High Street, Swansea. www.lastresortswansea. com Sat 3 + Sat 1 Dec Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3.

Goth/alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month.

MARY’S 89 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff. co.uk Wednesdays Wednesday Club 8pm-2am. Dance and chart toppers with DJ Chris. Thursdays Mixxet 8pm-2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and Alphaa Heart. Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am.

DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s onwards. Saturdays 8pm-2am. Dance, pop and chart with DJ Billy Joe. Sundays Service 5pm-2am, free. Bingo with Aunty Ade and Aunty Betty from 5pm, with cash prizes; DJ Mary Golds until 9pm; guest cabaret at 9pm and DJ Billy Joe on the tapes (this is an odd turn of phrase but I like it) until 1am.

CONDUCTA Selecta @ Buffalo, Cardiff, Fri 16 Nov Tickets: £3-£8. Info: 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com A pairing of kindred spirits here, you feel – Selecta is a more-or-less monthly Cardiff night in thrall to the classic 2-step sounds of old UK garage, while down with its various modern permutations just fine. Which could all be said of November’s headline act Conducta, too. Now in his early 20s and based in London, Conducta – real name Collins Nemi – was once a grime-obsessed teen in Bristol but moved into a more garagey production style over time, and is one of the current generation’s highest-rated DJs/producers.

His catalogue includes Jorja Smith and J Hus remixes, while his own track Only U was rejigged by one of his major influences, Bristolian bass champ Joker.

METRO’S Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com Wednesdays Cheapskates 10pm-4am, £4/free early bird. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Havoc 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Mismatched alternative tunes from Hywel.

Saturdays Lose Yourself 10.30pm-4am, free before 11.

Stereo Brain playing indie, beats, treats and pop-punk.

co.uk/neon-bar-lounge Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-2am, free.Soul, funk, old skool hip-hop, reggae, house, UK garage, lovers rock etc. Fri 16 Soul Train 9pm-2am. Funk, soul, sisco and Motown classics, on the third Friday of every month. Sat 24 I’ll House You 9pm-2am. Upstairs bar and lounge: soulful, uplifting house. classics and anthems. Downstairs clubroom/basement: house, tech, bass and more.

MINSKYS SHOW BAR Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128 / www.minskysshowbar.com Fridays & Saturdays 8pm-1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.

OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff. co.uk Sat 10 Warehouse Afro Beats 10pm-3am, £10/£5 before 11. DJs playing Afrobeats, Afropop, soukous coupe decale, South African house, Zim dancehall and more. Normally on the second Saturday of each month.

MISSOULA 84-86 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 1315 / www.missoulabars.co.uk/ missoulacardiff Mondays Mojito Mondays 5pm-12am. Motown classics and mojitos 2-4-1 all night. Thursdays Rock The Night 5pm-12am. Indie classics. Fridays #Friday 5pm-2am. Funky house and half price drinks from 5-10pm.

MOCKA LOUNGE Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com Thursdays Iqos Social Club / Intuition 7-9pm: Iqos Social Club; 9pm-late: Intuition with DJs Monique B and Dan Willow. Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b with resident DJs and happy hour from 5-8pm. Saturdays House Of Play House and r’n’b from resident DJs. Sundays Secret Resident DJs play 90s music.

THE MOON Womanby Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3022 / info@ themooncardiff.com Thursdays One More Time 10.30pm-3am, free.

Music from the 90s and 00s. Fridays Gigantic Until 4am, free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae and soul after bands finish playing. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing.

NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www. museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff Sat 24 Hush Silent Disco 8pm-12am, £14 adv.

Rescheduled from October.

MUSIQUE BAR & LOUNGE (FORMERLY NEON LOUNGE) Market Street, Newport.

01633 533666 / theneon.

THE PARROT 32 King Street, Carmarthen. 01267 231012 / facebook.com/ theparrotmusicbar Fri 30 Undulate 9pm2am, £3. Drum’n’bass from 2 Hotty, Selectrix & Subconscious, Ghost Faced Ninja and Kronik Red. PENARTH EX-SERIVCEMEN’S CLUB 69 Windsor Road, Penarth.

029 2070 7530 / www. penarthexservicemensclub. co.uk Sat 17 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc, on here roughtly every two months.

THE PERCH 66 Wind Street, Swansea.

01792 462002 / www. theperchswansea.co.uk Wednesdays 10243 9pm3am, £3 adv. New techno night on every week. Named after the Berlin area code apparently.

PITCHER & PIANO Wind Street, Swansea.

01792 461312 / www. pitcherandpiano.com/ Fri 30 Sonik Friday 9pm3am. House and techno here on the last Friday of each month. Cellan Eynon plays outside until 12am; Tom Westerholm inside from 11pm.

PLATFORM 11 High Street, Pontypridd.

Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www.platform11.co.uk Sat 10 020 6pm-4am, £15.

Newcastle-based prog house man Christoph headlines; residents also feature. Fri 30 Synchronicity 9pm2.30am. Two rooms with over 10 DJs showcasing their musical styles and talent under one roof, say the organisers.

POPWORLD 96 St Mary Street, Cardiff.

Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am.

029 2023 5825.

Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop but their examples (Green Day, Blink, Linkin Park) seem to suggest will be pop-punk and nu-metal. Ah, it’s all just names at the end of the day. Thursdays Top Of The Pops 10pm-3am.

Discounted drinks, free entry and a chance to party the night away, all advertised using the logo from defunct TV show Top Of The Pops which, as a national brand of venues, I assume Popworld are using with the full permission of the BBC. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party Until 3am.

Drinks deals from 5-11pm (Fri) and 3-8pm (Sat).

POPWORLD Wind Street, Swansea.

Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.

Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1.

Thursdays Pop Rocks 10pm-3am. The very best in pop-punk, pop-rock, alternative music and pop classics.

Fridays Ain’t No Party Like A Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4. Saturdays Club Classics 8pm-3am, £2-£4.

PRYZM Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.

029 2023 3854 / www. pryzm.co.uk/cardiff Mondays Quids In 10pm3am, £1 adv/£6 VIP. Student night featuring various special guests. Fridays Smack. 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Weekly student event described by one enthusiast as “lit Friday nights with chilled fam bams and regular bants”. Saturdays Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff.

PULSE 3 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue.

Wednesdays Kapow!

10pm-4am. Student night with Jolene Dover and DJ Warren. Fridays Full On 10pm-5am, £4/£3. DJ Craig downstairs, Opal upstairs.

Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.

THE RAINBOW ROOMS 12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms. com Fridays 10pm-4am.

Resident DJs every week.

Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents plus guest DJs each week. Sat 3: Chris Miller, whose leaving party this also is. Sat 10: Jason P, Rob Rees, Jay P, John BUZZ 59

* – recommended Hughes and guests. Sat 17: Trixta, Rob Rees, Jay P, John Hughes and guests. Sat 24 Logic Xtra Hard 6pm-6am, £15 adv. Hard dance night from promoters celebrating their third birthday. Lineup: Yoji Biomehanika, Mark EG v Proteus, Juice, Ed ET, D Grove, Jason P & Rob Rees, Chesh & Ray Raw, Icey, Pesky & Onyx, Patchy & Vandellio, Odd-Se, Ryan Rees & Martin Rogers, Arnie & Fakulty plus hosts Shocker, K-Ner and Ode. REVOLUTION Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars. co.uk Tuesdays Mode 9pm3am, £4 adv. Popular student night. Fridays + Saturdays 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire.

Saturdays Soiree 9pm4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that. Sundays Soda Sundays 9pm-3am, £4/£8 VIP. Three floors of music for students and industry workers.

TIGER TIGER Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www. tigertiger-cardiff.co.uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK’s leading private karaoke experience each day of the week.

Mondays Dolla Dolla

The Arch in Neath hosts the latest edition of newish night The Techno Asylum (previously found in Swansea) on Sat 1 Dec. Spanish techno duo The Yellowheads, staples of the European mainland scene, headline.

SIN CITY Dilwyn Street, Swansea.

01792 468892 / www. sincityclub.co.uk Tuesdays Hustle 10pm3am, £3/£2 before 12.

Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop.

Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night. Fridays Monsters Of Rock 10pm-3.30am, £4/£2 before 12.30. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Fri 30 Bassline 10pm-4am.

Headlined by Holy Goof and sold out. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South. Sat 10 Jaguar Skills 10pm-4am, £8 adv. Mashup/hip-hop DJ condemned to tour student nightclubs for eternity.

Sat 17 Rise x Critical Sound 10pm-4am, £14-£16.

Supposedly featuring five headliners, although at the time of writing none have been announced. Sat 1 Dec Dazed 10pm-4am, £15/£12.

Drum’n’bass from Kings Of The Rollers with Inja, Clique, Buckfast Benefits Club (Buckfast Boys Club b2b Friends On Benefits) and Ebbens.

SODA St Mary Street, Cardiff.

029 2037 3363 / www. sodacardiff.com Wednesdays Replay 9pm4am, £4. Chart, cheese and r’n’b for students. Fridays Fade 10pm-3am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b, hip-hop, house and UK garage from Vijay, Jigga, Monique B and Dan Willow.

BUZZ 60

10pm-3am, £5/£2. Student night with special guests.

Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50.

Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4. “Forget the DJs who play the stuff you’ve never heard of, ours will be playing your favourite tracks all night long.” Fri 9 is a Bubbles Party, Fri 16 is Mexican Movember andf Fri 30 is a Glitter Party.

Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.

TRAMSHED Clare Road, Grangetown, Cardiff. 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com Sat 3 Foreverland 9pm2am. An “enchanted forest rave” which tours the UK and is one of those things (see also Good Life, Abba Disco Wonderland etc) correctly described to me by someone as “estate agent parties”. Fri 16 Hospitality 9pm-3am, £18/£14.

Drum’n’bass from Danny Byrd, London Elektricity, Whiney, Unglued and a special guest TBC, plus hosts Dynamite MC and Tempza.

Fri 23 Trevor Nelson’s Soul Nation 8pm-1am, £18 adv. How come nearly all vaguely credible radio DJs do these weekend gigs now anyway? It’s not like they’re getting paid less for the day job. Are they? This is sold out so I know why the venues book it at least.

Sat 1 Dec Sara Cox Just Can’t Get Enough 80s

8pm-12am, £15-£20 adv. Also sold out. “Vaguely credible” is in the eye of the beholder I guess.

UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL) 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Thurs 1 Nxt Gen Beats: Bonfire Skankout 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Bassline and drum’n’bass from Shubz, Xander, Antix, SkegZ b2b J.Eliott, a Noise Makers 21 takeover featuring Gown b2b Wozzi b2b Teaze, and Trix b2b Suv. Fri 2 Beat Cartel 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Funk, disco and hip-hop. Sat 3 + Fri 30 Flatline 10pm-4am, £5/£3. Drum’n’bass, lineups for both nights TBC right now. Tue 6 Wile Out 10pm, £5/£3 adv. Bassline and drum’n’bass. Thurs 8 XL Invites 10pm-3am, £7-£11.

Drum’n’bass from T>i, Ransom, Codify, Dox and hosts Pablow and XL. Fri 9 Haws 10pm-4am, £4-£7.

Featuring a headliner set

by Danish house head DJ Central. Sat 10 Paranoize 10pm-3am. Drum’n’bass.

Tue 13 Luna 10pm, £2 adv. House, techno and acid. Thurs 15 Pressure 10pm. Drum’n’bass. Fri 16 Robot Monkey 10pm4am, £7/£5 adv. Deep house with live percussion, tribal chanting and didgeridoo.

Sat 17 Junction 11pm, £5/£3. Drum’n’bass. Tue 20 Skank Ground 11pm.

Drum’n’bass. Thurs 22 Illusion 10.30pm. House and techno. Fri 23 Switch Up 10pm. Garage, grime, bassline and drum’n’bass.

Sat 24 Ascend 10pm-4am.

House and techno from Aza, Jomah, Liam O’Connol, Tom Ashton, Stu Grady, Anonymo and Easily Led. Tue 27 Tremmah x Submerge 10pm-4am. Dubstep. Thurs 29 10243 10pm. Techno.

Fri 7 Dec Groove Theory 10.30pm-4am. Fifth birthday night for local house/funk/ disco specialists. Headliner this time is Athens Of The North, an Edinburgh DJ who runs a label of the same name.

THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www. vaultspresents.com Sat 17 Got Bass x Ministry Of Sound 10pm5am. Featuring DJ Guv and three more headliners who are TBC at press time.

Described by Got Bass as being a little different from their normal fare, which probably means it’s drum’n’bass. Fri 30 Bedlam 10pm-4am, £14 adv. Drum’n’bass from Dimension and more TBC. Sat 1 Dec Vaults Presents 10pm-5am, £15.50 adv.

House from Steve Lawler, Jimmy Switch and more TBC. See Clubs.

WAREHOUSE 54 54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161.

Wednesdays Krazy Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session. Fridays Party Like It’s 1999 7pm-5am, £4/£1.99 before 12. Part of the NPclubhop multi-venue deal. Saturdays The Indie Rock Disco 12am. (Former) Meze Lounge DJs playing indie and rock classics. Also an NPclubhop night.

WOW BAR 4 Churchill Way, Cardiff.

Gay venue. Free all day Sun-Thurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www.wowbarcardiff.com Wednesdays Get Pounded Free. Hosted by Gypsy Divine, soundtracked by DJ Basil and named in reference to the £1 drinks offers. And nothing else.

Thursdays Let’s Have A Kiki Free. DJs Basil and Chris soundtrack non-stop fun and games. Fridays Kitty’s Kabaret Free before 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week.

Saturdays Hi Energy Free before 11. Pop and party upstairs, chart and dance downstairs. Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.

events EVERY MONDAY Bharatanatyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm.

Info 029 2075 1158.

Book Club Evergreen Hall, Bridgend. 2-3.30pm, £3/£1 members. Info 01656 815757.

A group for reading and discussing literature.

Brecon Town Band Rehearsals Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623650. Hosted by Dave Jones – contact him on the above number.

Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff.

7.45-10.45pm, £8/£6 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. A fusion of salsa, ballroom, tango, hip-hop and jive. Classes are easy and relaxed.

Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Rehearsals Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7-9pm, free. Info 01443 491424.

Drop-in Meditation And Mindfulness Classes The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £5/£3 unwaged. Info 01792 458245.

New weekly class led by Mike Garside, Resident Teacher of Dharmavajra Kadampa Buddhist Centre in Swansea.

Health Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth.

10.30-11.30am. Info 07772 657692.

Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 5.458pm, £6/£5. Info 01633

656757. 7-11 years old: 5.45-6.45pm; 12 and up: 6.45-8pm.

Newport Badminton Club Bettws Active Centre, Newport. 7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285. One of the largest badminton clubs in south-east Wales. Also on Thursdays.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule looks like this.

4.30-6pm: Youth: Wookies (7-9 years); Youth: Padawans (9-11 years). 6-8pm: Aerial Hoop Level 3, Static Trapeze Level 3. 7.45-9.45pm: Aerial Hoop Levels 2 and 4, Static Trapeze Level 4.

Pilates-Based Back Care Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

10.30am. Info 01874 625992.

With Katy Sinnadurai. Also on Wednesday evenings.

Pilates-Based Body Conditioning Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

11.45am. Info 01874 625992.

With Katy Sinnadurai. Also on Wednesday evenings.

Qigong Class The Sunhouse, Gwaelod-y-Garth, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £5. Info 07779 151916. More at www. bringingbalance.co.uk.

Ruff Folk Dance Club St Andrew’s Methodist Church Hall, Birchgrove, Cardiff.

8pm. Info 029 2051 3440.

With Ian Lewis.

Salsa Classes Horse & Groom, Cowbridge. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Beginners for the first hour, then improvers/ intermediate.

St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

7.30pm. Info 01446 799100.

Choir rehearsals.

Tango Dancing Argentine Barocco, Cardiff. 8-10.45pm, £3/£1. Info 029 2023 7332.

Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7-9pm. Info 07734 557767.

Learn traditional Korean karate; beginners welcome.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 3-6pm Open training; 6-8pm Intermediate Aerial Hoop And Circus Fitness; 8-10pm Beginners Aerial Hoop.

Yoga Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.30-1.15pm +5.50-6.50.

Info 029 2087 7959.

Yoga (Open Level) St Luke’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 7.15-8.15pm, £7.50/£35 for five classes.

Info sarasclasses4@gmail.com.

Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.309.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk. 6.30-8pm: intermediate; 8.10-9.30pm: beginners.

EVERY TUESDAY A Ballroom Dance

u – repeated

Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7-11pm. Info 01495 243252.

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

Every Tuesday to Thursday.

Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown.

8-10pm. Info 07790 167560.

Every Tuesday and Friday.

Art Club Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8.30pm, £5.

Info 01656 815757.

Beginners Ballet Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.157.30pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Covering key ballet principles including developing core strength, improving posture, basic steps, flexibility and coordination. Hosted

by National Dance Company Wales.

Beginners Contemporary Dance Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-8.45pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Exploring the basic principles of contemporary dance through a set of exercises. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.

Beijing 24 Step Tai Chi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-8pm. Info 07772 657692.

English Conversation Group For Beginners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher.

Finding Your Ancestors Carnegie House, Bridgend.

12.30-2.30pm, free. Info 01656 815757. With professional genealogist Cheryl Hart.

Gitananda Yoga St David’s Uniting Church, Pontypridd.

7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065.

Glam Dram St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

7pm. Info 01446 799100.

Amateur theatre company for adults.

Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.208pm, £10. Info 07806 625717.

All instruments and ages welcome.

Karate Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15-8.15pm. Info 029 2087 7959. With Emma Robins.

Knap Art Group All Saints Church Hall, The Knap, Barry. 2-4pm. Info glyn@ glynpooley.com. Hosted by Glyn Pooley. Get in touch if you are interested in developing your creativity through learning to draw or paint.

Laughter Yoga Llandaff North Community Centre, Cardiff. 7.15-8.15pm, £5 (suggested donation). Info www.sparklylaughter.co.uk.

“No experience required, no stretching and no mats needed,” promise the organisers.

Learn To Rock’n’Roll 50s Style Kenfig Hill Rugby Club, Bridgend. 8-10.30pm, £5. Info 07400 080101.

Hosted by Frank. Lessons are from 8.15-9pm; there’s a disco from 9-10.30. First

dance lesson free.

Life Drawing Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £7.50. Info 07830 381930.

Hosted by Cardiff Life Model.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea.

6-10pm. Info 01792 475147.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. With Lesley Walker. Also on Thursdays, Fridays aand Saturdays.

Morning Yoga Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8-9am, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. A Vinyasa flow class, aimed to develop functional, athletic abilities and maximise strength. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales.

Music Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.45am-1.45pm, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Music and movement class for babies aged eight weeks to five years.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 4.30-6pm: Youth: Wookies (7-9 years). 5-6pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years).

6-8pm: Supervised Training.

7.45-9.45pm: Beginners’ Mixed Aerial.

Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info kalavathi@omstudio.co.uk.

Qigong Class Bute Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, pay by donation. Info 07779 151916.

More at www.bringingbalance.co.uk.

Salsa Classes Kapu, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Beginners’ class starts 7.30pm; improvers 8.30; bachata 9.30.

Student Night Cardiff City Table Tennis Club, Dominion Way, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £2. Info 01446 412352. Featuring 16 table tennis tables; players of all ages and abilities are welcome. Check in advance on the sessions as the hall is occasionally booked by someone else.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am6pm Open Training; 6-8pm Trapeze For Beginners And Acrobalance; 8-10pm Chinese Pole.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

7-8.30pm, £9. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £6. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday and Wednesday.

Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth. 8.30-9.30pm. Info

admin@yoga-works.co.uk.

Mixed level class.

Zhan Zhuang Qigong Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.301.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. ZZQ is an ancient Chinese health system based on a series of static postures.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm.

Info 07891 712344. Led by Irene Davies, as is...

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff.

8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.

EVERY WEDNESDAY Adult Drama Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7.30-9pm, £6. Info 01656 815757.

Develop performance skills using impro, drama games and scripts.

Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff.

6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880.

A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252.

Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm.

Info 01633 656757.

Ceroc Dance Class Dockers Club, Swansea.

7.45pm-12am, £6/£8 freestyles. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail. com.

Cheer Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.30-10.15am, £3. Info 01633 656757.

Movement session for babies.

Circus Club Carnegie House, Bridgend. 5.30-7pm, £1. Info 01656 815757. Come and learn a range of simple circus skills with Organised Kaos.

City Of Cardiff Rotaract Meeting Refectory Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff.

6.30pm. Info 07768 108394.

An 18-30s community group that integrates young professionals, students and refugees through community projects and social events.

Creative Wednesdays Evergreen Hall, Bridgend.

2-4pm, £3/£1 members. Info 01656 815757. Workshops in drawing, painting, ceramics, textiles etc.

Djembe Drumming Workshops Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 6.309.30pm, £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. 6.30-8pm: beginners (£3); 8.15-9.30pm: intermediate/ advanced (£5). Drop-in classes.

Drop-In Exploring Drawing Workshop Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, Rhondda. 7-9pm, £10. Info 01443 682034. With tutor Chris Williams.

Inclusive Stay & Play Group Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 12.45-2.45pm.

Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. Hosted by KeyCreate – specialists in play, education, disabilities and creative arts – and aimed at children with additional needs, disabilities and life limiting conditions.

Jazz Workshops For Beginners Zion Chapel, Ponthir, Newport. 6.308.30pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. All instruments and ages welcome.

Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.156.15pm, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. 7-10 years old: 4.15-5.15pm; 14-18: 5.156.15pm.

NoFit State Circus Classees And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org.

Today’s schedule: 4.15-6pm: Youth: Jedi Acrobatics (11-18 years); 6-8pm: Adult Acrobatics; 8-9.30pm: Handstands.

Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £7.50/£35 for five classes.

Info sarasclasses4@gmail. com.

Pilates The Gate, Cardiff.

10.30am-1.30pm. Info info@ harnisch-lacey.com. 6pm: general; 7pm: advanced; 8pm: beginners.

Pilates-Based Back Care Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

5.45pm. Info 01874 625992.

With Katy Sinnadurai.

Pilates-Based Body Conditioning Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm.

Info 01874 625992. With Katy Sinnadurai.

Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley.

Qigong Class The Hub Community Centre, Llandaff North, Cardiff. 2-3pm. Info 07772 657692.

Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreation Club, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651.

Toddler Time Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 10-11am. Info 01685 384111. Pre-school stories, rhymes and crafts for toddlers.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am6pm Open Training; 6-8pm Introduction To Aerial (beginners mixed); 8-10pm Aerial Silks Intermediate.

Welsh Conversation For Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am, free.

Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified Welsh language teacher.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am, 11.30-am-12.45pm, 1-2.15pm + 7-9pm, £9/£8.

Info 07727 139379 / www. omstudio.co.uk. The evening class needs to be booked in advance. 11.30am-12.45pm is pregnancy yoga (previously on Thursdays).

Yoga Trwy Gyfrwng Y Gymraeg Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm.

Info admin@yoga-works. co.uk.

Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff.

6-7pm, £6. Info 029 2048 4880.

DAVID ICKE ‘Top secret locations’, Swansea, Mon 19 Nov (sold out); Cardiff, Wed 21 Nov Tickets: £30. Info: www.ickonic.com Venues of events having to be ‘top secret’ is always a reliable indicator of reasoned views expressed by decent people, and so it will surely prove when David Icke - loveable ex-professional sportsman whose kooky credentials include questioning the details of the Holocaust and thinking the Protocols Of The Elders Of Zion are real - appears in south Wales for two speaking engagements this month. With a frankly terrifying four-and-a-half hours of Ickean diatribe slated at each, conspiracy deep-divers will doubtless thrill to his skewering of the global establishment via his theory of a reptilian race. After all, elites should have their power checked whenever possible, no matter how crankily or anti-Semitically, thankfully we are lucky enough to live in a demorcracy and have a choice to engage or not.

Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea.

5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534.

EVERY THURSDAY Adult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff.

6.30-7.50pm, £10. Info 029 2048 4880.

Alexander Technique & Yoga M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11.30am-1pm, £16/£80 for six sessions. Info 029 2047 3373.

Art Club Penarth Pier Pavilion. 4.15-5.15pm, £5.

Info 0844 8700887. Creative fun for 5-11-year-olds with tutor Becky.

Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351.

Beijing 24 Step Tai Chi Albert Rd Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-7.30pm. Info 07772 657692.

Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863.

Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.307.30pm, £3.50 per session.

Info 01633 656757. Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves.

For ages 8-18.

Ceroc Dance Class Lysaght Institute, Newport.

7.30-10.45pm, £8/£6 NUS. Info cerocsouthwales@ gmail.com.

Children’s Latin/ Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252.

Create Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8pm. Info 029 2116 7920. Adult drama

group, aimed at all abilities.

Fitsteps FAB The Riverfront, Newport.

10-11am, £4. Info 01633 656757. Low intensity dance fitness workout.

Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £25 (five weeks). Info 07980 742328.

Hosted by Ronald Macauley.

Hatch Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 4.306.30pm. Info 01633 656757.

Hosted by Tin Shed Theatre.

Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £4/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www. brawlers.co.uk. With Cardiff roller derby team Tiger Bay Brawlers; fully coached and with veteran skater lead.

Also on every Sunday.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

Newport Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport. 8-10pm. Info 07789 965285. Coached by Rhys Pritchard who represented Wales at the Junior Commonwealth Games.

Newport Junior Badminton Club Pill Millennium Centre, Newport.

7-8.30pm. Info 07789 965285.

Coached by Rhys Pritchard.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 6-8pm: Ropes & Silks Level 2, Static Trapeze Level 2. 7.45-9.45pm: Static Trapeze Level 2, Ropes & Silks Level 3, Ropes & Silks Level 4.

Pilates Tramshed Studio,

Cardiff. 5.45-6.45pm, £10.

Info www.tramshedstudio. com.

Qigong Albert Rd Church & Community Centre, Penarth.

6.30-7.30pm. Info 07772 657692.

Salsa & Bachata Classes Kapu, Cardiff. 7pm-2am, £4-£7. Info 07800 565651.

Beginners 7.30pm; improvers/intermediates 8.30.

Free bachata dancing from 9.45pm.

Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff.

8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. Salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba.

Samba Band Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8pm, £1. Info 01656 815757.

Re-create the sound of Brazilian Carnaval with Sallie MacLennan. No experience necessary, instruments provided.

Singing For Lung Health Bridges Centre, Drybridge House, Monmouth. 11am12pm, £3. Info 03000 555555.

New singing group set up by the British Lung Foundation and open to anyone living with a lung condition.

The Alexander Technique M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am-12pm, £16.

Info info@yogaskies.co.uk.

Small group class hosted by Mike Young.

University Of The 3rd Age Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

Info richard-walker@live. co.uk. Hosted by Richard Walker – contact him on the above email.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 6-8pm BUZZ 61

ROOTS UNEARTHED NOVEMBER 2018 Regular readers of specialised music publications such as fRoots, Songlines and R’n’R will undoubtedly have noticed that certain artists crop up in their pages with alarming regularity, so much so that you wonder whether the likes of Jon Boden, Eliza Carthy and Karine Polwart ever sleep. Releasing albums, initiating collaborations, setting up new projects and constantly touring, they appear to be driven by an unstoppable restless energy. Also drinking from that well of creativity is north Walian Gwyneth Glyn, a polymath who through a combination of hard work and undeniable talent has quietly become one of Wales’ foremost roots musicians.

A poet who was appointed Wales’ Poet Laureate For Children (2006-2007), a writer for theatre and TV (including regular scripts for long running soap Pobol Y Cwm), Glyn has also recently completed her first opera libretto (an adaptation of Gwenlyn Parry’s play Y Twr) – a co-production between Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, and has been developing Teilchion/ Fragments a new piece of dance theatre with the De Oscuro theatre company.

That would probably be enough for most people, but Gwyneth has also released four solo albums and an acclaimed collaboration with Indian singer Tauseef Akhtar under the name Ghazalaw, a cross cultural blend of Welsh tradition and Indian ghazals that went on to received a BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards nomination for the song Moliannwn/Ishq Karo.

It was her most recent album Tro – a collection that traces the journey from Cardiff, where she lived for five years, back to her native environment in Eifionydd, north Wales – that has really raised Gwyneth’s profile. Its beautifully performed mixture of original and traditional songs gained her another Folk Award nomination for her song Cân Y Cwn. Gwyneth is supporting Catrin Finch and Seckou Keita on their autumn tour and will also be making a headline appearance as part of the Roots Unearthed series at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Tue 20 Nov where she’ll be accompanied

by Dylan Fowler (guitar/tabwrdd), Gillian Stevens (viol/crwth) and Rowan Rheingans (banjo/violin/vocals).

BUZZ ALSO RECOMMENDS: Jaywalkers. British Americana at its very best.

Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy (Thurs 15) Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita. Acclaimed pairing of Welsh harpist and Senegalese kora player. Pontardawe Arts Centre (Fri 16) Seth Lakeman. Bringing folk music to the masses. Tramshed, Cardiff. (Sun 18) Please send your folk and roots listings to listings@buzzmag.co.uk or phone them in to 029 2022 6767

BUZZ 62

Introduction To Aerial; 8-10pm Beginners Aerial Silks.

Yarny Army Evergreen Hall, Bridgend. 10am-12pm, £2/£1 members. Info 01656 815757.

Knitting and crocheting; beginners welcome.

Yoga And Alexander Technique M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am. Info 029 2047 3373. Hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Cardiff Steiner School, Llandaff North, Cardiff. 6-7 + 7-8pm, £8/£6.50. Info info@yogaskies.co.uk. Hosted by Mike Young.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-8.45pm, £9/£8.

Info 07727 139379 / www. omstudio.co.uk. 7.30pm: Pregnancy yoga.

EVERY FRIDAY Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown.

8-10pm. Info 07790 167560.

Bingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”.

Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm.

Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk.

Cardiff Table Tennis Community Club Upper Hall, Sport Wales, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 01446 412352. Featuring 16 table tennis tables; players of all ages and abilities are welcome. Check in advance on the sessions as the hall is occasionally booked by someone else.

Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am.

Info 01495 243252.

Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.4511.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks). Info 01446 401209.

Dance Tots The Riverfront, Newport. 9.30-10.05am + 10.15-10.50am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757.

Parent/toddler dance and exercise session.

English Conversation Group For Advanced Adult Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff.

11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

Movement And Music For A Fuller Life Bishop Of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7.45-9.30pm, £5.

Info 07726 360584. Biodanza session, on most weeks (ring ahead to check) aiming to help you “discover the joy of living, feel better and happier, benefit from more energy, and be more flexible”.

Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm.

Info 01633 400685.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 4.15-6pm: Youth: Jedi Aerial Skills (11-18 years); 6.30-7.30pm: Hula Disco!

Older Adult Dance/ Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11am-12pm, £3.

Info 01633 656757. Low impact dance and exercise class aimed at the over 50s.

Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2022 7982.

Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff.

7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. No experience or partner required.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 6-8pm Circus Fit; 6-8pm Supervised training.

Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm.

Info 07891 712344. With Irene Davies.

EVERY SATURDAY African Drumming Sessions Glyndwr Community Centre, Penarth.

10-11.30am, £7. Info 07974 635502 / dan@phelpsmusic. com.

Ballroom Dancing Class Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am kids / 11am adults, £4 per class. Info 01685 384111.

10am: kids; 11am: adults; 12pm: private tuition.

Family Saturdays Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464. Craft workshops for kids and parents.

Knit And Natter Group M.A.D.E. Cafe, Cardiff3pm, free. Info 029 2047 3373.

Sharing, talking and informal tutoring of knitting skills – all levels welcome.

Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219.

Movement For Children Volcano, Swansea. 10am12pm, £4. Info www. volcanotheatre.co.uk.

Energetic classes with a focus on creativity, supporting physical development and building confidence.

Ages 4-7: 10am; 8-12: 11am.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 10-11.30am: Youth: Wookies (7-9 years); 11.30am-12.30pm: Youth: Ewoks (5-7 years); Youth: Padawans (9-11 years); 2-4pm: Youth: Jedi Performance Skills (11+); 4-6pm: Youth: Jedi General Skills (11-18 years).

Performance Academy Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

10am-1pm, £10. Info 01685 384111. Offering professional theatre and performance coaching in dance, acting,

musical theatre and singing.

Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff.

9.30am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982.

Up Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff.

Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk.

Today’s schedule: 10am-12 pm Introduction to Aerial (beginners mixed); 10am - 12pm Introduction To Chinese Pole; 12-2pm + 2-4pm Drop-in Training; 2.30-4pm Youth Circus.

Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff.

8-9.30am, £8. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi.

EVERY SUNDAY Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351.

Bridgend Undercover Car Boot Sale Multistorey Car Park, Bridgend Town Centre.

7am-12pm, free (selling cars £6; selling cars with trailers £10). Info 01656 661338.

Cooper’s Quiz Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Hosted by Ben Cooper.

Draw Somebody’s Sunday Body Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30pm, £7.50.

Info 07830 381930. Hosted

by Cardiff Life Model.

Hold Up Sunday Social Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff.

2pm, free. Info 029 2009 5590. Pool, table tennis and access to The Hold Up’s jam/ rehearsal space.

Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £3/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www. brawlers.co.uk. Uncoached session hosted by Tiger Bay Brawlers.

Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre.

6-10pm. Info 01792 863722.

NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £4-£12 per class.

Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Today’s schedule: 1-3pm + 3-5pm: Flying Trapeze Beginners & Improvers; 5-6.30pm: Acrobalance; 5-7pm: Flying Trapeze Intermediate & Advanced.

Open Breaking/ Breakdance Training Session Cardiff Speaker Hire, Cardiff. 5-8pm, £3.

Info 029 2009 5590. Hosted

by Cardiff City Breakers, The Hold Up and Elemental Force. *Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Always worth a trip.

Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. Weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and co-operative games.

THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER uArtes Mundi Workshops National Museum Cardiff.

12-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Half-term activities. On tomorrow also. uAutumn Apprentice Trail Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10am-3pm, free after admission. Info 029 2059 3328. Have you got what it takes to be a Dyffryn gardener? Have a go at some autumnal garden jobs this half term and see if you could keep up. Huge fan of children paying to do manual labour for lavishly funded National Trust piles.

(Until Sun 4) Bobbing Boats National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. Create a craft that makes a tiny boat bob on the sea, and learn sea safety facts Bridgend Writers’ Circle Carnegie House, Bridgend.

7pm, free. Info 01656 815757.

Meeting here on the first Thursday of every month. uDinky Donkey Walking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend a couple of hours with a pair of Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys. Also on Sat 3, Sun 4, Sat 10, Sun 11, Sat 17, Sun 18, Sat 24 and Sun 25 this month. uDrawing Carmarthen Community Education Centre. 2.30-4.30pm, £65 (10 weeks). Info 01550 777933 / sheridanjulieann@gmail. co.uk. With Julie Ann Sheridan. Every Thursday until 22 Nov. First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 029 2030 4400.

New poetry and fiction, this month with Richard Gwyn, Ailbhe Darcy and Katherine Stansfield. uGraham The Ghost Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475.

Interactive story session about a ghost who has lost his glow. Suitable for under7s. (Until Sun 4) Half Term Drop-In-AndMake Craft Afternoon For Kids The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 2-4pm, £2 (suggested donation). Info 01291 627122. For ages 3+. uHalloween Half Tern Fun Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 10am-5.30pm, free.

Info 01792 371206. Various calendar-appropriate activities for schoolkids. (Until Sun 4) Kemi’s Storytelling Suppers Kemi’s, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7pm, £14. Info 029 2037 2055. Monthly gathering starting up again after summer, this edition featuring guest storyteller Megan Lloyd. Price includes food.

Midnight Premium Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle.

10.30pm, £15.50. Info 07538 878609. Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff.

7-10pm, £2 corkage fee. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.

co.uk. BYOB open mic night, hosted by Jonathan Powell and on every first Thursday of the month. uPainting For Pleasure Carmarthen Community Education Centre. 9.3011.30am, £65 (10 weeks).

Info 01550 777933 / sheridanjulieann@gmail. co.uk. With Julie Ann Sheridan. Every Thursday until 22 Nov. uPiggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £25/£10 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Take a pair of friendly Kune Kune pigs (from New Zealand, look a bit like Ewoks) for a walk, then return to the smallholding for refreshments. Also on Fri 2, Sat 3, Sun 4, Sun 11, Sun 18 and Sun 25 this month. uScrappy Sheep Club National Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre. 12-3pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. Daffodil planting in time for spring.

On tomorrow also. uSelf-Led Activities Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-4pm, £1 (suggested donation). Info 01792 516900. Visit the Gallery’s Garden Room and find out about our free activities on offer. On tomorrow also. uSpooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Eerie events and ghostly goings-on for half-term. (Until Sun 4) uSpot The Bat Tail National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Kids’ activities. On tomorrow also. uStar Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission fee. Info 029 2047 5475. Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die.

(Until Sun 4) uSt Fagans Makers Market National History Museum, St Fagans. Free.

Info 029 2057 3500. On tomorrow also.

Through The Pint Glass The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Poetry and spoken word. uWatercolours Carmarthen Community Education Centre. 12-2pm, £65 (10 weeks). Info 01550 777933 / sheridanjulieann@ gmail.co.uk. With Julie Ann Sheridan. Every Thursday until 22 Nov. Welsh Wrestling Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £12/£9. Info 01633 868239.

FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER Arts & Craft Table Top Sales Ebenezer Chapel, Tonypandy. 10am-1pm, £5 to set up a table. Info ebenezercraftsfair@gmx. co.uk. First Friday of every month.

Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (threemonth trial membership).

Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk. Meeting

here on the first Friday of each month.

Day Of The Dead Party Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510.

Day Of The Dog Le Public Space, Newport. 6.30pm, £20 adv + £3 per each extra dog.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk. This is hosted by Dog Furiendly and is billed as Day Of The Dead, but for dogs.

Farmers Market High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free.

Info 01685 725106. Quality produce from no more than 50 miles away, on the first Friday of each month.

Festival Of Light Carnegie House, Bridgend (starting point). 5pm, free. Info 01656 815757. Walking to Newbridge Fields with lanterns. uLevel 1 Bike Maintenance Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff.

9.30am-4pm, £75. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Also on Sat 10 this month.

Levison Wood St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.

Info 029 2087 8444. British explorer talks about his trips to various dangerous places.

www.cycletrainingwales. org.uk. Adult bikes on sale from £60; kids’ bikes from £10. On tomorrow also, from 10.30am-12.30pm, and every other Friday this month.

SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER Angela’s Festive Collection Special Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £205. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk. Price includes a signed copy of Angela’s book Art & Craft Fair Roath Church House, Waterloo Road, Cardiff. 2-4pm, free.

Info jackybeavis@gmail. com. uArt Trolley Saturday Drop-In Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.30am1pm, free (suggested donation £3). Info 01792 516900.

Every Saturday this month.

Autumn Beer Fest The Parrot, Carmarthen. 12pm12am. Info 01267 231012.

With a focus on dark beers.

Autumn Craft Fair Bryngarw Park, nr Bridgend.

11.30am-4pm, free. Info

Mountain biker Steve Peat discusses his life/career at Theatr Hafren, Newtown (Thurs 8 Nov) and the Parc & Dare in Treorchy (Fri 9). The evening is titled Bikes & Beers, to give you an idea of its likely tone.

Little Mice Club: Out At Sea National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Bilingual playtime for babies/toddlers. uMade By Hand Civic Centre, Cardiff. 10am-5pm, £13 weekend/£7 per day (£11/£6 concessions). Info hello@madebyhand-wales. co.uk. Annual craft weekend here, featuring featuring over 135 makers selling directly to the public as well as workshops, masterclasses, live music etc. On from 10am4pm on Sun 4. (Until Sun 4) Neon Light The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, £35. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Remembrance Service For Wales’ Ethnic Servicemen & Women Temple Of Peace, Cardiff.

6.30-8.30pm. Info 029 2022 8549. Part of a series of events at this venue during November, marking both 100 years since the end of WWI and 80 years since the Temple was opened.

Till Death Do Us Party Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff. 5-10.45pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 029 2037 3144.

Day Of The Dead-themed festivities. uWorkshop Bike Sale Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 1-5pm. Info

01656 815995. Also featuring craft demos and storytelling sessions.

Craft Fair Coffee Cove Cafe Bar, Barry Island. 10am3.30pm, free/£10 to set up a stall. Info 07948 399111.

Every first Saturday of the month.

Craft Fair St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 10am4pm, £22.50 to set up a table. Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Death Cafe National History Museum, St Fagans.

11am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. New event where people can assemble and discuss death, in a personal and/or cultural context.

Drawn Together National Museum Cardiff. 2pm, free (£5 deposit). Info 029 2039 7951. Drawing workshop with Kim James-Williams Eclectic Crafters Centenary Hall, Maryport Street, Usk. Info eclectic. crafters@gmail.com.

Craft fair held on the first Saturday of each month.

Enfys Craft Fair St. Francis Millennium Centre, Barry. 10am-4pm. Info 01446 792149. Every first Saturday of the month.

Fireworks Spectacular Celtic Manor, nr Newport. £11 adv/£7 under-14s/free under-2s. Info 01633 413000.

Football: Premier League – Cardiff City v Leicester

City Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 3pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v Coventry Blaze Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Machen Rural Market Machen Church Hall. 10am2pm. Info 07737 630657. On the first Saturday of every month.

Introduction To Jewellery Making UWTSD Alex Design Exchange, Swansea. 10.30am-3.30pm, £25. Info 01792 652016.

Presented by Mission Gallery and hosted by Anna Lewis.

Open Haus The Printhaus / The Bone Yard, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 0349. Monthly open studios here, an opportunity to meet the artists and makers in this creative community. On the first Saturday of every month.

People’s March Belle Vue Park, Newport. 4.30-7.10pm, free (£3 to be a torchbearer).

Info info@newportrising. co.uk. Taking place as part of the Newport Rising series of events, on today and tomorrow.

People’s Market Newport Market. 10am-3pm, free.

Info info@newportrising. co.uk. Featuring 25 stalls and taking place as part of the Newport Rising series of events this weekend. uPig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth.

10am-4pm, free. Info enquiries@pigstreetcrafts.co.uk.

Selling original arts and crafts, semi-regularly until Christmas. Also on Sat 17 this month.

Quilting Workshop National Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre. 10am-4pm, £30. Info 029 2057 3600.

Rugby Union: Autumn International – Wales v Scotland Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 2.45pm, £25-£75. Info www. principalitystadium.wales.

First of four Wales international matches here this month, indeed one is on every Saturday.

Smallholding For Beginners Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £130.

Info 01600 714595.

Sparks In The Park Bute Park, Cardiff. 4.30-9.30pm, £10/£5 kids. Info cardiff. roundtable.co.uk. Annual fireworks display. uSwansea Science Festival: Family Weekend National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. Free.

Info 029 2057 3600. First part of this year’s festival, featuring a range of children’s activities today and tomorrow; events aimed at ages 16 and up are on Wed 7 and Thurs 8. Book individual tickets in advance please.

More info at www.swansea. ac.uk/swanseasciencefestival. Today: The Wizarding World Of Harry Potter (11am-12.30pm and 2-3.30pm); Science Made Simple presents Bubbles & Balloons! (11am-12pm);

Becoming Dr Jones (1-2pm); Their Poverty And Ours: Stories Of Shrimp Farming Communities In Bangladesh (11am-12pm and 2.153.15pm) and Science Made Simple – Exploding Water Show! (3-4pm). Sun 4: Illustrate Your Dreams: Live!

(10am-1pm); Dino Workshop (11am-12pm and 12.451.45pm); StrongWomen Science (11.30am-12.30pm and 1.30-2.30pm); High-End To Bargain Basement – How Much Should Our Clothes Cost? (2.30-4pm) Mark Thompson’s Spectacular Science Show (3-4pm) and Time – What A Concept!

(3.30-4.30pm).

Vintage Kilo Sale Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff.

10am-6pm, free. Info 029 2037 3144. Designer labels at £15 a kilo they’re saying.

WWE Live 2018 Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £25. Info 029 2022 4488.

Featuring AJ Styles, Daniel Bryan, Randy Orton and Rey Mysterio among many others.

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER Belle’s Vintage Fair Belle Vue Park, Newport.

11am-4pm, free. Info 0303 7622680. On the first Sunday of every month this year.

Bring And Share Supper Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, free. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. Community social, every first Sunday of the month.

Cardiff Storytelling Circle Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400.

Commemoration Ceremony St Woolos Cathedral Churchyard, Newport. 4-5pm, free. Info info@newportrising.co.uk.

Newport Rising event.

Cwmbran Craft Fayre Our Lady’s School Hall, Cwmbran. 1-4pm. Info cwmbran_crafts@hotmail. co.uk. Every first Sunday of the month.

Dungarees The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 2-6pm, £55. Info twinmadethings@ gmail.com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Fireworks Caldicot Castle & Country Park. 6.308.30pm, £7.50/£4.50 kids/ free under-3s. Info 01291 420241.

Friars Walk Market Friars Walk, Newport.

11am-4pm, £24 to set up a table. Info 07954 654220.

On the first Sunday of every month, on John Frost Square (in good weather) or inside the Mall (in normal weather).

Guided Walk To The Chartist Caves Top House pub, Trefil, Newport (starting point). 10am-2pm, free.

Info info@newportrising. co.uk. Newport Rising event. Book in advance please.

Make And Freeze Christmas Classics Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch

Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-3.30pm, £185. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

Mud And Glory: The Art Of World War One The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 2.304pm, £10/£7.50. Info 01291 627122. Lecture by Eleanor Bird, relating to the exhibition currently showing here (see the Art listings).

Simple Skirt With Pockets The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am1pm, £35. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Swing Dance Sunday Bootlegger, Cardiff. 7pm, £4.

Info 07495 657407. Taster classes, every first Sunday of the month, with Anna Rogers from Lindy Hop Cardiff.

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER uAdvanced Choreography/Burlesque Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.459.15pm, £8/£50 for eightweek course.Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.

With Stephanie; working towards a Christmas show in Newport on Sat 22 Dec and suitable for dancers who have performed in three or more previous Cardiff Cabaret Club shows. Every Monday until 17 Dec. uBeginners Burlesque/ Showgirl Course Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 6.30-7.45pm, £8/£50 for eight-week course.Info info@burlesquecardiff. co.uk. With Stephanie; working towards a Christmas show in Newport on Sat 22 Dec. Every Monday until 17 Dec. uChildren’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4pm. Info mail@miriamriseboroughschoolofballet.co.uk. 4pm: ages 4-6; 4.45pm: ages 6-8; 5.45pm: Grade 1. With Miriam Riseborough. Every Monday until December TBC. uContemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm. Info s.elliebrown@ googlemail.com. With Eleanor Brown. Every Monday until December TBC. Gwd Mondays: Musical Bingo Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. uHave Fun / Meet New People Grangetown Community Choir Cornwall Street Baptist Church Hall. Grangetown, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 per session/£80 for 10 sessions.

Info paulinedown7@gmail. com. With Pauline Down, every Monday until 10 Dec. uPilates: Gentle / General The Gate, Cardiff.

10.30am-1.30pm. Info info@ harnisch-lacey.com. Gentle fitness for the first hour, general for the second two. Every Monday until December TBC. uWrite On Writers Morganstown Village Hall.

6.30-8.30pm. Info 07512 BUZZ 63

* – recommended 235758. An open group of writers who encourage others to write and also critique work. Also on Mon 19; it takes place here every first and third Monday of the month.

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER uAmerican Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2pm, £4.50. Info 029 2048 3344.

With John Moore. Every Tuesday until TBC. uArt Babas Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.3011.30am, free. Info 01792 516900. Relaxed sensory craft session for parents/ carers and children from six months to three years. Also on Tue 20 this month. Book in advance please. uBoylesque: James Bond And Beyond! Talent Shack, Cardiff. 8-9.30pm, £8/£50 for eight-week course.Info info@burlesquecardiff. co.uk. With Stephanie; working towards a Christmas and/or Valentine show. Every Monday until 17 Dec. Brew Drawing Workshop The Gate, Cardiff. 11.30am, free. Info 029 2048 3344.

Coffee morning combined with creative activity.

Contemporary Conversations Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Session to provide a supportive environment for people with an interest in creating art work and discussing contemporary issues. Book in advance please. uEgyptian (Isis) Wings Choreography & Belly Dance Talent Shack, Cardiff. 6.45-8pm, £8/£50 for eight-week course.Info info@burlesquecardiff. co.uk. With Stephanie; working towards a Christmas show in Newport on Sat 22 Dec. Every Monday until 17 Dec. uExplore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. Book club, on every Tuesday this month apart from Tue 30, with no obligation to have read the book(s) beforehand.

This month books with a food-related theme will be discussed. uExtend The Gate, Cardiff.

10am, £4. Info 029 2048 3344. With Mabel GomezCehic. Every Tuesday until December TBC. uIrish Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 7.45-9.15pm. Info reelfitnesscardiff@gmail. com. Beginners 7.45-830pm; intermediate 8.30-9.15pm.

With Yvonne McNelis. Every Tuesday until December TBC. uPainting For Pleasure Carmarthen Community Education Centre. 10am12pm + 1-3pm, £65 (10 weeks). Info 01550 777933 / sheridanjulieann@gmail. co.uk. With Julie Ann Sheridan. Every Tuesday until 20 Nov. uPilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30pm.

Info info@harnisch-lacey. com. Every Tuesday until BUZZ 64

December TBC. uRemember When...?

Newport Museum & Art Gallery. 2pm, free. Info 01633 656656. Join museum volunteer Peter Brown and share memories of growing up in Newport. Every Tuesday until 18 Dec. RNIB Art Group Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Tutor-led class for people with visual impairments. Book in advance please. uRoath Writers The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. A space for writers of all levels to write, develop and share their work in an informal workshop environment. Every first two Tuesdays of the month (also on Tue 13 in November).

Rules Of Play The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-11pm, £3.50.

Info 029 2048 3344. Board game evening on the first Tuesday of every month. uUplift Singing Sessions Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

12.30-1.30pm, £5/£4. Info 01874 611622. With Tanya Walker. Every Tuesday (apart from 30 Oct) until 18 Dec. Why Did Peace Emerge In Northern Ireland In 1998? (Panel 1) Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University.

5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2087 5494. The first of five Cardiff Festival Of Social Science 2018 events on this week; go to www.cardiff.ac.uk/festivalof-social-sciences for more info. This is the first of two discussions on this topic, the other being on Thurs 8.

WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER uAdult Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea.

1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Every Wednesday this month.

An Evening with Paul Gascoigne & Vinnie Jones Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff.

6.30-10.30pm, £25-£100. Info 029 2240 4901. Hosted by Kong events and advertised with the obligatory scrotumgrabbing photo.

Christmas Market Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 6-9pm, free. Info 01495 353397.

Drink & Draw The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Learn drawing skills with artist Rachel Rasmussen, every first Wednesday of the month. uGuided Temple Tours And Archive Workshops Temple Of Peace, Cardiff.

12.30-1.30pm. Info 029 2022 8549. Lunchtime tours, led

by Mari Lowe and on every Wednesday this month.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v Fife Flyers Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Mead Making Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £11. Info hannah@ greencityevents.co.uk. With Dinah, a beekeeper. Hosted

by Green City Events.

Only Fools And Boycie Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Anecdotes etc with John Challis from Only Fools & Horses. uPilates: Beginners / General / Advanced The Gate, Cardiff. 6pm.

Info info@harnisch-lacey. com. 6pm: general; 7pm: advanced; 8pm: beginners. Every Wednesday until December TBC. Reminiscence Monthly Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2034 6214. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month. uSwansea Science Festival: For Ages 16+ Various venues, Swansea.

Free. Info 029 2057 3600.

The second two days of this multi-event festival. More info at www.swansea.ac.uk/ swanseasciencefestival.

Today: Pregnancy and Childbirth: Eating, Exercise, And Mindset (LC Swansea, 10.30am-12.30pm); Star Wars in the Contemporary World (National Waterfront Museum, 7.30-9pm). Thurs 8: Unkindest Cut: Harm And Harmony In Your Head (The Shipping Container next to Taliesin, 12.30-1.30/33.30/4.30-5/7.15-7.45pm plus a related discussion at Taliesin Create, 5.306.30pm); Sexual Crimes And Terrorism: The Dark Side Of Social Media (Taliesin, 3-4pm); Genetic Data (Taliesin Create, 3.154.15pm); Swansea LawZone (Taliesin Create, 5-6pm); Alice Roberts, Tamed: Three Species That Changed Our World (Taliesin Arts Centre, 6-7pm with a book signing from 7-8pm); Their Poverty And Ours: Sharing The Stories Of Shrimp Farming Community (Taliesin Create, 6.30-7pm); Spectacle Of Spectacles (Taliesin Create, 8-8.30pm) and Flux (Taliesin, 8-9pm).

Wartime Exhibition Talks Carnegie House, Bridgend.

6-8pm, free. Info 01656 815757. Coinciding with a display exhibition on here this weeks, WWI-themed talks by Karen Steadman and Cheryl Hart.

Words The Turtle Taught Me Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £6-£9. Info 01970 623232. Multimedia performance inspired by the poetry of Susan Richardson.

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER uArt Class Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 10.30am-12.30pm + 1-3pm, £6.50/£25.50 for five weeks. Info 01656 815995. Earlier session is for beginners; later session is for everyone. Also on Thurs 15 and Thurs 22 Nov. Arts Society Cardiff Lecture: The Queen Of Instruments – The Lute Within Old Masters Paintings Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2pm, £7. Info 029 2030 4400. Lecture by

Adam Busiakiewicz. uCraft Night: Macrame Keychains Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info larkdesignmake@ gmail.com. Fortnightly craft night hosted by Lark Design Make.

Crafty Beer Evening NosDa, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £15. Info 029 2037 8866.

Do crafts and drink some drinks, with your hosts Twin Made. Price includes one drink and crafting materials/ equipment. uFree Workshops For Refugees & Asylum Seekers Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10.30am12.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Hosted by Eric Ngalle Charles; also on Thurs 15, Thurs 22 and Thurs 29 this month.

Growing Teacher Expertise: Is Research The Answer? Committee Rooms 1 & 2, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University.

5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2087 5494. Cardiff Festival Of Social Science 2018 event.

Stepping Inside The Minds Of Children Milk & Sugar, The Hayes, Cardiff.

4-8pm, free. Info 029 2087 5494. Cardiff Festival Of Social Science 2018 event.

Steve Peat Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01686 614555. Mountain bike champ talks about his career/life in an evening with the no-nonsense title Bikes & Beers. In Treorchy tomorrow. uTuneless Choir Cardiff Aspire Fitness, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 first session/£7 drop-in/£40 for eight weeks. Info 07745 683723. Choir, led by Mei Gwynedd, for people who want to sing but can’t carry a tune. Also on Thurs 22 this month.

Tony Stockwell Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £23.50/£19.50. Info 01633 868239. Psychic medium.

Why Did Peace Emerge In Northern Ireland In 1998? (Panel 2) Council Chamber, Glamorgan Building, Cardiff University.

5-6.30pm, free. Info 029 2087 5494.

FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER An Evening with Mike Phillips Jac’s, Aberdare.

7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Welsh rugby icon talks about his career. Also features comedy and music from Ceri Haggett.

Dinky Dragons Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff.

10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Family fun day for 0-5-year-olds on the second Friday of every month.

Festival Of The Dead Cardiff Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union.

10pm-3am, £24.90 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. “Please note: this event is not part of the Dia de los Muertos public holiday, which has significant religious meaning and many traditions that will not be happening at our show.”

Little Man Quiz Little Man

Coffee Co, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £1 to play. Info 07933 844234.

Every second Friday of the month.

Lost In France: Remembering Welsh Football Great Leigh Roose & Other Missing Sporting Heroes Of The First World War Octavo’s Book, Café & Wine Bar, Cardiff Bay. 6-8pm, free.

Info 029 2049 1220. Talk by Spencer Vignes, who has written a book also titled Lost In France.

Nick Macleod’s Festive Breads Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-3.30pm, £175. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk. uPhilosophy In A Cafe Steen’s Cafe, Windsor Place, Cardiff. 2-4pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2023 1723.

Every second and fourth Friday of the month. Today: Does Reality Matter?; Fri 23: Life’s Journey; Myth, Metaphor or Reality? uSense(s) Of Place Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

10.15am-7.30pm, free. Info 029 2087 5494. Two-day programme (on tomorrow also) of interactive events and exhibitions presented by the Sustainable Places Research Institute of Cardiff University. Cardiff Festival Of Social Science 2018 event.

Steve Peat Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £18. Info 0300 0040444.

Succulent Terrarium & Macramé Hanger Workshop The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, £50. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Tea Dance St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

2pm, £5. Info 01446 799100.

With Alan Taylor.

Toddler Days Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £5.50/free under-4s. Info 029 2047 5475. Monthly term-time events for toddlers and their parents, this month’s theme being ‘pirate playtime’.

SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER All Will Be Well M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. £25 all day/£10 per session. Info 029 2047 3373. Featuring four therapists offering taster sessions in Alexander Technique, Reiki, Shiatsu and yoga. uBoutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 12.303.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959.

On tomorrow also.

Boxing: H46 Pro League The Neon, Newport. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01633 533666.

Semi-pro bouts.

British Legion Big Band Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 8pm, £12.50 adv.

Info 01495 243252. With Mark Porter and his Swing Band.

Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.304.30pm. Info cwmbran_ crafts@hotmail.co.uk. Every second Saturday of the

u – repeated

month.

Cardiff 5K & 10K MoRun Bute Park, Cardiff. 10a,-1pm, £16 to register. Info www. mo-running.com/cardiff.

Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free.

Info 01291 626370. Every second and fourth Saturday of the month (also on Sat 24).

Craft & Gift Fair Tabernacl Chapel, The Hayes, Cardiff. 10am-4pm.

Info uniquefairs@gmx. co.uk.

Craft Fair St. Marys Catholic Church Hall, Bridgend. 11am-3pm, £10 to set up a table. Info 07791 507823.

Dewch i Ganu National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Join musician Delyth Jenkins and learn Welsh through song.

Diwali Decorations – Rangoli National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Hosted by Sarita.

Dungarees Dress Making The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 2-5pm, £45. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop. Also on Sun 11 and Sat 24 (10am-1pm).

Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly. 9.30am, free. Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month.

Festival Of Remembrance Brangwyn Hall, Swansea.

7pm. Info 01792 475715.

Football: Premier League – Cardiff City v Brighton & Hove Albion Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 3pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Funky Craft Fayre Ostreme Centre, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info nigel.mason@ntlworld.com.

Second Saturday of every month. uFused Glass Jewellery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £120 (two days). Info 029 2048 4611. With Emma-Jayne Lloyd, also taking place on Sat 17.

Leather Handle Tote Bag The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-1pm, £35.

Info twinmadethings@ gmail.com. Twin Made craft workshop. uLest We Forget Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am4pm, free after admission.

Info 01639 881635. Heritage project commemorating the fallen of WWI. (Until Sun 18) uLights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. £1.50 after admission. Look up into the night sky to explore the many lights that have fascinated humans for centuries. (Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 25) Mumbles Produce Market Seafront Car Park, Mumbles.

9am-1pm, free. Info 01792 361012. Every second Saturday of the month.

Newport Craft Fayre The Gallery, Newport Indoor Market. 9am-4.30pm, free.

Info 01633 656656. Every

second Saturday of the month.

Nimble Fingers Craft Fayre Victoria Hall, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am4pm, free. Info 07790 298913. On the second Saturday of every month until the end of the year. uPawprints In The Winter Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £1.50 after admission. Info 029 2047 5475. Learn about the animals you can find amongst the stars. Suitable for under7s. (Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 25) Rag Rugging National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

Remembrance Service National History Museum, St Fagans. 10.50am-1pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3500.

Rugby Union: Autumn International – Wales v Australia Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 5.20pm, £25-£75. Info www. principalitystadium.wales.

SA4 Market Canolfan Centre, Gorseinon, Swansea.

Free. Info andwoo29@gmail. com. Craft and local produce market, every second Saturday of the month.

Saturday Art Club Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran. 10am12pm + 1-3pm, £6 per session. Info 01633 483321.

Monthly sessions aimed at ages 7-11, on every second Saturday of the month until June and offering the opportunity to explore disciplines such as collage, construction, printmaking, ceramics, painting and drawing.

Saturday Family Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Book in advance please.

Spoken Word Saturday Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £3.

Info 0845 2263510. uSwitched On Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Explore how visible light and light we cannot see plays a part in all our lives. (Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 25) uTalk At 4 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. A guide to the exhibition currently running here, Rachel Maclean’s Spite Your Face.

Also on Sat 24 this month.

Tea Light Holders And Decorations In Porcelain Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £80.

Info 029 2048 4611. With Louise Hall.

Tribe Peak, The Old School, Crickhowell. 2-4.30pm, £3.

Info 01873 811579. Monthly workshop for young artists (age 7-11) and their families.

Also on Sat 8 Dec. T-Shirt Printing The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff.

12-3pm, £45. Info 029 2022 0349. Monthly course aimed at beginners.

Young Makers Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Turn your drawings into professional quality animation

puppets and three-dimensional theatre sets. Book in advance please.

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER Armistice Day Memorial Services Alexandra Gardens, Cardiff. 10am. Info 029 2022 8549. Beginning here and continuing in Llandaff Cathedral from 3-5pm.

Barry Island Handmade Market Barry Island train station. 11am-3pm, free. Info facebook.com/ barryislandhandmademarket. Every second Sunday of the month. uDark Castle Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 kids. Info 07538 878609. Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Also on Sun 18 and Sun 25.

Diwali Mela National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Festive Hindu celebration featuring dance performances and workshops, fashions show and live music.

Doug Scott & Paul Tut Braithwaite Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

2.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01874 611622. Brace of British mountaineers talk about their career.

Festive Ballontines, Terrines And En Croutes!

Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan.

9.30am-3.30pm, £195. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v Belfast Giants Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Introduction To Table Loom Weaving Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £85. Info 029 2048 4611. With Laura Thomas.

Kidsmarkets Mega Market Cowbridge Comprehensive School.

11am-12.30pm, £1.50/kids free. Info 07760 802088.

Featuring up to 30 stalls of great quality new and preloved kids’ toys.

Macrame Workshop The Flower Lodge, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 3-5pm, £25. Info larkdesignmake@gmail. com. Hosted by Lark Design Make.

Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-3pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly event.

Remembrance Sunday Dyffryn Gardens, Vale Of Glamorgan. 11-11.15am, free. Info 029 2059 3328. A bugler from Cathays Brass will play The Last Post and Reveille from the balcony of the house.

Remembrance Sunday National Museum Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Various activities relating to the day in question.

Remembrance Sunday – Poppy Wall National Waterfront Museum,

Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600.

Sunday Brunch Club Glittery Bunting The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

12-1pm, £10. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Vertigo Pro Wrestling: New Frontiers Jac’s, Aberdare. 2.30pm, £9/£6 kids. Info 01685 879491.

Wartime Horrible History Stories National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30, 1.30 + 2.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER An Evening With Morfydd Owen (I) Cardiff University Concert Hall. 6-8pm, £5/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.

Archive presentation from Rhian Davies. Part II of this pair of events is a concert, on tomorrow.

Chartism: An Update Newport Museum & Art Gallery. 7pm, £2/free members. Info 01633 656656.

Organised by the Friends of Newport Museum & Art Gallery.

Egg Tempera Painting Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £105.

Info 029 2048 4611. With Amanda Blake.

Football: EFL Trophy Southern Group C – Newport Country v Plymouth Argyle Rodney Parade, Newport. 7.45pm.

Info 01633 481896.

Music & Art In The Age Of Vermeer Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

2.30pm, £8. Info 01874 611622. Arts Society Brecknock lecture by Adam Busiakiewicz.

President’s Invitation Lecture: Cosmology After Hawking Faraday Lecture

On Fri 9, Cardiff Bay’s quaint bookshop/cafe, Octavo’s, has a talk by Spencer Vignes relating to his book Lost In France: Remembering Welsh Football Great Leigh Roose & Other Missing Sporting Heroes Of The First World War. uDrums For All Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.301.30pm, £5/£4. Info 07875 090946. Dementia-friendly music making sessions.

Every other Monday (also on Mon 26 this month) until 18 Dec. uJoy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm, free (donations welcome).

Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month (also Mon 26 in November).

Music Bingo The Moon, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £2. Info info@themooncardiff. com. New monthly night raising money for Tiger Bay Brawlers.

The Armistice Suite Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 475715.

Multimedia performance to commemorate 100 years since the end of WWI. uVelotech Gold Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am-4pm, £495 (four days). Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

(Until Thurs 15) TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER uAbertoir Aberystwyth Arts Centre. £60 (full pass)/ events priced individually.

Info www.abertoir.co.uk.

See Upfront for a bit more on this annual horror film festival. The website doesn’t seem to have listings at the time of writing but there’ll be screenings, talks, Q&As and a short film prize. (Until Sun 18)

Theatre, Singleton Campus, Swansea University. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 295405.

Royal Institution Of South Wales lecture by Steve Eales.

Tea Dance Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 2.30pm, £6. Info 0845 2263510.

WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER Bauble Wreath Workshop Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30 + 6.308.30pm, £20 per session. Info larkdesignmake@gmail. com. Hosted by Lark Design Make.

Myths & Merriment Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01656 815995.

Slightly oddly-named flower arrangement demonstration. uScriveners Writers’ Group The Badminton Club, Ebbw Vale. 8pm. Info 01495 309863 / burningcanary@ aol.com. Also on Wed 28 this month.

Vickie Guerrero Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 5pm, £20-£70. Info 029 2048 7602.

WWE Diva of yore and wife of the late Eddie Guerrero.

Top price is VIP as is the one in the middle, £45 (just slightly less I).

THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER Beaujolais At The Brangwyn Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12-9pm, £43. Info 01792 475715. Featuring a three-course French-inspired lunch, a live band and cabaret from Gareth Gates. uPremium Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.30pm,

£12.50. Info 07538 878609.

Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings. Two-hour tour walking through woodlands, ruins and graveyards. Also on Thurs 29.

Open Space: CL Raven & Eleanor Burns Central Library Hub, Cardiff.

5.45pm, free. Info 029 2038 2116. Local goth horror writers who are also identical twins. Going to guess that one of them is using an assumed surname, but which one? Book in advance please. uWinter Wonderland 2018 Admiral Ice Rink, Civic Centre, Cardiff. £7-£11 (£10£15 31 Dec / £15-£20 31 Dec midnight session). Info www. cardiffswinterwonderland. com. See Roundup for... a roundup of this annual festive ice-skating provision.

Hour-long weekday sessions at 11am, 12.15pm, 1.30pm, 2.45pm, 4pm, 5.15pm, 6.30pm, 7.45pm and 9pm every day (apart from today and tomorrow which have no 11am or 9pm sessions).

Thurs 20, Sat 22, Sun 23, Mon 24, Sat 29, Sun 30 and Mon 31 Dec have an extra 9.45am session; Mon 31 Dec also has an extra 10.15pm session. No 9pm session on Mon 24 Dec, Wed 26 Dec, Tue 1 Jan or Sun 6 Jan; no 9.45am sessions from Tue 1 Jan. (Until Sun 6 Jan) FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER Christmas Market And Light Switch On High Street, Barry. 1-6pm, free.

Info highstbarryevents@ hotmail.com.

Football: UEFA Nations League – Wales v Denmark Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 7.45pm.

Info www.faw.cymru. uFriYAY Evening Of Craft The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.30-8.30pm, £20.

Info twinmadethings@ gmail.com. Twin Made craft workshop. Also on Fri 30.

Ghosts: Supernatural Or Science? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 6.30pm, £20 adv. Info 01495 243252.

Interactive live show hosted

by Richard Felix. uLlandeilo Festival Of The Senses Various locations, Llandeilo. 11am9.30pm. Info festivalofsenses@gmail.com.

Annual food and craft festival taking place in Llandeilo Civic Hall, The Old Library, Cubitts Food Court, Horeb Chapel and King Street Food. On from 10am-6pm tomorrow; 10am-4pm on Sun 18. (Until Sun 18) Lunch Club Festive Make Ahead Special Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am12.30pm, £18. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

So You Think You’re Smart? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Quiz night, every third Friday of the month.

Specialisation:

Wheelbuilding Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am-4pm, £105.

Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

St Fagans Dark Castle Tour National History Museum, St Fagans. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 kids. Info 029 2057 3500. Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER An Evening with Bradley Wiggins St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Retired pushbike custodian, and retired mod too judging by his haircut/beard combo of late. He has a book out.

Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm.

Info 01495 753782. Every third Saturday of the month.

Dr Phil Hammond Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £16/£12 NHS staff. Info 01873 850805. Columnwriting doctor with a show titled Happy Birthday NHS?. In Cardigan on Wed 21.

Football: EFL League Two – Newport Country v Colchester United Rodney Parade, Newport. 3pm. Info 01633 481896.

Half Day Courses: Spooncarving National History Museum, St Fagans.

10.30am-1pm + 2-4.30pm, £50/£40. Info 029 2057 3500.

Hosted by Vic Phillips.

Hedge Laying Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £115.

Info 01600 714595.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v Nottingham Panthers Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Leather Belt Making Workshop The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am1pm, £30. Info twinmadethings@gmail.com. Twin Made/Lark Design Make collaborative craft workshop.

Level 2 Bike Maintenance Cardiff Cycle Workshop, Gabalfa, Cardiff. 9.30am4pm, £75. Info www. cycletrainingwales.org.uk.

Maternal Attitude Symposium Atrium, Cardiff / M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am-6pm + 7-10pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2047 3373. Conference bringing international speakers and artists to Wales to highlight the work that is being made by parent artists internationally. In the Atrium in the morning/afternoon; M.A.D.E. in the evening. uPremium Ghost Walk National History Museum, St Fagans. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 029 2057 3500. Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

Also on Fri 23 and Fri 30.

Quilt Club National History Museum, St Fagans.

10.30am-12.30pm, £5. Info 029 2057 3500. Monthly event.

Real Ale Wobble The Square, Llanwrtyd Wells (starting point). 8am, £18 to enter. Info 01591 610270.

A bike ride with real ale spots along the way (I think BUZZ 65

BAFTA CYMRU NOVEMBER 2018 So last month we announced the winners of 20 British Academy Cymru Awards across performance, production and craft as well as two special Awards to costume designer Lindy Hemming and broadcaster Mavis Nicholson. It was a great night and you can check out the photography from the event, including backstage coverage, as well as watching the ceremony again on our website and social media platforms.

Keeping Faith led the way with three wins, while nine awards were won by first time nominees – recognition of new talent entering our industry. The Siân Phillips Award was presented to Lindy Hemming

by Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson, producers of the Bond franchise. Lindy has worked on an amazing array of films including Paddington and Wonder Woman and we were really pleased to celebrate her Carmarthenshire roots. Broadcaster Mavis Nicholson, who interviewed the likes of David Bowie, Lauren Bacall and many more from the 1970s-90s, was this year’s deserving recipient of our Outstanding Contribution To Television Award.

We will be arranging masterclasses across the country with our winners, so keep an eye on our events page to find out how you can learn more about their talent and the routes they’ve taken to where they are now.

November will be a busy month for our ongoing events programme – many of which are open to the public. We continue with the theme of celebrating Welsh talent and content made in Wales and highlighting the breadth of production taking place. On Thurs 1 Nov, at Galeri in Caernarfon, we are hosting three special workshops for 13-25 year olds with professionals working as directors, location managers and writers. If you know about budding young talent in north Wales, point them our way! Guru Live Cardiff, next March, will offer similar experiences once again for those in the south.

On Wed 14 Nov we are co-hosting a free event with Wales Screen to offer information about the 4Stories initiative.

Created out of Channel 4’s major talent initiative 4stories, On The Edge is a bold and uncompromising three-part anthology looking at life in Britain today. These distinct but thematically linked films shine a light on key perspectives in criminal justice – the story of a victim, a witness, and a repeat offender – and serve up a raw slice of real life in contemporary Britain. You can join executive producers Ben Bickerton and Phil Trethowan to find out more information about this year’s search for the next group of breakthrough filmmakers.

Info: www.bafta.org/wales

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set up by the organisers by the road, as opposed to pubs). Precedes the Real Ale Ramble next weekend here.

Rugby Union: Autumn International – Wales v Tonga Principality Stadium, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £10-£35.

Info www.principalitystadium.wales.

Saturday Morning Festive Make Ahead Special Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 10.30am12.30pm, £18. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

Shakespeare Family Fun Day National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

Including crafts, games and fancy dress.

Snowscapes In Acrylics The Gate, Cardiff. 9.30am, £30. Info 029 2048 3344. Art course.

St Fagans Real Food Market National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Tim Peake’s Spacecraft Family Day National Museum Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Trousers The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 1-0am1pm, £40. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Tunnel Books Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. £85. Info 029 2048 4611. With Carole King.

Upper Killay Market Upper Killay Recreational Hall, Swansea. Free. Info andwoo29@gmail.com.

Every third Saturday of the month.

Vintage Kilo Sale Treforest Community Centre.

10am-4pm, free. Info 07923 142285. Selling vintage gear at £15 per kilo.

Vintage Kilo Sale YMCA, Swansea. 10am-4pm, £3/£1.50 after 12. Info 01792 652032. Designer labels at, again, £15 a kilo.

Wine, Cheese & Chocolate Festival The Depot, Cardiff.

12-3, 3.30-7 + 7.30-11pm, £14.50 per session. Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk.

“Join us for a day in Foodie Heaven, with wine quaffing, cheese gorging and chocolate worshipping.”.

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER Explore Your Archive – Year Of The Sea National History Museum, St Fagans.

10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500.

Oversized Top The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff.

10am-12pm, £35. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Tea Dance Ocean Arts Cardiff, Splott, Cardiff.

4-7pm, £5. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk.

Every third Sunday of the month.

The Chocolate Festival Cardiff The Depot, Cardiff.

11.30am-3.30pm, £17.25.

Info www.depotcardiff.co.uk.

Wenvoe Christmas Craft Fayre Wenvoe Community Centre, nr Cardiff. 10am4pm. Info 07922 109721.

Local crafters’ showcase.

MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER Cardiff BookTalk: Ursula Le Guin’s A Wizard Of Earthsea School of Optometry & Vision Sciences, Cardiff. 6.308.30pm, free. Info cardiffbooktalk.org.

Featuring three authorities on the late fantasy novelist Le Guin: Dr Dimitra Fimi, Dr Liesl King and Dr Catherine Butler, plus readings of Le Guin’s poetry.

Gwd Mondays Music Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Vinyl & Music Appreciation Society Quiz The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER Book Club The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Third Tuesday of every month.

Craft Fayre Nelson Community Centre, nr Caerphilly. Info charlottegraceharris@gmail. com.

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER Dr Phil Hammond Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 01239 621200.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v Fife Flyers Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Upcycled Christmas Crafts Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £11. Info hannah@greencityevents. co.uk. With Becca. Hosted by Green City Events.

THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER City Hospice Art Auction City Hospice, Whitchurch Hospital Grounds, Cardiff.

7-9pm, free. Info 029 2052 4150. A City Hospice fundraising event. uCraft Night: Christmas Decorations Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free. Info larkdesignmake@ gmail.com. Fortnightly craft night hosted by Lark Design Make.

Derek Acorah Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot.

7.30pm, £20.35. Info 01639 763214. uHay Festival Winter Weekend Various venues, Hay-On-Wye. Prices vary per event. Info hayfestival. org. Four days of wintry culture in the (hopefully not too cold) Festival Tent except where noted. Today features a ceilidh (6-9pm) and Mid Wales Opera performing L’Heure Espagnole (St Mary’s Church, 7-9pm).

Fri 23: Helen Parr and Cedric Delves in conversation (1pm); Tree ID Walk (Woodland Trust Stand, 1pm); Andrew Roberts on Churchill (2.30pm); Christmas crafts (Hay

library, 3.30-5.30pm); Mark Urban talking to Rosie Boycott (4pm); Mary Portas (5.30pm); Kate Humble (7pm); Marcus Brigstocke (8.30pm) and Richard Williams’ live organ accompaniment to Nosferatu (St Mary’s Church, 9.30pm).

Sat 24: Andrew Green, Wales In 100 Objects (10am); Flying Pig Indian cookery class (Hay Primary school hall, 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm); Mousecastle Woods Walk (Woodland Trust stand, 11am); Horatio Clare (11.30am); Simon Jenkins (1pm); Fiona Evans’ Come And Sing Messiah project (St Mary’s Church, 2pm today and tomorrow); James O’Brien (2.30pm); Jeanette Winterson (4pm); Rose Tremain (5.30pm); Maggie Aderin-Pocock (7pm) and Gwyneth Glyn (9pm). Sun 25: a bunch of guests talk about Brexit and the US midterms (10am); Bollywood Dreams dance workshop (11am and 12pm); Oliver Bullough (11am); Helena Kenny talking to Laura Bates (12.30pm); Tracy Borman (2pm); Ziauddin Yousafzai (3.30pm); Gina Miller (5pm) and Fiona Evans & The Festival Choir performing Handel’s Messiah (St Mary’s Church, 7pm). (Until Sun 25) Scientific Research And The Birth Of The University College Of Swansea Swansea Museum.

7.30pm, free. Info 01792 653763. Royal Institution Of South Wales lecture by Karmen Thomas.

Wales’ National Business Expo Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 9am, from £135. Info 029 2022 4488. Presented by Introbiz and with its prime attraction being a Q&A session with Alan ‘Lord’ Sugar.

Some previous Apprentice

01792 516900. Enjoy a range of workshops, film, poetry, music and performance in this free afterhours drop-in session.

Modern Embroidery The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £20. Info twinmadethings@gmail. com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Paranormal Investigation Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. 8pm-3am, £42.80. Info 029 2047 5475.

Nocturnal adult event wit the Dark Vale Investigators.

Premium Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.30pm, £15.50. Info 07538 878609.

Presented by Cardiff History & Hauntings.

Robin Heath: The Art Of Designing Temples Small World Theatre, Cardigan. £5.

Info 01239 615952. Talk by a locally-based researcher “researcher into the ancient sciences and lost knowledge”. uThe Great Skate Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 5-8pm, from £6. Info 01633 413000.

Ice-skating family fun with various other activities (although, Celtic Manor solemnly inform, “there will be no Santa’s Grotto [here] this Christmas”). Check www. celtic-manor.com for a full list of times/prices but it’s on from Thurs-Sun until Sun 16 Dec, then every day apart from Christmas Day... (Until Sat 6 Jan) SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER Back To Basics Screenprinting Workshop The Printhaus, Canton, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £60.

Info 029 2022 0349. Get to grips with the basics of the screenprinting process.

Email info@ theprinthaus.org to book.

Monthly event finishing this month in fact.

Green Events in Llanwrtyd Wells have their annual Real Ale Ramble on Sat 24. Participants walk predetermined routes around the region and stop at checkpoints every so often to have a beer. It’s also timed with the Mid-Wales Beer Festival. winners are here too apparently.

Welsh Horse Racing Awards 2018 Chepstow Racecourse. 7pm, £55 adv.

Info 01291 622260. This is the first such awards, the price includes a three-course meal and it’s in support of Racing Welfare.

FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER Artist Talk: Linda Kieft Newport Museum & Art Gallery. 1pm, free. Info 01633 656656.

Glynn Vivian At Night Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 5-8pm, free. Info

Beautiful Festive Gifts For Friends Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am-3.30pm, £175. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray.co.uk.

Christmas Craft Fair National Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

Christmas Fayre Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 11am, free.

Info 01495 243252.

Christmas Willow Reindeer Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £65. Info 029 2048 4611. With Melanie Bastier.

Craft Fair Community Hall, Neath. 10am-4pm, £22.50 to set up a table. Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk.

Curing For Christmas: Ham & Bacon Humble

By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 9.30am-1pm, £75. Info 01600 714595. uEgg Tempera Painting Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £160 (two days). Info 029 2048 4611. Two-day course, also on Sat 1 Dec, with Amanda Blake.

Exposure Wrestling St David’s Community Centre, Rhymney. 7pm, £8 adv. Info www.exposurewrestling. com. Featuring TKO, Axel Carter, Lucky Bowden, Casey Wild and many more. In Pontypridd tomorrow.

Football: EFL Championship – Swansea City v Norwich City Liberty Stadium, Swansea.

3pm. Info 0870 400004. uGreen Fayre National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free.

Info 029 2057 3600. On tomorrow also.

Hands-On Chemistry National Museum Cardiff.

11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Kids’ activities celebrating national chemistry week.

Hay-On-Wye Winter Food Festival Memorial Car Park, Hay-On-Wye. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07779 012019.

Jumpsuit The Bone Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 2-6pm, £50. Info twinmadethings@ gmail.com. Twin Made craft workshop.

Kidsmarkets Winter Mega Market Howells School Sports Hall, Llandaff.

11am-12.30pm, £1.50/kids free. Info 07760 802088.

Featuring great quality new and pre-loved kids’ toys.

Life Drawing Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, £5. Info 01792 516900.

Nantgarw Christmas Craft Fair China Works, Nantgarw. 11am-3pm. Info deb_0001@hotmail.co.uk.

Over 20 stalls of handcrafted gifts.

Peace Garden30 Rededication Temple Of Peace, Cardiff. 2-4pm.

Info 029 2022 8549.

Commemorating 30 years since said garden was opened, with a time capsule to be buried.

Pre-Christmas Milonga The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2048 3344. An evening of tango in the cafe bar, following by a DJ set by Mabel Gomez. uReal Ale Ramble The Square, Llanwrtyd Wells (starting point). £11 per day to enter/£18 both days.

Info 01591 610270. Held annually in conjunction with the 10-day Mid-Wales Beer Festival, the ramble follows any of two waymarked routes of 12 or 20 miles, or guided routes of five and eight miles.

Plus free real ales available at the checkpoints! On tomorrow also.

Rugby Union: Autumn International – Wales v South Africa Principality

Stadium, Cardiff. 5.20pm, £25-£75. Info www. principalitystadium.wales. uSanta’s Grotto Cardiff Castle. 10am, £12.95. Info 029 2087 8100. Festive chuckles for kids (plus two adults, whose entry is included in the ticket price) in 20-minute slots until 6pm every day. At the time of writing most of the November ones are available but most of the December ones are already booked.

(Every Saturday and Sunday until Sun 23 Dec) TED X Aberystwyth: The Human Condition Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

10am, £10-£22.50. Info 01970 623232.

Weekend Adult Workshop: Alternative Christmas Cards Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-1pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. uWOW Festival 2018 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.45am, £10/£5 (day pass). Info 029 2030 4400. The return of this two-day festival addressing and highlighting women’s creativity. Today begins with a keynote speech by Jude Kelly and contin ues with a speed mentoring session, a panel titled Badass Women Of Cardiff, yoga and boxing sessions, talks on homelessness, endometriosis, boys and feminism, the women of Windrush, black hairstyles, the language of violence against women, the notion of toxic masculinity, stories of individual women’s survival, women’s roles in strikes and other social movements, Universal Credit and banner making. Plus a voice workshop with Sian Evans (who also plays later in the Caffi Bar), Gwenno talking about the book Codi Llais, WOW Bites in the foyer, a show titled Queen Cunt: Sacred Or Profane, a work in progress by Popelei Theatre titled 100 Years. Sun 25: workshops and discussions on clowning, storytelling, trancendental meditation, bike fixing, the menopause, BAME-specific services within Wales, the Welsh LGBTQAI+community, trauma, women in the arts, emotional labour, sexual exploitation, domestic abuse, the aftermaths of Aberfan and Grenfell and activist art.

Plus Charlotte Church in conversation and live performances by HMS Morris, Just B, Rachel K Collier, Dancing Queer and LayFullStop.

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER Artisan Christmas Market Market Hall, Brecon. 10am-4pm, free. Info emma.events9@gmail.com.

Crafts, food and art on over 60 stalls.

Chase The Christmas Pudding Family Fun Run Parc Bryn Bach, Tredegar.

7.30pm. Info 01495 717277.

In aid of Hospice Of The Valleys.

Exposure Wrestling Tynant Club, Pontypridd.

6pm, £8 adv. Info www. exposurewrestling.com.

Ice Hockey: League – Cardiff Devils v MK Lightning Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 7pm. Info 029 2038 2001.

Stir Up Sunday Angela Gray’s Cookery School At Llanerch Vineyard, Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan. 9.30am3.30pm, £175. Info 01443 222716 / www.angelagray. co.uk.

MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER Musk, Zuckerberg & The Risk Of Super AI The Globe, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888.

Funzing lecture. uRoyal Welsh Winter Fair Royal Welsh Showground, Llanelwedd, Builth Wells. 8am, £16/£13 adv/£5 under-16s/free under5s. Info 01982 553683. On tomorrow also.

The Gay Men’s Book Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. This month it’s a discussion of Goodbye To Berlin by Christopher Isherwood.

TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER Ekphrastic Writing Group The Gate, Cardiff. 7-459.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Readings and discussions. On the fourth Tuesday of every month.

Football: EFL League Two – Newport Country v Northampton Town Rodney Parade, Newport.

3pm. Info 01633 481896.

Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2pm, £7. Info 01656 815995.

The Cycling Podcast Live St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £16. Info 029 2087 8444. The leading podcast in the field (I didn’t mean this to be a pun when I started writing it but I guess it is now), hosted by Richard Moore, Lionel Birnie and Daniel Friebe.

WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER Football: EFL Championship – Swansea City v West Bromwich Albion Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 7.45pm. Info 0870 400004.

Quiz For A Cause: Growbaby The Gate, Cardiff.

8pm, £5. Info 029 2048 3344.

This is a project providing good quality, new and secondhand baby clothes and equipment for children up to five years old.

Science Cafe National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600.

Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

Info 07376 604291. Monthly evening offering a chance for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group.

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER Company Of Words Open

Mic Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, free. Info 07933 844234. With guests Eric Ngalle Charles and Richard Lewis.

Taith Iaith National Museum Cardiff. 12.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Regular Welsh learners session.

live

Ian Rutt Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12.45pm, free.

Info 01792 475715. Organ recital.

Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Monthly singalong around the piano.

Jazz Jam Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £2/£1 members.

Info 029 2039 7933. Hosted by the Cardiff University Jazz Society.

Matter Of Mind + The Rotanas + Sssnakes + White Riot The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv.

Info info@themooncardiff. com. Indie bands presented

by This Feeling.

Meic Stevens Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12.50/£11.50. Info 01970 623232.

Peter Jagger Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862.

Soundtracking pizza night here, so strictly speaking it’s free when you order a pizza. *Rolo Tomassi + Blood Command + Cassus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Fuelled

By Jealous Lovers. RT are always good.

Salvador Sanchez The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366.

Soul II Soul St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £28.50-£34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. UK dance pioneers, interviewed in our Oct issue.

The Blues Sisters The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

The ELO Experience Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £25. Info 01792 475715. Tribute band.

The Little Mix Experience Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 6.30pm, £13.50. Info 01446 738622.

Tribute show.

Tord Gustavsen Trio Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Norwegian pianist on the ECM label.

THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER Calan Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £16.50/£14.50. Info 01495 227206. Welsh folk faves.

Danny Barnes Trio Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.

Devilskin + The Fallen State Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7pm, £11. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. uFrankie Weeson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny.

8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events. On every Thursday and Sunday this month.

Hackensack Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, from £5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly showcase featuring Avian Wu and Lillu Unwin & Rob Luft on this occasion.

FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER Accü + Zac White + Oh Peas! Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2023 2199. Album launch gig for the headliner.

Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Dave Bowen Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Dr Walshaw & Mr Jones St Fagans Village Hall.

7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. Playing the Pentreffest Noz folk night, with a music/ dance workshop from 7.30pm and live music from 9.15.

Fire Fences + Carolines The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. EP launch gig for the headliners.

FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER An Evening with Rick Buckler The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12.50 adv.

Info info@bunkhousebar. co.uk. AKA the drummer from The Jam. Just talking, no music. He looks dead hard in his promo photo.

Art Store Tours Newport Museum & Art Gallery. 3pm, free. Info 01633 656656.

Festive Wine Tasting Talk Evening National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2057 3600. With a focus on Iberian wines.

Football: Premier League – Cardiff City v Wolverhampton Wanderers Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 0845 3451400.

Ladies’ Night Virgin Money Lounge, Cardiff.

6.30-9.30pm, £12. Info 029 2052 4150. A City Hospice fundraising event.

Make A Christmas Door Wreath Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am12.30pm, £45. Info 01600 714595.

Nicholas Brendon Meet & Greet Venue TBC, Cardiff.

6.30-9.30pm, £40-£100. Info www.nickybrendon.com. This is quite a novel take on the celeb meet’n’greet thing, also the sort of happening you see offered on Kickstarter et al. Brendon, aka Xander in Buffy, is going to various cities to meet his fans then either taking them bowling or doing karaoke. You have to drop the full ton to be part of that though... the caste system in action, folks!

Genesis Legacy Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 01834 869323.

Tribute band.

Gentleman’s Dub Club Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Dub-funk big band who still look entirely uncomfortable wearing suits and ties in their promo shots.

Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month.

Metal Gods Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01443 682388. Metal covers.

Mr Strange + Doghouse The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Oblong + Papur Wal The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £3.

Info 01267 231012. Also featuring a DJ set from David R Edwards of Datblygu!. uOpen Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night. Also on Fri 23 this month.

Originals Night Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491. Local bands showcase.

Pavel Steidl Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Classical guitarist.

Phil Hilborne Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £7/£6 adv. Info 01495 247178. One of those guitar magazine guitarists, also Brian May likes him.

Rain Kings The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Reece + The Woodsman The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

Rick Astley Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Pop Lazarus, interviewed in our October issue.

Royal Welsh College Big Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz. In Swansea tomorrow; Brecon on Sun 4 Sarah Brown City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Superjam The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01685 387925. Reggae.

Tarion The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues.

The Groundnuts & Independents + X Twenty-Two + Guilty Rascals + Layla John Creature Sound, Swansea.

7pm, £3. Info 01792 301178.

Punk bands.

The Slocan Ramblers Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060. Canadian bluegrass band.

The Ultimate Classic BUZZ 67

* – recommended Rock Show The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £16. Info 01639 843163. Tribute show.

In Neath tomorrow.

The Whitney Houston Show Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £34.50/£32.50. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show.

The Zinvandels The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Vader + Entombed AD + Hellavista + The Drowning The Globe, Cardiff. 6pm, £18 adv. Info 07590 471888. Stacked bill of death metal.

Welsh Whisperer Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.

Comedy country & western about rural life in Wales, sung in Welsh.

Windshake + 100,000 Bodybags + World Vs World Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.

SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER uAcoustic Duos The Plum Tree, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2022 5235. Local acts here every Saturday.

Blancmange Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22 adv. Info 029 2089 0862.

Early 80s synthpop band who didn’t quite get big like their peers because they sounded more weird and minimal, and because they were called Blancmange.

Celtic Pride The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, £3.

Info 01495 213300.

Chris Kelly The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free.

Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow.

Corrosion Of Conformity + Orange Goblin + Fireball Ministry + Black Moth Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50 adv.

Info 029 2078 1458. Metal veterans headline an impressive bill..

Emrys The Brave + Atto Mul The Globe At Hay, HayOn-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.

ESP The Pheasant, Bridgend. 4.30pm, free. Info 01656 653614. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Henge NosDa, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £13/£8 adv. Info 029 2037 8866. Psych-funk band who dress up like aliens and whose new album was warmly reviewed in our previous issue.

Hotter Than Hell The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Kiss tribute.

Jake Morley Snails Deli, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv.

Info 029 2062 0415. Price includes a buffet.

Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind + Nicotine Pretty + Heavy Flames Hobo’s, Bridgend.

7pm, £13 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com.

Special Kinda Madness + The Navarones Earl BUZZ 68

Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

7pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. Madness tribute who’ll be doing two sets, a greatest hits plus all of One Step Beyond.

Jon Langford’s Men Of Gwent Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk. Local postpunk legend plays as part of this weekend’s Newport Rising festival. Gig is followed by a DJ set by Adam Hussain and Graham The Bear, which is free entry.

Killjoys Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm. Info 01495 708022. This band are probably not Kevin Rowland’s pre-Dexys punk group but with no further info I can’t say for certain.

Llais Merthyr Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 4.30pm, £3.

Info 01685 722176. Music and performance from Tenovus Sing With Us Choir, Cor Cwm Taf and Grwp Drama Theatr Soar Louise Halliday The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Newport Punk And New Wave Festival The Neon, Newport. 1-11pm, £23 adv.

Info 01633 533666. Featuring The Rezillos, Anti-Pasti, Chron Gen, Department S, Foreign Legion, Peter & The Test Tube Babies, the Jimmy Pursey-less version of Sham 69 and more bands TBC. Oas-is Sin City, Swansea.

7pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892. Tribute band.

Pearl Jam UK The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.

Sold out.

Punchline Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Rocky Road The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Royal Welsh College Big Band Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060.

Rusty Shackle + Upbeat Sneakers The Gallery Space, Newport. 7pm, £7 adv.

Info info@newportrising. co.uk. Part of the Newport Rising series of events this weekend. *Snack Family + Pohl + Kaywoo The Moon, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present punky jazz, Bristolian doom and solo electronica, in that order.

Sons Of Liberty + Phlio Beddoe Band The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm. Info 01495 247178. Black Sabbath tribute.

Stephen Dale Petit Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club gig.

The Bea2les Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar.

7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01495 353397. Tribute band.

The Legends Of American

Country Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £20. Info 01600 772467.

The SoapGirls + Tarion The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £6. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

Headliners recently had a gig pulled in Cardiff for the – rumoured – reason of problematic content. At the time of writing, cancellation culture has not yet reached Pontypool The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 0300 3656677.

Turner Street Crash Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Wales Festival Of Remembrance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £12£22. Info 029 2087 8444.

Featuring performances from The RAF Spitfires Choir, The Regimental Band Of The Royal Welsh and Only Boys Aloud, plus drama from Everyman Theatre and the children of Thornhill Primary School.

Walk Like A Man Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

8pm, £22.50. Info 01970 623232. TS Frankie Valli tribute.

Wildside + James Alexander Jac’s, Aberdare.

2.45pm, £3 after 7.30. Info 01685 879491. Opening time is for Wales v Scotland in the rugby; James is on at 5pm, Wildside at 9pm.

You Win Again The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £23. Info 01633 656757. Bee Gees tribute.

Yur Mum + Nigel + Portraits Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER Andrew Mckay & Carol Etherton Boating Club, Loughor, nr Swansea. 8pm, £5. Info 07547 449764. A Riverside Folk Club night.

Anna Tsybuleva Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £15. Info 01239 841387. Piano recital.

Bugzy Malone Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Mancunian grime MC. We’ve come a long way since I put on Virus Syndicate in 2005 and less than 20 people turned up.

Chris Kelly Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Festival Of Remembrance Concert Park & Dare, Treorchy. 6.30pm, £7. Info 0300 0040444. Annual concert presented by Rhondda Cynon Taf CBC in association with The Royal British Legion.

Gilmore & Roberts Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

8pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2089 0862. UK folk duo.

Jack Perrett + Daniel Burridge + Quiet Shoes Tiny Rebel, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 973934.

Final event of this weekend’s Newport Rising festival.

Lyn Lawrence Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 602060.

Concert pianist/vocalist.

Monuments + Vola + Kadinja + Atlas The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Prog/ metal.

Open Mic The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509. With Dave Kenwrick.

Pryme Cut: Up In Your Grill Batles NosDa, Cardiff.

2-9pm, £8. Info 029 2037 8866. Rap battle alldayer.

Royal Welsh College Big Band Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 01874 611622.

Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Students National Museum Cardiff.

1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951.

Snatch It Back Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6-8pm, £15. Info 029 2062 6015. uSteve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny.

2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Presented by Nailed It Events Every Sunday this month.

The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Hero Dies First + Cascade + Lifelust + I Fight Bears + Good Morning Vietnam The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

The Royal Blasphemy + Democratus Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm. Info 07970 063107.

Tredegar Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 3pm, £10.

Info 01686 614555.

Wishbone Ash Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £23.10.

Info 01792 863722.

WNO Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £5-£49.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. Tomáš Hanus conducts a programme of Rossini, Elgar and Janácek.

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER uAcoustica54 Warehouse54, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 213161.

Every Monday.

Car Seat Headrest Tramshed, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. American indie band, initially a solo project.

Ian Felice + Nick Panken The Globe, Cardiff.

7pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Members of The Felice Brothers and Spirit Family Reunion respectively. uLive Jazz Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Here every Monday.

Slayer + Lamb Of God + Anthrax + Obituary Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

5.30pm, £50. Info 029 2022 4488. This is going to be Slayer’s last ever tour, for better or worse, and is also probably the only chance to see Obituary in this venue, for better or worse. And it’s sold out, for better or worse.

u – repeated

uUkulele Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday, with The Plucking Fourstrings.

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. uCommunity Samba Band – Practise Dates Llanfrynach Village Hall, Brecon. 7-9pm, £4/£2 under16s. Info sambabrecon@ yahoo.co.uk. Every Tuesday.

Damo Suzuki + Smudges The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£11 adv. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Former Can vocalist plays Cardiff for the first time in years.

First Aid Kit + The Staves Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £27.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.

Flasher + Private World + Zac White Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7.50. Info 029 2023 2199.

Washington DC indie band headline. Should check them out actually.

Norman Willmore Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com.

Jazz. uOpen Mic The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, free.

Info 01497 821762. Every Tuesday. uOpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday. uPi & Hash Open Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Tuesday this month.

Riverside Reunion Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Saint Raymond Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50.

Info 029 2023 2199. UK solo bloke akin to Foals meets Vampire weekend apparently.

String Sisters Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01656 815995.

The Stylistics St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £34.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out.

WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER Aeddan + NoGood Boyo Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3.

Info 029 2039 7933. Single launch gig for headliner.

Audiobooks Spillers Records, Cardiff. 7pm, free.

Info 029 202 4905. Instore gig for London-based AngloWelsh electropop duo featuring studio boff David Wrench.

The debut album they’re promoting is good but in a way that would likely annoy some to the point of mass murder. uBandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.”

Also on Fri 16. uBella & Gareth Blues

Duo Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 21 this month.

Blank Atlas + Nightlives + Parkview Undertone, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Blowout.

Blaze Bayley The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil.

9pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01685 387925. UK metal vocalist stalwart.

Dashboard Confessional Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Emo sap, albeit one who’s been in the game for 20 years now so’s earned his spurs.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info feelgoodmusicorg@gmail. com. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man. Eden’s Curse Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 07970 063107.

Ellen Williams & Rhiannon Pritchard The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. A Concerts & Cakes performance presented by Live Music Now. Fastlove The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £23.

Info 01633 656757. George Michael tribute. Stepping up to arenas next spring! The same ones actual George used to play.

Jerron Blind Boy Paxton The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888.

American blues guitarist who plays in an early, 1920s style.

Joan Of Arc + Knowbetter + Hippodrone Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £9. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Drifty indie/emo faves, played the old Le Pub a few years back too.

John Mouse + LA Peach + Cursor Major The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5 adv.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

Neil Angilley Latin Trio The Garage, Swansea.

8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night, on here every Wednesday. uOpen Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

9pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Wednesday. uOpen Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Christian Punter.

Open Mic Night Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, free.

Info 01685 384111. First Wednesday of every month.

Phil Dando Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Queen Extravaganza St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £30.50. Info 029 2087 8444.

Tribute band.

uRoyal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Jazz Students Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com.

Performing two sets. Also here on Tue 20.

Sarah McQuaid Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. This person’s music sounds good, also her cousin is a late-90s post-rock luminary which I doubt can be said of many people who play this club. In Carmarthen tomorrow.

Scarlet Sails Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Not familiar with this person so I am going to draw conclusions from the still image on the YouTube video for one of her songs. She is dancing down a city street in stripey red trousers and a faux-military jacket, and an Anthony Keidis lookalike is miming guitar next to her.

Sheafs + The Pitchforks + Bute Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.

The Albion Quartet Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

String quartet in residence here.

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER Anthony John Clarke & Dave Pegg Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Pegg is from Fairport Convention, as you no doubt know if you are a folkie.

Brodsky Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 01874 611622.

Calan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £10-£12. Info 01970 623232. Celtic folkies.

Clifford Brown / Max Roach Revisited Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Tribute to a seminal 1950s jazz duo.

Das Hund G39, Cardiff.

6-9pm. Info 029 2047 3633.

A duo who combine spoken word poetry and songs with looped drumbeats remixed using analogue tape delays, with the pair’s films projected across the set.

Electric Soup #8 M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff.

7pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2047 3373. Electronic/ experimental music from HMS Morris, EBU, Hana2K x Minas and Kaywoo.

Festival Of Remembrance Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £16. Info 01970 623232. Concert featuring the Band Of The Prince Of Wales Regiment, Côr Meibion Aberystwyth and Kirsten Orsborn. uHenry Marten’s Ghost The Pear Tree, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events. Also on Thurs 22.

Holy Moly & The Crackers The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £7/£5.50 adv.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

Into The Ark Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2087 7959.

Johnny Marr Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £26 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Former member of The Smiths, not an overrated racist.

Just Jack Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.

Mike Dennis + Imprints Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £6/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.

Violin-playing rapper, with a new album reviewed in this issue, headlines.

Reef Tramshed, Cardiff.

7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Westcountry advert soundtrackers of old.

Ragsy + Flipsy McCaw + Paul Hayes The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366. *Renu The Big Top, Cardiff.

8pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. An electronic composer based between London and Berlin (naturally) who used to be Grace Jones’ percussionist (slightly less naturally). Blurb mentions “decolonial narratives” and calls her a “a weird queer femme”. Sounds good.

Sarah McQuaid The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01267 231012. uSteve Edmunds The Lime Tree, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 620959.

Presented by Nailed It Events. Also here on Thurs 22.

The Bay Rum Hounds Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Soundtracking pizza night.

Therapy? The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Ulster noiserock veterans who released a new album about a month ago without me noticing.

Trystan And Friends Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 841387. Charity concert to raise money for Alzheimer’s Research UK. Vitor Periera Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Jazz-rock band fronted by Portugese guitarist Wayne Brennan + Jack Ellis + Reece NosDa, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. A Live By The River night presented by U&I Radio.

Will Pound The Small Space, Barry. 7pm, £15. Info info@thesmallspace.co.uk.

His name might sound like that of a pornographic actor, but Will is in fact a renowned blower of the mouth organ,

both the diatonic and chromatic variaties.

FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER 3 Hr Doeth + Papur Wal + Pasta Hull Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199.

Air Drawn Dagger + Kearney’s Jig + Parkview + TorchBearer The Dragonffli, Pontypool.

7pm, £3. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Anthony Moulton City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Baka Beyond Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01834 869323.

Span Arts present a Celtic/ African fusion band toasting 25 years on the scene.

Bedface + Jack Perrett The Big Top, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883.

Album launch gig for the headliners.

Blackberry Smoke Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Hard rock/country rock band, sold out though.

British Legion Concert Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

7pm, £8 adv. Info 01495 243252. Featuring featuring Celynen Silver Band with Cantorion Pontllanfraith, Richard Beavis, Robert Knight and a play by June Watkins and Paul Dugmore.

Elder Island + Dirty Nice Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.

ELO Again Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01633 868239.

Tribute band.

Eric Hodges Beethoven Prize Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

3pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.

Forever Sabbath Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £5 adv.

Info 01443 682388. Black Sabbath tribute band, Dioera specialists to boot.

Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Genesis Connected Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18.

Info 01873 850805. A tribute to Genesis and some of their solo projects.

Geraint Jarman Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £12.50/£11.50. Info 01970 623232.

Hashtag Acoustic The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Hell’s Addiction + Black Cat Bones + Quiet The Thief The Patriot, Crumlin.

7.30pm, £5. Info 01495 247178.

Huw Eddy & The Carnival The Moon, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Janie Meneely & Rob Van Sante Glais Rugby Football

THE MUSIC OF ZIMMER VS WILLIAMS St. David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sun 18 Nov. Tickets: £16.50-£47.50.

Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk An afternoon performance in which London Concert Orchestra will tackle scores from two of the greatest film composers of all time. Conducted by Pete Harrison, scores by Hans Zimmer and John Williams will be performed by the one of the UK’s most versatile orchestras, featuring soundtracks from Jurassic Park, Harry Potter, Pirates Of The Caribbean and The Da Vinci Code to name a few. The film compositions of Zimmer and Williams have become the most recognizable soundtracks to some of the biggest box-office hits of all time.

Working with many of the world’s most famous directors as well as winning a number of awards, the work of Zimmer and Williams is recognized worldwide and the London Concert Orchestra is sure to only do it justice.

Club, nr Clydach, Swansea.

8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231.

A Valley Folk Club night.

Jerome Laren Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz/classical saxophonist.

Li Harding with Gary Phillips Band The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.

Lost Tuesday Society The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Martyn Joseph Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16.

Info 01792 863722.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13-£20. Info 01792 602060.

In Brecon on Sat 17.

Nelson Mandela: Songs & Stories Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Music and spoken word in tribute to big Nelse, orgainsed by Keith Murrell.

Otis Gibbs + Iolo Edger + Tim Manning Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Stroryelling folk/country fella headlines. He’s been here before once or twice.

Silent Forum + Red Telephone The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 231012.

Sophie Crabtree The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

The Blockheads The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info 07590 471888.

The Four Seasons Experience The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £15 adv.

Info 01633 533666. YET ANOTHER Frankie Valli tribute.

The Italics Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Lionel Richie Songbook Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 01874 611622. Tribute act.

Them 2 Fellas The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Prodigy Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35.

Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out. Just remembered I have their new album in my inbox.

Making you all mad out there in Prodigyfanland by not being arsed about listening to it.

The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

The Wild! Hangar 18, Swansea. 8pm, £6 adv. Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.

Hard rock band who gurn like idiots in their promo photo.

SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER Albino Frogs Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01792 863722.

All Dead, All Dead + Ffug + Surreal Kinnock The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

A Night With The Stars Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £10£15. Info 0845 2263510.

Annual concert of Loud Applause Productions.

Black Angus Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv.

Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.

AC/DC tribute band.

Boy George & Culture Club + Belinda Carlisle + Tom Bailey Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6pm, from £47.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Various 80s pop warriors (Bailey was in the Thompson Twins).

Casio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info info@porterscardiff. com.

Digital Criminals + Flowerpot + Occoeur Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.20pm. Info 01685 879491. Opening time is for Wales v Australia in the rugby; bands start at 8pm.

Fleetwood Bac The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14.50 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Tribute band.

Gogs NosDa, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. *Here Lies Man + Obey Cobra Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. American band touted as kinda stoner rock meets Afrobeat.

Hullabaloo Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8/£6.

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR DECEMBER: KIRAN LEONARD (Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 5) STEVE N’ SEAGULLS (Cardiff University Students Union, Fri 7) MOLLY HATCHET (The Globe, Cardiff, Sun 9) BRITISH SEA POWER (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sun 16) CHIC + MISTAJAM (Motorpoint Arena BUZZ 69

* – recommended Info 07818 056599. Muse tribute band. In Carmarthen on Fri 16.

Imperial Leisure + Reckless Breakfast + Packet Racket The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246.

Ska-punk.

Lighthammer + Stitched Up The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

London African Gospel Choir Tramshed, Cardiff.

7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Performing Graceland by Paul Simon.

Louise Halliday Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Nigel + Rapture’s End + Throwing Knives The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

Revival + Spirit Of Boogie The Muni, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £15.

Info 01443 490390. Tribute acts, to Abba and 70s disco respectively.

Sarah Ashley The Red

Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Spencer Segelov + Handmade Moments + Burning Ferns Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Tenacious G The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar.co.uk. Tenacious D tribute. In Cardiff on Fri 30.

Thank Abba For The Music Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £22.50/£20.50. Info 01495 227206. Tribute band.

The Bella Collins Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Omega Blend Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.

The Simon & Garfunkel Story Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01639 763214.

Tribute show.

Trenchfoot Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 475715.

WWI-themed folk band play their final concert.

TREP + Slab + Eden In Progress + Excursia + Prophecy Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 301178.

Ultimate Floyd Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info 07512 237983. Pink Floyd tribute.

What’s Occurring Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Who’s Next The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Who tribute band.

Wizards Of Oz + Motörlizzy Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £8. Info 07970 063107. Tribute bands.

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER BBC NOW: Britten War Requiem St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£36.90. Info 029 2087 8444. Conducted by Mark Wigglesworth.

Bullet For My Valentine + Shvpes + Of Mice And Men + Nothing More

Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

6.30pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. See Upfront for an interview with the headliners.

Elinor Bennett Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 029 2089 0862.

Traditional Welsh harpist.

Empty Shed Experience Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Band fronted by someone called Ron Savoury, a very mid-90s alternative cabaret name that.

Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Regular gypsy jazz jam and performance club.

Pranav Sood The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. EP launch gig.

The Crackers Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff.

6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Infernal Sea Deadwood Lake + Promethean Reign + Saarkoth Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 07970 063107. UK black metal

u – repeated

bands.

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER Gary Numan & The Skaparis Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £31.50-£67. Info 029 2087 8444. I don’t know who the Skaparis Orchestra are but it’s 40 years this month since the first Tubeway Army album and Gaz wants to point that out.

Ike Willis & Zappatika Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01443 682388.

Former Frank Zappa band member with a set performing Zappa’s music.

TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER And So I Watch You From Afar + Polymath + False Hope For The Savage Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199.Belfast postrockers, pretty regular visitors to Cardiff over the last decade or so.

An Evening With Morfydd Owen (II) Cardiff University Concert Hall. 6.45pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029

2087 4816. Piano pieces and songs with Gail Pearson, Christopher Willliams and Dr Rhian Davies.

Bloxx Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Grangetown Bumps Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Keith James Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £15. Info 01646 695267. Performiung his Leonard Cohen tribute set.

Odysseus Piano Trio St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444.

Red Telephone + Little Thief + Carolines Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 029 2039 7933.

Rockers Reunion Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Alchemy + The Effect + Inscape + Welterweight The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Tomos Williams’ 7 Steps – The Music Of Miles Davis

live review

ROBERT PLANT & THE SENSATIONAL SPACE SHIFTERS Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 25 Oct “No Stairway? Denied!” The immortal words, that still ring true for a great number of music store owners bereft of patience. Stairway To Heaven may have been the first Led Zeppelin song I ever heard, but it by no means encapsulates the band, or the lyrical talents of lead singer Robert Plant. After hearing his new work, I came out of the Wales Millennium Centre with a new appreciation for the sheer diversity of Plant’s new sounds.

Seth Lakeman, an English folk singer with a versatile knowledge of instruments ranging from violin to banjo, began the night as the support act for Plant, before joining the latter onstage as part of his band, the Sensational Space Shifters. Lakeman and band, meanwhile, demonstrated their vast knowledge of British folklore, stringing together songs of Welsh mining disasters and tales of a lonely, mysterious grave. All of this swam along with a consistent, chirpy folk melody, Lakeman bounding around the stage with visible glee supported by the duet of double bass and banjo.

Robert Plant entered the stage with an unassuming gait, and until he began singing I couldn’t be certain it was him – this was a different Plant than I was accustomed to seeing on old tapes of 70s Led Zep concerts. Standing before us was an experienced, worldly musician with a 50-plus-year high-level career under his belt – yet Plant conveyed an innate humbleness throughout the entire show.

We were treated to an array of his new work, arrangements of classic blues tracks, and staples of his time as the lead singer of Led Zeppelin. Fronting the Sensational Space Shifters, though, you can feel how each culture has influenced Plant’s style – he cites the sounds of Memphis and African culture as significant inspirations. Plant also demonstrated a bit of vulnerability, as he gave a heartfelt thanks to his lead guitarist, Justin Adams, for supporting him through the last few years.

Apart from one snag during the performance (which Plant hilariously played off), the evening was a true tour de force. Rather than a cavalcade of facemelting solos, this was a warm, intimate performance from one of the great rock’n’roll legends. words ELIS DOYLE photos SIMON AYRE

Cardiff, Tue 18) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR 2019: RONNIE SPECTOR & THE RONETTES (Tramshed, Cardiff, Fri 25 Jan) FRANK TURNER & THE SLEEPING SOULS + JIMMY EAT WORLD (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 2 Feb) TEARS FOR FEARS + ALISON MOYET (Motorpoint Arena, Sun 3 Feb) BUZZ 70

Flute & Tankard, Cardiff.

9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. In Monmouth tomorrow, Narberth on Thurs 15 and Swansea on Sat 17. The band name seems to be written in a few different ways across these venues but I’m going for consistency.

WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER Alan Barnes / Phil De Greg Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £18-£22. Info 01970 623232. In Pontardawe on Fri 16; Brecon on Thurs 22; Cardigan on Fri 30.

Chris Farlowe + The Norman Beaker Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17. Info 029 2062 6015. Also featuring Penarth Soul Club DJs. Folk Night Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm. Info 01443 491424. *Hinds Tramshed, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Spanish indiepop, rather good as a genre goes. See Music.

Joe Northwood’s Banshee Flute & Tankard, Cardiff.

9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Jazz.

Kathy Wallis Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £3. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. *Kayla Painter + Ani Glass + Boris A Bono The Moon, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Bristolian experimentalist headlines.

Liberty Big Band & Singers Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Ben Dain-Smith.

Pretty Vicious The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 07590 471888.

RWCMD Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6-£14. Info 029 2087 8444.

Silent Forum + Laundrette + Y Sybs Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info info@porterscardiff. com. Forté Project showcase gig.

Soeur Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Bristol band presented by Beers Over Tears. uThe Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 28.

The Slow Death + Mikey Erg + The Run Up +

Honest Thieves Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. Punk bands from Minneapolis, New Jersey, Bristol and Cardiff.

Tomos Williams’ 7 Steps – The Music Of Miles Davis The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free.

Info 01600 712767.

Your Daughter, Fanny Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816.

One-woman opera/chamber work commissioned by Caroline Schiller for voice, violin, and piano, and based on WWI-era letters written

by Frances Cluett.

THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER Acoustic Sinners Bar 44, Cardiff. 4.30pm, free. Info 0333 3444049. Presented by Nailed It Events Aubrey Parson Asador 44, Cardiff. 4.30pm, free. Info 029 2002 0039. Presented by Nailed It Events Cory Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £10-£15.

Info 029 2039 1391.

Dario Napoli Modern Manouche Project Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5.

Info 029 2038 7026.

Elizabeth Jane Williams + Vinna Bee + Vivian Hinds-Payne + Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509. An evening raising funds for Venezuela.

Hothouse Flowers Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

8pm, £27.50. Info 01970 623232. Dublin folk-rock band. Don’t think I’ve ever heard any of their music.

Illegal Eagles St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27/£25.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Apparently praised by the NME for their “amazing musicianship and vocals”. I must have missed their pivot into earnestly reviewing AOR tribute bands (which isn’t to say that it definitely didn’t happen).

Jam Night The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Jaywalkers Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01646 651725.

Laura Power + Ian Lynn Palmer + Eleri Angharad + Pay The Man The Moon, Cardiff.

8pm, £5. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Presented

by Pi & Hash Music.

Louise Jordan Ex Servicemens Club, Penarth.

7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2070 7530. A night of theatrical songbased on tales of WWI-era women, many forgotten or unsung.

Mangata The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Nerina Pallot Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £18.50.

Info 029 2023 2199.

Open Mic The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, free.

Info 01267 231012.

Phil Amos Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862.

Soundtracking pizza night.

Quicksilver Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8pm.

Info 07837 288096. Newport Folk Club night.

Sun Records: The Concert Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

7.30pm, £20.50-£22.50. Info 01656 815995. In Newport on Sat 24.

The Daniel Wakeford Experience The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv.

Info 07590 471888.

Tomos Williams’ 7 Steps – The Music Of Miles Davis Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth.

7.30pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night.

We Run The World Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. The hits of Destiny’s Child and Beyoncé performed by, you’ve guessed it, an orchestra.

FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER 360 Degrees The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Aeddan Cinema & Co, Swansea. 8pm. Info 07982 624959.

Ailish Tynan & Iain Burnside Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Tynan is a soprano, Burnside a pianist.

Allan Yn Y Fan The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 843163.

In Abertillery tomorrow; Redwick on Fri 23.

Breathe In The Silence + Lake Sycamore The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Broken Bones Matilda + Duncan Corkindale The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01792 863722.

Charmpit + Wolf Girl + David Leach The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Dan Reed Network + Mason Hill + Hollowstar The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £20. Info 01443 490390. Hard rock triple bill.

Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Soul.

Death By Disco + Last Girl On Earth + Second Hand Arms Dealer The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. *Excellent Skeleton + Zinc Bukowski The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

Faith No More Or Less Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff.

6pm, £6. Info 07970 063107.

FNM tribute.

GoGo Penguin Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50.

Info 029 2039 1391. Rockin’ British jazz trio.

Guilty Rascals Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.

Hullabaloo The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm. Info 01267 231012.

Kikamora + Who Knows Didley? The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm. Info 01495 247178.

Murphy’s Law Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery.

7.30pm, £8/£6. Info llanwrda.org.uk. Twmpath band, no relation to the NYC hardcore veterans, playing a Llandovery Folk Dancing night.

No Thee No Ess + Orphan Dinosaur The Hyst, Swansea. 8pm, £5 adv.

Info 01792 654366.

One Eighty Two The Vault, Swansea. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 465300. Blink 182 tribute.

Patrick Duff Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 07818 056599. Former singer of 90s indlie band Strangelove.

Power Quest + Traitors Gate + Chris Bay Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7pm, £10. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com.

Sopme sort of epic metal thing I’m guessing.

Punchline Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Rain Kings City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Show Of Hands St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17/£13.50 under-21s. Info 029 2087 8444. UK folk sorts.

Skerryvore Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £19. Info 029 2089 0862.

Folk-rock.

Steve Tilston Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 841387. UK folk icon.

Stick In The Wheel Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £14 adv.

Info 01982 552555. London folk ensemble. In Cardigan tomorrow. See Music.

Stiff Bizkit + Hybrid Theory + Korn Again The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park and Korn uStudents Of Atlantic College St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan.

3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 799100. Also here on Fri 30.

The Rocket Man Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £22.50/£21.50. Info 0845 2263510. Elton John tribute.

The Supersonic 70s Show Queens Hall, Narberth.

7.30pm, £28/£15 adv. Info 01834 869323. Seventies pop nostalgia.

The Tony Breen Band The

Roath Park, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 1961.

Country-rock/Americana.

Tony Wright Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13/£8 adv.

Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue. co.uk. Acoustic set from Terrorvision singer.

Westenders Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50.

Info 01656 815995. Songs from the musicals.

Windshake + The Pitchforks + White Riot + Finding Aurora Creature Sound, Swansea.

7pm, £5/£4 adv. Info 01792 301178.

SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER Accü + R. Seiliog The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm.

Info 01267 231012. Brace of experimental Welsh solo acts AC/DC UK + Mötorlizzy The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 01443 490390. Tribute bands.

Allan Yn Y Fan The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01495 355945.

Cardiff Ardwyn Singers Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £5-£15. Info 029 2039 1391.

Chaos Trigger + Epic Fail + Fell On Black Days + Prince Of Fochriw + Lifer Ebbw Vale Institute. 6pm, £10 adv. Info 01495 708022. An evening of local metal titled Melfest.

Faux Fighters The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Foo Fighters tribute band.

Georgia Patterson The Red Dragon, Bridgend.

8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Gypsyfingers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14.

Info 029 2089 0862. Folkrock duo featuring Mike Oldfield’s son.

Into The Ark Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01686 614555.

Jack Mac’s Funk Pack Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Just About To Make It Memorial Hall, Newbridge.

5pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Sets from local bands including Who Knows Didley?, Fallen Temples, Southbound and RecRock bands, with more TBC. Les McKeown’s Bay City Rollers Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £24/£23. Info 0845 2263510.

Lost In Chemistry + Anonymous Iconoclasts The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com.

Money For Nothing Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Dire Straits tribute.

Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £12-£20. Info 01874 611622.

Off The Record Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Peace + Fickle Friends + The Night Cafe + The Howl & The Hum + Himalayas Tramshed, Cardiff. 4.30-11pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555.

Indie bands touring under the banner of Shimmer Sounds.

Peepshow + Glas Jac’s, Aberdare. 5pm. Info 01685 879491. Following Wales v Tonga in the rugby.

Rain Kings The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Rammlied Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £4.50 adv.

Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue. co.uk. Rammstein tribute band. Ravenbreed + White Raven Down The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm.

Info gigs@thedragonffli. com.

Roosevelt Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

Social Experiment + State Of Decay + The Groundnuts & Independents The Duke, Neath. 7pm. Info 01639 643892.

Stick In The Wheel Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£14. Info 01239 621200.

Tales In The Shade The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.

The Brwmys + Red Ethel The Globe At Hay, Hay-OnWye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.

The Quireboys The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv.

Info 07590 471888.

The Starling Radicals NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free.

Info 029 2037 8866.

Threepenny Bit CMC Sports & Leisure Club, University Hospital Of Wales, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 kids. Info ruffceilidhs.org. A RUFF Ceilidhs night, also with caller Ian Nichols.

Tomos Williams’ 7 Steps – The Music Of Miles Davis Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01792 602060.

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER Breathe In The Silence + Nightlives + Bad Machines + Parkview Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff.

7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107.

Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free.

Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar.

Courtney Barnett + Laura Jean Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Australian indie breakout star, presented here by Clwb Ifor Bach in one of two big gigs they have

DON BROCO + NECK DEEP (Motorpoint Arena, Tue 5 Feb) JOHN GRANT (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 11 Feb) FATBOY SLIM (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 23 Feb) PETER ANDRE (Grand Theatre, Swansea, Tue 5 Mar) BLACK GRAPE (Tramshed, Fri 15 Mar) OLAFUR ARNALDS (St David’s Hall, Tue 19 Mar) BUZZ 71

* – recommended on this month. See Upfront.

Echoic + Static Fires + The Hip Fire + Death By Disco + The Furns The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Gary Hall Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

Oxygen Thief + Anna’s Anchor Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Seasick Steve + Prinz Grizzley Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. Did I just invent the word ‘fauxbo’ or steal it from elsewhere? Either way some people, much more cynical than me I might add, could use it to describe Seasick Steve, who has a new album called Can U Cook?. See Upfront.

Seth Lakeman Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Enduring folk-rocker Skindred + Astroid Boys Sin City, Swansea.

7pm, £21.50 adv. Info 01792 468892. Skindred are in Cardiff on Sat 24.

Smoking Martha + Haxan + Reece The Patriot, Crumlin. 71-0pm, £6.

Info 01495 247178.

Sound Of The Sirens Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk-rock duo.

The Marc Davies Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Music Of Zimmer v Williams St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £16.50-£47.50.

Info 029 2087 8444. Music from the movies.

The Primitives The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Late-80s indiepopstars, reformed a few years ago and firmly back in business it appears.

Yeol Eum Son Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. South Korean pianist with a pre-lunch concert.

Wager + The Rotanas + Igam Ogam Jac’s, Aberdare. 5.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.

MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER Björn Again St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27£91. Info 029 2087 8444.

Abba tribute. Top price gets you perks including a photo with the band, something to show the grandchildren for sure.

Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026.

Nothing But Thieves + Sunset Sons Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25.

Info 029 2022 4488. UK rock band on their first arena tour. Best repay the faith placed in you then lads, else it’s a trip to the glue factory.

Sunflower Bean + Miya

Folick + Jesse Jo Stark The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Indie dreamers, presented here externally by Clwb Ifor Bach.

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER A + Wheatus + Inme Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.

Three rock bands whose peak era was in the early 2000s, and who are all thoroughly uncool but aren’t in it for the kudos so zip it!

Wheatus have a surprisingly left-wing Twitter presence, not sure how the other bands measure up in that regard.

Alternative Open Mic The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

Ensemble Cymru St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. A performance of Schubert’s Octet, followed by John Metcalf’s contemporary Welsh tribute to Schubert.

Erynn Marshall & Carl Jones Parkmill Chapel, Gower, Swansea. Info gowerbluegrass.co.uk.

Gwyneth Glyn & Friends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£14. Info 029 2087 8444.

Welsh folkie plays a Roots Unearthed gig.

Jade Bird The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 07590 471888. Sold out Massa Circles + Teddy Hunter Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm. Info 029 2039 7933.

Pip Blom + Big Thing Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.

Dutch indiepop band fronted by a person of the same name.

Trampolene + The Surrenders + Lacuna Bloome Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER Afuriki Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com.

Duo claiming to triangulate improv jazz, West African traditional music and European classical.

Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea.

9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Armed For Apocalypse The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com.

Black Coast + Msry + They Live | We Sleep + Conflicts + Sentry The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar.co.uk.

Buddy Holly & The

Cricketers Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £18.50/£17.50. Info 01646 695267. Tribute band. In Blackwood on Thurs 29.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8.

Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Cosmotheka Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club.

7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night featuring a father-and-son duo who do mid-19th century London music hall songs. One of them is also a former Ocean Colour Scene bassist.

Fraser & The Alibis The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.

Band are in Cardiff tomorrow.

King No-One + The Carolines + Hvnter Clwb

868239. Featuring performances from performances of piano, voice and woodwind students.

BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01970 623232. Xian Zhang conducts a programme of Beethoven and Weber.

Bella Collins & Jane Williams Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2038 7026.

Blue Orchids + Ed Blaney + Otalgia The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Headliners are revived 80s postpunks from the sam Manc scene as The Fall.

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01874 611622.

Deacon Blue St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £31.50/£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Enduring – 30 years down in fact– pop-rockers

Tomos Williams of Welsh jazz group Burum is touring his Miles Davis tribute under the name 7 Steps. Catch them in the Flute & Tankard, Cardiff (Tue 13); Queens Head, Monmouth (Wed 14); Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth (Thurs 15) and Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (Sat 17).

Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £11.

Info 029 2023 2199.

Levellers Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £28.50 adv.

Info 029 2023 5555. Crusty ambassadors. Probably not very crusty these days.

Arguably they never really were.

Madeleine Peyroux + Tom Baxter St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £41/£37.50.

Info 029 2087 8444.

American torch-jazz fave.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Sophie Crabtree.

Quadrophenia The Album: Live! Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24. Info 01792 475715. Who tribute show.

Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. *Yama Warashi Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Presented

by All My Friends and The Joy Collective, YW are from Bristol and have Listings’ seal of approval.

THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER A Winter Showcase Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

6.30pm, £8/£4. Info 01633

who are playing arenas in Liverpool, Aberdeen and Glasgow on this tour, but mere halls everywhere else.

Fraser & The Alibis Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. uIt’s The Greatest Of Shows The Big Top, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £11 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. Donna Marie Trego, Gavin Sheppard and Hollie Clark sing songs from the musicals and you are encouraged to join in. On tomorrow also. at 2pm (family show).

Jeremy West And His Majesty’s Sagbutts & Cornetts Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6-£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Sagbutts and cornetts being Renaissanceera brass instruments.

Lipstick On The Mic Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff.

6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Soundtracking pizza night.

Phil Campbell & The Bastard Sons + Leader Of Down The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £27.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Former Motörhead guitarist with a band quite literally made up of his sons, who my cursory research suggests were – despite the band name – in fact conceived within wedlock.

u – repeated

Railroad Bill Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995.

Cardiff skiffle jesters, active since the mid-80s but ceasing regular gigs after this year they say..

R. Seiliog Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. Album launch gig for local synth/ambient guy.

Slaves + Slowthai + Amyl And The Sniffers + Lady Bird Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21 adv.

Info 029 2023 5555. I have zero interest in Slaves and have never heard of two of the supports but REALLY want to see Amyl And The Sniffers who are from Australia and play great pubpunk. The gig is sold out so I might try and blag a ticket anyway.

The Algal Bloom + Ian Lynn Palmer The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366.

FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER 360 Degrees City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

A Charity Night For Jacob & Marley The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01633 533666. Featuring Elvis tribute Darren ‘Graceland’ Jones, Taffy Was A Thief and a DJ set from Dance Factory Roadshow.

Presented by Ph Balance and in aid of medican treatment for two local kids.

Allan Yn Y Fan Redwick Village Hall, nr Caldicot.

7.30pm. Info 01633 889019.

Billy Ocean St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £24.50£87. Info 029 2087 8444. Top price gets you some stuff.

Bridges The Big Top, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 029 2022 8883. Presented by Pwer and Beers Over Tears.

Buck & Evans Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, 312 adv. Info 01495 243252.

Children Of The Gravy + Infinite Space Theory Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 879491.

Black Sabbath tribute band headline.

Donnie Joe’s American Swing Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com.

Esther + Hana2k + Eadyth + Teddy Hunter Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Presented by Newsoundwales and part of the WOW Festival here.

Estrons The Parrot, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01267 231012.

Presented here by Clwb Ifor Bach.

Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22.

Info 029 2089 0862. Soul icon.

Gigspanner St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff.

7.45pm, £18. Info derek@ rumneyfolkclub.co.uk.

Playing the monthly Rumney Folk Club night.

Green Haze Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 07970 063107. Green Day tribute band.

Inc.A Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm.

Info 029 2039 7933.

Jamie Smith’s Mabon Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan.

7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 01239 621200.

Korn Again The Patriot, Crumlin. 7.30pm. Info 01495 247178. Tribute band.

Like A Lion The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Listener Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Fuelled By Jealous Lovers.

Luna Rossa Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.45pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 475715.

Acoustic prog type stuff.

Martin Carthy Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07818 056599. Folk legend.

Perfect Body + Zac White + Rosehip Teahouse Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2039 9557. Launch of a split mini-album between PB and ZW. Sham 69 The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. The Tim V lineup not the Jimmy Pursey one. I don’t know anything about Tim V sorry.

Simon Love + The Metatrons Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

Static Fires + Old Samuel + Fallen Temples + Ortario The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. *Stefflon Don Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. See Music.

Tarion The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

The Beatles Go On Congress Theatre, Cwmbran.

7.45pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band.

The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

Soul.

The Blackheart Orchestra Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £10 adv.

Info 01834 869323. UK duo who have been compared to both Steve Reich and Ellie Goulding. On a similar note I was listening to Goldie’s new collaborative album earlier which he reckons is his attempt at Eno-style minimalism. If he really thinks that he has got to be #backandgakked in a big way.

The Blues Sisters Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Hermes Experiment Royal Welsh College Of

HALF MAN HALF BISCUIT (Tramshed, Fri 22 Mar) KRISTIN HERSH (Tramshed, Tue 26 Mar) UB40 (Motorpoint Arena, Fri 5 Apr) RICHARD ASHCROFT (Motorpoint Arena, Thurs 20 Apr) NICK MASON’S SAUCERFUL OF SECRETS (St David’s Hall, Sat 29 Apr) OLLY MURS (Motorpoint Arena, Tue 28 May) BUZZ 72

Music & Drama, Cardiff.

1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Young leftfield classical quartet.

The Noise & The Naive + Think Pretty + Secret Base + Lost On Me The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info info@themooncardiff. com.

The Rosellys + Brent Lee The Globe At Hay, Hay-OnWye. 8pm, £5. Info 01497 821762.

Tinc Y Tannau Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £6-£9. Info 01970 623232. Welsh baroque/folk type duo, pretty interesting from what I’ve heard.

Tony Christie Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20-£27. Info 01792 475715.

Whole Lotta Led The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Led Zeppelin tribute band.

SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £25.50. Info 01656 815995.

In Aberystwyth on Thurs 29; Pontardawe on Fri 30.

Cardiff University Symphony Chorus And Orchestra Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, £10/£8/free NUS. Info 029 2063 6464.

Charlie Says The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

Dicky Heart & The Murmurs Hen Dderwen, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 203631. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Ed Force One The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm, £6/£5 adv. Info 01495 213300. Iron Maiden tribute band.

Electric Circus Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4.50 adv.

Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.

WASP tribute band.

Idlewar Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 07970 063107. American blues-rockers.

Islands In The Stream Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £24.50/£22.50. Info 01446 738622. Dolly/Kenny tribute show.

Jamie Smith’s Mabon Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 01982 552555.

Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Magenta Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Welsh proggers.

Medicine Boy + Laundrette + Kiki The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free.

Info info@themooncardiff. com. Presrnted by Slush Puppy.

Mötley Crüde + Poizon + Subhuman Race The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £14.

Info 01443 490390. Cock rock tribute bands.

Norm And The Nightmarez + The Gruffs Cathays Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 9pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 029 2022 0906.

Psychobilly bands.

Paul Campbell The Red Dragon, Bridgend. 8.30pm, free. Info 01656 654753.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Pearler + The Devolved + Sepulchre + Infernal Diadem Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 301178. Metal.

Queens Of Rock + Guitar Godz Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £12 adv.

Info 07512 237983.

Real Magic The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com.

Queem tribute band.

Ricky Rivers The Heath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2039 4207. Elvis tribute.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Rob Heron And The Teapad Orchestra West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01446 735739. A Roots N All gig.

Sun Records: The Concert The Riverfront, Newport.

7.30pm, £25/£23. Info 01633 656757.

The Australian Pink Floyd Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £29.50.

Info 029 2022 4488. They’ve been doing this for 30 years now. The last time they were here we interviewed them about having been doing it for nearly 30 years.

The Dapper Cadavers Laser Station, Carmarthen.

9pm. Info 01267 235468.

Ska/punk/reggae band.

The D Teez + Boxcat + Poetic Justice The Roath Park, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free.

Info 029 2047 1961. Punk gig raising funds for the homeless and those affected by austerity.

The Four Seasons By Candlelight St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £16.50£32.50. Info 029 2087 8444.

Conducted by David Juritz.

The Hold Up: Inner City Cypher Oner Signs, Cardiff.

1-5pm, free. Info 029 2037 1231. Monthly hip-hop session inviting MCs, beatboxers, DJs etc down to jam.

The House & Garage Orchestra The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. See Clubs. It’s dance classics played live, you see.

The Manfreds + Georgie Fame Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £31.50£33.50. Info 01792 475715.

The Rosie Walters Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015.

The Sabbath Years The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 8pm. Info 01685 387925. Black Sabbath tribute.

Skindred Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv.

Info 029 2023 5555.

Whole Lotta Led Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01834 869323.

XSLF + Not The Sex Pistols + Tenplusone The Parrot, Carmarthen. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01267 231012.

A combo of a Stiff Little Fingers spinoff band who play SLF material plus new stuff, a Pistols tribute band plus a local, original (in the sense that they’re not a cover band) punk outfit. *Zabrinski + Adwaith + Los Blancos Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music.

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER Big Country The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv.

Info 07590 471888.

Dead At 27 + Kasia + Angri Kidd Jac’s, Aberdare.

5.30pm, £3. Info 01685 879491.

Fraser & The Alibis Melville Theatre,

Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

Mogwai + The Twilight Sad St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7pm, £29.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Another of Clwb Ifor Bach’s big external gigs. See Upfront for an interview with Stuart out of Mogwai.

Only Men Aloud Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £27. Info 0845 2263510.

TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER Bring Me The Horizon + The Fever 333 + Yonaka Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

6.30pm, £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7.

Info 029 2087 8444.

Guy Withers & Esther Knight Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-8pm, £10/£8/ free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Tenor and piano duo.

Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £3 (suggested

Among the lengthy list of Armistice Day-related events this month, a century after the day itself (see Upfront for more), Trenchfoot play their last ever gig at Swansea Grand Theatre on Sat 10. They are, or were, a folk group whose songs are all World War I-themed.

Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.

Omega Two Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688.

The Hiding Place + Peaks + Portraits + Cease To See The Sun The Bunkhouse, Swansea.

7pm, £4 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk.

The World Of Pauline Viardot Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-5pm, £10/£8/ free NUS. Info 029 2087 4816. Lecture and recital concerning renowned 19th century composer.

Whitchurch Jam Session #112 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free.

Info 029 2062 6015.

MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER Acoustic Open Mic Curado Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2034 4336. New event on the last Monday of every month and hosted by Bella Collins.

Florence & The Machine + Wet Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £45. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.

Gilad Hekselman’s Zuperoctave Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15.

Info 029 2039 1391.New York retro jazzer.

Gwd Mondays Open Mic

donation). Info 029 2048 3344. On the last Tuesday of every month.

Jazz Jam Session The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night with the Dave Cottle Trio.

Natty Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Reggae bloke touring to celebrate 10 years since his Man Like I album.

Opera Gala with WNO Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50/£14.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Conducted by James Southall.

Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Amorettes + Naked Six Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff.

7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199.

Hard rock Scots headline.

Williams & Thorne Double Bass Duo Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. .

WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER Aidenkeryn + Tarion + Kasia The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £3. Info 01685 387925. A U&I Radio night.

Blackhawk Big Band

Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport.

8pm, £8. Info malc@ dancebands.plus.com.

A South Wales Big Band Society gig.

Dinosaur Pile-Up + Hockey Dad + Gender Roles The Globe, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Leeds indie mob who I had totally forgotten about headline.

Fini Bearman/Huw Warren Duo Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com.

Jazz.

Mr Tea And The Minions The Last Resort, Swansea.

7-10pm, £6. Info www. lastresortswansea.com.

Mumford & Sons Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

6.30pm, from £37.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out.

Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is The Freeway.

Roger Beaujolais / Danny Moss Jr. Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night.

Royal Welsh College Harps Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Performiung French salon music.

The Stylistics Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen.

7.30pm, £35. Info 0845 2263510.

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER 100,000 Bodybags + World Vs World + Greenmailer The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm. Info 01792 654366.

Al Moses + Bandiccot + Red Skylines Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £4.50.

Info 029 2023 2199. Single launch gig for the headliners, see the review in this issue in fact.

Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

8pm, £25. Info 01970 623232.

Boy Azooga + Men On The Chessboard + The Bug Club O’Neills, Cardiff.

7-10pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Presented by Clwb Ifor Bach.

Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £18.50.

Info 01495 227206.

Burum Café Jazz, Cardiff.

8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026.

Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff.

8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com.

Conan + Conjurer + Made Of Teeth Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Scouse doom stalwarts, who I put on once at a pub whose landlord had been drinking for 14 hours

and curtailed their performance by rushing the stage and grabbing the drummer’s cymbals so he couldn’t play them.

Glen Tilbrook Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £18.50.

Info 01792 863722. Your nam from Squeeze.

Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

Jess Glynne Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, from £32.50. Info 029 2022 4488.

Sold out.

Katie Melua St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £21.50£131. Info 029 2087 8444.

Top price is a VIP package. uPlanet Rockstock Trecco Bay, Porthcawl. £192.50/£170.50 Fri-Sun. Info www.planetrock.com.

Annual hard rock holiday camp. Always sells out well in advance, this year being no exception, but here’s the lineup. Tonight is for Gold ticket holders only and features Raveneye, Hand Of Dimes, Laurence Jones, Lionize and The Outlaw Orchestra. Fri 30: The Magpie Salute, Walter Trout, Wayward Sons, Skam and The Bad Flowers. Sat 1 Dec: Black Star Riders, Brothers Osborne, Gun, Dan Patlansky, Lazuli and Mason Hill. Sun 2 Dec: The Dead Daisies, Operation: Mindcrime, Von Hertzen Brothers, Dan Baird & Homemade Sin and Those Damn Crows. Stage 2 (FriSun, schedule TBC): Austin Gold, Bigfoot, Blind Haze, Gasoline Outlaws, Gin Anie, Iconic Eye, The Kris Barras Band, Last Great Dreamers, Ragged Union, The Rising Souls, The Rocket Dolls, Voodoo Vegas and Western Sand. (Until Sun 2 Dec) The Peeps Gwdihw, Cardiff.

7pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933.

The Vocelle Choir Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862.

Soundtracking pizza night. uTiger Bay Presents Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464.

Reggae, soul and Africaninspired music from locals.

On tomorrow also.

Voodoo Room Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 868239.

Tribute to Jimi Hendrix, Cream and Eric Clapton in his racistly solo guise.

Who Saves The Hero? + X Twenty-Two The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £4. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com.

FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER Adrian Jones The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2021 2509.

Andy Fairweather Low & The Low Riders Pontardawe Arts Centre.

TA K E T H AT + R I C K A S T L E Y ( P r i n c i p a l i t y S t a d i u m , C a r d i f f , S a t 8 J u n e ) E LT O N J O H N ( C a r d i f f C i t y S t a d i u m , S a t 1 5 J u n e ) P ! N K (Principality Stadium, Thurs 20 June) GLADYS KNIGHT (Motorpoint Arena, Thurs 4 July) THE STRANGLERS (Caerphilly Castle, Fri 5 July) BUZZ 73

7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 863722.

Astroid Boys + Pengshui Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199.

BBC NOW: Illumination Afternoon Concert Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Geoffrey Patterson conducts a programme headed by Paul Mealor’s Illumination symphony.

Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra: A Night At The Movies Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £15/£13.

Info 01495 227206.

Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £18/£17.

Info 01239 621200.

Classic Intensions The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot.

9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Dan Donnelly + Cosmo + Matthew Derrick Rudry Parish Hall, nr Caerphilly.

7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 07740 192879.

Geoff Tate’s Operation: Mindcrime + Til Death Do Us Part The Muni, Pontypridd. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01443 490390.

Queensryche frontman doing those songs under his own name I guess.

Gwenan Gibbard Ty Tawe, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 456856. Playing a Tyrfe Tawe acoustic evening here.

Hakoustic 3 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £10£12.50. Info 01970 623232.

Local music showcase.

Holding Absence + Nightlives + The Decoy + Blank Atlas Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 01685 879491.

Presented by Blowout.

Ian Bruce Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night.

Kat Jones City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Lazarus Moon + Finding Aurora + As I Please The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm.

Info gigs@thedragonffli. com.

Like A Lion Black Boy, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 299469. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Link N Park Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv.

Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk.

Linkin Park tribute band.

Live/Wire Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. AC/DC tribute.

Love Machine Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01633 868239.

Classic pop/soul covers.

Material Girl Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £22. Info 0845 2263510. Madonna tribute show.

Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Family favourite-type songs for Christmas.

BUZZ 74

Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7951.

Pardans + Fallow + Cruelty Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are from Denmark and play cool jazzy noir rock. Slush Puppy present.

Philharmonia Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £5-£49.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Long Yu conducts a programme of Glazunov, Tchaikovsky and Dvorák.

River Look Out Cafe & Bar, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £5 adv.

Info claire@dovetailcomms. co.uk. Acoustic set as part of a launch night for a photo book titled Welsh Mod: Our Story. DJ sets from Eddie Crole, Siobhan Nolan-Farmer and James Parker also feature.

Roosevelt Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Presented by Nailed It Events.

Roy Wood Rock And Roll Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm. Info 01656 815995.

Tenacious G Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8.

Info 07970 063107.

The Italics The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge.

9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Luke Doherty Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026.

The Oasis Experience The Vault, Swansea. 9pm, £8 adv.

Info 01792 465300. Tribute band.

The Shakes The Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194.

Presented by Nailed It Events.

The Wandering Hearts The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. *Vile Creature + Bismuth + Ordeal By Roses The Moon, Cardiff.

7.30pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Lesson No.1 presents two very heavy doom/sludge metal bands (Bismuth’s new album is reviewed in this issue too) plus local power electronics maven OBR.

stage THURSDAY 1 NOVEMBER April In Paris Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £16.50/£14.50. Info 01646 695267. John Godber play, presented here by It’s An Act. In Abertillery on Sat 3.

Crafty’s Halloween Spooktacular The Met, Abertillery. 1.30pm, £7. Info 01495 355945. Kids’ show. In Milford Haven tomorrow.

Derwen The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £12/£9. Info 01633 656757. Play by Tim Crouch, translated into Welsh and presented by Invertigo. In Cardiff tomor-

row and Sat 3.

Frankenstein Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £7-£13. Info 01792 602060. Presented by Cascade Dance Theatre.

In Aberystwyth on Tue 6; Llanelli on Fri 9; Milford Haven on Sat 10; Brecon on Tue 13; Blackwood on Sat 17; Abergavenny on Tue 20; Cardiff on Thurs 29-Sat 1 Dec. uLoot Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.45pm, £16/£14. Info 029 2039 1391. Black RAT present Joe Orton’s play.

Previously in lots of Welsh venues during October, and in Abergavenny on Tue 6; Brecon Sat 10. (Until Sat 3) uLord Of The Flies Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £8-£26. Info 029 2064 6900. Dystopian novel of note presented for the stage by Sherman Theatre and Theatr Clwyd. Also on Sat 3. uLunch Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm, £5-£8. Info 0844 8700887. Steven Berkoff play presented by Pen & Paper Theatre Co. On tomorrow also.

Ned And The Whale Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil.

2pm, £5. Info 01685 722176. uOh What A Lovely War Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 473238.

Renowned WWI play presented by Swansea Little Theatre. (Until Sat 3) uOliver! Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £12 adv.

Info 01873 850805. Amateur production by AAODS Juniors. On at 5pm on Sat 3.

(Until Sat 3) uPrincess Charming Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

2.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. An exploration of gender stereotypes by Ovalhouse and Spun Glass Theatre. uSister Act Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £12/£10.

Info 0845 2263510. Musical presented by Carmarthen Amateur Operatic Society.

Also at 2.30pm on Sat 3.

(Until Sat 3) uThe Messiah New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £16-£30. Info 029 2087 8889. This Nativitythemed comedy stars Hugh Dennis and Lesley Garrett and is a sort of trial run for the West End showing.

Also on at 2.30pm on Sat 3. £21-£33 on Fri 2 and Sat 3.

(Until Sat 3) uTom Stade + Barry Dodds + Christopher MacArthur-Boyd Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info 0871 4720400. Tomorrow’s lineup, also with Rachel Fairburn: 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food.

Sat 3, also with Fairburn: £17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink. (Until Sat 3) uTuck Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Drag-themed play about a Cardiff-based queen named Patsy Thatcher.

Fictional name but wonder if it’s basded on anyone in particular. (Until Sat 3) uWicked Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20-£69. Info 029 2063 6464. Popular musical, previewed in the Oct issue.

On at 7.30pm only on Fri 2, Tue 6, Wed 7, Fri 9, Tue 13, Wed 14, Fri 16, Tue 20 and Fri 23; 2.30pm only on Sun 4, Sun 11 and Sun 18.

No performances on Mon 5, Mon 12 or Mon 19. (Until Sat 24) FRIDAY 2 NOVEMBER uCardiff Boy The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £10 adv. Info info@ otherroomtheatre.com. New play by Kevin Jones which was developed from an original idea at a Chippy Lane experimental night. Also on at 3pm on Wed 7. No performances on Sun 4 or Sat 10.

(Until Sun 11) Ceri Dupree Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01633 868239.

Comedy Club Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. With comics TBC. Crafty’s Halloween Spooktacular Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

2pm, £9/£8 kids. Info 01646 695267. uDerwen Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

On tomorrow also.

Dreaming The Night Field Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01685 722176. Mabinogionthemed multimedia theatre show. uDrones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 16. uInto The Woods St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7pm, £8-£10.

Info 01446 799100. Grimmthemed musical presented

by Stage Door 1. On tomorrow also, at 2pm and 7pm.

Marypocalypse Mary’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2066 8647. Hosted by Haus Of The Absurd and featuring performances by Electra Complex, Annie Lusion, Cressida Wolf, Gavin Glam, Medusa & Nemesis Repulsa, Fae West, Malady Masterwort, Polly Esther and Maxx Decedance .

Morgan & West: Parlour Tricks Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01792 863722. They’re a timer-travelling magic duo and they’re also here in the afternoon today (see below).

Morgan & West’s Utterly Spiffing Spectacular Magic Show Pontardawe Arts Centre. 2pm, £7. Info 01792 863722. Most of my dental surgery over the last few years is a direct result of grinding my teeth every time I see the title of this probably innocuous show for children.

Ned And The Whale Park & Dare, Treorchy. 2pm, £5.

Info 0300 0040444. Flossy & Boo production for kids. uResident Magicians

The Small Space, Barry.

7.30pm, £20. Info info@ thesmallspace.co.uk. Notably small (only 20 seats!) magiccentred Vale venue. Also on Sat 3, Sat 10, Fri 16, Sat 17, Fri 23 and Sat 24.

Robin Ince Volcano, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6. Info www.volcanotheatre.co.uk.

Billed as a booklaunch so night not be a conventional comedy set as such.

Sing Play Love Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7pm, £10.

Info 01633 263670. Variety show raising money for Ysgol Bryn Derw to have a play area.

‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners Institute, Blackwood.

8pm, £12.50/£11.50 adv. Info 01495 227206. uThe Cocktail Party Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.45pm, £6-£9. Info 01970 623232. TS Eliot’s play, presented here by Blood, Sweat & Tea. On tomorrow also.

The Extremists Barnabas Arts House, Newport. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01633 673739.

An immersive production

by Reality Theatre which, they say, “challenges belief systems, questions your political agenda and brings insight on a very taboo subject.”

Wes Zaharuk + George Rigden + Howard Read Narberth Rugby Club. 8pm, £10-£14. Info 01834 869323.

Comedy Club night hosted

by Span Arts. Headliner is Canadian and has been described as “Tommy Cooper on acid” by, or maybe on, Channel 4.

SATURDAY 3 NOVEMBER April In Paris The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01495 355945 Cardiff Cabaret Club: Zombie A&E Heath Hospital Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15.

Info www.cardiffcabaretclub. com. A few days late for Halloween, but hey – we’re dealing with the undead here! That’s the argument I would make if this burlesque show – which stars Miss Sugar Rush, FooFoo La Belle and Cardiff Cabaret Club soloists and troupes – was mine. uMulan Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30 + 7pm, £8-£12.50. Info 01656 815995. Presented by TPH. On tomorrow also.

Theatre In Focus: Brian Friel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 12.30pm, £6.50 adv. Info 01792 475715. Talk followed by a script-in-hand performance of a Friel play.

The Barricade Boys Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £18-£23. Info 01792 475715. Songs from the musicals.

The Greatest Show Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

7.15pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 475715. Dance showcase from The Performance Factory’s Dance School.

The Island Miners Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £8-£12.50. Info 01495 227206. Apartheid-era

play which we previewed last month.

SUNDAY 4 NOVEMBER uLive Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm.

Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.

Neil Hilborn Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Slam poet.

Snow Queen Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £6-£10.

Info 01970 623232. Kids’ show presented here by Mike Kenny.

Stephen Bailey & Friends Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £4-£8.

Info 029 2031 0312. Buffalo Comedy night.

Theatr Silures + Stuart Butler + Matt Hill Le Public Space, Newport. 6pm, £7 adv. Info sam@lepub. co.uk. Newport Rising festival theatre event.

MONDAY 5 NOVEMBER Slip Stones Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 10am + 1pm, £10/£8. Info 01874 611622. Children’s theatre.

Morning performance is in English, afternoon in Welsh.

In Newport on Thurs 8; Barry on Mon 12.

TUESDAY 6 NOVEMBER Alan Badmington Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £7.

Info 01633 263670. Not sure what this is exactly but it’s presented by T42 and the act is to be congratulated for his surname being the correct spelling of ‘badminton’ (sic).

Carrying On As Normal + A Slice Of Life Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £10/£6 under-16s. Info 01600 772467. Double bill of WWIthemed plays. uCilla The Musical Grand Theatre, Swansea.

7.30pm, £18-£42. Info 01792 475715. Air hostess’ favourite Cilla Black has her early career dramatised by Jeff Pope. Also on at 2.30pm on Wed 7, Thurs 8 and Sat 10.

(Until Sat 10) Frankenstein Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10£12. Info 01970 623232. uJourney’s End Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Everyman Theatre’s play, set in WWI trenches in France circa 1918. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 10. (Until Sat 10) Loot Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01873 850805.

Mark Olver + Mike Reed The Cambrian Tap, Cardiff.

8pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. Crafty Laughs, the monthly night of standup comedy here , with a biggerthan-normal-for-them headliner. Mike Reed is not to be confused with Mikes Reid or Read. uPlayhouse The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6. Info 01633 656757.

Theatr Iolo present short plays for local schoolchildren. Also on Mon 12. uRock Of Ages New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16-£38. Info 029 2087 8889.

Hard rock musical. Also on

at 2.30pm on Wed 7; 8.30pm only on Fri 9; 5pm and 8.30pm on Sat 10. £19-£25 on Wed 7; £18-£40.50 on Fri 9 and the evenign of Sat 10.

(Until Sat 10) uRoots Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2063 6464.

Three dance performances presented by National Dance Company Wales: Bernadette

by Caroline Finn, Atalay

by Mario Bermudez Gil and Omerta by Matteo Marfoglia. On tomorrow also but both nights are sold out. In Pontypridd on Thurs 8; Carmarthen on Tue 13; Ystradgynlais on Fri 16.

Swan Lake Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £18.50£23.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Presented by Russian National Ballet. uThe Addams Family Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info 0300 3656677.

Musical presented by Neath Amateur Operatic Society.

Also on at 1pm on Sat 10.

(Until Sat 10) WEDNESDAY 7 NOVEMBER uAll Shook Up Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7pm, £9-£12. Info 0300 0040444.

Elvis-themed musical presented by Colstars. (Until Sat 10) uBrassed Off Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01239 621200.

Brass band-themed film takes to the stage, featuring the Goodwick Brass Band.

On at 1pm on Sat 10. (Until Sat 10)

Brendan Cole Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £40/£32. Info 01792 475715.

Cabaret At The College Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

6-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Songs in the foyer. uCappuccino Girls The Hyst, Swansea. 7-10pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 654366. Also on Mon 12.

Do You Think That’s Wise Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01646 695267. Julian Dutton with a one-man show paying tribute to John Le Mesurier from Dad’s Army. uOh What A Lovely War Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Musical presented by Llanelli Youth Theatre. On at 3pm and 7.30pm on Sat 10; 3pm only on Sun 11. (Until Sun 11) Swan Lake Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £16.50-£21. Info 01874 611622. Ballet, presented by Russian National Ballet. uThe Lion King Of Pride Rock The Met, Abertillery.

6.30pm, £6. Info 01495 355945. Presented by AYDMS Primary Section. On tomorrow also.

You’ve Got Dragons Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 11.30am + 4.30pm, £9/£8. Info 01792 602060. Kids’ show presented by Taking Flight Theatre.

THURSDAY 8 NOVEMBER uAvenue Q Grand Pavilion,

Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12.50.

Info 01656 815995. Rude musical presented by Stage Right Productions.

Dai Lemur Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £6-£9.

Info 01970 623232. Oneman drama (I think) by Jez Danks.

David O’Doherty St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £21. Info 029 2087 8444.

Keyboard-playing comedian, first time touring venues of this size I think. uForget Me Not Pontypridd Museum. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info www. avant.cymru. Theatrical promenade show, also a tribute to the century since the end of WWI, presented

by Avant Cymru and reprised here after its initial showing in January. (Until Sat 10) uIan Smith + Mark Nelson + Sarah Keyworth Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info 0871 4720400. Tomorrow’s lineup, also with George Lewis: 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food. Sat 10, also with Lewis: £17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink. (Until Sat 10) Nolton Comedy Nolton Corner, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info 01656 655015. With standups TBC, every second Thursday of the month. uOh What A Lovely War Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £11/£7. Info 01982 552555. Musical presented by Mid Powys Youth Theatre. On at 2pm

and 7.30pm on Sat 10 (£6 at 2pm). (Until Sat 10) Roots The Muni, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £12/£9.

Info 01443 490390.

Slip Stones The Riverfront, Newport. 10am + 1pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757.

In Welsh in the morning; English in the afternoon. uTheir Sacrifice For Our Future Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. A tribute to the dead of World Wars I and II in word and song..

Tom Binns Exit 7, Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

8pm, £10. Info 029 2022 4488. Comedian.

FRIDAY 9 NOVEMBER uA Child’s Christmas The Riverfront, Newport.

7.30pm, £10.50-£14.50. Info 01633 656757. Presented by Ballet Cymru and featuring some poetry naration by Cerys Matthews. On tomorrow also. uFlying Atoms Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2063 6464. Kids’ show presented by Powys Dance. On tomorrow also, at 11am and 1.30pm.

Frankenstein Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £5.50-£14.

Info 0845 2263510.

Joe Lycett St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out.

Journeys The Gate, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2048 3344. Showcase from local dance/theatre groups and independent artists.

uLittle Red Riding Hood Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

1.30pm, £9/£6.50. Info 029 2064 6900. Christmas play for kids, on tomorrow also (at 11am and 1.30pm; morning show is sold out, afternoon show is in Welsh) then here from Mon 3-Sat 29 Dec. Before that it’s in Pontardawe on Thurs 15, Chepstow on Sat 17, Porthcawl on Wed 21, Merthyr Tydfil on Sat 24 Ystradgynlais on Wed 28 uLuna Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £7. Info 029 2030 4400. Kids’ show presented

by Hullabaloo. On tomorrow also, 10am and 12.30pm Macbeth – Director’s Cut Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 615952. Presented by Volcano. uNyrsys Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £14.50/£12.50. Info 0845 2263510. NHS70-related play set on a cancer ward, presented by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and in Welsh. On tomorrow also.

In Aberystwyth on Tue 13 and Wed 14; Cardiff on Fri 16 and Sat 17; Newtown on Fri 23; Abergavenny on Tue 27; Swansea on Sat 1 Dec and Cardigan on Tue 4 (plus some outside the area Buzz covers).

The Troth Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50£15. Info 029 2039 1391.

Dance theatre presented by Akademi.

uThe Last Five Years Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Musical set in New York and presented here by Leeway. Also features BSL interpretation and deaf choreography. On at 3pm and 8pm on Sat 17.

No performanceo n Sun 11.

In Aberystwyth on Tue 20; Blackwood on Tue 27 and Wed 28; Llanelli on Thurs 29 and Merthyr on Fri 30 and Sat 1 Dec. (Until Sat 17) SATURDAY 10 NOVEMBER A Spanish Hour The Met, Abertillery. 7.30pm, £10/£8.

Info 01495 355945. Ravel’s one-act opera, presented by Mid Wales Opera. In Cardiff on Thurs 15; Pontardawe on Wed 21.

Between The Crosses Velfrey Hall, Llandewi.

7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01834 869323. Span Arts and Flying Bridge Theatre present a play told from the perspective of a WWI soldier.

Frankenstein Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.15pm, £16/£14. Info 01646 695267.

Hedd Wyn Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 11am + 1pm, £4. Info 0845 2263510. Play set in the time of WWI, about a former Eisteddfod Chair.

House Of Broadway Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464.

Musical theatre.

Loot Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info 01874 611622.

Miss Tina Sparkle

live review

LORD OF THE FLIES

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Wed 17 Oct

Almost 65 years since William Golding’s novel Lord Of The Flies, its allegory on power and the nature of community remains relevant, as does its downplaying of gender, class and racial politics. Thanks to Nigel Williams’ adaptation and Emma Jordan’s direction, this new co-production of the novel’s theatrical adaption feels contemporary.

The most obvious change is the cast – their names stay the same, but the marooned boys of Golding’s novel are now played by an ensemble of young female performers. The difference is profound. It’s not so much the power dynamics that have changed, but the way in which they’re expressed. Jack isn’t brutish in this version; Kate Lamb’s electric portrayal of the head hunter is more torturous. She leads a pack of hyenas, not lions, and their terrorising of the others come across far crueller. As Piggy, Gina Fillingham does a magnificent job of getting sympathy and scorn from the audience by playing it much darker: watching the character get bullied would be less unnerving if it were a male actor.

As much praise as Jordan deserves for her direction of the cast, arguably more needs to be given for her design choices. James Perkins’ set is a stunningly built playground for the performers to leap and crawl around in. Tim Mascall bathes the stage in brash oranges and yellows during action sequences, but when he pares it down the play is at its visual best. Special mention also needs to go to Liz Ranken (movement director) and Bethan Clark (fight director) for helping the performers’ physicality on stage feel organic and their fighting realistic.

The appeal of Lord Of The Flies has endured this long because of how much it had to say about masculinity and Britain’s attitude to rule and law. But it’s also fundamentally a really enjoyable read. For all of the radical changes Jordan has made, that’s the one thing shared with the original. words JAFAR IQBAL

BUZZ 75

Bedwellty House & Park, Tredegar. 7pm, £10. Info 01495 353397. This is a Ladies’ Night, or billed as one, and Tina is a female impersonator.

Sarah Guppy: The Bed, The Bridge, The Truth Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

2pm, £10. Info 01600 772467.

One-woman show about a 19th-century inventor. uThe Wizard, The Goat And The Man Who Won The War Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2pm, £7.50-£15.

Info 029 2039 1391. Lloyd George-themed play presented by Theatr Cadair. On tomorrow also.

SUNDAY 11 NOVEMBER Comedymania Mega Tour 2018 Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £18. Info 0871 4720400. Featuring Aurie Styla, Kane Brown, Darren Harriott, Dane Baptiste and Guz Khan.

Lorri Guppy School Of Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 2 + 7pm, £16/£13. Info 01633 656757.

Showcase performances.

That’s Showbiz Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 12pm, £9-£15. Info 01656 815995.

Heat of a UK-wide dance competition.

The White Feather Dylan Thomas Theatre, Swansea.

2 + 5pm, £9. Info 01792 473238. Theatr Na n’Og present a play commemorating the centenary of the end of WWI. Afternoon performance is in English; evening in Welsh.

MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER uCaterpillar Comedy Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, free.

Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted by James Dunn. Also on Tue 27.

Shakespeare Schools Festival Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli.

7pm, £9.75/£7.75. Info 0845 2263510. A series of unique abridged Shakespeare productions by local schools.

In Cardigan tomorrow; Blackwood on Wed 14; Swansea Thurs 15 and Fri 16; Brecon on Mon 19; Newport from Mon 19-Wed 21; Neath on Wed 21 and Thurs 22.

Slip Stones Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 10am + 1pm, £6/free kids. Info 01446 738622. Children’s theatre.

TUESDAY 13 NOVEMBER uBattalion Concert 2018 The Riverfront, Newport.

6.30pm, £5/£3. Info 01633 656757. Three Newport schools will perform an evening of music and drama reflecting on WWI. (Until Thurs 15) uBlackadder Goes Forth Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Presented by Everyman Theatre On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 17. (Until Sat 17) uCider With Rosie Dolman Theatre, Newport.

7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. The play of the book by Laurie Lee. BUZZ 76

Also on at 2.30pm on Sat 17 (£11 tickets for that performance). (Until Sat 17) Frankenstein Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01874 611622.

Iliza Shlesinger Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £22.50/£87.50 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. American comedian.

Living With Luke Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01446 738622.

Play based on a blog of the same name, about a dad and his autistic son. uNyrsys Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10-£12.

Info 01970 623232. On tomorrow also.

Roots Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510.

Shakespeare Schools Festival Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7pm, £9.75/£7.75.

Info 01239 621200. uShed Man Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2064 6900.

New play by Kevin Jones, presented by the Clock Tower Theatre Company; part of a new scheme at this theatre offering exposure for emerging companies. Price includes a pie and a drink.

(Until Sat 17) WEDNESDAY 14 NOVEMBER Aquaria Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £15 adv/£30 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. Winner of Drag Race season 10 uAwful Auntie Grand Theatre, Swansea. 1.30 + 7pm, £10-£18.50. Info 01792 475715. David Walliams’ kids’ book, adapted for the West End and now here. On at 10.30am and 7pm on Fri 16; 2.30pm and 7pm on Sat 17. (Until Sat 17) Nye & Jennie Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 863722.

Acclaimed play about Aneurin Bevan and Jennie Lee. In Llanelli tomorrow; Abergavenny Fri 16; Melford Haven Sat 17 Off The Grid The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £6-£11. Info 01633 656757.

Immersive play written by David Lane and presented

by Half Moon Theatre..

Old Soldier Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.30pm, £8. Info 01239 841387. Play about WWI soldier Frank Richards.

Shakespeare Schools Festival Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £6.50£9.75. Info 01495 227206. uThe 4G Race: Cardiff Gang Show 2018 New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £10-£17.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Annual kids’ theatre showcase. On at 3pm on Sat 17. (Until Sat 17) THURSDAY 15 NOVEMBER A Spanish Hour Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. uBranwen Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 10am + 1pm,

£8/free teachers. Info 0845 2263510. Family theatre based on a Mabinogion tale.

On tomorrow also, at 10am only. uFamily Planning Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £8. Info 01639 763214. Frank Vickery play presented by Port Talbot Little Theatre. (Until Sat 17) Forbidden Nights Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £19/£23.50 first five rows.

Info 01600 772467. Male strippers.

Heroes Without A Parachute Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £11.50/£9.50. Info 01792 475715. New play by Fluellen, set in a WWI Royal Flying Corps division. uKiri Pritchard-McLean + David Hadingham + Steffan Alun Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info 0871 4720400. Tomorrow’s lineup, with Tom Lawrinson and Andrew Rutledge: 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with

8pm, from £25. Info 029 2022 4488. Comedian, once Big In Scotland and now big everywhere I guess. On tomorrow also, but it’s sold out. uLeroy Brito Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Local comedian with a new show about being a dad in his teens, 20s and 30s. On tomorrow also.

Luisa Omielan The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01633 656757.

Comedian with a show titled Politics For Bitches.

Nye & Jennie Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01873 850805. uNyrsys Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £10-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. On tomorrow also, at 2pm and 7.30pm.

Richard Digance Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467.

Songwriting.comedian, or comedy songwriter.

Roots The Welfare,

Robert Llewellyn, best known for playing Kryten in Red Dwarf, appears at Ammanford’s Miners Theatre on Fri 30 with a show celebrating the power of batteries. It’s not immediately obvious if there will be actual jokes in it. food. Sat 17, with PritchardMcLean, Hadingham, McCaffrey and headliner Evelyn Mok: £17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink. (Until Sat 17) Little Red Riding Hood Pontardawe Arts Centre.

11am, £5. Info 01792 863722.

Dolly Chicken Comedy: Fun At The Flute Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £6.50/£5 adv. Info dollychickencomedy@gmail. com. Featuring Noel James, Drew Taylor, Jeff Japers, Sara Benham, Aled Richards and MC Anita Shaw plus house band Molly Katz.

Nye & Jennie Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £14/£12.

Info 0845 2263510. uShakespeare Schools Festival Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £6.50-£9.75. Info 01792 602060. On tomorrow also.

FRIDAY 16 NOVEMBER Faulty Towers The Dining Experience Bedwellty House, Tredegar.

7pm, £42.50. Info 01495 355945. First time in these parts for this show, I think.

Price includes a threecourse meal. Back here in February too FYI. uHeart Of Darkness Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £10-£14. Info 01970 623232. Imitating The Dog with their take on the Joseph Conrad novel. On tomorrow also. uKevin Bridges Motorpoint Arena Cardiff.

Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 01495 227206. uLittle Red Riding Hood The Drill Hall, Chepstow.

3pm, £6. Info 01291 627122.

Also on Thurs 29, at 11am.

Nye & Jennie Torch Theatre, Milford Haven.

7.30pm, £16/£14.50. Info 01646 695267.

Sum Ting Wong Mary’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm. Info 029 2066 8647. Drag artist who shares her name with a racist joke which was read out as part of an American news report about an aviation disaster.

The Yeoman Of The Guard Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12.

Info 01656 815995. Gilbert & Sullivan, as presented by Mid Glamorgan Savoyards.

SUNDAY 18 NOVEMBER Rob Kemp Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01970 623232. Performing his show The Elvis Dead.

Youth Dance Night Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4 + 7pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Presented by National Dance Company Wales.

Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £13/£10. Info 01639 843163.

The Bundle Temple Of Peace, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2022 8549. Play based on a real story about a women denied human rights and abducted in Chechnya.

Tom Allen Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £15. Info 01686 614555. Comedian.

MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER Shakespeare Schools Festival Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £9.50/£7.50. Info 01874 611622. uShakespeare Schools Festival The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £10.25/£8.25.

Info 01633 656757. (Until Wed 21) uThe Nightingales New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £21-£35. Info 029 2087 8889.

See Upfront for more on this new Ruth Jones-starring play. Also on at 2.30pm on Thurs 22 and Sat 24. £18£29 on Thurs 22 (afternoon showing); £24-£38 on Fri 23 and Sat 24. (Until Sat 24)

SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER Aiden Goatley Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 07818 056599.

Comedian.

Amnesty International: Making A Song And Dance Of It Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire.

7.30pm, £12. Info 01239 841387. compered by Helen Blackburn with acts including Cilgerran’s DOC and the My Fair Lady Chorus.

Beauty & The Beast Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £18.50/£12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Ballet, presented

by Ballet Theatre UK. Beyond The Barricade The Riverfront, Newport.

7.30pm, £24.50/£23. Info 01633 656757. Songs from the musicals.

Cafficadabra Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8-10pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.

Magic from Joseff Badman in the bar.

Chris Ramsey Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20. Info 01970 623232. Comedian.

Might be sold out by the time you read this.

Frankenstein Miners

TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER uBullish Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Milk present a play set, notionally, in ancient Greece (the protagonist is a minotaur) but tackling issues of gender identity, passing etc. On at 1pm on Wed 21. (Until Sat 24) Frankenstein Borough Theatre, Abergavenny.

7.30pm, £7.50-£14. Info 01873 850805. uHumanequin Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1pm, £12. Info 029 2063 6464. Mess Up The Mess and Youth Cymru present a play starring three transgender actors, looking from various angles at what it means to be trans in 2018. On at 10am on Wed 21 and Thurs 22; 8.30pm on Fri 23 and Sat 24.

(Until Sat 24) The Last Five Years Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 01970 623232.

Ventoux Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £3-£13.

Info 01239 621200. A restaging of the 2000 Tour

De France race between Lance Armstrong and Marco Pantani, with the aid of two bikes, a video backdrop and a massive stash of drugs.

By drugs I of course mean LiveStrong™ wristbands.

In Blackwood tomorrow; Aberystwyth on Thurs 22; Pontardawe on Fri 23; Maesteg on Sat 24; Brecon on Wed 28. See Stage.

WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER A Spanish Hour Pontardawe Arts Centre.

7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 863722.

Little Red Riding Hood Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl.

11am + 1.30pm, £7.50. Info 01656 815995. In English in the morning; Welsh in the afternoon.

Shakespeare Schools Festival Gwyn Hall, Neath.

7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. On tomorrow also.

Ventoux Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £8-£12.50. Info 01495 227206.

THURSDAY 22 NOVEMBER Andrew O’Neill Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11.50. Info 029 2023 2199.

Metalhead comedian with a new show titled Black Magick Fun Hour. uA Touch Of Danger Savoy Theatre, Monmouth.

7.30pm, £12. Info 01600 772467. Murder mystery presented by Off Centre. (Until Sat 24) uEpisodes Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Three short plays (two of which are actually sitcom episodes) celebrating 70 years of Llanelli Little Theatre. (Until Sat 24) uJimmy McGhie + Dave Fulton + Steve Gribbin Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info 0871 4720400.

Tomorrow’s lineup, with Paul McCaffrey and Jamie MacDonald replacing Alun: 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food. Sat 24, with McGhie, Fulton, Gribbin and headliner Russell Hicks: £17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink. (Until Sat 24) uMargaret And The Tapeworm Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.

Triongl with a comedic play about an office Christmas party. Also on here from Wed 19-Sat 22 Dec; in Swansea on Wed 28, then lots of Welsh venues during December. (Until Sat 24) Rich Hall Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £17. Info 01792 863722. In Porthcawl tomorrow.

The Humours Of Bandon Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060.

Fishamble: The New Play Company with a play about an Irish dancing teenager named Annie. In Newport on Sat 24; Llanelli on Mon 26; Brecon on Tue 27.

Ventoux Aberystwyth Arts

Centre. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 01970 623232.

FRIDAY 23 NOVEMBER uAlice In Wonderland Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.

7pm, £8-£26. Info 029 2064 6900. The Sherman’s inhouse Christmas panto production, whose cast includes Buzz’s own Keiron Self as The Duchess. On at 2pm on Mon 26; 10.30am and 7pm on Tue 27; 10.30am only on Wed 28-Fri 30 and I’ll list the December times next issue ta. (Until Sat 29 Dec) uA Very Mary Christmas Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £9/£8.

Info 01873 850805. Play presented by Breakthrough about a soap opera scriptwriter. On tomorrow also.

Cerig Yn Slic Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 1 + 4.30pm, £5. Info 01792 602060. Interactive drama for ages 3-7, presented by Arad Goch.

Hello Cabaret Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464.

Nyrsys Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £12/£10.

Info 01686 614555.

One Percent Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5/£3 NUS. Info 07933 844234. One-act play

by Golden Sock Theatre Company. On tomorrow also. uPeter Pan The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £14/£11.

Info 01495 355945. Panto, presented by Rainbow Valley.

Also on Sat 24 and Sun 25 (2pm and 5.30pm both days), Fri 30 (7pm), Sat 1 Dec (2pm) and Sun 2 Dec (2pm and 5.30pm).

Rich Hall Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £17. Info 01656 815995.

Temple80 Anniversary Gala Evening And Performance Temple Of Peace, Cardiff. 6pm. Info 029 2022 8549.

Ventoux Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 863722.

SATURDAY 24 NOVEMBER Arthur Ransome’s Old Peter’s Russian Tales Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 3 + 6pm, free.

Info 01792 602060. Folktales and magic presented by DJ Britton and Theatr Cadair.

Gary Delaney Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £15.

Info 01792 863722. One-liner comic. #Jesuis Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10-£12.

Info 01970 623232. Dance production by Aakash Odedra about war, xenophobia, terrorism etc.

Joe Longthorne Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £24 adv. Info 0300 3656677. Singer and impressionist.

Little Red Riding Hood Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil.

2pm, £6/£4.50. Info 01685 384111. Performed in English.

Rachel Williams Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, £15. Info 029 2063 6464. Songs,

comedy and anecdotes from Williamns’ time as a showgirl in Paris, London etc.

The Humours Of Bandon The Riverfront, Newport.

7.45pm, £13/£11. Info 01633 656757.

Ventoux Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £9.50. Info 01656 815995.

SUNDAY 25 NOVEMBER Dylan Moran Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £27. Info 029 2063 6464. He normally plays St David’s Hall here so a change of scenery will be nice.

Iain Stirling Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £16.50.

Info 0871 4720400. Sold-out show titled U OK HUN? X and containing, it is claimed, “brilliant observations of modern millannial life”.

Legends & Divas Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £10/£9. Info 0845 2263510.

Showcase for the Raie Copp Academy, who are dance specalists.

The SITM Winter Showcase 2018 Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 5pm.

Info 01446 738622. Featuring students from Superstars In The Making Performing Arts Academy.

Three Kings Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £6-£10.

Info 01970 623232. Family show presented by Travelling Light Theatre.

MONDAY 26 NOVEMBER Swan Lake Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28-£35.

Info 01792 475715. Ballet, presented by The Russian State Ballet and Opera House.

The Humours Of Bandon Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0845 2263510.

TUESDAY 27 NOVEMBER uCheer The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info info@ otherroomtheatre.com. New play presented by Big Loop Theatre Company; Other Room’s Christmas production, of a sort. Tonight and tomorrow are preview prices; tickets are £8 on Fri 30 Nov and Sat 1 Dec, £10 from Mon 3-Sat 8 Dec and £12 from Mon 10-Sat 15 Dec. Also on at 3pm on Sat 1, Sat 8 and Sat 15 Dec. No performances on Thurs 29, Sun 2 Dec or Sun 9 Dec. (Until Sat 10 Dec) Nyrsys Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £7.50£14. Info 01873 850805. uSaturday Night Fever Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £18£39. Info 029 2063 6464.

Apparently this stage musical has both more drama and more music than the cinematic original. Which I only found out the other day was based on a purportedly factual but actually made up magazine article. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 28, Thurs 29 and Sat 1 Dec. (Until Sat 1 Dec) Steve Hewlett Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm,

£10. Info 01633 868239. A ventriloquist who was on Britain’s Got Talent and who has a puppet character called Arthur Lager. Cuttingedge entertainment then. uTerrible Tudors Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 10.30am + 7pm, £13/£11 kids. Info 01686 614555. One of two Horrible Histories shows for kids, the other being Awful Egyptians which starts tomorrow. On at 10.30am tomorrow and Fri 30; 1.30pm on Thurs 29 and 7pm on Sat 1 Dec. (Until Sat 1 Dec) The Humours Of Bandon Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622. uThe Last Five Years Miners Institute, Blackwood.

7.30pm, £14.50/£12.50. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also, at 1.30pm.

The Nutcracker Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28-£35. Info 01792 475715.

Ballet, presented by The Russian State Ballet and Opera House.

WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER uAwful Egyptians Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £13/£11 kids. Info 01686 614555. The second HH show. On at 10.30am tomorrow; 7pm on Fri 30 and 2.30pm on Sat 1 Dec. (Until Sat 1 Dec) Comedy Club Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea.

8pm, £11. Info 01792 475715.

Evros / The Crossing River Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £6-£10. Info 01970 623232. Dance theatre about a young Syrian girl and her boyfriend.

Little Red Riding Hood The Welfare, Ystradgynlais.

11am + 1.15pm, £6. Info 01639 843163. In English first, then Welsh.

Margaret And The Tapeworm Volcano, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10.

Info www.volcanotheatre. co.uk. uPhantom Rides Again Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.

8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. A revisiting of a 2008 performance, Phantom Ride, by local avant-theatre sorts Good Cop Bad Cop. Also on from Wed 5-Sat 8 Dec. (Until Sat 1 Dec) uRage Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.15pm, £6-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Simon Stephens’ play, presented by the Richard Burton Company and based on a series of photos of Manchester on NYE 2015; you’ll probably recognise the one with the coppers and pissed people lying on the pavement. Also on at 2.30pm on Fri 30. No performances on Sun 2 or Mon 3 Dec. (Until Sat 8 Dec) Sieloc Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01792 863722. The tale of Shakespeare character Shylock, in Welsh. uSingin’ In The Rain New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £14-£26. Info 029 2087 8889. Famous musical

ROOTS Various venues, Mon 5-Thurs 15 Nov Info: www.ndcwales.co.uk/roots The National Dance Company Wales presents Roots, a three-pronged a contemporary dance performance, this month. Visiting Cardiff Bay’s Wales Millennium Centre (Mon 5 and Tue 6 Nov), the Muni Arts Centre in Pontypridd (Thurs 8), the Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen (Tue 13) and the Welfare, Ystradgynlais (Thurs 15), followed by north Wales dates, his contemporary dance performance will take the audience through three dances showcasing powerful and liberating Welsh work as well as globally renowned choreographers. With a meaning behind each story, discussions will be held after each piece to aid the audience in understanding and appreciating the inspirational and dynamic mixture of talent – namely that of resident choreographer Caroline Finn, Cardiff-based Matteo Marfoglia and awardwinner Mario Bermudez Gil. presented by Orbit Theatre here. Also on at 2.30pm on Thurs 29 and Sat 1 Dec. £21£33 on Fri 2 and Sat 3. (Until Sat 1 Dec) The Death Hilarious Le Public Space, Newport.

8.30pm, pay by donation.

Info sam@lepub.co.uk.

This month’s edition of the You Might Laugh comedy night, on here on the last Wednesday of every month. Rescheduled from September. uThe Glass Menagerie Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7pm, £6-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Tennessee Williams’ play, presented by the Richard Burton Company.

No performances on Sun 2 or Mon 3 Dec. (Until Sat 8 Dec) uThe Gondoliers Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 01239 621200.

Opera Teifi do Gilbert & Sullivan. (Until Sat 1 Dec) Ventoux Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon.

7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622.

THURSDAY 29 NOVEMBER uFrankenstein Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. uJohn Lynn + Jo Enright + John Fothergill Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £9/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info

0871 4720400. Tomorrow’s lineup, with another act TBC: 7pm, £15.95/£8 NUS/£23.95 with food. Sat 1 Dec, also with Conor Drum: £17.95/£10 NUS/£27.95 with pizza and a drink. (Until Sat 1 Dec) Rat Pack Live Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. uRoad Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff.

7.30pm, £6-£13. Info 029 2039 1391. Jim Cartwright’s play, presented by the Richard Burton Company and set in working class northern England circa 1987. Also on at 2.30pm on Tue 4 Dec; BSL interpreted performance on Thurs 6 Dec. No performances on Sun 2 or Mon 3 Dec. (Until Sat 8 Dec) The Last Five Years Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510.

FRIDAY 30 NOVEMBER uAladdin Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot.

6.30pm, £15.05/£12.90 kids. Info 01639 763214.

Panto presented by Jermin Productions. On at 2pm and 6.30pm on Sat 1 Dec; 1pm and 6.30pm on Sun 2 Dec; 2pm only on Sat 8 Dec. (Until Sat 8 Dec) uJack & The Beanstalk Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare.

7pm, £16/£13. Info 0300 0040444. Clare Hingott stars

in this year’s panto. Also on Sat 1, Sun 2, Sat 8 and Sun 9 Dec, all at 2pm with an extra 6pm show on Sat 8.

Robert Llewellyn Miners Theatre, Ammanford.

7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 0845 2263510. Kryten out of Red Dwarf with a show about batteries. I assumed this was a standup set but looking into it I think he might be genuinely earnest about battery power in general.

Rory Bremner & Jan Ravens Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 01873 850805.

Impersonations which might not merely lampoon the great and the good, but also skewer sensibilities in the process.

Standup For Peace Temple Of Peace, Cardiff. 7-10pm.

Info 029 2022 8549. Comedy with a message of goodwill.

Tales From Wales Gartholwg Lifelong Learning Centre, Pontypridd. 7pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01443 570075. Featuring Drew Taylor and Steffan Evans, plus support from Sheep & Mash. uThe Last Five Years Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil.

8pm, £8-£10. Info 01685 722176. On tomorrow also.

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11% of all people in the world are left handed.

Mount Everest was named after a Welshman, Sir George Everest from Gwernvale, Breconshire.

The cigarette smoked by Sigourney Weaver in the TWO TICKETS TO SEASICK STEVE AT MOTORPOINT ARENA CARDIFF Touring his new album Can U Cook?, recorded in the Southern states of America, Jools Holland’s favourite train-hoppin’ bluesman Seasick Steve hits Cardiff on Sun 18 Nov. The evening will be sure to showcase his signature mixture of blues, boogie, rock, Americana and folk, treating the audience to new jams as well as old classics.

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movie Avatar is CGI.

Bob Dylan’s first professional performance was as the opening act for John Lee Hooker at Gerde’s Folk City in New York, 1961.

On average a person will spend 25 years of their

First Aid Kit’s Rebel Heart tour visits Cardiff on Tue 6 Nov. This indie-folk duo have enjoyed a rapid rise to success, entering the UK album charts at number three after releasing their fourth studio album in January. The Staves, an equally talented trio, will support First Aid Kit, bringing their signature harmonious vocals to the stage for an evening of incredibly talented women in music.

life asleep.

A COPY OF BRYN TERFEL’S DREAMS AND SONGS

blow up the House of Lords, he was just one of a group

Bryn Terfel’s new album Dreams And Songs – his first in five years – was released in October, showcasing a slightly different approach to his previous dramatic opera. The album features duets with stars including Rob Brydon and Katherine Jenkins; uplifting, light-hearted numbers and inspiring songs, all accompanied by the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra conducted

by Paul Bateman.

of 13 men. The leader was named Robert Catesby.

A COPY OF HINDS’ I DON’T RUN

else in the world

Spanish indie-rockers Hinds are coming to Cardiff’s Tramshed.

Their unique blend of lo-fi crunch and pop hooks, alongside their bilingual lyrics, has earned comparisons to The Strokes, The Vaccines, and scuzz-meister Ty Segall. We are giving away three CD copies of their latest album, I Don’t Run, which includes the singles New for You and The Club.

There are 22 stars in the Paramount studios logo.

Guy Fawkes wasn’t actually the ringleader of the plot to

A group of frogs is called an army.

Wales has more castles per square mile than anywhere

Rocks are actually soft, but harden when touched.

Sean Connery wore a wig in every single one of his James Bond performances.

TWO TICKETS TO MOGWAI AT ST DAVID’S HALL + A COPY OF NEW ALBUM KIN Clwb Ifor Bach presents Mogwai at St. David’s Hall, Cardiff on Mon 26 Nov. With their first LP now 20 years old, the Glaswegian band are considered cornerstones of post-rock, and last year released their ninth studio album, Every Country’s Sun. It both maintains and expands on their signature motifs: stylish minimalism and contrasting sounds compacted into 56 minutes. Their biggest Welsh headline gig to date is likely to be a memorable one. The winner will also receive a CD copy of their latest album, the soundtrack to the feature film Kin.

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New Zealand was discovered in 1969 when Neil Armstrong spotted it from space.

Danny Dyer has only ever starred in British-made films.

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