T’S ON GUIDE. NOV SOUTH WALES WHA
2014
NOEL FIELDING:
“WE WERE LIKE AEROSMITH OR SOMETHING”
ROB EVANS INTERVIEW:
SEX AND POLICE SECRECY UNDERCOVER EXPOSE!
Plus interviews with Paul Hollywood and Kate Humble
Who ate all the pies? We pick our favourite restaurants and eateries
PLUS ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN | WMC 10TH ANNIVERSARY | WIN RUGBY TICKETS
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“Dinner and a movie is the classic date night combo”
12food for thought
Don’t panic, not only will Buzz still provide our regular food and drink section at a point approaching the centre of the magazine, you’ll find my no doubt hilarious contents entry for it below. This, meanwhile, is a 12-page bumper guide to the finest places to eat and purchase food in south Wales right now, with choice quotes from whisk-wielding winners galore
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Highly varying levels of gravity in this section: from investigative journalist Rob Evans discussing the undercover coppers who infiltrate activist circles by pretending to like psytrance, to Noel Fielding thinking of the zaniest thing that could possibly happen at his Cardiff date – “a hawk being released into the crowd!”
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Keiron Self is inducing hysterics, as in the sexist Victorian-era medical condition, among some of this magazine’s staff in his latest starring role on Buzz’s burgeoning YouTube channel. Me? I’ll be quietly appreciating his movie reviews, and their way with a knowingly corny closing sentence, same as ever
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High level ranting about sustainable seas, delis you need to visit and naff cocktails drunk by basics. That last gripe comes courtesy of a bartender who invented a chorizo and cranberry cocktail last year, which to be fair sounds like an outtake from Bottom
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“Be who you are and stuff the haters,” is the message of A Naked Hope, the one-man look at the autumn years of Quentin Crisp. Not sure if those were the big man’s actual words, but either way it’s a motto I’ve adopted in defiance of trolls and authority figures trying to shut my contents down
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Glaswegian musical stalwarts are represented this month both via evenhanded understatement (“some might say that Simple Minds veered off the experimental track during the 1980s”) and breathless overstatement (“we all know Slam deliver”)
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Including a quick chinwag with icy hot BMX stunt dude Matti Hemmings, who even showed us some of his tricks in the carpark behind the office before the traffic warden had a chance to turn up and clamp his bike
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It seems likely that Lee Evans will draw more spectators to the Motorpoint Arena at the end of the month, during his week-long residency, than Cardiff City will in their next home game after that (against Rotherham). Is comedy the new football?
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Q. What was the name of the rugby-based book adapted into a film starring Morgan Freeman? A. Tommy David: He Velly Big Man by Dan O’Neill (illustrated by Gren)
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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.
LONDON’S BRIGHTLY COLOURED, spicy and ever popular Wahaca Mexican restaurant has chosen to make its new home in Cardiff. The modern Mexican food lovers are branching out from the big smoke for the first time and bringing thier big flavours, bold dishes and classic cocktails the Welsh capital when the new place opens on Thurs 14 Nov. Info: www.wahaca.co.uk
• DO YOU FIND MONDAY NIGHTS boring? Why not add a vowel and a consonant and make them boarding... with board games. Independent game shop Rules Of Play will be brining plenty of its wares to craft beer and cider bar Urban Tap House every Monday from now on, so you can have a try of their newest games while enjoying a drink or two – but do remember that alcohol famously isn’t a friend of critical thinking and bluffing skills. Admission: £3. Info: www. rulesofplay.co.uk
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CARDIFF COMIC CON What do you get when you put together a leader of a nomadic warrior tribe, a moody teenage ghost who hangs around in toilets and a forest-dwelling, nature-loving wizard? Not a laborious sounding joke, but Cardiff Film And Comic Convention. Among the many famous faces attending the convention are Jason Momoa who plays Kharl Drago in Game Of Thrones (the warrior), Shirley Henderson who is best known for her portrayal of Moaning Myrtle in the Harry Potter films (the ghost) and Sylvester McCoy who recently took on the role of Radagast The Brown in The Hobbit (the wizard). As well as plenty well known names in the world of sci-fi and fantasy there will be lots of chances to learn something new in the comic book and cosplay workshops, or get your hands on some retro consoles in the Video Game Zone.
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Cardiff Film And Comic Convention, Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Sat 8 + Sun 9 Nov. Tickets: £8-£14 day tickets / £15-£25 weekend ticket / £3 under-12s / under-4s free. Info: www.cardiffcomiccon.com
The Royal Welsh College is giving its tribute to the world's saxiest musical instrument on the 200th anniversary of the birth of Adolphe Sax – the saxophone’s inventor. It’s the woodwind masterpiece that brought us Charlie Parker, John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, but the saxophone’s history is so much more than just jazz. It was invented in 1841 when Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax set his sights on creating something that had the projection of a brass instrument and the agility of a woodwind. The horn's distinctive combination first got popular as a military band instrument but soon found its way into chamber and orchestral music before finding it’s home in the whirlwind world of jazz. To celebrate this vast history, the college will be arranging a special bicentenary concert that will include Schumann’s Konzertstuck For 4 Horns arranged for four saxophones and the world premiere of Wind Ensemble by Derek Smith. There will also be a pre-concert saxophone performance in the college’s foyer that all are welcome to join – if you do, you can even get a couple of quid off your ticket price. Sax 200: Adolphe Sax Bicentenary Concert, Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, Cardiff, Thurs 6 Nov. Tickets: £12/£10. Info: 029 2039 1391 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk BUZZ 06
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200 YEARS SAX
LOCAL BOOKSHOPS HAVE been having a bit of a rough ride recently, as their colourful shelves and beautiful ability to browse have suffered from big chain shops and online retailers – but that isn’t stopping Pontyclun as it has recently opened up new shop Books & Pontyclun. Launched a few weeks ago by crime writer Wonny Lea the shop does more than stock books as it has plenty of workshops, book signings and other events planned. Info: www.facebook.com/ booksandpontyclun
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AS REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY comes round again many will be taking some time on Sun 9 Nov to remember the sacrifices made by Service men and women. Throughout Nov there will be a number of concerts to commemorate these people, including the Wales Festival Of Remembrance at Sat David’s Hall in Cardiff on Sat 1 Nov and the WW1 City Of Swansea Festival Of Remembrance at Brangwyn Hall on Sat 8 Nov. Tickets: £10-£25. Info: www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk / www.swanseabayfestival.co.uk
WINTER WONDERLAND It’s that time of year... again and yet the novelty remains the same. Time to dig out your fluffy socks and crime-against-fashion Crimbo jumpers. Winter Wonderland is coming back to Wales, bringing festive cheer to the hearts of both Cardiff and Swansea for seven weeks. Dark winter evenings are sure to be lit up with new family friendly funfair rides, for aren't we all children at heart at Christmas? But grown-ups fear not, the Alpine Village will be well stocked with mulled ciders and Gluhwein (that’s mulled wine for the non-German of us) to accompany traditional German sausages and fresh crepes to the tune of live music and local DJs. See your city as you've not seen it before from the top of the Ferris wheel, or the drop tower if you’re brave! The all-important ice rinks are open every day (bar Christmas Day) for full-on festive fun. Fri 14 Nov-Sun 4 Jan, Museum Park, Swansea + City Hall Lawn, Cardiff. Admission: free / ice skating £6-£9. Info: www. cardiffwinterwonderland.com / www.swanseachristmas.com/ waterfront-winterland
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POP-UP CINEMA AT THE CASTLE With the autumn in full swing, the temptation to hide away from the cold in a warm cinema can be very tempting – but if you’re still enjoying being outdoors you can still see some great flicks and enjoy some fresh, cool air with Pop-Up Cinema at both Castell Coch in Cardiff and Raglan Castle in Usk. At Castell Coch you can indulge your sweet tooth with Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory (with Gene Wilder taking on the purple hat of Mr Wonka) or enjoy the 1930s classic Frankenstein on Fri 14 Nov, and on Sat 15 Nov you can follow the yellow brick road in The Wizard Of Oz or sci-fi horror combo Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers. At Raglan Castle in Usk there is Terry Gilliam’s fantasy film Time Bandits (some of the scenes of which were actually filmed at Raglan Castle) and gender bending musical The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Sat 22 Nov. Pop-Up Cinema, Castell Coch, Cardiff, Fri 14-Sat 15 Nov + Raglan Castle, Usk, Sat 22 Nov. Tickets: £6-£12 Castell Coch / £15-£20 per car Raglan Castle, £30 per car for both films. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www. chapter.org
A FEAST OF INDIAN FILM Dinner and a movie is the classic date night combo, but Pontardawe Arts Centre is throwing a little bit of spice to this traditional evening out recipe. Pontardwe Film Club has put together A Feast Of Indian Film – an evening that will will not only be offering up two celebrated films from the South Asian country, but follow them up with a themed meal from local Indian restaurant The Tamarind. The two films being screened are Amal, which tells the story of a poor but honest rickshaw driver and the ageing billionaire who wants to leave his estate to him, and the Oscar-nominated Lagaan: Once Upon A Time In India in which an Indian village use a game of cricket to rally against British colonial rule. A Feast Of Indian Film, Pontardawe Arts Centre, Tue 11 Nov. Tickets: £15/£12 Pontardawe Film Club members. Info: 01792 863722 / www.nptartsandents.com
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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.
PAUL HOLLYWOOD
Q&A
The latest series may have come to a close but Great British Bake Off judge Paul Hollywood is now rising to the challenge of a live baking tour. How are you feeling about the tour? A little bit nervous, a little bit excited as well. Basically it’s my life in baking! There will be a roving microphone in the audience so they can ask me questions about baking and we will try to cover as many basics about baking as possible. At the end four people will join me on stage where I will set up a challenge and the winner will win a load of prizes. There will be music from my past, and a few jokes my time growing up in the bakery. I want it to be funny – I just want people to have a laugh, a giggle and a great time. So what was your reaction when you were first offered to go on tour? I thought they were mental – I thought ‘why are you asking me?’ They came to see me and said, ‘baking is the new rock and roll, would you like to come on tour?’ – these people take care of Katie Perry and Robbie Williams – I just thought ‘what!?’ but I said yes and now I’m doing it. You come from a family of bakers, do you feel it was inevitable you would go into baking yourself? I didn’t you know, I didn’t really expect that I was going to be a baker. My brother is a baker, my dad is a baker and my great-greatgreat-great-great grandfather was a baker at the Adelphi Hotel In Liverpool. I had no intention of becoming a baker, it just happened that way. I went to art school first – my dad pulled me out, basically told me to get a haircut and join the family business! It turned out to be a good thing because I’m alright at it. People described you as the antidote to TV judges because you’re quite straight forward, do you think that is a thing that is important to stick to? I think I’m honest to the point of brutality sometimes. It’s always constructive criticism though; it’s never just destructive criticism. Whenever I say something it’s always to make sure they get better. You know I don’t just say ‘that’s rubbish, next!’ It’s rubbish because if you did this, this and this; then this would have happened, and this would have been much better. I’m just offering these points of advice really. If they take it on, they tend to be the ones who win the bake off. Paul Hollywood’s British Baking Live, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 8 Nov. Tickets: £28.50. Info: 029 2087 8500 / www. stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk BUZZ 08
BOOK NOW ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union Thurs 4 Dec Tickets: £26.50 www.cardiffstudents.com
“They came to see me and said ‘baking is the new rock and roll, would you like to come on tour?’”
CAROL ANN DUFFY + GILLIAN CLARKE Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea Fri 12 Dec Tickets: £4-£12 www.dylanthomas.com CULTURE CLUB Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Sun 14 Dec Tickets: £44-£54.75 www.livenation.co.uk THE WHO Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Sun 15 Dec Tickets: £66.50-£79.92 www.livenation.co.uk RUSSELL HOWARD Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Thu 18 Dec Tickets: £32 www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk JASON MANFORD Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot Sat 20 Dec Tickets: £22.50 www.princessroyaltheatre.com THE NUTCRACKER St David’s Hall, Cardiff Sat 20-Wed 24 Dec Tickets: £7.25-£34.50 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk THE FULL MONTY Grand Theatre, Swansea Mon 26-Sat 31 Jan Tickets: £12-£30 www.swansea.gov.uk
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WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR THIS MONTH.
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SOUTH WALES SECRETS #49: Cafe Malaysia
In tribute to our foodie themed magazine this month we get our South Wales Secret from local Chef Padrig Jones – who is also going to be the host of Buzz TV’s new cooking show. Buzz TV, our very own YouTube channel, has enlisted the help of renowned chef Padrig Jones (aka Padge) to host All In Good Taste – a cookery show that tells tales as well as demonstrates recipes. Having spent decades working in kitchens, and travelling the world of food, Padge has plenty of stories to tell – ones that are both in good and bad taste. In the first episode he makes a Thai green curry and recounts how he saw a man prepare a shot glass of snake’s blood. He even has a few disaster stories to share. "I was reducing eight bottles of Sauternes wine, which was £100 a bottle,” Padge recalls, “and I burnt the lot. I took a lot of stick for that – it happened on an NYE gala dinner at the Hilton Park Lane in London.” With the long hours and hard work that comes as part of the chef’s life, you have to be pretty
COMEDY AT CLWB The much loved music venue Clwb Ifor Bach is trying to be funny with its new round of stand-up shows this autumn –
passionate about food to stick with it, and Padge’s love of food comes from the home. “My parents had a B&B,” he explains. “I helped them a lot with the cooking, and family holidays in Italy and France helped. “My uncle Gareth was a great cook, he got me my very first cookery book: Larousse Gastronomique!” If you fancy yourself quite the cook, but want a few tips, then Padge recommends investing in a few things: “Buy a good frying pan, a sharp knife, and lovely local ingredients in season. Keep it simple.” If you’d rather enjoy some good food, instead of create it, his South Wales Secrets will see you right: “I would go for Cafe Malaysia for lunch, Got Beef for dinner and I would recommend stopping at all the pubs in between!”
Remember, remember the fifth of November, not for humdrum fireworks but for an explosion of bone-shaking international theatre. The Be Festival, originating in Birmingham, showcases 23 daring performances from across Europe, three of which will be shaking up Aberystwyth Arts Centre for one night only. Unique in design, the festival crosses language and cultural barriers as if they were drawn in chalk on a rainy day. From The Waltz To The Mambo, Loops & Breaks and Waiting, from Hungary, Austria and Belgium respectively, are titles that spark the imagination and will no doubt leave your ears and eyes ringing with ideas and questions. Good job there will be an opportunity for post-show discussion with the performers. Be Festival prides itself on creating a relaxed and intimate atmosphere for audiences in which the exploration of themes such as physicality, humour and theatrical invention can be experienced by both those on and off stage. Best Of Be Festival 2014, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wed 5 Nov. Tickets: £6-£12. Info: 01970 623232 / www. aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
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and it looks like they might be succeeding as their first show, with Edinburgh award nominee James Acaster, sold out. Clwb are sure to get the gags right, however, as the shows are being curated by Little Wander – the
team behind the Machynlleth Comedy Festival. This month Mock The Week and Live At The Apollo star Sara Pascoe will be sharing stories of her romantic history and grand theories about the planet in
her show Sara Pascoe vs The World, and in December Nick Helm will be delivering jokes and songs in his brilliantly brash style for special Christmas show (along with guest David Trent).
Comedy at Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Wed 19 Nov + Wed 3 Dec. Tickets: £10. Info: www.littlewander.co.uk BUZZ 010
pic: KRISTA VAN DER NIET, VLINDERS_2013
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT WHO doesn’t love a good meal? Whether it’s something lovingly made at home, your usual at a favourite eatery or some fantastical creation by a top chef, food is more than just sustenance. It can make you sigh in delight or make you crumple up in disgust, it can wake you up or slow you down, it can get you ‘in the mood’ or make you feel you weigh a ton. Eating out right can sometimes get tricky. Knowing which places will serve up well-crafted food with care, and which ones will just heat some mush up in a microwave, can be a game of trial and error. Over the years Buzz has eaten at many of South Wales’ restaurants, cafes, bars and pop-up eateries and we’ve recommended some and warned of others. We’ve done the legwork for you and have included in this special food issue a guide to our favourite places to eat and drink locally. We’ve also got tips for going solo with your meals – as cooking can be just as tricky; a minefield of burnt ingredients, cut fingers and over-salting – and a lineup of flavoursome events taking place this month.
Suppliers When cooking at home it can be tempting to grab the first thing you see on the supermarket shelf, but high quality ingredients can make or break a meal. Here are a few people who can help you make the most of cooking at home.
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PASTAMORE
COCOCARAVAN
GLENSIDE HONEY
Pasta sauce providers When we make romantic pasta dishes at home it is always tempting to try and make every single bit from scratch – but this leaves a lot to go wrong. You can burn the garlic or add too much salt. Instead you can keep this simple a buy a premade sauce. Suppliers to Humble By Nature’s cafe and farm shop Pastamoré make sauces inspired by traditional Italian recipes, but you can also try their Tomato & Orange sauce for something a little different.
Vegan chocolate veterans There are many of us that wouldn’t dream of eating any chocolate bar without the word ‘milk’ in front of it, but rawer forms of chocolate can be incredibly tasty. Coco Caravan’s raw chocolate is kept as close to the natural thing as possible and is sundried, unroasted and cold processed to keep in the flavour. Better still, their products are fair-trade, dairy-free and guilt-free.
Local honey heroes Honey is one of those products that can be useful in all sorts of recipes. It can add an earthy taste to baking, give a subtle sweet edge to savoury meals or just be great on top of some bananas and toast. Glenside Honey Farm in Pontypool is a honey supplier of choice for Deli A Go Go in Cardiff (they’ve called it the "very best local honey we've ever found"). Made from their own hives, a small 8oz jar is just £4 while large 12oz jars are £5.
Info: www.pastamore.co.uk
Info: www.cococaravan.co.uk
Info: www.facebook.com glensidehoneyfarm
HUMBLE BY NATURE Springwatch and Lambing Live host Kate Humble is now the proud owner of Welsh farm Humble By Nature. She talks to us about getting angry, taking on the council and Wales’ brown patches.
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If you look at the A-Z Of Great Britain and you look at the south-east, it’s like this muddle of colour and names and roads. It’s like this great big tangled place of spaghetti. You look at Wales and it’s brown, and there are beautiful things like Brecon Beacons and Abergavenny. There’s these lovely words and brown patches where the mountains are, and green patches where the trees are, and I just kept going 'that’s where I want to go, that’s where I want to go'." Though presenter and nature lover Kate Humble was born in Wimbledon, and has travelled all over the world, she had her heart was set on Wales as her new home. Wanting to make the most of the Welsh countryside Humble and her husband thought about buying their
“It’s like this great big tangled place of spaghetti” very own farm, but got more than they bargained for when they stumbled across a council owned one that was about to be dissected and sold away piece by piece. “We didn’t want 117 acres; we wanted about five,” Humble explains. “We met the tenant farmers, who had been here for 33 years. They had raised their daughter on this farm and gone through all sorts of huge challenges like foot and mouth. They wanted to retire and when they handed in their notice they still had a year to be here on the farm. The council, with what I thought was staggering insensitivity, came round with their clipboard and said ‘right, we’re going to cut up this farm, sell it in bits. We’re going to sell the house separately, break up this land, break up that land, take the sheds down,’ and this is all while they were still here. “They were telling me this story and I’d never seen two people look so genuinely broken-hearted, and just the thought that they had put their lives into this piece of land and it was all going to be for nothing. It made me feel really angry.” Determined not to let their hard work go to waste, Kate decided to take matters into her own hands. “I thought, in a rather arrogant sort of way, that
when you’re on the telly you can just make a phone call and make things OK again. So I phoned the council and said that I don’t think you should break up that farm. I had no intention of taking over the farm myself at this point but said ‘I just think that you’re mad’. I thought that would be enough. “I was ignored for six months but I finally managed to get a meeting, by which time we had become mildly obsessed with this farm and saving it. The woman who had agreed to see me sat down and she said ‘'OK, if you get this farm –' but I said that we didn’t want it. She then said ‘well, what are you gonna do with it?’ and I just made a lot of stuff up really quickly. “We knew, because of Lambing Live, that there was a real interest in the country side and in farming from people who didn’t live in the countryside or who
weren’t farmers. Not living in the countryside didn’t mean that they didn’t care about it; they just didn’t have a way of connecting with it. So I thought, maybe we could provide that. In a small way we could start connecting people back with the countryside and that this little farm could perhaps do that. “A year later the farm lay dormant while everybody kind of agonised about the right thing to do with it. Finally, we were able to buy the farm.” Now in Humble’s hands, but run by two other farmers who had been waiting to get some land of their own for years, the farm is up and running again. It has transformed from a derelict piece of land to a nature and local loving hub with a cafe, farm shop, cookery classes and holiday rooms to rent. Info: www.humblebynature.com
STEVE GARRETT
Founder of the Riverside Market Where is your favourite place to eat in South Wales? When things come back into season, we sell to Chapter. Salads are really popular because a salad is one of those things that if it’s been on the shelf for two days then you can really tell the difference. We try to get our salads on people's plates within a few hours of them being picked you know, it’s fantastic.
BUZZ FOODIE FAVOURITES
Over the last 23 years Buzz has taken plenty of opportunities to taste the best food that South Wales has to offer. We thought we would use our experience to share with you our favourite places to feast. Emily Marritt compiles our South Wales Food Guide. BAR 44
ARBOREAL 68 Eastgate Street, Cowbridge, Vale Of Glamorgan 01446 775093 / www.arboreal.uk.com This boutique restaurant has been keeping busy creating tasty, high quality food and hosting live music events since it opened its doors in 2011. The front of the restaurant boasts large windows that let in plenty of warm light and open up for a blast of fresh air, making this an ideal summer spot. The regular live music nights and great food also give you a great excuse to visit it in the colder months as well.
44C High Street, Cowbridge + 14 Windsor Road, Penarth 01446 776488 / www.bar44.co.uk Everything that you love about Spain can be found through the doors of Bar 44. Self proclaimed tapas obsessives, Bar 44 deliver top quality produce that is lovingly prepared by hand and is either locally sourced from South Wales or is traditionally cured in Spain. Crowned the Good Food Guide’s Restaurant Of The Year 2015, this is the place to be for all the authentic flavours of Spain.
MEZZA HOUSE 175 City Rd, Cardiff www.mezzahouse.co.uk Mezza House welcomes you with open arms to sample a collection of dishes with their roots in Syrian, Turkish and Mediterranean tradition. They deliver well made classics such as falafel and hummus, delicious flavoured flatbreads and meaty grills. Great value for money and owned by people genuinely pleased to have you dine there.
FFRESH BAR & RESTAURANT
WATERLOO GARDENS
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay 029 2063 6465 / www.wmc.org.uk With a commitment to seasonal Welsh produce, and a new head chef at the helm, the well regarded Ffresh continues to impress. At home inside the Wales Millennium Centre, it’s the ideal spot for a preshow dinner, and occasionally the restaurant becomes the stage itself, forming the setting for shows such as the immersive comedy Faulty Towers Dining Experience.
5 Waterloo Gardens, Penylan, Cardiff 029 2045 6073 / www.waterlootea.com Waterloo Gardens is part of a triplet of equally delightful tea rooms around Cardiff, with sister venues in Penarth and Cardiff city centre. In each you will find locally roasted coffee and a menu of teas, cakes and light lunches that will leave you hungry for more. With gluten- and dairy-free choices of homemade treats, available seven days a week, you’d be hard pushed not to find a reason to go every day.
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RUTH JOSEPH
Author and food writer Where is your favourite place that to eat in South Wales? For a cheeky snack I love Snails Deli in Rhiwbina. It’s good food served by lovely people, and that’s the main thing. Caesars Arms Restaurant [in Creigiau] is my favourite place in the world to eat, but I also like going for a cheeky cup of tea on the pier in Penarth.
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VEGETARIAN FOOD STUDIO 109 Penarth Road, Cardiff 029 2023 8222 / www.vegetarianfoodstudio.co.uk The dishes here – primarily Indian, but with some Chinese choices too – are fresh, zesty and 100% vegetarian, and there are plenty of vegan-friendly choices that smash any kind of preconception of vegetarian food being bland. The friendly, familyrun place has a great atmosphere, with the owner and staff happy to talk you through the food. Their unique place and hard work has paid off as they have been given awards from the Independent, The Times, the Guardian and the Observer. Arboreal
ANAND GEORGE
Multi-Award Winning Chef, Purple Poppadom How much does growing up in India inform your cooking? I like to bring Indian flavours, but the cooking techniques are ones I learnt from chefs here, being in Cardiff for seven years. I’ve gone to a lot of festivals which gives you a totally different way of thinking and I do pop-up restaurants with quite a lot of famous chefs like James Sommerin, so I learn something every day.
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RIVERSIDE CANTONESE
THE GALLERY RESTAURANT
44 Tudor Street, Riverside, Cardiff 029 2037 2163 / 029 2022 7333 / www.riversidecantonese.com The oldest established Cantonese restaurant in South Wales, this place is far from tired. Situated just a short walk from Cardiff Central station, their Hong Kong-trained chefs fuse contemporary imaginations with traditionalist methods for a hugely popular and extensive menu. With meals to share that average £18.50 per head, on top of everything else you could hope for, it’s just the place to gather with friends.
2 Broad Street, Barry 01446 735300 www.the-gallery-restaurant.co.uk Striking the balance between thoroughly wholesome and classically sophisticated, this bistro-bar is really quite marvellous. An emphasis on fine quality ingredients, locally sourced produce with seasonal ingredients and ethical farming. This family run restaurant is free from haughty airs, and results in a weekly changing menu of fine food done properly. Their sympathetically restored Edwardian building breathes new life into what was Barry’s first art gallery and should this not be enough, The Gallery offer organic and fresher-than-fresh bumper vegetable boxes for a monthly subscription. How can we fault it?
RESTAURANT MINUET 42 Castle Arcade, Cardiff 029 2034 1794 / www.restaurantminuet.co.uk Preparing everything on the day and priding themselves in providing genuine Italian food at honest prices, Restaurant Minuet is a small business that functions more like a family. Bring your own bottle (corkage is free) but don’t expect to book a table as everyone in the Minuet family will be served in turn.
LLANERCH VINEYARD Hensol, Vale Of Glamorgan 01443 222716 / www.llanerch-vineyard.co.uk Triple threat: food, wine and plump feathery pillows. You’ll never have to leave, let alone want to. Showing off panoramic views of the vineyard in two parts that offer two distinct dining experiences, Llanerch farmhouse bistro offers hearty and high quality meals and Cariad Restaurant delivers high class and luxury plates every evening.
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PizzaExpress is celebrating the re-launch of its exciting new-look restaurant at Mermaid Quay. Capturing the spirit of Mermaid Quay, the restaurant plays tribute to the Quay’s history, and celebrates national landmarks the Wales Millennium Centre and the Pierhead. Pizza lovers can now try our new Autumn menu, featuring three new pizzas, a mouth-watering calzone as well as two low-calorie Leggera dishes, as well as the return of cheesy Dough Balls! Bursting with festive treats, our new Christmas menu launches November 11th. PizzaExpress Cardiff Mermaid Quay, 28 Mermaid Quay, Cardiff Bay South Glamorgan, CF10 5BZ. Tel. 02920 472006
COCORICO PATISSERIE
THE PILOT
55a Whitchurch Road, Cardiff 029 2132 8177 / www.cocoricopatisserie.co.uk Swapping the Seine for the Taff, Parisian patisserie is brought to us by Laurain Veaudour. Following a passion for the delicious from the age of 14, Veaudour opened Cocorico Patisserie in 2010 and continues to bring French style and finesse to Cardiff with mouthwatering creations. His delicately handcrafted miniature patisserie looks too good to eat... almost.
67 Queens Road, Penarth, Cardiff 029 2071 0615 / www.knifeandforkfood.co.uk/ pilot The Pilot overlooks Cardiff Bay and proudly possesses a Tripadvisor Certificate Of Excellence 2014 award. Cosy up with a glass of wine or a golden guest ale on a fireside sofa and enjoy decent pub grub that changes seasonally to suit the mood of the city it calls home. Offering a lunch menu with smaller portions and matching smaller prices and two-forone cocktails every Thursday at a very reasonable £6, The Pilot comes highly recommended.
OGMORE FARM TEA ROOMS Ogmore By The Sea, Bridgend 01656 652932 Now run by Chris and Mo, Ogmore Farm Tearooms provides a beautiful setting for traditional home baked food and afternoon teas. There are beautiful views of Ogmore Castle, gorgeous food and fresh ingredients: you know the eggs are free range and poultry-friendly as the chickens run around the tea house’s quaint surrounding gardens.
THE SMOKE HOUSE 77 Pontcanna St, Cardiff 029 2034 4628 / www.facebook.com/ smokehousewales Waving the flag for the taste of the sweet and smoky American south, the Smoke House is the destination for carnivores. Iconic American flavours such as pulled pork and grilled cheese come drenched in sticky BBQ sauce, with golden chips and onion rings aplenty. Everything you might associate with the American dream is brought to you on a platter: no need to romp all the way to the US, the best of it has come to Cardiff.
JAMES SOMMERIN
Park House
The Esplanade, Penarth 029 2070 6559 / www.jamessommerinrestaurant. co.uk Mr & Mrs Sommerin and team serve up a truly fine dining experience in this seaside restaurant. Art is made edible by Michelin-starred head chef James, as he crafts tasting menus with up to 14 courses. For an extra special affair diners can pot into an evening at the chef’s table, where they can witness the culinary magic happen in front of them. James Sommerin offers an uncompromising gastronomic experience which is not to be taken lightly with a £35 per head cancellation fee.
Barney Hibbert
Head Chef and owner of The Gallery Where do you go and eat? We are very lucky in South Wales to have a few remarkable chefs. The newly opened James Sommerin on my door step is fantastic for the area and accolades are sure to follow. Further afield, the Walnut Tree is my lunch venue of choice if I have a nominated driver! Any cooking tips? Don't neglect the vegetables; choose a dish around what is local, seasonal and sustainable. Only then think about the protein to match, too many people (chefs included) go about it back to front!
BULLY'S
Park House
Romilly Crescent, Cardiff 029 2022 1905 / www.bullysrestaurant.co.uk Crowned Restaurant Of The Year Wales 2014 at the AA Hospitality Awards, Bully’s has proved its 18 years in the business have been spent well. The family-run restaurant focuses on French cuisine, but their food is not restricted by borders; dishes often come with an exciting and exotic twist. They also stay committed to their love of food with changing menus that make the most of seasonal produce.
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Ilanerch Vineyard
Coffee a GoGo is now open in Charles Street, Cardiff. Just behind Next, M&S & Specsavers... and close to the super new Admiral HQ! Coffee a GoGo is Cardiff's #1 independent coffee bar and lounge providing a deli style gourmet food service and premium roasted coffee from professional baristas. 41 Charles Street, Cardiff, CF10 2GB t: 029 20 23 51 41 8 St Andrew's Place, Cardiff CF10 3BE t: 029 20 23 27 23 Be social with us @coffeeagogouk
And look who popped in to have coffee this week! Only the gorgeous Matthew Rhys!
Humble By Nature - Singapura
KASIM ALI
Owner and founder of Waterloo Tea Why pursue a career in food? Being able to commit to quality in the world of food and drink is very satisfying. Knowing that you are honouring the contract that exists between you and customers by sourcing and preparing well is also rewarding.
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Where do you go and eat? As well as the usual suspects I do enjoy street food in faraway places, more so than fancy restaurants. In Cardiff, Mirchi on City Road is as true to traditional Pakistani food as you can get.
MARC CORFIELD Head chef at Ffresh
Where is your favourite place that to eat in South Wales? The Hardwick in Abergavenny is a very nice place. There are lots of places that I want to go to: The Crown At Whitebrook I want to try again, and I’ve been looking to try James Sommerin’s place in Penarth if I can. Any cooking tips? Make sure your knives are sharp because you’ll end up chopping your finger off! As stupid as it sounds, if your knives aren’t sharp that causes a lot more accidents than if they are.
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PARK HOUSE 20 Park Place, Cardiff 029 2022 4343 / www.parkhouserestaurant.co.uk Making its home in a Grade 1 listed Gothic manor, the Park House leads the way in modern cooking in Wales. Priding themselves on their Pinot Bar, which holds a selection world class and sought after vintage wines, Park House carefully match bottles to every dish available on the menu. Using fresh and local produce, consultant chef Rodger Jones works with head chef Jonathan Edwards and team to create a range of menus to suit every taste and occasion, full of flavour and imagination.
THE POTTED PIG 27 St Mary Street, Cardiff 029 2022 4817 / www.thepottedpig.com Midway between Cardiff Castle and the Millennium Stadium, on opening in 2011 the Potted Pig shot into the premier division of Welsh dining. Located underground in a former bank vault, all exposed brickwork and metal bars, the food tends towards the robust, with an emphasis on classically British constructions – albeit with French and New Yorkinspired influences making themselves apparent. It also stocks a few dozen varieties of gin, so you’d be advised to factor an aperitif into your meal.
ZI’S CAFE 94 Woodville Road, Cathays Park, Cardiff 029 2115 3651 / 029 2021 6294 / www.ziscafe.co.uk This Chinese cafe and takeaway is tucked into a corner of studentville and is easy to miss if you don’t know what you’re looking for, but good job we do. Real-life authentic Chinese food of all kinds, whatever it is you fancy, Zi’s got it. A homely vibe and value for money service racks up a list of loyal customers almost as long as the menu. If you don’t believe us, check it out for yourself.
PIER 64 Penarth Marina, Penarth 029 2000 0064 / www.pier64.co.uk Take your seats at Pier 64 and enjoy a theatrical dining experience in front of open kitchens and waterfront views of the marina. A special location to match a special menu of simple yet well executed dishes. Tender grills and mouth watering sides are the result of a no-fuss approach to food that has already created a following of satisfied customers. Catering for both large conference parties romantic tables for two, Pier 64 is recommended.
Did you know that you have the AA Restaurant of the Year for Wales on your doorstep!?
--------------------------------------------------------------------STARTERS Soup of the day Confit salmon, sun blushed tomatoes, fresh anchovies, caper dressing
MENU DU DÉJEUNER Monday-Saturday, 12pm-2pm £35 for 2 people including half a bottle of wine
Chicken and smoked bacon terrine, apricot and cracked black pepper vinaigrette
(Starters £3.50, Mains £8.50, Desserts £3.50)
Beef bavette, French beans, crushed potato, peppercorn sauce
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Bully’s Restaurant, established in 1996, is open seven days a week serving tasting menus at lunch and dinner through the week and a traditional roast every Sunday. 5 course tasting lunch menu for two with matching wines only £70
Spiced roasted pumpkin, pearl barley risotto, parsnip crisps
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NIAZ TAJ
Owner of Katiwok and Welsh Curry House Of The Year organiser Where do you go and eat? I must admit to travelling up and down the motorways of the UK and trying different cuisines. Recently it’s been a quest of finding Korean restaurants and street food outlets. The food scene in Cardiff is travelling at a remarkable pace and now is home to many new people with great skillsets in the food industry, which leads me to many people’s favourite restaurant ‒ the Purple Poppadom. Any cooking tips? Don't be afraid of using salt. It enhances the taste of food and is without doubt the main weapon for cooking.
THE PURPLE POPPADOM
KATIWOK
185a Cowbridge Road East, Canton, Cardiff 029 2022 0026 / www.purplepoppadom.com The Purple Poppadom is a multi-award winning Nouvelle Indian restaurant. Traditional cuisine with a modern twist is the star of the show here and well supported by a metropolitan and colourful environment. Chef Anand George expertly delivers delicacies that stand a head above the rest of your standard curry houses. A regular presence at local food festivals and also opening a state of the art cookery school, there can be no doubting the quality and style of The Purple Poppadom.
53 Crwys Road, Cathays, Cardiff 029 2037 6222 / www.katiwok.co.uk Colourful, well priced and tasty, Katiwok provides the diners of Cardiff with some mouthwatering pan-Asian street food. This bright restaurant has caught the imagination of many, having been listed as one of the Guardian's Best Cheap Eats (the most expensive dish is only £6.99) and been has been awarded Best Indian/Eastern Takeaways 2014 by the South Wales Echo.
MINT AND MUSTARD 134 Whitchurch Road, Cardiff + 46 Plassey Street, Penarth 029 2062 0333 / www.mintandmustard.com In central Cardiff and Penarth, Mint And Mustard claims to redefine Indian cuisine. Colourful and full of flavour, it is easy to see why each dish here has earned them such critical acclaim. Modern and refined, the menus reflect the Kerala philosophy of using light and fresh ingredients to celebrate the essence of Indian culinary culture. Mint And Mustard fuse delicate spices with exotic specialities in order to share the best of Southern India with all.
HUMBLE BY NATURE Upper Meend Farm, Penalt, near Monmouth. 01600 714595 / www.humblebynature.com Springwatch sweetheart and all round country queen Kate Humble opened the charming Nature Long Barn on a working farm just outside Monmouth. As part of their holistic approach to rural life, there is a definite community feel here which is heartwarming and refreshing. As expected, the food is rustic, real and farm fresh. Regular supper clubs and private dining options are available, and staff are genuinely interested in providing an intimate and enjoyable time for all.
NICK DAVIDSON
Owner of Coffee A Go Go Your favourite dish to create/ eat and why? Deli a GoGo’s salt beef sandwich. It means somebody is about to have one of the world’s greatest sandwiches. Where do you go and eat? Sunday lunch at the Park Plaza, Cardiff. Celebrations at Basil's Bar, Mustique.
DELICIOUS DATES
Here are some of the best foodie events that you can put in your calendar and salivate over. CHRISTMAS FOOD FAIR
PORK & CIDER NIGHT
A JAZZ SUPPER EVENING
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Sat 29 Nov www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk There’s nothing tastier than a traditional Christmas food fair - it’s the only time of year you can make an entire house made of biscuits and no-one would bat an eyelid. Aberystwyth Arts Centre are keeping Christmas as flavoursome as possible, with some of Wales’ very best produce on sale.
Humble By Nature, Penalt, Nr. Monmouth Fri 7 Nov www.humblebynature.com Award-winning producers Graham Waddington (from charcuterie Native Breeds) and James McCrindle (of McCrindle's Cider) will be bringing together the natural friends of pork and cider in an evening of delicious food and cuisine inspired talk.
Arboreal, Eastgate Street, Cowbridge Thus 13 Nov www.arboreal.uk.com Boutique cafe/kitchen Arboreal will be serving up more than just food with their Jazz Supper Evenings. With all the elegant style of a 1920s soirée, Arboreal will be bringing out the cocktails, plating up their delicious and ever-popular food and filling the restaurant with swinging jazz tunes.
DINNERHALL WAREHOUSE
SINGAPURA SUPPER CLUB
The Depot, Dumballs Road, Cardiff Every weekend in Nov + Dec www.streetfoodcardiff.com Street Food Cardiff (SFC) have been working with the best foodies from Wales to create an independent food court and weekend warehouse dining experience. For three months they will be transforming an abandoned industrial warehouse into the home of street food and underground dining.
Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr. Monmouth Thurs 20 Nov www.humblebynature.com Revel in a celebration of Singapore and Malay cooking with the founder of restaurant chain Singapura, Maureen Suan-Neo. Popping up in the Long Barn, and with ingredients for this meal coming straight off the farm, this will be a fresh and tasty meeting of cultures.
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upfront NOEL FIELDING Mighty Boosh creator, and comedian of all that is surreal and psychedelic, Noel Fielding tells Jaydon Martin how he is trading in late-night parties for castles and peppermint tea. How do you feel about getting back on the road again? I’m slightly dreading it and slightly really excited to become like the circus again; turn up in towns, do a show and then leave in the night. The last Boosh tour was a 100-date tour and it was massive arenas and it was insane – we were like Aerosmith or something. We partied too much and it was crazy so I think maybe I couldn’t do it again for five years. Hopefully it can be a different kind of tour; one where we see stuff in the daytime; like the local maze or you know a castle. Go home occasionally after the gig and drink peppermint tea and read a book instead of partying till dawn. What can Cardiff expect from An Evening With Noel Fielding? What can’t they expect – a live hawk being released into the crowd! No, hopefully they will be some fans up, there will be some stand up and there will be some characters and a bit of a story and a path, and I’m using some animation elements. I am trying to fuse them a little bit so I can interact How have you found the reaction to the second season of Luxury Comedy compared to the first one? Like night and day! I mean literally, the first one people either loved it or hated it, there was nothing in between. It was the first things I did after Boosh so that was always going to be difficult anyway. The Boosh got so big, we became part of this whole big machine that was rolling along making money and getting bigger and bigger and bigger, and me and Julian were sort of like ‘errrr’. It started as this funny little thing in our bedroom and by the end we were playing the O2 and Wembley and were on the cover of Time Out. The show was enormous, so I think maybe the first season of Luxury was a reaction to that a little bit. In a funny way I kind of wanted to get back to the art form, the experimental and weird again. I think it’s the type of thing where you’ve got to listen or watch it a couple of times. Yeah, well I think it’s layered; there are so many layers in it, you’re exactly right. A lot of people, and BUZZ 24
“If people look at a piece of art and they are sick, literally sick, it will be the best thing in the world” rightly so, don’t have time to do that, so a lot of the reviews were like, "I gave it four minutes and it’s just terrible," and you just think, well you couldn’t possibly write a review on it if you’ve only watched four minutes of it! When we did art college, the strongest reactions were the best even if people hate it. If people look at a piece of art and they are sick, literally sick, it will be the best thing in the world but it’s difficult to take when it’s your name on it. Someone called the first series "the second 9/11" which is pretty funny, so with the second one we were all guns blazing, we got in our bulletproof vests, but funnily enough people sort of liked it. The reviews were good and people on the internet were kind and the ratings went up so we were like ‘oh...okay’! It really took us by surprise.
Where did the idea of fantasy man come from? Because I’m always doing stuff that seems to be fantastical, I thought it would be funny to do a character that completely lives in a fantasy world. He had a blonde quiff at one point and sort of rose from the back of a tiger and mouthed something – he was a weird sort. I just thought something’s not quite right. Then I started reading a lot of Don Quixote and thought, "wow this guy, Don Quixote, he sort of thinks he’s in a fantasy world," but it’s much funnier when what you see is his point of view and, every now and then, see the reality of where he is. In Fantasy Man’s mind he is battling with all these creatures in this world that looks like Tron – all neon and weird. That’s what he can see. But then it keeps jolting back to reality and we had the idea that in a really dangerous point, his ingression or his battle, someone would go “oi, mate” and then he would be back in sort of Hackney.
An Evening With Noel Fielding, St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 22 Nov. Tickets: £25. Info: 029 2087 8500 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
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DISCOVER DANCE In the forthcoming winter months South Wales are going to see a wide spectrum of dance gracefully pirouetting on to our doorstep. Josie Copson finds out what smooth moves are heading our way.
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he fairytale of Beauty And The Beast (The Riverfront, Newport, Fri 7+ Sat 8 Nov; Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 16 + Mon 17 Nov. Tickets: £9-£13) is re-told by Ballet Cymru, with Welsh duo Steve Denton behind the mythical costumes and Darius James the enchanting choreography. The love story, dictated by one singular rose, is told with heartbreaking passion. A night at this ballet is sure to make you see your childhood bedtime story in a new light. Also in Cardiff is The Five And The Prophecy Of Prana (Sherman Crymu, Fri 14 + Sat 15 Nov. Tickets: £15-£25. Info: www. shermancymru.co.uk). A unique mix of hip-hop and martial arts combine to produce an explosive dance piece that tells the story of five young troublemakers, given the chance to make amends for their naughty past by restoring peace in modern Tokyo. The Nutcracker (St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sat 20-Wed 24 Dec. Tickets: £7.25£34.50) is the perfect way to get you in the mood for the festive season. One of the world’s most iconic ballets is set on a very special Christmas Eve night. The audience is whisked off on a journey into a world of dazzling magic, sparkle, and crystal snowflakes when a young girl’s toy comes to life. Another of the ballet world’s most loved Christmas-esque dances is Swan Lake (Gwyn Hall, Neath, Sun 2 Nov; Brecon Theatre, Brecon, Thurs 6 Nov; Blake Theatre, Monmouth, Sat 6 Dec. Tickets: £12-£16. Info: www.ballettheatreuk.com), the classic will
be performed by Ballet Theatre UK in this particular showing. The story of good and evil, and the unknown ending, means this ballet always satisfies crowds. There is plenty of dance action going on outside Cardiff, particularly in Aberystwyth Arts Centre where they will be showcasing some narrative pieces. Sean Tuan John’s Punishment (Sat 1 Nov. Tickets: £7-£14. Info: www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk) is a political piece with an all-male cast, which looks in a dark, humorous way at how we treat the deviants who don't do what society expects of them. Whilst Darshan Singh Bhuller’s Rites Of War (Sat 8 Nov. Tickets: £7-£14) lifts his dance off the ground and into the air, using aerial acrobatics to depict the impact of war on the lives of ordinary men and women. The following week, literary epic Dracula (Tue 11 Nov. Tickets: £7.50£15) is transformed into a heartwrenching, magical dance which shows how the Vampire Count’s sinister ambitions challenge the Victorian way of life. Finally, Bolshoi Ballet (Sun 23 Nov. Tickets: £7.50-£15) finishes off an epic month of dance at the venue. The ballet takes us all the way to Egypt’s pyramids, where we see the daughter of one of Egypt’s most powerful pharaohs come back to life during Lord Wilson’s dreamlike state. If ballet and contemporary dance aren’t your thing, then Britain’s Got Talent winners Diversity (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 6 Dec. Tickets: £28.95£45.50. Info: www.livenation.co.uk) are coming to Cardiff in their Limitless – The Reboot arena tour..
“Punishment is a dark, humorous look at how we treat deviants”
DISCOVER DANCE FESTIVAL Newport’s Riverfront Theatre is embracing a whole world full of moving bodies in its own Discover Dance Festival. On the first weekend of the festival, from Fri 7 Nov, they will be hosting Ballet Cymru’s Beauty And The Beast, a portable 360-degree Dance Dome cinema and Wriggle Dance Theatre’s family friendly Once In A Blue Moon. On Tue 11 there will be comic choreography in Cia Mar Gomez’s Dios Menguante (Shrinking God) (which will also be shown at Taliesin Arts Centre in Swansea on Fri 7 Nov) as a priest encounters a woman "who will stop at nothing". You'll be able to whet your dancey appetite with a free performance of Dance Shorts in the Riverfront’s foyer just before the show. Boogie becomes battle in Battle Time 5 on Sat 15 as dance troupes compete to qualify for the Funky Fresh dance contest in Italy. The festival will finish with a more serious step on Sat 22, namely Rites Of War. Gravity And Levity present an emotional aerial dance performance that looks at conflict from the trenches of World War I to the streets of modern Afghanistan. Discover Dance Festival, The Riverfront, Newport, Fri 7-Sat 22 Nov. Tickets: individual events priced separately. Info: 01633 656757 / www. newport.gov.uk/theriverfront
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BORDERGAME NATIONAL Theatre Wales are going underground for their exciting new covert theatre-game production. Set in an alternative, dystopian Britain, Bordergame transforms its audience into players of a game where the difference between winning and losing is as serious as life and death. Wales is now known as The Autonomous Republic of Cymru (ARC), an independent state with its own government, currency and immigration policy. Unlike the Royal United Kingdom of New Britain and Northern Ireland (NewK), health care and education are free for all and there are plenty of employment opportunities for skilled workers in ARC. These social factors coupled with a recent outbreak of TB in NewK have resulted in mass immigration into the Republic of Cymru. With their services under strain, ARC has been forced to tighten its borders and be much more selective about who can enter the Republic. Bordergame will simultaneously be played live and online. The live players are trying to illegally cross the border into Wales where they will be able to lead a more comfortable and safe life. During their journey between Bristol to Newport they will meet other immigrants also searching for a more prosperous existence. Trying to stop them crossing the border will be the Border Agency of the Autonomous Republic of Cymru (BAARC), who will be supported by their army of online Active Citizens. Online players will become part of this army of watchful eyes ensuring only useful citizens make it into ARC. Seeing the action unfold live they will be able to make decisions which will have huge consequences for the live players. Bordergame has been inspired by the real experiences of refugees and asylum seekers living in South Wales. It highlights the difficulties of entering into a new country and explores the reasons why someone would feel the need for such an upheaval. Using actual (and sometimes absurd) questions from the UK citizenship test, the production may even make British nationals question how much they know about the country in which they were born. Could you make it across the border? CHELSEY GILLARD
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WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE 10TH B’DAY IT’S hard to believe that 10 years has gone by since the Wales Millennium Centre opened its doors. Since the Royal Opening in 2004, the arts and cultural hub of Cardiff has more than made its mark in its relatively short existence; over 13.5 million visitors have helped establish the iconic building as one of the most unique and lively performing arts centres in Europe. Concerts, operas, comedians galore have graced the stages of the Centre – it’s a question of who hasn’t performed there, rather than who has. As well as this, the ability to secure long touring runs of the biggest and most popular West End and Broadway shows has proved a massive hit with theatre-goers of all ages. Globally renowned shows such as Cats, Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, to name just a few, have all packed out the Donald Gordon Theatre on numerous occasions. The award-winning Lion King sets up camp over the festive period, while Dirty Dancing, The Bodyguard and Shrek are all lined up for slots in 2015. The Wales Millennium Centre has also been home to a number of Wales’ major arts organisations over the last decade. The highly regarded Welsh National Opera and BBC National Orchestra of Wales both have a base on-site. In addition to this, continuing in their quest to provide cultural and sporting activities for the young people of Wales, Urdd Gobaith Cymru have residential facilities at the Centre. Under the watchful eye of new Artistic Director, Graeme Farrow, the theatre programme for the 10th Anniversary year is a real mixed bag, and offers something for everyone. As well as the opening of the theatrical phenomenon – The Lion King, November sees the return of the Mariinsky Opera, led by Valery Gergiev, and performances of Beauty And The Beast by Ballet Cymru. On the first of the month for one night only, a Night at the Casablanca will also celebrate the rich musical heritage of Tiger Bay. It’s difficult to imagine Cardiff and the bay area without its instantly recognisable Millennium Centre and if the last 10 years are anything to go by, we’re in for a treat with the next decade. OWEN SCOURFIELD Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk BUZZ 28
Bordergame, "covert locations between Bristol and Newport", Wed 5-Fri 21 Nov. Tickets: £16/£14.50. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.nationaltheatrewales.org
profile ROB EVANS Heather Arnold talks to the award-winning journalist and writer of Undercover, who exposed 40 years of state espionage and heads to Cardiff University this month to talk about an operation so secret, most senior police officers had no idea it even existed.
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hen we think of undercover police our minds tend to pull towards the ‘good guys’ of Hollywood, who risk their lives to bring down gangs, drug rings and murderers. Titles such as 21 Jump Street, Murphy’s Law and Point Break come to mind. But when undercover police officer, Mark Kennedy, was unmasked by the environmental group he had been infiltrating for seven years the public’s view of the undercover cop was changed. The infiltration of political groups by the police is, in itself, nothing new. Many groups unknowingly had informers and agent provocateurs in their ranks throughout the 60s and onwards, but the exposure of Mark Kennedy snowballed into a scandal and a larger debate about the practice. Guardian journalist Rob Evans has been writing
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about this story since it came to the surface in 2010 and now he, and fellow journalist Paul Lewis, have written a book about Kennedy and police surveillance of protesters. This month he is teaming up with Cardiff University and Amnesty International to present a talk about the scandal and ask whether we should be using police spies in the first place. “I think at that time a lot of people, including myself actually, didn’t realise that the police would go to such extraordinary lengths to infiltrate political groups” explains Rob, “but they’ve put large efforts into creating and turning police officers into state activists who go and live amongst campaigners for four or five years, or even longer.” It’s no surprise that the public were left in the dark about these operations into political groups, as even senior police officers had no idea that the units orchestrating the deployments even existed. One of the most surprising and distressing revelations to come out about the police officers masquerading as activists is that fact they formed sexual and, in some cases, long-term personal relationships with other activists who had no idea who these men truly were. “We’re talking substantial relationships,” says Rob; “we’re not just talking about casual liaisons, these are relationships that have gone on for years. In one shocking case an officer had a child with a woman who had no idea that he was an undercover officer until she opened up a newspaper 25 years later, and it was by chance that the father of her child was there on the page. “What we’re talking about is possibly the most intrusive thing that they could do. To send someone in to their lives and go into their bed, but it’s not just that, it’s their lives for a long period of time. Those men are going to weddings, parties, parties of relatives, that is a gross intrusion into their lives. You’ve got to ask, why was that being done? A lot of people would say that what we’re talking about here is not terrorism, we’re talking about activists who are seeking to exercise their democratic minds, who are seeking to change society. Do they really deserve that?” Does Rob think that the justifiably emotional response to these personal
relationships has detracted from the larger debate of whether or not the police should be spending their time and public money on planting moles in political organisations? “No, because they are very much part of the parcel,” Rob says. “I don’t think you can separate it out. One thing that must not be forgotten is that if you’re going to create and invent a fake identity and you’ve gone in to infiltrate some group, you’ve got to build up your credibility. "So if you have a relationship with someone, people are much less likely to doubt who you are – they'll
“In one shocking case an officer had a child with a woman who had no idea that he was an undercover officer...” sort of think ‘oh yeah they’re alright, because they’re the boyfriend of my friend’. It’s not two different things that we’re talking about, we’re talking about the two being completely integrated.” As part of his talk Rob will be discussing Mark Jacobs, an undercover officer who infiltrated a group of anarchists in Cardiff for four years, but what else will the talk be addressing? “This is about what happens when the state is left unmonitored. When people in the state carry on and think that they’re not being watched. They think that they can do what they want to do without anyone outside ever finding out. It’s about how you have a group of people who were operating in deep secrecy and there was no-one to watch what they were doing; very few police chiefs had actually even heard of this, of these men, of the special demonstration squad. A lot of police officers had never heard of it but these undercover officers went about their business and they started to abuse their positions.”
Cardiff University Law Building, Museum Avenue, Thurs 20 Nov, 7.30pm. Admission: free. Info: www.facebook. com/amnestycardiff
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by Keiron Self
INTERSTELLAR ****
HORRIBLE BOSSES 2 **
Dir: Christopher Nolan (12A, 169 mins) The Dark Knight and Batman director Christopher Nolan returns to the big screen in what may be his most ambitious epic yet. Matthew McConaughey plays Cooper, a widower and ace pilot struggling to raise his kids as the Earth’s natural resources dry up. Humanity is doomed, it would seem, unless we can find a new home. He leads a mission through a wormhole to the far reaches of the universe, but has no idea how long he will be gone for, and if he will ever see his children again. Ostensibly far more emotional than Nolan’s previous work, this seems to be as much a film about family as a science fiction quest. There is the inevitable top-drawer cast: Anne Hathaway and Wes Bentley are fellow astronauts, Jessica Chastain and Casey Affleck are those left behind. Sir Michael Caine, Nolan’s lucky talisman, crops up as the scientist who sets events in motion and amidst the acting there is of course some gobsmacking FX. Promising to have brains and heart as well as spectacle, and with a career rejuvenated Oscar winner in McConaughey, this should be one of the films of the year. Prepare to boldly go… Opens Nov 7
Dir: Sean Anders (15, 108 mins) Horrible Bosses did not deserve a sequel, yet it made a certain amount of money so a second round of unlikeable comedy with Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis is with us. After the cameo-fuelled first film, this has the trio returning but instead of attempting to murder their bosses, they are their own bosses, setting up their own firm together. Naturally this cannot last for long. Double-crossed by a slick investor Christoph Waltz, they lose control of their business and are legally outmanoeuvred. Desperate, they plot revenge and kidnap Waltz’s son played by new Captain Kirk, Chris Pine, who seems too old for the part. They demand a ransom, but will Waltz pay up? The machinations of the plot include Jennifer Aniston returning as nymphomaniac boss, Kevin Spacey as now in prison boss and Jamie Foxx just showing up. With three barely likeable leads, this is hamstrung from the start and no amount of crude set pieces can truly make amends. This wants to recapture the crowd that went to see The Hangover and its subsequent awful sequels. At least the first film of that trilogy was funny; the same cannot be said of Horrible Bosses or its sequel. Horrible Bosses is just mostly horrible. Opens Nov 28
SAY WHEN ***
MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN ***
THE DROP ***
Dir: Lynn Shelton (15, 99 mins) Keira Knightley is an aimless young woman trying to find out what to do with her life in this diverting comedy drama. Knightley plays Megan, a motivation free suburbanite living with her easy going Dad and limpet like boyfriend. Despite leaving school 10 years earlier, she still hangs out with the same group of friends. During the wedding of one those friends she sees her dad in a compromising position, gets a marriage proposal of her own, freaks out and runs away. She hangs out with a bunch of teenagers, Chloe Grace Moretz’s Annika amongst them. Soon she meets Moretz’s dad, charmingly played by Sam Rockwell, with whom she starts to fall in love. Director Shelton gets great performances out of her main trio, and creates a deeper resonance to this potentially self indulgent subject matter. It’s funny throughout, Knightley doing goofy surprisingly well, making Say When a welcome comedic diversion despite inevitably falling into formula. Opens Nov 4
Dir: Jake Reitman (15, 119 mins) A diverting and timely ensemble comedy drama about the issues of living with the internet and its impact on human relationships, this adaptation of Chad Kultgen’s novel seeks out some awkward truths. Adam Sandler is acting, rather than shouting comedy, as a bored suburban Dad taking refuge in online porn as his relationship with wife Rosemarie deWitt collapses. Their 15-year-old son is incapable of lovemaking without kink with his girlfriend, who is in turn posing in swimwear for photos published on her mother’s fan site. Ansel Elgort is addicted to fantasy gaming and his girlfriend is monitored constantly by paranoid mum Jennifer Garner. It’s a caustic study of love lives governed by the internet and manages to spear several targets. Reitman’s film certainly has something to say about relationships in the age of the internet, although it’s not quite as sharp as it thinks it is. Well acted and often humorously uncomfortable, this is an ambitious if flawed foray into morality. Opens Nov 25
Dir: Micahel R. Rosakam (15, 106 mins) Tom Hardy stars in this crime drama from the pen of Mystic River and Shutter Island scribe Denis Lehane. Adapted from the short story, Animal Rescue, this follows Hardy’s Brooklyn bartender, working with the late great James Gandolfini at ‘drop bar’ where on certain occasions dirty money can be exchanged. The bar itself is owned by a dodgy Chechen crime lord who, following a robbery, demands that Hardy get back the $5000 that was stolen. Running parallel to the criminality, Hardy nurses a mistreated dog back to health with the help of neighbour Noomi Rapace, until the dog’s sadistic owner comes looking for him. Hardy broods intensely, making his bartender crackle with possibility, seemingly weak willed but with something else just waiting to be unleashed. The plot itself doesn’t entirely convince and there are a few duff notes but the performances are strong, particularly Gandolfini in his final screen performance. Bada-bing. Opens Nov 14
ALSO RELEASED: THE SKELETON TWINS (15) Dysfunctional family hilarity as estranged twins cheat death on the same day and try to reconnect. With the great Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader and Modern Family’s favourite doofus Ty Burrell. NATIVITY 3: DUDE WHERE IS MY DONKEY? (PG) Marc Wooton returns for more improvised festive japes from director Debbie Isitt, this time involving a forgetful Martin Clunes, Catherine Tate and a missing donkey. THIRD PERSON (15) Three interlocking love stories from writer director Paul Haggis, featuring Mila Kuni, Kim Basinger,
THE HUNGER GAMES - MOCKINGJAY PART 1 ****
THE IMITATION GAME ****
Dir: Francis Lawrence (12A, 125 mins) Another installment of the Hunger Games trilogy, turned into a quadrilogy in the cinema for studio greed purposes. Jennifer Lawrence returns as Katniss Everdeen who has thrown President Donald Sutherland’s fascistic dystopia into a cocked hat after the climax of Catching Fire. Now she finds herself a freedom fighter out to break the tyranny of District 1 and rescue Josh Hutcherson’s Peeta, whilst also dealing with her feelings for Liam Hemsworth’s Gale. The first two installments of the Hunger Games have been a cut above normal youth-oriented affairs – rooted in Jennifer Lawrence’s winning portrayal of Katniss. Without the structure of the Games themselves this becomes an all-out war movie peppered with extra star weight; Julianne Moore, Natalie Dormer and Philip Seymour Hoffman. The political machinations will become murkier and the grey areas will expand, and it will be interesting how the film makers deal with the bloody climax of the third book… in what will be the fourth film. Returning Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence should encourage a continuance in tone and intelligence, as will Oscar winner Lawrence who elevates every film she’s in. No doubt a box office smash, this Mockingjay should also have cinematic wings. Opens Nov 21
Dir: Morten Tyldum (12A, 113 mins) Benedict Cumberbatch stars as Enigma code machine breaker Alan Turing in this handsome if formulaic biopic. Adapted from Andrew Hodges’ Turing biography, the film makes liberal use of flashback and Cumberbatch’s Sherlock-esque essence to tell the story of the brilliant mathematician. Turing’s arrest for gross indecency (i.e. being caught in a homosexual act in 1952) and subsequent chat with policeman Rory Kinnear provides a framing device to spin us back into history. Soon we’re in 1939 when Turing first travels to Bletchley Park to break the German’s unbreakable Enigma code. Keira Knightley steps aboard as a new team member Clarke, Cumberbatch breaks the code and then has to keep that secret. How many men do they sacrifice so as not to give the game away that they know the German’s movements? Slickly condensed into a few hours, by Headhunters director Tyldum, it’s an absorbing story given weight by a winningly savant turn from Cumberbatch and a pervading sense of tragedy that this genius would eventually kill himself because of his sexuality. It may history by the numbers, but the story itself is absorbing enough to survive without unnecessary cinematic flourishes. Opens Nov 14
NO GOOD DEED **
WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS ****
THE NOVEMBER MAN ***
Dir: Sam Miller (12A, 84 mins) A home invasion thriller with Idris Elba on baddie duties, this is by the numbers and full of tension-free histrionics. Ex-Luther Elba is an escaped convict who shows up on Traji P Henson’s doorstep on a dark and stormy night. Henson is in an unhappy marriage and formerly a state prosecutor, but now a reluctant housewife. Elba is charming at first, naturally, but things soon go pear shaped with unconvincing 12A violence ensuing. Held back for two years, this was an unexpected chart topper in the US, despite its mediocrity, but seems far more at home in the DVD bargain bin. It’s run of the mill despite Elba and Henson’s best efforts and seems curiously 80s. Veteran British TV director Miller did better work on the Luther TV series and this seems to have been a misstep for both him and his star. Watch it on a Sunday afternoon on Channel 5 in a year or two. Opens Nov 21
Dir: Jermaine Clement/Taika Waititi (15, 86 mins) A documentary about vampires from one half of the Flight Of The Conchords, that puts the banal into bloodsucker, What We Do In The Shadows is a deeply silly and enjoyable undead comedy. A quartet of vampires bumble around in a very anti-Twilight world: ringleader Taika Waititi’s Viago, Jeramine Clement’s once fearfully scary Vladislav, layabout vampire Deacon (played by Johnathan Burgh) and decrepit Peter, Ben Fransham. When recently turned victim Cori Gonzalez-Maceur turns vampire, he hangs out with the gang that bit him and brings along his human best mate. They try and get the vampires to impart their centuries old knowledge to hilarious effect – they can’t get into clubs unless they are invited in, they can’t dress themselves very well in front of a mirror because they have no reflection etc. There’s a great subplot involving fellow Conchords alumni Rhys Darby and his werewolf gang and the jokes come thick and fast, along with the gore. Fangs-tastic. Opens Nov 21
Dir: Roger Donaldson (15, 108 mins) Pierce Brosnan goes a bit Bondian again in this functionally entertaining spy thriller. Brosnan plays an ex-CIA operative, renowned for his ruthlessness who comes back to the game when his former lover is killed in Russia. Turns out she was assassinated by Brosnan’s protégé Luke Bracey, doing dark ops for the CIA, who bumped her off before she could spill secrets to corrupt Russians. The prospective Russian president is trying to cover links he had to atrocities in the Chechen wars and is killing anyone who could endanger his political prospects. Brosnan goes on the offensive, saving former Daniel Craig Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, and cat and mouse thrills ensue as he’s chased by both Russians and the CIA. It’s formulaic stuff, with classy action well staged by reliable director Donaldson. Despite its familiarity Brosnan adds some grit and callousness, as another ageing spy without a tux or Walther PPK. Opens Nov 7
Adrien Brody and Liam Neeson not having anyone kidnapped or beating people up. THE HOMESMAN (15) Tommy Lee Jones stars, writes and directs but doesn’t sing the theme tune in this superior star-studded Western. MONSTERS: DARK CONTINENT (15) Warzone-set sequel to Godzilla director Gareth Edwards' breakthrough film. More emphasis on action and politics than love. SET FIRE TO THE STARS (15) It’s another Dylan Thomas film to mark the Under Milk Wood poet’s 100th birthday. Elijah Wood stars as an American poet who befriends the Welsh boozer in 1950s New York.
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SAVING THE SEA The award-winning Sosban Restaurant in Llanelli is dedicated to cooking food that keeps the sea sustainable. We talk to Ian Wood, the restaurant manager, about the Save The Sea Restaurant Campaign WHEN you picture pirates you tend to conjure up images of peg-legs, eye patches and parrot companions. Some might imagine a slurring Johnny Depp, where others might think more along the lines of the terrifying pirates of Captain Phillips. You’re much more likely to think of pirates robbing the riches of the seas and taking hostages than engaging in illegal and unsustainable fishing, but that’s exact what some pirates are getting involved in. Bad for people and fish alike, it is estimated that 20% of seafood worldwide is caught illegally. Even when fishermen are working within the law, unsustainable fishing is exacerbating the problems by endangered species. “Monkfish has been a popular fish amongst a lot of chefs,” explains Ian Wood, the general manager of the award-wining Llanelli restaurant Sosban. “I refuse to use it because it takes a long time to grow and it’s been on the endangered list for a number of years.” Sosban has signed up to the Environmental Justice Foundation’s Save The Sea campaign, who aim to raise public awareness and clean up the way we clean out our oceans. “We’re quite passionate about making sure that we use local ingredients and that it’s sustainable
as well,” Ian continues. “There are more and more species getting on the endangered list. If people don’t do something about it, if people don’t do their bit, there’ll be no fish left pretty soon.” With the fishing industry as large as it is, how do you ensure the seafood you have on your plate has been capture with thought and respect for the sea? One way to know for sure is to keep it local. “We use as much Welsh and seasonal produce as possible,” says Ian; “95% of our fish is local now. We buy everything local and fresh: you can’t get any fresher because it’s out of the river or the sea and into us within a couple of hours.” What might be ethical isn’t always easy however, so does Sosban struggle to work around their moral ways? “We love working with the local produce; we use local lobsters, mussels, cockles. All of the restaurants I’ve worked for believed that seasonal produce is best. It’s no good buying strawberries in September because they just don’t taste right – when ingredients are in season, that’s when there at their best.” Info: www.ejfoundation.org / www. sosbanrestaurant.com
BULLY’S BEATS THE COMPETITION
Cardiff foodie gem, Bully’s restaurant (named after owner Paul Bullimore, not after big brutes that pick on kids) has been named AA Restaurant Of The Year Wales 2014. Bully’s, on Romilly Crescent in Pontcanna, has been cooking up top quality food over 18 years and have had their success recognised at the AA Hospitality Awards. The family-run restaurant was among 24 award winners from across the UK. Info: www.bullysrestaurant.co.uk BUZZ 34
WIFF WAFF ANYONE? Aiming to revolutionise Aberystwyth’s Market Street, Wiff Waff Bar takes us back to our school days in a fashion not seen before in Wales. Combining food, drink and fun, Wiff Waff offers gourmet burgers, pizzas, cocktails and ping-pong. Yes, for those of us uneducated in sports lingo, wiffwaff is ping pong; ping pong is table tennis. The vintage school theme boasts a library, and a Headmaster’s Study for private hire. Served by stylish but somewhat overgrown students, Wiff Waff is more reminiscent of Hogwarts than the local comprehensive, so head on down for some good old-fashioned fun. Info: www.wiffwaffbar.com
WELL FED New restaurant, FED, is doing what it says on the tin and will be keeping the diners of Cardiff well fed when it opens this month. The restaurant will be taking food from across the world – including everything from Japanese food to Tex Mex – and presenting in a lengthy buffet. FED (which isn’t just a pun, it stands for Food Exploration Destination) was created by two brothers, who both formerly worked at national buffet chain Red Hot World Buffet, when they decided to use their combined 15 years of experience in the restaurant industry to make something new. Info: www.wearefed.co.uk
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OF THE BEST... Delis
Deli A Go Go
What’s not to love about delis? You can do your shopping, grab some lunch or just revel in high quality ingredients. DELI A GO GO 3 Penlline Road, Whitchurch Village, Cardiff. Info: www.deliagogo.com From the bean-loving minds behind Coffee A Go Go (who now have two cafes in Cardiff, one on St Andrew’s Place and a new place on Charles Street) is Deli A Go Go. Championing food from across Wales and around the world, Deli A Go Go chooses its wares carefully, and they even stock the type of salt President Obama uses.
FOOD FOR THOUGHT 12 High Street, Barry. Info: 01446 735711 / www.foodforthoughtbarry.co.uk This family-run restaurant has been open since 1983 and has spent over 30 years serving up the finest, freshest and tastiest food. Not only is this a great place to stock up on cupboard essentials but it’s also ideal to stop of for a luscious lunch.
SNAILS 6-8 Beulah Road, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Info: 029 2062 0415 / www.snailsdeli.com This deli prides itself on being a tasty, fresh and wholesome place to have something to eat. Every Wednesday is Pizza and Pasta night, the first Friday of each month is their World Of Wine evening and there are regular live music performances as well.
WALLY’S
Christmas is round the corner and so preparing special festive cookies that tempt all visitors are the perfect option. They say it’s the final recipe that’s most memorable, so when you’re sitting in front of a glowing fire with the coffees and brandies, make this glorious Florentine recipe for the perfect finale. These were mentioned by the Guardian in their moreish selection. Try them – you’ll be so pleased. MAKES approximately 12-15 (I always double the quantities as they are a little work but keep for weeks) INGREDIENTS 85g margarine / 4tbsps milk / 227g icing sugar (if doubling use half golden brown caster sugar) / 65g plain flour/ 85g chopped peel / 60g glace cherries / 85g flaked almonds / 1sp lemon juice and the rind / 115g plain chocolate / popping candy (optional) PREPARATION • Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Set the oven to 190°C/350F/gas mark 5. • In a large pan put the margarine, milk and icing sugar and gently simmer for approximately 5 minutes or until the mixture begins to change colour slightly.
38-46 Royal Arcade, Cardiff. Info: 029 2022 9265 / www.wallysdeli.co.uk Wally’s Delicatessen has been a Cardiff staple for decades and has a past steeped in history and family. Ignatz Salamon, who moved to the UK from Poland to escape Nazi occupation, started up a continental delicatessen in the Welsh capital. Years later his son, Walter, opened up Wally’s and they have been stocking top quality food from around the world ever since.
• Now add the rest of the ingredients except for the chocolate.
FAT PIG DELI
• Combine well. Remove from heat and leave to cool.
4 Romily Crescent, Pontcanna, Cardiff. Info: 029 2023 5675 / www.twitter.com/Fatpigdeli Good for brunch, lunch or dinner, the Fat Pig Deli is a family run deli that is known for its good food and homely feel. Their breakfast dishes are renowned for being top notch nosh and they have a menu full of authentic Spanish tapas.
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MERMAID QUAY MAKEOVER Pizzeria giants, PizzaExpress, have given their restaurant in Cardiff’s Mermaid Quay a new look after a big refurbishment. Making the most of their seafront surroundings the restaurant has a new display of nautical, mermaid and boat-filled artwork. They will also be putting up pictures of local landmarks, such as the Wales Millennium Centre and the Pierhead, so you can see all the sights of Cardiff Bay without leaving your seat. If you want to save a penny or two while you’re there you can also take advantage of our 25% Buzz reader discount by printing off the voucher on our Facebook page.
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Deciding Whether to Detox Or Not?
MIXING IT UP We find out that there is more to cocktails than adding orange juice to prosecco when we talk to Bar 44’s head bartender and award-winning cocktail creator Joshua Powell. WHILE most of us just add fruit juice to our vodka and call ourselves a cocktail maker, some make it more of an art. Joshua Powell is more than just a bartender at Penarth’s celebrated tapas joint Bar 44. He’s head bartender for a start, but it is his award winning mixing skills that make him stand out. Last year he was named winner of the G'Tini Cocktail Competition and Master Of Tequila in the world's only online 'virtual cocktail competition', the Wenneker Swizzle Masters. His Christmas Pudding Martini also made it to number five on prestigious drinking website Diffordsguide’s list of the Top 30 Best Cocktails Invented Since 2000. But where did Josh’s cocktail curiosity come from? “When I was 17, I had this notion that I really wanted a fancy cocktail party for my 18th birthday,” says Josh. “It didn’t end up happening, but about a year and a half down the line I got my first bar job and I just fell in love with it. “I kept researching things, just trying to learn as much as I could. I learnt about different spirits and techniques, and about the prohibition era in America and the big boom thinking of the 20s and 30s here in the UK. I’ve just kind of been on a big mission to better myself and kind of learn as much as I can really.” Josh’s research has paid off and his Chorizo & Cranberry Old-Fashioned was featured in Gary Regan’s 101 Best Cocktails Of 2013. “It’s an infused bourbon with cranberry vodka BUZZ 36
and cranberry juice,” Josh explains. “It’s got spiced paprika notes to it as well, great for any sort of whiskey lover. “To me, all of the components of a really great cocktail come together at different times,” he continues. “For the Seville Cortadita, you get orange and marmalade flavours and then afterwards, you get notes of vanilla, caramel, spice flavour and stuff like that. "I think that’s really important to be able to break all of those flavours down. You should be able to experience the drink as whole but in separate steps, as opposed to having something that tastes of one flavour.” Though South Wales’ cocktail scene has some skilled creators, Josh feels the capital isn’t making the most of the alcohol-filled flavours at their disposal. “There are still too many bars doing drinks like Sex On The Beach and Woo Woos. It’s a very 80s kind of thing, really outdated.” How do you keep your cocktail concoctions fresh and exciting? “I’m looking at keeping the menu as seasonal as possible. You have springtime drinks with elderflower and sloe berries. When you get to summer, you want something more refreshing and citrusy – something a bit more alive on the palette, such as tropical flavours. I want to keep things fresh to keep people interested.”
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WITH Christmas round the corner you may be contemplating squeezing into that little black dress the fast way! Michelle Obama discusses how she occasionally takes ‘a cleanse’, what we know as a detox, in which she eliminates fats, oil, dairy foods, meat, caffeine, starch and sugar for a short time, substituting as much fruit and vegetables as possible. But when we examine ‘the cleanse’, it’s obvious that this is a radical weight-loss diet. If the First Lady wishes to reduce her calories for a few days, then this type of ‘cleanse’ can be effective. Any drastic change in diet which does not include all the major food groups, however, can be hugely damaging. It’s never a good idea to eliminate all fats. They help to metabolise food within the body and contain the fat-soluble vitamins, A, D, E and K – which cannot be absorbed without the presence of fat. They also waterproof the skin, build cell membranes, and are a vital component of numerous hormones. Twenty years ago it was discovered that saturated fats were bad for the body, so food manufacturers were forced to change to unsaturated fatty acids, but these rapidly became rancid. So, to keep the products from spoiling, manufacturers began to hydrogenate their fats which produced a more stable product but also produced a type of fatty acid called a trans-fatty acid which attacks cells within the body. And if there is already a weakness, then these trans-fatty acids can initiate the beginnings of cancer or heart disease. Nevertheless, it is a sensible idea to lower saturated fats – i.e. fatty meat and high fat dairy intake. Better to be using small amounts of good oils such as olive, flax or a small drizzle of walnut oil on a salad with a squeeze of lemon juice. This would improve lipid status, healthy hair, skin and general wellbeing. So is ‘a healthy cleanse or detox’ possible? Without doubt cutting down or cutting out packaged foods, drinks and takeaways that contain vast amounts of fat, salt, and sugar can only improve the body’s health status. Maybe look at portion control or taste a sliver, rather than a bowlful of that glorious apple pie without the cream. That’s not a detox but a better way of life.
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words RUTH JOSEPH www.ruthjoseph.co.uk www.veggischmooze.blogspot.com
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IL PASTIFICIO
ARBOREAL RESTAURANT
68 Eastgate, Cowbridge CF71 7AB 01446 775093 / www.arboreal.uk.com Food: ***** Atmosphere: ***** Have you visited Arboreal yet? And if not, why not? This small but beautifully formed family-run restaurant is exactly how an eating out experience should be. We went on one of their music and dinner evenings, where we were treated to a brilliant reggae band. The food from the board was a selection of pizzas – all made in their wood-burning oven – toppings including roast lamb, fiorentina and an interesting carbonara. The menu also harbours delights such as marinated free range chicken served with warm pearl barley, courgette broccoli, salad and crispy potato cake, or the sharing Cote de Boeuf (£60 for 2 people): a 20oz rib of beef on the bone served with salad, fries and peppercorn sauce. We, however, chose Vietnamese nem rolls & dipping sauce (£7) and sticky Asian pork ribs (£8) to start, followed by catch of the day (£17): bream with a orange and beetroot salad plus a side order of sweet potato wedges. Piggy (my partner) had the Arboreal burger (£14) with mozzarella, spiced tomato chutney and pickled cucumber with hand-cut sweet potato wedges. Given the unprecedented slew of all things burger-related which have opened everywhere recently, the Arboreal organic burger is head and shoulders above any of them, succulent and tender. A garlic flatbread (£7) came straight from the woodburner. The band played Bob Marley tracks in the background, while diners looked relaxed and happy. For desserts, sticky toffee pudding and warm chocolate fondant won the day: paired with gorgeous ice-cresm and oozing with chocolate, respectively. A bottle of Greyrock Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc (£18.95) was a satisfying accompaniment to our meal. Having visited Arboreal several times since they opened three years ago, it has remained consistently excellent and interesting. It’s worth every penny spent and is still one of my favourite places to go. If you fancy going to the next music/food night, it’s on Thurs 13 Nov and you will be treated to a jazz/ swing band. Book now before it’s too late. ANTONIA LEVAY
Unit 5, The Globe Centre, Wellfield Road, Cardiff. 029 2049 4138 Food: **** Atmosphere: **** It’s hard to know what’s going on in Il Pastificio from the outside but on entry I broke out in a smile as were greeted not by a waiter but by the head chef, Walter, who was at a brightly coloured counter rolling out fresh pasta. The restaurant isn’t a big place but it’s well spaced and, in between cooking, the chef would circulate around the diners listing off the night’s specials and generally being the perfect amount of friendly and attentive. We saw every single meal that night being plated up in front of us and, as they all looked fantastic, I couldn’t help worrying if I had made the right choice. As soon as I dug into my main, the ravioli aperti (which came a baked fillet of trout, asparagus and roasted tomato dressing), I was more than happy with my decision. The dish was so well thought out, everything perfectly balanced and a small drizzle of lemon really made the whole thing pop. My partner had a delicious gettuccine salsiccia e goronzola (pasta with home made sausage and gorgonzola in a white wine sauce) that was creamy without being heavy. Pretty full at this point, we ummed and ahhed about dessert but decided to try one after overhearing other customers talked excitedly about it. I went for the torte di mele e more (apple and blackberry torte). This fruity pudding was one of the best desserts I've ever had. The pastry was perfectly cooked, the fruit was well balanced and it was servec with a gorgeous pistachio ice cream that added a marzipan-like edge. The whole night was fantastic with great food and an atmosphere to match. I don't think it'll we be long before our return and I would highly recommend Il Pastificio to anyone who wants some high quality, carefully crafted Italian food. HEATHER ARNOLD
LA BODEGA
15 High St, Cardiff. 029 2037 1823 / www.labodegacardiff.co.uk Food: **** Atmosphere: *** There’s actually something delicious and different in the Cardiff city centre. Although you have to fight your way through the thick jungle of terrible chain restaurants, when you do a foodie nirvana awaits. Celebrating their one-year anniversary, La Bodega hosted an evening of sherry tasting. Unusual, you might think: why not focus on a more popular drink, maybe a wine or whisky? The night, however, would prove to enlighten us that sherry wasn’t just a terrible-smelling drink your grandmother has over Christmas. The first sherry for the evening, the Amantillado Seco Napoleon, was accompanied by an endless spread of delicious appetisers. Standouts amonf these were the pata negra ham (Spain's legendary cured ham), assorted Spanish cheeses and Spanish omelette. Although the sherry was a little sweet for my liking, the food was absolutely mouthwatering. Sherry number two was the La Gitana Manzanilla and was served with fried squid, fried prawns, fried cod, hake and monkfish with breadcrumbs and mayonnaise sauce. The sherry was surprisingly great and for the first time in my life I actually questioned if, the next time I’m out for dinner, I should maybe swop my mandatory glass of wine for a nice glass of sherry. By the third glass, the Oloroso Seco Faraon, I have to admit that I was feeling a little sickly from the amount of different sherry I had tasted. Yet the combination of classic ham-based Spanish croquettes, traditional beef croquettes, slowly roasted suckling baby pig and fillet of steak on bread with garlic mayonnaise sauce soon tempered my stomach. The final sherry, Pedro Ximenez, was poured over lovely vanilla ice cream, which caused a chorus of groans – which I was a part of – making the perfect end to an enlightening evening. JAYDON MARTIN BUZZ 37
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CHRISTMAS SHOW
Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay Sat 8 Nov-Sun 11 Jan If each Christmas sees your nearest and dearest ‘delighting’ at the usual socks and smellies, then you should head to Craft In The Bay for their annual Christmas Show, and a wealth of unique and special gift ideas. The Christmas Show at Craft In The Bay showcases a mix of contemporary crafts by a range of UK makers, from jewellery and accessories to textiles and ironwork; with gifts from stocking fillers to bespoke artworks for the home. The exhibiting craftwork – including pottery by Joe Finch and Molly Curley, Ian Kendrew’s ironwork, woven shawls by Laura Adburgham, accessories from Tammy Child, and jewellery by designers Emily Kidson, Su Trindle, Deborah Edward, and Sara Lloyd Morris – shows the best of British craft, and should also inspire those struggling gift-buyers. As well as gift inspiration, Craft In The Bay is holding festive craft workshops in the run-up to Christmas. Led by professional artists, the workshops teach you how to create truly unique Christmas crafts including felted decorations, aluminium jewellery, felted bags, and more. Try out a new craft in the workshop, and go home with your very own piece of art. Admission: free (charges apply for the craft workshops). Info: 029 2048 4611 / www.makersguildinwales.org.uk (JK)
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Coming to Newton’s Oriel Davies this month is an unmissable collection of 23 photographs by an individual described as the last great Modernist photographer, Francesca Woodman. Born in 1958, Woodman committed suicide at the tragically young age of 22 but in her short life she managed to create a body of work which, after her death, would come to be recognised by critics and the public for its striking and enigmatic visual style, a lot of which revolved around the study of nude female figures (often using herself), in stark and dilapidated surroundings. Her ability to show motion in a still image is uncanny and inimitable. Many photos show the models blurred through movement and long exposure times, to the point that makes the viewer question how the movement of her subjects could be so clearly be portrayed in a still image. However, to use the extremely overused cliché, Woodman really was unappreciated in her own time. She only ever had a handful of galleries display her work in her short lifetime and failing to get arts funding is what her father believed led to her jumping out of a New York loft window in 1981. The exhibition is coming to Wales as part of a tour of the Artist Rooms collection; a wealth of international contemporary art cared for by Tate and the National Galleries of Scotland, which also boasts works by such greats as Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Gilbert & George. It will provide a perfect chance to get an intimate look at a collection of portraits created by one of the finest photographers of the 20th century. Admission: free. Info: 01686 625041 / www.orieldavies.org STEPHEN SPRINGATE
ELLIE + STEVE YOUNG: SEMI FICTION
Bay Art, Cardiff Bay Wed 4-Fri 28 Nov Fathers and daughters don’t always have a lot in common. It can be difficult understand each other when one of you doesn’t appreciate the complexities of being a ‘Belieber’ and the other just doesn’t get what’s meant to be so good about Pink Floyd. Steve and Ellie Young, however, are lucky in that they share a passion and talent for art and they have decided to display their work in a joint exhibition. Semi Fiction promises to be an interesting look at how much a difference a single generation can make as both artists use the same medium express their creative thoughts on the world. There are some similarities, they both take an interest in spectators and make artistic use of awkwardly angles and peculiar framing, but each of them have their own distinct style. Steve Young’s images of nights out, Sunday walks and dancing are all coloured like a day dream, or have the feel of happy half-remembered memories of good night out on the town. In these ‘action shot’ pieces people are moving, interacting and engaging with each other. This is in quite the contrast to Ellie Young’s more static portraits. These colourful faces portray a more serious tone and some of them, with masks half concealing their faces, look fascinatingly disturbing. Admission: free. Info: 029 2065 0016 / www.bayart.org.uk (HA)
SOUTHERN LINES AND NORTHERN LIGHTS
Mission Gallery, Swansea Sat 22 Nov-Sun 4 Jan Curator Ceri Jones brings together seven designers in an exhibition that sets out to explore developing design practices in Wales. Southern Lines And Northern Lights looks at how a combination of science, technology, art and craftsmanship applied to an insightful understanding of materials can be used to transform and illuminate bright ideas into beautiful and functional pieces. Featured artists such as Jessica Lloyd-Jones demonstrate how skilled manipulation of contemporary materials such as glass and light, can create something that is both pleasing to the eye and quizzical for the brain. Literally shedding light on the concept of process-lead design and aesthetics, Louise Tucker’s woven sculptures emphasise the importance of hands-on experimentation and really engaging with tools and materials. Carmarthenshire graduate Sian O’Doherty draws on her Welsh heritage in association with her thoroughly modern digital designs, inspired by optical illusions, to produce pieces that compliment both the gallery and the home. Jones’ vision of innovative design celebrates the scope of imagination and invites visitors to take art out of the gallery and into the home. Admission: free. Info: 01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk (EM)
SIÂN MELANGELL DAFYDD: FOXY
g39, Cardiff Sat 15 Nov-Sat 13 Dec All of us have family heirlooms. Sometimes they are precious, valuable or useful but sometimes they can just be, well, a bit odd. They can say something interesting and, occasionally, confusing about our ancestors. They are the type of object that you see in the shops and think to yourself ‘who on earth would buy that?’ but also objects that you find difficult to part with because of the memories they seem imbued with. This is the inspiration for Sian Melangell Dafydd’s singular piece exhibition. In the vast space of g39’s Unit 1 gallery will be a display of one object – Foxy. Foxy is Dafydd’s fond family heirloom: a stuffed fox. Foxy, brought into Dafydd’s family at an auction in 1948, was previously owned by 17th century industrialist Sir Henry Robertson and thought to have been the work of famous Aberystwyth taxidermist James Hutchins. Far from being a manky piece of decoration gathering dust in an attic, Foxy has his own place in Wales’ history, as well as Dafydd’s own. Like the best works of art there is a story behind Foxy. A story of secrets and heirlooms that can Dafydd, who is not an artist by trade but better known as an award-winning writer, has retailed in her book (also titled Foxy) that will be launched alongside the installation. Admission: free. Info: 029 2047 3633 / www.g39.org (HA)
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THE FUTURE FOR BEGINNERS
Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli, Thurs 20 Nov; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 21 Nov; Swansea Grand Theatre, Fri 28 Nov; The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, Thurs 4 Dec The future isn’t just for those with DeLoreans or TARDISes – it’s for everyone. The tortuous route that gets us there forms the premise of the award-winning Wales Millennium Centre co-production The Future For Beginners. If we could design every detail of our lives, would we like the result? Lead characters Matthew and Jenny spend their days at a data-cleansers, correcting other people’s mistakes. Out of mutual desperation and attraction they fall in love and map out every aspect of their future, but the inevitable cracks in their relationship could destroy everything. Perhaps it's life’s spontaneity that keeps relationships forever fresh? We all make plans, but the best results often come from not sticking to them! The Future For Beginners is written by one of Wales’ most renowned writers, Pontypridd-born Alan Harris (National Theatre of Wales’ A Good Night Out In The Valleys). Starring London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art-trained Matthew Bulgo (who has been making waves in Wales' art scene, having performed in Theatr Iolo’s Adventures In The Skin Trade and National Theatre Wales’ Praxis Makes Perfect) and up-andcoming soprano singer Jennifer Adams as Matthew and Jenny, The Future For Beginners contains original songs, grand opera music and a ukulele! What more could you want? Tickets: £8.50-£12.50. Info: www. liveartshow.co.uk (MB) BUZZ 40
QUENTIN CRISP: A NAKED HOPE Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, Cardiff Thurs 13 Nov As part of the Royal Welsh College’s Celebrate series that explores the personal struggles and triumphs of great gay artists, and following rave reviews at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Mark Farrelly graces the stage in a one-man biographical production of the life of Quentin Crisp. In just 70 minutes Farrelly, and director Lisa Marlowe, provide a touchingly honest and warmly witty view to a man who was simultaneously open to all and yet possessed by none. The two-part, two-room play invites us in to share with us a heart whose impression still lingers 15 years after its departure. As writer and performer, Farrelly’s measured manner and ever iconic blue rinse capture Crisp’s elegantly enigmatic character with a respect and sharp insightfulness of which Crisp himself would have been proud. Taking us from a common place suburban childhood, through such trials and tribulations that come with living ahead of the times, the play dips its toes into themes of homosexuality, love and effeminacy in a pre-war London fraught with social injustice – but arrives at place of fittingly poignant optimism as was discovered in 90s New York, Crisp’s adopted second home and a place which provided him with the acceptance and affection he could not find in London. The overriding message is one of selfhood and love; be who you are and stuff the haters. The grace found in Crisp’s raw personality is brought out in the clever witticisms that characterised his lasting notoriety and demonstrates the strength that is found in vulnerability. It has been said, or rather sung, that "it takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile". But Quentin Crisp bore the yoke of our world’s intolerance with a gentleness and humbleness that calls us to question our reaction to those who choose to live outside the mould of the mundane and expected. A Naked Hope perfectly encapsulates Crisp’s ‘this is me, take me as I am’ philosophy, and aptly celebrates Quentin Crisp for everything that he was and is. Tickets: £13/£11. Info: 029 2034 2854 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk EMILY MARRITT
ANTHEM FOR A DOOMED YOUTH
Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama, Cardiff Tue 11 Nov The war-ravaged battlefields of Europe may not seem like the ideal setting to allow poetry to flow, but this is exactly what happened during the bloody backdrop of WW1. Countless numbers of angry young men, of all different social backgrounds, turned to poetry as the perfect outlet for the mounting anger and frustration. In time this large collective body of work came to be recognized for the importance that it was; an extensive series of brutally honest first-hand accounts of what living, fighting and dying in the trenches was really like. Taking its name from a Wilfred Owen’s poem from the period, Anthem For A Doomed Youth sees world-renowned solo performer Guy Masterson compile a selection of the finest of these poems and writings by some of the most respected poets of the movement, and weave them together to create a powerfully moving one man show which paints an exceptionally intimate and empathic rendition of the life of the WW1 soldier. The performance will feature work from some more familiar names including Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke, but also includes writings from lesser known German and French poets. This has already proved, unsurprisingly ,to be a sell out hit at this year’s Edinburgh Festival and it is definitely not something to be missed. Tickets: £14 / £12 conc. Info: 029 2034 2854 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk (SS)
ROSS NOBLE: TANGENTLEMEN
Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Fri 12 Nov / Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sun 25 Jan Ross Noble, known for his distinct hair style and hilarious comedy skills, is embracing both in his pretty punny new tour Tangentlemen. With his distinctive northern lilt and talent for improvising hilariously surreal worlds and funny situations Noble will be taking on a new set of topics that will likely change night from night as an audience members memorable hair do or distinctive laugh takes him along an unexpected and riotous new tangent. Noble is noted for his love of audience interaction and at one show in 2006, after noticing someone recording his performance on their phone, he encouraged the entire audience to record his final skit and upload the footage to YouTube in an attempt to break the world record for ‘the largest number of videos showing exactly the same thing’. The Geordie standup comedian has been performing since he was 15 and since then he hasn’t looked back. Noble has been a Perrier Award nominee and earned a Time Out award for best live standup performer at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000. His previous tours have sold out again and again, and it looks as though Tangentlemen will follow the same tangled path. Tickets: £12-£25.50. Info: 01970 623232 / www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk (Aberystwyth); 029 2063 6464 / www. wmc.org.uk (Cardiff) (NB)
A CHILD’S CHRISTMAS IN WALES
Grand Theatre, Swansea, until Sat 8 Nov / The Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Mon 10-Tues 11 Nov / Theatr Hafren, Newtown, Thurs 13-Sat 15 Nov / The Lyric, Carmarthen, Mon 17-Tues 18 Nov / New Theatre, Cardiff, Tues 25Sat 29 Nov / Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Mon 1-Wed 3 Dec / Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Thurs 4-Sun 7 Dec Yes folks, it’s that time of year again. Even before you can say ‘BOO’ for Halloween, the Xmas cards are already on display in the shops. I know what you’re thinking. That Christmas is sooo about the bling, more than ever. Want an antidote for all that crass commercialism? How about A Child’s Christmas In Wales? This show will be rounding out a year’s worth of nostalgia in the Dylan Thomas 100 Festival (in conjunction with Swansea Grand Theatre and the Arts Council of Wales among others). The production had its debut in 2006, and it’s only the second version permitted by the author’s estate in 50 years. It has a cast of 10 actor/ musicians and Llinos Daniel, Kath Dimery and Ieuan Rhys are original members who’ll be in this production again. Even though A Child’s Christmas In Wales is a fictionalised, romanticised-version of Dylan’s childhood, it does have its base in reality of when he was a six-year-old. If we’re lucky, we’ll be able to sled over to the New Theatre in November to experience this quintessential Welsh treasure. Tickets: £11-£14 / £5-£9 conc Info: www. dylanthomas100.org (RLR)
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TODD TERRY Pioneers 003 @ Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff Fri 14 Nov I don’t get out much these days, but if I did it would be to appreciate one of the titans of house music that Craig and Helen Bartlett have been booking for our dancefloor appreciation over the last few months. For their Pioneers series we’ve already had Derrick Carter and Tony Humphries, and for November New York’s finest touches down in the form of Todd Terry, someone who has played at Craig and Helen’s longstanding other night, Lamerica. “I remember the great energy,” says Todd, “and I’m looking forward to coming back because the people coming out in Cardiff really know their house music. I have some collaborations I’m just finishing up with DJ Sneak, Armand Van Helden, Hoxton Whores, DJ E-Clyps and a few others that will come out soon on InHouse, so you can expect some of that.” Lamerica is known for Bank Holiday parties (of which the next is Boxing Night with Paul Trouble Anderson), so why bring big names to the capital monthly on a Friday? “We came up with a concept that might entice people of all ages out on a Friday,” explains Craig. “Bringing and showcasing the pioneers of the dance scene will hopefully mean people will feel the vibe, embrace it and come and get up close and personal to these dance music legends. Musically we will be going in any direction we see fit, from house to techno, disco to deep house, jacking reggae and drum’n’bass. We will showcase those that have crafted modern dance music, with no boundaries. For the future we’re looking at Kenny Dope, DJ Sneak, Francois K and Danny Krivit to name just a few.” Final word goes to Todd Terry, and what he considers to be a pioneer: “Someone that creates a movement or a sound that lasts the test of time. For my part I’ll be bringing classic house music sounds both new and old, with a heavy emphasis on songs over tracks, and of course wherever the vibe of the crowd takes me that night.” Tickets: £15. Info: 029 2023 2199 RYAN HEEGER
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WALLOP
Escape, Swansea Fri 5 Dec It would be remiss to run through the entire lineup of this event here, given this is a listings magazine which provides as much detail as possible in its listings section, but the talent assembled on the poster for this one might singe yer eyebrows. Daddy Freddy – Jamaican-born, UKbased ragga MC of fine vintage – is given headline billing, arriving here as part of a tour for Don’t Talk To Me Like That, his new album. That still leaves a hefty block of smaller-type text containing some of the greats of the UK soundsystem scene. Folks from the formative 80s era (YT, Tippa Irie)! From the ‘weird random chart hit’ era of the 90s (General Levy, Tenor Fly)! Cats who’ve emerged in the last decade (Lady Chann [pictured], Laid Blak)! And that’s by no means covering all the noteworthy names listed, or before we get to the old skool jungle movers booked for this one. Wallop, the promoters behind this monster, are based in Cardiff and can be found doing InnerBassRadio, a popular drum’n’bass radio show, on the internet most weeks. They describe this venture as “a d’n’b and grime event in Cardiff,” but for whatever reason are starting off out of town – and will also have a hand in Daddy Freddy’s Bristol date on Sat 22 Nov, where they’ll host room 3 in the Lakota venue. Tickets: £15/£10 early bird. Info: 07742 057502 (NG) BUZZ 42
IN FULL SWING
Koko Gorilaz, Cardiff Sat 22 Nov We all know the fine contributions Kaptin and Matt The Hat [pictured] have made to the Cardiff music, culture and party scene over the last however many years, including their Secret Garden parties and work with Milgi. This summer they played many of the major UK festivals, including a peak-time slot on the Heaven stage in Shangri La at Glastonbury to a few thousand people. They also played the last set in The Bollywood bar at Camp Bestival, and programmed the line-up at The Ballroom venue at the BoomTown Fair. Back on home turf, their latest night is a diverse mix of live music and recorded sounds, but all about the electroswing. “The term we prefer is vintage remix,” explains Kaptin. “This also covers our favoured style of dress. It’s a reincarnation of a previous project we had back in 2004 called The Chaps. It was reborn out of our night In Full Swing at Cardiff Arts Institute – one of the first nights that could be classified as electroswing in the UK and the first in Wales. Our MC is Hypeman Sage, who is also gaining a lot of blog and radio loving with his Subculture Sage project.” The line up also includes The Correspondents, the Big Swing Soundsystem feat. Hypeman Sage and Jukebox Collective, and Neil F**king Young. Admission: £15/£10 adv or for members on the door. Info: 029 2034 1767 (RH)
DODGE & FUSKI
Rawkus XL @ Aberystwyth Students Union Sat 15 Nov Bristol has long been a hotbed of electronic musical talent who not only succeed and inspire in their chosen genres, but are quick to mix things up when they become stagnant. Such is the current ethos of Dodge & Fuski – despite the name, currently a solo project, and recently returned from a mini label tour of the US west coast with Barely Alive. “It’s hard to describe the D&F sound as it’s changed a lot in the last year,” explains Rob ‘Dodge’ Talbott. “At the moment I’m trying to redefine it as heavy-hitting but with a lot of retro UK vibe. I’m trying to get away from the obvious growl noises that have turned dubstep into a bit of a cliché.” The obvious way to would of course to judge for oneself and have a listen to the latest release – also a collaboration with Barely Alive, titled Poison and on their very own Disciple Recordings. “My first ever gig as D&F was in Wales at a small festival,” says Rob. “The less said about that the better to be honest, but I’ve played some great gigs at the Aber student union before – the team who run the nights are top guys. We’ve also got a few European shows incoming, and then an Australian tour in December. I’ve also just built a new studio which has been fun.” Tickets: £11/£9 early bird. Info: 01970 621700 (RH)
DJ SOTOFETT
City Bass @ Undertone, Cardiff Fri 7 Nov When it comes to requesting a few words with the names on this page, there have for various reasons been plenty of rebukes over the years. However it isn’t often we feature a DJ who also does the opposite of push themselves through social media, or indeed online in general. Such is the want (and indeed entitlement) of Sex Tags Mania’s DJ Sotofett from Moss in Norway. But that doesn’t stop us from marvelling at his talent in lieu of his date at City Bass this month. As a result of Sotofett’s internet elusiveness, confusion often reigns among journos and fans, particularly when it comes to his brother, DJ Fett Burger. We have it on good authority (from the man himself) that they are indeed different entities, so you may be hearing that here first. A good please to start with both their sounds is over on TRUSHMIX.com where you’ll find their eclectic blend of house, techno, disco, surf rock and dub reggae. Although still relatively new in world of labels, Sex Tags Mania is a myriad of sub-labels and niche vinyl that needs deep exploration to fully appreciate. There are also plenty of split EPs with other labels in Norway, Germany and beyond. Don Pappa, XI and KRISP are a few to have lent their talents to the cause. Admission: £10. Info: 029 2022 8883 (RH)
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GWENNO
Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, Thurs 13 Nov Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Thu 27 Nov Erstwhile dancer with the troupe led by blouse-wearing tycoon Michael Flatley as well as a stint in indie pop group The Pipettes, Gwenno Saunders has recently been delving back into the solo bedroom pop which she touched on in between those two career choices. 2002’s Môr Hud and 2004’s Vodya – sung in Welsh and Cornish respectively – gave an early indication that Gwenno could write a catchy tune. In the last few years, these songs have become more diverse; 2012 EP Ymbelydredd was an eminently listenable group of five songs with a knowing nod towards the early 90s music of St. Etienne and The Darling Buds. Brand new album Y Dydd Olaf is a very different beast. The title of the album (translation: The Final Day) is lifted from a science fiction novel by Welsh language author Owain Owain and the music within is as spaced out as the book on which it is primarily based. It includes the sublime dream-pop of Chwyldro and Golau Arall, as well as another eight songs inspired by the novel. Her Aberystwyth show is part of the Y Selar series of gigs which showcases the very best the Welsh music scene has to offer. Which is fitting, given that Gwenno is among the very best that the Welsh music scene has to offer. Admission: £5/£4 (Cardiff); £5/£2.50 (Aberystwyth). Info: 029 2023 2199 (Cardiff); 01970 623232 (Aberystwyth) (BG) BUZZ 44
ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union Thurs 4 Dec Will Sergeant is friendly, amiable, and easy to talk to. Not the aloof idol I’d half-expected. I open by asking him about the forthcoming tour, and the exotic destinations Echo And The Bunnymen will be playing: Rio de Janeiro. Sao Paulo. Paraguay. Cardiff... Is there any place he is particularly looking forward to seeing? “No, not particularly. I’m a bit worried about South America... I hope we get back OK,” the guitarist half-jokes in return. He is happy to talk about the funding the latest album, Meteorites, received direct from fans via PledgeMusic. “It’s great not to have to answer to someone in charge of purse strings,” he says; “it takes the pressure off and allows more creative freedom.” Creative freedom seems the thing Sergeant finds most important. He enthuses at length about a “vintage reel-to-reel tape recorder I got from a junk shop. The owner saved it for me – I’m excited to start experimenting with it.” He plans on recording more ambient sound for use with Poltergeist, the musical duo he is one half of, along with Les Pattinson. However, “Les is going to live in Australia. I don’t think I can really ask him to come all the way back to perform. So we’ll see what happens.” Of course, Will has been an artist for a long time, too. I ask him how he maintains a balance between the roles. “I just go in the studio and see where my mood takes me. Some days, I feel like making music. Others, I paint.” Will encourages me to go see poet Adrian Henri’s exhibition showing in Liverpool now, and we inevitably discuss John Lennon’s verse. “Creativity, for me, is about experimenting,” he says. “It’s about possibilities and trying things out.” He would “love to do more” with The Serpents, too, the ‘35-piece Anglo-Welsh supergroup’ of which many local hearts are fond. He is open to the idea – and on that note I end my chat with this intelligent, artistic gentleman. Like I said, not what I was expecting. Really rather better, in fact. Tickets: £26.50. Info: 029 2078 1458 MAB JONES
THE GASLIGHT ANTHEM
Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff Sat 22 Nov The Gaslight Anthem play Cardiff this month, one of only a few UK dates this winter. They’ve been touring relentlessly off the back of their new album Get Hurt which was released in August this year. The band certainly seems to have had a good time sharing a stage with fellow punks Against Me! for the US leg of their tour. Their social media accounts have been abuzz with enviable posts documenting pre- and post-gig antics. For more detailed tour musings, check out drummer Benny Horowitz’s blog, The Insomnia Diaries. Not ones to stand still for long, the band have changed things up for the European dates and will be headlining these shows supported by Deer Tick and Bayside. Deer Tick are an alternative folk-rock band who hail from Rhode Island and have a tendency to treat their audience to cover songs during their live sets – previous covers including Nirvana and Hank Williams. Bayside also hail from the US, boast that their fanbase is akin to a cult and take pride in being able to provide them with the salvation they crave. If nothing else, this is an eclectic grouping of bands and will make for a diversely entertaining show. This may be the only chance you get to see The Gaslight Anthem in such a large Welsh venue. It’s certainly one for the diary. Tickets: £24.50. Info: 029 2022 4488 (LEJ)
ROBERT PLANT
Newport Centre, Newport Sun Nov 9 Since the disbanding of Led Zeppelin in 1980 after the tragic loss of drummer John Bonham, Robert Plant has walked a different if not familiar musical path. The guttural wails and gravely clamour of his ‘Golden God’ years are still at large, but subsequently they have become more controlled – allowing for the other aesthetically pleasing qualities of his voice to shine through. This composure is met with an enthusiasm for bringing wildly divergent sounds to his repertoire. Each new project has expanded his artistic horizons: 2007 saw a very lucrative collaboration with Allison Krauss, unearthing treasured Americana, blues and country songs and breathing new life into them. The same year also saw the fleeting rebirth of Zeppelin, but despite numerous proposals to regroup thereafter, Plant is vehement that he is not interested, instead choosing to focus on the here and now. This is arguably what defines him as a respected artist as opposed to a burnt-out rocker. His latest solo effort Lullaby… And The Ceaseless Roar sees him and his collaborators The Sensational Space Shifters explore everything from West African folk music to American blues, Celtic music and electronica. These influences are perhaps a little closer to home, reflecting a desire to reconnect with his origins, but in a markedly different and refreshing way. Tickets: £40. Info: 01633 656757 (CPI)
JUICE VOCAL ENSEMBLE
Cardiff University Concert Hall Tue 11 Nov This performance is only the latest opportunity to catch London-based vocal trio Juice in this area of the country. As well as a number of appearances at the Vale Of Glamorgan Festival, as recently as September they appeared in Cardiff as part of a UK tour with David Thomas Broughton, a singer-songwriter from Yorkshire. Coinciding with the release of Sliding The Same Way, a collaborative album between Broughton and Juice, it was highly watchable thanks to an element of absurdist theatre: Anna Snow, Sarah Dacey and Kerry Andrew, who make up Juice, would try and sabotage Broughton’s performance as he played on, feigning obliviousness. This time round, the focus will primarily and explicitly be on their extraordinary voices, which are clear as crystal (and possessing as many angles) but are not used for merely extending traditional classical modes. Their cited influences include Björk and American vocal technique pioneer Meredith Monk; both are apparent in their other 2014 release, Laid Bare: Love Songs. Featuring deconstructed versions of jukebox pop standards including A Little Respect and You Don’t Love Me (No, No, No), there are also nods to mid-20th century English folk, Sanskrit mantras and beatboxing. For this performance, Juice will also perform a new piece by Robert Fokkens, composer and lecturer at this very university. Tickets: £3-£10. Info: 0870 0131812 (NG)
reviews albums 2:54 ***
The Other I (Bella Union) A touch of post-punk creates a dark mood to accompany the otherwise melodic and dreamy indie tunes on this second album from the London sister duo. Musically, there are some great touches: stark production keeps it all crisp and allows the rich bass and atmospheric guitar riffs to shine through. The vocals are often at odds, though – certainly an assured croon but cool and distant, not packing the emotional punch you might expect for such richly layered tunes. EG
BEAR’S DEN *** Islands (Communion) Upon first encounter with London’s Bear’s Den, one might think “Mumford & Sons” but I urge you to take a closer look. Sticking a banjo solo into any and every genre of music seems to be bang on trend, but Islands incorporates the folk/ Americana vibe into their music so effortlessly it’s not distractingly apparent. Laden with subtle, verbose lyrics which build a story to the point of pre-climax: simple melodies infused with complex tales of woe and heartache. DC
BUSH *** Man On The Run (RED) Britain’s response to the Seattle grunge movement didn’t see too much success in their homeland back in the 90s. Man On The Run is Bush’s second release since reuniting in 2010, and Mr Gwen Stefani, Gavin Rossdale, is proving that 20 years on, he still has it. The record is undeniably modern, fresh and exciting, yet it holds fast to the grungey signature sound we’ve come to expect; Rossdale’s gritty vocals and their signature distorted, downbeat riffs are grunge perfection. AP
CLARK *** Clark (Warp)
GAMES REVIEWS
Relentless, thumping noise to some, entrancing intricate artistry to others… whichever way you look at it, Clark’s latest release is as bold as ever. With a surplus of glitchy, gutsy and generally abrasive synths, samples and beats it can be a little overwhelming unless you appreciate dominating rhythms. However, the cyclical melodic motifs sit tastefully against such a turbulent backdrop. Clark often hangs on the margins between dance and electronica and this is another that will doubtless appeal to devotees of both. CPI
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DAN BODAN *** Soft (DFA) Alan Partridge-baiting Dan Bodan debuts with Soft and sparkles brightly with A Soft Opening, caressing the lobes through machine whirrs and oriental whispers, representing the anime cover art and homaging Bjork’s classic LP Homogenic. Bodan croons the pain of being frozen out of love on the Massive Attack-ish Anonymous, while the ghost of Chet Baker possesses him on For Heaven’s Sake. The intensity of the last few tracks overwhelms, especially on the Catching Fire, sparking a restraining order from The Hunger Games’ soundtrack. CS
DEAN BLUNT *** Black Metal (Rough Trade) Black Metal sees Blunt, of Hype Williams fame, navigate through a 13-track malaise of acoustic melodies and experimental electronic ambience. The album does often possess what resembles a pulse, with 50 Cent and Blow existing mainly to compete with the lurching monotone drawl that propels much of the remaining material. However, it does prove competently melancholic and atmospheric in parts, particularly in the reverb immersed latter half of X with its retrograde synth-driven precision and off-kilter vocals. CP
DEPTFORD GOTH *** Songs (Bella Union) Sad-but-talented producer Deptford Goth’s second album bears more sad-but-talented production. Yep, not too much seems to have changed for South London’s Daniel Woolhouse. We still hear gentle beats, woozy synths, and his soft, affecting and quite beautiful vocal throughout its seven tracks. It’s slow, quiet, calming, moving. Sometimes it makes you want to wiggle your arms and sometimes it makes you want to sit very still. It’s nice. Fans will be fond. Maybe it’s not special. JM
album a year since 2003’s Fire which spawned comedy-rock classics Danger! High Voltage and Gay Bar, and seemingly nothing has changed. Frontman Dick Valentine vocally gurns his way through this harmless collection of pop-rock ditties with more crude humour than Frankie Howerd’s back catalogue. The presence of a song entitled It’s Horseshit! is ammo enough, but it’s not really all that bad. Predictable. BG
HOOKWORMS *** The Hum (Weird World) Speaking as someone who struggled to discern what was so special about Leeds’ Hookworms until he witnessed them in a room with too-loud amps and a too-low ceiling, it may be unfair that I’m reviewing their second album before their late October tour of it, but that’s how deadlines work. In places it’s beefier and punkier (The Impasse), elsewhere cosmically keyboard-driven (Beginners) and reminiscent of Spacemen 3 (Off Screen); overall, though, The Hum sticks with the psychedelic spacerock of debut LP Pearl Mystic. NG
HUXLEY ** Blurred (Aus) Michael Dodman plays it safe (i.e. mostly radio-friendly) on his debut album as Huxley, with a varied mix of genres including Balearic opener I Want You, the 2-step of Give 2 U and commercial house moments like Callin. The songs are too short and collaborations with FEMME and Obenawa do little to inspire. That said, there are some moments of excellence, including tech-house number Broken Dreams. It’s just a shame those tracks aren’t longer and more in abundance. RH
MARIACHI EL BRONX ****
DEVIN TOWNSEND PROJECT ****
III (ATO)
Z2 (InsideOutMusic)
It’s easy to dismiss Mariachi El Bronx as a novelty band, but to do that would make you a fool. The third offering from this LA band, who also perform without their sombreros as hardcore legends The Bronx, is outstanding. The music is uplifting and the lyrics are thoughtful. It may be hard to picture The Bronx as their alter-egos Mariachi El Bronx – however, to quote the album’s opening song, “Tonight we serenade the madness, tonight we embrace insanity!” LEJ
Devin Townsend's music is wildly heavy, often beautiful, always challenging. Z2 arrives as a double album that demonstrates these traits. Side one is a straight-up Devin Townsend Project album and embodies all that his work is famed for: cement-heavy guitars, classical flourishes and that voice. Side two is the sequel to 2007’s Ziltoid The Omniscient, an album about an extraterrestrial in search of the Universe’s ultimate cup of coffee(!). It’s fun keeping up with the story, the voiceovers are hilarious and the music – heavy as any Townsend product since Strapping Young Lad – is riotous. IR
ELECTRIC SIX ** Human Zoo (Metropolis) They’re still going, and you’re going to have to deal with it. Electric Six have released an
PUG RAPIDS *** Bite Size Games Limited You’re a pug, wearing a lifebelt, who has somehow managed to get themselves caught up in some rapids. To avoid obstacles you must tap right or left to move out the way, as you race through a watery course. The cross eyed pug is cute (how could it not be, it’s a pug!) and it’s a fairly decent time waster, but overall Pug Rapids is nothing special. free, iOS + Android
PRIMUS **** Primus & The Chocolate Factory With The Fungi Ensemble (ATO) They’ve tackled characters from Tommy The Cat to John The Fisherman, and now they’ve worked their way to Charlie And The Chocolate Factory. There’s creepy childlike wonder, virtuoso musicianship and vocals that are catchier than
BRAIN WARS ** Translimit, Inc If you have found memories of Nintendo’s Brain Training game then you might just enjoy Brain Wars. It doesn’t let you know how old your brain is, but you can compete with other players across the world so you can still compare numbers. The game is visually pleasing but largely unoriginal. The games aren’t complex, just timed, and overall it was just a bit dull. free, iOS + Android
ebola. It’s a faithful retelling of the story of the film, albeit with elastic bass, clattering drums and atonal guitars. If you have children and want to scar them for life, play them this album and give them PTSD whenever they get offered chocolate or sweets. GM
SIMPLE MINDS **** Big Music (Caroline International) At the end of the 1970s, Virgin ruled the roost when it came to postpunk supremacy. The label released albums by OMD, The Human League and Simple Minds. Those early albums are today cited as being influential. Some might say that Simple Minds veered off the experimental track during the late 1980s – but their music still packed a political and innovative punch, albeit becoming less electronic. Big Music manages to seamlessly weld together electronic experimentation with catchiness and political urgency. DN
SLAM ***** Reverse Proceed (Soma) We all know Slam deliver. The Scottish duo have barely put a foot wrong over the last two decades, and their latest album is testament to the confidence that comes with consistent brilliance. A journey of two halves, Reverse Proceed isn’t the balls-out tech assault you might expect. Ambience reigns for a long while – we don’t hear a beat until track five – and after that it’s a gradual progression into techno perfection, including previous singles Catacoustics and Rotary. RH
SOME KIND OF LEADER *** Dog Club (Broken Yoke) The debut album from this Cardiff outfit signals a promising future for the four-piece. Crisp production illustrates their aptitude for galvanic rhythms and addictive hooks as well as an endearing sense of humour bringing them down to earth. Stylistically, the tracks are fairly ambiguous sitting somewhere between pyschedelia, pop and alternative rock but dodging these constraints is often an advantage, except in circumstances where the music lingers, as on Psycho. Otherwise, a multifaceted group worth keeping an eye on. CPI
THROWING MUSES **** Purgatory/Paradise (HHBTM/Throwing Music) One of the leading female-fronted indie bands of the 80s and 90s, Throwing Muses continue to grow from strength to strength with every release. The 2003 reunion of the band saw Kristen Hersh collaborate once more with stepsister and ex-Breeders frontwoman, Tanya Donnelly – a match made in pitch-perfect paradise. Modern-day poet Hersh yet again caresses your soul with her unique blend of melancholic yet impassioned harmonies. You
FAMILY GUY: THE QUEST FOR STUFF *** TinyCo There are a few jokes and things to like about this game if you’re a Family Guy fan but, in the end, it’s little more than The Simpsons: Tapped Out! game. As you go around the town of Quahog, completing tasks here and there, you’re pestered often to fork out real money for the convenience to play the game with new characters and without lengthy waits. free, iOS + Android
won’t hear another band like this all year, perhaps all decade. AP
THE TWILIGHT SAD *** Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave (FatCat) The band name doesn’t have you expecting sunshine, lollipops and rainbows, and Nobody Wants... is certainly a pretty sombre affair. While that’s fine in small doses, over the course of this album the bleakness becomes unremitting. I Could Give You All That You Don’t Want rattles along with style, and Drown So I Can Watch’s post-punk sparseness is gorgeous. Taken individually the songs fizz with ideas and melodic touches, but as a whole the album feels like a bit of a slog. DG
WILD SMILES ** Always Tomorrow (Sunday Best) Taking cues from garage, surf-rock and grunge through a filter of Britpop, this debut album from the Winchester trio doesn’t always hit the right mark. Tracks like Never Wanted This (Nirvana-lite) and Everyone’s the Same (which copies Jesus And Mary Chain drums exactly) are just too derivative, and although there’s a decent mount of scuzzy guitar and some nice melodies to be had, it never breaks new ground and the homages are just too close to the bone. EG
singles BLACK RIVERS *** Voyager 1 (Ignition) The debut single from brothers Jez and Andy Williams, who made up two-thirds of Doves, showcases a freedom and creativity that was likely tamed in Doves’ later days. Voyager 1 is an eclectic mix of sounds and beats with a haunting electro melody, and hopefully a taster of what’s to come with their 2015 debut album. DC
GLASS GIANTS *** Cocktails & Bikinis EP (self-released) As far as finely polished rock bands go, local boys Glass Giants are well worthy of your time. The production on this five-track EP is also faultless. I daresay they’re destined for greater things, although they need to look and work beyond a formulaic sound and the vocalist’s American twang. RH
THE JOY FORMIDABLE / WHITE NOISE SOUND **** Split 7” (Aruthrol) TJF have done well stateside but return to their Welsh roots with Tynnu Sylw, nigh on seven minutes of folk-rock brilliance underpinned with a restrained vocal from Ritzy Brian. On the flipside, WNS bring the psychedelic rock on Red Light, a loose and scuzzy piece of Madchesterstyle indie. RH
THE LAST SKEPTIK *** I Don’t Even Like You (BBE) Bearded British hip-hop producer elbows himself into my consciousness with an EP of five instrumental tracks and two vocalled ones. The former ranges from downtempo galumphing to mid-90s Mo’Wax jazziness to grime-meets-trap blare. Of the wordy numbers, rapper Dream Mclean’s blend of slurring idiocy and hypersharp internal rhymes make Wrong Tree this release’s unquestioned highlight. NG
NEW COWBOY BUILDERS *** Black Moses (Function Room) Neither the first nor the last band to quietly decamp from south Wales to Bristol, the debut release proper by New Cowboy Builders delivers the kind of sardonic postpunk which could hail from most corners of Britain. Black Moses sounds a bit like This Ain’t Vegas or similar early 00s northerners, while The Fall’s Manchester is invoked on B-side What Is Expected. NG
ST VINCENT *** Rattlesnake (Loma Vista) American multi-instrumentalist and vocalist St Vincent has been getting rave reviews for her latest album, and this single gives a good account of itself. Combining stuttering electronic funk with fuzzed-up guitars, it sounds like something off an early 80s Bowie album but without the unintentionally comic self-regard. DG
WHITEBELT *** Bruce EP (self-released) Well, somebody likes Stereolab! Whitebelt have gone for the droning motorik sound made ‘popular’ by the perennial indie disco favourites. They haven’t really got the ‘having melodies’ part down pat, but don’t hold that against them. This is a Bandcamp pay-what-you-like release, and I’d say it’s worth at least £2 of your hardearned. DG
demos MAGUGU
magugu1.bandcamp.com Hand-delivered by Magugu to our office, the welcomeness of which largely depends on how much you end up enjoying the item delivered. Magugu is a rapper who was born in Nigeria, now lives in Cardiff, and makes madly catchy and socially conscious afrobeats. Ojoro has a nonobnoxious autotuned chorus, Troublemaker takes things down a musically and lyrically darker path and Palava, my personal highlight, talks sagely of unemployment and pregnancy. Not sure where, if anywhere, Magugu fits into the local scene, but this is excellent regardless. NG
CRISIS TALKS soundcloud.com/crisis-talks While it’s true that genres are most often restrictive, counterproductive constructs, it’s also true that bands who make a big song and dance about not being placed in them tend to come off like they’re protesting too much. Newport’s Crisis Talks are one such band; featuring members of The October Country (goth-rock, he said, pigeonholing them) and Spiridion (metalcore), these four tracks hint at the bluster of Muse and the wilful artifice of Garbage. The drums sound like wet cement being slapped and are extremely offputting. NG
SANGUELIA www.facebook.com/sanguelia A duo featuring one member each of grindcore fellows Atomçk and alt-rockers Think Pretty, Sanguelia is a synths’n’drums-driven evocation of horror soundtrack pioneers like Goblin, and latterday groups paying their own tribute, like Zombi. They are entering a fairly busy field in this regard, but are the only such local act I’m aware of, and their reasonably titled Axeman Holocaust EP is crafted expertly. Like most horror-synth stuff, they establish a formula – forbidding basslines, crystal keyboard melodies, rigid drum patterns – but mine plenty of gold from it. NG
THIS MONTH’S
DVD PICK
CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 PG (Soda Pictures) Oscar-winning actress Juliette Binoche gives a spellbinding performance in this biopic about French sculptor Camille Claudel, who spent the last three decades of her life in an asylum, having being confined there by her own family. Whilst at times being a laborious watch, this is a fascinating depiction of one woman’s battle with mental illness and her inability to cope with internment, both physically and spiritually. ***RHA
FINDING VIVIAN MAIER 12A (Soda Pictures) An engrossing documentary about an undiscovered reclusive photographer whose identity became an obsession for film maker John Maloof when he bought a random box of negatives at an auction. Within was a treasure trove of superb street photography by an unknowable eccentric Vivian Maier, who worked as a maid or nanny most of her life but created great, unsung art that she never published. A fascinating detective story, character study and contemplation on art. ***KS
GRAND PIANO
15 (ICON Entertainment) Elijah Wood sheds off his middle earth skin and immerses himself in the role of neurotic pianist Tom Selznick. Threatened by death if he plays a single wrong note after a five-year hiatus, the tension is on a razor edge. Grand Piano could almost slot into Brian De Palma's mid90s filmography: more concept and style than substance. ***JM
THE OTHER WOMAN 12 (20th Century Fox) Cameron Diaz and Leslie Mann have their potential talent wasted in this pretty bog-standard comedy. Three women find out they have all been seeing the same man, so they join forces to seek revenge: 109 mins of clichés and disappointment then ensues as they give an arrogant and charmless Nikolaj Coster-Waldau big nipples and a case of the runs. **HA
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT 15 (Artificial Eye) Marion Cotillard excels in this Belgian drama about a woman battling to save her job, with her fate plunged into the hands of her colleagues who must choose between saving her livelihood and personal financial gain. Unfortunately, the film itself does match the standard of the lead performance and as a result we’re left with a rather tedious tale that values authenticity over any real tension or intrigue. **RHA
WELCOME TO NEW YORK 18 (Spirit Entertainment Limited) Shining a light on the inequality of justice for the rich and powerful, Welcome To New York opens the lid on the sexuality and deceit that lies raw on the steps of New York. Gérard Depardieu’s performance as always is decent, but for those who are familiar with his work may have seen this performance before. ***JM
GODZILLA 12 (Warner Home Video) Wales’ Gareth Edwards takes on the monster film classic (with Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston popping by to help). It doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since its last reincarnation. There are some fantastic lines, characters and performance and although the film occasionally faults, it’s ultimately lovable. ****HA
MALEFICENT PG (Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) We get to see the other side of Disney classic Sleeping Beauty as we follow big bad witch Maleficent, instead of the slumbering princess. The whole ‘seeing the other side’ of a classic tale has been done before (cough) Wicked (cough) so Maleficent isn’t really the game changer it sells itself as being. Angelina is pretty bad ass and it’s a visually stunning film, but overall it’s nothing too special. ***HA
BUZZ 47
MUSIC NEWS EXTRA
The Pale Blue Dots The Welsh Music Prize, now in its fourth year of its awardy existence, is to take place on Thurs 27 Nov, the shortlist of 12 having been decided on around the middle of last month. Seeking to determine the best album of the last 12 months (and punt its creators £1,000 for their troubles), previous WMP victors Gruff Rhys and Future Of The Left see their most recent efforts highlighted once more, while Cate Le Bon, Manic Street Preachers, The Gentle Good and Euros Childs can all bask in the glow of a second nomination. Gulp, 9bach, Joanna Gruesome, Samoans, Slowly Rolling Camera and The People The Poet, meanwhile, are WMP newjacks, all except 9bach releasing debut albums Following the late 2013 release of Tincian, for which they scored the aforementioned Welsh Music Prize nod, 9bach seek to shake up its content with a five-track remix EP. Tinc arrives on Mon 17 Nov, again on the Real World label, and the ethereal folk duo have enlisted some notable figures for tweaking duties. Gruff Rhys rebuilds Asteri Mou into a “droning racket” (his words) – you might be slightly surprised to learn this
is his first ever remix – while Bristol-based experimental folk fellow Gravenhurst and Cardiff engineer Sir Doufous Styles also pitch in on Wedi Torri and Lliwiau. The band also play St Donats, Pentyrch and Newport from Thurs 20-Sat 22 Nov This month’s entry from the bottomless pool of Super Furry Animals sideprojects, or postprojects or whatever, trains a spotlight on Huw ‘Bunf’ Bunford and his new band, The Pale Blue Dots. Lots Of Dots, their debut album, is released on Mon 3 Nov by the SFA-favouring Strangetown label, in digital format only; its nine songs were co-written by Bunford and Richard Chester, who has a background in film score composition. It may also be the most Furries-like of all the projects to emerge from their hiatus, piling up psych melody, glam rock stomp and fizzy electronics in fairly maximalist fashion. A track like Devastation could have slotted onto pretty much any SFA LP, which fans will obviously deem high praise Spider Kitten, by this point south Wales’ most enduring doom metal-styled band, improve year on year, and the release
of a brand new mini-album this month is another feather in their cap. Behold Mountain. Hail Sea. Venerate Sky. Bow Before Tree is released by the Undergroove label, which put out some fine releases in the previous decade but has been less active of late. Its grand title is matched by a weighty concept, Norse/Viking culture and mythology – SK drummer Chris West, formerly of Taint, was chief driver of this theme. At just under 15 minutes, Gore Swan is Behold...’s primary asset Cardiff’s leafy, rangy and sometimes reasonably pleasant Bute Park has played host to a few festivals over the years, including the Metro Weekender and the affiliated-with-this-publication Compass Point. Next June, Portaloos and steel barriers will once again dot the landscape, as the X Music Festival debuts. The brainchild of the folks who brought the Colour Festival to Cardiff this summer, XMF is on Fri 12 and Sat 13 June. It reckons it’ll attract 30,000 people to watch 100 acts – “the UK’s biggest music artists” – over five stages, one of which is somewhat distastefully called the Brazil Favela Arena
ONE TO WATCH... PROSPERINA
Still only a few years old as a functioning band, Swansea three-piece Prosperina have given the impression of being self-sufficient and wise to the rock industry’s machinations, more or less since day one. When I reviewed their album-length demo back in mid-2011, I invoked Soundgarden and Tool, called it “accomplished” and highlighted the production smarts of Joe Gibb, once of Mighty Atom Records. Nearly 18 months later, it re-emerged as a debut album proper, Faith In Sleep, on the Maybe label. Maybe, whose roster also includes Karma To Burn, have retained Prosperina for Harness-Minus, its followup and a great leap forward. Gibb is once again on production duties, albeit with the help of Gethin Woolcock – Prosperina’s frontman and an emergent musical polymath (away from this band, his recent activities have included creating an experimental soundtrack for one of Swansea’s 800,000 Dylan Thomas-related theatre productions). Right from the off – Chase To The Throne, which has shades of Jupiter-era Cave In – Harness-Minus sounds huge and purposeful, prog rock-ish in its textures but with a directness belying that. There are contemplative moments, such as Here Lie The Ruins, and equal space afforded pop melody and booming riffs (Graveyard Of Ambition, my personal pick of this album, combines both and slightly recalls Torche). While 2014 has already seen Prosperina play in front of a few useful audiences, including London’s doomy weekender Desertfest and a tour support slot with Nick Oliveri, they appear fully in control of their affairs. Their intelligent, layered heavy rock may well continue to expand its audience. www.prosperina.co.uk
BUZZ 48
one louder IT is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of an internet connection will use it to do irony online. Irony is the default tone of the so-called millennials, who are the modern version of what we called Generation X, who used to be known as baby boomers, who were descended from single cell organisms. Consequently, it’s often quite tricky to work out if something you read on 'the web’ is sincere. Many ironists even do irony on web platforms which are supposed to be used for perfunctory exchanges of information, and not jokes. Wikipedia, for example, or Craigslist, or one of the various crowdfunding services. Did you see that guy the other week who asked people to give him $10 so he could make potato salad, and ended up raising $55,000? Epic banter much? Then you have the people of Cornwall, who have rose as one and affirmed their desire – for the rock band Foo Fighters to come and play live, somewhere in the county. This has been expressed through the medium of the Crowdfunder website, starting with the assumption that £150,000 should be enough to secure the Foo Fighters’ services for an evening. At the time of writing, over £270,000 has been pledged: not the first carrot that’s been dangled in Dave Grohl’s face (the band have played gigs in the US resulting from crowdfunding drives), but surely one of the biggest. The 'Foos' are yet to respond to the offer, but one thing is for sure: no irony was involved in the making of this campaign. People who like the Foo Fighters are sincere in their appreciation. And yet, if you want to be purse-lipped about this whole phenomenon, that figure makes it all seem rather frivolous. Cornwall is one of the most impoverished counties in the UK, and its citizens (well, a few thousand of them) want to give their money to a group of already very wealthy Americans. The thing is, it’s impoverished in a cultural sense as well, which is a central tenet of the would-be promoters’ campaign: they reckon a massive rock concert is a plum way to raise chins from chests and trigger an upswing in marquee acts trekking down to Cornwall. Laura Snapes, a music writer who grew up in the region and is a colleague of mine in a loose sense, has suggested that this money would be better invested in Cornwall’s grassroots music scene – which in recent years has spawned some actually quite good bands, who operate on admirable DIY principles. While her sentiment, too, is laudable, it’s safe to assume that the Venn diagram of ‘people embedded in the Cornish punk underground’ and ‘people who paid upfront to possibly see the Foo Fighters’ looks like an eight. See, I also grew up in Cornwall, before arriving here in the late 90s, at which point a tangible punk scene of any kind was the stuff of a madman’s dreams. In my day, Cornish bands played Chili Peppers-style funkrock and/or grunge, plus covers if they knew what was good for them. Not only did no stadium-sized acts grace our rolling fields, I submit some context for this Foo Fighters palaver. Remember the teenage lad-rock band Northern Uproar? Circa 1996, while most of Britain was laughing at them, a record shop in my town had a petition on the counter, seeking signatures of people who wanted Northern Uproar to do a gig here. It would boost the area’s rock scene and encourage other acts to follow their lead. To the best of my memory, Northern Uproar never made it to Cornwall. BOB LOG III (The Moon Club, Cardiff, Wed 5 Nov), MATT ELLIOTT and RATATOSK (Clwb Ifor Bach, Fri 7), JEHST (Gwdihw, Tue 11), PERE UBU (Scene Club, Swansea, Thurs 13), two gigs in the Moon headlined by ICONS OF FILTH (Fri 14 and Sat 15 [sold out]), IRON WITCH (Moon Club, Fri 21), LIPSTICK HOMICIDE (Le Pub, Newport, Tue 25), OPIUM LORD and BISMUTH (Moon, Fri 28) and GALAXIANS (Gwdihw, Sat 29) help to make south Wales culturally adequate this month. NOEL GARDNER
books
BOOK OF THE MONTH
THE ACTAEON TIDE Tom Anderson (Parthian)
Native Porthcawl surfer Tom Anderson worked for many years as a private investigator in between catching waves. It was this experience that has fuelled inspiration into his debut thriller The Actaeon Tide. Bursting into the fictional world, Anderson has created nothing short of a triumph. The subtlety of his prose and narrative steers the novel away from the pitfalls so many virgin writers encounter. The Actaeon Tide follows investigator and debt collector Noah as he struggles to leave the sordid world that his job has engulfed him in. Will the depravity that has been unsurfaced through this mysterious woman pollute everything? For those who know Anderson from his non-fictional work, Riding The Magic Carpet, Chasing Dean or Grey Skies, Green Waves, you will not be disappointed. The portrayals of characters are so switched on and natural that the dialogue could almost have come straight out of Anderson’s diaries. The observations are like feeling the soothing sea breeze flow through your body before you hear the crashing of white water on the cliff rocks bellow. This can only come from someone that has the sensibility of a much more mature writer. The only way to describe the snaking Twin Peaks-esque narrative of the later half of the novel feels like the moment when Captain Willard steers his platoon head on into the madness of the river ahead in Apocalypse Now and like Captain Willard’s journey, the more Noah digs the deeper into the storm of darkness he gets. If only all debut novels could capture the emotion and graspingness that The Actaeon Tide encapsulates. JAYDON MARTIN Price: £9.99. Info: www.parthianbooks.com
THE BOY FROM ALEPPO WHO PAINTED THE WAR
CHECK THE TECHNIQUE VOL. 2
Sumia Sukkar (Eyewear Publishing)
Brian Coleman (Wax Facts Press)
The Boy From Aleppo Who Painted The War is based in Syria. It follows Adam and his family as he tries to understand what is happening around him and cope with the devastating effects of war. Adam is a teenage boy with Asperger's Syndrome, he deals with the disaster around him through painting while his siblings struggle with the effects of conflict. Written mainly from the perspective Adam each situation is described with raw honesty. His innocence, and the simple way he views good and bad, is refreshing and thought provoking. I found Adam's thoughts gripping, vivid and on occasion disturbing. Although the book is about war, suffering and death, it is also a fascinating tale about strength, survival and hope. DO Price: £10. Info: www.eyewearpublishing.com
CRIME CORNER T. Jefferson Parker has long been one of my favourite U.S. crime writers, but with Full Measure (Sandstone Press, P/B £8.99) he heads more into the mainstream. But don't worry, there's crime enough for any aficionado. Marine Patrick Norris returns from Afghanistan to California, but he misses battle and, although his father wants him to rescue his farm after a disastrous fire decimates the precious trees, avocado growing isn't in his blood. And then there's his brother Ted – a disappointment to his father who falls into bad company and flirts with guns, drugs and the kind of women you don't take home to mother. It all must end in tragedy, and does. This is a sad and wistful novel of lost hopes that is well worth reading. A young Englishman is driving a bloodstained Audi across France. He's on the run. Why and from whom doesn't matter. He dumps the car in the countryside, rescues a rucksack and a packet of drugs and walks away. Later he falls foul of a mantrap and ends up injured and under the care of a strange family on a secluded farm. He is nursed by two young women under the glare of their jealous father. A recipe for disaster and, of course, disaster follows. Stone Bruises by Simon Beckett (Bantam, P/B, £6.99) is a tense page-turner, and like the three-legged dog that ends up as the hero's companion, lopes along just fine. MARK TIMLIN
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The inaugural volume of Check The Technique, where Brian Coleman interviewed the creators behind 36 hip-hop albums, passed me by, but its sequel is magnificent. Covering 25 LPs this time, all from the 80s or 90s, lost classics (KMD, Bl_ck B_st_rds) and million-sellers (Ice Cube, Amerikkka’s Most Wanted) are revered alike: Coleman’s taste reveals no bias, spanning electro, pop-rap, gangsta and backpacker opuses. The tactic of waxing lyrical in an intro, then letting the artists do the talking, pays dividends. There’s some great trivia tidbits (did you know a teenage MF Doom invented the term “gasface”?) and while the acts featured here aren’t exactly the blingiest ever, eye watering amounts of money are occasionally quoted. Black Star, on an indie label circa 1998, spent $400,000 on a video “so awful we never put it out”. NG Price: £39.98. Info: www.waxfactspress.com
THE BIG BUTTS BOOK 3D Diana Hanson (Taschen) I like The Big Butts Book 3D and I cannot lie. The latest instalment in Taschen's Big Book series (which includes The Big Penis/Pussy/Breasts Book) is a cheeky choice for a coffee table book, but is good fun and great for any fans of the pinup. The book comes with its very own 3D glasses so you can admire those asses with some depth. There is lots of bending over and cheeky grins but the book would have, perhaps, been more accurately titled The Big Women’s Butts Book as there were very few male derrieres to be seen. I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of a hairy builders' bum but I’m sure there are a fair few pictures of some tasty peaches out there that would have been very at home on the pages of this book. HA Price: £24.85. Info: www.taschen.com
@mabjones Heartspoken (Info: www.kukuclub.co.uk) is a new night of love-themed literature, beginning this month on Sun 23 at Kuku Club, a Moroccan-themed venue set on Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. With poetry from Susie Wild, prose from Joao Morais, music from Raz Chaoten, and a feature set from London poet Dominic Stevenson (this month’s featured poet), it's sure to be a sumptuous and sensual evening. The Dylan Thomas Festival (Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, until Sun 9 Nov) offers a plethora of poetic and literary events, too, including the launch of Richard James Jones’ first collection and a word-inspired burlesque event. In Newport, the Spoken Word Extravaganza (Ye Olde Murenger House, Wed 19 Nov. Info: www.literaturewales. org) continues on with myself, Bernard Pearson and Alan Roderick reading words and raising funds in aid of the former Stow Hill Library. Come and support us and this very worthy cause. Finally, the Cardiff Christmas Bazaar (The Abacus, Wood Street, Sat 11 Nov. Info: Info: www.facebook.com/ theabacusrooms) includes live lit from Johnny Giles, Sophie Chei Hickson, and others as part of a one day celebration that also includes snack, a raffle, arts and crafts, and over 20 stalls. Check out some street art at the same time... and be glad! For there are lots of things happening in November for us wily word-lovers.
LOVE SWIMMING Sun creeps in and spreads over our arms. We ignore Mother Nature’s alarm, cuddle and giggle, and flaunt our love. Shadows cast over tents and trees. Back under the blanket, we talk of the lake, of jumping in feet first. Dominic Stevenson www.fantasticaldom.com @Fantastical_Dom
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As men (and women) around the world grow out their lip ticklers to raise awareness for men’s health we thought we’d celebrate the marvellousness of Movember with some tash-tastic tidbits. If you can’t grow a moustache, or just want some kit to go with the new face fuzz, you can indulge in some soup strainerthemed stuff. 3 5 4
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1. EXPEDITION STRENGTH MOUSTACHE WAX, £10, www.captainfawcett.com / 2. BEIGE MOUSTACHE DAY BAG, £25, www.lucy-king.com / 3. SCOURING SPONGE MOUSTACHES, £1, Tiger, St Davids Centre / 4. FREDDIE MERCURY (QUEEN) MINIMALIST HEAD & MOUSTACHE POSTER PRINT, Posteritty, £8, www.etsy.co.uk / 5. BEARDS TEE, £25, White Stuff, St David’s Centre / 6. DALI WATCH, £37.99, www.thegiftoasis.com / 7. MONSIEUR MAURICE POIROT MOUSTACHE ESPRESSO CUP AND SAUCER, £13.50, www.clippings.com
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sport MATTI HEMMINGS The Brecon-born, record-breaking BMX artist Matti Hemmings tells Heather Arnold about his life on a bike. What exactly is flatline BMXing? Flatline BMX is just another discipline in BMX. It's more about being creative and using a flat level area; so a tennis court, a playground, anywhere that’s flat where you can create tricks. There’s a lot of spinning, a lot of one-wheel and rolling tricks as well: taking your hands off the handlebars on one wheel and all sorts of different things like that. Some people describe it as breakdancing on BMX, or maybe ballet. Was it the creativity that drew you to flatline BMX? I was just trying to find things to do, as you do when you’re a youngster. I was interested in breakdancing but unfortunately there was nowhere near that did it. I saw, on the Extreme Channel, some guys doing flatline tricks and thought, 'oh, I’ll give that a go.’ I shared my cousin’s BMX and then saved up enough money to buy my own, and it kind of went from there. What is it about flatlining that you enjoy? There’s no limits. It’s not a team sport so you don’t have to follow everyone else; you’re not working as a team so you can just do your own little thing. You can be creative and come up with your own tricks and just have fun with it. There are no limits and no
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rules, you don’t have to do anything in a certain way, you can just have fun with your own stuff, which I like – being creative.
“Some people describe it as breakdancing on BMX” Where do your inspirations come from when you’re creating tricks? When you go to contests and you see guys doing tricks, you see it from a distance and think, ‘actually, if I just tweak it a little, I could do that.’ You can try and change it around and come up with stuff, or you can be like a mad scientist and have an hour on the bike working out tricks. Do you have any favourite tricks of yours? Yeah, there’s one which is a limbless move: lap your way over the handlebars, then you let go and take
your feet off so there’s no limbs attached to the bike. So you’re sat on the seat with the handlebars against your chest and rolling no-handed. There’s another one which I currently hold the world record for, where I spin on the front wheel with my hands up in the air and my right foot on the handlebars. I managed to turn that into a world record of 56 spins in a minute. What have you been working on recently? I just finished working with Nickelodeon on something called Get Your Skills – which was about getting kids into BMXing. They call it an urban freestyle show and we did a TV series with that, which was good fun and we met some celebrities along the way. Who did you meet? I taught Peter Andre a BMX trick, and there is photo evidence of that as well! I was Tom Daiy’s stunt double as well. There was Union J and One Direction, we did a skills challenge with them and that went really well. We had a little mini clown's bike that they had to ride – it was a laugh to see them all fall off. www.mattihemmings.com
AUTUMN INTERNATIONAL The air is getting cooler, the days and getting shorter and the rugby season is about to get into full swing. Laura Riley has a look at what to expect... WHAT does autumn mean to you? If you answered “leaves falling from the trees” “scarf weather” or some other such like, I’m here to set you straight – it means rugby. The Autumn Internationals to be precise. It all kicks off on this month when the Barbarians face off against Australia at Twickenham Stadium, but let’s be honest, the real action starts the following week when Wales stride out onto the pitch of the Millennium Stadium. Warren Gatland announced his 34-man squad at the end of October and shocked quite a few people with his decision. Ospreys prop Nicky Smith is the only uncapped player joining the senior squad and will play alongside dependable favourites: Gethin Jenkins, Alun Wyn Jones, Rhys Priestland, Jamie Roberts and Leigh Halfpenny. Adam Jones and James Hook were noticeably absent from the final list, hopefully they’ll make a reappearance in the 2015 World Cup squad. Sam Warburton will captain the team, and they’ll definitely be up against some tough competition. Wales play Australia in the opening match of the Autumn International series at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sat 8 Nov. We’ve lost our last nine matches against the Wallabies, so there’s a lot pride resting on this game. Our second match is against Fiji on Sat 15 – let’s hope our boys can show the same magic as the last time we played the Fijians, when we beat them 66-0. We face the mighty All Blacks on the Sat 22 Nov. We haven’t beaten New Zealand in almost 61 years – could this be the year when that all changes? Wales play South Africa in the final match Autumn International match on Sat 29 Nov. We’ve only beaten the Springboks once, when they played their first ever
match at the Millennium Stadium in 1999. Whatever happens during the next five weeks, the Autumn Internationals should create some enthusiasm for the Wales team ahead of February’s Six Nations and next summer’s World Cup. It doesn’t matter if you’re in the stadium, down the pub or just sat in front of your TV – make sure you’re cheering when they hit that pitch. Come on boys! Autumn Internationals, Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Sat 8-Sat 29 Nov. Tickets: £25-£70. Info: 08070 138600 / www. millenniumstadium.com
MUST SEE MATCHES The Autumn Internationals might have kicked off this month, but if rugby isn’t your thing then fear not as Emily Marritt rounds up this month’s must-see matches.
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Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, Sat 15 + Sun 16 Nov. Tickets: free to spectators / £18-£30 to enter. Info: www.green-events.co.uk
Cardiff Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay, Sat 13 Nov.Tickets: £15/£10/£6 kids. Info: www. cardiffdevils.com
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Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Sat 8 + Sun 9 Nov. Admissions: free to spectators. Info: www.welshfencing.org.uk
Clyne Farm Centre, Westport Avenue, Swansea, Sat 6 Dec. Admission: free to spectators / £20 to enter. Info: www.stroke.org.uk
CYCLING: REAL ALE WOBBLE
They say don’t drink and drive but in The Real Ale Wobble it’s perfectly okay to swig and cycle in amongst the unspoilt mountains of Powys. A fun booze and bike race that’s suitable for the rough and ready as well as the more casual pedal pushers.
FENCING: WELSH OPEN
En garde! The fencing teams of Wales are engaging in a little extra swordplay this month as the Welsh Open takes place. With four top prizes to be won, plus prizes for the best cadet and best veteran, there is all to fight for.
ICE HOCKEY: CARDIFF DEVILS VS NOTTINGHAM PANTHERS
Who would win in a fight: devils or panthers? You might get the answer to the questions when the Cardiff Devils and the Nottingham Panthers battle it out for the League Cup.
ATHLETICS: SANTA SCRAMBLE
Earn your presents this Christmas at the Santa Scramble – the muddiest assault course of the season, all in aid of the Stroke Association. Why not watch teams of sweaty Santas scrambling beard and belly though the mud?
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QUIET MARAUDER Buzz Presents... at Kuku returns this month with more live music and entertainment. This time round we’ve got anarchic antifolk collective Quiet Marauder. Frontman Simon M. Read tells us about his music, Anthony Worrall Thompson baking trays and Bono looking foolish. How did Quiet Marauder start? It started with me in a bedroom and an Anthony Worrall Thompson baking tray. I was just letting out some demons, banging a fork against it and I destroyed it, because I had too many demons I think! It was mainly me on my own, in my bedroom, writing quite angry songs about things and I recruited other people steadily along the way. So it’s about eight people in there now – it’s slowly developing our own cult and I think that’s ultimately been what we’ve been aiming for. Well certainly I have anyway, my cult is my little baby. How would you describe your music to those who haven’t heard it? It’s not easy to describe. We sort of characterise it as ‘antifolk’, and there’s a whole history of antifolk musicians who are quite diverse and do things in different ways, and we’re no different to that ourselves. We pursue our own interests but do so with lyrical honesty. Lyrics which are more honest to modern day life as opposed to songs about trees or candles because I think they are pretty cliché things to focus on. So ours are more about the lights of mobile phones and losing one of them down the drain, or growing a moustache. Musically, I think we can chuck quite a lot of different areas. On our album we did a bit of jazz, pop, rock and electro synth at one point! But broadly we’re characterised by having a rooting in folk music. We generally go back to doing melodic folk, shouty folk music. What do you like to see at a live show? For me it’s about really engaging with the audience, and I don’t mean making them participate necessarily but I see a lot of bands who don’t talk between songs and seem annoyed to be playing a show. I like trying to engage people when I play live and hoping that people are at least confused and taken out of their comfort zone a bit. I hope that’s what we can provide every show, and we can change our patter depending on how many people there are. I’ll shout at two people as much as I will shout generally at 100 people so it’s always the same thing but done differently. I always heard stories about Bono doing the same U2 show in a pub in Dublin as he would do to Wembley stadium, and I thought "well if he did that he’d look like a dick in a pub". You can’t pretend you’re in Wembley Stadium when you’re in a cwtch somewhere! Info: www.quietmarauder.co.uk BUZZ 54
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QUIET MARAUDER Thurs 27 November Kuku Club, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff.
Doors Open 7pm / Live Music from 8pm DJ from 10pm til late Entry £3 for Kuku Club Members £4 Non-Members & Guests Pay on the door / Guest List advisable: www.facebook.com/buzzsouthwales
The Kuku Club is located within the Park Plaza Hotel / Members & Guests Welcome with Complimentary Membership available by applying online at www.kukuclub.co.uk Entrance off Greyfriars Road, Cardiff, CF10 3AL
Info: 029 2011 1177 / 07920 742520 info@kukuclub.co.uk www.kukuclub.co.uk
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UNEASE Secret location, Cardiff city centre, Wed 12-Fri 14 Nov. Tickets: £14/£12. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.unease.co.uk Sinfonia Cymru are coming to a secret destination near you and they’re promising to present a somewhat uneasy experience. We’ve all got our own deepest fears, right? Spiders? Heights? The dark? Unease are going to completely transform their top-secret location – rumoured to be in the Cardiff city centre area – with the intention of sharing their very own fears with you. Will you share their fear, or will you be left unphased? These classical and contemporary musicians, film and theatre makers present to you their collections of uneasy sound, image and memory in a successful bid to inject some colour to the dark space surrounding your very seat. Sinfonia Cymru and BAFTA-Cymru winning musician Tom Raybould are pressing the fact that fear is a good thing and building on the great success of their contemporary project Unbuttoned. The duo asks only one thing of you, that you do not flinch... The innovative talent does not terminate there, collaborating alongside video artist John Collingswood, theatre director Gerald Tyler and immersive experience producer Alison John – they all work together to create an intense and unimaginable sensation of unease. Whether you are Cardiff-based or not, this one will be worth making the effort to go and see this November. A brand new, unforgettable experience, not to be missed.
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University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Royal Photographic Society International Print Exhibition See the boxout for more on this prestigious show, which visits this gallery every year. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Tim Shaw ‘Black Smoke Rising’ Moving exhibition of sculpture whose centrepiece, Casting A Dark Democracy, is inspired by the image of a hooded man being tortured in Abu Ghraib, first seen 10 years ago. (Until Tue 18 Nov) Dylan Jones ‘A Bird Flew By’ An exhibition of bird poems by Dylan Jones. Each poem is creatively set in a font based on the C17 ‘Fell Types’ and is presented as an A2 print. (Until Sun 22 Nov) The Box Season 17 Artists’ films by people who are TBC at the time of writing. (Until Fri 16 Jan) AOI Illustration Awards Overview of the best work being created by illustrators worldwide, reflecting the artform’s impact on our visual culture. (From Sat 15 Nov until Sat 10 Jan) The Photographer’s Wall Rolling programme featuring work from members of the B&W photography courses and Open
Access sessions. (From Sat 15 Nov until Sat 10 Jan) The Experimentalists Examples of work from the Experimental Painting and Drawing class led by Roy Marsden. (From Sat 29 Nov until Sat 7 Feb)
Albany Gallery
74b Albany Road, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Christmas Exhibition A changing selection of work from the gallery’s finest artists. (From Fri 7 Nov until Wed 31 Dec)
Andrew Buchan Bar
29 Albany Road, Cardiff. Daily 11am-11pm. Free. 029 2021 2509. Made In Roath #AB2 Work by David James Morris aka DJ Dave Grooveslave (Malscapes Circa 1984), Dano Lewis (Hi-Lites/Low Lives) and graphics by Dave Rave. (Throughout November and December)
Andrew Lamont Gallery (Theatr Brycheiniog)
Canal Wharf, Brecon. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Free. 01874 611622 / enquiries@ brycheiniog.co.uk / www. brycheiniog.co.uk Pip Woolf ‘Listening For The Mark’ Work made in response to sounds, music, speech and movement by a Llangynidrbased artist. (Until Sun 9 Nov) Robert Macdonald Landscapes of the Usk Valleyt and Brecon Beacons, as well as
the farming life and the legends of that area. (From Sat 15 Nov until Fri 19 Dec)
Arcadecardiff
Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.30-5.30pm. www. arcadecardiff.co.uk Leona Jones ‘In Audible: The Baroque Cello Project’ Sound-led installation with video and performance, centering on the cello surrounded by the sounds of its own making. Featuring Jones, Sion Dafydd Dawson (musician), Adam Winskill (luthier) and Jeff Chapman (image maker). (Until Sat 8 Nov) Sean Vicary & Stephen Knight ‘Wishboat’ Multimedia project based around “a giant 3d Augmented Reality floating paper boat ... to be physically navigated via Android phones and/or iPads”. (Throughout November) David Green An installation currently being developed “which features an Alien Race and Andalucian Dog.” Sounds good to me. (From Thurs 13 until Sat 29 Nov)
Art Central
Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am4pm. Admission free. 01446 709805. Journey: Response ?To Place A mixed media exhibition of sculpture, photographs and drawing by members of Sculpture Cymru, documenting their individual artistic responses to places or sites in the landscape which have particular significance for them.
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Attic Gallery
37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am4.30pm. Free. 01792 653387 / www.atticgallery.co.uk Vivienne Williams Williams, a full-time artist since 1990, enjoys her ninth solo show at this gallery. It features 30 new paintings which she has been working on over the last year. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Winter Group Show Over 50 of the gallery’s established artists are invited to exhibit their latest work. This year, the exhibition introduces the paintings of Michael Gustavius Payne and landscapes of Thomas Haskett, both artists being new to the gallery. Paintings, sculpture, glasswork, prints and pottery are available to buy. (From Sat 15 Nov until Wed 24 Dec)
Barker Gallery / Torfaen Gallery
Pontypool Museum, Park Buildings, Pontypool. MonSat 11am-5pm, Sun 2-5pm. Free Wed/Sun 2-5pm. 01495 752036. Winter Art 2014 Art 2014’, Members’ selling exhibition of art and craft works. (From Sat 15 Nov until Sun 21 Dec)
BayArt
54 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. Open Tues-Sat. 029 2065 0016 / bayart@tiscali.co.uk / www. bayart.org.uk Steve Young & Ellie Young ‘Semi Fiction’ Paintings by two artists with a shared interest in the figure, likewise in ‘cut outs’ and the use of broken perspective. (From Tue 4 until Fri 28 Nov)
Big Pit National Coal Museum
Blaenafon, Torfaen. Every day 9.30am-5pm. Free. 029 2057 3650 / www. museumwales.ac.uk/bigpit Poppies For Remembrance This exhibition investigates the link between the cultural uses of poppies for remembrance and the science of biodiversity – the study of plant and animal species in the natural environment. (Until Sun 8 Feb)
Butetown History & Arts Centre
4/5 Dock Chambers, Bute St, Cardiff Bay. Tue-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat & Sun 11am4.30pm. Free. 029 2025 6757 / www.bhac.org Beyond Words The first major display of outsider art in Wales, curated by Sian Holley and researched by Karen Battle. (Until Sun 16 Nov)
Cardiff Contemporary
FREE MOUNTAIN Until Sun 9 Nov, Goat Major Projects, 12 Wood Street, Cardiff Admission: free. Info: www.freemountain.co.uk / www. cardiffcontemporary.co.uk As mentioned in Buzz’s October art special, Cardiff Contemporary, the brand new arts festival to hit our capital, are hoping to introduce visual arts on a massive scale to member of the public who may not always get the opportunity to visit art galleries. Up until the second Sunday in November, you will have the chance to experience Free Mountain, a place to escape to for a little rest and relaxation, to escape the hustle and bustle of our chaotic capital. With the beautiful backdrop of rolling hills and a mountain as your surroundings, it is the ideal place to mull over ideas and have a well-deserved break whilst soaking up one of Cardiff Contemporary’s many creative and innovative exhibitions.
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Various venues, Cardiff. Free. www.cardiffcontemporary. co.uk *Cardiff Contemporary Written about in details last month, here’s a brief rundown of the exhibitions/ installations etc. Jemima Brown, Peacecamp 2014 (figurative sculptures referencing Greenham Common), The ‘Stute, Wood St; Andrew Cooper, You Wait For One, Then Three Come All At Once, Millennium Stadium; Alex Rich, Reflections Towards A Well-Tempered Environment, various locations across Cardiff; Shaun Edwards, Echo (six works which will appear in the South Wales Echo, which is apparently a newspaper of some kind); Richard James & R Seiliog, Clock Tower (a sonic installation for Cardiff Castle’s clock tower); Richard Woods, title TBC (an installation in Cardiff city centre); Dominic From Luton, Call
Mum, Cardiff Castle battlement; Erwin Wurm, One Minute Sculptures, Cardiff Central Station Taxi Rank; Matt Cook, Sculpture Trail, Docks Feeder Canal; Emma M Price, white cube sculpture at The Beuys Pavilion, The Hayes and Unit R5, Barrack Lane; tactileBOSCH, paradiseLOST, Former Customs & Immigration Building, Bute Street (a tribute to Kim Fielding, running until Fri 7 Nov). (Until Sun 9 Nov)
Cardiff Story
The Hayes, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2078 8334 / museum@cardiff.gov.uk CIVIC Cardiff Contemporary exhibition, presented here in conjunction with Swansea’s Mission Gallery. Participating artists have devised activites for families to help participants re-imagine the city, including workshops in drawing, shadow puppetry and wireframe sculpture. (Until Sun 9 Nov) Cardiff At Play Helping visitors to explore the history of sport, leisure, culture and entertainment in the capital, from the Victorian era to the present day. (Until Sat 22 Nov) This Is Civil Engineering In Wales Photograph exhibition organised by the Institution Of Civil Engineers Wales Cymru. (From Thurs 13 until Sat 22 Nov)
Chapter Gallery
Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org Sharon Lockhart Artes Mundi exhibition courtesy of an American who works with individuals and groups, sometimes over periods of years, to create socially engaged photography and film work. (Until Sun 22 Feb) Karen Mirza & Brad Butler ‘The Unreliable Narrator’ Works purporting to “take advantage of the gap between fiction and reality” via video installations, neon signs and other multimedia stuff. (Until Sun 22 Feb)
Craft In The Bay
The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff. Mon-Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611. Mandy Nash Colourful, patterned interior accessories including cushions, lampshades and tealights. (Until Mon 24 Nov) Graduates Of Ceramics From Cardiff School Of Art Recent works in clay, including sculptural heads by Mary Jones through to functional domestic pottery by Fleen Doran. (From Fri 7 Nov until Sun 11 Jan) Christmas Show Contemporary craft by UK makers, selling for a wide range of prices from stocking fillers to bespoke artworks for the home. (From Sat 8 Nov until Sun 11 Jan)
Cyfarthfa Castle Museum
Cyfarthfa Rd, Merthyr Tydfil. Daily 10am-5.30pm. Free. 01685 723112. Steve Kanapik Local artist presents his first solo art exhibition, a selection of landscapes specifically. (From Tue 4 Nov until Mon 8 Dec)
Dylan Thomas Centre
Somerset Place, Swansea. Daily 10am-4pm. Free. 01792 463980 / dylanthomas.lit@ swansea.gov.uk / www. dylanthomas.com The Imagined Oceans: Dyan Thomas’ Manuscripts Exhibition Exhibition of loan material from University at Buffalo, New York State, comprising manuscripts of
poems, a list of rhyming words and a series of black and white photographs of Thomas, many of which have not been widely displayed or reproduced. (Until Tue 23 Dec)
Ffotogallery At Turner House
Plymouth Road, Penarth, nr Cardiff. Tue-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 029 2034 1667 / www. ffotogallery.org Artes Mundi 6 Work by Ragnar Kjartansson from Iceland, whose performative practice. takes in video installations, durational performances (sometimes lasting hours or weeks), drawing and painting; and Sanja Ivekovic from Croatia, who tackles issues of female identity, the politics of power, consumerism and the paradoxes inherent in society’s collective memory. (Until Sat 21 Feb)
Fountain Fine Art
6-8 Morgan Arcade, Cardiff. Tue-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www.fountainfineart.com Winter Group Exhibition A changing exhibition of new work from the gallery artists, including a couple of new exhibitors in Wendy Murphy and Chloe Holt RCA. (From Sat 8 Nov until Wed 31 Dec)
Fountain Fine Art
Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www. fountainfineart.com Landscape Exhibition Seventy new works relating to the landscape of Wales from the gallery artists. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Winter Group Exhibition A changing exhibition of new work from the gallery artists, showcasing wide range of painting and sculpture for sale from £50-£5,000. (From Sat 15 Nov until Wed 31 Dec)
G39
Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Saturdays 11am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@ g39.org Carwyn Evans ‘UDO’ New sculptural work resulting from the overlaying of two contrasting cultures, agriculture and haute-couture, plus the idea that “when we consume we produce”. (Until Sat 13 Dec) Siân Melangell Dafydd ‘Foxy’ Installation, also featuring a limited edition artist’s book containing a short story by Dafydd; the catalyst for both is a stuffed fox in a glass case, purchased by her grandfather in about 1948. See Art. (From Sat 15 Nov until Sat 13 Dec)
Y Galeri
8 St Fagans Street, Caerphilly. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2086 1433 / www.ygaleri.co.uk Swansea Print Workshop Exhibition from SPW’s members, encompassing numerous printing methods from the traditional to new digital techniques. (Until Sat 22 Nov) Tracey Moberly Profile of work including her Mumbles Mornings Instagram project, inspired by the weather and apparently touching a social media nerve for that reason. (Until Sat 22 Nov)
Gallery/Ten
23 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Free. www.gallery-ten.co.uk Jon Oakes ‘Choose Your Masques’ Second solo exhibition at this gallery by Cardiff-bsed painter, in which he further develops his themes of disguise, self-confidence and heroism. (Until Sat 22 Nov)
Gas Gallery
Park Avenue, Aberystwyth. Mon-Sat 11am-5pm. Free. 01974 261279.
art Open Drawing Exhibition An exhibition of work by talented draughtspeople living and working in Wales. This exhibition will celebrate the art of drawing and will form part of The Big Draw. (Until Sat 4 Nov) Maps & Makers: Creative Responses To The Cartographies Of Ceredigion Mary-Ann Constantine, Stuart Evans and Alison Lochhead present part of their ongoing project to document and consider the contemporary role of maps, in multi-disciplinary form. (From Sat 8 Nov until Wed 3 Dec)
The Gate
Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-9pm. Free. 029 2048 3344 / info@ thegate.org.uk Kevin O’Neill Debut solo exhibition of digital artwork. (Until Fri 7 Nov) Jac Soarsa ‘Illness Begins With I’ Soarsa tackles the visualisation of the experience of illness through a creative act of witness. (From Wed 12 Nov until Fri 5 Dec)
Grand Pavilion
The Esplanade, Porthcawl. Mon-Fri 9.30am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01656 815995 / www. grandpavilion.co.uk Sandra Wintle, Gaye Lloyd & Maureen Carlson ‘For The Love Of Painting’ These three local artists’ work varies in subject matter and in the use of materials. The pieces included in this exhibition will range from representational to abstraction. (Until Sun 9 Nov) Scribbles Art & Craft Group “A chance to see a wide range
Kooywood Gallery
8 Museum Place, Cardiff. TueSat 10.30am-6pm. Free. 029 2023 5093 / www. kooywoodgallery.com Chris Griffin Established south Wales painter whose inspiration largely comes from the formal qualities of the South Wales landscape: its disparate and dynamic shapes, colours and textures. (From Fri 7 until Sat 29 Nov)
Llantarnam Grange Arts Centre
St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www. lgac.org.uk Portal Featuring the work of this year’s top UK graduates in the applied arts, selected by the LGAC for “pushing the boundaries of applied art whilst maintaining and developing the traditions of their craft”. (Until Sat 15 Nov)
M.A.D.E. Gallery
41 Lochaber St, Cardiff. Free. 029 2047 3373. CAAPO The Survivalist Series Ania Bas, CAAPO, Pablo Perezzarate and Rich White introduce works that investigate what ‘survival’ might mean to contemporary Britain. (From Fri 7 until Thurs 27 Nov)
Martin Tinney Gallery
18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@artwales. com William Wilkins Celebrating the career of this esteemed painter, alongside the publication of a fancy book about him
The first week of November (Mon 3-Sun 9) ushers in an exhibition at the Norwegian Church in Cardiff Bay. It's a showcase for the design style of Aasobe, who call themselves "visionary artists" and comprise Ahmed Salahuddin, Penelope Rose Cowley and Kathryn Edwards. of work and subjects by a local group of artists who enjoy meeting to try new ideas and encourage others to paint.” (From Tue 11 Nov until Sun 11 Jan)
by David Jenkins. Around 40 paintings by Wilkins, including several new ones and some for sale, will feature here. (From Thurs 6 until Sat 29 Nov)
33 King Street, Carmarthen. Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery. co.uk Dorian Spencer Davies ‘30 Years On’ Celebrating three decades in the game with a new collection depicting Carmarthen, his place of birth, Dorian’s distinct naive style of painting coastal towns and villages has given him a reputation and following internationally as well as nationally. (Until Thurs 6 Nov) Sgorio Years 5 and 6 pupils from Ysgol Abergwili have put together an exhibition encompassing the importance of sport, drawing inspiration from the London Olympics and Glasgow’s Commonwealth Games. (From Fri 7 until Thurs 20 Nov) Charlotte Leadbeater & Louise Bird ‘Step Into Motion’ A collaboration of 2D and 3D work by two local artists using the motion of movement, such as that of dancers. (From Fri 21 Nov until Thurs 11 Dec)
Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Shelby George Maker In Focus show from a Surface Pattern graduate from Swansea Metroplitan, UWTSD, who creates bespoke interior fabrics. (Until Sun 16 Nov) Outcasting: Fourth Wall Work presented in ‘the [...] space’, based on the recent moving image festival which was held in Cardiff. (From Tue 4 until Sun 30 Nov) Buddug Humphreys Maker In Focus show from Humphreys – from Snowdonia and based in London, she works with enamels on metal to produce brooch pins, necklaces, decorative plates and wall hangings. (From Tue 18 Nov until Sun 11 Jan) Southern Lines And Northern Lights Curated by Ceri Jones, this features work by a selection of talented designers exploring bright ideas and the understanding of
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materials needed to illuminate them. (From Sat 22 Nov until Sun 4 Jan)
MOMA Wales
Y Tabernacl, Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth. Mon-Sat 10am4pm. Free. 01654 703355 / info@momawales.org.uk James Dickson Innes Exhibition marking 100 years since the death of Innes, focusing on his Welsh works around the mountain Arenig. (Until Sat 8 Nov) Elfyn Lewis A review of Lewis’ mixed media pictures including several of his newest works. This is his first exhibition at this gallery. (Until Sat 15 Nov) Arenig Revisited An exhibition by artists including David Lloyd Griffith, Keith Bowen, Gareth Parry, Glyn Baines and Martin Wenham, in response to the centenary exhibition of James Dickson. (Until Sat 15 Nov) Christmas Selection A selection of work by Welsh artists in a variety of media, including Rhian Symes, Guy Manning, Ruth Jên Evans and creatures by Glassblobbery. What an impressively horrible word they’ve invented there. Glassblobbery. (From Sat 8 Nov until Sat 3 Jan) Ruth Koffer ‘A Turning Towards’ Ceredigionbased artist who creates work that is grounded in the different traditions of figurative, landscape and still life subjects. (From Sat 15 Nov until Sat 10 Jan) Bill Swann ‘The Colour Of India’ The glass wall hangings and sculptures inspired by travels in Northern India in 2012. (From Sat 22 Nov until Sat 3 Jan) Lyndon Thomas Recent work from an artist who is interested in human habitation within the landscape and uses the unusual combination of acrylic on paper. (From Sat 22 Nov until Sat 10 Jan)
National Botanic Garden Of Wales
Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. Daily 10am-6pm. £8.50/£7 OAP/£4.50 kids/free under-5s. 01558 668768. Jackie Morris ‘Song Of The Golden Hare’ Storyteller and illustrator displays paintings and drawings of all her favourite creatures from her best-selling books. (From Tue 4 Nov until Tue 13 Jan)
National Museum & Gallery
Cathays Park, Cardiff. TueSun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / www.nmgw.ac.uk Efforts And Ideals: Prints Of The First World War All 66 works from the 1917 print portfolio “The Great War: Britain’s Efforts and Ideals”, commissioned by the Ministry of Information. Augustus John and Frank Brangwyn are among the artists who contributed. (Until Wed 7 Jan) The Welsh And The War Portraits of people – soldiers, sailors, airmen, politicians and families – whose lives were transformed by the First World War. (Until Wed 7 Jan) Artes Mundi 6 Return to Cardiff of this esteemed prize, presenting groundbreaking work including film installations, sculpture, painting and performance. The overarching theme this year is the human condition. (Until Sun 22 Feb)
National Waterfront Museum
Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 638950. Ceri Thomas ‘Placing Dylan’ Artworks produced from the mid-90s onwards
by Thomas, who moved into the late writer’s former house in Swansea, 5 Cwmdonkin Drive. (Throughout November) Working For Victory: Welsh Industry And The First World War Exhibition looking at what the tens of thousands of Welshmen who fought in WWI produced, how it contributed to the war effort and the impact of the war on Welsh industry. (Until Sun 15 Mar) Commemorating The First World War In Glass Exhibition from Swansea School of Glass displaying a selection of cartoons (glass designs) and contemporary glassworks that are a response to WWI. (From Sat 8 Nov until Sun 22 Feb)
Newport Museum & Art Gallery
John Frost Square, Newport. Tue-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm, Sat 9.30am-4pm. Free. 01633 656656 / museum@newport. gov.uk Documenting The Chartists A collection including documents, letters, pamphlets, posters and prints which tell the story of the Newport uprising (on 4 Nov, 1839) and the events that followed. (Until Sat 24 Jan)
Norwegian Church Arts Centre
Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Mon-Sat 9am-6pm, Sun 9am3pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www.norwegianchurchcardiff. com Aasobe Design studio showcases “visionary artists” Ahmed Salahuddin, Penelope Rose Cowley and Kathryn Edwards. The art “is intended to open the mind of the viewer beyond the mundane,” and reminds me of old Goa trance album sleeves. (From Mon 3 until Sun 9 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 Hot Art Mixed media show for artists new to Cardiff and the gallery. Some of these are established whilst others are developing a name for themselves. (Throughout November)
The Old Iceland Building (Elysium Gallery offsite project)
27-29 High Street, Swansea. Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. 07980 925449 / www. elysiumgallery.com From Here And There The final part of an exchange between Colorado and Swansea which has involved artists from both regions exhibiting in the other’s, this is curated by Jonathan Powell and offers different perspectives of the drawing process. This is also an early look at a building, which, post-frozen food purgatory, is set to become an “artistic hub for the community”. (From Sat 29 Nov until Sat 20 Dec)
Oriel Canfas
Glamorgan Street, Canton, Cardiff. Tue-Fri 1-4.30pm, Sat 10.30am-4.30pm. 029 2066 6455 / www. orielcanfas.co.uk Alun Hemming ‘Backwaters / Cilddwr’ Sculpture, painting and photo-digital work from one of this gallery’s in-house artists. (Until Sun 9 Nov) Christmas Exhibtiion (From Sun 16 Nov until Sun 21 Dec)
Oriel Cric
Beaufort Street, Crickhowell. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 10am1.30pm. Free. 01873 811970
/ gallery@visitcrickhowell. co.uk Autumn Exhibition Mixed work. (Until Mon 24 Nov)
Oriel Davies
The Park, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@ orieldavies.org Clare Woods ‘A Tree A Rock A Cloud’ New paintings by an artist enjoying her first large solo show in Wales. Also present will be three works loaned from the National Museum: Le Lapin by Edouard Manet (1881), Frozen Pond by John Nash (1953) and Civil Victim, Vietnam 1967 by Philip Jones Griffiths. (Until Wed 5 Nov) Showtime Exhibition celebrating the people who take part in the gallery’s learning programmes and the art they create. (From Sat 15 Nov until Wed 25 Feb) *Francesca Woodman ‘Artist Rooms’ See Art for more on this exhibition from this lauded, tragic Modernist photographer, which looks great. (From Sat 15 Nov until Wed 25 Feb)
Oriel Joanna Field
Torch Theatre, St. Peter’s Road, Milford Haven. Free. 01646 695267 / www. torchtheatre.co.uk Jo Kimpton Illustrative, brightly coloured oil pastels, an approach Jo discovered whilst exploring a contemporary style to illustrate the story. (From Mon 3 until Sat 29 Nov)
Oriel Lliw
Pontardawe Arts Centre, Herbert Street, Pontardawe. Free. 01792 863722 / www. npt.gov.uk/theatres Huw Jones ‘Moments Caught In Time’ Btief moments in time captured by a photographer who has had a lifelong interest in the form, having started using film (not that he had much choice, I assume) and now having embraced digital. (From Wed 5 until Fri 28 Nov)
Oriel Mwldan
Bath House Rd, Cardigan. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. Free. 01239 621200 / siobhan@ mwldan.co.uk BUZZ 57
art artist who specialises in painting landscape and seascapes, often finding inspiration in the scenery of Cornwall, Brittany, and more recently the Dorset and South Devon coast. (Until Thurs 6 Nov)
Poems In October
Various locations, Swansea. Free. 01792 516900 / www. glynnviviangallery.org Poems In October A series of minute-long recordings featuring extracts from some of Dylan Thomas and William Shakespeare’s most celebrated writings, broadcast in Swansea venues including the train station, Swansea Market, the Grand Theatre, the No Sign Wine Bar and the Uplands Tavern. The texts were recorded by Royal Shakespeare Company actors, plus Hollywood’s very own Michael Sheen. A Glynn Vivian offsite programme. (Until Sun 9 Nov)
The Riverfront
Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm, Sun 10am-6pm. Free. 01633 656757. Christmas Arts Collective Prints, photography, jewellery, ceramics and contemporary festive decorations will all be both on show and on sale. (Until Fri 28 Nov)
The Senedd
Pierhead Street, Cardiff Bay. Free. 0845 0105500. Margaret Berry ‘Emblems Of Wales: Representing Wales And Its People’ Seven large suspended ceramic sculptures including depictions of dragons, bards, Owain Glyndwr etc. (Until Fri 7 Nov)
St Donats Arts Centre
St Donats Castle, Vale Of Glamorgan. Free. 01446 779100 / www.stdonats.com Sol Jorgensen ‘Fifty Over Fifty’ Selection of paintings whih Jorgensen embarked on “to celebrate the lives of women who have lived extraordinary lives ... our mothers, and sisters. Our aunts and friends.” (From Tue 4 until Thurs 27 Nov)
Swansea Grand Theatre
David Fitzjohn ‘Fimbulwinter’ Paintings exploring concerns regarding our changing climate, and named after a word from Norse mythology referring to a period of three successive winters. (Until Sat 29 Nov)
Oriel Myrddin
Church Lane, Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Seren Wen A chance to find Christmas gifts, specially selected and presented in the gallery, along with crafts, gifts and cards in the gallery shop. (From Sat 8 Nov until Wed 31 Dec)
Oriel Q
The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www.orielqueenshallgallery. org.uk Winter Open Held in the main gallery and Oriel Fach. Main gallery’s 3D area: assorted ceramics and jewellery by students and well-known artists. Stairs: details TBC. (Until Sat 20 Dec) BUZZ 58
Oriel Y Bont
University Of South Wales, Pontypridd. Mon-Thurs 8.30am-5.30pm, Fri 8.30am5pm. Free. 01443 480480 / www.gallery.southwales.ac.uk Dylan Thomas Centenary 1914-2014: Prints By Swansea Print Workshop An exhibition of 30 original, handmade prints from two collections inspired by DT’s life and work. (Until Fri 28 Nov)
Oriel Y Parc Gallery & Visitor Centre
The Grove, St Davids, Pembrokeshire. Daily 10am5pm. Free. 01437 720392 / info@orielyparc.co.uk Heather Bennett ‘Home And Away’ Photographs and digital art by Pembrokeshirebased photographer Bennett. (Throughout October)
Penarth Pier Pavilion
The Esplanade, Penarth. Tues-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2071 2100 / info@penarthpavilion.co.uk Lyndon Richards Walesoriginated, but well-travelled,
Singleton St, Swansea. MonSat 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 475715 / www. swanseagrand.co.uk Ocularcentric ‘14 Exhibition by first, second and third year photography students from UWTSD Swansea. (From Tue 11 until Fri 28 Nov) Swansea the Best Place; Swansea Your Story Photography and art celebrating the centenary of Dylan Thomas. (From Tue 11 until Fri 28 Nov)
Taliesin Arts Centre
Singleton Park, Swansea. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 12pm-6pm and performance evenings 6pm-8.15pm. Free. 01792 295526 / www. taliesinartscentre.co.uk Christmas Show Annual show offerign a wide selection of craft objects and jewellery for festive gift purchase, if you like. (From Fri 7 Nov until Tue 23 Dec)
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery
Castle Hill, Tenby. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, £4/£3/£2 kids. 01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Freshwest Showcase for an award-winning local design duo, celebrated for their experimental and playful touch. (Until Sun 22 Nov) Guy Manning Solo show from a painter who lives and works in Tenby and who has had numerous exhibitions in the UK, France and New York. (From Sun 29 Nov until Sat 20 Dec)
Theatr Hafren
Llanidloes Road, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am5.30pm. Free. 01686 625007 / boxoffice@theatrhafren.co.uk Jean Barratt, Pauline Strickland & Tracy Anne Smith Barratt: self-taught artist retired from a long career in nursing. Strickland: “I paint purely for pleasure and thoroughly enjoy the thrill when seeming to get it right.” Smith: artist “inspired by the complex formation of rooftops and town houses”. (Until Sat 15 Nov)
Velindre Hospital
Whitchurch, Cardiff. Open 24/7. Free. 029 2075 2251. South Wales Art Society – Permanent Rolling Exhibition Members’ works are available to view in the corridors and restaurant of the hospital at any any given time. 20% of all sales go to the hospital.
Victoria Fearn Gallery
6B Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 9.30am5.30pm, Sun 10am-3pm. Free. 029 2052 0884. Christmas Exhibition A mixture of paintings, prints, ceramics, glass, sculpture, jewellery and Christmas gifts, handmade by British designers. (Until Wed 24 Dec)
Wales Millennium Centre
Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc. org.uk Graduate Annual showcase for artwork by students from universities across Wales, curated this year by visual artist Sue Williams. (Until Sun 16 Nov)
West Wharf Gallery
Jacobs Market, Cardiff. Thurs-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. westwharfgallery@gmail. com A Giant, Whose Shoulders I Stand On Cardiff Contemporary exhibition featuring work by Alan Goulbourne, Shaun James, Steven George Jones, Marega Palser, Steve Reinke, Sara Rees and James Richards. Curated by Bob Gelsthorpe. (Until Fri 7 Nov) Sean Donovan ‘Small Works’ New paintings, all under three feet on their longest side, from an artist who normally works in considerably larger scale, and who has exhibited in Manhattan this year. (From Thurs 13 Nov until Thurs 4 Dec)
White Lion Street Gallery
1 White Lion Street, Tenby. Mon, Tue + Thurs-Sun 10am5pm. Free. 01834 843375/ www.artmatters.org.uk Tim Fudge New paintings from Pembrokeshire-based artist, set to include some of his oil paintings of the Pembrokeshire coast together with mixed media work. (Until Fri 28 Nov)
The Winding House
Cross Street, New Tredegar, Caerphilly. Tue-Sun 10am5pm. Free. 01443 822666 / windinghouse@caerphilly. gov.uk Our Duty To Bear: The First World War And Caerphilly County Borough Exhibition exploring how WWI affected men, women and children in this area. It will explore the impact of the war on the local area through objects, images, film and sound. (Until summer 2015)
clubs 10 Feet Tall
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo.co.uk Mondays Sabotage 8pm, free. Classic hip-hop every Monday courtesy of DJ Jaffa. Wednesdays Freshly Squeezed 7pm, free. Pre-club kinda night featuring freshly picked new music and drinks deals.
411 Bar And Nightclub
3-6 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Open Thurs 9pm-3am, Fri + Sat 10pm-4am. 029 2066 7996. Thursdays Passion 10pm, £4 adv. The best r’n’b around and various drinks deals. Fridays + Saturdays Gawjus 9pm12am, free before 10. Pre-club night offering drinks deals, sexy staff and stunning beats. Fridays Ace Of Spades 9pm4am, £10/£5 before 12/free before 10. Saturdays Classiq R&B Saturdays 9pm-4am, £10/£5 before 12/free on guest list before 10. Old skool r’n’b (or R&B as they call it – I write it that way when referring to Chuck Berry or whoever. It probably confuses matters but it’s too late to change my ways now), old skool hip-hop, Motown, soul and neo-soul. Sat 1 is a Haunted Mansion Halloween Party.
Aberystwyth Students Union
Old College, King Street, Aberystwyth. 01970 621700 / www.aber.ac.uk Sat 15 Rawkus XL 8pm-5am, £11 adv/£9 early bird. Main stage: drum’n’bass, jungle, dubstep etc from Dodge & Fuski, Will Short, Deadlock, Neurotik, 2eyed Fly and Resin. Cwtch Bar: Swing City DJs, Herda, Boshdog, Void, Hidden Element and Jake & The Fattman. Plus a chillout area in The Underground. See Clubs for more.
Blind Tiger
50 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161. Wednesdays Meze Rocks/ Pounded Wednesdays Alternative bangers and underground sounds will continue to be the order of the day in this night’s temporary home while the Meze Lounge has a lick of paint (the Friday and Saturday nights below are also imported from there). Fridays The Takeover Pop-punk anthems, metal etc. Saturdays Crash! Indie, new music anthems, big bass business and alternative EDM. I recognise all those words but I suspect you have to attend to find out exactly what they mean together.
Buffalo
11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Open Mon-Thurs 11am-3am, Fri + Sat 11am-4am, Sun until 4am. 029 2031 0312 / www.buffalocardiff.com *Thurs 13 Allforms 10pm4am, £12/£10 adv. Mount Kimbie, one of whom can boast an upbringing in St Austell, Cornwall like the writer of these listings, visit Cardiff for the first time in a while. Highforthis b2b Harry Wootten, Jake Cornford b2b Owain Gwyn and Jon Dancey DJ also. Fri 7 Purrmotions 10pm-4am, £6-£8. Cat-themed club promo folks throw their first birthday, with Ejeca the headliner. Feline Fine, Coño
Frito, WooHaaForThis and Adam Carey are from these parts. Fri 14 Allforms 10pm4am. Featuring a headline set by Wayward, a housey housey duo on the bankable Black Butter label. Fri 28 Boulevard 10pm-4am. Plastician, national radio’s face of dubstep, is tonight’s headliner, with Kloc b2b Weeksy, Bricks, Akinse and RichTea on warmup/wind-down duties. Saturdays Buffalo Block Party 8pm-4am, £4/free b4 11. RichTea, James Size, Rackham and Stacy French offer hip-hop, house, garage, indie, alt-rock, disco etc.
Cardiff University Students Union
Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / studentsunion@cardiff.ac.uk Wednesdays The Lash 9pm-2am. Clubs/societies type night which features “games on the stage so filthy that the changing room showers don’t stand a chance”. Quite. Fri 21 Treatment 9pm-4am, £22.50 adv. The Annie Mac tour comes to Cardiff. Room 1: Annie Mac, Hannah Wants, Tourist, Lxury and Monki. Room 2: Blonde, Bodhi and TCTS. Room 3: lineup TBC. Saturdays Flux 9pm-2am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop. Sat 1 Time Flies 9pm-4am, £20/£15 adv. Billing itself as a Halloween Masquerade Fancy Dress Ball, in a turn up for the books Time Flies have enlisted Tall Paul, Jon Pleased Wimmin and Allister Whitehead to DJ. Craig Bartlett, Shane Morris, Footlong DJs and Jason King from the locale, too.
Charlie Brown’s / Baa Bar
114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 07772 216358. Fridays + Saturdays 9pm3.30am, £4. Indie, rock and metal courtesy of resident DJs. Fri 28 Circle Eight 9pm-5am, £10. Drum’n’bass mania, presented by Highgrade and featuring DJ Dialogue, Filthy Habits, Bason B2b Frenzee, Warren B, What, Sheppa D & Coop, Ransom & Gsharp, Walshy Selecta, Tbone & Rayzor and Ital Lion & Dark D. MCs: Darka, Exa, Hyksos, Sticky Lemons, Joe Blow, 4dee, Vizable, Sypha, Ashgully and Soba.
Club Oxygen
1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-6am, from £5. House and commercial music all night from Big Al, Nicky G, 3 Bird, Jordan Steins, LJ Isaac and Tom Chizzy. Saturdays 10pm6am. Room 1: ED, progressive, big room, electro, deep and house. Room 2: r’n’b, bassline, garage and hip-hop. Plus big name guests TBC. Sat 18 Tom Staar 10pm-6am, £10. Up and comer in the world of cheesy EDM or electrohouse or whatever. Full bill of residents TBC also. Sat 1 Mark Knight 10pm-6am, £15/£12 adv. Him out of the Toolroom Knights headlines a room of “tech, deep, underground, jackin, house” but don’t forget room 2 and its “progressive, EDM, electro, bigroom, house”.
Clwb Ifor Bach
Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb. net Mon 17 Twrw 10pm-3am, £2. Elan and Mari play lots of Welsh language music from down the decades. Thursdays Maad City 11pm-4am, £3/£2 NUS. New night promising a
clubs “hip-hop house party vibe”. Fridays (bottom) Xerox 10.30pm-3am, £4/£3 NUS. A “party jukebox” night. With DJs, though, not an actual jukebox. Fri 31 is a Halloween special. Fri 7 Masquerave 10pm4am, £5/£4. “The mysterious elegance of a Masquerade Ball and the hedonistic mania of a rave are joining hands.” Fri 14 Lamerica: Pioneers 003 10pm-4am, £15 adv. Third in a new series of nights from Cardiff house promoters. This month they’ve fished Todd Terry out of their old contacts book, and Ryan has interviewed him in Clubs. Craig Bartlett and Gareth Hopkins play the main room also; Mood DJs Jake M, Murder, Mr.Ben and Tom Bateman are in Room 2. Fri 21 Reign 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass night whose November guests are Klute and NYMFO, both from the Commercial Suicide label. *Fri 28 Holodeck 10pm-4am, £12 adv. Surgeon, one of the best techno DJs this foul isle has produced and an all-round fine person, hits Cardiff for the first time in a good few years. Expect to see Dare & Haste, Owain K, 4G and Luke Winds in the mix too. Saturdays 10pm-4am, £5/£4 NUS. Three floors of fun: The Vinyl Vendettas’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop and Mr Potter's proper disco.
Courtyard
48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161. Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”. Fridays The Kickstart A selection of r’n’b and dancehall.
Dense & Pika, a London duo whose productions and DJ sets offer fresh takes on techno and house, emerged in 2012 to dance-scene acclaim. On Wed 12 they visit Cardiff club Glam. Saturdays Mischief Beatdriven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays The Courtyard House Sessions Spanning styles from funky to deep.
DC / Maddison
71-74 St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2039 9399 / www. maddisondc.com Fridays Smack. 10pm-3am, £5/£4 before 10.30. Hit student night, helmed by residents Lawrence Jones and Mozafari, with all the associated zany activities and modern floorfillers that the clientele love. Saturdays 9pm-5am, £5. Dance anthems from various special guests and residents.
Delilahs
54-55 High Street, Newport. 01633 259144. Saturdays Chic 9pm-4am, £3-£5. Hip-hop, dancehall, r’n’b, ‘urban’ etc courtesy of DJ Lee and Alex Bee.
Dempseys
Castle Street, Cardiff. 029 2023 9253. Thursdays (downstairs) Twisted By Design 9.30pm2am, free. Weekly night along the lines of the Saturday line-
ups. Fridays (downstairs) Blah Blah Blah 10pm-3am, free. Gary Twisted offers up Motown, indie, rock’n’roll, reggae and “no cheesy pop”. Saturdays 9pm-3am, free. Rock’n’roll, funk, soul, party tunes yadda yadda, selected by Chizol (Sat 1, 15 + 29) and Chris PJ Martin (Sat 8 + 22). Sat 1 Twisted By Design 9pm-2am, £3.50/£3 NUS. Monthly event with Gary playing the best in indie choons – Belle & Sebastian, Bowie, Cure, Dead Kennedys, summat like that.
Escape
Northampton Lane, Swansea. escapenightclub@live.co.uk / www.escdj.com *Fri 5 Dec Wallop £15 adv/£10 early bird. Er, wow. Lot of people on this dancehall/ jungle bill. There are three rooms but I’ll leave it to you to pick the bones out of: Daddy Freddy, General Levy, Lady Chann, Tippa Irie, Tenor Fly, Kenny Ken, Sweeities Irie, YT, Elle Dee, Blackout JA, Deadly Hunta, Solo Banton, Peppery, Colour Man, Jamie Irie, Norris B, Da Fuchaman, Younga C, Frisk, Ray Keith, Youth Promotion, Scotty, Lava Rock
Sound, Wallop, MOD, Walshy Selecta, OCDJ, Mike Wiley, RSD, Rasterlin, Manifakture, Dubsta b2b Hoax b2b Risk, Kookie Crumble, Blokeye, Mizza and, scarcely believably, “many more”. Sat 1 Sick Individuals 10pm-6am, £15 adv/£12 early bird. Shiny-haired duo who are, in Escape’s own words, “one of the hottest properties in the big room house music scene”. Sat 29 Armada 10pm-6am, £10-£15 adv. Trance brand of note hits Room 1 of Escape, with Ruben De Ronde, Fisherman & Hawkins and Mark Sherry on the bill, plus locals Gareth Siddell, Rhys Thomas and Callan Christie. Room 2 is hosted by Reel House and features CN Williams, Zak Wilcox and Adam Hopkins.
Fuel
5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 0845 6430032 / www. givemefuel.co.uk 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.
The Full Moon / The Moon Club
Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / info@ thefullmooncardiff.com Thursdays Hullabalooza 10pm-4am, free. Three rooms of alternative party tunes in time for the students coming back, taking over etc. Fri 7 Keep It Complex 11pm-4am, £6. Breakbeat kinda nuttiness with Itchy & Skratchy DJs headlining. There’ll be live art and stuff like that too. Fri 28 Womp 11pm-4am, £4/£3 before 12. Sammy Senior, bassy breakbeat from Bristol, headlines over F-Block, Shanti Squire and Traffic residents. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Free. DJ Puddlefunk with bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between. Sat 1 Back To Basskicks 11pm-3am, £6/£5 before 12. Featuring Dub Smugglers, Mikey Nitro and Hud Son (room 1) and Blokeye, Shanti Squire and Interplate (room 2). Sat 22 Move 11pm, £5. “An Old School Rave with All New Sounds,” courtesy of Jack Pritchard, Dan Keenan, Rotan and James Turner.
Glam
SMOOVE & TURRELL Sure Shot @ Gwdihw, Cardiff, Fri 7 Nov Admission: £6/£4 adv. Info: 029 2039 7933 / www.gwdihw.co.uk Smoove & Turrell are a band from the north-east of England who refer to themselves as 'northern funk'. Their contemporary sound fuses funk, northern soul, hip-hop and jazz, and they’re coming to our very own Gwdihw in Cardiff for a DJ/PA set. Craig Charles has said of the duo, “To say they are one of the greatest modern soul acts to emerge from the UK would be an understatement.” Having three albums behind them in the last five years, this is likely to be a sell-out event. With word having spread across the pond, and their tracks featuring on many a show/advertisement in the UK, Smoove & Turrell are slowly becoming a global sensation.
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2022 9311 / info@ glamnightclub.co.uk Mondays The Fest 10pm3am, £3.50. Two floors of charts, dance and student anthems (room one) and r’n’b, hip-hop, urban and funky (room two). Wednesdays HUMP 10pm-3am, £3.50. This is billed as the most outrageous night ever to come to Cardiff, which they will achieve via drinking games and celeb DJ sets. Wed 5 Shangri-La 10pm, £6 adv. Hot Creations’ Patrick Topping is here to stuff some peak-time house music down your deep V-necked t-shirt. As are David Glass, Nic Saunders, Adam Carey, Liam Matear and Eliot Johnson b2b Tom Davies. Can not even one of you lads come up with a good DJ name? *Wed 12 Mi Casa 10pm, £4. Headlined by Dense & Pika from London. That is actually a good booking, in this venue! Looking at the tracklisting for the Resident Advisor mix they did... it’s probably too much to hope that they’ll play something like that in Glam, isn’t it. Lucas Alexander, Jody Barr and Cono Frito also DJ. Thursdays Propaganda 9pm-3am, £3
adv. UK-wide indie night comes to Cardiff with special guests on some weeks. Residents: DJ Dan, The Postman, Andy Tokyo, Matt Nelmes and Joshcat. Fridays Antisocial 9pm-3am. Level 1: r’n’b, hip-hop and mash-ups from DJ Sole and DJ Pro. Level 2: house, electro, dubstep and drum’n’bass from Ian Davies and DJ Rewire. Saturdays Vanity 9pm-3am, £5-£10. Two rooms of quality music, everyone catered for it is claimed. Sat 1 has a guest DJ set from Danny Howard; Sat 29 keeps the Radio 1 hegemony going with a showing by Trevor Nelson.
Gwdihw
6 Guildford Crescent, Cardiff. 029 2039 7933 / www. gwdihw.co.uk Wed 26 Your House 8pm, free. A night dedicated to house music in its various forms, hosted by local producer and DJ Tropical Ground plus Grooveland Records. Fri 7 Sure Shot 9pm, £6/£4 adv. Soulful Geordie duo Smoove & Turrell get on their hairy bikes and gan doon to Cardiff for a DJ/live PA set. Fri 14 Superchango 9pm, £4. Tonight is a dub battle special. Fri 28 Cafe A GoGo 9pm, £4. With special guest DJ Lee Miller, a big cheese on the mod scene, plus residents James Parker, Mark Taylor and Eddie Crole. Sat 1 Blue Honey 9pm, £8/£6 adv. DJ Kon, top-rated edit fella in the disco and house disciplines out of Boston, headlines tonight. Milesdavies, Veto, Double Cee and Blue Honey DJs keep you dancing, or intend to at least. Sat 8 Fat City 9pm, £4. Soul, Latin, jazz, house, electro, funk and hip-hop, this month featuring a live set from Antelope. Sat 22 Signor Funk 9pm, £3. Northern soul, funk and disco. *Sat 29 Hully Gully 9pm, £3. Funk, hip-hop, disco and house with a guest live performance from live electro jammers Galaxians. Sun 16 In The Box 5pm, free. Ratcatcher, Brawd and Jack Siddall offer an evening of house and suchlike, aiming to be a meatspace version of their Boxcast podcast. Sun 23 Throwback Radio 7pm, free. Funk, soul, hip-hop and house, all on vinyl, from a Bristolbased radio show in town for one night only.
Hobo’s
6-10 Queen Street, Bridgend. www.hobosmusicvenue.com Fridays + Saturdays Distorted 10pm-3am, free. Rock, punk and metal night in the bar area where punters are encouraged to make requests.
Jacob’s Market
West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939. *Fri 21 Teak 10pm-5am. Young Marco, Telephones and Dirtytalk DJs are the guests lined up this month. Not familiar with the first two but Young Marco in particular sounds extremely up my avenue.
Karma
75 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Fri + Sat 8pm-6am. karmaclubcardiff@gmail. com Sat 1 Uprise This is a Yardrock jungle special headlined by the veteran Marvellous Cain, with Gigante MC. DJ Monk, Keith Rinse It, Ital Lion, Big Nev, MOD, Walshy Selecta, DJ Anarky, T-Bone and Pabz b2b B-Lion, plus MC hosts Tussell, Fury, Phat Kat, 4dee, Joe Blow, Blitz and Ashgully. Sat 22 Journey 10pm-6am, £7 adv/£5 early bird. Will Atkinson, a current leading light of the UK
trance scene, headlines.Stu Grady, Hywel Matthews, Joe Byrne, Richie Knight, Madame Twisted and Mase also appear.
Koko Gorilaz
Salisbury Road, Cardiff. 029 2034 1767 / www.kokogorilaz. co.uk Sat 8 In Full Swing 10pm3am, £15/£10 adv or for members on the door. See Clubs for more on this night, featuring The Correspondents, Big Swing Soundsystem feat. Hypeman Sage & Jukebox Collective and Neil Fucking Young (Bestival reunion set).
Kuku Club
Park Plaza Hotel, Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. Members’ club. 029 2011 1177 / www. kukuclub.co.uk Fridays Kuku is available for private hire on Friday evenings. Get in touch with them via the website if you want to take advantage of this. Saturdays 10pm-4am, £5/free members (10pm-1am); £10/£5 members (after 1am). With DJs GRL/TLK (Sat 1), Jimmy Love (Sat 8), Michael Snooze (Sat 15), DJ Faux (Sat 22) and a house night called New City Sound with DJs TBC (Sat 29).
Ladybird
41 St Mary St, Cardiff. 029 2066 5500 / info@ ladybirdcardiff.com / www. ladybirdcardiff.com Mondays C.R.E.A.M 10pm4am, £4/£3 before 11. Hip-hop, r’n’b and garage. Presented by Cirque Du Cardiff. Fridays C-Y-N-T 10pm-5am. Student clubbing favourites take up residency in a new venue. Residents: Josh Thomas, Andrew Watkins, Elliot Mitchell, Batesy, Tom Rees, Van Pelt, Highforthis and Gavin Woo. Saturdays Vice 10pm-4am. “Saturday nights in Cardiff have lost their way in recent months; well Vice has arrived to give them direction again.” Oh yeah? Sundays Sunday Project 7pm-3am, free with guestlist. Free industry night offers floor fillers and house classics.
Lava Lounge
The Old Brewery Quarter, Caroline Street, Cardiff. 029 2038 2313. Fridays Fever Fridays 9pm3am. Cardiff’s only official 90s and 00s night. Dance to tunes from the last two decades with drinks prices to match. Saturdays 9pm-3am. Our DJ spins your favourite party tunes from 70s disco to the most recent chart toppers. Sundays Industry Sundays 9pm-4am. Folks in the bar, club and hotel industry can come here after work and party to the selections of DJs Rhys Lewis and DJ George.
Metros
Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com Wednesdays Cheapskates 9pm-4am, £5. Hywel plays ‘alternative mayhem’ and old skool cheese. Fridays Subversion 9.30pm-3.30am, £3 with flyer before 10.30pm. Drinks promos, no dress code. Rock, punk, metal and alternative beats. Saturdays Slacker 9.30pm-3.30am. Wherein Hywel plays alternative and new music.
Minskys Show Bar
Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128. Fridays & Saturdays 8pm1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Miss Kitty, Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.
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clubs Mocka Lounge
Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com Fridays Timeless DJ Dan Nicholas plays r’n’b, funk, disco and old skool. Just old skool. Saturdays Decorum Soulful and upfront house, plus funk, disco etc, from Sinky and Styles. Sundays VIP Chris Evans (My Playhouse) plays club classics, funky house and r’n’b.
Monkey Bar
13 Castle Street, Swansea. 01792 480822 / www. monkeycafe.co.uk Wednesdays Get Tasty New night for the new students of the new term, replacing Swerve in the midweek slot. Fri 7 Faux Pas 10pm-5am, £10. Digital Soundboy bring a night of drum’n’bass with Shy FX, Diemantle b2b Dismantle and Stamina. Fri 14 Bump’n’Grind Hip-hop and r’n’b from the 90s and 00s, migrating from its Cardiff homestead. Fri 21 Dreams Project 10pm, £10. Drum’n’bass with TC & MC Carasel, plus DJ Phix and R1Xlive.
The Mountain Ash Inn
24 Commercial Street, Mountain Ash, Rhondda. 07818 623144. Fri 5 Dec Time Flies Christmas Party 7pm-1am, £10 adv. Featuring Brandon Block, Gareth Hopkins, Footlong DJs, Dave Eaves and Puff Richards.
Oceana
72 The Kingsway, Swansea. 0845 293 2872 / swansea@ oceanaclubs.com Tuesdays Love Social 10pm-3am, £7.50. Under-18s night. Fridays Threesome Fridays 10pm-3am, £2.70. Chart, party, pop and r’n’b across three rooms Saturdays Oceana Rocks 10pm-3am, £4.50. House, electro and dance anthems in the main room, plus pop, chart, party and r’n’b in the other two.
Penarth Pier Pavilion
The Esplanade, Penarth. 029 2071 2100 / www. penarthpavilion.co.uk Sat 22 An Evening Of Northern Soul 7pm-1am, £8/£6 adv. Porthcawl Soul Club break out the northern classics and encourage you to dance with abandon.
Popworld
Wind Street, Swansea. MonFri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676. Mondays Rock’n’Roller 9pm-3am. Student night. Roll the dice and win a round of drinks. Tuesdays Popworld Idol 9pm-3am. Karaoke night. Wednesdays No Regrets 9pm, from £2. Student night. Fridays + Saturdays Popworld Party 8pm-3am, £2-£4 (Fri)/£3-£5 (Sat).
Pryzm (formerly Oceana)
Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www.pryzm. co.uk/cardiff/ Mondays Get Lucky 10pm3am, free before 11.30. Student night. Where do they come up with these names? Thursdays Cake 10pm-3am. Another student night. As with Monday, this has £1.50 drinks offers. Fridays + Saturdays 10pm3am. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Saturday is in conjunction with Jongleurs comedy club, which also takes place here.
Pulse
3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue. Wednesdays Warped 10pm4am. Join DJ Craig W on a jourBUZZ 60
ney through time with the best hits from the last two decades. Fridays Pulsetastic 10pm5am, £4/£3. With live PAs once a month. Saturdays Pop Til You Drop 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long.
The Red Lion
St Mary Street, Cardigan. 01239 612482. Fri 21 Subsonic Bass 7pm3am, £7. Nicky Blackmarket, who through either choice or necessity can be relied on to visit towns not often graced by jungle pioneers, is tonight’s guest of honour, with Shabba D his MC. The Secret Lemon Project, Chrissy B, Burn & MC Turbo, Nexuz, Pablo & DJ O$hy, Fusion Freaks, Spectrum, KayBG, Shock:Force, Jo9T, Huey P, Mogz, Gary LawrenceJLD, Rob Jones and Lil Owz are the DJs; Sonixxx, Hipnosis MC and NBK are the MCs.
Revolution
Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk Tuesdays Sync 9pm-3am. Student night featuring hazers, lasers and drink deals. Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 9pm-3am. Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Fridays Nouveau 9pm-3am. DJs, drinks offers, free area hire. There’s also deep house and mashups from Sarah Louise and DJ Snooze, respectively. Saturdays Saturday Mix Session Party in style with table bookings.
The Scene
Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07730 432166 / www. thesceneclub.co.uk Sat 1 + Sat 6 Dec Dead Of Night 10pm-3am, £3. Goth/ alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Used to be in Sin City, is now in here.
Sin City
Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / bookings@ alternativeswansea.com Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm3am, £3. Student night, back for the new term. Fridays Monsters Of Rock & Metal / 131 10pm-3.30am, £4/£3 b4 11. Indie in room 1, metal in room 2. Fri 7 Funk Junkkies 10pm-4am, £12 adv. This is where Craig Charles is getting pissed and playing rare funk records this weekend. There’s a live set from Disco Panther too. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South. Sat 8 The Lighthouse Project 10pm, £8/£6 adv. Hot Creations-signed Geordie DJ Mark Jenkyns plays some of that housey housey music (everyone from Newcastle who likes dance music will get this reference). Sat 29 Rise 10pm, £6 adv/£3 early bird. Fred V & Grafix headline this nascent drum’n’bass night. Jack Sauce, Grok and RichTea b2b Kooley are drawn from the region.
Soda Lounge
St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www.sodalounge. co.uk Tuesdays Cartel £4/£3.50. UK-wide student night. Mr. Mozafari will be playing vocal house and electro upstairs; DJ Wallace will supply r’n’b and chart in the Soda Lounge. Wednesdays Boutique £4/£3.50. The one-two killer combo of “glamorous people” and “cheapest Wednesday night drinks”. Fridays Studio 9pm-
4am. New night for students who like dancing. Special guest DJs are abundant. Lounge: r’n’b and hip-hop. Club: house, tech, prog and dance. Attic: deep and nu-disco. Fri 7has a guest set from Ms Dynamite with Etta Bond, while Fri 14 has Grandmaster Flash here! Which they’re somehow still selling £4 tickets for. Saturdays Soiree 9pm-4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, really the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that.
Splott Warehouse
Titan Road, Splott, Cardiff. www.facebook.com/ splottwarehousecdf Sat 6 Dec Welcome To The Warehouse 2-10pm. Following up the event headlined by Chase & Status in early October, this student-centric rave returns. Lineup TBC, but check out their Facebook page for a good laugh at prospective punters’ ideas of who might be a good, realistic booking.
Static Bar
63 The Kingsway, Swansea. 01792 467998 / info@ staticbars.co.uk Sat 8 Dirtbox 8pm-4am, £10. Andy Whitby, UK hard dance favourite and subject of an amusing fake press biog which was recently taken seriously by the sort of people who use compound swearwords lke ‘cockwomble’, is tonight’s special guest. Chuck-E, MKN, Rob Davies, Stu Grady, D-Grove, Chop & Change, L3gendz, Zac F, Ben Astill & Jamo and Tom Foolery, plus hosts K-Ner and Ode, are also in room 1. Room 2 has Chizzy, Poston, Rhod Morgan, Rachel Red, Pesky, Josh Jones and host Minto. Fri 28 Funktion Tek Reborn! 9pm-4am, £3. Free party techno, jungle etc. Room 1: Daniel Bolch, Robi Suss & Rage N Tekhead, Adam Kelly, Ceri Suss, The Provider and Shortek. Room 2: Kazm, Nord, Grok B2B Urkel Murkle, Gabe B2B Cal, Sion, Mogs and Grimlock.
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. Fridays Koosday 10pm-3am, £7/£5. Something that has lots of decor, smoke machines etc and describes itself as an “Arrogantly Premium Clubbing Experience”. How depressing. Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc.
Undertone (basement of 10 Feet Tall)
11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Mondays Bump & Grind 10pm, £4/£3 before 11.30. R’n’b and hip-hop hits from the 90s. Tue 4 Space Jam 10pm, £4. Garage, funk and house courtesy of Orbital residents. *Fri 7 City Bass 10pm-5am. Seven (seven!) hours in the company of just one selector – DJ Sotofett, of ultra-hip Norwegian house label Sex Tags Mania. See Clubs for speculation on whether he’ll be urinating in a bottle or playing long records while nipping to the lav. Fri 14 Groove Theory 10pm-4am, £4/free before
11.30. House and disco specialists offer a residents session for cheap. Fri 21 Powercore 9pm-4am, £10. Showcase for a variety of hard dance subgenres, only one of which I’d never heard of before. Can you guess which one? Big room house (DJ Webbe), Melbourne bounce (Rich EB and Little Jack), hardstyle (Bass Brothers & MC Ode), drum’n’bass (Al Storm & Blocaldini with MC Shutts), UK hardcore anthems (Demize, Lozzie, MC Phoenix and MC Pieman), powerstomp (Defective, Dipz and MC Skyz), European hardcore and gabba (Sicknarf) and Frenchcore (Noizeannoyz and MC Ode). Fri 28 Gwaith 10pm. Glasgow’s Marco Bernardi, London’s Adjowa (playing live) and Bristol’s The Kelly Twins visit for what looks like a quality lineup of techno and house. Sat 1 The Decay Dance 9pm-4am, £5/£3. Rock, metal, goth etc with the obligatory Halloween theme. Sat 8 Decadance 10pm, £5. Not to be confused with the Sat 1 night, this sees the return of pumpin’ house favourites, once resident in Club X. They’ll be back more permanently in 2015; this preview features sets by Ant Nichols, Mark Anthony, Gordon John and Julie MadameTwisted Chamberlain. Sat 15 Deep Inside 10pm-4am. Jackin’ house enthusiasts have a headline set from Hybrid Theory this month. Please let them be named after the first Linkin Park album. Sat 22 Mood Resident 10pm-4am. Featuring a three-hour set by Murder and presumably other DJs too. You might have seen this date being headlined by Delta Funktionen, but that’s being rescheduled I believe. Sat 29 Murky 10pm4am. Grime, garage and 4x4, launching tonight but still yet to announce their lineup as we ‘go to press’.
The Vaults
The Old Natwest Bank, 113116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. 07977 131320 / cellardoorcardiff@hotmail. co.uk Fri 7 Catapult Presents 10pm-5am, £13 adv. Calyx & Teebee offer big-brained drum’n’bass madness using no fewer than six decks, and no more than two mixers. There’ll be a bill of locals over two rooms as well. Sat 8 Cellar Door 10pm-5am, £12.50 adv. Undercover DJs spin underground house, techno and progressive across two rooms, with a chillout room showing cartoons also. This month it has a Bonfire Night theme. Don’t set things on fire.
Warehouse 54
Cambrian Rd, Newport. 01633 259144 / www.wh54. com Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Matt Kirke mixes up club-influenced beats from reggae to rock, d’n’b to dancefloor-led house. Thursdays The Social House beats and basslines. Friday Warehouse54 Live! A free festival-inspired mix of bass and live bands every week. Saturdays The NPclubhop Soulful selections from the WH54 Soundsystem, alongside live guests and special events on selected dates. Sunday The Sunday Session DJs until late.
Wow Bar
4 Churchill Way, Cardiff. Gay venue. Free all day SunThurs; before 11pm Fri + Sat. 029 2066 6247 / www. wowbarcardiff.com
Wednesdays Wish You Were Here Free. Student night with “inflight entertainment” from Lambrini Rampage and Mary Golds, plus music from DJ Krys. Thursdays The Night With No Name Free. DJ Craig and Mary Golds offer “mad games and crazy entertainment.” Fridays The Greatest Show In The City Free b4 11. With WOW Showgirls Miss Kitty and Marcia, plus special guests every week. Saturdays The VKend Free b4 11. With DJs Craig and Krys. You can get cheap deals in VK. £6.50 for a fishbowl. £6 for a jug of WKD. Settle down now, kids. Sundays The Cuckoo Club Free. DJ Krys plays the tunes until late.
events SATURDAY 1
3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Half term activities. On tomorrow also. Art Walk Mission Gallery, Swansea (starting point). 12pm, free. Info 01792 652016. Ask The Gardener: Pruning And Training Roses National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Also on Thurs 6 and Thurs 13. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Saturday and Sunday. Cuppa Cymraeg National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Tour of the galleries aimed at Welsh learners. Diwali Mela National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Bollywood and Bhangra music and dance, rangoli workshops, fashion shows, Asian arts and crafts, family events and more. Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Leeds United Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 3pm. Info 0845 3451400. Dirty, dirty Leeds. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Heroes & Legends: Planet Neath Gwyn Hall, Neath. 10am-5pm, from £2. Info 07914 683534. Family memorabilia event featuring guests and exhibitors from TV, film, comics and more. Plus a Yu-Gi-Oh! tournament and Sneak Peek. India Dance Wales Classes Highmead House, Lisvane, Cardiff. Info 029 2075 1158. For Grade 2 to vocational level. These classes are by special application only at various points in the month – not on specific days, hence listing them on the 1st. To apply write to admin@indiadancewales. com with previous dance experience and reason for wanting to join India Dance Wales. Judo: Welsh Open Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 029 2033 4945. On
tomorrow also. Kidsmarkets Family Sale Cwmbran Stadium. 2-3.30pm, £1/£15 to set up a stall. Info 07760 802088. Featuring 30 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items. Knit & Sew Group National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Lyrical One Poetry & Songwriting Forum: Closing Event Mission Gallery, Swansea. 6pm, free. Info 01792 652016. With Richard jones, Joe Bayliss and Lisbee Stainton. Made By Hand City Hall, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £6/£5 (£11/£9 weekend). Info hello@ madebyhand-wales.co.uk. Featuring stalls with around 135 makers selling their wares and sharing their skills. On tomorrow also. NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. 10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Saturday. 10.30-11.30am: Ewoks; 10.30am-12pm: Padawans; 10.30am-12pm: Wookies. Official Guided Tours – Every Day Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. £5/£4. Info 029 2063 6464. Tours of the centre running daily for one hour. Advance booking recommended. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Every Saturday. Samba Galêz Introductory Course Willows High School, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 unaged. Info join_the_band@ sambagalez.info. Come and join Wales’ biggest community samba band, every Saturday until Nov 8. Places are limited so book in advance. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Day tours from Cardiff, every Wednesday and Saturday. This one visits Caerleon, Caerwent, Tintern Abbey, the Wye Valley, Abbey Mill Craft Centre and Raglan Castle. Sparks In The Park Coopers Field, Cardiff. 4.30pm, £7.50 adult/£3.75 kids/£25 family of five. Info www.sparksinthepark. org. Annual bonfire night jamboree. Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Phantasmagorical goings-on for half term. Except they are in fact totally rational, because science. Or ‘because of science’, as adults say. On tomorrow also. Squash: Junior Open Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-4pm. Info 0300 3003121. On tomorrow also. Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Find out more about some familiar constellations, the planets, how stars are born and how they die. On tomorrow also. St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036. Selling artisan foods, vintage clothing, antique furniture and bric-a-brac. Every Saturday. Table Tennis: Vets’ Team Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-5pm. Info 07754 525754. On tomorrow also. Talk At 2 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Free guided tour of the exhibitions currently showing
events here. Also on Sat 15 and Sat 29. The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464. Artists and doodlers of all ages are welcome to drop in and let their creativity run wild. On tomorrow also. The Big Skill Weekend The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 10am-5pm, free. Info 01497 821762. Craft fair promoting local artisan makers and rural skills. The Dark Carnivale Bedwas Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. £25. Info 07960 179842. Featuring music from The Spectrums, psychic readings, theatrical entertainment from Twisted Dreams and Bedwas Amateur Dramatic Society, DJs, Halloween food, circus freaks and more. Urban Chicken Keeping Bute Park Education Centre, Cardiff. £30. Info hello@ greencityevents.co.uk. A guide to how to do the thing in the title, courtesy of Green City Events. Vintage Fayre Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477. On the first Saturday of every month. WWI: Saturday Craft Workshop, Embroidered Letters Home Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. This event is part of the Dylan Thomas Festival, which runs here until Sun 9. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. With Kalavathi Devi, every Saturday. Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). Info 01633 656757. Every Saturday for ages 8 to 16, across two classes (youngest first).
SUNDAY 2
3 Cool Things To Make With A Straw National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Every Sunday. Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Every Sunday. Hosted by Stephanie of Burlesque Cardiff. 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. Every Sunday. Cardiff Storytelling Circle Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2030 4400. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Cider Sundays Shire Hall, Monmouth. 11am-6pm, £6 adv. Info hellocidersundays@gmail. com. New event for Monmouth where cider enthusiasts will have the opportunity to sample a range of local craft ciders and perrys, whilst learning about the processes behind their making. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Cwmbran Craft Fayre Our Lady’s School Hall, Cwmbran. 1-4pm. Info cwmbran_crafts@ hotmail.co.uk. Every first Sunday of the month. Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Nottingham Panthers Ice
Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001. Judo: Welsh Open Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 029 2033 4945. Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722. Every Sunday. Made By Hand City Hall, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £6/£5 (£11/£9 weekend). Info hello@ madebyhand-wales.co.uk. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Every Sunday. Today: Youth Circus Jedis (mixed circus skills, 12-2pm, £7) and Circus Fit (2-4pm, £10/£8). *Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. On every Sunday, always worth a trip. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Spooky Science Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Squash: Junior Open Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-4pm. Info 0300 3003121. Star Tours Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. New weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and co-operative games. Table Tennis: Vets’ Team Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-5pm. Info 07754 525754. Tango Lessons Dempseys, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Also on Mon 10. The Big Draw Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info 029 2063 6464. WWI: Children’s Poetry Workshop Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1.30-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Dylan Thomas Festival event. Book in advance please.
MONDAY 3
Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Monday. Beginners 6-7pm; intermediate 7-8; advanced 8-9.30. Bharata Natyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Every Monday. Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Hosted by Jack Cooper every Monday. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392. A friendly social group offering the chance to “liven up your social life and meet new friends” through a varied events programme including theatre, live music, walks, badminton, table tennis and pub nights. Meeting here every Monday; more info at www.cardiffivc.org.uk. Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. Sessions every Monday for a dance style billed as a combo of salsa, ballroom, hip-hop, tango and jive. Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Every Monday. Children’s Ballroom
Monday; beginners welcome. Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Dancing Classes Memorial Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 1158. From beginners to next 01495 243252. Every Monday. 2048 3344. Every Monday level and for all ages and abiliCommunity Choir Sessions afternoon and Tuesday evening. ties, here every Tuesday. Cornwall Street Church Hall, Email info@learnwelsh.co.uk Jazz Workshops For Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info for more deets. Beginners Atradius Offices 07952 752823. Led by Pauline Write On Writers (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.20Down and taking place most Morganstown Village Hall. 6.30- 8pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. Mondays; ring ahead to check. 8.30pm. Info 07512 235758. Every Tuesday. All instruments Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings An open group of writers who and ages welcome. Road Studios, Pontcanna, Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info encourage others to write and also critique work. Here every Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ first and third Monday of the 029 2022 8883. Learn African hotmail.co.uk. Every Monday month. samba here every Tuesday. and Friday. Yoga With Valerie Price St Law Of Attraction Japanese Taiko Drumming Discussion Group Chapter The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm. Info Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30-9pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 admin@yoga-works.co.uk. £5. Info 07976 478278. New 656757. Every Monday. 4-5pm: 6.30-8pm: intermediate; monthly event where likemindretired people; 5-6: stage 2 for 8.10-9.30pm: beginners. Every ed people meet to practice the 7-14-year-olds; 6-7: stage 1 for Monday. principles of Law of Attraction 7-14-year-olds. Zumba Dance Classes and create the lives we desire. Making Music The Gate, Life Drawing Cardiff. 6-10pm, £7.50Sketching Session £9.50 per session/£4 taster. 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. Info 029 2048 3344. Learn On Tue 4 Nov, Neath 6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 to play improvised rock 2022 8883. Hosted and pop and basic chord Gwyn Hall's Cafe Bar by Cardiff Life Model sequences. Beginners hosts a talk about the every Tuesday. 6-8pm; intermediate 8-10. Lindy Hop Dance Every Monday. Gunpowder Plot. Kit Classes & Social Musical Theatre The Swing Dancing The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15Wright is the man with Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 6-10pm. Info 01792 656757. 7-11 years old: 6.15the inside track. Yes, 475147. Every 7.15pm; 12 and up: 7.15Tuesday. 8.30pm. Every Monday. it's a day early, well Little’ns Music The NoFit State Circus Riverfront, Newport. Classes And Courses spotted you. 9.45-10.30am + Prince Of Wales Building, 1.30-2.15, £3 per John Street, Cardiff. Info session. Info 01633 029 2022 1330 / www. Norwegian Church Arts Centre, 656757. Introduction to rhythm nofitstate.org. Every Monday. Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4. and singing for babies, plus Today features Youth Circus Info 029 2087 7959. Every a chance to practice nursery Ewoks (4-5 + 5.15-6.15pm, Monday. rhymes. Every Tuesday. £6 per session); Youth Circus Meet The Curator: Natural Wookies (4.30-6pm, £7 per Sciences Gallery Talk session); Flying Trapeze TUESDAY 4 National Museum & Gallery, (6-8pm, £12/£10 per session); A Ballroom Dance Memorial Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 Handstands (6.15-8.15pm, Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 2039 7951. £10/£8 per session) and 01495 243252. Every Tuesday. NoFit State Circus Classes Flexibility (7.45-9.15pm, £9/£7 Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr And Courses Prince Of Wales per session). Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Building, John Street, Cardiff. Northern Lingo Bingo Info 07790 167560. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. American Line Dancing The nofitstate.org. Every Tuesday. Info 029 2039 7933. This is a Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, Today: Youth Circus Jedis night which seems to feature £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Every (ground based skills, 4-6pm, people playing bingo and Tuesday. £7 per session); Youth Circus speaking in Yorkshire dialect. Belly Dance Classes Conway Padawans (4.30-6pm, £7 per Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. Road Methodist Church Hall, session); Hula Hoop (6-7pm, 11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50. Cardiff. 6.30-8pm, £6. Info £7); Circus Mish Mash (6-8pm, Info 029 2048 3344. Every 07872 306745. Mixed ability Monday. Beginners for the class with Steph, every Tuesday. £5); Unicycle (6-7pm £5) and Beginners Aerial (8-10pm, first hour, intermediate for the Circus Skills The Riverfront, £11/£9). second. Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per Open Mic Night Porter’s, Pub Quiz The North Star, session. Info 01633 656757. For Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 ages 14 and up. Every Tuesday. porterscardiff.com. Every 4050. Every Monday. Climbing Class For Adults Tuesday. RAD Children’s Ballet Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Pied Piper Music The Gate, The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.30£6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 2048 4880. 2.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 029 2048 3344. Every Monday. Contemporary Dance The (afternoon). Info 029 2048 4-6-year-olds: 4-4.45pm; 6-8 Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.503344. Songs, games and music 4.45-5.45pm; Ballet Grade 1 6-8 £6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 making for toddlers (morning) yrs 5.45-6.45pm; Ballet Grade 2 2048 3344. Every Tuesday. and pre-schoolers aged 3+ 6-8 yrs 6.45-7.45pm. Beginners 6-7pm; intermediate (afternoon) every Tuesday. Salsa Classes Mischiefs, 7-8.30. Pilates And Stretch Conway Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, Explore Books National Road Methodist Church Hall, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Waterfront Museum, Swansea. Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info Every Monday. Beginners for 10.30am, free. Info 01792 07872 306745. With Steph, the first hour, then improvers/ 463980. Come along to discuss every Tuesday. Bring your own intermediate. authors and books old and new. mat please. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Every Tuesday this month. Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Tour: Golden Gower National Extend The Gate, Cardiff. Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50Museum & Gallery, Cardiff 11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 £7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 3344. Exercise to music, aimed Every Tuesday. off if you present this magazine. at over-60s and people with a Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seedisability. Every Tuesday. Partridge Lane, Cardiff. wales.com. Funkypump Fitness 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week St Donats Atlantic Chorale Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + blocks). Info kalavathi@ St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of 6.30pm. Info www. omstudio.co.uk. Every Tuesday. Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Remember Remember Gwyn 799100. Choir rehearsals every Fun Skittles Chepstow Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, free. Info Monday. Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 0300 3656677. Talk in the Cafe Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements inc food. Info 01291 624919. Bar by Kit Wright, about the Qigong Glyndwr Community Every Tuesday. story behind the Gunpowder Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am. Gitananda Yoga St David's Plot. Info 029 2020 6042. New dayUniting Church, Pontypridd. Salsa Classes Bar 44, time class, every Monday. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 Tango Dancing Argentine 408065. Every Tuesday. NUS. Info 07800 565651. Every Barocco, Cardiff. 8-10.45pm, Glam Dram St Donats Arts Tuesday. £3/£1. Info 029 2023 7332. Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Every Monday. 7pm. Info 01446 799100. Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4.50 NUS. Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Amateur theatre company Info 07949 270618. Every Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7-9pm. for adults meets here every Tuesday. 7.15pm beginners; Info 07734 557767. Learn Tuesday. 8.15pm improvers; 9.15pm traditional Korean karate every India Dance Wales Classes
intermediates. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5. Info 029 2087 7959. With Tim Stevens, every Tuesday. Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919. Every Tuesday. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042. New classes every Tuesday. 6.30-7.30: Tai Chi Health Qigong – Ba Duan Jin; 7.45-9: Rattan Bo Tai Chi Qigong (Chi Kung). Talk: Pamela Hansford Johnson Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £1.80-£5. Info 01792 463980. Wendy Pollard talks about her new biography of Johnson, who was Dylan Thomas’ first serious girlfriend. Would personally like to read about the pre-serious ones – girls he held hands with walking home from school aged six, that sort of thing. Talk: Sport And National Identity In Welsh History Cardiff Story, The Hayes, Cardiff. 6pm, £5/£3.50. Info 029 2078 8334. With Dr. Martin Johnes. Tea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995. Also on Tue 18. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. Every Tuesday, with Kalavathi Devi. Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. 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, on every Tuesday. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm. Info 07891 712344. Led by Irene Davies, every Tuesday, as are... Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.
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A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252. Every Wednesday. Badminton: South Wales Top Schools Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-5pm. Info 0300 3003124. Celebrity Poker Tournament Grosvenor Casino, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info info@gthc.org.uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event. Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757. Every Wednesday. Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Every Wednesday. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday to Thursday. *Experimentica Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 6pm, £5 per event/£10 per day/£25 full pass. Info 029 2030 4400. We have a wee bit about this in BUZZ 61
events SOME of the most original and exciting roots music comes from that nebulous category known as ‘fusion’, where different musical styles or genres are brought together to create something that’s greater than the sum of its parts. At least that’s the theory. In practise, the creation of ‘fusion’ is a venture fraught with potential pitfalls as many artists have discovered. The secret of any good fusion is getting a perfect balance between the various elements. Get it wrong and the results can be disastrous. Get it right though, and the resultant music can be spectacular – as bands such as the Afro-Celts and Salsa Celtica have proven, blending Celtic traditions with, respectively, those of West Africa and South America, to extraordinary effect. Since the late 1990s, American trio The Hot Club Of Cowtown (guitarist Whit Smith, double bassist Jake Erwin and fiddler Elana James) have been creating unique music from the subtle but telling combination of the branch of Americana known as western swing and gypsy jazz of the sort made popular by Stephane Grappelli and Django Reinhardt. Described by The Times as a blend of "down-home melodies and exuberant improvisation," the Hot Club Of Cowtown weave together a combination of seemingly disparate styles including country, jazz and blues to create something completely original. With a reputation for jaw-dropping virtuosity and unforgettable live shows, the band’s star is firmly in the ascendant, and their most recent album Rendezvous In Rhythm won them rave reviews for its exuberant collection of Gypsy songs and American Songbook standards such as Crazy Rhythm, The Continental and I'm In The Mood For Love – played acoustically and recorded in the hot jazz style. Currently touring the UK, the Hot Club Of Cowtown roll into Cardiff on Tue 11 Nov, appearing at St. David’s Hall as part of the Roots Unearthed series. November also finds St. David’s Hall playing host to two of the biggest draws on the British folk roots scene. First up, on Thurs 20, multiple award-winning duo Show Of Hands bring their resonating original songs and stunning musicianship to the venue, followed on Wed 26 by the extraordinary and mighty Bellowhead, touring to celebrate their 10th anniversary. Buzz also recommends CALAN. Welsh folk with attitude. Redwick Village Hall, nr Magor, Newport. (Tue 4) 01633 880855 KATRIONA GILMORE & JAMIE ROBERTS. Acclaimed award winning duo. Newport Folk Club, Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone. (Thurs 20) SHOOGLENIFTY PLUS RAG FOUNDATION. Scotland’s finest purveyors of ‘Acid Croft’ plus local folk heroes. The Garage, Uplands, Swansea. (Fri 21) Please send your folk and roots listings to listings@buzzmag.co.uk or phone them in to 029 2022 7677
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Roundup, but here are some hopefully full listings. Today: Matt Hall, Justin Cliffe and Tracey Harris’ Bottled (Media Point, 6pm); Rhodri Davies & Lina Lapelyte (Stiwdio, 7.30pm) and Tim Bromage, The Odyssey (Theatre, 9pm). (Until Sun 9) Freestyle Fitness Yoga Wake Up Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.15-8am, £7£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk. Every Wednesday. La Parfait Cookery School Llanerch Vineyard, Vale Of Glamorgan. 1-4pm, £85. Info 01443 222716. Alexis Gabriel, also known as French Guy Cooking, arrives here as part of a tour which finds him teaching the British public how to heatpreserve food like the French. Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With Mary Passmore, every Wednesday this month. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.156pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. 7-10 years old: 4.15-5pm; 14-18: 5-6pm. Every Wednesday. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Wednesday. Today: Youth Circus Jedis (acrobatics, 4.15-6pm, £7); Acrobatics (6-8pm, £9/£7) and Aerial Yoga (7-8pm, £11/£9). Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Every Wednesday, concentrating on General Fitness. Beginners for the first hour; advanced for the second. Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. With Hayley, every Wednesday. Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Every Wednesday. Scriveners Writers’ Group Royal Exchange, Brynmawr. 8pm. Info 01495 753629. Established group aiming to provide constructive criticism, help, advice and guidance to its members. Also on Wed 19. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Stories By Gaslight: The Untold Tales Of Mauritius Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth. 8pm, £5. Info peterstevensonart@ gmail.com. Monthly storytelling club. Winter Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £9. Info 01633 868239. Floral art display by international flower designer Craig Bullock. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk.. Every Wednesday. Yoga Trwy Gyfrwng Y Gymraeg Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk. Every Wednesday. Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534. Every Wednesday. Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618. Every Wednesday.
THURSDAY 6
Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff.
6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Thursday. Artist In Residence Talk: Ann Jordan YMCA, Swansea. 5.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Ask The Gardener: Pruning And Training Roses National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351. Every Thursday. Basketball Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 11.30am-4.30pm. Info 029 2087 3997. Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Thursday. Biodanza Bishop of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com. “A fusion of music, movement and feeling” taught here (now in a new venue) by Antoinette Lorraine every Thursday. Bluegrass Acoustic Picking Session The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 473276. Informal learning session for all abilities. Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Learn break dancing styles, uprock, freezes and power moves every Thursday. For ages 8-18. Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Every Thursday. Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252. Every Thursday. Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Thursday. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Darts: Pet Wise Masters Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre. 5.30pm, £15-£50. Info 01685 727476. This is a Wales v Rest Of World match and has some big hitters (van Barneveld, Whitlock, van Gerwen) slated to appear. Experimentica Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12pm, £5 per event/£10 per day/£25 full pass. Info 029 2030 4400. Today: Nathan Walker, SCAW (Common Room, 12-8pm); Lucie Akerman & Samuel Playford-Greenwell, Towards A Cavendish Group Sigil (Media Point, 6pm); Cian Donnelly: Bleach Box (Stiwdio, 7pm) and Getinthebackofthevan with Number 1, The Plaza (Theatre, 9pm). (Until Sun 9) First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £2.50. Info 029 2030 4400. New poetry, fiction and memoir sessions with Mir Mahfuz Ali and Jo Mazelis. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Boxing-based highintensity workout with a house soundtrack. First session free. In this gym every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209. Hosted by Laura Bradshaw. Every Thursday. Giving Space And Time To Just Being Mission Gallery, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 652016. A series of live performances throughout the day, by Eeva-Maria Mutka and Stirling Steward. Conceieved by Jessica
Lerner. Golden Years Tea Dance Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1.30pm, £4. Info 01792 475715. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Every Thursday. Today: Youth Circus Jedis (performance, 4.15-6pm, £7); Handstands (6-7.30pm, £10/£8); and Performance (7.30-9.30pm, £10/£8). Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk . Every Thursday. Quiz Night Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £1 entry. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866. Every Thursday. Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Every Thursday. New class, free for a limited time. Also features a Latin disco after the class. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £5/£4.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Every Thursday. 7.15pm beginners; 8.15pm improvers; 9.15pm Rueda. Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. Salsa, bachata, zouk and kizomba, every Thursday. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. Day tours from Cardiff, every Monday, Thursday and Sunday. This one visits the Gower, Swansea Bay, ParcLe-Breos, the Dylan Thomas Centre and more. Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50. Info 029 2064 6900. Rehearsals every Thursday until Dec 4. Open to all. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. With Christie Butterick, every Thursday. 6.30-7.30: The 18 Movements Of Shibashi Tai Chi/Qigong; 7.45-9.15: Tai Chi Short Form. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Daytime class every Thursday. The Alternative Poetry Experience Café Nisse, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 686914. Poetry, spoken word and performance open mic night. This is its debut but it plans to take place every first Thursday of the month. The Shadow Of His Hand Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £1.80-£5. Info 01792 463980. Paul Henry, Samantha Wynne-Rhydderch, Rhian Edwards and Alan Kellermann read their own work, and talk about their favourite Dylan Thomas poems. Tocyn Crowdfunding Surgeries Gartholwg Centre, Rhondda Cynon Taf. 10am-3pm. Info 07530 291907. One of three ‘crowdfunding coffee clinics’ this month which explain in more detail how Tocyn (written about a bit in October’s Buzz) works: In Newport on Thurs 13; Swansea on Thurs 27. Workshop: Pitching A Project To A Publisher Bridgend Rugby Club. 7.15pm. Info fenos51@hotmail.co.uk. Hosted by Bridgend Writers’ Circle. WWE Live Motorpoint Arena,
Cardiff. 7.30pm, £30-£60. Info 029 2022 4488. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Every Thursday. Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919. Every Thursday.
FRIDAY 7
Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. Every Tuesday and Friday. Art Lunchtime Talk: Artes Mundi 6 National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Also on Fri 14 and Fri 21. Art Opinions Service National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Bring in your own picture or art object for opinions/referrals by the Art Department. Baby Mice Song Time National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Babies can learn Welsh nursery rhymes on the museum carpet. Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. Taught by Rubicon every Friday, for ages 6-12. Cardiff Archaeological Society Lecture Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University. 7.15pm. Info www.cardiffarchsoc.btck. co.uk. ‘The History Of Pontypool Japanware’ by Robin Williams. Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk. Every Friday. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Mochyn Du, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www.cardiffivc.org.uk. Meeting here on the first Friday of each month. Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am. Info 01495 243252. Every Friday. Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.4511.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks). Info 01446 401209. Every Friday. Exhibition Launch: Dawn Woolley Ffotogallery, Penarth. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2034 1667. Conversation event between Dawn and Dr Paul Cabuts, looking at themes of her Consumer artwork which is located in Cardiff city centre. Experimentica Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12pm, £5 per event/£10 per day/£25 full pass. Info 029 2030 4400. Today: Mark Leahy, Answering Machine (Cinema 2, 12pm); Cathy Gordon, Hammer The History Of Cathy Gordon’s Anger (Common Room, 2pm); Adrienne Wong & Dustin Harvey With Zuppa Theatre, Landline: Cardiff To Halifax (Cwtch, 3-6.45pm); Phil Hession, A Version Of Barbara Allen (Stiwdio, 6pm) and Haranczak/ Navarre Performance Projects, Control Signal – A Duet By Karen Christopher & Sophie Grodin (Theatre, 9pm). (Until Sun 9) 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. Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 12-10pm. Info 07530 226532. (Until Sun 9) Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info
events 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Get Quizzical The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £2 to enter. Info 01497 821762. Monthly pub quiz. Little Mice Club: Winter Theme National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 01792 463980. Kids aged 5 and under can play, make, sing and meet Morys The Museum Mouse. Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Every Friday. Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685. Every Friday. NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Every Friday. Today: Youth Circus Jedis (aerial, 4.15-6pm, £7); Aerial Conditioning (6-7.30pm, £10/£8); Flying Trapeze Taster class (fortnightly, on Fri 10 and 24 this month, 6-8pm, £15). Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757. Low impact dance and exercise class aimed at the over 50s every Friday. Pork & Cider Night Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 7.30pm, £36. Info 01600 714595. With producers
Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Every weekend until Sun 8 Feb. Booklaunch: Richard James Jones Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 2pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Launching a poetry collection. Little Man. Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959. On tomorrow also. Caerwent Craft Fayre Caerwent Village Hall, Monmouthshire. 2.30-4.30pm. Info cwmbran_crafts@hotmail. co.uk. Every second Saturday of the month. Cardiff Film & Comic Con Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 9am, £14/£8 after 11am. Info 029 2022 4488. See Roundup. On tomorrow also. Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370. Every second and fourth Saturday of the month. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Classic Margam Ghost Walk Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 5.45pm, £10. Info 07538 878609. Two-hour walk for ages 12 and over (under-18s must also be with an adult). Also taking place on Sat 15, Sat 22 and Fri 28. Climbing Class For Adults
No less salubrious a venue than the Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre plays host to a darts showcase on Thurs 6. Calling itself the Pet Wise Masters, it's a Wales v Rest Of The World faceoff, with the cream of arrow-slingers (Michael van Gerwen, Raymond van Barneveld) set to turn out for the away side. Graham Waddington of Native Breeds and James McCrindle of McCrindle’s Cider. Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Every Friday. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Every Tuesday and Friday. This one visits Big Pit Mining Museum of Wales and Brecon Beacons National Park (including BBNP visitors centre). Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.308.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. Every Friday. No experience or partner required. Toddler Days Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. £4.80 for adults. Info 029 2047 5475. Monthly event where pre-school children have their run of the exhibits with activities on a special theme, November’s being Space Adventures. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm. Info 07891 712344. With Irene Davies, every Friday.
SATURDAY 8
Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery,
Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Cwmdu School Open Day Welsh Academy Of Art, Cwmdu School, Crickhowell. 10.30am4.30pm, free. Info 01874 730693. Post-summer renovation of this building, visitors will be able to tour the new building, chat to Lucy, Lee and their students and view current work. Dylan Thomas Walking Tour: Uplands Uplands Tavern, Swansea (starting point). 12.303.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Literary tour led by Peter ThabitJones. Everlasting Poppy Pins National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Make a special poppy brooch for Remembrance Sunday. On tomorrow also. Experimentica Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12pm, £5 per event/£10 per day/£25 full pass. Info 029 2030 4400. Today: Gavin Krastin, Rough Musick (Common Room, 12pm); Karen Mirza & Brad Butler, The Exception And The Rule (Temple Of Peace, Cardiff City Centre, 2pm); Adrienne Wong & Dustin Harvey with Zuppa Theatre, Landline: Cardiff To Halifax (Cwtch, 3-6.45pm); Siân Robinson Davies, Assumptions (Theatre, 5pm); Alberto Ruiz Soler &
Eleanor Sikorski (Theatre, 8pm); Threatmantics, The Ballad Of Shotgun Billy (Stiwdio, 9.30pm) and Iwan Ap Huw Morgan, The Myth Of The Urban Shaman (Chapter, 11pm). (Until Sun 9) Farmers’ Market Twyn Community Centre, Caerphilly. 9.30am, free. Info 01656 658963. Every second Saturday of the month. Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 12-10pm. Info 07530 226532. (Until Sun 9) Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. “Spontaneously erupting flames, money burning and an amazing tornado of fire,” all promised here. (At weekends until Sun 30) Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Great Margam Ghost Hunt Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 8.30pm-3am, £50. Info 07538 878609. Six-hour event, also on Sat 15 and Sat 22. A partnership with South Wales Paranormal Research Group and psychic clairvoyant Sue Trepleton. Iron Age Talk National History Museum, St Fagans. 12-1 + 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Discover the origins of everything from nearby satellites to distant stars, and find out which lights in the sky you can see from your own back garden. (At weekends until Sun 30) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. A walk through woodlands, ruins and graveyards, also on Fri 14, Sat 15, Fri 21, Sat 22 and Sat 29. Meet The Maker National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Lisa Porch talks about her work as a fabric artist. 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. NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. 10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Paul Hollywood St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 2.30 + 8pm, £28.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Baking demos and general handsome older man airs’n’graces. See Roundup for more. Remembrance Service National History Museum, St Fagans. 10.50-11.20pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals – Wales v Australia Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £25-£70. Info 03333 219989. Followed by Wales v Fiji (Sat 15), v New Zealand (Sat 22) and v South Africa (Sat 29). Samba Galêz Introductory Course Willows High School, Cardiff. 10.30-11.30am, £25/£20 unaged. Info join_the_band@ sambagalez.info.
SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036. Willow Decorations Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Melanie Bastier. Wine Tasting Event Venue TBC, Penylan, Cardiff. Info 029 2049 0096. Hosted by local wine importers and distributors, Kilgarriff & Kahan, with the aid of the Bottle Shop. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). Info 01633 656757.
SUNDAY 9
Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Boutique Gift Markets Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-5.30pm. Info 029 2087 7959. 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. Cardiff Film & Comic Con Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 9am, £14/£8 after 11am. Info 029 2022 4488. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Everlasting Poppy Pins National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Experimentica Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12pm, £5 per event/£10 per day/£25 full pass. Info 029 2030 4400. Today: Andre Stitt, Performing Political Acts (Cinema, 12pm); Paul Hurley, I Fall To Pieces (Common Room, 2-6pm); Adrienne Wong & Dustin Harvey with Zuppa Theatre, Landline: Cardiff To Halifax (Cwtch, 3–6.45pm); Off The Page Curated By Samuel Hasler (Media Point, 4pm) and Florence Peake & Jonathan Baldock, Apparition Of The Phantom Limbs with a sound score by Ian Watson (Stiwdio, 7pm). (Finishes today) Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 12-10pm. Info 07530 226532. (Finishes today) Final Destination Tournament Buffalo, Cardiff. 1-8.30pm. Info 029 2031 0312. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Football: Barclays Premier League – Swansea City v Arsenal Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 4pm. Info 0870 400004. Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Also on Wed 12, Sun
16, Thurs 20 and Sat 29. Guided Tour: Dylan’s Swansea Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea (starting point). 10.30am-12.30pm, £10/£8/£4. Info 01792 463980. Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Belfast Giants Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722. Marina Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-3pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Situated on Dylan Thomas Square, outside the museum NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Swansea’s Brush With Brilliance Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. £1.80-£5. Info 01792 463980. Hilly Janes, author of a book called The Three Lives Of Dylan Thomas, delivers a talk on that rough theme.
MONDAY 10
Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Bharata Natyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk. Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com . Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252. Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823. Food Haven The Canteen On Clifton Street, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £25. Info info@realfrankfood. com. Vegan and gluten-free supper club presented by Romy of Real Frank Food. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757. Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054. On the second and fourth Monday of every month.
Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. 7-11 years old: 6.15-7.15pm; 12 and up: 7.158.30pm. Every Monday. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Rhyme And Real Ale Mackintosh Sports Club, Roath, Cardiff. 7.30pm. Info 07512 235758. Monthly open mic poetry night with a little music too. Salsa Classes Mischiefs, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100. Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am. Info 029 2020 6042. Tango Dancing Argentine Barocco, Cardiff. 8-10.45pm, £3/£1. Info 029 2023 7332. Tango Lessons Dempseys, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Tang Soo Do Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 6-7.20pm. Info 07734 557767. Tea Dance Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. With Alan Taylor. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk . Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2087 7959.
TUESDAY 11
A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252. Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 6pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. Annual festival of horror films and related cultural viscera is back once more. Lots of screenings, talks and activities; go to www.abertoir.co.uk for the full lineup. (Until Sat 16) Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. American Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Behind The Scenes: Natural Sciences National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. BUZZ 63
events
BFI SCI-FI SEASON Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, throughout November. Admission: varies. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org This November, Chapter Arts Centre’s two cinemas bring you the greatest and most iconic moments from the sci-fi genre. The season of science fiction is upon us and with such a wide range of sci-fi greats to choose from, heading down won’t be your dilemma; limiting yourself to only one original moment from Sci-Fi cinema may prove quite the challenge. To name a few, you’ll find Neill Blomkamp’s District 9; an independent film production, set in South Africa with stunning special effects and gritty realism, an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions. Comparatively you may opt for Solaris, a cult Russian film from the early 1970s, set mainly aboard a space station orbiting the fictional planet Solaris. When the mission begins to fail, brave Kris Kelvin travels to the Solaris space station to determine the problem...
Black Kettle Collective YMCA, Swansea. 5-7pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Multifarious events for audiences aged 14-24, responding to events at the Glynn Vivian Gallery. Also on Tue 25. Circus Skills The Riverfront, Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.50£6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Extend The Gate, Cardiff. 11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919. Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065. India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.208pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info BUZZ 64
029 2022 8883. Life Drawing Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147. Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Peter Finch Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4.50/£3. Info 01792 863722. Poetry. Pied Piper Music The Gate, Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.302.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 (afternoon). Info 029 2048 3344. Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca,
Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5. Info 029 2087 7959. Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth. 8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm. Info 07891 712344. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.
WEDNESDAY 12
Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth
Arts Centre. 1pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 16) A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252. Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757. Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Wake Up Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.15-8am, £7£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk. Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Music Matters Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 entry. Info 029 2039 7933. Pop quiz, held every month. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. 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, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534. Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.
THURSDAY 13
Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 1pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 16) Ask The Gardener: Pruning And Training Roses National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351. Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Biodanza Bishop of Llandaff High School, Cardiff. 7-9pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@
biodanza4all.com. Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. er’, by Mark Knight. Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252. Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Community Cafe YMCA, Swansea. 5.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Lecturer and artist Tiff Oben presents a series of three talks searching for the Masters, the overlooked makers and objects, and the obscure in a personal response to the Glynn Vivian Collection. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Hand Building & Surface Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209. Mab Jones Ffotogallery, Penarth. 5pm. Info 029 2034 1667. Reading new poems from her Poor Queen book, Buzz writer Mab will also be in Newport on Wed 19. Music Networking Event Dempseys, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2023 9253. Netball: International Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-5pm. Info 029 2063 5676. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866. Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50. Info 029 2064 6900. SWDFAS Lecture: Art And The Napoleonic Wars Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Lecture by Lois Oliver MA. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Tocyn Crowdfunding Surgeries The Project Space, Newport. 10am-3pm. Info 07530 291907. Winter Wonderland Civic Centre, Cardiff. 2.45-10pm, £6-£9. Info 029 2023 0130. Multiple-times-per-day ice skating sessions, running until Mon 5 Jan this year. Sessions are every Monday to Friday this month at 2.45, 4, 5.15, 6.30, 7.45 and 9pm; Saturdays
and Sundays at 9.45am, 11am, 12.15pm, 1.30, 2.45, 4, 5.15, 6.30, 7.45 and 9pm (9pm on Saturdays only). Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.
FRIDAY 14
Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 12.30pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 16) Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. Art Lunchtime Talk: Artes Mundi 6 National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk. Cardiff Brain Game 2014 Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. Info 029 2042 6068. Presented by the Cardiff & Vale Hospice Development Board and in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. 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. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685. NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757. Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sessions The Riverfront, Newport. 5-11pm, £1. Info 01633 656757. Boutique market and open mic night. Tonight is a Comedy Port takeover. SkyHawk The Gate, Cardiff. 10am, £9/£7. Info 029 2048 3344. Swansea Christmas Waterfront Winterland, Swansea. 2.45-10pm, £5.50-£8. Info 01792 637300. Multipletimes-per-day ice skating sessions, running until Sun 4 Jan this year. Sessions run today on the hour from 5-10pm, then every Saturday and Sunday this month on the hour from 10am-10pm. Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. Tea Dance St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 2-4pm, £5. Info 01446 779100.
events With Alan Taylor. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.
SATURDAY 15
Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 12pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. (Until Sat 16) A Feast Of Indian Film And Food Pontardawe Arts Centre. 1pm, £15/£12. Info 01792 863722. Aluminium Jewellery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Mandy Nash. Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Arts & Craft Fair Gwaelody-Garth Village Hall. 10.30am5pm, free. Info christine. myant@gmail.com. An opportunity to buy a unique present Crafts include textiles, paintings, woodcraft, glasswork, jewellery, home produce, ceramics and Gwaelod honey. On tomorrow also. Battle Time 5 The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £4. Info 01633 656757. Breakdance content, the winner of which will go on to compete in the Funky Fresh competition in Italy. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Classic Margam Ghost Walk Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 5.45pm, £10. Info 07538 878609. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Conference: Archaeopasts 2014 National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10.30am4.30pm, £7-£10/under-18s free. Info 029 2039 7951. Annual public conference revealing the results of recent archaeological research and hidden histories within archaeological collections. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Great Margam Ghost Hunt Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 8.30pm-3am, £50. Info 07538 878609. Guided Hike To WWII Aircraft Crash Site Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £55. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Gymnastics: Welsh Rhythmic Group Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 0300 3003127. On tomorrow also. Introduction To Canine Scent Work Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £35. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 12-5pm, £2/under-12s free. Info www.thevintagefair.com. Vintage fashion, homeware and beauty emporium returns. In Cardiff tomorrow. Make A Movember Moustache! National
Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. On tomorrow also. Making A Warp And Threading Up Your Handloom Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £110 (two days). Info 029 2048 4611. With Laura Thomas. On tomorrow also. NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. 10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am4pm, free. Info enquiries@ pigstreetcrafts.co.uk. Selling original arts and crafts until the end of the year. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals – Wales v Fiji Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £20/£10. Info 03333 219989. Saturday Family Workshops YMCA, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With artist Dan McCabe. Also on Sat 29. Science Of Me Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. Find out more about the human body and how to keep it healthy at this special weekend of activities. On tomorrow also. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. SideShow Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Street Science: Can A Sneeze Freeze? National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 1 + 3pm, free. Info 01792 463980. For ages 7-12. Taking Over Museum Day National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 10am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3550. Schoolchildren reinterpret the exhibits in the museum. On tomorrow also. Warfare In The Age of The Crusades: A Clash of Contrasts National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 01792 463980. Talk by Professor John France. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). Info 01633 656757.
SUNDAY 16
Abertoir 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 12pm, £58 (full pass). Info 01970 623232. (Finishes today) Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Arts & Craft Fair Gwaelody-Garth Village Hall. 10.30am5pm, free. Info christine. myant@gmail.com. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. 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. Children’s Climbing Classes
Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am5pm. Info 07530 226532. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) FLEat Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 11am-3pm. Info 01239 615952. A flea market which also has nice things to eat. Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Gymnastics: Welsh Rhythmic Group Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 0300 3003127. Hockey: Semi Final Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 12-4pm. Info 0300 3003126. Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Dundee Stars Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £6-£15. Info 029 2038 2001. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722. Lou Lou’s Vintage Fair City Hall, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, £2/ under-12s free. Info www.thevintagefair.com. Make A Movember Moustache! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Making A Warp And Threading Up Your Handloom Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £110 (two days). Info 029 2048 4611. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Revolution Runs: Burn Obstacle Run Penllyn Farm Estate, Llwynhelig, Vale Of Glamorgan. 8am-5pm, £35 to enter/£15 for ages 12-15. Info office@revolutionruns.co.uk. Gruelling obstacle race with swamp pits and water slides. Sounds pretty FRIVOLOUS to me. Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Science Of Me Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Table Tennis: Dragon Event Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-3pm. Info 07754 525754. Taking Over Museum Day National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon. 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3550.
MONDAY 17
Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Bharata Natyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm.
Info info@porterscardiff.com. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk. Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com . Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252. Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Gwd Mondays Quiz Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Every third Monday of the month. Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757. Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. *Noys R Us Presents Hated The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Chapter-affiliated monthly nights of rock movies present a film about GG Allin, the naughtiest boy in rock’n’roll. At least until 1993, when he died. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Salsa Classes Mischiefs, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, £4.50. Info 07800 565651. Science Cafe: David Wilcockson Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, free. Info 01970 623232. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100. Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am. Info 029 2020 6042. 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. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Write On Writers Morganstown Village Hall. 6.308.30pm. Info 07512 235758. Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton,
Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk . Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2087 7959.
TUESDAY 18
A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252. Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. American Line Dancing The Gate, Cardiff. 2.45-4.45pm, £3. Info 029 2048 3344. Behind The Scenes: Art National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Circus Skills The Riverfront, Newport. 7-8.30pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Contemporary Dance The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, £4.50£6.50/£2.50 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Extend The Gate, Cardiff. 11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919. Gitananda Yoga St David's Uniting Church, Pontypridd. 7-8.30pm, free. Info 01443 408065.
And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pied Piper Music The Gate, Cardiff. 10.15-10.45am + 1.302.15pm, £4.50 (morning)/£5 (afternoon). Info 029 2048 3344. Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pilates: Beginners The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-7.30pm, £5.50£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Spice Preview Night Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. Info 07429 598414. A chance for you to go along and see what you might get out of this adventure, activity, sports and social group. Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5. Info 029 2087 7959. Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Tea Dance Grand Pavilion,
The Penllyn Farm Estate in Llwynhelig, Vale Of Glamorgan, is the setting for another chestbeating, raw egg-drinking obstacle course for supermen. This one's called the Burn Obstacle Run, is organised by Revolution Runs and includes swamp pits and water slides, but is probably less theme parklike than that sounds. Glam Dram St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7pm. Info 01446 799100. India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.208pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Life Drawing Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147. Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes
Porthcawl. 2-4pm, £4. Info 01656 815995. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth. 8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm. Info 07891 712344. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.
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events WEDNESDAY 19
A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252. Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757. Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Wake Up Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.15-8am, £7£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk. Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Nicholas Crane Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £8.50-£10.50. Info 01874 611622. Writer and broadcaster Crane explores the way maps open the door to geographical enlightenment. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. Open Mic Spoken Word Extravaganza 12 Ye Olde Murenger, Newport. 7.30pm, £5/£3. Info 01633 263977. Featuring Mab Jones, Tom Phillips, Bernard Pearson and Alan Roderick. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. Scriveners Writers’ Group Royal Exchange, Brynmawr. 8pm. Info 01495 753629. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. 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, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. You Are Here Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 4pm, free. Info 01970 623232. Site-specific performances, installations, film screenings, exhibitions, talks, readings, presentations and discussions of work by staff and postgrad students in the Institute of Literature, Languages and Creative Arts at Aberystwyth University. Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534. Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.
THURSDAY 20
Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Ask The Gardener: Seasonal Care Of The Herbaceous Border National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351. Bingo Market Street Club, BUZZ 66
Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Biodanza Cathays Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com. Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Cardiff Archaeological Society Lecture Chemistry Lecture Theatre, Main Building, Cardiff University. 7.15pm. Info www.cardiffarchsoc.btck.co.uk. ‘The Foreshore Archaeology Of Cardiff Bay’ by Andy Sherman. Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252. Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Design Stuff Cardiff Undertone, Cardiff. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 8883. Various talks about design. Book in advance please. Festive Gardener’s Questions Time Ty George Thomas, Cardiff. 6pm, £5 adv. Info info@gthc.org.uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event. Freedom Fashion Show: The Glass Slipper The Gate, Cardiff. 6.45pm, £15. Info 029 2048 3344. Raising money for a local organisation, Safe From Slavery. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209. JM Staniforth – Cartoonist Of The Great War Cardiff Castle. 6pm, £7.50. Info 029 2087 8100. Talk by Dr Rhianydd Bierbrach. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail. co.uk. Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866. Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50. Info 029 2064 6900. Singapura Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 7.30pm, £32.50. Info 01600 714595. Join Maureen Suan-Neo for this celebration of Singapore and Malay cooking. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm.
Info 029 2020 6042. Talk: Rob Evans Cardiff University Law Building. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2047 2266. Journalist talks about his book Undercover: The True Story Of Britain’s Secret Police, and is the subject of our Profile page this month Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.
FRIDAY 21
Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. Art Lunchtime Talk: Artes Mundi 6 National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Blues, Booze & BBQs The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. With a guest showing from the Hangfire Smokehouse. The JB Conspiracy are the live band. Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk. 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. Football: Sky Bet Championship – Cardiff City v Reading Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info 0845 3451400. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. Memo Quiz Night Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Every third Friday of the month. Midnight Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 10.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Also from Thurs 23-Sat 25. Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685. NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757. Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. So You Think You’re Smart? Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. Quiz night, every third Friday of the month. Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff.
1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.
SATURDAY 22
3D Advent Calendar National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am, 1pm + 2.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Craft workshop for ages 6 and over. On tomorrow also. Adult Class: Traditional Craft Drop In YMCA, Swansea. 11am-4pm, free. Info 01792 516900. With artist Arwen Roberts. Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Ask The Gardener: Beginner’s Guide To Apple Pruning National History Museum, St Fagans. 2-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Autumn Lecture Series Big Pit National Coal Museum, Blaenafon. 1.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3650. Peter Walker, Big Pit Keeper, talks about tunnellers and their role in the First World War. Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Christmas Show Mission Gallery, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 652016. Mulled wine and mince pies, festive activities and more plus a chance to browse through Mission’s Christmas craft display. Classic Margam Ghost Walk Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 5.45pm, £10. Info 07538 878609. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Dark Skies Evening With An Astronomer Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons National Park. £55. Info 01874 749092. A Good Day Out event. Dylan Thomas In Portrait National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Hilly Janes is in conversation with Ceri Thomas. Feltmaking: Bags Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Claire Cawte. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Great Margam Ghost Hunt Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 8.30pm-3am, £50. Info 07538 878609. Kidsmarkets Christmas Mega Market Sport Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 11am12.30pm, £1. Info 07760 802088. Featuring up to 55 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. 10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Placing Dylan National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 01792 463980. Ceri Thomas talks about the
exhibition currently showing here, which you can read more about in Art. Pottery Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4.30pm, £55. Info 029 2048 4611. With Jan Beeny. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals – Wales v New Zealand Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £30£80. Info 03333 219989. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). Info 01633 656757.
SUNDAY 23
3D Advent Calendar National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11.30am, 1pm + 2.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk.
Info 029 2038 2001. Judo: British Disability Championships Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am6pm. Info 029 2033 4945. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. Stir Up Sunday National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm + 2-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. The stirring of the Christmas pudding, no less. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400.
MONDAY 24
Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Bharata Natyam Dance Classes For Adult Beginners Bayview House, Cardiff Bay. 8.15-9.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Bingo Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Churchill’s Hotel Bar, Llandaff, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (three-month trial member-
Nicholas Crane is a respected broadcaster and writer on cartography, geography and landscape, both British and further afield, although not respected enough to prevent his Wikipedia page from being vandalised. On Wed 19, he visits Theatr Brychieniog in Brecon and talks about maps' role in "geographical enlightenment". 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. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Heartspoken: Poetry, Prose & Erotica Kuku Club, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2011 1177. Buzz’s ‘own’ Mab Jones hosts a new night of live literature and spoken entertainment which takes love in all its forms as its inspiration. Ice Hockey: Cardiff Devils v Edinburgh Capitals Ice Arena, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £6-£15.
ship). Info 07526 141392 / www. cardiffivc.org.uk. Ceroc The Gate, Cardiff. 7.4510.45pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info 029 2048 3344. Ceroc Dance Class Odyssey Nightclub, Swansea. 7.4510.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Children’s Ballroom Dancing Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-9pm. Info 01495 243252. Community Choir Sessions Cornwall Street Church Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07952 752823. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-8.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Japanese Taiko Drumming The Riverfront, Newport. 4-7pm, £20 (four weeks). Info 01633 656757. Joy Of Living Mindfulness Group Meeting Gaia Yoga
events Studio, Roath, Cardiff. 7.309pm, free (donations welcome). Info 07412 346054. Making Music The Gate, Cardiff. 6-810pm, £7.50-£9.50 per session/£4 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Musical Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 6.158.30pm, £6/£5. Info 01633 656757. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 11.30am-1.30pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. RAD Children’s Ballet The Gate, Cardiff. 4-7.45pm, £6.50/£5.50/£3 taster. Info 029 2048 3344. Salsa Classes Mischiefs, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-9.30pm, £4.50. Info 07800 565651. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www. seewales.com. St Donats Atlantic Chorale St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm. Info 01446 799100. Tai Chi: Moving 5 Elements Qigong Glyndwr Community Hall, Penarth. 10.30-11.30am. Info 029 2020 6042. 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. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 10am-12pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga With Valerie Price St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9.30pm. Info admin@yoga-works.co.uk. Zumba Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5/£4. Info 029 2087 7959.
TUESDAY 25
A Ballroom Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7-11pm. Info 01495 243252. Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. Behind The Scenes: Archaeology National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951 Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.50-8.10pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Black Kettle Collective YMCA, Swansea. 5-7pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Explore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30am, free. Info 01792 463980. Extend The Gate, Cardiff. 11am, £2.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30 + 6.30pm. Info www. funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Fun Skittles Chepstow Conservative Club. 7.30pm, £2 inc food. Info 01291 624919. 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. Improvers Belly Dance Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.50-8pm, £6/£30 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. India Dance Wales Classes Rubicon Dance, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 6.15pm. Info 029 2075 1158. Jazz Workshops For Beginners Atradius Offices (4th floor), Cardiff Bay. 6.208pm, £10. Info 07806 625717. Kizomba Tango Classes 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Life Drawing & Sketching Session 10 Feet Tall, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing The Garage, Swansea. 6-10pm. Info 01792 475147. Little’ns Music The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.30am + 1.30-2.15, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pilates And Stretch Conway Road Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8.15-9.15pm, £6. Info 07872 306745. Pregnancy Yoga Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 6-7.15pm, £35/£30 (five-week blocks). Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Salsa Classes Bar 44, Cowbridge. 7.30-9.30pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Script Slam Pontardawe Arts Centre. Info 01792 863722. Last of three heats in which four new writers from the local area will have their plays performed in front of judges. The winner will go through to a final, to be held in January. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Street Dance Classes Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 5.30-6.30pm, £5. Info 029 2087 7959. Tai Chi Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm, £6. Info 01291 624919. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Mary’s Church Hall, Canton, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Welsh Lessons The Gate, Cardiff. 7-9pm. Info 029 2048 3344. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7.309pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Yoga With Tori Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-7pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yoga With Valerie Price Llandough Institute, Penarth. 8.30-9.30pm. Info admin@ yoga-works.co.uk. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Fairwater Social & Athletic Club, Cardiff. 6-7pm. Info 07891 712344. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes St Faith Church Hall, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8-9pm. Info 07891 712344.
WEDNESDAY 26
A Tea Dance Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 2-4pm. Info 01495 243252. Badminton: Welsh International Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-10.30pm. Info 0300 3003124. (Until Sat 29) Beginner And Advanced Cabaret Classes Methodist Church Hall, Conway Road, Cardiff. 6.15-9pm, £35 for six weeks. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. Ceramics For Adults The Riverfront, Newport. 6-8pm, £30 (five weeks). Info 01633 656757. Ceroc Dance Class Dinas Powys Parish Hall, Cardiff. 7.3010.45pm, £5. Info cerocsouthwales@gmail.com. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Freestyle Fitness Yoga Wake Up Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.15-8am, £7£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk. Life Drawing YMCA, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Natural Sciences Lunchtime Talk National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Newport Youth Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.15-6pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. 7-10 years old: 4.155pm; 14-18: 5-6pm. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates The Gate, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £5.50-£7.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Pub Quiz The Pilot, Penarth. 8pm. Info 029 2071 0615. Reading Between The Wines The White Hart, Llangybi, nr Caerleon. 7pm. Info lucyrewilliams@gmail.com. Monthly book club. This month’s book is I Am Pilgrim by Terry Hayes. Salsa Classes Rhiwbina Recreational Club, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £5/£4 NUS. Info 07800 565651. Science Cafe Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 463980. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 9.3011am + 7-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio. co.uk. 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, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Yu-Gi-Oh Tournaments The Freaks Geeks and Autographs Store, Swansea. 5.30pm, £3.50. Info 07914 683534. Zumba Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 6pm, £4. Info 07949 270618.
THURSDAY 27
Ab Attack Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6-6.30pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. An Evening With Monty Don Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £17/£16. Info 01656 815995. Badminton: Welsh International Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-10.30pm. Info 0300 3003124. (Until
AN AUDIENCE WITH STEVEN BERKOFF St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Tue 2 Dec. Tickets: £18. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk Born Leslie Steven Berk, Steven Berkoff has had quite the success as an actor, author, playwright and theatre director. Highlights of his astonishing career include A Clockwork Orange, Octopussy, Beverley Hills Cop and Rambo, to name only a few. He is due to grace Cardiff with his presence in early December, taking to the stage at St David’s Hall to provide us with an insight into his career arc to date. This talk about his work in stage, film and TV is a snip at £18; you won’t want to miss the chance to learn more about what makes some of Hollywood’s favourite baddies tick.
Sat 29) Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Children 6-11 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4-5pm, £4.95. Info 07837 937351. Bingo Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Biodanza Cathays Methodist Church Hall, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5. Info antoinette@ biodanza4all.com. Breakdance The Riverfront, Newport. 6.15-7pm, £3.50 per session. Info 01633 656757. Children’s Latin/Ballroom Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 4.30-8pm. Info 01495 243252. Circuits Class Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 6.457.45pm, £8.50/£8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 7-8.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 5.30pm. Info www.funkypumpfitness. co.uk. Hand Drumming Group Canton Uniting Church, Cardiff. 6-6.50pm, £15 (five weeks). Info 01446 401209. Lecture: Waldo Williams Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £5. Info 01239 841387. Presented by Dr Diarmuid Johnson, this lecture will be presented in Welsh and is part of Rhos Y Gilwen’s bardic series ‘Cyfres Y Beirdd’. Make A Christmas Door Wreath Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 7.309.30pm, £35. Info 01600 714595. Music Geek Monthly Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, free.
Info 029 2030 4400. On the last Thursday of each month. NoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Pilates Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 6.157.15pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@ hotmail.co.uk. Poets At The DTC: Katherine Stansfield Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £1.60-£4. Info 01792 463980. Quiz Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info 029 2037 8866. Salsa Buena Class Eclipse, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, free. Info 07800 565651. Salsa Classes La Tasca, Cardiff. 7-11pm, £4.50/£3.50 NUS. Info 07949 270618. Salsa Dancing Classes Revolucion De Cuba, Cardiff. 8-10pm, £6/£5 NUS. Info 029 2023 6689. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sherman Choir Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 6-8pm, £1.50. Info 029 2064 6900. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi Albert Road Church & Community Centre, Penarth. 6.30-9.15pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Tai Chi / Qigong Shibashi St Fagans Village Hall. 12-1pm. Info 029 2020 6042. Taith Iaith National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1.05pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Monthly session for Welsh learners.
Tocyn Crowdfunding Surgeries Mission Gallery, Swansea. 10am-3pm. Info 07530 291907. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 7-8am + 1-2.30, 6-7.15 + 7.30-9pm, £8/£6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Zumba Chepstow Conservative Club. 6-7pm. Info 01291 624919.
FRIDAY 28
Aikido Village Hall, Heol Syr Lewis, Morganstown. 8-10pm. Info 07790 167560. An Evening With Monty Don Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01600 719401. Gardening bloke talks about gardening. Badminton: Welsh International Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-10.30pm. Info 0300 3003124. (Until Sat 29) Boys’ Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 4.45-5.30pm, £2.75 per session. Info 01633 656757. Cardiff Aikikai The Dojo, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30-10pm. Info mcaluan@cardiffaikikai.co.uk. Children’s Tap/Ballet Classes Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 10.30-11.30am. Info 01495 243252. Classic Margam Ghost Walk Margam Country Park & Castle, nr Port Talbot (meeting point). 6.30 + 8.45pm, £10. Info 07538 878609. Community Choir Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9.4511.45am, £72/£48 (12 weeks). Info 01446 401209. Four Bars Swing Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2023 9253. Featuring a lindy hop class for beginners, followed by dancing to classic swing tracks.
BUZZ 67
events Freestyle Fitness Yoga Kings Road Studios, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.308.30pm, £7/£6. Info 07774 601544 / serenhealth@hotmail.co.uk. Little’ns Dance The Riverfront, Newport. 9.4510.25am + 10.30-11.15am, £3 per session. Info 01633 656757. Newport Photographic Club Skip Jennings Hall, Maindee, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 400685. NoFit State Circus: Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Nus Nus Winter Fayre M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. Info 029 2047 3373. Showcase of hand-crafted goods. Older Adult Dance/Exercise The Riverfront, Newport. 11.15am-12.15pm, £2.80. Info 01633 656757. Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Mines & Mountains National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Tango Argentine Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff. 7.30-8.45pm, £7/£4. Info 029 2023 7332. Wines For Christmas National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7pm, £15/£12.50. Info 01792 463980. A special selection of wines to accompany the holiday season, featuring regional music and location maps. Zumba: Dance Exercise Classes Sbectrwm Community Centre, Fairwater, Cardiff. 1-2pm. Info 07891 712344.
SATURDAY 29
Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Badminton: Welsh International Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am10.30pm. Info 0300 3003124. (Finishes today) Cardiff Christmas Bazaar The Abacus, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 07934 011061. Featuring various Christmas market stalls including gifts and cards, art, face painting and nail art and creative workshops and performances. Chepstow Farmers’ Market Cormeilles Square, Chepstow. 8.30am-1pm, free. Info 01291 626370. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Christmas Fair Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 11am3pm, free. Info 01600 719401. Presented by Friends Of Monmouth School. Christmas Fayre Ararat Baptist Church, Whitchurch, Cardiff. 11am-2pm, 20p. Info info@gthc.org.uk. A George Thomas Hospice Care fundraising event. Christmas Festival & Market Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 11am-5pm, free (£6 for Santa’s Grotto). Info 01446 738622. On tomorrow also. Christmas Food Fair Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Info 01970 623232. Promising to sell the very best of Welsh produce. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info BUZZ 68
029 2048 4880. Crochet Club National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Curing For Christmas: Ham & Bacon Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 9am-1pm, £75. Info 01600 714595. I’m guessing the ham is included in that price. Drop-In Family Art Session: Snow Flobes Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Create snow globes with the theme of A Child’s Christmas In Wales. Prefer to make one based on another author’s book? No problem, just pop along to the museum dedicated to him or her. I’m sure they’ll be happy to help. Festive Print Making Humble By Nature, Penalt, nr Monmouth. 10am-4pm, £65. Info 01600 714595. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Football: Barclays Premier League – Swansea City v Crystal Palace Liberty Stadium, Swansea. 3pm. Info 0870 400004. Funkypump Fitness Universal Gym, Cardiff. 9.30am. Info www.funkypumpfitness.co.uk. Ghost Tour Cardiff Castle. 7.15pm, £14. Info 07538 878609. Green Fayre National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Featuring environmentally friendly, organic, fair trade, recycled and locally produced goodies. On tomorrow also. Jolly Totz Pontardawe Arts Centre. 10.30am, £5/£3. Info 01792 863722. Children’s arts, crafts, music and storytelling Kidsmarkets Family Sale Cowbridge Leisure Centre. 2-3.30pm, £1/£15 to set up a stall. Info 07760 802088. Featuring 35 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and children’s items. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (At weekends until Sun 30) Llandaff Ghost Walk City Cross, Cathedral Green, Llandaff (meeting point). 7.45pm, £8.50. Info 07538 878609. Llangennith Produce & Craft Market Llangennith Hall, Gower, Swansea. Info catherineevans1970@ btinternet.com. On the last Saturday of every month. Made It Market St David’s Church, Neath. 10am-3pm, from £15 to set up a stall. Info 07971242730. Quarterly craft and produce fair. Meet Father Christmas & Friends National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, £12 per child. Info 029 2057 3500. On every Saturday and Sunday until Christmas, plus Mon 22 Dec. NoFit State Circus: Youth Circus Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. 10.30am-12pm, £7/£6 per session. Info 029 2022 1330 / www.nofitstate.org. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Rugby Union: Autumn Internationals – Wales v South Africa Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £25£70. Info 03333 219989. Saturday Family Workshops YMCA, Swansea. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01792
516900. SeeWales Sightseeing Tour: Romans And Ruins National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am-5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. St Mary Street Cardiff Market St Mary Street, Cardiff. 11am-5pm, free. Info 029 2019 0036. Student Competition Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £8 NUS. Info 029 2048 4880. Featuring both elite and beginner categories. Table Tennis: Ping Pong Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 10am-5pm. Info 07754 525754. Upcycled Decorations / Upcycled Christmas Gifts Bute Park Education Centre, Cardiff. £30. Info hello@ greencityevents.co.uk. Double bill of eco-conscious festival suggestions/guides, presented by Green City Events. Yoga Classes Om Studio, Partridge Lane, Cardiff. 8-9.30am, £6.50. Info 07727 139379 / www.omstudio.co.uk. Youth Theatre The Riverfront, Newport. 12.45-3.15pm, £28 (seven weeks)/£25 (six weeks). Info 01633 656757.
SUNDAY 30
Artes Mundi Art Cart National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Ballet Academy Wales Classes – Adults Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £6.50. Info 07837 937351. Ballet For Beginners Dance Studio, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-3.30pm, £6/£15 for three classes. Info info@ burlesquecardiff.co.uk. 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. Cardiff Geek Party Gwdihw, Cardiff. 5pm, £1. Info 029 2039 7933. Retro console evening. Children’s Climbing Classes Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 10-11.30am, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Christmas Festival & Market Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 11am-5pm, free (£6 for Santa’s Grotto). Info 01446 738622. Climbing Class For Adults Boulders, St Catherine's Park, Cardiff. 12, 2 + 4pm, £12. Info 029 2048 4880. Crafts For Christmas St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 11am, £2/£6 per car. Info 01446 779100. Craft items and food for sale, live entertainment, Santa etc etc. Fencing: Tournament Welsh Institute Of Sport, Cardiff. 9am-5pm. Info 07530 226532. Fire & Light Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Finishes today) Green Fayre National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Lights In The Sky Techniquest, Cardiff Bay. Info 029 2047 5475. (Finishes today) Lindy Hop Dance Classes & Social Swing Dancing Pontardawe Arts Centre. 6-10pm. Info 01792 863722. Meet Father Christmas & Friends National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am, 1pm + 3pm, £12 per child. Info 029 2057 3500. NoFit State Circus Classes
Many will argue that wine is for life, not just for Christmas, but that shouldn't stop you giving consideration to a tasting night called Wines For Christmas at Swansea's National Waterfront Museum on Fri 28. It's hosted by Steph Mastoris and Prof John Cope, and the featured wine regions are complemented by music from said regions. And Courses Prince Of Wales Building, John Street, Cardiff. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am-2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. SeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour: Golden Gower National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales.com. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Talk: The Journey To Afghanistan And Back Penarth Pier Pavilion. 11am1pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2071 2100. Dr Neil J. Kitchiner presents a personal perspective of his deployment to Afghanistan in Oct 2013 as an Army Reservist from 203 Welsh Field Hospital based in Cardiff.
live music SATURDAY 1
Abi & The Bomb + Georgia Paterson The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. A Night Of ELO Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01874 611622. A Night With The Stars Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £16£20. Info 0845 2263510. Hosted by Connie Fisher and featuring some choirs and that. Big Country The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Built For Comfort New Panteg Rugby Club, New Inn, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £7/£5 members. Info 01633 483238. A Borough Blues Club gig. Celtic Guitar Journeys Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £10/£9. Info 01686 614555. Featuring Soig Sibéril from Brittany, Ian Melrose from Scotland and Dylan Fowler from Wales. In Cardiff on Mon 3; Llanelli on Thurs 6; Blackwood on Sat 8; Abergavenny on Sun 9; Builth Wells on Wed 12; Ystradgynlais on Fri 14. Create To Inspire + Falling With Style + I Cried Wolf + From Her Eyes + Constrictor Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info mail@ givemefuel.co.uk. Delta Sleep + Axes Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199.
Dire Streets Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 01495 227206. Dire Straits tribute. Dizraeli & The Small Gods + Three Kings High The Garage, Swansea. 10pm, £10. Info 01792 475147. Electric Swing Circus The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01497 821762. Electroswing stuff. Fireworks Concert: Sparkling Brass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Wth the Royal Welsh College Symphonic Brass & Percussion. Goldbringer The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Humble Opinion + Chris Kelly The Meating Place, Cardiff. 10pm-2am, free. Info 029 2022 4757. Chris Kelly: 10pm-12am; Humble Opinion: 12-2am. I Am Hope + Blue Collar Decade + Manhattan Coast + Masts Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Luna Rossa The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, £10-£16. Info 029 2048 3344. New acoustic project from Anne-Marie Helder and Jonathan Edwards. Madcaff Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 4pm, free. Info 01239 615952. Showcase for local musicians and dancers who are, or have been affected by mental illness. Messiah Dub Club The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Paradise 9 + The Spookers Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07818 056599. The Special Brew Sham 69 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8-11pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. There was one of those embarrassing sitches a while back where two Sham 69s were doing the rounds. Pretty sure this is the one with Jimmy Pursey singing. Teenage Kicks Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7pm. Info 07512 237983. Band night aimed at young people. The Bella Collins & Gareth Evans Duo Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. The Crickettes Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.45pm, £15. Info 01656 815995. Instrumental band in the vein of The Shadows etc. Described here as “Europe’s number one all-girl guitar band”, they feature Zoe McCulloch, teenage guitar prodigy (she’s now in her late 20s but you never shed the tag). The Fresh Dixie Project Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. British band who play something with the terrifying
name of indie-swing. The Jack Ellis Band + Geraint Rhys And The Lost Generation + Quincy And Them Dead Beats + Kymo + Nick Griffiths Rhoose Social Club, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7pm, £4.50 adv. Info 01446 710260. The Reasoning + Hekz CF10, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. The Sensational Francis Dunnery Band The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01443 687080. The Trio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff. com. Also on Sat 15. Thousand Fingers + The Effect + Hark! A Shark! Le Pub, Newport. 7pm, free. Info 01633 221477. Wales Festival Of Remembrance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £10-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Alwyn Humphreys conducts a series of choirs plus guest star Katherine Jenkins. Wonk Unit + Not Since The Accident + Quisling Killers + Beautiful Strangers + Dirty Bob + Trunk Shot The Dolls House, Abertillery. 6pm-12am, free. Info 01495 213300. Punk bands.
SUNDAY 2
Asking Alexandria + The Ghost Inside + Crown The Empire + Secrets Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £16.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Cowbridge-based singer performs here every Sunday (apart from Sun 30 this month, because he’ll be living every musician’s dream and performing live at the Cowbridge Reindeer Parade). Baka Beyond Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622. World music faves. Bella Collins & Gareth Evans Duo The Yard, Cardiff. 1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Bloodshot Dawn + Seprevation + Wretched Soul + The Dweller + Black Skies Burn + Sodomized Cadaver + Reign Of Perdition The Moon Club, Cardiff. 3pm, £8 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Cadence Metal Carnival present lots of death metal bands. Dan James The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Lee Mead Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £12.50-£25. Info 01970 623232. Ozric Tentacles + Mantismash The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 475147. Sunset Sons Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 468892. “British– Australian quartet ... Europe’s surfing community ... their iconic red transit van ... praise from Zane Lowe ... Starting life as a covers band ... encourage crowd-surfing on actual surfboards.” Some edited highlights from this band’s biog for you there. Twin Atlantic Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
MONDAY 3
Area 11 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £11. Info 029 2023 2199.
live music Celtic Guitar Journeys St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £14/£13 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. Donnie Joe’s American Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026. Framing Hanley + Hours + Reaper In Sicily Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Grown Up Music The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Jam session presented by Pi & Hash. Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913. Every Monday, promoted by Big Scott and broadcast live online simultaneously. This week’s edition has a guest set from Grace Hartrey. Nic Bilham & Elizabeth Williams The Sanctuary, University Hospital Of Wales, Heath Park, Cardiff. 1.10-1.55pm, free. Info david.c.orton@gmail.com. Cellist and pianist performing music by Mozart, Beethoven, Fauré and Debussy. Sodomized Cadaver + Extinction + Fall Of Cronus + Inferno Ortum + Etherian Static Bar, Swansea. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 467998. The Delines The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 473276. Tommy Harris Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Every Monday.
TUESDAY 4
Acoustic Tuesday South Riverside Community Development Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. Calan Redwick Village Hall, nr Magor, Newport. Info 01633 880855. Folk group, playing Pontyclun, Llandeilo and Swansea tomorrow, Thurs 6 and Fri 7 respectively. Capital City Jazz Orchestra Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Cherry Suede Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2039 7933. Canadian rock band who play not only their own music, but also some classic covers. Is this some celebrity’s band? If not, why is this £15? I’m gonna get to the bottom of this band’s deal. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. Every Tuesday. Django Dragons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Roger McGuinn Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £28.50. Info 0871 4720400. Founder member of The Byrds will jangle away your aches and pains. Wasters + Rough Music + Brothers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. Also featuring Grl Tlk DJs.
WEDNESDAY 5
Altered Sky + Leopards + My Favourite Runner-Up + Cavaliers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 6.30-10.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2023 2199. Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with
a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” *Bob Log III + Heil Zilla The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Eccentric punk blues fella from the States. He wears a crash helmet onstage and and has a segment of his live act called ‘Boob Scotch’. He was really good in TJ’s a decade ago; I wonder if it was from a more innocent time if you know what I mean. Calan Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Now held in a new venue, by the way. Catfish & The Bottlemen The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. Rock urchins from north Wales. This gig has been sold out for a while. Charlie Landsborough Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01656 815995. Light country vibes. Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Open mic night, every Wednesday. Evanjack + June In The Fields + Redvers Bailey + Toby Hay Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. A Folk In The Owl’s Nest night. Folk Session Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. High Hopes + Slumlord + Sincerity + This Concept + Judgement + Arlington Heights Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 467998. Making Minds, Giving Voices The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Music, spoken word and open mic. Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Wednesday. Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 1pm, £5.50/£4.50. Info 01633 656757. Tommy Andrews Quintet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Zena James With Simon Allen Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.
THURSDAY 6
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Every Thursday. Blackhawk Big Band Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig. Brendan Shine Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. Irish crooner. “Enjoy musical treats such as Do You Want Your Old Lobby Washed Down, Grandad, My Son, Galway Girl and The Rose Of Castlerea.” I will! Calan The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. Info info@ llandeiloacoustic.com. Carving A Giant + Deadly Inscription Static Bar, Swansea. 6pm. Info 01792 467998. Celtic Guitar Journeys Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Live flamenco guitar every Thursday. Festival Of Remembrance Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 01970 623232. Hosted by Mike Doyle. All profits go to the Poppy Appeal. Gareth Roberts Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Hackensack Programme Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Two sets taking place in the realm of jazz and improvised music. Here Be Dragons Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Wild Celtic music from Wales, although they tour all over the shop it seems. High Hazels + Stalin’s Street Party + Shoot The Rabbit Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. Every Thursday. This evening’s guest band is the Jimjam Band. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Every Thursday. Prosperina + Mook + Deaf Horse The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6. Info 01792 475147. Album launch gig for the band who are ‘honoured’ by being our One To Watch this month. Rachmaninov: Vespers Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 8pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2063 6464. Esteemed choral work, directed here by Andrey Petrenko. Sax 200 Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. The Kane Players Hotel Plas Hyfryd, Narberth. 7.30pm, £9-£13. Info 01834 869323. Part of Span Arts’ classical series. Who’s Got Talent In Montgomeryshire? Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, free. Info 01686 614555. Arts Connection event asking the question that needed to be asked.
FRIDAY 7
Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Presented by Paula Gardiner, every Friday until 12 Dec. Andrew Hopkins Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1pm, £6. Info 01633 868239. Piano recital. A Night Of ELO Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Tribute act. Ataraxis Vibration + THEIA + Jupiters Carnival The Dolls House, Abertillery. 8pm, free. Info 01495 213300. A Valley Rock presentation. Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 10.30pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Bankrupt Pug + Josh Evans + Twice My Size + Hippytaff The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Bullitt Blues Revival Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Calan Ty Tawe, Swansea. Info 01792 456856. Fire Chief 5 + Some Kind Of Leader Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Grant Sharkey The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Grean Day The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166. A tribute to Green Day. In their logo the crucial ‘A’ is written like an anarchist symbol, referencing
Green Day’s strong standing in the anarchist community. Houdini Dax + Tree Of Wolves Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. I Am Giant + Your Protected + Arcadian Heart The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Live Acoustic Night The Pilot, Penarth. Free. Info 029 2071 0615. On the first Friday of each month. Magic Of Motown Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £11.50-£23. Info 01970 623232. *Matt Elliott + Ratatosk + Roka Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Dark, gloomy and forward-thinking folk music presented by The Joy Collective. I have a hand in promotion for this, but am on holiday when it takes place. One Night Stand Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com. A Valley Folk Club night. Real Ale Real Music Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2089 0862. Rixton CF10, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Pop-rock band from Manchester who got popular by playing covers on YouTube. Biog makes them sound pretty irredeemable. Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £8. Info 01656 815995. Featuring various choirs and soloists. Sandi Thom Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 01792 863722. Still hustling. Sin City The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. So 80s The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Talon Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 8pm, £20. Info 0845 2263510. Eagles tribute. The Dream Of Gerontius St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£32. Info 029 2087 8444. Elgar’s religiously-inspired work is presented here, sung by the BBC National Chorus Of Wales and conducted by Mark Wigglesworth. Turin Brakes + Heavy Flames The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 475147. Vega + Newman + Saints Of Sin Static Bar, Swansea. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 467998. What’s New Pussycat? Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2070 5391. Tom Jones tribute, Glen Leon playing the mahogany philanderer. Whole Lotta Led The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com.
SATURDAY 8
Antelope Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Fat City night. Cakehole Presley + Holiday In The Mind The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. Local folk/rock/ punk kinda band who have a dedicated fanbase (their last gig here sold out) but haven’t played live for a while. Jason from Sicknote is your host. Celtic Guitar Journeys Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01495
227206. Dunvant Male Choir St Hilary’s Church, Killay, Swansea. 7pm, £10. Info 01792 205078. Remembrance concert. Gareth Gates + Jai McDowall Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £17.50. Info 0300 3656677. In the promo photo on the venue’s website Gareth is wearing a really nice looking coat, plus a really bad haircut. Guy Jones + Fingertrap The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Karuna Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £20/£16. Info 029 2039 1391. A new oratorio by Andrew Wilson-Dickson, commissioned by the Welsh Camerata to celebrate its 10th anniversary. Kinky Boots + Instructions + The Cast Offs + Recluse The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Ladies Sing Hamptons, Penarth. 7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2070 5391. Motown, jazz and gospel belted out by Jacky and Humie Webbe. Little Arrow + Harri Davies Snails Deli, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. 7pm, £18 inc buffet. Info 029 2062 0415. McLusky + Jarcrew Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 01633 221477. Two bands whose antics lit up Britain’s rock venues in the early 00s, much like Ilie Nastase lit up the Centre Court in the 70s, both have reformed for just two gigs (the other being in Cardiff on Sat 15) to raise funds for soundproofing in Le Pub. Each sold out very quickly, though. Music From Wales And Feance Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £3-£8. Info 029 2087 4816. With Cardiff University’s Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra. One Night Stand Poets Corner, Roath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2045 8714. Rachael Brittain + Tim Cronin The Meating Place, Cardiff. 10pm-2am, free. Info 029 2022 4757. Tim: 10pm12am; Rachael: 12-2am. Robert Plant and The Sensational Space Shifters + The Last Internationale Newport Centre. 7pm, £40 adv. Info 01633 656757. See Music. Rocket Joe Joe & The Old Time Bangers Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Showaddywaddy Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm. Info 01633 868239. This is already sold out, so I don’t know how much it would cost if you were to somehow get a ticket. It’s probably more than £1 but less than £1,000. Sinfonia Cymru Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 1pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Performing works by Schubert and Webern. Swnami + Yr Eira + Estrons Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Talon Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £19.50/£18.50 adv. Info 01446 738622. Eagles tribute. The Boogilators Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07818 056599. The Special Brew Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07512 237983. Bad Manners tribute band. The Spokes Band + James Kennedy The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Trigger’s Broom The Royal Exchange, Cardiff. 9.30pm,
free. Info 029 2056 4068. What Willis Was Talking About The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 475147.
SUNDAY 9
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Cardiff University Chamber Orchestra Cardiff University Concert Hall. 3-5pm, £5/£3. Info 029 2087 4816. Celtic Guitar Journeys Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 850805. Gerard Way Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Joe Northwood & Jim Stephenson The Yard, Cardiff. 1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Loveable Rogues Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Before I look up who this is, I bet it’s some grizzled 90s indie bloke’s new band. They always have names like this. [looks] I was wrong. They were on Britain’s Got Talent. Remembering August Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. EP launch gig. Royal British Legion Concert Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £5. Info 01834 869323. Featuring performances from Narberth CP school choir and artists from The Landsker choir. RWCMD Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Tea With Verdi Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 3pm, £9/£12 with afternoon tea. Info 01600 772467. Performance by soprano Virginia Blakely.
MONDAY 10
Dominic Norcross Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Eureka California Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2031 0312. US indie-rock band play gig for £0.00. Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913. Every Monday. Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
TUESDAY 11
Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. Hot Club Of Cowtown St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £16.50/£15,50 adv. Info 029 2087 8444. A Roots Unearhed gig. Jehst + Strange U Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £9/£7 adv. Info 029 2039 7933. UK hip-hop veteran headliners. Strange U, his tour support, are a new band but comparably experienced individually. Juice Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. Eclectic, experimental female vocal trio. Paul Riley Quartet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Sinfonia Cymru St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Spike’s 5 & Dime Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. The Blackout + Yashin + When We Were Wolves Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £13 adv. BUZZ 69
live music Info 029 2078 1458. The Mardi Jug Band The Brunswick Arms, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 465676.
On the second Wednesday of every month. Preston Glasgow Lowe The Queens Head, Monmouth.
The annual day-long burst of live music and charity that is Oxjam Cardiff returns on Sun 16, with dozens of bands spread across seven city centre venues. Masts, The Gentle Good, Baby Queens, Estrons, Railroad Bill, Totem Terrors, Tree Of Wolves, HMS Morris and Tarsiers are some of the highlights (in the view of the person writing this box). We Will Remember Them Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7pm, £10. Info 01874 611622. WWI commemoration concert with the RAF St Athan Voluntary Band plus students from Brecon High School and Wynne Rees.
WEDNESDAY 12
Anais Mitchell + Rachel Reis Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. *Barrence Whitfield & The Savages The Garage, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info 01792 475147. Raucous blues/rock’n’roll boogieing on down. I listened to a song yesterday and I liked it a lot! FYI, like. Capital City Jazz Orchestra Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@ dancebands.plus.com. Count Basie and Duke Ellington tribute night. South Wales Big Band Society gig. Celtic Guitar Journeys Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01982 552555. Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. *Hunger Artist + Hogslayer + Safer To Be In Chains Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £2. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Yay to listings a gig by local sludgy metal type band Hunger Artist, who I thought had broke up. Jim Mageean & Graeme Knights Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Lach + Francesca’s Word Salad The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. NYC bloke who pioneered antifolk and thus regularly plays Cardiff, one of its last remaining strongholds. Mike Zito & Samantha Fish The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 07730 432166. Nic Meier Quartet Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Dylan Morgan. Pontypridd Acoustic Club Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8.30pm. Info 01443 491424.
8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Contemporary fusion jazz trio. Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01646 651725. Royal Welsh College Chamber Winds Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 av. Info 029 2039 1391. Vincent Herring With The James Cottle Trio Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789.
THURSDAY 13
Atrium Live Music Society Gig Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £2. Info 029 2039 7933. Featuring sets from Kuduros, Ricardo and Mirabeau. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Boy & Bear + Dancing Years Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Brenig The Open Hearth, Sebastopol, Pontypool. 7.30pm, £3. Info 01495 763752. Aberystwyth folk band play the Open Hearth Acoustic (formerly known as Llan Acoustic) night. Cory Band Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Gwenno + Carw + Carcharorion Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £4. Info 029 2023 2199. See Music. Gwenno is in Aberystwyth on Thurs 27. Heavy Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is the James Clode Band. Jim Mageean & Graeme Knights Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. In Oldwalls on Sun 16. Lit + Army Of Freshmen + Hey Vanity Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Late-90s one-hit wonders perform their only successful album, A Place In
The Sun, which itself had only one enduring song. Genuinely can’t fathom who the audience is for this. Maddie Jones + Harri Davies + Kymo The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Not Such A Lovely War: Songs And Poetry From World War I Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01239 841387. Sung by the Cilgerran Players. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Paloma Faith + Brett Dennen Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £35/£27.50. Info 029 2022 4488. She’s quirky. *Pere Ubu + Fixes Things The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07730 432166. Midwestern postpunk legends. We previewed a Cardiff date of their last year, I think it was, then it didn’t happen. Hopefully this one will. Peter Komor Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Red Sky July St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £15/£14. Info 01446 779100. Rich Robinson + Federal Charm The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail. com. Rich used to be in The Black Crowes. Federal Charm are a blues-rock band from Manchester. Shades Of Shearing The King’s Arms, Abergavenny. 8pm, £3-£10. Info 07958 612691. Black Mountain Jazz gig. The Mass Collective Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. The people behind the Sunday Mass nights here pick their favourite performers for a weekday gig. The Vibrators + Gung Ho The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01443 687080.
FRIDAY 14
Abba Reunion Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 8pm, £16/£15 adv. Info 01446 738622. Tribute act. ACAB The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Adam Franklin The Fourcroft Hotel, Tenby. 5 + 11.45pm, £10 (early)/£5 (late). Info 07074 102121. Opening event of this year’s Tenby Blues Festival. Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Newport Centre. 7pm, £11.50 adv. Info 01633 656757. Also here on Mon 24. By The Sea + Why We Love + Smudge Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2023 9253. Headliners are the backing band of Bill Ryder-Jones who used to be in The Coral. Celtic Guitar Journeys The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 843163. Ceri James Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07818 056599. Classical Cafe Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10£15. Info 029 2089 0862. Four emerging artists from the
classical world each perform a 20-minute set. Deadbeat Deluxe + Dukes Of Bordello The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 6pm, £5. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Devil Sold His Soul + Storm The Walls + Falling With Style Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 467998. Dub Pistols + Three Kings High The Garage, Swansea. 10pm, £14 adv. Info 01792 475147. Giovanni Sollima & Kathryn Stott Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Cellist and pianist. Homes The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. *Icons Of Filth + Poetic Justice + Smiler + Indecent Assault + Extinction Of Mankind The Moon Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £6 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. First of two dates headlined by Welsh anarcho-punk legends or indeed icons; their singer died 10 years ago and his son will be on vocals here. The one tomorrow is sold out but this isn’t (as I type). John Power Mountain Ash Inn. 6pm, £10 adv. Info 07818 623144. Yer man out of Cast and The La’s comes to the Rhondda. John Wilson & The John Wilson Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50£44. Info 029 2087 8444. Kunt & The Gang Jack Murphys, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 017920. Basildon’s second most famous comedy synthpop band visit a venue which describes itself as a “dive bar” on its Facebook page. Oh Peas! + Tree Of Wolves The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Perdisian + Clarity As Arson + The Dweller + Sodomized Cadaver The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, free. Info 01495 213300. Extreme metal bands. Phronesis Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Jazz trio who have released music on Cardiff label Edition. Shane Filan Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £35. Info 01656 815995. A bargain at twice the price, just to help the ex-Westlife man pay for the upkeep of his diamondencrusted house. Soft Hearted Scientists Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Welsh psychedelic whimsy-peddlers play their first Cardiff gig in three years. Steve James Chepstow Castle Inn. 8pm, £8/£6 members. Info mickwidder@aol.com. Chepstow Acoustic Club night. The Archduke Trio Of London Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01239 841387. Chamber music. The Dock Town Girls Porter’s, Cardiff. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. The Doors Alive The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Tribute band. The May Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029
2062 4050. The Red Hot Pokers Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. The Riff The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £4/£3 adv. Info 07730 432166. Playing as part of the Cafe A Go Go funk/ soul/mod etc night, which has DJs until 3am. The Spokes Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. The Supersonic 70s Show Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Becostumed 70s pop tribute show. Tim Chaisson + Kizzy Crawford Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 8pm, £12.50. Info 0800 0147111. Roots music, folk, jazz etc. Virgil And The Accelerators + J Alexander And The Blues Devils + Blues Boy Dan Owen De Valance Pavilion, Tenby. 7.15pm, £15. Info 07074 102121. Tenby Blues Festival gig. Voodoo Room Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 0300 3656677. Dual tribute to Cream and Jimi Hendrix.
SATURDAY 15
8th Amnesty International Benefit Evening Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01239 841387. Featuring The Boogilators, the Hornettes, Burning Hat, Jamalot, Cor Meibion Clwb Rygbi Aberteifi and the Cardigan Rugby Club Male Voice Choir. Andy Fairweather Low And The Lowriders + The Mark Pontin Band + Pat Grover And The Hawks De Valance Pavilion, Tenby. 7.15pm, £20. Info 07074 102121. Tenby Blues Festival gig. Bella Collins & The Blue The Fourcroft Hotel, Tenby. 11.45pm, £5. Info 07074 102121. Tenby Blues Festival gig. Bloodlung + Lord Misery + Tides Of Sulfur Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477. Doom/sludge bands. Cardiff Polyphonic Choir Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £12/£9. Info 029 2039 1391. Gregory Porter St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. Jazz vocalist top geezer. James Kennedy + Ben Huws The Meating Place, Cardiff. 10pm-2am, free. Info 029 2022 4757. Ben: 10pm12am; James: 12-2am. Dr Feelgood + Nine Below Zero The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Gonna form a support group for people who get irrationally annoyed by second-hand record shops that put Nine Below Zero in the ‘punk’ section to bolster their feeble stock. Dylan Works With Welsh Song Clytha Park, Abergavenny. 7pm, £35. Info wales@ musicinhospitals.org.uk. Set in a private manor house, this concert features pianist Ingrid Sturgenor and bass baritone Arwel Huw Morgan, and celebrates Dylan Thomas’ centenary year. Elk Redemption + Old Samuel + Michael Bush + By Jupiter The Factory, Porth.
7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Hand Of Dimes + Psycho Kiss Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01792 467998. Band featuring Neville McDonald from Skin. Icons of Filth + Conflict + The Oppressed + Liberty + Groblar + The Phucks + Grand Collapse + Slug + The D Teez + Poetic Justice + Square Peg The Moon Club, Cardiff. 2pm, £10 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. JD & The Inexplicables The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Junior Music Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 3.45pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Held in the foyer. Live/Wire St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01446 779100. AC/DC tribute. Lucy Zirins + Bella Collins & The Blue Tenby Rugby Club. 7.15pm, £10. Info 07074 102121. Tenby Blues Festival gig, indeed a Women In The Blues special. DJ Eugene, not a woman, plays records in between sets. Marc O’Reilly + Dominic Griffin + Jack Barnett Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£7 adv. Info 029 2023 9253. Irish singer-songwriter headlines. McLusky + Jarcrew Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Monmouth Big Band Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01600 772467. Music Through The Ages M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 7pm, £5/£10 with cheese and wine. Info 029 2047 3373. Swing-era jazz from local trio. Spellkasters + Glas The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 01495 355800. Blues. Steamchicken & Lisa Heywood The Heath, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2039 4207. A RUFF Ceilidh night, featuring a set by Cobblers Awl in the interval. The Jaywalkers The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 473276. Bluegrass. The Lushtones + Tim Cronin The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. The Magic Of The Bee Gees Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01495 227206. The Sounds Of Simon Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £14. Info 01633 868239. Simon & Garfunkel tribute. The Trio Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff. com. The Triumph Of Time? Responses To Birtwhistle At 80 Cardiff University Concert Hall. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. A workshop and concert based around new pieces composed in response to the music of Birtwistle. Verdi Requiem Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2087 4816. Performed by the The Llandaff Cathedral Choral Society, Crickhowell Choral Society and the British Sinfonietta. Conducted by Dominic Neville.
SUNDAY 16
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar,
JUST ANNOUNCED FOR DECEMBER: AGAINST THE CURRENT (Clwb Ifor Bach, Tue 2) BREED 77 (The Globe, Cardiff, Tue 2) NORTHSIDE (The Garage, Swansea, Fri 12) BEN OTTEWELL (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sun 14) BAD MANNERS (The Globe, Wed 17) FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND (Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 18) THE AMERICAN FOUR TOPS (Radisson Blu Hotel, Cardiff, Sat 20) THE GRAVELTONES (The Globe, Sat 20) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR 2015: J MASCIS (The Globe, Wed 14 Jan) FIRST AID KIT (St David’s Hall, BUZZ 70
live music St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Dr Feelgood Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info 07818 056599. If this was the late 70s version of Dr Feelgood, ie the proper lineup, this would probably be an amazing place to see them. Gethin Liddington Duo The Yard, Cardiff. 1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Glas + The Mardy Jug Band Tenby Rugby Club. 7pm, £10. Info 07074 102121. The final Tenby Blues Festival gig of 2014. DJ Eugene is on the wheels of steel also. Glen Manby Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar. Jim Mageean & Graeme Knights The Greyhound Inn, Oldwalls, Gower, Swansea. 8.30pm. Info 01792 850803. A Halfpenny Folk Club night. Lunchtime Concert National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Featuring RWCMD students. Neville Staple Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16. Info 0871 4720400. Specials and Fun Boy Three alumnus. Nizlopi + Jake Morley The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. “Everything I know about live performance, I learned from them” – Ed Sheeran, ex-Nizlopi roadie. Got something in my eye over here. Ooh, it’s a knife. *Oxjam Cardiff Various venues, Cardiff. 1pm, £10 adv/£7 under-18s. Info oxjam. cardiff@gmail.com. All-day charity music extravaganza. There’ll be two more venues – Urban Tap House and Cardiff Fashion Quarter – with a lineup TBC, right now this is how it’s looking. Clwb Ifor Bach: Breathe In The Silence, Here Lies The Enemy, The Undivided, This Concept, Denim Snakes, Glass Giants, Cardinals, Masts, Cavalry and Esuna. Dempseys: Jodie Marie, Climbing Trees, The Gentle Good, Baby Queens, Eve Goodman, Maddie Jones, Scriber, Rhodri Brooks, Richard Jackson, Bryony Sier. The Full Moon: Estrons, The Cradles, Jack Dax, Matthew Frederick, Little Eris, Grace Hartrey, Conformist, Safari Gold, Hounds Of Justice, Lily Beau. The Moon Club: Rusty Shackle, Railroad Bill, Junior Bill & The Scallies, Efa Supertramp, Totem Terrors, Third Party, The Tripp Ensemble, Love Bazaar and In Construction. Undertone: Tree Of Wolves, Fjords, The Echo And The Always, Nanook Of The North, HMS Morris, Tarsiers and When Elephants Attack. Passenger Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Until I noticed that this guy – a soft-rockish singersongwriter from Brighton – had sold out this 1,500 capacity venue at £20 a ticket, I had literally never heard of him in any context. It feels good to be free of the shackles of having to know about current popular music. No, that isn’t part of my job, actually. Shut up. Teifi Chamber Orchestra Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 4pm, £6. Info 01239 841387.
MONDAY 17
Afternoon In Paris Noah’s
Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Bandini USW Atrium, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 0800 716925. Local country-rock band launch their debut EP. Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913. The Collective Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. The Courteeners Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Mancunian band who are ansolutely massive in Manchester, and liable to have their name spelled ‘Courteneers’ everywhere else. Trapt + Death Valley High + City Of Ashes + Beautiful Strangers Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 467998. What chance a Nuggets-style boxset of forgotten nu-metal bands, maybe in about a decade’s time? Not much chance, I agree, but a hypothetical one would probably have Trapt on it. Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
TUESDAY 18
Afternoon With Andre De Ridder Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £10-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Conductor presides over a peformance of works by Langgaard, Korngold and Zemlinsky. Asaf Sirkis / Silwia Bialas Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Cafe Concert St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 3pm, £6.50. Info 01446 779100. Featuring students of UWC Atlantic College. Clare Hammond St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Lunchtime piano recital. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. Dying Fetus + Goatwhore + Malevolence + Fallujah Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Touring bill of extreme metal, headlined by slam death progenitors Dying Fetus. Joanne Shaw Taylor The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £17.50 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. Joe Bayliss + Eve Goodman + Geraint Rhys + Skunk Boy Project Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. First in a series of acoustic nights called Songbook. Lontano Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. M.A.D. St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Boy band of some sort. Steve Doolan Quartet Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 8pm, £6. Info 01874 611622. A Brecon Jazz Club gig. Steve Graham’s Elite Syncopations Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 19
A Night Of Swing Miners’
Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01495 227206. Owen Money comperes a night of songs “made famous by Michael Buble and Robbie Williams,” in aid of the Alzheimer’s Society. Chris Edwards Acoustic Night Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Close Your Eyes + Shields UK + Every Man Is An Island + All To Ruin + Breathe In The Silence + The Dirty South Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 01792 467998. EBQ Whiteheads Sports & Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £8. Info malc@ dancebands.plus.com. South Wales Big Band Society gig featuring Emily & Adrian Morton, Gary Phillips, Chris Cronin and Jen Scardbrick. Echoes Of War Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Works by Debussy and Ravel. Geoff Eales & Fred T Baker Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Joe Northwood Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Junior Undertone, Cardiff. 8pm, £3. Info 029 2022 8883. Local pop-punk band play a one-off cover set. “They’re gonna play a load of Blink 182 songs in our underwear,” according to the listing Undertone sent me. Can’t wait. Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Justin Evans and Sam Lewis. Sirkis/Bialas International Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789. The Groucho Club The Dingle Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £7/£6. Info 01834 869323. This month’s Spanjazz gig. The Wiyos Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, £11. Info 01656 815995. American roots band.
THURSDAY 20
9bach St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01446 779100. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Barry Schools Christmas Concert Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 6.30pm, £3. Info 01446 738622. Carlo Fraccalvieri Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Cymbient Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2023 9253. Album launch gig. Dansette Days Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 01633 868239. Tagline for this is “Taking you back in time to when life was fun and music was fab”. Sounds like a cry for help in a way. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Fraser Allibone Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. From The Jam The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info
BARRENCE WHITFIELD & THE SAVAGES The Garage, Swansea, Wed 12 Nov. Tickets: £12.50. Info 01792 475147 / www.garagevenue.com Swansea is the place to be this month, specifically on Wed 12 Nov when Barrence Whitfield & The Savages hit up The Garage as part of the UK leg of their tour. With Andy Jody on drums and Tom Quartulli on the saxophone backing singer/guitarist Whitfield, I hope you’re ready to move like you’ve never moved before. With limitless energy and unmatched enthusiasm for his music and his audience, Barrence Whitfield’s raucous, punky take on Little Richard, Chuck Berry et al will have you refusing to sit down, continually wanting to shake your body and dance! This trio shot out of the Boston, MA rock underground in the mid-80s, and are bringing their “groovy racket”, endless talent and energy to the home of the Swans. theglobevenue@gmail.com. Performing Setting Sons in its entirety. Foster & Allen Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £17.50-£19.50. Info 01656 815995. Frigg Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 8pm, £17/£15. Info 01873 850805. Finnish seven-piece whose music combines Nordic folk and bluegrass. They’ve been a hit at Celtic Connections and Cambridge Folk Festival too. What? Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is All Else Fails. Katriona Gilmore & Jamie Roberts Newport Fugitives Athletic Club, Rogerstone, Newport. 8.45pm. Info 01633 897923. A Newport Folk Club night. Octavians The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Scherzo Brass Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8.50. Info 029 2039 1391. Show Of Hands St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2087 8444. British folk faves. Stein-Eric Olsen & Olivier
Chassain Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391. Suicide Silence + Thy Art Is Murder + Fit For An Autopsy + Black Tongue Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Winter Mountain Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01792 863722.
FRIDAY 21
9bach Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £10. Info 029 2089 0862. Welsh folk crossover types. Afro Cluster + Junior Bill & The Scallies Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of Gwdihw’s sixth birthday party, with DJing from the Gwdihw Allstars too. Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Band Of The Royal Marines Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 475715. Details TBC. Just want to use this space to say that the redesign of the swansea. gov.uk website is absolute shit and whoever got (presumably) paid for rejigging it should be marched back to their computer and sat down until
they’ve done it properly. Big Band Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Featuring James Clark’s Lonely Hearts Rugby Clwb (5.30pm, foyer) and The Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama Big Band (7.30pm, Dora Stoutzker Hall). Big Country Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £16. Info 0300 3656677. Big Topp The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Bryan Adams Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Bryan Adams’ album Reckless is 30 years old, and I want to go on the record and say it would be ‘reckless’ of you to attend anoy other live performance tonight. Chris Moreton The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm, £6. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com. A Valley Folk Club night. *Dele Sosimi & His Afrobeat Orchestra Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, £3-£10. Info 029 2087 4816. Dele started his career in Fela Kuti’s band before forming another one with Femi, Fela’s son, so he knows his onions I’d imagine. Diamond Head + Fireroad + Beautiful Strangers Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 468892. Cult masters of the NWOBHM (New
Cardiff, Thurs 15 Jan) STEVE KNIGHTLEY (Rudry Parish Hall, Thurs 22 Jan) HAYSEED DIXIE (Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot, Fri 23 Jan) T’PAU (The Globe, Fri 23 Jan) SLIPKNOT + KORN (Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Sat 24 Jan) NECK DEEP (Cardiff University, Mon 26 Jan) CHARLIE SIMPSON (The Globe, Tue 3 Feb) ASWAD (The Globe, Fri 6 Feb) TOYAH WILLCOX (The Globe, Sat 14 Feb) BEAR’S DEN (Clwb Ifor Bach, Sun 15 Feb) 10CC (St David’s Hall, Tue 17 Feb) ENTER SHIKARI (Cardiff University, Tue 17 Feb) THE SCRIPT + BUZZ 71
live music World Order in Bilderberg, the Hague and Maastricht). From Your Ever Loving Son, Jack Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Joshua Ellicott (tenor) and Simon Lepper (piano) offer musical interpretations of Jack Ellicott’s WWI letters home. Glas Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Gwenno + Baby Queens + Ceffylau Lliwgar M.A.D.E. Gallery, Roath, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £6. Info 029 2047 3373. Ceffylau Lliwgar are a postpunk band from north Wales and feature Gruff Rhys’ brother. I didn’t know he had a brother.
01792 475147. Folk. Showaddywaddy Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £20/£18.50 adv. Info 0845 2263510. In Neath tomorrow’ The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Also on Fri 28. The Neil Diamond Story Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01600 772467. The Shamones Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 467998. Ramones tribute. The St Pierre Snake Invasion + The Epicdemics Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 221477. UK Subs The Globe, Cardiff.
The small but agreeably formed M.A.D.E. Gallery in Roath, Cardiff occasionally branches out into gigs, and have a good'un on Fri 21. As well as Gwenno (see p.44), there'll be appearances from Baby Queens plus Ceffylau Lliwgar – a new name, albeit made up of experienced hands including Gruff Rhys' brother Dafydd. Not sure why I should have, thinking about it. Humble Opinion Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. Iron Witch + Grey Widow + Hogslayer + Tides of Sulfur The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £6. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Doom metal, the headliners being from Liverpool. Keth James St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01446 779100. Welsh folk-rock artists performs his Dylan Thomas tribute set, Time Let Me Play. Karl Jenkins’ 70th Birthday St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50-£34.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Literallytitled event sees Welsh composer of note conduct three of his own works. Last Chance Heroes + Fat Harry’s Rock Band + Ezra V Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. All proceeds go to Coity Festivals Childrens Christmas Present Fund. Leighton Jones The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Melvana + Zinc Bukowski Fuel Bar, Cardiff. 8pm. Info mail@givemefuel.co.uk. It’s time for the annual gig of the band who are ostensibly a Nirvana and Melvins cover band, but normally just tackle Nirvana. Will 2014 be different? Pascuala Ilabaca + Fauna Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 863722. S.E.X. + The Big Cheese Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2023 9253. Shooglenifty + Rag Foundation The Garage, Swansea. 9pm, £15 adv. Info
7.30pm, £12 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Vulcan 3 + Some Kind Of Leader + World Vs World 2 + Luke Beasley The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080.
SATURDAY 22
9bach Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £9 adv. Info 01633 221477. Abacab The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8pm, £5. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Genesis tribute band. Chali 2na & House Of Vibe + Snareophobe + Mansfield Green Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £15 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. MC from Jurassic 5 breaks out on his own. Starving Artists and Péchés Mignons present. Cities + Nanook Of The North + The Albatross Project + Sneaky Robot The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £4. Info 01792 475147. Emily Portman Trio Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £10. Info 01239 841387. BRitish folk type. Fake Thackray Llanhennock Village Hall. 7.30pm. Info 01633 420278. Jake Thackray tribute. FM The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Hard rock band on their 30th anniversary tour. Gary Griffiths Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh opera star launches his album. Humble Opinion The Royal Exchange, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2056 4068. JOhn Mouse + Millie Manders + Ghost Carriage Phantoms + Loaded Jones The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Keith James Caffe Vista, Tenby. 8pm. Info 01834
849636. Performing his Time Let Me Play set, a musical interpretation of Dylan Thomas’ poetry. In Abergavenny on Wed 26. Kirsty McGee The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01792 473276. Michael Bennett Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Songs from stage and screen. Miss May & The Magic Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Paul Black Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £7. Info 01495 708022. Billed as ‘An Evening Of Swing’. Pete Spokes + Chris Summerill The Meating Place, Cardiff. 10pm-2am, free. Info 029 2022 4757. Chris: 10pm-12am; Pete: 12-2am. Pete Wylie + Martin Carr Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Wylie, once of The Mighty Wah and other similarly named projects, is joined here by pal and fellow Liverpudlian Martin Carr for a gig of jangly rock vibes in a refined setting. Rajesh David, Pete Stacey & Dylan Fowler Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 7.30pm. Info 01239 615952. Folk trio taking in Indian and Celtic influences. Ruarri Joseph Band + Lilly & Meg + Harri Davies Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2031 0312. Showaddywaddy Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 0300 3656677. Sinfonia Cymru Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4-£10. Info 01970 623232. With Welsh pianist Llyr Williams. In Newport tomorrow. Skindred Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 01792 468892. In Cardiff on Wed 26. Supernatural + Cat Delphi The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Tenplusone + The Greazy Ratz West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 07561 143114. Punk covers. The Big Easy Hobo’s, Bridgend. 8pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Rock, funk and soul covers. The Dead Betas + Oh Captive Static Bar, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 01792 467998. The Gaslight Anthem + Deer Tick + Bayside Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, £24.50. Info 029 2022 4488. See Music. The Kooks Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £19.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. This gig is sold out. A lot of headscratchingly popular gigs this month, from my evidently ignorant perspective at least. Tree Of Wolves Aberystwyth Rugby Club. Info 01970 623800. West Glamorgan Youth Orchestra Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 475715. Written In Kings Poets Corner, Roath, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2045 8714.
SUNDAY 23
Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. Kasabian Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Sold out. Nathaniel Boyd & Simon
Lane Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £3-£12. Info 01970 623232. Cellist and pianist. New Found Glory + The Story So Far + State Champs + Candy Hearts + Only Rivals Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 6pm, £18.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Evergreen Americans NFG headline a packed bill, touring under the Pop Punk’s Not Dead banner. Sinfonia Cymru The Riverfront, Newport. 3pm, £4-£12. Info 01633 656757. The Double Sharps The Yard, Cardiff. 1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Trumpet duo. Tommy Smith & Brian Kellock Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253.
MONDAY 24
Big Band Time! Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Presented by Amser Jazz Time and featuring the Royal Welsh College Big Band and James Clark’s Lonely Hearts Rugby Clwb. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Newport Centre. 7pm, £11.50 adv. Info 01633 656757. *Chain Of Flowers Buffalo, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info 029 2031 0312. Punk band who are good play a gig that will also be good, probably. Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £3/£2.50. Info 029 2038 7026. Erasure St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £35. Info 029 2087 8444. Touring their new album, The Violet Flame. Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Gwd Mondays Open Mic Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Every fourth Monday of the month. Lilygreen & Maguire Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Live Original Broadcasts The Brewhouse, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 9913. Sticky Fingers The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info info@thefullmooncardiff. com. Ukulele Jam Session The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509.
TUESDAY 25
Cardiff Metropolitan Cathedral Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £4.50-£6.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Community Samba Band – Practise Dates Westenders Hall, Llanfaes, Brecon. 6-8pm, £4/£2 under-16s. Info sambabrecon@yahoo.co.uk. Hacktivist + Dead Harts + The One Hundred Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners play rap-rock of some kind. Lifesigns The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Lipstick Homicide + Dividers + Hipflask + Bicycle Thieves Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £5. Info 01633 221477. Pop-punk, or melodic punk or whatever you fancy calling it. Presented by STHC, doing their last show this evening – meaning this is my last chance to write their name out in full. Shit The House
Collective. Glad we’ve got that out of the way. Mixalydia + Ty Walker & The Detour + Rainbow Maniac + A Fool And His Money Gwdihw, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Monthly Jazz Jam Session Jazzland, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 07802 912789. Nicholas Daniel & Paul Turner Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Oboe player and pianist. Preston / Glasgow / Lowe Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. London improv jazz trio. Raffles Academy Cardiff University Concert Hall. 7-9pm, free. Info 029 2087 4816. Chamber music from Singaporean composers. The Sensational 60s Experience St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17-£21. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring approximations of Herman’s Hermits, The Swinging Blue Jeans, Dave Berry, The Union Gap, The Ivy League and Alan Mosca from Freddie And The Dreamers. The Titanic Tearoom Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026.
WEDNESDAY 26
Bellowhead St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £19.50-£24.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Big band folkies. Bobby Wellins Quartet Jazzland, Swansea. 8.30-11pm, £10/£7 members. Info 07802 912789. Chop Idols Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Billed as an homage to the kings of the trumpet. Chris Farren Le Pub, Newport. 8pm, £7 adv. Info 01633 221477. Frontman of the band Fake Problems. Not really familiar with him or the band but his biog describes him as a “self-made Verified Twitter user,” so he’s OK by me. Citrus Jam The Full Moon, Cardiff. 7pm-12am, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Dan Messore Indigo Kid II Dempseys, Cardiff. 8pm, £7/£5. Info 029 2023 9253. Cardiffbased jazz quartet with some seasoned pros featuring, Iain Ballamy notable therein. Deep Whole Trio The Queens Head, Monmouth. 8.45pm, free. Info 01600 712767. Improvising trio (obviously) with a fair old pedigree between them. Hacktivist + Dead Harts + The One Hundred Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hello Again Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50£17.50. Info 01792 475715. Neil Diamond tribute. Keith James St Mary’s Priory, Abergavenny. 7.30pm. Info 01873 858787. Open Mic Market Street Club, Barry. 8pm. Info 01446 733863. Open Mic The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. With Dylan Morgan. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Free drink for performers. Last Wednesday of every month. Royal Welsh College Brass Band: Commemorations Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391.
Skindred The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Sold out. Tom Lewis Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night.
THURSDAY 27
Age Cymru: Winter Concert Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7pm, £15/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Alex Corlett Sextet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Aubrey Parsons Tempus Bar, St David’s Hotel, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 0844 8246171. BBC NOW Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £8-£15. Info 01874 611622. Francesco Angelico conducts a programme of Rossini, Verdi, Mendelssohn and Mozart. Dewi Griffiths The Old Library, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2066 6566. Fago.Sepia + Esuna + How I Faked The Moon Landing Gwdihw, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2039 7933. Gwenno + Mwy Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £2.40-£5. Info 01970 623232. *Howl + Heil Zilla + Godbomber + Vulcan III The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £4. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Local bands, Howl being very much recommended among them. Saw them the other day and they were great. They sound like Mount Carmel. Jimjam Open Mic Session The Claude Hotel, Albany Road, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 07557 505123. This evening’s guest band is The Jedis. Lazuli + Moon Safari The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15 adv. Info theglobevenue@ gmail.com. Neo-prog rock bands. Mugenkyo Taiko Drummers Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 01982 552555. Pretty sure that, at this point, these guys could clean up on Mastermind with ‘the A470’ as their specialist subject. Open Mic Night Lyceum Tavern, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633 858636. Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 029 2087 8444. The two main vocalists from The Beautiful South, the musical wing of which are also touring at the moment. Glances of regret to be exchanged through bus windows as they pass one another on the motorway. *Quiet Marauder Kuku Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £4/£3 members. Info 029 2011 1177. The third in Buzz Presents’ series of gigs. Check the Facebook page of that name out for more info. Swansea Unsigned The Vault, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 465300. Quarterly live music evening where six bands play half-hour sets each. The Bella Collins & Gareth Evans Duo The North Star, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. The Philanderers The Brunswick Arms, Swansea. Free. Info 01792 465676. The Tim Edey Collective The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. Info info@llandeiloacoustic. com.
LABRINTH (Motorpoint Arena, Mon 2 Mar) JOAN ARMATRADING (St David’s Hall, Tue 3 Mar) ROYAL BLOOD (Newport Centre, Tue 3 Mar) THE BLACK KEYS (Motorpoint Arena, Wed 4 Mar) DJ YODA (The Globe, Sat 7 Mar) STIFF LITTLE FINGERS (Cardiff University, Sun 8 Mar) SLEAFORD MODS (Cardiff University, Tue 10 Mar) SPANDAU BALLET (Motorpoint BUZZ 72
live music Tonight Alive + The Summer Set + Chunk! No, Captain Chunk! Y Plas, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info 029 2078 1458.
FRIDAY 28
100,000 Bodybags + Calling Apollo + Korsakoffs + Led By Lions The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £5/£4. Info 01443 687080. Abba Tribute Band Chepstow Racecourse. £32 adv. Info 01291 622260. First of a series of Christmas party nights here from now until Sat 20 Dec, featuring tribute acts. Aleighcia Scott & Leaman The North Star, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 4050. Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Andy Fairweather-Low Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01873 850805. A Night At The Movies Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £13/£12. Info 01495 227206. With the Cardiff Philharmonic Orchestra. BBC NOW Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£20. Info 01970 623232. Bear Bones Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £6. Info 01792 863722. An Acoustic Meeting Ground night. City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5-£33.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Devious + Kill 66 Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 708022. Charity rock gig in aid of Fund For Joe. Dirty Alex Kitty Flynn’s, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. Hailey Tuck Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01792 602060. Smokey olde tyme jazz stuff. Joan Armatrading Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 8pm, £29.50. Info 0800 0147111. Johnstown Flood The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com. Katy Jones Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Trombonist. Kookamunga St Donats Arts Centre, Vale Of Glamorgan. 7.30pm, £10/£8.50. Info 01446 779100. Oasis v The Stone Roses Sin City, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01792 468892. Yes, the actual bands. Both of them. In this venue. Ian Brown and Liam Gallagher have baked a cake in anticipation of you going. Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Songs from stage and screen. On tomorrow also. *Opium Lord + Bismuth + Culver + Haast’s Eagled The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Doom and sludge metal. Worth it just for Bismuth. Organ Recital National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Pat Grover & The Hawks Café Jazz, Cardiff. 9pm, £4. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. Rock Factor The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Singers & Players Night
Chepstow Castle Inn. 8pm Info mickwidder@aol.com. Chepstow Acoustic Club night. The Jazz Boys Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. The South Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01656 815995. The non-beautiful members of The Beautiful South. In Cardiff tomorrow. Tigertailz The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. That’s right toots, it’s a free Tigertailz gig. You still have to register for tickets, though, and can do so by emailing tailzglobetickets@tigertailz. co.uk. Toby Stewarts’ Monsters On A Leash Jazzland, Swansea. 7.30pm, £13/£10 members. Info 07802 912789. Playing the music of Tower Of Power. Ty Walker & The Detour + Not My Finest Hour The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £4-£8. Info 01497 821762.
SATURDAY 29
90s Party Night Chepstow Racecourse. £32 adv. Info 01291 622260. Buddy Holly & The Cricketers Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £14/£12 adv. Info 01495 227206. Chris Summerill + Trigger’s Broom The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Crinkle Cuts The Full Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. *Galaxians Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm, £3. Info 029 2039 7933. Live synth-rock band play as part of the Hully Gully night. Looking forward to this! Jarel Robinson-Brown Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital. KilnAboy + Tattsyrup The Moon Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Presented by Péchés Mignons. King Porter Stomp The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01497 821762. Festival favourites. Martin Simpson Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £14/£13. Info 01982 552555. Mentallica + Hydrolysis The Factory, Porth. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01443 687080. Metallica tribute. Metallica Reloaded The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 07730 432166. Another Metallica tribute. Mook + Heil Zilla + VAILS Mozarts, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 649984. No Metallica tributes expected on this lineup. Octave Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £8.50 adv. Info 029 2087 7959. Police Dog Hogan Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £8-£12. Info 01834 869323. This is the band who feature Tim Dowling, who writes a whimsical column in the Guardian every Saturday, often about playing in said band. Finding it a little bit difficult to envisage who the audience is for this. Pontardulais Male Voice Choir Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7pm, £15/£10. Info 01792 475715.
Salvation Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff. com. The Leyland Band Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12/£6. Info 01686 614555. Award-winning brass band. The South The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail.com. Thoby Davis + Cat Delphi The Meating Place, Cardiff. 10pm-2am, free. Info 029 2022 4757. Cat: 10pm-12am; Thoby: 12-2am. Y Bandana + Uumar Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 029 2023 2199. Zelkova Quartet Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £15/£13. Info 01873 850805. Performing works by Haydn, Mozart and Ravel.
SUNDAY 30
Cardiff University Symphony Orchestra & Choir St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £10. Info 029 2087 8444. Carlo Fraccalvieri Duo The Yard, Cardiff. 1-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. His Naked Torso + Repo Man + Magnapinna The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. HNT and Repo Man are quality. Matt Schofield The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info theglobevenue@gmail. com. Punktastic Festival 2014 Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Top floor: Gnarwolves, Prawn and Concave. Bottom floor: Vales, Falling With Style and Constructor. The Walter Trout Band The Scene Club, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 07730 432166. Ysgol Gerdd Ceredigion Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510. Featuring three of Wales’ most successful choirs.
stage SATURDAY 1
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. Michael Bogdanov adaption of the short story by Dylan Thomas. (Until Sat 8) Bedazzled Corys Building, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £12 adv. Info www.bedazzledinnewyork. org. “Pull up a bar stool and let Dylan Thomas and his American buddies transport you back to his New York in the 1950s,” say the folks behind this play, which is part of the Dylan Thomas 100 Festival. Captain Flinn & The Pirate Dinosaurs Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £6. Info 029 2063 6464. Kids’ book brought to life by Les Petits Theatre Company. Cats Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7pm, £10/£9. Info 01873 850805. Musical presented by AODS Juniors. Garr Murran + Dougie Dunlop + Will-E Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. Leviticus Location TBC,
Newport. 6.30pm, £8-£10. Info 01633 656757. Presented by The Riverfront and devised by Tin Shed Theatre, this takes place in a terraced house (revealed on purchase of ticket) and is an immersive horror experience for four members at a time – lasting 35 minutes and talking place at 6.30pm, 7.15, 8, 8.45, 9.30, 10.15 and 11pm. On tomorrow also. Marcel Lucont Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2030 4400. Comedian, presented by Little Wander. Mark Watson Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2064 6900. Presenting new show Flaws. Night At The Casablanca Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£15. Info 029 2063 6464. We did some words on this last month: a theatrical celebration of the Tiger Bay nightlife of old, centred round the Casablanca club/music venue which closed in the 80s. Octonauts & The Deep Sea Volcano Adventure New Theatre, Cardiff. 10am, 1pm + 4pm, £8.50-£15.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Aquatic kids’ show. On tomorrow also. Punishment Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970 623232. New show by Wales’ Sean Tuan John which features four male dancers and is described as “hard-hitting” and “uncompromising”. In Cardiff from Thurs 27-Sat 29. Rent Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. Noted rock musical based on La Boheme. Silky + Gavin Webster + Jonny Awsum + Craig Murray Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Smile Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 01633 868239. Dance performance by the Charlotte May Academy. Strange Orchestra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12/£10/£5 under-25s. Info 029 2039 1391. Rodney Ackland’s play about bohemian young folks in 1930s London. Swinging In The Cotton Club Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £15. Info 0300 3656677. Hot jazz paid tribute to in a musical, theatrical style. The Princess & The Pea The Riverfront, Newport. 11.30am + 2pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757. Kids’ show. Transition Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. A look at a father-daughter relationship which is based on dance, a medium which also features in the play itself.
SUNDAY 2
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Betrothal In A Monastery Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15-£55. Info 029 2063 6464. Prokofiev’s comic opera, performed here by Mariinsky Opera. Leviticus Location TBC, Newport. 6.30pm, £8-£10. Info 01633 656757. Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday.
Michael Legge Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Presented by Buffalo Comedy. More acts TBC. Octonauts & The Deep Sea Volcano Adventure New Theatre, Cardiff. 10am, 1pm + 4pm, £8.50-£15.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Project Fio Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £7/£6. Info 029 2063 6464. Showcase for a project aimed at 13-19-year-olds venturing into theatre for the first time. Rich Hall’s Hoedown Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £17.50. Info 0871 4720400. Swan Lake Gwyn Hall, Neath. 3pm, £15/£12.50. Info 0300 3656677. Presented by Ballet Theatre UK.
MONDAY 3
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Burton Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. The life of Richard Burton is told in this one-man show. Sticking it to the naysayers who make out that Wales is obsessed with the past, tonight it faces theatrical competition from... Caitlin Volcano, The Iceland Building Swansea. 6.30 + 8.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 602060. Held in Volcano’s new location, this is presented by Taliesin Arts Centre and tells the story of Dylan Thomas’ wife. On tomorrow also.
TUESDAY 4
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Caitlin Volcano, The Iceland Building Swansea. 6.30 + 8.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 602060. Carmen Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £18.50. Info 01873 850805. Presented by Mid Wales Opera. Clown In The Moon Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Miles Productions presents this portrait of Dylan Thomas’ life. In Carmarthen on Thurs 6; Newport on Fri 21. Hubert & Humble Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £1-£8. Info 01792 863722. Drama, courtesy of Kev Johns. John Bishop Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. On tomorrow also, then Wed 12 and Thurs 20. Scarves Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 263670. Variety afternoon with Rosemary Scadden. Shakespeare Schools Festival Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Three schools perform three different Shakespeare plays, in this UK-wide annual festival. In a few other places later this month, accordingly. (Until Thurs 6) Skyhawk Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7pm, £7. Info 01874 611622. Stage production with digital media and live music, about three kids who try to protect a rare bird. Presented by Clwyd Theatr Cymru. On tomorrow also. The Perfect Murder New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-
£26. Info 029 2087 8889. Dark comedy from bestselling author Peter James. (Until Sat 8)
WEDNESDAY 5
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 1 + 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Best Of Be Festival 2014 Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232. Three theatre productions from three European companies: From The Waltz To The Mambo by Radioballet (Hungary); Loops & Breaks by Julia Schwarzbach (Austria) and Waiting by Mokhallad Rasem (Belgium/Iraq). *Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. See Upfront for more on this ambitious new National Theatre Wales production. As the venue [sic] suggests, some of this may not actually take place in Wales at all! I hope you can forgive us for treacherously crossing the sacred border. (Until Fri 21) Burton Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Cyrano De Bergerac Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £9/£6. Info 01982 552555. Adapted by Glyn Maxwell and performed by Mid Powys Youth Theatre. (Until Sat 8) Jim Davidson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £23/£20. Info 029 2087 8444. John Bishop Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. Music Hall Tavern Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £23/£21. Info 01495 227206. Drag revue which is apparently a hit all year round in the Canary Islands. Shakespeare Schools Festival Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Thurs 6) Shappi Khorsandi Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £14/£12 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Skyhawk Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7pm, £7. Info 01874 611622. The Perfect Murder New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£26. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 8) Wyrd Sisters The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. Performed by Monstrous Productions Theatre Company. All profit goesto Alzheimer’s Research UK. (Until Sat 8)
THURSDAY 6
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 1 + 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Bedroom Farce Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Alan Ayckbourn, as presented by Black RAT. (Until Sat 8) Blithe Spirit Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Noel Coward’s comedy, presented here by Phoenix Theatre Group. (Until Sat 8) Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21)
Arena, Sun 15 Mar) LIONEL RICHIE (Motorpoint Arena, Mon 16 Mar) NACHTMAHR (The Globe, Fri 27 Mar) THE HUMANS (The Garage, Fri 17) SIMPLE MINDS (Motorpoint Arena, Sat 18 Apr) AL STEWART (St David’s Hall, Sun 10 May) BRYAN FERRY (St David’s Hall, Mon 11 May) MARY BLACK (St David’s Hall, Fri 15 May) LULU (St David’s Hall, Mon 18 May)
BUZZ 73
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live review FAÇADE
The Riverfront, Newport, Fri 10 Oct words HEATHER ARNOLD Façade, by experimental circus company Crashmat Collective, was not only a dining experience unlike any other I’ve had before (for all the right reasons) but it was also a show that will make think twice the next time I go out for a meal. When I first heard about Façade, a show that promised to combine teatime with circus skills and acrobatics, all I could imagine was a trapeze performer mis-swinging and accidentally kicking a plate of food right into my face. Thankfully this didn’t happen (though it would have made a great story to tell at parties). Instead we were ushered into the Studio at The Riverfront theatre in Newport. Spread around the performance space were several round tables; in the middle of the room there were ropes and hoops hanging from the ceiling – well away from potential face kicking. We were ushered to our table by our ‘waiters’ and sat down excitedly. At this point everything felt somewhat surreal and I couldn’t shake the ‘what the hell have I gotten myself into’ feeling. As soon as the show kicked off, however, I was absorbed. Each of the tables was introduced to their server (with name tags to keep track of who was who, and with an insightful tagline denoting their character) but as they walked away we heard their thoughts as they daydreamed and passed judgment on both each other and us diners. Pretty quickly we were introduced to all the relationships (father-daughter tensions; unrequited love; work rivalries) and characters (the ambitious waiter; the ex-serviceman; the one who dreams of running away). The emotions and dreams of these characters would snap away into dance and circus performances and they fitted in seamlessly. I was worried that these pieces would be half-heartedly stitched together with a sloppy plot, but nothing could be farther from the truth. Not only did the circus skills fit in but they actively added to the show. One waiter’s struggle with anger was demonstrated through him climbing and tumbling beautifully on the rope; two rivals fought over domination of the aerial hoop and a saucepot expressed her sexual prowess when moving hulahoops around her body. The show also contained great wit, playing with the fantasies and insecurities of its characters in relatable fashion. There was awkward and elaborate flirting, 80s romantic film daydreams and attempts at ‘team bonding’. The characters were interesting and I found myself excited to hear the next part of their story. Moreover, the sound (done by Tom Elstob) and lighting (by Adam Cobley) gave it the perfect dramatic tone. The performances of Laura Moy as Polly and Alice Ellerby as Rose stood out among the cast: a couple of minor acting blips aside, considering these people are circus performers first and actors second, the result was damn impressive. When in a restaurant environment, one rarely considers the lives of those taking orders and plating up food. It’s easy to forget they’re individuals with complex histories, thoughts and relationships. Next time I eat out, it’ll be with a new awareness for the staff. Oh, and the food wasn’t half bad either.
BUZZ 74
Clint Edwards + Rob Deering + Matt Reed Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. New series, Comedy Carousel, featuring “handpicked” comedians from the circuit. The audience are also asked to choose a winner, and there’s interactive games etc. Also on Thurs 13 and Thurs 20. Clown In The Moon Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 8pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Cyrano De Bergerac Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £9/£6. Info 01982 552555. (Until Sat 8) High Noon(ish) Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805. Liz Davies’ comedy, presented by Breakthrough Productions. On tomorrow also. Hiraeth Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £7/£5. Info 01685 722176. Buddug James Jones’ play about a family farm. Le Pub Is For LOLs Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. Comedy night on the first Thursday of every month. Paul Daniels & Debbie McGee Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £15.50£18.50. Info 01656 815995. Their tour is called Back... Despite Popular Demand!, in the same way that GG Allin described himself as Hated In The Nation. Not that Paul or Debbie would approach the depravity of GG, of course. Shakespeare Schools Festival Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. (Finishes today) Shappi Khorsandi Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.30pm, £12£16. Info 01834 869323. Swan Lake Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16/£15. Info 01874 611622. New production presented by Ballet Theatre UK. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. That’s Disney’s The Lion King, you ingrate. Here we go with a TWO-MONTH residency! (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Perfect Murder New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£26. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 8) Wyrd Sisters The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 8)
FRIDAY 7
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £14-£18. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 8) Alan Carr Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 8pm, £25. Info 01874 611622. One of those work in progress dealies. On tomorrow also. An Afternoon With Kev Johns & Guests Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 2pm, £7.50. Info 01792 475715. Anthem For A Doomed Youth Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.45pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. Guy Masterson’s one-man performance based on poems by Owen, Sassoon and Brooke about WWI. In Cardiff on Tue 11; Abergavenny on Wed 12. Anthony J Brown + Jo Caulfield + Rob Deering + Matt Reed Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Beauty & The Beast The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm,
£8.50-£14. Info 01633 656757. Presented by Ballet Cymru. On tomorrow also. Bedroom Farce Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. (Until Sat 8) Bleak House Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £16/£13. Info 01600 719401. Dickensian theatre, presented here by The Pantaloons. Blithe Spirit Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Sat 8) Bluestocking Lounge: Wordy Shapes Of Women Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 8pm, £7/£2.30. Info 01792 463980. Burlesque night, part of the Dylan Thomas Festival and somehow shoehorning that theme into the saucy prancing. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Cyrano De Bergerac Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £9/£6. Info 01982 552555. (Until Sat 8) Danny Deegan + Tommy Rowson + Jonnie Price Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Comedy Club night. Dios Menguante Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01792 602060. Comedic dance company from Barcelona, Mar Gómez, with a show about a priest and “a woman who stops at nothing”. In Newport on Tue 11; Treorchy on Wed 12. Drones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 21. Ed Gamble Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 8pm, £10. Info 01639 763214. A Comedy Network night High Noon(ish) Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£7. Info 01873 850805. Shakespeare Schools Festival Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £8.75/£6.75. Info 0300 3656677. Stage One Foyer, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, free. Info 029 2063 6464. Four independent contemporary dance artists present fresh new work currently in development; you can also network with people. ‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £11/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. With standups TBC. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Noise Next Door Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£13. Info 029 2063 6464. Comedy sketch troupe. The Perfect Murder New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10.50-£26. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 8) The Trial Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2064 6900. Philip Glass’ opera, based on Kafka’s infamous novel. We previewed this last month. The Ugly Duckling Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 1.30pm, £8. Info 029 2064 6900. Family show with storytelling, puppetry and music. On tomorrow also; prior to a stint here from Mon 8 Dec until Sat 3 Jan. It’s in Ystradgynlais and Porthcawl later this month. Wyrd Sisters The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Sat 8)
SATURDAY 8
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.30 + 7pm, £14£18. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) Alan Carr Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 8pm, £25. Info 01874 611622. Anthony J Brown + Jo Caulfield + Rob Deering + Matt Reed Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Beauty & The Beast The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £8.50-£14. Info 01633 656757. Bedroom Farce Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. (Finishes today) Blithe Spirit Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. (Finishes today) Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 5 + 6.30pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Cabarration Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £5-£10. Info 01970 623232. A cabaret night with an LGBT twist, says the press bumph. Notable among the performers is “Vesta Clitoria, the music hall’s last surviving male impersonator”. Cyrano De Bergerac Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £9/£6. Info 01982 552555. (Finishes today) Duck In A Truck Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 11.30am + 2.30pm, £7.50. Info 01792 602060. Kids’ show based on the book of the same ‘came up with the title before the plot’ name. JoJo Smith + Mike Newall + Simon Bligh Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. Marcus Brigstocke Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £17/£15 adv. Info 01792 863722. Once In A Blue Moon The Riverfront, Newport. 11.30am + 2pm, £6.50. Info 01633 656757. Dance production for ages 3-6. On Scarborough Front Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 12.30pm, £7.50/£5.50. Info 01792 475715. New play by Stuart Fortey, set during WWI and taking in the experiences of Wilfrid Owen. Rites Of War Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 01970 623232. New dance production conceptually linking the combat of WWI and more recently in Afghanistan. In Blackwood on Wed 12 and Thurs 13; Newport on Sat 22. Seann Walsh Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £14. Info 01600 772467. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Perfect Murder New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£26. Info 029 2087 8889. (Finishes today) The Ugly Duckling Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 11am + 1.30pm, £8. Info 029 2064 6900. In Welsh first, then English. Without Stars + There We Have Been Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Two dance pieces choreogeaphed by James Cousins. Wyrd Sisters The Gate, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Finishes today)
SUNDAY 9
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stage Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232. Kids’ production. Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Paul Foot Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £12.50. Info 0871 4720400. With a show called Hovercraft Symphony In Gammon # Major. Steady on there Paul! You’re in danger of being too random for people to be able to understand. Rising Stars Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £6/£4. Info 01792 863722. Drama. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) Words From The Great War Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £5. Info 01633 263670. Compiled by John Sheen and Eileen Symonds; performed by Newport Playgoers.
MONDAY 10
Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Caterpillar Comedy Gwdihw,
Fiddler On The Roof Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. Musical presented by Ysgol Gyfun Ystalyfera. (Until Thurs 13) Oh What A Lovely War Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. Vintage WWI-themed musical play. (Until Sat 15) Shakespeare Schools Festival Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £6-£8.50. Info 0845 2263510. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan)
WEDNESDAY 12
A Night Of Musical Theatre St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £9.95. Info 029 2087 8444. Anthem For A Doomed Youth Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01873 850805. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Buttercup Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232. Agricultural
The war-themed poetry of Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon and Rupert Brooke takes on a sharper resonance in this year, the 100th anniversary of WWI beginning. Anthem For A Doomed Youth, a one-man performance based on their verse, visits Newtown's Theatr Hafren (Fri 7), RWCMD, Cardiff (Tue 11) and Abergavenny Borough Theatre (Wed 12). Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2039 7933. Open mic standup night hosted by Jordan Brookes. Grimm Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 01792 475715. TAN Dance with their interpretation of the stories of the Brothers Grimm. Madama Butterfly St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£32. Info 029 2087 8444. An Ellen Kent production of Puccini’s opera.
TUESDAY 11
Anthem For A Doomed Youth Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2039 1391. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Dance Shorts The Riverfront, Newport. 6.30pm, free. Info 01633 656757. Ten-minute showcase performances in the foyer. Dios Menguante The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 656757. Dracula Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 01970 623232. The Mark Bruce Company, and 10 onstage dancers, depict through the medium of dance what happens when you get bitten by a Dracula. Easy Terms Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£15. Info 01792 475715. Frank Vickery play arrives in its latest south Wales location. (Until Sat 15)
comedy. Cardiff Gang Show 2014: The Cyberspace Chronicles New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £8-£15. Info 029 2087 8889. Featuring a cast of over 100 scouts and guides, all working through their teen issues onstage. (Until Sat 15) Charlie Smith’s Comedy Den Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. David O’Doherty Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £15/£13 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. This is the guy who plays a small battery-powered keyboard. Don’t know much else about him. Maybe you do. Dinosaur Zoo Grand Theatre, Swansea. 1.30 + 4pm, £10£15.50. Info 01792 475715. Live action dinosaur show, previously a hit in the West End. On tomorrow also. Dios Menguante Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £6-£10. Info 0800 0147111. Easy Terms Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£15. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 15) Fiddler On The Roof Gwyn Hall, Neath. 2 + 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. (Until Thurs 13) John Bishop Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. Oh What A Lovely War Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 15) Pws Mewn Bwts Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. Info 01633 868239. Welsh language show headed by Martyn Geraint. On
tomorrow also; in Porthcawl on Mon 17, Treorchy from Tue 18-Thurs 20. Rites Of War Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £7/£5. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also. Services Rendered Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. Play about the curious events linked to a family postWWI. (Until Sat 15) Shakespeare Schools Festival Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £8.75/£6.75. Info 01792 602060. (Until Fri 14) Sky Hawk Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 10am + 1pm, £8-£12. Info 0845 2263510. A wildlife musical adventure for kids, presented by Clwyd Theatr Cymru. (Until Fri 14) The Joyce Grenfell Fan Club Mozarts, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 649984. A night of comedy charcters with Karen Sherrard, Simon Emanuel, Louisa Lorey, Ben Thurston and Mark Montinaro. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) Unease City centre location TBC, Cardiff. 7.30 + 9pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Immersive theatre production by Tom Raybould, presented by Chapter and featuring music by Sinfonia Cymru. When you buy a ticket you’ll be told where it’s set. (Until Fri 14)
THURSDAY 13
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. (Until Sat 15) Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Cardiff Gang Show 2014: The Cyberspace Chronicles New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £8-£15. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 15) Carmen Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £19.50/£17.50. Info 01874 611622. Presented by Mid Wales Opera. Clint Edwards + Paul McCaffrey + The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Comedy Carousel night. Dinosaur Zoo Grand Theatre, Swansea. 10.30am + 4.30pm, £10-£15.50. Info 01792 475715. Easy Terms Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£15. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 15) Ene Man Negn + Chase The Chaos Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. Brace of dance production by Ethiopia’s Destino company. Fascinating Aïda Blake Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £19.50. Info 01600 719401. Fiddler On The Roof Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. (Finishes today) Incubator Sharing Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £7/£6. Info 029 2063 6464. Showcase of new dance work. Jessica Fostekew + Danny Deegan Queens Hall, Narberth. 7.15pm, £8-£12. Info 01834 869323. Span Arts comedy night. More acts TBC. Journeys Dance Platform The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2048 3344. Oh What A Lovely War Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030
4400. (Until Sat 15) Pws Mewn Bwts Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. Info 01633 868239. Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391. One-man show depicting the Chelsea and New York years of Crisp, dating from the 70s to the 90s. Services Rendered Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 15) Shakespeare Schools Festival Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £8.75/£6.75. Info 01792 602060. (Until Fri 14) Showtime Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7pm, £9.50/£6.50. Info 01792 475715. Showcase by the Star Struck Performing Arts School. (Until Sat 15) Sky Hawk Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 1 + 7pm, £8-£12. Info 0845 2263510. (Until Fri 14) The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) Unease City centre location TBC, Cardiff. 7.30 + 9pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Fri 14) Yesterday Never Returns Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7pm, £7/£5. Info 01495 227206.
FRIDAY 14
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. (Until Sat 15) Black Comedy Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01873 850805. Presented by Abergavenny Theatre Group; on tomorrow also. Bluestocking Lounge@ Clwb Kaboom! Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 0845 2263510. Burlesque night headlined this month by Tuesday Laveau. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Cardiff Gang Show 2014: The Cyberspace Chronicles New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £8-£15. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 15) Cheshire Cats Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01348 873421. Best Foot Forward presents a play about a group of women aiming to speedwalk their way to fundraising success in the London Moonwalk. On tomorrow also. Easy Terms Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £10-£15. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 15) Oh What A Lovely War Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 15) Ola + Paul McCaffrey + The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue + Clint Edwards Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Robert White + Hayley Ellis + Paul Duncan McGarrity Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01982 552555. Wyeside Comedy Club night. Ross Noble Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £12.50-£25. Info 01970 623232. Services Rendered Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 15) Shakespeare Schools
The Sooty Show Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 11am + 2.30pm, £10/£8. Info 0845 2263510.
Festival Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7pm, £8.75/£6.75. Info 01792 602060. (Finishes today) Showtime Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £9.50/£6.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 15) Sky Hawk Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 10am, 1pm + 7pm, £8-£12. Info 0845 2263510. (Finishes today) The Five & The Property Of Prana Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2064 6900. Dance production set in Tokyo and influenced by hip-hop, martial arts and manga. On tomorrow also. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Temple Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01970 623232. Stage adaption of HP Lovecraft’s fictional work. Part of Abertoir. Unease City centre location TBC, Cardiff. 7.30 + 9pm, £14/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. (Finishes today)
A Night At The West End St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 4.30pm, £12/£8 kids. Info 029 2087 8444. Songs from the musicals etc. Peter Karrie heads the bill. Time was he featured in these listings every month. Where did he go? Beauty & The Beast Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Presented by Ballet Cymru. On tomorrow also. Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Queen’s Knickers Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 2.30pm, £9/£8. Info 01982 552555. Kids’ play, based on a book by someone who I hope has since been hanged by the neck for treason. In Abergavenny on Fri 21.
SATURDAY 15
MONDAY 17
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. (Finishes today) Alan Davies Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £12.50-£25. Info 01970 623232. Black Comedy Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01873 850805. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 5 + 6.30pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Cardiff Gang Show 2014: The Cyberspace Chronicles New Theatre, Cardiff. 3pm, £8-£15. Info 029 2087 8889. (Finishes today) Cheshire Cats Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01348 873421. Easy Terms Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2 + 7.30pm, £10£15. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) John Ryan + Larry Dean + Ignacio Lopez Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. National Dance Company Wales 2014 Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 7.45pm, £6-£14. Info 01874 611622. Three new dance pieces: Tuplet, Mythology and Purlieus. Oh What A Lovely War Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. (Finishes today) Ola + Paul McCaffrey + The Raymond & Mr Timpkins Revue + Clint Edwards Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Services Rendered Dolman Theatre, Newport. 2.30 + 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50 NUS. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 15) Showtime Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 2.30 + 7pm, £9.50/£6.50. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) The Five & The Property Of Prana Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15-£25. Info 029 2064 6900. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Pirates Of Penzance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £10/£9.50. Info 01656 815995. Presented by Mid Glamorgan Savoyards.
SUNDAY 16
A Child’s Christmas In Wales Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 0845 2263510. Presented by Wales Theatre Company. On tomorrow also. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Imelda May St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25-£35. Info 029 2087 8444. Irish rockabilly revivalist. Pws Mewn Bwts Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 10am + 1pm, £10/£9. Info 01656 815995. United We Stand Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 227206. New drama about the real-life events of 1972, where thousands of building workers went on strike and in some cases ended up in prison. Ricky Tomlinson was one of them, you may have read about it off the back of that.
TUESDAY 18
Beauty & The Beast Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Dreamboats & Miniskirts New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Set in the early 60s, this is the sequel to Dreamboats And Petticoats. (Until Sat 22) Hairspray Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. Perfomed by Cefn Saeson School. (Until Thurs 20) Hansel & Gretel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 475715. Presented by the Fluellen Theatre Company. (Until Sat 22) Number 5 Cwmdonkin Drive Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 4.30pm. Info 01792 602060. This is a comedy about all the Dylan Thomas centenary stuff this year, so it’s meta and that. A teenage boy called Thomas Dylan worries his 18th birthday will be marginalised due to being on the same day as his near-namesake’s centenary. Piste Off Comedy Club Face 11, Cathays, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2022 8221. Here on the third Tuesday of every month. Pws Mewn Bwts Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 10.30am, £10/£8. BUZZ 75
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ONE WAY STREET Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Fri 21 Nov Tickets: £8-£12. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk A clever and astonishing mix of puppetry and animation: are you ready to be teleported back to the world of black and white production? Written and produced by Small World Theatre, an artist-led arts and culture organisation based in Cardigan, One Way Street is a live theatre performance, showcasing a theatrical world inhabited by puppets and animated film projections by artist Sean Vicary. Imagine the cultural hub of San Francisco taken over by puppets in this film noir-style production, whereby an unexpected encounter between private investigator Sam Stone and a mystery woman leaves Sam faced with what appears to be an open and shut case. Little does he know it’s going to land him in a whole heap of trouble...
John Bishop Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £30 adv. Info 029 2022 4488. Lady Windermere’s Fan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4.50-£9. Info 01970 623232. (Until Fri 21) Little Red Riding Hood Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. (Until Sun 23) Memoria Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. Re-Live present a stang production tacling the subject of dementia. (Until Sat 22) Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) Pws Mewn Bwts Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 10.30am, £10/£8. Info 0800 0147111. (Finishes today) Singin’ In The Rain Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £8.50-£14.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 22) The Forgotten The Riverfront, Newport. 2 + 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 656757. The Future For Beginners Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Liveartshow present the story of a couple who wish to grow old together. In Aberystwyth tomorrow; Swansea on Fri 28. The Gruffalo Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 1.30 + 5.30pm, £11. Info 01495 227206. On tomorrow also. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Reduced Shakespeare Company In The Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged) [Revised] Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16/£14. Info 029 2039 1391.
FRIDAY 21 Info 0800 0147111. (Until Thurs 20) Shakespeare Schools Festival Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8/£5 under25s. Info 029 2064 6900. On tomorrow also. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan)
WEDNESDAY 19
Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Boxfull Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Dan Mitchell and his comedic mates are making live sketch and film funnies this month on the theme of ‘terror’. Chess Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. Abba-themed, and indeed Abba-written, musical. I have never actually looked at the plot to this before – it sounds excellent, at least in principle. (Until Sat 22) Dreamboats & Miniskirts New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 22) Hairspray Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. (Until Thurs 20) Hansel & Gretel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1 + 7pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 22) Jonny Got His Gun Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. Metal Rabbit with a stage adaption of BUZZ 76
an award-winning novel. Lady Windermere’s Fan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4.50-£9. Info 01970 623232. One of Oscar Wilde’s plays of note. (Until Fri 21) Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. Black RAT present 2014’s edition of Christmas At The Gate, ie panto, ie an English language version of the below. (Until Fri 5 Dec) Pws Mewn Bwts Parc & Dare, Treorchy. 10.30am, 1.30pm + 6.30pm, £10/£8. Info 0800 0147111. (Until Thurs 20) Russell Kane + Ignacio Lopez + Phil Evans Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £18. Info 01600 772467. Sara Pascoe Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. The second in Little Wander’s month series of standup gigs at this venue. Shakespeare Schools Festival Sherman Cymru, Cardiff. 7pm, £10/£8/£5 under25s. Info 029 2064 6900. Singin’ In The Rain Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £8.50-£14.50. Info 01792 475715. Amateur production by the Abbey Players. (Until Sat 22) The Forgotten The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01633 656757. New drama celebrating the 175th year of the Chartist movement. On tomorrow also. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun
11 Jan)
THURSDAY 20
A Christmas Carol Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01686 614555. Presented by the Newtown Musical Theatre Company. (Until Sat 22) Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Fri 21) Chess Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 22) Clint Edwards + Philberto + Matt Price Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Comedy Carousel night. Cwmploddy The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7.30pm, £10/£9. Info 01639 843163. Dreamboats & Miniskirts New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £9-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 22) Dylan Live Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 602060. Bilingual performance tracing Dylan Thomas’ trips to New York through jazz, beat poetry, hip-hop, spoken word and film. Grease Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £10/£6. Info 01982 552555. Musical, performed by Builth Wells High School. (Until Sat 22) Hairspray Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £9/£7. Info 0300 3656677. (Finishes today) Hansel & Gretel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1 + 7pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 22)
A Christmas Carol Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £11. Info 01686 614555. (Until Sat 22) Bordergame Secret locations between Newport and Bristol. 6 + 8pm, £16.50/£14. Info 029 2063 6464. (Finishes today) Chess Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. (Until Sat 22) Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. Panto with Owen Money heading the cast members. (Until Sun 30) Clown In The Moon The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £12/£8. Info 01633 656757. Dance Shorts Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.15pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. A dance theatre duet by Gary and Pel, taking place in the Caffi Bar. Dreamboats & Miniskirts New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £11-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 22) Drones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Eric & Little Ern Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 602060. Stagebased homage to Morecambe & Wise. Grease Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £10/£6. Info 01982 552555. (Until Sat 22) Hansel & Gretel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1 + 7pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 22) Jonny & The Baptists + Pat Cahill + Tiernan Douieb The Globe At Hay,
Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £8-£10. Info 01497 821762. Comedy night, presrnted by the Machynlleth Comedy Festival team. Lady Windermere’s Fan Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £4.50-£9. Info 01970 623232. (Finishes today) Little Red Riding Hood Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. (Until Sun 23) Matt Price + Philberto + Dave Fulton + Robin Morgan Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Memoria Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 22) One Way Street Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Live theatre performance and tribute to film noir inhabited by puppets and film projections. Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) Singin’ In The Rain Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £8.50-£14.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 22) Steffan Alun + Tony Davidson + Karen Sherrard + Mike Bowers + Chris Chopping Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £4. Info www.hobosmusicvenue.com. Comedy night. The Future For Beginners Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232. The Gruffalo Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £11. Info 01495 227206. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Queen’s Knickers Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 1pm, £5/adults free. Info 01873 850805.
SATURDAY 22
A Christmas Carol Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £11. Info 01686 614555. (Finishes today) Blaze Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 4 + 7pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2063 6464. Local youth dance showcase. Chess Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10. Info 01633 263670. (Finishes today) Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 2pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. (Until Sun 30) Dreamboats & Miniskirts New Theatre, Cardiff. 4 + 8pm, £10-£29.50. Info 029 2087 8889. (Finishes today) Emily Brown & The Thing Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3pm, £7/£6. Info
029 2063 6464. Kids’ show. In Aberystwyth tomorrow; Blackwood on Wed 26. Rites Of War The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01633 656757. Grease Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £10/£6. Info 01982 552555. (Finsihes today) Hansel & Gretel Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7pm, £4-£10. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) Hello Out There Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 1pm, £5/£2. Info 01792 463980. Fluellen present a lunchtime showing of William Saroyan’s play. Little Red Riding Hood Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. (Until Sun 23) Matt Price + Philberto + Dave Fulton + Robin Morgan Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Memoria Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 22) Noel Fielding St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. See Upfront for more lolrandomness from The Mighty Boosh member. Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) Rat Pack Live Maesteg Town Hall. 7.30pm, £22 adv. Info 01656 733700. Sam Avery + Joe Bromehead + Wayne Deakin Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. Sean Hughes Pontardawe Arts Centre. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 863722. Singin’ In The Rain Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.15 + 7.15pm, £8.50-£14.50. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes today) The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan)
SUNDAY 23
Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 2pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. The next one is on Thurs 27. (Until Sun 30) Emily Brown & The Thing Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 2pm, £4.25-£8.50. Info 01970 623232. Little Red Riding Hood Workmen’s Hall, Caerphilly. 7.30pm. Info 07512 237983. (Finishes today) Live Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Pharaoh’s Daughter Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 3pm, £7.50-£15. Info 01970 623232.
United We Stand is a new drama based on events in 1972, where thousands of Shrewsbury building workers went on strike, 24 of whom were jailed. Ricky Tomlinson was one of the 24, and has been vocal on this issue since finding fame as an actor. As such, he's given support to this play, which visits Blackwood Miners Institute on Mon 17.
stage Presnted by Bolshoi Ballet. Stepping Out St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Dance, song and musical theatre. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Ugly Duckling The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 8pm, £6. Info 01639 843163. The Wild West Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £9.50/£8.50. Info 0845 2263510. Son and dance presented by the Raie Copp Academy.
MONDAY 24
Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. Just the full week here for Lee this year then. (Until Sun 30) Patagonia Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 10am + 12.30pm, £8. Info 01970 623232. Christmas show for children based on the journey of Welsh travellers to Patagonia, 150 years ago next year. On tomorrow also. Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec)
01686 614555. Drama with a meal thrown in, presented by Crashmat Collective. On tomorrow also. John Robins + Andrea Hubert + Nish KumarGrand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £11. Info 01792 475715. This month’s Comedy Club night. Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Sun 30) Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10/£9. Info 01633 263670. (Until Fri 28) Patriot Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £5. Info 01656 815995. A Fluellen Theatre lunchtime performance. Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) White Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £13/£10. Info 0300 3656677. (Until Sat 29)
THURSDAY 27
A Child’s Christmas In Wales New Theatre, Cardiff. 7pm, £9-£20. Info 029 2087 8889. Michael Bogdanov’s adaption of Dylan Thomas’ short story. (Until Sat 29) Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Sun 30) Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10/£9. Info 01633 263670. STC Musical Society presents music from stage and screen. (Until Fri 28) Patagonia Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 10am + 12.30pm, £8. Info 01970 623232. Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Nutcracker Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50-£31.50. Info 01792 475715. Presented by the Russian State Ballet And Opera House. The Ugly Duckling Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 10.30am + 1.30pm, £7.50. Info 01656 815995. In Welsh first, then English. White Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £13/£10. Info 0300 3656677. Presented by Neath Amateur Operatic Society. (Until Sat 29)
A Child’s Christmas In Wales New Theatre, Cardiff. 1 + 7pm, £8.50-£20. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 29) Blood Brothers Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01600 772467. (Until Fri 28) Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. (Until Sun 30) Facade Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01686 614555. Fawlty Towers Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Three episodes adapted for the stage. On tomorrow also. Hal Cruttenden Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £15. Info 0871 4720400. Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Sun 30) Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10/£9. Info 01633 263670. (Until Fri 28) Odyssey: The Spirit Of Christmas Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. Musical festive treat celebrating family, friendship and shared histories. (Until Sat 29) Punishment Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 29) Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) White Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £13/£10. Info 0300 3656677. (Until Sat 29)
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FRIDAY 28
TUESDAY 25
A Child’s Christmas In Wales New Theatre, Cardiff. 1 + 7pm, £8.50-£20. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 29) Blood Brothers Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01600 772467. Presented by Off Centre Theatre. (Until Fri 28) Carl Donnelly + Hayley Ellis + Katie Mulgrew Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. This month’s Comedy At The College night. Emily Brown & The Thing Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 11.30am + 1.30pm, £6.50. Info 01495 227206. Facade Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £26. Info
A Child’s Christmas In Wales New Theatre, Cardiff. 7pm, £9-£20. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 29) All That Malarkey Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13/£11. Info 029 2039 1391. The history and achievements of gay people in pop are celebrated in this cabaret troupe’s show. Blood Brothers Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £8. Info 01600 772467. (Finsihes today) Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. (Until Sun 30) Circus Of Horrors: Night Of The Zombie Theatr Hafren,
Newtown. 8pm, £22/£16. Info 01686 614555. Control Signal Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £6-£12. Info 01970 623232. Theatrical duet by by Karen Christopher and Sophie Grodin. Fawlty Towers Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10. Info 0845 2263510. Jarred Christmas + Tony Burgess + Zoe Lyons Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £15/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Sun 30) Mitch Benn Theatr Brychieniog, Brecon. 8pm, £14/£12. Info 01874 611622. Most Wonderful Time Of The Year Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £10/£9. Info 01633 263670. (Finishes today) Odyssey: The Spirit Of Christmas Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sat 29) Punishment Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 29) Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 10am + 12.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) Roger Monkhouse + Ian Cognito The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £12. Info 01633 656757. Comedy Shed night. The Bumbles Of Mumbles Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £10.50/£9.50. Info 01792 475715. Annual charitable kids’ spectacular show. The Future For Beginners Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 01792 475715. The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) White Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £13/£10. Info 0300 3656677. (Until Sat 29)
SATURDAY 29
A Child’s Christmas In Wales New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7pm, £9-£20. Info 029 2087 8889. (Finishes today) Best Of Broadway Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £12/£9 under-16s. Info 01656 815995. Presented by PAODS. Christmas With Bellagio Boys Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50. Info 01633 263670. Fundraiser show for this venue. Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 2pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. (Until Sun 30) Jarred Christmas + Tony Burgess + Zoe Lyons Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £17.50/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Jason Patterson + Christian Reilly Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. With one more comic TBC. Jon Richardson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £19.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Performing his Nidiot set, as I believe he has been for quite some time now. Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Until Sun 30) Odyssey: The Spirit Of Christmas Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 3 + 7pm, £8-£12. Info 029 2063 6464. (Finishes today) Punishment Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400.
live review
LORD OF THE FLIES
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Thurs 23 Oct words HEATHER ARNOLD This infamous teenage tale gets the Matthew Bourne treatment in this new dance production of William Golding’s Nobel Prize-winning novel. A group of schoolboys start their own society when they become stranded on an island and are thrown into an adult-less, rule-free world. There are inevitable power struggles between our protagonist, the likable and mostly level-headed Ralph, and the charismatic but threatening Jack. The chubby, glasses-wearing Piggy is clearly the brains of the bunch but his lack of charm would have stopped him from getting power, even if he wanted it. The first few days on the island are idyllic, as the boys run around and enjoy their new-found freedom. As the story progresses things get darker and darker, and both the performances and the set adapt beautifully to the more sinister tone. Sam Plant created a fantastic Piggy – an anxious character who is trying his best to do what he believes is the sensible thing. He portrayed Piggy perfectly as a boy scared but determined; I couldn’t have imagined the character better myself. Danny Reubens was also an excellent Jack as he slowly made his face and movements more and more manic, and I found him increasingly interesting to watch as he escalated into savagery. Sam Archer did a good job as Ralph, arguably a much plainer character, and Layton Williams created an incredible representation of the innocent and earthy Simon. The true stars of the show, however, were the young dancers. This production did something different as some of its performers were professional dancers and others were local dance novices. Watching the show, however, you would never have guessed the disparity. They all kept in time, moved in unison and portrayed their roles with great emotion. Matthew Bourne has an extraordinary talent for creating dance productions that appeal to those who wouldn’t consider themselves ‘into dance’. He has an eye for storytelling and portraying deep characters through movement alone and that was an aspect that was ever apparent in Lord Of The Flies. The fact he managed to achieve this with novice dancers is even more impressive.
(Finishes today) Puss In Boots The Gate, Cardiff. 1.30 + 6.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2048 3344. (Until Fri 5 Dec) The Lion King Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20.50£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) Welcome Home, Mr Anton Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 12.30pm, £6/£4.50. Info 01792 475715. Lunchtime theatre presented by Fluellen.
White Christmas Gwyn Hall, Neath. 2.15 + 7pm, £13/£10. Info 0300 3656677. (Finishes today)
SUNDAY 30
Cinderella Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 2pm, £12/£10. Info 01639 763214. (Finishes today) Lee Evans Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff. 8pm, £30. Info 029 2022 4488. (Finishes today) The Lion King Wales
Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £20.50-£80. Info 029 2063 6464. (Until Sun 11 Jan) The Tempest Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7pm. Info 029 2071 2100. Performed by by Big Talent Youth Theatre, a group of 7-14-year-olds who meet weekly at the Wales Millennium Centre.
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competitions
TWO TICKETS FOR A HOSPITALITY BOX FOR WALES VS AUSTRALIA – COURTESY OF SSE SWALEC As winter draws closer, rugby fans across Wales will be gearing up for the much anticipated Autumn International series at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. SWALEC are giving away not just two plain-and-simple rugby tickets, but two tickets for the hospitality box for the Wales vs Australia match on Sat 8 Nov. Just answer the question below before Wed 5 Nov. Q: What was the name of the rugby-based book that was adapted into a film in 2009 and starred Morgan Freeman?
GIG TICKETS OF YOUR CHOICE
We have something new this month as the lovely people at Clwb Ifor Bach are not only offering the chance to win a pair of tickets to any upcoming gig but also a pair of tickets to The Blackout on Tue 11 and a couple ot tickets to Lit on Thurs 13 Nov. Just email competitions@ buzzmag.co.uk, with ‘WELSH CLUB’ in the subject header, your name, number and what show you want to see at least a week beofre the show.
TICKETS TO THE NUTCRACKER
With Christmas once again on the horizon, you might as well embrace it with The Nutcracker. If you fancy winning yourself two tickets for the opening performance (St David's Hall, Cardiff, Sat 20 Dec 5.30pm). Q: A 2001 animated film featured the story of the Nutcracker, but which iconic blonde was took the lead in this direct-to-video film?
REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY TICKETS
pic: KARL ANDRE
The trio of loud, high-energy Americans are back with Complete Works Of William Shakespeare (Abridged). To win tickets to see the show at the Royal Welsh College Of Music And Drama on Thurs 20 Nov, just answer by Wed 12 Nov. Q: In the 1996 film Romeo + Juliet who played Juliet’s Nurse?
COMEDY AND THE CLWB
Clwb Ifor Bach explores its funny side with its new monthly comedy nights. This month it will be Mock The Week and Twenty Twelve star Sara Pascoe on Wed 19 Nov. To experience mirth at Clwb Ifor Bach, answer the following question before Wed 12 Nov. Q: What day of the week did 2012 start on?
MUSIC SHOW UNEASE
Sinfonia Cymru's new interactive music show Unease guarantees to have you on edge and feeling uneasy. To win two tickets to their show, at a secret location in Cardiff on Fri 14 Nov, just answer the following question before Thurs 6 Nov. Q: What was the name of the writer and director of documentary Cinema Of Unease?
FOOD AND COMEDY FOR EIGHT AT GLEE CLUB
To celebrate their brand new Thursday night show, Comedy Carousel, the Glee Club in Cardiff Bay is giving away free tickets and food for you and seven friends. If you want to laugh at the show on Thurs 20 Nov, just answer the question below before Wed 12 Nov. What was the name of the carousel in 90s children’s TV show Playdays?
FOOD COMPETITIONS DINNER FOR TWO AT SMOKE HAUS
Feeling like a taste of America? The Man v. Foodstyle restaurant The Smoke Haus recently opened in Cardiff and has started serving up everything USA from hotdogs to burgers, chicken to steaks, and there are some light bites if that’s all you can manage. We’re giving away a meal for two, so if the taste of states for one night only takes your fancy, answer the following question. Q: Reality television series Man v. Food has been a hit over here and across the pond, but it is presented by what actor and food enthusiast?
£40 PIZZAEXPRESS GIFT CARD
Mermaid Quay’s PizzaExpress has recently given itself a spruce up with a new interior, and now they’re wanting to show off their stuff by giving away a £40 gift card. If their pizzas alone aren’t enough to pursuade you, then just remember these two words: dough balls. If you like the idea of chilling out one evening with pizza in Cardiff Bay (do note that the card is only useable at the PizzaExpress in Mermaid Quay), just answer this question. Q: Where was the modern pizza invented?
LUNCH FOR TWO AT COFFEE#1
Unwind and relax at a Coffee#1 this month, with a free lunch that includes a sandwich, cake and a hot or cold beverage of your choice. Coffee#1 have a brand new menu that they want to share, so you can settle down with your favourite drink or try something completely new. For a chance of winning, please answer the following question. Q: Which 16th century writer was purported to have dressed in drag to gain entrance to a coffeehouse in Paris?
MEAL FOR TWO AT FED
Showcasing a new buffet-style dining, FED will be opening in Cardiff at the end of this month to introduce you to nine different cuisines at one time, if you’re up for the challenge of nine-dish dining? If you want to be well FED, answer the following question. Q. FED stands for ‘Food Experience Destination’ but The Fed used to refer to what American system?
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