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“While we believe we are controlling our hands, this is not the case”

12upfront

This morning I saw a thing, on the internet obviously, where some American guy documented his efforts to make a deep-fried chicken and pepperoni quesadilla pizza. If this section was a deep-fried pizza, it would be topped with rugby, William Shatner, the Iris Prize, Richard Hawley, the Pixies and opera among other things. Anyway, back to the recipe, which the guy said took him all night to put together and tasted horrible

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Keiron Self reviews The Report and in doing so reveals he doesn’t like waterboarding. Keiron Self reviews Downton Abbey and in doing so reveals he doesn’t like the inequalities of the British class system. Woah, what does this guy like I hear you ask? He likes reviewing movies for Buzz magazine, get on his level

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September is the month where ‘things’ start happening again, and we at Buzz breathe sighs of relief because we no longer have to scrape the events barrel for things to fill these four pages. Does that mean that each preview comes with a guarantee that you will enjoy it, or your money back? Sure, why not

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Editor Fedor being pleasantly on-brand in We’ve Been Watching, even if it would be more accurately titled He’s Been Watching this month at least, with a review of a black and white movie about a 1980s Soviet Union rock band. I hope one – or more! – of you views and enjoys it as a direct result of reading the review

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Columnist Jon Sutton rocks up with a piece extolling the virtues of travel on one’s disposition, and in doing so employs the line “false-flagging the all-inclusive seafood bar”, which I would say is my favourite combination of words to appear in this issue. My second favourite? I’ll have to get back to you on that one

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Worst band names in this issue: Dog Chocolate, Under The Driftwood Tree, The Pale White, Footprints In The Custard, No Mean Biscuit, The Puss Puss Band

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Win some things, or entry to see some things, and read our Did You Know column on the same page while you’re here; this month it’s dedicated to the BAFTA Cymru Awards. I for one was struck by the stated figure for glasses of champagne drunk on the evening, although it is only approximate

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What’s on our radar this month HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE IN CONCERT

The first instalment of the Harry Potter franchise, written by J.K. Rowling, is being screened at St David’s Hall in Cardiff this September. The film, which turned Rowling’s super-successful books into a megastar film franchise, will be accompanied live by The Czech National Symphony Orchestra. St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Thurs 19 Sept. Tickets: £32.50-£88. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshall.co.uk

GERHARD KRESS: DOUBLE DOUBLE YELLOW LINES

Ger m an -bor n ph otogr aph er Ger h ar d K r es s h a s h i s 1 0 t h solo exhibition in Wales with the upcoming Double Double Yellow Lines. Kress’s photography uses stark contrasts and bold, block colours. This, alongside his unusual composition choices, manipulates the industrial atmosphere of the places he photographs into a new thing altogether. Olive’s Attic, Treforest, throughout September and October. Admission: free. Info: 01443 400725 / facebook.com/olivesattictreforest

BRYDON, MACK AND MITCHELL

Join comedic trio Rob Brydon, Lee Mack and David Mitchell as they go touring Town To Town. The September shows in Cardiff and Swansea are sure to be full of unmissable belly laughing fun, comprising as it does of three of the UK’s most experienced comedic talents. Grand Theatre, Swansea, Fri 20-Sun 22 Sept; St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Mon 23-Wed 25 Sept. Tickets: £40 (sold out – check box offices for returns). Info: swanseagrand.co.uk / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

PROMS IN THE PARK

Eighties pop group ABC have been confirmed as the headline act for the annual Proms In The Park in Swansea, alongside the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus Of Wales. As Swansea is set to celebrate 50 years as a city, the Proms forms part of these celebrations, with local bands set to play and a homage to the 50th anniversary of the Apollo landings also featuring. Singleton Park, Swansea, Sat 14 Sept. Tickets: £18/£8 under-17s/£5 under-13s/free under-4s. Info: bbc.co.uk/promsinthepark BUZZ 4

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Skindred are back and set to headline Cwmbran Stadium next month, with support from five local bands: Tribeless, Who Knows Didley, Fallen Temples, Tigress and Those Damn Crows. Supported and promoted by Torfaen Leisure Trust.

Theatre group Black Rat Productions embark on an exhaustive 17-venue tour of Wales with their adaption of comedy play ART. Originally written in French by Yasmina Reza, where it lit up the Parisienne theatre world, its English translation is no less successful. Focusing on the world of art and male friendship, the light-hearted comedy makes this play a longstanding classic. Various theatres in Wales, Tue 1 Oct-Sat 9 Nov. Tickets: £14-16. Info: 07854 114782 / www.blackratproductions.co.uk

Cwmbran Stadium, Sat 26 Oct. Tickets: £25. Info: 01633 627100 / facebook.com/torfaenleisuretrust

PORTHCAWL ELVIS FESTIVAL

Wales’ annual celebration of The King returns to the seaside town of Porthcawl. With thousands of Elvis fans hitting the town and a small army of Elvis Tribute Acts, the town becomes a royal party all over, many places giving free admission. Porthcawl’s Grand Pavilion, as ever, hosts the feature events. Various venues, Porthcawl, Fri 27-Sun 29 Sept. Tickets: £6-£27.50 (many events free). Info: 01656 815995 / www.elvies.co.uk

GARY NUMAN

Electropop pioneer Gary Numan takes on the Tramshed in Cardiff to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his first tour. Best known for hits like Are ‘Friends’ Electric? and Cars, expect this to be a wonderfully android performance. Tramshed, Cardiff, Thurs 3 Oct. Tickets: £32.50. Info: 029 2023 5555 / www.tramshedcardiff.com

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Cameroon-born poet Eric Ngalle Charles launches his film-poem This Is Not A Poem with Greg Lewis, delving into issues of diversity and race as well as celebrating tolerance and understanding. Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea, Sat 14 Sept. Admission: free. Info: 01792 463980 / www.dylanthomas.com BUZZ 5

What’s on our radar this month AMERICAN NIGHTMARE

Writer Matthew Bulgo isn’t shying away from being obvious with his upcoming stage thriller, American Nightmare. With the richest literally dining high above society in restaurants in the sky, and the poorest hiding in dark spaces underground, the performance takes a stark look at the true differences between the ideal and the reality of the American dream. The Other Room, Porters, Cardiff, Tue 10-Sun 29 Sept. Tickets: £5-£12. Info: 029 2128 0189 / www.otherroomtheatre.com

INTELLIGENCE PARK

The Royal Opera have paired up with Music Theatre Wales in order to tour Gerald Barry’s first ever opera, The Intelligence Park. First performed in 1990 to a fantastic reception, it hasn’t been brought to the stage since then – but now, under the loving hand of director and designer Nigel Lowery, the opera premieres in London before making its way to Cardiff. Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Tue 8 Oct. Tickets: £15-£25. Info: www.shermantheatre.co.uk

FFOTOGALLERY ON THE MOVE

Wales’ renowned still image lovers Ffotogallery have secured themselves a new long-term home in the former Methodist Sunday School in Cathays – the move has already started, with the good folks behind the gallery hoping to have it up and running towards the end of the year. Info: www.ffotogallery.org

JUSTIN MOORHOUSE: NORTHERN JOKER

Comedian and self-styled dog walker Justin Moorhouse is hitting up a few Welsh dates on his current Northern Joker tour – in which he ponders the uncertainty of today’s world, from Brexit to Putin to his own seeming redundancy as a dad, with his daughter not all that interested in what he has to say. But Moorhouse’s audiences certainly are! Savoy Theatre, Monmouth, Sun 29 Sept; Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen, Wed 9 Oct; Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil, Fri 22 Nov. Tickets: £15. Info: justinmoorhouse.com BUZZ 6

KEVIN BLOODY WILSON Almost Awesome 16.10.19

CARDIFF PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA American Night 18.10.19

MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA CERDDORFA FFILHARMONIG MOSGO 09.10.19

AMANDA PALMER There Will Be No Intermission 19.10.19

HARRY POTTER & THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE 19.09.19

LULU Still on Fire 26.10.19

BEN PHILLIPS LIVE Ben vs Elliot 27.09.19

RIP IT UP The 70s 22.10.19

LES MUSICALS Jai McDowall & Jonathan Ansell 07.10.19

OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL GŴYL FFILMIAU’R CEFNFOR 15.10.19

BBC NOW / CCC Y BBC Verdi: Requiem 03.10.19

PENGUIN CAFE 06.10.19

VICTORIA PRICE Horror movie don Vincent Price’s legacy is being kept alive… from BEYOND THE GRAVE! Specifically by daughter Victoria, who presents talks and screenings in Wales this month. Chris Andrews finds out more. When he passed away in 1993, Vincent Price, the legendary Hollywood star of so many classic movies, left behind a body of work few can match. But the legacy of the man himself is something that not many people may be aware of and when his daughter Victoria Price fell on hard times some years ago, she looked to her late father for inspiration and is now looking to pass that inspiration on to others in her work. “It’s vitally important in this day and age to have role models who exude kindness and express generosity. But I also believe it’s what made him so popular as a horror actor,” she points out. “People loved to be scared by him because they sensed that underneath his ability to scare people to death, there was something safe about him. Something you could love.” In these uncertain times, it seems the House Of Wax star could be an inspiration to us even now. “My father saw himself as a public servant. He knew he had been given an extraordinary life, and so he wanted to use his fame to help others, by encouraging young people to pursue their creative passions, speaking out on behalf of people who were not given a voice, and also simply by being interested in everyone he met and giving them his time. He understood that, ultimately, the only legacy that matters is the legacy of love. And that’s a great lesson for us all, especially right now.” Indeed, Price was one of the early mainstream advocates for LGBTQ rights, at a time when people in his position generally shied away from such matters. “He was open-minded and open-hearted because, in his heart, he was probably much more fluid about love and sexuality than most of his generation.” With a surname like Price, the actor assumed for most of his life that he had Welsh genealogy, but in 2011 Victoria made a discovery. “He thought he was Welsh. But when I came to Aberystwyth, a wonderful genealogy researcher from the library there was assigned by the BBC to find out more about my dad’s Welsh ancestors. About an hour before we were to be filmed, he came to me in a panic saying he hadn’t been able to find any Welsh connections. So, we focused on my mum instead.” Victoria’s mother Mary Grant was born in Broadhaven, Pembrokeshire and met Vincent on the set of Up In Central Park where she worked as a costume designer. “She was brought out to Hollywood for her first film in the late 1940s. They had mutual friends who seated them next to one another at a dinner party.” So did young Victoria spend much time in Wales as a child? “I only came once, when I was 10 years old. My dad was filming Theatre Of Blood and we were living in London for the summer. We came to visit my mom’s birthplace. But since then, I have been back twice and am looking forward to what will now be my fourth visit. I really love Wales, and especially love going to Aberystwyth for the Abertoir Film Festival, where my dad is its patron saint.” So, keen to spread the life lessons she learned from her father, what’s next on the agenda for the author and public speaker? “My next book, titled Living Love: 12 Heart-Centered Practices To Transform Your Life will be out next April. It’s about how I took what I learned from my dad about love and joy and kindness and created practices that changed me from an anxious, uptight, self-loathing, selfish workaholic to someone much more at peace in myself. I will also continue to lead bespoke cultural tours with my friend and colleague Peter Fuller, who runs the Vincent Price Legacy UK. And, of course, I will keep sharing my dad’s legacy of love with his fans around the world.” Victoria Price hosts a talk and Q&A, plus screening of The Abominable Dr. Phibes (The Riverfront, Newport, Sat 14 Sept) and Dragonwyck (Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Tue 17 Sept). Tickets: £5-£8. Info: tickets.newportlive.co.uk / www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk

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SECRET SPACES: GARTH EVANS Modernist artist Garth Evans has showcased his work worldwide, and last year was the subject of a fundraising campaign to save one of his biggest sculptures, commemorating the mining industry in Wales. He discusses his artistic return to south Wales with Lily Donelly. Your parents and grandparents were Welsh, and Cardiff was the initial home to one of your biggest sculptures in 1972, as part of a movement that propelled art into urban spaces. Does it feel like a homecoming to showcase your other works in Chapter? I think of it as a reconnection to something long cherished. It is very important to me that this exhibition, the first opportunity for a UK audience to see some of the work that I have made in the US, is taking place in south Wales. As a child we visited an aunt and uncle in Bridgend – I have vivid memories of the rocks at Ogmore.

There was a fundraiser to repair the damage and deterioration your untitled sculpture has seen over the years. How did that come about? This came about through the efforts of Hannah Firth at Chapter, who I am deeply grateful to – I believe she had help from my dear friend Tony Stokes.

Your sculpture conjures an image of a mining tunnel: could its need for reupholstering be interpreted as a comment on Welsh industry itself, with the threatened closure of the Port Talbot steelworks? At the time, I thought its form, colour and material had associations with the mining and steel industries, but perhaps it could be something more than a comment. A memorial of sorts, with a permanent home in south Wales. BUZZ 10

During the modernist period, your sculptures were more structural; in the 00s, you ushered in a human form using warped faces. What made you do this, and why? I made heads with my students that I recycled at the end of the class, and when I took them out of the kiln, I was astonished – I recognised them as people I had known. Someone joked that I was trying to create my own audience with these ‘people’.

The title of your upcoming exhibition has religious connotations, alluding to the hamsa recognised by Islam and Judaism as a protection against the evil eye. What is it that your work defends, or exposes? When I came up with the title, I was thinking about how my practice has evolved. Deciding to make only what I could with my own hands led me to a sense that, while we believe we are controlling our hands, this is not the case – it’s much more complicated.

If you could recommend one place in Wales to a first-time visitor that’s off the beaten tracks, where would it be and why? I love the Brecon Beacons and, of course, the rocks at Ogmore. There is a unique magic in each of these places. Garth Evans: But, Hands Have Eyes, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sat 14 Sept-Sun 26 Jan. Admission: free. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org

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St David’s Hall, Cardiff Fri 4 + Sat 5 Oct Tickets: £25 Info: 029 2087 8444 www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk

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Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay Tue 15-Sat 19 Oct Tickets: £17.50-£42.50 Info: 029 2063 6464 www.wmc.org.uk

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RUGBY WORLD CUP The Rugby World Cup is finally here. How far will Wales go? How many heart attacks will the nation collectively suffer? Nobody knows for sure, but Owen Scourfield is here to make an educated guess. Four years of blood, sweat and tears for every professional rugby player across the world, and four years of anticipation and excitement for every rugby fan worldwide, comes to a head on Fri 20 Sept, 11.45am UK time, as hosts Japan take on Russia in the opening match of the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Tokyo. For the first time since the competition’s inception in 1987, the tournament will be held in a country not traditionally associated with rugby union. However, the Japanese national team put a spanner in the works in 2015, producing the biggest upset in World Cup history by defeating former world champions South Africa. Subsequently, they became the first team to win three group games yet fail to progress to the knockout phase. This experience and success, though, could only help develop a country improving on the international rugby scene – in addition to helping promote a tournament in a country willing to throw everything behind a competition and put on a spectacle for visitors and TV viewers alike. Closer to home, on the back of winning the 2019 Six Nations Grand Slam, Wales have endured a mixed bag leading up to the tournament. The unbeaten streak came to an end with a lacklustre performance against England in Twickenham, but getting rid of that tag going into the World Cup has its positive aspect. Add to that the yo-yo-like movement at the top of the World Rugby ranking table: Wales are the number one ranked team in the world at the time of writing, ahead of the All Blacks. Our ability to perform with an underdog mentality has gone in Wales’ favour in past competitions, but our ability to string together a 15-game winning run, and beat six out of the seven teams beneath us in the rankings in the last 12 months, is cause to relinquish the ‘underdog’ term. The mind games also start once again, as England coach Eddie Jones made clear after Wales’ victory in the return warmup game in Cardiff: “When you go to BUZZ 12

number one, you’re favourites.” Regardless, for those of us who remember living through the memorable ups and desperate downs of the 1990s and early 00s, to see Wales at number one in the world is a sight and a half. From a squad point of view, Wales are looking strong across the board. Despite losing key starters Taulupe Faletau and Gareth Anscombe to nasty injuries, the depth available to replace is unbelievable. Dan Biggar again proved his doubters wrong with a man of the match performance in the second test against England last month, while the rest of us can be grateful that the headache of picking a back row is not a decision we have to make – Davies, Moriarty, Navidi, Shingler, Tipuric and Wainwright all putting their hands up for selection in the starting XV. Ahead of their first group game against Georgia on Mon 23 Sept, the Wales backline shouldn’t change too much from the Six Nations: George North is coming into a great bit of form lately while Liam Williams and Josh Adams are looking sharp. The front five should pick themselves while, at the moment, any team with Alun Wyn Jones in has a shot of winning. Outside of the national team, there is a strong Welsh coaching presence across the other nations. Russia are lead by former Ospreys head coach Lyn Jones and Shaun Connor. Putting Canada through their paces is former Wales captain Kingsley Jones. Meanwhile, Llanelli legend Phil Davies is head coach of Namibia, with Pontypridd cult figure Dale McIntosh as forwards coach and Wales international winger Mark Jones as backs coach. Buzz had some time with a few of the players ahead of the World Cup. Like the rest of us, Leigh Halfpenny was also forced to enjoy the Grand Slam triumph back in March as a mere fan, with injury preventing him from making any appearances throughout the 2019 Six Nations. Despite missing out on adding a third Grand Slam to his resume, there is undoubted sincerity in his pride and praise of his cont. on next page

BUZZâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S TEAR-OUT GUIDE TO THE WORLD CUP FIXTURES POOL A

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Ireland / Scotland / Japan Russia / Samoa

New Zealand / South Africa / Italy / Namibia / Canada

England / France / Argentina / USA / Tonga

Australia / Wales / Georgia / Fiji / Uruguay

Japan vs Russia Tokyo Stadium, Fri 20 Sep, 7.45pm (11.45am UK time)

New Zealand vs South Africa International Stadium, Sat 21 Sep, 6.45pm (10.45am UK time)

France vs Argentina Tokyo Stadium, Sat 21 Sep, 4.15pm (8.15am UK time)

Australia vs Fiji Sapporo Dome, Sat 21 Sep, 1.45pm (5.45am UK time)

Ireland vs Scotland International Stadium, Sun 22 Sep, 4.45pm (8.45am UK time)

Italy vs Namibia Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Sun 22 Sep, 2.15pm (6.15am UK time)

England vs Tonga Sapporo Dome, Sun 22 Sep, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Wales vs Georgia Toyota Stadium, Mon 23 Sep, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Russia vs Samoa Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Tue 24 Sep, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Italy vs Canada Fukuoka Stadium, Thu 26 Sep, 4:45pm (8:45am UK time)

England vs USA Kobe Misaki Stadium, Thu 26 Sep, 7.45pm (11.45am UK time)

Fiji vs Uruguay Kamaishi Stadium, Wed 25 Sep, 2.15pm (6.15am UK time)

Japan vs Ireland Shizuoka Stadium, Sat 28 Sep, 4.15pm (8.15am UK time)

South Africa vs Namibia Toyota Stadium, Sat 28 Sep, 6.45pm (10:.5am UK time)

Argentina vs Tonga Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Sat 28 Sep, 1.45pm (5.45am UK time)

Georgia vs Uruguay Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Sun 29 Sep, 2.15pm (6.15am UK time)

Scotland vs Samoa Kobe Misaki Stadium, Mon 30 Sep, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

New Zealand vs Canada Oita Stadium, Wed 2 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

France vs USA Fukuoka Stadium, Wed 2 Oct, 4.45pm (8.45am UK time)

Australia vs Wales Tokyo Stadium, Sun 29 Sep, 4.45pm (8:.5am UK time)

Ireland vs Russia Kobe Misaki Stadium, Thu 3 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

South Africa vs Italy Shizuoka Stadium, Fri 4 Oct, 6.45pm (10.45am UK time)

England vs Argentina Tokyo Stadium, Sat 5 Oct, 5pm (9am UK time)

Georgia vs Fiji Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Thu 3 Oct, 2.15pm (6.15am UK time)

Japan vs Samoa Toyota Stadium, Sat 5 Oct, 7.30pm (11.30am UK time)

New Zealand vs Namibia Tokyo Stadium, Sun 6 Oct, 1.45pm (5.45am UK time)

France vs Tonga Kumamoto Stadium, Sun 6 Oct, 4.45pm (8.45am UK time)

Australia vs Uruguay Oita Stadium, Sat 5 Oct, 2.15pm (6.15am UK time)

Scotland vs Russia Shizuoka Stadium, Wed 9 Oct, 4.15pm (8.15am UK time)

South Africa vs Canada Kobe Misaki Stadium, Tue 8 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Argentina vs USA Kumagaya Rugby Stadium, Wed 9 Oct 1.45pm (5.45am UK time)

Wales vs Fiji Oita Stadium, Wed 9 Oct, 6.45pm (10.45am UK time)

Ireland vs Samoa Fukuoka Stadium, Sat 12 Oct, 7.45pm (11.45am UK time)

New Zealand vs Italy Toyota Stadium, Sat 12 Oct, 1.45pm (5.45am UK time)

England vs France, International Stadium, Sat 12 Oct 5.15pm (9.15am UK time)

Australia vs Georgia Shizuoka Stadium, Sat 11 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Japan vs Scotland International Stadium, Sun 13 Oct, 7.45pm (11.45am UK time)

Namibia vs Canada Kamaishi Stadium, Sun 13 Oct, 12.15pm (4.15am UK time)

USA vs Tonga Hanazono Rugby Stadium, Sun 13 Oct 2.45pm (6.45am UK time)

Wales vs Uruguay Kumamoto Stadium, Sun 13 Oct, 5.15pm (9.15am UK time)

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Tokyo Stadium Sun 19 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

Oita Stadium Sat 20 Oct, 4.15pm (8.15am UK time)

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Tokyo Stadium Sun 20 Oct, 7.15pm (11.15am UK time)

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International Stadium Sun 27 Oct, 6pm (10am UK time)

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International Stadium Sat 2 Nov, 6pm (10am UK time) WINNER SF1 WINNER SF2

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Oita Stadium Sun 19 Oct, 4.15pm (8.15am UK time)

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teammates’ achievements. This is most apparent in Halfpenny’s rapturous assessment of Liam Williams, the man who essentially usurped his position as fullback, and who he thinks is contestably the best player in world rugby. “He’s had an exceptional season and I’m absolutely delighted for him; he’s a great guy and we’re really good friends. To follow up a Grand Slam with Wales, with a Premiership title and a European Cup with Saracens, it’s pretty remarkable.” However, despite the authenticity behind the adulation he heaps upon his teammates, there is also an underlying sense of missed opportunity. Halfpenny may well have been lucky enough to pick up two Grand Slams in his career, but they aren’t the sort of thing that one tires of winning, and at 30 years of age he may not got many more opportunities. It is perhaps missing out on his country’s latest success that has intensified Halfpenny’s World Cup aspirations; lighting the proverbial fire. He seems to be in a zone – consumed, almost. Even when discussing the infamously gruelling fitness regimes instilled by Warren Gatland, there is more of a reminiscent grin than a shudder of horror; this is a man who enjoys the journey, the hard work, the dedication that’s needed for that ultimate payoff. This is apparent in Halfpenny’s detailed discussion of the team’s upcoming – at time of interview – visit to Switzerland for a high-altitude training camp, explaining how they “sleep high, and train low. We’ll sleep at a higher altitude up in the mountains, and then got a gondolier down for the training. Because you get used to a lack of oxygen, your body creates more red blood cells, so your oxygen efficiency is a lot better, and you can train harder.” George North, speaking to us a little later, concurs: “Switzerland was the toughest camp I’ve done. With the altitude it’s a real challenge physically and mentally to get you there but hopefully we’ll start seeing the rewards of that soon.” Of course, if there’s one thing someone will take away from a chat with Leigh Halfpenny, it’s his desire to train as hard as he possibly can, and do everything within his power to get another crack at bringing the World Cup to Wales. He takes nothing for granted, nor assume that his past glory will guarantee him a spot in

Gatland’s World Cup squad. “There’s a lot of hard work and training to be done to even earn a place on the plane to Japan, so that’s my main focus: to get a good summer of training done and stay injury free.” Self-effacement aside, you’d have to be bold or stupid to bet against his inclusion: simply, if he’s fit he goes. He’s a proven top-class operator at international level, and a player who Gatland has always remained loyal to despite supporters’ occasional grumblings. His loyalty to Halfpenny seems to be only matched by that of Halfpenny’s to Gatland. On being probed about life after Gatland, the Scarlets man was quick to emphasise just how big a pair of shoes Wayne Pivac and co will have to fill. “What Gatland and his coaching staff have achieved over the course of the time that they’ve been coaching Wales has been unbelievable. For Wales to win three Grand Slams and a Six Nations Championship, it’s absolutely incredible. For Wayne Pivac and his new staff, it’ll be about trying to continue that success.” Whether or not Wales can finally lay their hands on rugby’s grandest prize is anyone’s guess. The loss against England brought their incredible winning streak to a jarring halt, and fellow Group D members Australia will undoubtedly have their tails up after putting 40 points past the All Blacks. However, if every member of the Squad has Leigh Halfpenny’s obsessive desire to raise the Webb Ellis trophy, then it’s hard to bet against them. On their day, Wales are as good if not better than any other team in the world. Here’s to a feast of entertaining rugby across the next six weeks.

“What Gatland and his coaching staff have achieved over the course of the time that they’ve been coaching Wales has been unbelievable.” – Leigh Halfpenny

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Leigh Halfpenny interview by Rhys Fisher George North interview by Kevin Pedlar Rugby World Cup 2019, Japan, Fri 20 Sept-Sat 1 Nov. All games viewable on ITV in the UK. Info: www.rugbyworldcup.com

O S P R E Y S R U G B Y - W H AT S N E X T Buzz is excited to announce a media partnership with the Ospreys Rugby Union Team. Over the next few months, keep an eye out for extra material on our social media, as well as in the magazine, for news and exclusive material on rugby union in Wales. As part of the media partnership, Buzz went down to Llandarcy for the Ospreys’ kit reveal for the 2019/2020 season, including some time with the players and filming (keep an eye out for that online as well!). Here’s what a few of the stars of the show had to say to Kevin Pedlar ahead of the kit reveal and the World Cup. George North – “The kit is wicked, we’ve seen the home kit, the away and Europe for this season too. It’s good to get back to see the boys. Obviously, I’ve been away with Wales for the World Cup warm-up camp now but it’s good to be here... Today’s my day off actually. Today’s my one day off this week and we’re here, but it’s to be expected at this camp, you’re trying to prepare yourself for a World Cup so there’s not much downtime as such.” James Hook – “[The rugby world] has changed a little bit since I first started, but yeah it’s all the same sort of thing, still got three sets of kits to change into and have photos with, but the boys are happy with the kit. Looks sharp, as the Ospreys kit always does! [Looking ahead to the year] we’ve got some great players, some great signings as well. We’ve got a tough European pool but that’s where we wanna be. The boys are excited for the start of the season, a bit later this year because of the World Cup, but yeah ambitions are high and we hope we’re gonna do well.” BUZZ 16

Justin Tipuric – “It’s a busy day today. A lot of photos and smiling, it’s all part of the day but it’s good to catch up with the boys, it’s probably the only day off some of us will get. It’s been a busy time training in camp [for the World Cup] and you know we’re just working hard and concentrating on it day by day.” I’m feeling positive and looking forward to the World Cup and getting on with it” Scott Williams – “I’m back fit now, in to fully training. I’ve had a bad season with injuries last year, I’ve had my fair share now and looking forward to getting back on the field… I’m looking forward to the Rugby World Cup. It has been a touch couple of weeks, so just itching to get back and play a game. [With the Ospreys], we had a good season last year. We set out to qualify for Europe and we did so that’s good. It’s just now we have to progress from that and make sure we can compete on that level.” To view the Buzz TV kit launch video go to www.buzzmag.co.uk on our home page and Ospreys TV at http://www.ospreysrugby.com/TV

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Gum Shield technology Whilst the rest of the lads are on the other side of the world giving every inch in the quest for world cup glory, some of the folks back home involved in the techier end of sport are focused on their own developments. Enter Protecht, who have developed a computer-chip assisted gumshield designed to help the backroom staff identify when a player sustains significant head impacts. Having worked with Swansea University to develop the project, Protecht’s gumshield recently got a full runout back in May during a game between the Ospreys and the Cardiff Blues. The gumshields are fitted to each individual player; the sensors embedded into each gumshield then send information on movement and collision impacts to the rugby management on the sidelines, registering the strength and impact of each hit by tracking the rotational and linear acceleration of the head. It leads to a clearer warning system for any potential head injuries. Concussion has been a huge talking point in sport of late, and the issue of how to protect players is increasingly paramount, especially with modern rugby players being bigger and stronger than ever. Richard Lancaster, Head of business development for Protecht, hails the arrival of the technology: “As the sensors are coupled with the skull through a mouthguard, we believe this is the most accurate way of measuring head impact that can be achieved. What we’re trying to do is make the game safer and we believe that by monitoring head impacts we essentially have at an objective way of understanding what players are going through. If there are impacts on the pitch that aren’t necessarily seen because they’re at the bottom of the ruck, this mouthguard can pick those impacts up.”

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Another element in which the Ospreys are moving into is Augmented Reality (AR), with the aim of encouraging more in-depth interaction from fans. The idea is that fans will download an app which then brings their favourite players to life within the context of wherever they want, with the ability to change kits in real-time. Ben Hoffmeister, who has helped developed the programme, states: “The Ospreys are the first region who have done something a little bit different, embracing this kind of emerging technology with AR – and it’s gonna make them stand out from the crowd massively. “It’s to encourage the fans and get them more excited – get the club closer to home, and engage in a more innovative way. And, more importantly, get them excited for the next season so they can see the new kit, and so they can pose with their kind of styles and their favourite players.” With AR playing an increasing role in the imaginations of many marketing departments, it’ll be a great fit for Ospreys fans who want to get more involved in rugby. Info: www.ospreysrugby.com

Adam Palfrey, commercial director at the Ospreys agrees. “The idea is that eventually it’ll be an industry norm. The most valuable piece of information that they’re getting already is from training. A lot of [collision injuries] are in training, so we are going to make that safer. So some of the drills that we perhaps weren’t identifying as being dangerous before – they are seeing a spike in forces to the players heads and they’re able to go ‘let’s just tweak it slightly’ and make the drills safer. That’s what we’re seeing already. Getting the most out of the players is keeping them on the field and keeping them safe.” Which is indeed the thinking behind Protecht. BUZZ 17

W I L L I A M S H AT N E R In the distant future of 2020, Captain Kirk, without his ship, finds himself being teleported to Cardiff. That’s right, William Shatner is visiting for a Q&A and a screening of The Wrath Of Khan. He accosts Carl Marsh for suggesting he looks good for his age. Is it true that you still don’t like watching yourself on the TV or a cinema screen? If so, how are you going to cope with watching The Wrath Of Khan at the Wales Millennium Centre next March? [Laughs] First of all, I come to the theatre well after the movie has started. I’ll have a bite to eat while the film is going on, and I get ready to go on backstage as the movie is ending. I will be connecting with the end of the movie, but I will not be sitting through the film. It’s just like you going through an old photograph of you when you were younger. I don’t know how young, how old are you? I’m 45. So, Carl, when you look at an old picture of yourself at 20, what do you feel? Yeah OK – it’s like a different person, so I know what you mean! And the older you get, the more you say “I’m not going to look at that” at 20, then you’re 40, and then you get to be 60, and when you look at yourself at 40, you think – I wasn’t too bad. Now at 60, I didn’t want to look at myself at 40. So the older you get, when you look back the more you wonder what you were worried about, because I look so bad now! I think you look quite well for your age – what are you, 88? Yes but, it’s that phrase “for your age” that is annoying. I’ll take that back then – you look terrific! You don’t look well for a 20-year-old though! Haha, take that one! But no, you have to add “for your age” because otherwise, you have no anchor here, but I appreciate it, thank you. With the Q&A that you’ll be doing after the screening, are there any questions that you don’t like being asked – so anyone reading this will know what to avoid asking? Ask any question that comes to them based on the rule that, which you will appreciate, the person being asked the question is under no contract to answer that particular question. So if you ask me, “How do you feel?” and I say, “The sky is really blue today, and do you know why it’s blue? Well, it’s blue because it’s a refraction of the sun...” And I go on about ‘blue’. I am not going to be put in handcuffs. What does it feel like to be one of the most recognised people on the planet? I might be, yeah – other than Brian Johnson from AC/DC, I guess [er, if you say so – ed]. Well, being looked at and people asking for autographs, it’s awesome in a way; for the most part, it’s uncomprehending. Another aspect of it is awe – like, “Wow, they want my autograph, and they want to listen to what I am saying!” Or “look at that, they laughed at what I hoped they would laugh at!” I know you’ve been in this in this movie and TV scene for a long time, but how did you cope in the early days with the fame? It must have been quite crazy when Star Trek took off? From my point of view, I worked during the time that Star Trek was on the air – I worked all those crazy hours. You work from dawn to dusk, and you go home, and you lie down. And that takes care of your year. So, three years later, I emerged. And it was Captain Kirk until I was on the streets with another series. And I remember, I was playing a policeman, TJ Hooker. And suddenly, it was TJ Hooker overnight! Once BUZZ 18

the show was on the air, every time we were on the street, shooting, it wasn’t “oh, there goes Captain Kirk”, it was “oh, there goes TJ Hooker”. Then that changed to the next character that I played, so it’s a bit bizarre. Plenty has been written about the animosity between you and a few of the Star Trek cast. I know you made peace with a lot of them, but why do you think it was like that? I think the story about the animosity is exaggerated because while I was doing the show, I was great friends with Leonard [Nimoy] and DeForest [Kelley]. Then, every so often in the week that we would shoot, in would come these other people, these different actors playing these other parts that took about a day or so to shoot. This is what they had to do. So, once a week, somebody would come in, do their thing, and then leave. The three of us were left with having to be there at 6, 6.30 in the morning to 8 or 9pm. The others would typically leave, so as far as I was concerned there was no animosity, it was just business. Then sometime later, they began, these three or four characters, they began to talk about animosity, and I was shocked. And apparently, I didn’t pay them enough attention, or something. There were never any ill feelings, let alone words while I was shooting. So it’s all blown out of proportion then, and we should never believe all that is written? Can you imagine somebody, 55 years later, still talking about some incident they think happened all those years ago? You’d think at some point that they’d say, ‘Oh well, shit, let bygones be bygones, we are all going to die soon,’ but they don’t, they continue on! It’s been speculated that it’s a point of income for them. Through your career, then, is there anything that you would have changed, whether onscreen or in music? I am in such a good position, and I am surrounded by so much love. I’m putting together a blues album; I am on tour with The Wrath Of Khan; I’ve got a new show on the air called The UnXplained which is at 10 o’clock on the History Channel. I’ve got shows that I’m working on that I want to sell. I just came back from a twoweek journey with my whole family that was to the south of France. We got to know each other better. I’m in such a good position in life, that for me to say, “Oh, God, I wish I had done X or Y”, or turned left instead of right –the way everything has turned out in my life, I’d be very callow and very ungrateful. I’m just delighted with everything that has happened to me and that I am breathing the air as completely as I can. It sounds like you’ve never been one to rest on your laurels. There is so much that I haven’t done and so much that I don’t know, and I want to find out about it. And you are right – there is so much more stuff to do. William Shatner: Live On Stage, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Tue 17 Mar. Tickets: £34. Info: 029 2063 6464 / www.wmc.org.uk

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ON BEAR RIDGE As renowned playwright Ed Thomas returns to the stage, he sits down with Fedor Tot to discuss On Bear Ridge and its inspirations: childhood, change, and character. Tell us a little bit about On Bear Ridge and what inspired it. It’s the first play that I’ve written for 15 years. It’s good to be writing a play again. There are things you can do in the theatre that you can’t do in telly and film in the same way. It’s about memory, a sense of place, and the times we live in. It’s set on a mountain where you never know what kind of happened, and there’s a stranger that comes, and that changes things. The plot? Pft, I dunno! Honestly, I’m not very interested in plot. Why is plot not interesting for you? Maybe because I’m not very good at them? [laughs] I like characters, and I like rhythms. In plays you can write language. I like to write about things that I don’t know anything about. Like, you know, rather than thinking, “oh I’m going to write a play about something,” you discover what you write about and then try and make it as best as you can. You’ve been in TV and film for the last 15 or so years. Have you changed as a writer? Yeah, I think you change all the time. But writers tend to have the same obsessions. I’ve written more plays than I’ve ever written for telly. It’s a different medium, and when you look out the window these days, it’s extraordinary times. And I wanted to have a go at exploring those extraordinary times as a play. Did you write with any of the cast in mind? No, usually you just start off. I’ll write 100 pages, and I still handwrite it. And there’s no male or female, just rhythm and ideas. And then after 100 pages exactly, I stop. And in those 100 pages there will be fragments of bits of diary, all kinds of stuff, and I’ll stop and go, “right, this is obviously where I wanna go with all of this.” And then try and construct a story from that. BUZZ 20

You like writing in terms of rhythm, are you conscious of the syllabic rhythm of how something is written? Yeah, but not pedantically, I think I’m good with writing nonsense! My father would say some ridiculously nonsensical things and I think that’s rubbed off on me. When the rhythm’s right it feels right, and you know if you’re going to cut a line – if a really good actor has had a go two or three times and it sounds terrible, it’s not their fault. The line is faulty, cut it. To me, it starts with rhythm because language plays a different role in the theatre than it does in film and telly. I wouldn’t start this way if I was writing a screenplay, I would start in pictures, and maybe the dialogue wouldn’t happen until much further on. On Bear Ridge is being accompanied by an installation in Penwyllt, titled No Petrol For 12 Miles. What is it actually going to be? I come from that area – my parents had a butcher shop there – so it’s partly autobiographical. I made a couple of films which they’re in, recorded bits of conversations in the shop and in the slaughterhouse. The installation is set in a landscape where there’s the remains of a chapel, of a school, of what I remember as a family home. You download little pods of sound and then you walk though this landscape. You hear bits of these people speaking, bits of John Hardy’s score next to that. It’s very much evoking a sense of place through voices from another time and bringing it alive and kind of shaping them through this landscape. On Bear Ridge, Sherman Theatre, Cardiff, Fri 20 Sept-Sat 5 Oct. Tickets: £7.50-£20. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.shermantheatre.co.uk

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PIXIES Alt-rock royalty the Pixies burned bright in the late 80s and burned out in the early 90s. Since reforming, a whole new generation have discovered them. Guitarist Joey Santiago [right] talks to Carl Marsh ahead of a Cardiff arena date. Does it feel like the band has gone in a different direction with the new album, Beneath The Eyrie? Yeah. I mean, I guess we have to go in a different direction. We are not ones to make the same record twice as we haven’t done that since Surfer Rosa – Doolittle was different, Bossanova was different, Trompe Le Monde was different. So all these new albums are different. I don’t know what the difference is, but all I know is I still like it! [laughs] Bassist Paz Lenchantin has been a permanent member for a few years – how has she settled into the band now? She is settling in great; obviously, that’s why she’s become a member. And she did, you know, breathe a little life into the band. Life, not little! She’s great. Her input is always welcome, and always right. She’s a great player. Back in the early days of the band, you never made videos for your first two albums Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa. What made you start to do them from Doolittle onwards? Back then we were probably just like a bunch of punks that didn’t want to do videos like everybody else was doing. To get any airplay at that time, you had to throw tons of money into it, and people were charging a lot of money to make videos. Nowadays, it’s a promotional tool for everybody, from the people making the records to the people making the videos. Also, we became fond of doing them after a while. For you, Joey, I know you were influenced by Jimi Hendrix and George Harrison but how did you find your guitar-playing style? Apart from The Beatles, I listened to a lot of Donovan and a lot of other bands and songs to find out what I wanted to sound like and most importantly what I didn’t want to sound like. If I find someone that does something and it’s their own thing, I leave it alone. I won’t even go in that territory. It’s almost like a ‘No Trespassing’ sign when I hear other people playing. BUZZ 22

Do you feel humble when you hear that yourselves influenced other bands like Nirvana, Radiohead and Kings Of Leon – and, later in his career, even David Bowie? I was blown away by Bowie and his statement, that was the most mind-blowing one. Humbled, yeah, but also, most important is that it legitimised the band, which is great in that we are part of that language now. Where people can say, “let’s make it Stones sounding, let’s make it Zeppelin sounding,” now people can say “let’s make it Pixies sounding” – and I’ve heard that. Part of that is that we didn’t trespass on people’s style – we left it alone. How do you hope to keep making your music timeless? No sonic tricks – and if there are, they are going to be subtle, that’s the productive value of it. The timelessness of it is good songs. Good songs are timeless, they all are. What modern music do you listen to these days? [Checking his phone] Let me see; I like Billie Eilish. My daughter was listening to her and I thought “I like it!” So I confess to listening to something new. Well, you’ve always got to try something new, haven’t you? I have been, as it’s come to a point for me now where I am exploring new music because I have been in the past for so long. Now, I am going to enjoy new music when I am ready for it. Back then, I was always exploring the old stuff because you can only learn from history, that was the blueprint. Now, new music is when you discover it, no matter when it was recorded. Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Fri 13 Sept. Tickets: £39.50. Info: 029 20022 4488 / www.motorpointarenacardiff.co.uk

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RICHARD HAWLEY Sheffield’s finest crooner has transcended his indie origins to become a minor treasure of British music, and his celeb anecdotes aren’t bad either. Claire Mahoney listens in. What does gaffer tape, Lambert & Butler and Dame Shirley Bassey have in common? Well, they all feature in a priceless backstage story involving Richard Hawley. Performing with Shirley at the Electric Proms back in 2009 at the Camden Roundhouse, the Sheffield singer was one of only two other people invited backstage to meet the Welsh diva – the other being the Manics’ James Dean Bradfield. Shirley, like many artists, liked to enjoy an aftershow cigarette. “The smoke from her Lambert & Butler kept setting the fire alarm off,” laughs Hawley. “And the bouncers kept saying to me, ‘I’m sorry, you’re going to have to go outside’. I mean, can you imagine me and Shirley Bassey going outside the roundhouse to have a cigarette? So I got Gordon, one of my roadies, to get a plastic pint pot and a roll of gaffer tape and I sat on his shoulders and put this pint pot over the smoke alarm and I said to the bouncers, ‘is that alright?’ and they said, ‘yeah fine’. So me and Shirley just carried on chatting while she carried on smoking her Lambert & Butler and drinking Asti Spumante.” This story is typical of the spit-and-sawdust approach to stardom that Hawley has. In the space of our half-hour conversation he moves easily between talk of playing with the likes of Scott Walker and Nancy Sinatra to walking his dogs in the local graveyard. Like most great lyricists, Hawley finds romance and depth in the most ordinary of things. Yet his sumptuous ballads swell with echoes of Johnny Cash and Roy Orbison delivered in Hawley’s warm and timeless baritone. Hawley has just released his eighth studio album, Further, which he says aims to capture a sense of the past within the spirit of moving forward. “After the end of the last record, I knew that I had reached a point in my life where I needed to learn some new skills. I guess it’s a landmark thing. I wasn’t even really sure that I would make another record.” For the last few years, he’s been busy writing soundtracks for film – including last year’s Funny Cow (with Maxine Peake) and Denmark (which stars Rafe Spall) BUZZ 24

along with a theatre production at Sheffield’s Crucible. “I hadn’t even thought about making a record for years,” says the 52-year-old. “I definitely wanted the record to be straight to the point, so I wanted to test myself to be really succinct. For me, the things that I’ve done musically that have had the best outcome are those when you have loads of great ideas but absolutely fuck all time to do them in.” Further is a neat mix of gritty guitar licks and gentle, country-style shanties, along with some killer trademark ballads. But it has a more wistful and lighter touch than some of his earlier work. “I think you have to create music first and foremost that satisfies yourself and that you believe in,” he says. It was this selfbelief which, when asked to write a song for Shirley Bassey, led to the smouldering ballad After The Rain in 2009. “I went for a walk with the dogs and I was thinking about it, and my instinct told me that everyone was going to write one of these big bombastic songs she is famed for; I thought, I bet she hasn’t sung that many quiet ballads.” The risk paid off. Despite having worked with some of music’s biggest names, Hawley has remained resolutely down to earth and stills lives in his home city of Sheffield. “My love of where I live is born out of the fact that I didn’t have the same choices as some of my contemporaries. I’m a steelworker’s son; my dad was in the union. “Ultimately, where you come from massively reduces any choice you’ve got. You react to what is around you and think it is often out of hardship that you get the best creatively. Basically, I don’t think any rich person ever sat down and wrote a great rock’n’roll song.” Richard Hawley, Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union, Thurs 3 Oct. Tickets: £27.50. Info: 029 2078 1458 / www.cardiffstudents.com

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IRIS PRIZE It’s time to party in Cardiff once again, as Wales’ biggest film festival returns. Fedor Tot looks ahead to what we can expect and chats to Jury Chair Jake Graf. The Iris Prize, the UK’s biggest LGBT+ short film festival, returns to Cardiff once again next month. As ever, the basic principle of the festival remains the same: the best LGBT+ short films from all over the world compete to land the main prize, with £30,000 up for grabs to fund the winner’s next short film. Previous winners have included luminaries such as Dee Rees, who won in 2007 in the first Iris Prize with the film Pariah; her subsequent work has included the Oscar-nominated Mudbound. Elsewhere, in the Best British section, the winner receives a postproduction credit note from Pinewood studios to finalise sound for their next short – as you can imagine, Iris is all about the next generation of LGBT+ filmmakers. This year, there are 36 shorts in competition for the Iris Prize, and 15 shorts in the Best British section, with a further 14 feature films spread out to round up the programme alongside a selection of talks, Q&As and, of course, parties. The films themselves come from as far and wide as North Macedonia, Peru and London. In the features section thus far, there’s a strong showing from Australia, with the naturalism of Two Weeks (about a group of 20-something LGBT+ individuals) brushing shoulders with the intense mystery of Sequin In A Blue Room. The former feels personable and likeable, concerned with the occasionally mundane ups-and-downs of being in a relationship. The latter thrums and broods with a nourish malevolence, as social media and obsession kick in together in an unholy mix. As LGBT+ filmmakers carve out an ever-larger space onscreen, we’ll hopefully get to see an even larger variety of stories – from postmodernist genre experiments to humanist dramas. The Iris Prize is also a great opportunity to celebrate LGBT+ individuals, and the hard work of many who have helped in the fight for equal rights. This year sees Jake Graf take the Jury Chair for the Iris Prize. Graf is a transgender filmmaker who has been nominated for the prize several times. Speaking to Buzz, he mentions how vital the festival is for giving space to filmmakers like himself. “I have grown my BUZZ 26

filmmaking career almost entirely from the support of LGBTQ-focused festivals and one of the earliest to show me that support was Iris. My very first film, XWHY, based on my own transition and which I wrote, produced, directed and starred in, was nominated for the Iris Prize, which frankly blew me away. “It was that support that spurred me on to continue writing and making films, all of which so far have been LGBTQ-themed. I have now screened at pretty much every LGBTQ film festival around the world, and there really is a global community and network that enables our films to reach the widest possible audience.” Jake and his wife, Hannah – who is also on the jury and is the highest-ranked transgender woman in the British military – are both often seen as role models for the trans community, both being highly visible in the media and often asked to comment on issues related to gender. How important are role models when growing up? “One of the main reasons that I make the films that I do, with trans and queer leads, is that growing up I had no one relatable to look up to. As a child in 80s London, that made for an incredibly lonely, scary and isolating experience during those all-important formative years. Hannah felt the same and was in fact particularly scarred by some of the representations that she saw. “When a young person looks all around them for anyone that seems to mirror their own experience and finds only bigotry and hate, the damage that can do is longlasting. When I began making films, I resolved to try and redress that imbalance, portraying trans characters living positive and happy lives so that hopefully young folk today wouldn’t feel quite so alone.” Iris Prize, Cineworld Cardiff and various city centre venues, Tue 8-Sun 13 Oct. Tickets: £85 weekend pass; £25 day pass; £5-£7 individual screenings. Info: www.irisprize.org

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WNO AUTUMN SEASON Welsh National Opera open their 2019 autumn season with one of the most iconic operas of all time, Georges Bizet’s Carmen. Written in 1875, Carmen tells the story of Don José (Dimitri Pittas), a young soldier who is led astray by femme fatale Carmen (Virginie Verrez). Despite José sacrificing everything for Carmen, he eventually loses her to bullfighter Escamillo (Phillip Rhodes). Directed by award-winning Jo Davies, and conducted by WNO’s musical director Tomáš Hanus, this version of Carmen is set in 1970s America. It promises to delve into Carmen’s desires and political position. Coupled with the famous melodies of the Habanera and Toreador Song, this production plans to be as irresistible as Carmen herself. Next up is Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. Based on the play Le Roi S’Amuse by Victor Hugo, it’s a tragic tale of failed revenge and the unbreakable love between a father and daughter. With Grammy winner Mark S Doss in the title role, this WNO adaptation hopes to bring fresh life to the historic story. Last, but certainly not least, is The Cunning Little Vixen [pictured], written by Czech composer Leoš Janáček. Vixen merges the creative minds of Hanus and WNO’s former creative director Sir David Pountney, and has been part of the WNO repertoire since the early 80s. Telling the story of a young vixen who escapes from her capture at the hands of a forester, the opera has a playful nature. This, alongside its bright and colourful set, means that it has an all ages appeal. But with Vixen, there’s a twist this time: the WNO are also launching an Augmented Reality (AR) experience, developed to accompany the performance. A Vixen’s Tale will be free and open to all, depicting the story through AR, music, and illustration. This kind of technology is the natural follow-on to the WNO’s recent digital work in other performances. A supplementary event on Sun 8 Sept, Opera Insight, sees Hanus and Davies joined by the Carmen creative team and cast, sharing behind the scenes information on the creative process. SEREN MCKEEVER Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Sat 21 Sept-Sat 12 Oct. Tickets: from £14. Info: 029 2063 5000 / www.wno.org.uk

A NIGHT IN THE CLINK Welsh theatre company Papertrail have partnered up with the Sherman Theatre to produce a rare piece of theatre at The Clink, the restaurant situated in Her Majesty’s Prison Cardiff. Papertrail’s self-styled remit is to provide audiences with new experiences that help to open up their understanding of places; as such, this collaboration with the Sherman is set to be intriguing. The play, A Night In The Clink, will tell stories about the prisoners who work in the eponymous restaurant, and The Clink’s culinary team will dish up a tapasstyle menu, all included in the price. Written by Papertrail artistic director, Bridget Keehan, along with Welsh writers Matthew Bulgo, Branwen Davies and Tracy Harris, actors Aled Ap Steffan, Oliver Wood and Sion Pritchard will be serving the food as well as performing in the 70-minute play. Speaking to Buzz, Keehan says, “All the people in prison, and those who are just about to leave prison are incredibly generous in terms of their willingness to open up and share their experiences. There is a whole range of different experiences, including their anxieties about being released as well as their dreams and wishes. “There’s one ex-Clink graduate that’s been working really closely with us on this production and their responses have been a shaping influence on the play as we have developed it. They have helped us evolve the production and really been the first audience for the material. “We would certainly love to do the play again if it were successful. My sort of dream, if you like, would be to have more of those people who have been involved in the process – in the sense that they’ve shared their stories – to continue to be involved in the company.” Papertrail are well known for creating unthought-of theatrical pieces. Their last production, Day To Go, involved audiences taking a bus journey through Barry while hearing stories about the town. This one is set to be equally unique. TALLULAH SULEMAN The Clink, HMP Cardiff, Sun 15-Wed 25 Sept. Tickets: £25 (£20 Sun 15 + Mon 16). Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.shermantheatre.co.uk BUZZ 28

Cynhyrchiad ar y cyd rhwng BLACK RAT PRODUCTIONS a SEFYDLIAD Y GLOWYR COED DUON o BLACK RAT PRODUCTIONS and BLACKWOOD MINERS’ INSTITUTE present a co-production of

n oh J eth ale r a B Gan / By

Yasmina Reza

Ri Tu cha nle rd y

Tri dyn; un paentiad; trychineb mawr!

Wedi’i gyfieithu gan / Translated by

Christopher Hampton Wedi’i gyfarwyddo gan /Directed by

RICHARD TUNLEY

Wedi’i gynllunio gan / Designed by

SEAN CROWLEY

BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales Cerddorfa a Chorws Cenedlaethol Cymreig y BBC

Verdi Requiem Thursday Nos Iau 3/10/19, 7.30pm St David’s Hall, Cardiff Neuadd Dewi Sant Caerdydd

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Dyluniad Goleuadau gan / Lighting Design by

ROBIN BAINBRIDGE

Taith Cymru / Touring Wales Hydref 1 October – Tachwedd 9 November www.blackratproductions.com

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Richard Farnes Conductor Vlada Borovko Soprano Jennifer Johnston Mezzo David Butt Philip Tenor David Soar Bass Bas

Three m one pain en; much dis ting; aster!

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ABERYSTWYTH COMEDY FESTIVAL Following their continuing success, organisation Little Wander (the minds behind Machynlleth Comedy Festival in mid-Wales) have created a sibling weekender, based in Aberystwyth and now in its second year after a dip-in-the-water launch in 2018. Machynlleth Comedy Festival has grown substantially over the years, creating a reputation on the back of being a comedian’s comedy festival – standups coming with both touring shows and experimental dry runs for the Edinburgh Fringe. It gives it a rough and ready mood, with the polished, tried-and-tested material playing happily alongside the crazier stuff. This is the key difference between Machynlleth and Aberystwyth; at the latter, all the shows will be ones the comedians have been touring for a while. In other words, it’s a guarantee that the audience are going to see nothing but the highest-quality gems. With around 40 shows over the course of the weekend, the headliners for the festival include some of UK comedy’s most well-known names, including sell-outs already in the form of Rhod Gilbert and James Acaster. But it’s not just big names that make up the line-up. Kiwi Rose Matafeo brings her 2018 Edinburgh-wining show Horndog to Wales. Her rapid fire, upbeat style of comedy closely teeters on that loveable line between approachable, and concern for her character, while her earnest approach to relationships and men hits on all the right comedic beats. Elsewhere, comedians such as Mark Watson and Suzi Ruffell [pictured] appear, as well as a whole host of ‘yet to be on a Dave repeat’ new UK comedy acts. All-in-all, the line-up ensures that there’s always going to be someone you find funny, no matter your sense of humour. Although there’s no official campsite set up – yet another difference from Machynlleth – there is plenty of accommodation all over Aberystwyth. With hotels and B&Bs to choose from, the weekend promises to be an alternative, and indeed cheaper, Edinburgh Fringe. SEREN MCKEEVER Various venues, Aberystwyth, Fri 4-Sun 6 Oct. Tickets: prices vary per show. Info: www.abercomedyfest.co.uk

GWLAD, FUTURE WALES FESTIVAL It’s been 21 years since the Government Of Wales Act was passed in 1998. Shortly after, in May 1999, the first elections were held for the Welsh Assembly. Despite the initial referendum for a devolved Welsh government winning by only 0.3%, it’s safe to say that general thinking has evolved in Wales to consider the Assembly as something to be valued. In order to properly celebrate the 20 years since the historic first gathering of the Assembly in the Senedd, they’ve created a Festival, entitled the Future Wales Festival. Gathering some of the best things happening in Wales at the moment, it includes talks and panel discussions, as well as art exhibitions, music and comedy. There’s a lot to get out of the festival, and all the events are free for anyone to go along to. One of the biggest events is the exhibition Many Voices, One Nation, curated by Ffotogallery and the National Assembly, which will tour various locations in Wales after the festival. Using lens-based photography, the installation focuses on the hope for the future of Wales. Other invents include an hour-long talk with singer Charlotte Church on Sat 28 Sept, where she speaks about her growing up in Wales, as well as the artistic culture in the nation. There will also be a filming of the BBC television show Question Time on Thurs 26 Sept, with this marking the first ever appearance of the programme in the Senedd. That said, if too much politics has been bringing you down lately, don’t worry, as on Fri 27 the same storied building hosts a selection of Welsh comedians, promoted by Little Wander of Machynlleth Comedy Festival renown. With the likes of Tudur Owen and Matt Rees making an appearance, you might forget your political woes altogether. If you’re still not convinced, those events are only the tip of the iceberg, so be sure to check it out. SEREN MCKEEVER Senedd / Pierhead, Cardiff Bay, Wed 25-Sun 29 Sept. Tickets: free. Info: www.devolution20.wales

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SIMON BASTON Simon Baston is the mind behind many recent regeneration projects in south Wales, from Cardiff’s Tramshed to the Pump House in Barry. He pumps it up for Buzz in conversation. So what is it that you and Loftco do? Loftco specialise in the conversion of existing (often listed and very complex) buildings into 24/7 sustainable solutions. What is the primary decision behind what buildings or projects you take on? We only want to look at buildings and schemes that provide socio-economic solutions for the 21st century. How did you end up in this business? I studied construction management at university and when leaving in 1992 during the recession, I decided I may as well start my business. Because if you can build a business in a huge downturn, hopefully there’s a long-term future. Some plans, such as the discussion about the flats next to the Tramshed site, have generated controversy. What are your thoughts when something that Loftco does receives negativity? The negativity surrounding the rear of the Tramshed was puzzling. The scheme offers grade-A office space and a 16-room serviced apartment hotel (not straightforward apartments), both of which Cardiff needs now. The Tramshed venue team were fully aware of this four years ago and signed a lease at that time knowing what was necessary and needed to ensure the viability of the scheme.

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What does Loftco do that other property developers don’t? Loftco wants to help create communities for everyone that offers a sustainable location with a low carbon footprint, flexible leases and an innovative ecosystem – e.g. Newport market and the Goods Shed in Barry. We are proud that our schemes are offered to all and an opportunity for everyone in the community to get involved. Property developers aren’t exactly popular with many people, as a whole. What do you think contributes to this image? It’s difficult to say why developers get a bad rap. There are many different types of developers working on many projects with huge technical issues, and working within very tight labour markets, with great cost uncertainty and they still deliver great schemes. It’s so easy in these days of social media overkill to whip up an unjustified storm. What projects are you most proud of? We are genuinely proud of all of our developments and hope they contribute to the regeneration of the areas we work in at all levels. We hope to continue building innovative schemes in collaboration with local authorities and the Welsh government that offer a truly sustainable way forward.

Where is the balance between a sustainable business, and redeveloping building for sustainable long-term futures? The great challenge now, in terms of regeneration of existing buildings, is an acute skill shortage in this specialised area and exponential growth in all costs. However, if you start these projects in collaboration with all the relevant stakeholders and bring them on board from day one, I think there’s a greater chance of success. We see the future moving towards mass urbanisation around central transport hubs and creating a true live/work/play situation that’s innovative and organically growing as the real challenge! All data also points to a move back to shopping and spending leisure time in independents which is great for Wales with our SME business structure. What’s next for Wales? I think Wales is in line for a golden era. We have the beaches, mountains, space and good links that can capitalise on Brexit and the fall of the pound. People see Wales as a completely different proposition now and at all levels they will want to move here and visit us more. One place that has huge opportunities to grow are the northern Valleys with good infrastructure, large employment base that are increasingly more entrepreneurial and a brilliant leisure offering. Info: www.loftco.net

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BRANGWYN HALL, SWANSEA NEUADD BRANGWYN, ABERTAWE

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AD ASTRA ****

Dir: James Gray (12A, 120 mins) Brad Pitt goes to space in this thoughtful sci-fi. Ad Astra, meaning ‘to the stars’, offers spectacle alongside some musings on the nature of human existence. Pitt is astronaut Roy McBride, out to contact his father (Tommy Lee Jones) who embarked in a deep space mission years ago, when Pitt was a child. As he grows up, McBride hero-worshipped his dad, believing him long dead in the vastness of space, but following a worldwide event called The Surge that produces power outages and chaos across the globe, he is called in to make contact with him. His father had been on a spaceship, part of the Lima project, a search for alien life, when he was lost – or was he? Adding to the intrigue is the fact that he was experimenting with substances that could end the solar system as we know it so… A mixture of 2001: A Space Odyssey, Heart Of Darkness and Interstellar, this seems to be an intelligent sci-fi that also features moon buggy chases. Written and directed by James Gray, who also gave us the excellent The Lost City Of Z and the gritty We Own The Night, with a top class cast including Ruth Negga, Liv Tyler and Donald Sutherland, this secretive blockbuster could be stellar. Opens Sept 18

HOTEL MUMBAI ***

Dir: Anthony Maras (15, 123 mins) An uncomfortable retelling of the terrorist atrocity at the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Mumbai in 2008, Anthony Maras’ film works almost too well. Dev Patel stars as Arjun, a family man and server at the hotel forced to look after the safety of guests when it is held under siege by four gunmen during a city-wide attack. The siege lasted four days, the law enforcement agencies slow to respond as a series of terrorist outrages hit the city. A hideous act that plays out like a disaster movie with various interweaving character stories overlapping: loyal servants Patel and Anupam Kher’s noble master chef, Armie Hammer’s father trying to save his child, Aussie backpackers, Jason Isaacs’ wealthy Russian businessman, the struggling, ill-prepared police force and the terrorists themselves. Docudrama mixing with disaster film tropes, captured with gut-wrenching aplomb if rather demeaning and prurient at times. Opens Sept 27

HUSTLERS ***

DOWNTON ABBEY **

Dir: Michael Engler (PG, 122 mins) Fans of the American-pleasing upper-class British period soap confection rejoice! After six series and 52 TV episodes, the cultural phenomenon that romanticised the aristocracy and reinforced class stereotypes gets a big screen outing. The show has looked cinematic before, with its lush period settings, costume and starry cast (remember the George Clooney cameo?), but now writer Julian Fellowes, desperate to wring every financial drop out of his creation, has gone widescreen with the thinnest of plots. Lord and Lady Grantham, a returning Hugh Bonneville and Elisabeth McGovern, are about to welcome King George V and Queen Mary to their humble abode along with their retinue of servants. The below-stairs help, led by series regulars Phyllis Logan, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle and Joanne Froggatt, will have their work cut out for them, especially when dastardly King’s servant David Haig wants to use his royal staff rather than the household servants to wait on table! If you liked the TV series you will lap up this fluffery; there were occasional flashes of intrigue and relevance to modern audiences in the series but this is aimed squarely at escapism, something to unite Brexit Britain as the lower classes pander to the whims of the wealthy and entitled and… oh. Opens Sept 13

Dir: Lorene Scafaria (15, 117 mins) Based on Jessica Pressler’s New Yorker article, Hustlers follows a group of strip club workers impacted by the global financial crisis of 2008. The Wall Street clients suddenly have no money to spend and a group of women at the Scores Nightclub decided to take the law into their own hands. They lace their boorish clients’ drinks with MDMA and get their financial details out of them whilst under the influence, stealing upwards of $100,000 a night; the embarrassed pervs would rarely report the thefts, landing the women a tidy profit. Writer/director Scafaria humanises her characters, giving them backstories and grit beyond the usual cinematic clichés about strippers. Jennifer Lopez plays Ramona, the mastermind who takes Constance Wu’s Destiny under her wing with musicians Cardi B and Lizzo joining them in their seductive smash and grab, in a winning drama of empowerment. Opens Sept 13

READY OR NOT ***

Dir: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett (18, 95 mins) A quick and nasty black comedy horror that doesn’t hold back on the gore, Ready Or Not has Samara Weaving’s Grace marrying into a very odd family – the Le Domas. They are super rich with a penchant for playing games: at the stroke of midnight on her wedding day, Grace gets to choose between hide and seek, and consequently must stay hidden till dawn, if she can. Unfortunately, her in-laws, including Andie MacDowell, Henry Czerny and Adam Brody, have another agenda: her death and a nasty sacrificial ritual to preserve their family status. Husband Mark O’Brien tries to help, but what ensues is a bout of cat and mouse, with the privileged, big game hunting family using an array of weapons to try and off their new relative. A claustrophobic house-hunting thriller with its tongue firmly in its cheek, this has some inventive shocks, as the bride fights back against her pursuers and the body count rises. Opens Sept 27

ALSO RELEASED SEPTEMBER 2019 NIGHT HUNTER (15) Henry Cavill and Sir Ben Kingsley look disappointed to be in this lacklustre serial killer thriller. And they are right to be. HONEYLAND (PG) A mesmerising Turkish documentary about saving the bees. SKIN (15) Jamie Bell goes all skinhead and tries to escape his white supremacist past with the help of a black activist in this worthy racism drama.THE FAREWELL (PG) Awkwafina shines in this moving Chinese drama as a family tries to hide from their grandmother the fact that she is dying of cancer. Much more life-affirming than it sounds. QUEEN OF HEARTS (15) Uncomfortable Danish drama as a woman seduces her stepson with naturally troublesome results. POMS (12A) Diane Keaton, Jackie Weaver and Pam Grier star as women of a certain age forming their own cheerleading squad BUZZ 34

IT: CHAPTER TWO ****

Dir: Andrés Muschietti (15, 165 mins) The second instalment in the Stephen King adaptation that proved a blockbuster hit two years ago, It: Chapter Two follows the terrorized kids as they move into adulthood: 27 years later, they have to face the evil Pennywise once more. The Losers Club are reunited in Derry, Maine, Stephen King’s oft-chosen haunted location after their epic battle in 1985. The chemistry of the young cast, part of what made the first film such a roaring success with its Stand By Me vibe, is recreated in their older versions with Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Jay Ryan, James Ransome, Isiah Mustafa and Andy Bean becoming Beverly, Bill, Richie, Ben, Eddie, Mike and Stanley. All are dealing with the guilt and horror of the events of the first film – and their blood oath, should they have to fight back against the ancient, shapeshifting nastiness of Bill Skarsgårds demonic clown/Lovecraftian beast. The film flashes back to the younger Losers Club too, offering more detail and backstory for the threat the adults face in this epic horror. Gore aplenty ensues, as do efficient sleep-troubling scares – anyone with coulrophobia (a fear of clowns) should definitely avoid, as the many-teethed, eyeball-swiveling Skarsgård chills and disturbs once again under director Muschietti’s expert wrangling. Opens Sept 6

THE GOLDFINCH ***

Dir: John Crowley (15, 149 mins) Donna Tartt’s brilliant Pulitzer Prize-winning novel is translated into celluloid by John Crowley, the director behind the Saorise Ronan vehicle Brooklyn. The film splits into two timeframes, following the younger and elder Theodore Decker – played by Oakes Fegley and Ansel Elgort. Young Theo is at an art gallery with his mother when there is a horrific incident which kills her and leaves him in the possession of a painting, the Goldfinch of the title. What follows is an absorbing, Dickensian tale embracing wealthy socialites, noble carpenters, love trysts, male friendship and forgers in Amsterdam. The performances are strong, Jeffrey Wright shining as father figure Hobie, although Nicole Kidman as the socialite who takes in Theo has distracting CGI deageing and prosthetic old-ageing. Ultimately, however, The Goldfinch feels like it should have been a miniseries rather than a movie. Opens Sept 27

THE KITCHEN **

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD **

Dir: Adrian Grunberg (18, 100 mins) As with Rocky, Sylvester Stallone’s other pop culture creation shows no sign of flagging despite its star being 73, in this supposed final mission for the Vietnam vet. Way back in 1982, First Blood had something to say about war veterans and the toll of violence and inhumanity on them. This was soon dispelled with the excesses of First Blood Part II’s right-wing Vietnam-winning fantasy, and Rambo III, where Sly destroyed the Russians in Afghanistan. The lunkheaded, gore-fuelled reboot in 2008, which had Rambo helping Christian aid workers in Burma by mostly ripping out throats and cutting people in half with heavy artillery, should have gone straight to DVD. Thus, expectations for a final outing with the supposedly violence-hating but always very violent Rambo are low. Having “lived in a world of death”, John Rambo now has a ranch, but is soon battling Mexican drug cartels after a young girl is kidnapped – like in a 90s Steven Seagal film. Vengeance must be taken with a variety of homegrown weapons and boobytraps, grizzled stoicism and an avowedly rightist agenda with a bit of PTSD thrown in for good measure. A conflicted, tortured Rambo coming full circle? Nah, just more of the same wince-inducing mayhem. Hope Donald Trump doesn’t watch it and do a Reagan. Opens Sept 20

Dir: Andrea Berloff (15, 108 mins) An obscure British graphic novel about three women who take over the Irish mafia in New York’s Hell’s Kitchen in 1978 has been given fresh life thanks to Oscar nominated writer Andrea Berloff, now making her debut feature with this female-centric slice of gangster life. Tiffany Haddish, Melissa McCarthy and Elisabeth Moss are forced to take over the violent enterprise when their criminal husbands end up in prison, leaving them poverty-stricken. Unfortunately, unlike last year’s similar Widows, this doesn’t quite convince. Comedian Haddish plays Ruby O’Carroll, dealing with prejudice after marrying into the ‘family’; McCarthy fares better as Kathy Brennan, the eventual head of the New York mob, and Moss rounds out the trio as gun-happy Claire Walsh, with Common as an FBI agent trying to track them down. The violence escalates in a confusing and unconvincing style, leaving The Kitchen rather half-baked. Opens Sept 20

THE REPORT ****

Dir: Scott Z Burns (15, 120 mins) An intelligent, verbose, fact-based political thriller that confronts the CIA’s interrogation techniques in the wake of terrorist attacks, The Report seethes with detail. Adam Driver plays Daniel J. Jones, a staffer at a Senate Investigation Committee forensically searching through millions of pages of reports about dehumanising torture carried out in the name of US security. The investigation lasted over five years and revealed that the CIA had continued with its tactics aware that they had no real effect or led to reliable intelligence. Driver is the convincing calm centre, highlighting injustices via a scorching script. A superb supporting cast features ent Annette Bening as Senator Dianne Feinstein who doggedly evades the truth, Maura Tierney as a flinty CIA executive and Ted Levine’s CIA director John Brennan. A meticulous coruscation of all involved, both in the Bush and Obama administrations. Opens Sept 20

in a retirement community. Light-hearted formulaic empowerment ensues. SEA OF SHADOWS (15) Documentary about the world’s smallest whale being destroyed by drug cartels after its bladder, known as the cocaine of the sea. Eye-opening. THE ZOYA FACTOR (12A) Indian romantic comedy as an advertising agent struggles with her relationship with the country’s cricket team captain. TOMORROW (15) A suicidal war veteran is befriended by a man who lives every day as if it’s his last in a warmhearted British comedy drama. THE LAST TREE (15) Coming-of-age tale as a British-born teenager of Nigerian descent moves from rural Lincolnshire to inner city London and struggles to find his place. THE SHINY SHRIMPS (15) A French comedy drama that has a homophobic swimmer tasked with coaching an all-gay water polo team. Sacre bleu! BUZZ 35

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ELEANOR FLAHERTY & PAUL STEER: HIDDEN VOICES II

Queen Street Gallery, Neath Sat 7-Sat 28 Sept Following the success of their collaborative project Hidden Voices early last year, Eleanor Flaherty and Paul Steer will be launching a sequel this September at Queen Street Gallery. The exhibition focuses on the same topic as its predecessor, the ins and outs of the Brecon Beacons, a topic well suited to two artists who have always drawn primary inspiration from the wilderness. Hidden Voices II tells the story of a landscape that is at first unseen, and aims to immerse spectators in an emotive recreation of nature. Whilst Steer predominantly specialises in fresco art, Flaherty’s skillset extends into photography and filmmaking, the combination of which promises for a range of media; their new exhibition features their thoughts on industrialisation as well as the natural world. While Flaherty and Steer first met at an art club in 2012, both artists are already individually known for their connections to nature through their art – particularly Flaherty, who is a qualified Mountain Leader and therefore leads educational expeditions to find further inspiration for her work. Admission: free. Info: 01639 631081 / www.queenstgallery.co.uk (GE) BUZZ 36

ERIC MALTHOUSE

Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil Sun 29 Sept-Mon 18 Nov Merthyr Tydfil art centre Redhouse are putting on an exhibition this September, in honour of painter Eric Malthouse. Born in Erdington near Birmingham, Malthouse became a lecturer at Cardiff College Of Art and was there for 29 years, where he became a hugely influential figure in modern art in Wales during the mid-20th century. In 1956 Malthouse formed the artists’ organisation 56 Group, along with David Tinker and Michael Edmonds, where he was able to persuade many people to join due to his enthusiasm and forward thinking. The original aim of the group was to develop a different type of exhibition programme that allowed Welsh artwork to be shown in as many places as possible. He was also a founding member of the art collective South Wales Group, now known as The Welsh Group. Cornwall inspired many of Malthouse’s paintings, often producing landscape paintings around Mullion Cove. In 1955, while in Cornwall, he created Rock Pools, which saw him start his transition into the field of abstract painting. He started off his artistic career as a surrealist before changing over to abstract in 1959 – yet he was always involved in printmaking, which became an extremely important factor in his work. With the region having provided him with inspiration over the years, Malthouse moved to Cornwall in 1973 where he continued creating abstract oil paintings and prints. However, after his wife died in the early 1980s, he moved back to Barry. While living there, he started to create a number of watercolour scenes and continued to do so until he died. Malthouse had many famous paintings including Mother And Child 1944, which is thought to be of his wife Anne and their first daughter Penny, and Mother And Child 1947, his highest-selling painting. His work can also be found all around Wales, as well as certain parts of England and Scotland. This exhibition will be an excellent chance to catch some of his paintings in Merthyr. TALLULAH SULEMAN Admission: free. Info: 01685 384111 / www.redhousecymru.com

WOOL WORKS

Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay Sat 28 Sept-Sun 10 Nov Wool Works is a collaborative exhibition between Welsh textiles group MaP and Finnish makers group Modus. It focuses on bringing cultural links between the two heritages to the forefront, while also encouraging the general public to consider the value of applied arts. The exhibition will display the work from 20 artists all together. One of those featured is the Welsh illustrator Sue Shields, whose use of loose lines and watercolours, bleeding into each other creates an emotive, dreamlike feel, rather than one inherently tied to realism. Elsewhere, artists such as Ritta SinkkonnenDavies and Claire Cawte focus more on tradition, highlighting how materials and designs from older techniques can be used to make modern, functional pieces. In particular, this can be seen through Cawte’s use of felting material together in order to create modern, fashionable handbags. As well as the pieces which are on display, the gallery will also feature a series of talks and workshops which tie in with the exhibition. These include the likes of wood engraving, embroidery and textiles. Most of the workshops are open and drop-in, with the general public encouraged to visit and take part. Admission: free. Info: 029 2048 4611 / www.makersguildinwales.org.uk (SM)

LIAM DUNNE: ROLLING WITH THE PUNCH

Elysium Gallery, Swansea Until Sat 21 Sept Multidisciplinary artist Liam Dunne’s latest exhibition, exhibited in the Swansea gallery where he currently works, will continue his personal tradition of political artwork, bringing the topic of social injustice to the artistic table. Dunne’s interest in creating profound artwork is clear, as this exhibition will primarily explore the relationship between human beings and power. His previous work has predominantly focused on psychologist Lacan’s mirror stage, in which one recognises themselves for the first time. Dunne’s satirical work makes a mockery of dictatorship and accuses spectators of a conditioned bias when viewing art to favour the popular, comparing it to the fashion industry. Relatively new to the art game at only 24 years old, having graduated from the Glasgow School Of Art in 2016. Dunneworks primarily in painting, drawing, installation and stop-motion animation, which can all be anticipated in this show. So far, his works are housed in both public and private collections in the UK and internationally – the UK Royal Family collection and the Luciano Benetton Imago Mundi Project at the Venice Biennale included. Info: 07980 925449 / www.elysiumgallery.com (GE)

THE MARY ROSE: PEOPLE AND PURPOSE

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea Until Sun 1 Mar In co-operation with The Mary Rose Trust and Swansea University, Glynn Vivian gallery welcomes the story of Tudor warship The Mary Rose. Built during the reign of Henry VIII, The Mary Rose was a hulking weapon of international status, serving the monarch and his naval policy for 34 years until it sank in the Solent strait by the Isle Of Wight in 1545. Since its rescue from the waters in 1982, the team at Swansea’s University College Of Engineering have been able to unveil more about the ship’s story using cutting-edge 3D technology. The crew was likely to have been made up of Europeans and North Africans, emboldening and heightening its status as an international battleship. Whilst it is now located in Portsmouth, the town where it was built, its artefacts are here to see in south Wales. Authentic Tudor clothes and weapons, a replica of a sailor’s skull created by 3D technology and a recently-restored period art piece of a Lady found on board are being showcased until spring 2020. This exhibition is a great way to get the whole family excited about naval history. Admission: free. Info: 01792 516900 / www.swansea.gov.uk/glynnvivian (LD)

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22.6.19 – 15.9.19 Dewch i ddysgu am fywyd rhyfeddol nadroedd mewn arddangosfa i’r teulu cyfan. Discover the slithering, secret life of snakes in this family friendly exhibition.

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IN ‘N’ OUT OF CHEKHOV’S SHORTS

Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, Fri 20 Sept; The Riverfront, Newport, Thurs 26 Sept; Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea, Thurs 17 Oct Russian writer Anton Chekov, one of the most well-renowned writers of the late 19th and early 20th century, is famed for both his plays and short stories. Come Autumn 2019, In ‘N’ Out Of Chekhov’s Shorts, by Dragonboy Productions, will bring a collection of his short story works to life for a modern-day audience. Chekhov’s short stories are often overlooked compared to his plays, but they are no less influential, espousing his legacy of psychological realism and introspective characterization to a short-length format. An ensemble of five performers, taking on lead and support roles in turns, will be accompanied by an original musical score written by Tom Neil. Actorturned-director Eliot Giuralarocca has proven to be well-versed in late 19th and early 20th century literature, having directed previous renditions of The Great Gatsby, Dracula and Frankenstein, rendering him a trustworthy pair of hands to handle the works of this iconic writer. Tickets: £5-£13.25. Info: www. dragonboyproductions.com (LD)

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AND SHE

Sherman Theatre, Cardiff Tue 1 + Wed 2 Oct Bonnie And The Bonnettes are back with their latest show And She at Sherman Theatre this October. The show, described as “part gig, part trip to their mums’ living rooms,” will explore topics such as womanhood, motherhood and femininity – all stemming from conversations with their mothers. Newcastle-based singersongwriter Max Easter (MXYM) will be joining the group for this production as a sound designer and has been working on the music since autumn 2018. The trio, made up of Hattie Eason, Cameron Sharp and Rebecca Glendenning, came together in 2016 and are now a theatre company based in the north-east of England. Eason is a theatre maker, vocalist and facilitator who aims to create thought-provoking and humorous pieces all the while getting her inspiration from gender roles, identity and the interactions between different people. Sharp is a performance artist, producer and director, with credits including the gloriously named Wank Buddies; influenced by storytelling, identities, gender, sexuality and all things that sparkle, he aims to blend aesthetics, colour schemes, and songs/stories into fun, upbeat and loud performances. Glendenning is a theatre maker and stage manager, with credits including Hear Her Roar, who focuses on curiosity, politics, gender, and sexuality with an overt agenda of making her work fun for all. Latterly, she’s received a short playwriting commission from theatre company Workie Ticket, where she will work with female veterans to write a play about gender and LGBT+ discrimination in the British military. As a group, Bonnie And The Bonnettes’ work is varied, with shows sometimes being about them, other people or the world they live in; they enjoy incorporating many different genres. Their debut show Drag Me To Love was a way of them bringing “drag to the world of theatre.” The 70-minute show contains strong language, flashing lights, loud music and a guarantee to have you laughing and unapologetically full of life. TALLULAH SULEMAN Tickets: £8-£16. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.shermantheatre.co.uk

LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE

New Theatre, Cardiff Mon 9-Sat 14 Sept Director James Lapine and composer William Finn teamed up in 2013 to create a musical version of family film Little Miss Sunshine, the idea first gestating in a workshop in 2009. The original film, co-directed by Valerie Faris and Jonathan Dayton, sees seven-year-old Olive Hoover invited to take part in the Little Miss Sunshine pageant. She and her fundamentally eccentric and flawed family are forced into close quarters for a road trip adventure during which they must try not to drive each other mad as their rickety van gradually falls apart around them. Along the way, of course, there are plenty of other amusing distractions. Mehmet Ergen directs this touring version: having previously directed Treemonisha and Lost In The Stars, LMS marks a change for him, but one supported by a top cast, with Mark Moraghan as Grandpa, Lucy O’Byrne as mum Sheryl Hoover, Paul Keating as depressed uncle Frank and Gabriel Vick as dad Richard Hoover, each already trailing behind them an impressive back catalogue of musical or television appearances. This promises to be a whimsical and occasionally macabre adventure. Tickets: £17-£38. Info: 029 2087 8889 / www.newtheatrecardiff.co.uk (GE)

PEGGY’S SONG

Various venues Wed 25 Sept-Fri 11 Oct This one-man show stars Christian Patterson as Danny Walkman, a hospital radio DJ who has a chance meeting with enigmatic patient Peggy in the hospital’s Garden Of Hope after one of his shows. They’ve nothing in common, but confident that everybody has a song and persistent in making her smile, Danny is determined to get through Peggy’s past until he can find and play her song on his station. Peggy’s Song was produced for the NHS’ 70-year anniversary last year, one of five plays subtitled Love Letters To The NHS and thematically related to the National Health Service. Written by Katherine Chandler and directed by Phil Clark, with only one performer it’s all down to Patterson to pull it off. Peggy’s Song stops at Newport Riverfront (Wed 25 Sept), Pontardawe Arts Centre (Thurs 26), Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon (Tue 1 Oct), Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl (Wed 2), Theatr Hafren, Newtown (Thurs 3), Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea (Fri 4), Royal Welsh College, Cardiff (Sat 5), Borough Theatre, Abergavenny (Mon 7), Miners Institute, Blackwood (Tue 8), Torch Theatre, Milford Haven (Wed 9), Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli (Thurs 10) and the Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen (Fri 11). Tickets: from £11. Info: 029 2037 1689 / www.nationaltheatrewales.org (GE)

SAY WHEN

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Wed 18-Sat 21 Sept; Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, Wed 25 + Thurs 26 Sept; Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli, Tue 1 + Wed 2 Oct Starring Robert Bowman, this production by Living Pictures focuses on protagonist Robbie, who wakes up choking in the middle of the night struggling to breathe, confused as to what is happening. Although the attack eventually fades, the confusion remains. He looks in the mirror to see that his stomach has bloated, and his body resembles his father’s. He has trouble understanding how he’s got that way, having once vowed that he would never be like him. Say When examines the hardships that an ordinary, middle-aged man faces when dealing with issues surrounding body confidence. Dark, dry humour is sprinkled throughout as the show touches on weight loss, dieting, the food industry, wrestling, the environment, and Robbie’s relationship with his father. We follow Robbie on his adventure via a litany of quick and easy diets, advice from scientists and media experts. Directed by Elen Bowman, each performance of Say When is followed by an audience talk with some guest speakers, plus food which, we’re informed, is reliably guilt-free. Tickets: £8.50-£12.50. Info: www. livingpictures.org.uk (TS)

The James Taylor Quartet Saturday 14 September 7.30pm One of the great British instrumentalists of his generation, makes a first visit to Taliesin Arts this Autumn. James has taken his trademark howling Hammond organ sound to the masses and is, without a doubt, one of the most important jazz-pop crossover outfits in British live musical history today.

“James Taylor is the best Hammond player this side of the Atlantic” Craig Charles BBC6 FUNK AND SOUL SHOW

James Taylor..one of the all-time great Hammond players Nicky Wire from the Manic Street Preachers, NME

Tickets for The James Taylor Quartet are available now from the Taliesin box office and also online from their website www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk priced at £14, with concessions at £12.

Taliesin Arts Centre / Canolfan Y Celfyddydau Taliesin Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PZ Prifysgol Abertawe, Parc Singleton, Abertawe, SA2 8PZ

EL CHOOP

Tukan Techno @ Undertone Sat 7 Sept That’s Tukan, pronounced like ‘toucan’ – I didn’t ask, but there’s an image of one on all their branding so didn’t really feel the need – and techno, that type of dance music which has been in wretchedly short supply in south Wales all year. I’ve been going to nights here for over two decades and have never known it to be this bad. That makes new faces like Tukan Techno, who debuted in Undertone in July, all the more valuable, and on only their second night they’re trying something a bit different, so fair dinkum. Headliner for the evening, Harvey ‘El Choop’ Jones, is currently based in Bristol but grew up just inside the Welsh border, specifically Montgomery in Powys. His speciality is dub techno, the sort of thing pioneered by Basic Channel producers in the early 90s and consistently imitated, adapted and redeployed ever since. Jones’ take on it highlights the sparse arrangements and core-rattling bass while acknowledging that techno crowds primarily want to move a bit, although with only two other DJs (residents Innerkey and Tom Gatley) across six hours, he should have enough time to plot a journey. Admission: £5. Info: 0292022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com (NG) BUZZ 40

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FATHER FUNK’S CHURCH OF LOVE

Chapel 1877, Cardiff Sat 28 Sept Stepping out of Bristol and into the bright lights of Cardiff, the Father Funk is about to, rather appropriately, turn Chapel 1877 into his Church Of Love this month. Set up three years ago by Will Williamson, the event has found its feet in the West Country and is embarking on its first ever Nuns On Tour. The Father himself will be giving a sermon at this disco of debauchery, with a long list of priests (disclaimer: DJs) in tow for the eight-hour affair. Dr Syntax, who you may have seen with The Mouse Outfit, and DJ Pete Cannon have chosen the event for the first night of their collaborative tour, bringing hip-hop beats and bars to the altar. Drum’n’bass, funk and jungle will all be part of the pilgrimage, with live sax from Mr Woodnote amongst six other acts for mass. Representing Cardiff is veteran DJ Veto, bringing jazz, Afro, Latin and disco into the mix. As regular guest on Blue Honey lineups and member of Afro Cluster, he is sure to leave you all feeling blessed by the end of this long night. Come Sunday morning, you might need to go to an actual church to repent for your sins. Tickets: £8. Info: 029 2022 2020 (LD)

PLAID

Cathays Community Centre, Cardiff Sat 5 Oct Promoted by Roath artspace M.A.D.E., this evening of live electronica is also part of an Arts Council Of Wales scheme aimed at clubgoers and aiming to remove us from our cushy city centre nightlife routines out to the less trodden beats of Cardiff. Torn away like screeching babes from their mother’s arms and then brought to Cathays for what looks like a really solid night out. Plaid – pronounced like the tartan rather than the political party or past tense of ‘play’ – are hardened men, gritting their teeth through almost 30 years of adoring fans using their tracks to push the term ‘intelligent dance music’ without developing small burn-holes in the sides of their cheeks from cringing. Plaid made the critical mistake of flicking through several different styles over the years: if it wasn’t an IDM sticker it would be something vaguer. Their recent fare is more in line with out-there ambient techno producers such as Nathan Fake and Max Cooper, the latter of whom hit Cardiff only the other month and may predict the gig vibe: a freak-out sequence at the Tate Modern, with the appropriate jarring mix of stern grey-hairs maintaining their music blogs and peculiarly tense-looking folk wearing sunglasses indoors. Ambient tech artists are usually only sporadically danceable, but when a drop does come it is far more deserved and October’s gig may yet evolve into something a bit heavier, even with a curfew of 10.30pm. Dedicated Buzz readers may remember support act Jaxson Payne as a highlight from the Cardiff Psych & Noise Fest at the start of summer. Payne immediately stuck out on the Saturday when he stepped up to the plate with his MIDI drum kit, blasting his way through 45 minutes of scorching live jungle with only the odd break to swap out his synth palette. He, alongside local producer Boris A Bono (also ambient-ish), complete the roster – something different to lure timid Cardiff clubbers out of the burrow, even if it is back to Kongs for afters. JASON MACHLAB Admission: £15/£12.50 adv. Info: facebook.com/cardiffmade

PROSUMER / EARL JEFFERS

Kong’s, Cardiff Sat 28 Sept The underground lair of Kong’s – sultry lighting, wrap-around bar and two club rooms – is the perfect venue for a night of fine house and techno. Its third takeover is being hosted by four of Cardiff’s finest nightlife curators (Blue Honey, Groove Theory, Rotary Club and Rhythm Project), collaborating in honour of hosting the homegrown Earl Jeffers and Edinburgh-based Prosumer. Jeffers is a Cardiff based beat maker, disc jockey and producer who you may know as part of Darkhouse Family, co-parenting the project with fellow musician Don Leisure. Owner of record label Melange, he has over 20 years’ experience of rooting through records and spinning select vinyl from across the decades. Prosumer, otherwise known as Achim Brandenburg, swapped Berlin for Britain a while back and is about to grace Cardiff with a passion for music that “travels in and with him everywhere, “through his body and his veins”’. Alongside the BH, GT and RC residents, Kong’s next takeover is set to echo the Detroit techno scene in its eclecticness, amalgamating the likes of jazz and funk with modernday hip-hop and house beats. I mean, I won’t be missing this. Tickets: £6-£15. Info: www.kongsbars. com (LD)

SAM DIVINE

Con7rol @ Bambu Beach Bar / The Attic, Swansea Sat 21 Sept The pre-party, as in the warmup for a night on the town, can take many forms, and with the damn economy like it is many will doubtless settle for loading up on vodka Red Bulls at home before rocking up to Swansea’s Attic spot to catch London house DJ Sam Divine. Those who really fancy going for it and/or really like Sam Divine, meanwhile, can catch her earlier in the evening too, on the rooftop of the nearby Bambu Beach Bar. Fairly in character for a DJ who’s renowned as a hard worker, upping sticks to Ibiza annually for almost 15 years (this might not be your grandad’s definition of hard work, granted, but DJs kinda have to hustle out there), Divine also runs a label, D-Vine Sounds, and presents a radio show for anothermer – mersh house big cheeses Defected, to whom she’s signed. Her sets are clearly crafted to please crowds above all, but allow for tech-house, garage, classic 90s/00s bangers and maybe some filter disco and specialist edits. With one set some time before 10pm, the other some time before 4am, expect a subtly different approach at least, but few if any boring go-to-the-bar sections. Tickets: £10 Bambu/£20 Attic/£25 both. Info: 01792 450850 / facebook. com/theatticswansea (NG)

St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff Sat 21 Sept With influences ranging from the Manic Street Preachers and Kate Bush, through to David Lynch movies, The Anchoress aka Catherine Anne Davies’ work has been labelled in some circles as prog-pop – but how would the woman who has also played a part in Simple Minds’ live sound best describe her music? “I think it’s probably more accurate to describe the music as art-rock: I’m influenced by a huge amount of literature and visual arts and that spills out into quite a varied palette of sound. You couldn’t hear just one Anchoress song and have any idea how the rest of the album sounds.” Born in Glynneath but raised in Australia and Aylesbury, Davies recalls, “I started playing the flute when I was around seven, and started teaching myself guitar as a teenager, but I don’t think I had any serious musical aspirations to do anything until I was at university.” Catherine is also an author and producer, noting, “I was always more interested in becoming someone who made records. I was fascinated by recording studios and all the credits no-one ever reads in the sleeve notes. Singing was more a byproduct of wanting to create something.” Davies takes a semi-autobiographical approach to her work, with plenty of curveballs thrown in there to retain an element of privacy. “If you are purely confined to autobiography, then you are limiting yourself creatively,” she explains. “I’m hugely interested in the ways in which identity is constructed and how we perform ‘ourselves’. Hence the play on words of the first album’s title, Confessions Of A Romance Novelist: how can we be both novelists and confessors simultaneously? The one suggesting truth, the other fiction.” With a show in the ethereal atmosphere of St John’s Church coming up, Davies explains why she chose that venue. “It made sense to choose venues with naturally great acoustics and atmosphere. It also gives me some incentive to try and curb my cursing on stage.” CHRIS ANDREWS Tickets: £14. Info: 07960 820645 / woodfiredsummit.com Pic: Rhodri Brooks

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THE ANCHORESS

YAZID FENTAZI AND EIRA/SNOW

Queens Head, Monmouth Sun 8 Sept After collaborating at the African music festival Mwalimu Express in October 2018, EIRA/Snow and Yazid Fentazi are back, this time in Wales. EIRA/ Snow draw on Scandinavian, Celtic and Middle Eastern musical culture, while Fentazi’s contemporary style of African fusion comprises, in his own words, “a blend of traditional with modern music.” At Mwalimu Express, the trio performed Gaita Gallega, with Lyndon Owen on the bag pipes, Caractacus Downes on the double bass and Yazid Fentazi on the oud. The song performed had aspects of the Armenian folk dance Pomporee and was performed as part of the bands “Maurice El Medioni” film. They are known for using a mass number of instruments, such as a Hungarian tarogato and Turkish mey, to allow thick textures and timbres to run throughout their music. Improvisation is also a big part of the band’s identity, with their music looking to relax, challenge and please. Monmouthshire-based Owen, who plays reed, electronic and percussion instruments, and Downes, who plays the double bass and reed instruments, will be treating the Queens Head to a night of harmonious melodies. Admission: free. Info: 01600 712767 / www.queensheadmonmouth.co.uk/ listen (TS) BUZZ 42

THE SWANSEA FRINGE FESTIVAL COWBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL Various venues, Swansea Thurs 3-Sun 6 Oct The annual Swansea Fringe Festival is a recent, three-year-old addition to Swansea International Festival, created with the intention to close the long-running event. Swansea Fringe is a festival for everyone; some events will be family-friendly and directed towards children where as some will also be, well, a little more adult, with both kinds of event featuring ticketed and free entries in abundance. Embracing the arts via a range of performances in various venues (including, but by no means limited to, Sin City and Mission Gallery), comedy, music and literature are to be expected at this weekend-long event. It will also kick off with a launch party on the first evening with a performance from Afro Cluster [pictured], a favourite from the first year of Swansea Fringe. Swansea Fringe Festival aims to help artists – a number of whom are born and bred in Swansea – break through into competitive industries by giving them a platform to perform in such quick succession of the International Festival. It’s a great opportunity for festivalgoers to expose themselves to the work of local artists and show their support for the potential up-andcomings. Tickets: £25 weekend/£12.50 per day. Info: www.theswanseafringe.com (GE)

Various venues, Cowbridge Fri 6-Sat 21 Sept Since its creation in 2011, Cowbridge Music Festival has not only become a hub of music in the Vale, but an established charity with six trustees and a herd of volunteers that support its youth outreach programme. This year it’s the festival’s 10th anniversary, which will have its opening night on Fri 6 Sept, headlined by saxophonist and classical Brit Award winner Jess Gilham [pictured]. The majority of the performances will take place in Holy Cross Church, providing a medieval backdrop; the festival claims that it is “never ‘high-brow’ or elitist” and remains dedicated to gaining exposure for the talented youth in Wales today. This month, more than 30 performances will span over a fortnight, showcasing talent from Hungary (Budapest Café Orchestra), Syria (Syrian Dreams) and Wales (too many to mention), that travel through classical, folk and jazz modes. It seems as though it’s not just music on offer: so as to avoid grumbling stomachs, ticket holders can book a pre-concert dinner at Oscar’s in Cowbridge where between 5-7pm you can find an exclusive menu written just for festival goers. Tickets: free-£20 per performance. Info: cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk (LD)

CARWYN ELLIS & RIO 18

The Gate, Cardiff Thurs 10 Oct Carwyn Ellis has jumped around from project to project: from being frontman of psych-pop band Colorama since 2008, to touring with The Pretenders, to – most recently – releasing an S4C documentary alongside new album Joia! as Carwyn Ellis & Rio 18, with other ventures in between. Ellis has genre-hopped so many times now, it’s a wonder he has any left to go to – but this latest musical creation was recorded in Rio de Janeiro, Caernarfon and London, and the influences from each country are clearly recognisable. Sunshine and celebration are unmistakable elements in its Welsh-language lyrics layered over Latin American backing, and Joia! is undeniably unique in this sense. It’s an album of firsts in many rights, including being the first Welsh language album to ever be recorded in Brazil. Despite his previous experience, this is the first time that Ellis’ name has accompanied his music directly, and having worked with one of Brazil’s finest, Kassin, it’s no wonder that Joia! has been received so well. With plenty of performing experience under his belt and an intriguing new sound, it’ll be interesting to see how Ellis’ latest reinvention of himself takes to the stage. Tickets: £12.50. Info: 029 2048 3344 / www.thegate.org.uk (GE)

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reviews WE'VE BEEN WATCHING... LETO

(Mubi)

Rock‘n’roll biopics are 10-a-penny at the moment, but Leto represents a nice change of pace, detailing the rise of Soviet new wave band Kino and their enigmatic frontman Viktor Tsoi. In sharp black and white, this a wonderfully cool hangout film, with added stylistic touches such as hand-scrawled animations over the top of the film whilst Russian-accented versions of Iggy Pop’s The Passenger and Talking Heads’ Psycho Killer play out. It might be a bit baggy in places, but there’s such cool and charm stuffed into every crevice of this film, it’s hard not to be won over. Plus, the music’s great. ****FT

TRANSIT

(Curzon Home Cinema)

By the time you read this, Transit will have been and gone in cinemas, but thankfully distributors Curzon have a policy whereby they simultaneously release their films on both cinema screens and streaming. In the case of this beguiling mystery from German director Christian Petzold, that’s hugely welcome. Set in a half-aged, half-contemporary Marseille, we follow a refugee fleeing German fascist forces from Paris in some kind of dystopian near-future world. It’s an enveloping, intensely complex and emotive film that lingers for a long time in the memory. *****FT

HAIL SATAN?

(Curzon Home Cinema)

A documentary on the rise of The Satanic Temple, and the resultant controversies as its followers attempt to express religious freedom – most notably by attempting to place a statue of Baphomet next to various statues of the 10 Commandments on State Capitol buildings, a protest against the strictly unconstitutional interlinking of church and state in the USA. This is a smart little documentary, functioning as a mini-history of what the word ‘Satan’ means in the US on a cultural level, and how Satan is depicted in mass media. The Satanic Temple followers are not particularly religious, nor are they Anton LaVey style hedonists (his Church Of Satan is a different beast), rather a group of outsiders – encompassing trans folk and POCs to boot – interested in challenging accepted norms of free expression in an increasingly conservative atmosphere. Great stuff. ****FT

MINDHUNTER S2 (Netflix)

The second series of this David Fincher-helmed serial killer show has much of what you’d expect a serialkiller show to have. Serial killers. Morose detectives. Bureaucratic higher-ups. Of course, it’s all a little bit more than that: the series focuses on the birth of the FBI’s Behavioural Science Unit, psychologically profiling mass murderers, and the visual focus tends to shy away slightly from the grisliness of the murders covered, highlighting instead the psychological and personal toll they take on the families who suffer. It’s superbly written, and handsomely shot, though Fincher’s career-long obsession with dark grey and blue hues does grate on me – you can get some contrast in there, mate! ****FT BUZZ 44

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ALESSANDRO CORTINI ***** Volume Massimo (Mute) Synthesizers can tell stories about the world in a language regular instruments can’t speak. Alessandro Cortini, a member of Nine Inch Nails, is pretty much fluent in it. Volume Massimo simply sounds gorgeous, and audio geeks will rejoice as basslines crackle and throb amidst white noise, whilst lead parts seem to fracture as they fight to escape the murk. But like all the best electronic musicians, Cortini brings emotion too, via a bittersweet melodic sensibility expressed through simple, sustained descending motifs. Highly recommended. APR

AMBER RUN **** Philophobia (Easy Life) Philophobia (the fear of emotional attachment) explores the highs and lows of love. Loved the orchestral intros, Joshua Keogh gentle vocals, the poppy rhythms, and the occasional lilting guitar; loved the church-like tone of single Affection; loved the title What Could Be Lonelier Than Love, although this track wasn’t as melodic as the others. This album has many layers, which become more apparent with each listen. It’s a shame the songs are so short. LN

BELLE AND SEBASTIAN **** Days of the Bagnold Summer OST (Matador) The interesting collaborative process between the posterband for turnof-the-century whimsy and The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird has brought about an intriguing set of songs. Bird’s directorial debut is an adaptation of a graphic novel of the same name; B&S used the novel and script as inspiration for the new songs and Bird dug deep into their back catalogue for more material to fit the film. The result is a consistent collection more typical of the band’s early days. JPD

BLACK BELT EAGLE SCOUT ** At The Party With My Brown Friends (Saddle Creek) While Katherine Paul’s debut album thrived in its own niche of spacey rock ballads about intersectional issues, her follow-up as Black Belt Eagle Scout has chosen to disregard that perspective. At The Party With All My Brown Friends is a conceptually homogeneous album, with lyrics exclusively about love, and a sound that can only be described as oppressively shoegaze. Paul’s performance remains enthralling, but the true heart of the project is absent. AS

CHASTITY BELT **** Chastity Belt (Hardly Art) A more grown-up record than you might expect from the band that brought you Pussy Weed Beer, but in truth this Seattle gang of friends has always been deeper and sadder than given credit for. On Chastity Belt, allusions to depression and breakdowns mix with guitar jams more gentle than usual, while subtle touches of strings and brass haunt with their sparseness. For all that, it’s a defiantly alive record, realistic and supportive, and pure balm for repeated listening. WS

DEAD SHED JOKERS *** All The Seasons (Pity My Brain) Their multifaceted sound is everything, nothing and something else – Dead Shed Jokers are the jazz equivalent of rock bands. There are some great metal riffs here, a few not so great ones too, the compelling vocals seem to be in a different genre from the music, and then there’s the folk element... but still I found myself nodding to the beat. Goth-rock, post-punk, progressive? An album for all seasons, perhaps. LN

ENTOMBED A.D *** Bowels Of Earth (Century Media) Just to clear up any misunderstanding: This is Entombed A.D, L.G Petrov’s version of the band who now bewilderingly exist as two entities. Bowels Of Earth sees the band back to their punishing best, essentially recalling their classic early-90s death metal/d-beat nastiness, with elements of their later ‘death’n’roll’ sound added for good measure. Petrov’s vocals stand up against any of the classic death metal growlers and he may turn out to be the difference in this internal band war. CA

THE FAIM ***** State Of Mind (BMG) You might not recognise their name, but you’d be forgiven for thinking you recognised their songs. Thanks to hard work, ambition and access to half a dozen industry veterans, The Faim have been able to seamlessly adopt the brand of preppy, anthemic stadium rock that dominates the radio on their first full length release. For what they lack in originality, they more than make up for in enthusiasm, polish and sheer talent, and seem to have perfected the pop-rock formula. AP

The Practice Of Love (Sacred Bones)

NATASHA BEDINGFIELD ***

SERGE PIZZORNO ****

Norway’s Jenny Hval goes pop for her seventh full-length album – or, at least, as poppy as the experimentalist can get, armed with icy synth arpeggiators and tripped-up beats. Partly inspired by Valie Export’s 1985 film of the same name, The Practice Of Love ruminates over mortality, intimacy and otherness through elliptical spoken word and lush electronica. Lead single Ashes To Ashes, with echoes of Björk and Angelo Badalamenti, is the otherworldly, shapeshifting centrepiece. Strange, ethereal, and quite magnificent. SP

Roll With Me (We Are Hear)

The S.L.P. (Columbia)

Nigh on a decade since we last got new music from these vocal cords. Twenty million records sold worldwide and now with songwriter/ producer extraordinaire Linda Perry on Natasha Bedingfield’s side – it looks like it’s working. Infectious rhythmic pop with catchy r’n’b mixed in, and not a bad offering at all, Kick It and Roller Skate fitting that brief to a tee. Everybody Come Together also includes a dirty-sounding guest spot for rapper Angel Haze. OS

Ennio Morricone-esque interludes, subterranean synth and sun-dappled beats oscillate throughout the Kasabian mainstay’s side-project debut, seeing Pizzorno strike out in agile style. Standouts ((trance)) and The Youngest Gary pulsate with an expectant arena-sating fervour, while Nobody Else shifts, with genre-flitting precision, from placid jazztinged origins to scintillating summer anthem fare. The S.L.P. flaunts eclectic experimentalism without veering into vacant excess: a peppy and slick release that proves fresh, nimble and instantly replayable. CHP

FRANKIE COSMOS **

JENNY HVAL *****

Close It Quietly (Sub Pop) Greta Kline, aka Frankie Cosmos, returns with album four and continues to polish the lo-fi sound that first brought her attention. Whether you love or hate Close It Quietly hinges entirely on how you feel about Kline’s voice. If detached girl-next-door vocals are your bag then you’re in luck, as they’re front and centre and high in the mix. However, while the likes of Young Marble Giants and Broadcast heighten such singing with hypnotic music, Frankie Cosmos is basic AF indie-rock. SE

GRUFF RHYS ****

NEW MODEL ARMY *****

Pang (Rough Trade)

KEANE ***

The Super Furries frontman has a consistently good solo output and this, his sixth studio album is no exception. South African producer Muzi has had a significant hand in the development of the songs, honing in ideas Rhys picked up whilst on previous tours and contributes to a varied and intricate recording. Unusual, eclectic soundscapes materialise throughout, but many of Rhys’ familiar musical quirks return to remind you it’s very much him. Highlights include the uplifting Afrobeat of Bae Bae Bae and the jazzy downtempo Niwl O Anwiredd. CPI

Cause And Effect (Island)

From Here (earMUSIC)

Keane’s debut album Hopes And Fears is up there for me, and surely for many others. It’s been a turbulent journey since, but after a hiatus Keane are back. Four albums released, four UK number ones, no pressure lads. The piano-based pop sound of Keane’s past could perhaps stand an upgrade, and indeed Cause And Affect features plenty of electro experimentation, while Tom Chaplin’s vocal still soars from a calm and whispering tone in Strange Room to a bellowing chorus of joy in standouts The Way I Feel and I Need Your Love. OS

NMA have come a long way since 1984’s Vengeance: they’ve dropped the punk, kept the rock and added folk. The raw, almost brutal tone of their early work has evolved into a more melodic, gentler sound. From Here is almost a concept album about existence and belonging; Justin Sullivan’s voice is mellow, lyrics are profound and poetic yet still have a political edge, and musically the band is at its most polished. LN

HENRY’S FUNERAL SHOE *** Smartphone Rabbit Hole (self-released)

LOWER DENS ***

The new album by the south Walian Clifford brothers is another chunk of the bluesinspired rock they’ve come to be known for. When they groove, they sound like Clutch with more sass, but with tracks like Right Time the duo prove they can also croon like The Eagles when called upon. Rock music needs bands like Henry’s Funeral Shoe to remind the kids just how it used to be and how it can be taken forward. CA

The Competition (Ribbon Music)

IGGY POP **** Free (Loma Vista/Caroline International) After the tour that promoted his most successful album to date, Post Pop Depression, Iggy Pop was ready to walk away, but thankfully he changed his mind: Free will be his 18th album. Both dark and extremely soul-stirring, with a sparse cinematic sound, Loves Missing could have been lifted from The Idiot, while We Are The People is Pop covering a Lou Reed poem. If Free proves to be Iggy’s swansong, it is a damn fine farewell. DN

Lead singer Jana Hunter wrote, recorded, produced and engineered The Competition based on his responses to the affliction of modern capitalism. While the sentiment behind the songs sounds engrossing the impact is limited by the largely incomprehensible lyrics. The classic electro-pop backings are stylish and well-constructed but perhaps not engaging enough. Alongside the accompanying videos, the songs work much better and some of the melodic lines do soar. The visuals help to add a clarity that the music, on its own, lacks. JPD

METRONOMY **** Metronomy Forever (Because) Metronomy really shine when they do what they do best – funky upbeat electropop numbers that perfectly soundtrack a hot summer. For the most part their sixth full length achieves this, although at 17 tracks there’s some filler – instrumental numbers that are just padding – and other bits that are way off the mark, such as the cringy Sex Emoji. However, the likes of Insecurity and Lately are some gems enough to keep any fan happy. ML

PHARMAKON **** Devour (Sacred Bones) Margaret Chardiet is a one-woman wrecking machine creating challenging, confrontational and uneasy listening under the Pharmakon moniker. Devour is the fourth album for the project, recorded live and intended to be listened to in one sitting for each side. The music is a complex structure of loops, oscillators, percussive sounds and tortured shrieks drenched in feedback and delay, yet amidst the chaos and walls of noise is a sense of order and something resembling melody in certain sections. GM

(SANDY) ALEX G *** House Of Sugar (Domino) This ninth offering from Alex Giannascoli will please his eagerly awaiting, growing fanbase. Half altcountry/folk, half electro-psychedelic with some songs a mix of both, it’s lethargic {and} melodically upbeat. The Philadelphia-based singer-songwriter gives distortion on guitar and layers his vocals, shifting pitch like there’s Munchkins singing on the eerie retelling of Brothers Grimm tale Gretel. Other standouts include Southern Sky, Cow and Taking, and he even takes a stab at the Boss with the live, Springsteen-sounding SugarHouse. RLR

demos WAGER facebook.com/wagerband Huge early-to-mid-00s energy in this four-song debut EP by a quartet who have done serious time in the pop-punk and post-hardcore trenches: Wager include members of Attack! Attack!, Pete’s Sake and, slightly more contemporaneously, En Garde. Their take on melodic punk has a wistful gruffness to it, a la Hot Water Music or Off With Their Heads, but an innate pop fizz that makes you think youthful hijinks are forever on the horizon. Strong production, if you like this subgenre’s trademark sound at least, courtesy of Todd Campbell. NG

ASIDHARA asidhara.bandcamp.com More ex action in this Cardiff-based metallic hardcore band, one node mildly surprising (recently disbanded emo sorts Casey) and two less so (vicious chuggers Rancour, crossover thrashers Foreseen). One song, Blistered Earth, circulating right now in advance of a tape, and it’s properly ripping. A cold steel mix boosts Slayer-style guitar/bass interplay, wicked double kick and hoarse vocals that could be from some late 90s Belgian metalcore toughs. Can’t wait to hear and see more of these. NG

KAROU soundcloud.com/karouofficial Only working with one song for now here too, but a change of pace to say the least courtesy of Bargoed pop soloist Karou. The new venture of Harriet Whitehead, who fronted dreampop type band Voes a few years back, Someone splices moody verses – pointedly grownup (half-rhyming “taken too much” with “headfuck”) and fitted with clubbable basslines – and a soaring chorus. If, as I rather suspect, it’s a wilful play for that Lorde-style sophistipop-that’s-fun-enough-for-the-kids-too market, it’s a classy one. NG

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music news EXTRA

Funeral For A Friend are reforming next month to play three charity benefit gigs. The Bridgend-originated emo rockers, who broke up in 2016, have been coaxed back into temporary action to raise funds for the family of Stuart Brothers. Described by the group as their biggest fan, Brothers has recently been diagnosed with terminal cancer; initial discussion of fundraising by auctioning FFAF memorabilia was upgraded to actual live performances. Indeed, the first Cardiff gig announced, at the Globe on Mon 28 Oct, sold so well it was upgraded to Cardiff University, with a second added there the previous day; both shows are sold out, as is a London date at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire on Tue 29 Other Voices, a small-scale Irish music festival notable for punching above its weight, is to come to Cardigan on the first weekend of November. Originating in 2001 in a church in Dingle, County Kerry, Other Voices quickly became part festival, part TV show, with performances broadcast on RTE; its base is still in the same church, with bills leaning more towards folk and grownup global pop (somewhat akin to Cardiff’s Festival Of Voice). The Cardigan edition, its first outside Ireland, will take place on Fri 1 and Sat 2 Nov, with the major performances in St Mary’s Church; entry will be free after registration, with admission to the church shows chosen by lottery Meanwhile, the Communion Of Rock weekender slated to take place from Fri 11-Sun 13 Oct has been cancelled. Organised by Welsh promotions company Big Day, the festival was of the hard/classic rock ilk, with The Treatment, Massive Wagons and Girlschool all booked.

However, the closure of its planned venue, the Muni in Pontypridd (the festival name is a pun of sorts), in late 2018 left Big Day first hoping for its swift reopening, then searching for a suitable replacement when this didn’t happen. With nothing in the region fitting the bill, and despite strong advance ticket sales, Big Day were forced to announce Communion Of Rock’s cancellation in August The Joy Formidable [pictured] are marking a decade since their debut EP with a re-release, re-recording and an alldayer in Cardiff, which they’ve dubbed Formidable Fest. A Balloon Called Moaning, eight songs first released in Japan in December 2008 and the UK a month after (so yes, they’re a year late doing this really), is being reissued by the band on double vinyl, with the second disc comprising acoustic versions of each song, sung in Welsh and titled Y Falwn Drom. Just prior to touring the USA for nearly a month, the Mold-birthed group play Cardiff Tramshed on Sat 23 Nov, headlining alongside Blood Red Shoes, Chroma, Candelas and more TBC Infinity Forms Of Yellow Remember, an experimental psychedelia sextet from Cardiff, also have a double LP imminent, courtesy of Leeds underground label Cardinal Fuzz. A group who have only played a handful of live gigs to date, none outside Wales, that the label plucked them from the ether suggests a heartfelt belief in the strength of their material. The half-hour-plus of it streaming ahead of the early September release justifies this, with their tendencies for big riffs, textured drone, Krautrocky repetition and Beach Boys-ish melody all evident

ONES TO WATCH... I SEE RIVERS

Having made a sizeable, if elegant, splash with their first two EPs, Standing Barefoot and Play It Cool, both of which received support from national radio, Cymro-Norwegian three-piece I See Rivers have just returned with new single Collide, the second track from their upcoming debut album. Exemplifying this girl group’s strong harmonies and catchy melodies – a sound they describe as “float folk” – Collide starts off a cappella, with a single vocal, before backing vocals swiftly emerge and soft voices blend elegantly together. Employing a minimal arrangement thereafter – a delicate piano and some neo-r’n’b-ish electronic percussion - an emphasis on aqueous lyrical imagery is apparent throughout, too, with mentions of lakes, “drink” and the repetition of “water”. I See Rivers are made up of Eline Brun, Gøril Nilsen and Lill Scheie, and their story to date is curious: the trio are all from various corners of Norway and moved individually to Liverpool to enrol at the city’s Institute For Performing Arts. After falling in love with the beauty of Wales, when they visited Pembrokeshire to record Standing Barefoot, they eventually moved to Tenby, which is now their de facto homestead. They have also sold out two European tours, one in May and June of this year, which saw them play venues in Cardiff, Wrexham and Lawrenny. TALLULAH SULEYMAN Info: www.iseerivers.com BUZZ 46

one louder

MOST celebrity musician deaths don’t upset me that much. Is it possible to say that without it sounding like a humblebrag, or an edgelordism? If not, I will at least qualify that it kinda concerns me – some of these people made extraordinary art, some died in awful circumstances and some ticked both boxes. To that end, I guess it’s partly a case of subscribing to the maxim that only death and taxes are inevitable (see Ken Dodd for proof); partly social media giving some people the ability to grieve enough for everyone. David Berman, an American musician who founded the bands Silver Jews and Purple Mountains and who died in August aged 52, was by no means famous on a Bowie level; his albums, released over a 25-year period, sold in varying five-figure sums, and he refused to perform live until the mid-2000s. His listenership was self-contained but adoring – of his dazzling way with lyrical structure, one-liners and epigrams; music that hailed and scuffed up the country & western blueprint; a redemption story involving a climb back from heavy substance abuse and a renowned willingness to converse with fans. His death, ruled as a suicide, was on the eve of a tour to promote the first Purple Mountains album, and I wouldn’t say this was why I found it more upsetting, but it was likely a factor. When Silver Jews eventually toured, in 2006, I co-promoted a gig for them in Cardiff. Berman is probably still the most famous artist I’ve ever shared poster space with, his band the most expensive by a considerable distance (I should note this says more about me than them), but the show was great and the frontman a diamond. Evidently, a band which made people very happy, both in a personal and communal way. Moreover, in a world riddled with and ruled by rapacious vultures and coin-eyed disaster capitalists, Berman maintained admirable ethics. Notably, he attributed his initial retirement from music in 2009 to a desire to divert his energies to opposing the activities of his father, Richard Berman – a renowned, almost cartoonishly amoral lobbyist for big tobacco and union busters among others. There’s an uncomfortable likelihood, one informed by a history of such posthumous acclaim, that only death could have elevated Berman to, or near to, the status he deserves in the echelons of rock wordsmiths (Leonard Cohen is often invoked as a parallel). Most probably, a biography of him will be written in the next few years, perhaps even a good one. If this month’s column is already a gangly-limbed mixture of obituary and anecdote, then I may as well add in public service: all the Silver Jews albums and the sole Purple Mountains one are great, and immersion in them can’t be recommended enough. September’s decent gigs include JUDGE SMITH & DAVE BRAKEMAN (Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Sun 1 Sept); HONEST THIEVES (Tiny Rebel, Fri 6); WARWOUND (Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd, Fri 6); LEGGY and PERSONAL BEST (Clwb Ifor Bach, Fri 13); RAINBOW GRAVE, SHISHU, THIS IS WRECKAGE and ORDEAL BY ROSES (The Moon, Sat 14); THE CRAVATS (Le Public Space, Newport, Sat 21); an alldayer of postpunk and postrock called VOLUME FOREVER (Moon, Sat 21); DRAB MAJESTY (Clwb Ifor, Sun 22); THE EX, RHODRI DAVIES and SLAGHEAP (also Clwb, also Sun 22) and MASSA CIRCLES and TWIN SIBLINGS (The Andrew Buchan, Sat 28). NOEL GARDNER

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BOOK OF THE MONTH

THE HOMELESS HEART-THROB Crystal Jeans (Honno)

This, Crystal Jeans’ third book – feels like a novel to me, but could be classified as a collection of short stories; indeed, some parts of it have previously been published in that form – succeeds The Vegetarian Tigers Of Paradise and Light Switches Are My Kryptonite. Both of those were decorated with glowing reviews and heavyweight points of comparison, yet there’s a nagging feeling that the mildly wacky titles, and the Young Adult-style jacket design, sell this Cardiff writer short. Jeans (to treat her pseudonym with formality) is a serious storyteller – not in the sense of grave solemnity, but by way of perfectly-pitched dialogue, eminently believable characters and a Persian rug-weaver’s yen for threading together narratives. The Homeless Heart-Throb is set in Cardiff, the streets and venues denoting this a curious mix of actual and invented, although the location of either plot or reader isn’t hugely important. Events take place between 1995 and 2013, and are linked not only by the homeless heart-throb himself but by pervasive social dysfunction. Jeans’ characters – her people, you imagine, this reading very much like a book borne of lived experience – drink or otherwise ingest too much, navigate or suppress disapproved sexualities and find coping mechanisms for their toxic families. It’s frequently very funny, without needing to loudly advertise its moments of wit, and draws you in sufficiently to make outrage or grossness seem calmly normal. If these reviews had star ratings, though, it’d lose one for a scene where someone discusses buying “meow meow” in 2006. NOEL GARDNER Price: £8.99. Info: www.honno.co.uk

IT WOULD BE NIGHT IN CARACAS Karina Sainz Borgo, trans. Elizabeth Bryer (HarperVia) The devastating impact of revolution, and the destruction of a country and its inhabitants, is explored in this debut fiction from Karina Sainz Borgo, translated by Elizabeth Bryer. As main character Adelaida is attempting to deal with the death of her mother, we learn about the subsequent turmoil she experiences living amidst the violence and anarchy in Venezuela and the harrowing lengths she must go to survive. Having been sold in over 22 languages prior to publication and with much focus currently on more women writers being translated, the story definitely lives up to expectation. A lyrical and intense exploration of grief, loss and survival, this is an extraordinary debut full of rich language that lingers in the mind. RH Price: £12.99. Info: www.harpercollins.co.uk THE BLUE TENT Richard Gwyn (Parthian) The Blue Tent is Wales Book Of The Year-winning author Richard Gwyn’s latest novella, and it is dream-like, bizarre and mesmerising. The firstperson narrator, living alone in his aunt Megan’s isolated home laden with childhood memories, books and a backdrop for sleepless nights, is perturbed when a mysterious blue tent arrives in his garden. More disturbing yet are the people who emerge from the tent, mainly Alice, taking an isolated – but not altogether lonely – life and quickly becoming a part of it. This triumph of magical realism, set to scenes of Wales’ Black Mountains and maintaining consistently funny turns of phrase, balances the plot’s momentum with intricate scenic description, making the pace quick but unrushed, likenable to how the narrator describes his life prior to the tent’s mysterious arrival: “Although the pace of my life here is slow, my days are by no means idle.” MTh Price: £9.99. Info: www.parthianbooks.com BUZZ 48

PLAYBOY Joe Thomas (Arcadia) The third book as part of a quartet, this is another thrilling journey into the criminal world of São Paulo. As national protests take place over the actions of the President, protagonist Mario Leme, a detective in the civil police, is embroiled in another corruption case concerning the finance world after ending up at the scene of a murder. The familiar setting yet again proves to be a powerful part of the book, however there were elements that rendered the pace slightly rushed and this reader would have liked more substance to the plot and relationships between familiar characters. Although it would help to have read the previous novels in the series, there is enough information concerning previous cases to read this as a standalone novel. Overall, another fast-paced and intriguing story whose cliffhanger ending left me hoping that the next book will be released sooner than intended. RH Price: £9.99. Info: www.arcadiabooks.co.uk THE IMAGINARY LIVES OF JAMES PŌNEK Tina Makereti (Eye) Already a well-published and accomplished author in her native New Zealand, The Imaginary Lives Of James Pōneke is Tina Makereti’s fourth novel, and continues to dig deep into the complex relationship between Aotearoa (the Māori term for New Zealand) and the nation’s historical colonisers. James, or Hemi as he was known in his native Māori, is an intelligent young orphan enticed away to London by ‘The Artist’, with promises of brave new worlds and wonder, but the gritty reality he discovers on the ground leaves him questioning his place in this far-off land. Makereti plays deftly with the framing of the story, and though the tale is set in the late 19th century, she vividly explores issues that are by no means consigned to the pages of history. DH Price: £8.99. Info: www.eye-books.com

THE BAD TRIP: DARK OMENS, NEW WORLDS AND THE END OF THE SIXTIES James Riley (Icon Books) Anyone interested in 1960s culture, music, film, politics, Vietnam, the Beatles, Charles Manson et al should read this book. An extended essay honing in mainly on the USA and the UK, but also the wider world, The Bad Trip explores the decade that started out monochrome, then burst into colour before ending in the bloodbaths that were My Lai, Altamont, the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, and ultimately the satanic murders in Los Angeles where Manson and his followers carved their own niche in history with knives and guns. Riley manages to pull all the multi-faceted threads together, and weaves a coat of many colours. So much promised, but so little delivered. A sad, sad, story, but one well worth reading. MTi Price: £14.99. Info: www.iconbooks.com A SHADOW ON THE LENS Sam Hurcom (Orion) This book would be epic if I didn’t know any of the locations, but as a Cardiffian my familiarity with the places mentioned just adds another special dimension to it. It’s 1904 in the village of Dinas Powys and London-based forensic photographer Thomas Bexley, a straight-laced Sherlock Holmes type, realises he is out of his depth as he investigates the death of a local girl. Smalltown paranoia, local superstition and a host of unsavoury characters come together to create a gothic murder mystery with a healthy dose of horror that will add a cold, creeping uneasiness to your thoughts when you go to bed at night. Well researched and superbly paced, there’s a touch of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle about Sam Hurcom. CA Price: £14.99. Info: www.orionbooks.co.uk

ALL THINGS RUGBY Travelling all the way around the world to Japan won’t be the most environmentally friendly action to take – and pro sports aren’t necessarily known for their eco credentials. But whether you’re a spectator or player or you’re raising the next Shane Williams, Buzz explores the many ways one can sustainably support both the environment and your favourite team. Snacks

Shooting stick

Your club caterers may not cater for the future of our planet with their plastic packaging and cheap ingredients; why not get organised, healthy and support the environment by taking your own warm and healthy food in an indestructible flask? Stanley Classic Food Flask, 0.5L – £25.42 flaskdirect.co.uk

Shower

You can get cold and tired watching your team in rugby season, especially if they are a small club with no seating. Used by the countryside set for years, the classic shooting stick will give your legs a welcome break. Made with stainless steel and leather, it will also last for years. Adjustable Shooting Stick Seat – £34.99 walkingsticks.co.uk

Offering to clean up after

After your little rugby prodigy has finished his/her game then the inevitable cleanup operations has to happen. This great little timer will make sure they don’t overuse another precious commodity. Showerbob – 4-Minute Timer – £7.89 smartgreenshop.co.uk

Smaller clubs may not have a dedicated stadium with staff on duty, so once the game is over why not organise a litter or recycling team that will help sort out waste that may be left in a park for the local communities/council to deal with. Free Approach your local club

Carpool Whether you’re travelling to a major game or just your local fixture, if there’s no other way to get there and you have to go by car why not use a carpool app and save money? There’ll be loads of you travelling and an après-match discussion on the way home is always welcome. Free waze.com

Donate your old kit

Sports kits are expensive and change each season – not so good for the ethical fans. Not all are able to afford it, especially in developing nations. Help out by sending your children’s outgrown or outdated kit to SOS Kit Aid, so it can be used again and again. Free soskitaid.com

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CALABRISELLA IN CATHAYS

Calabrisella is a highly successful, and authentic, Italian restaurant, which opened in Cardiff in 2014. Supplementing their Canton venue, the owners are opening a second spot across town, in Cathays. In order to properly celebrate their opening day, owners Salvo, Angelo and Domenico are offering free food for anyone that visits between 6pm and 10pm on Sun 1 Sept. With a large menu that offers a selection of wood-fired pizzas, fresh pasta and tasty sides, this is one event that we’ve got our eye on. Cathays Terrace, Cardiff, Sun 1 Sept. Admission: free. Info: www.calabrisellacardiff.com

ABERGAVENNY GUIDE Abergavenny Food Festival is an absolute must for any food lover’s calendar, but with so much to see and do, it can feel a bit overwhelming. To help first-timers out, Buzz asks a number of festival veterans how best to take on the festival. What’s your top tip for Abergavenny Food Festival? “Do your research. Explore the programme and book in for talks that tickle your tastebuds.” – Phill & Debs, Dusty Knuckle “Pace yourself on the food offerings! Sharing is caring, so try as much as you can so you can enjoy lots of delicious delights.” – Sam & Shauna, Hangfire Southern Kitchen “Wander about. Go where your nose leads you… the talks and events are fascinating, but there’s also a lot to be said for just improvising!” – Jonathan Swain, food blogger at www.theplatelickedclean.co.uk What are you most excited about during the festival this year? “It’s a tie between the chef demos from Tommy Heaney and Gareth Ward. I’ve followed Tommy’s career with interest for years now, and Gareth is just a magician.” – Jonathan Swain “Many of our food heroes will be at Abergavenny this year: Fergus and Trevor from St. John, and Asma Khan – what a chef, what a woman, what an inspiration! We’re also really looking forward to hosting some talented firestarters in the Cooking Over Fire area at The Castle.” – Sam & Shauna “There’s a zero waste talk with Tom Hunt on Saturday… we love using up all the leftovers in our restaurant and having to be creative is one of the highlights of any day in the kitchen.” – Phill & Debs “I love seeing the variety – deciding what to eat is always difficult but it’s also what makes it exciting!” – Laurian Veaudour, Cocorico Patisserie BUZZ 50

Do you have any particularly good memories associated with this festival? “Trading for the first time was HUGE for us; we were nervous, excited, and overwhelmed by the sheer force of interest we received… It’s a wonderful food festival that really champions our industry.” – Phill & Debs “We have this unique perspective of being at the heart of the event. But, for us, it’s the enthusiastic and supportive public that truly makes the weekend special.” – Sam & Shauna What other food-related happenings are you most excited about in Wales currently? “I’m fascinated by the rise of supper clubs and spacesharing – I love seeing businesses sharing the burden while giving newer projects a leg up.” – Jonathan Swain “I love going to Tommy Heaney’s restaurant for the warm welcome and amazing food. The Bite Cardiff festival at Insole Court this summer was a brilliant day to celebrate food – I hope it comes back next year.” – Laurian Veaudour “We’re extremely excited about the new Goodsshed development, which is being built opposite our restaurant in Barry. We’re taking one of the street food containers and we’re looking forward to perhaps surprising everyone with a new food offering. As the old cliché goes, watch this space!” – Sam & Shauna Various venues, Abergavenny, Sat 21 + Sun 22 Sept. Tickets: £15 weekend wristband; individual events priced separately. Info: www.abergavennyfoodfestival.com

SWANSEA INTERNATIONAL WINE FAIR

After the huge popularity of the first Swansea International Wine Fair in 2018, the event is back this October for anyone that likes a nice little glass of red (or white, or chardonnay, or...). With over 100 different types of alcohol at the venue for visitors to try at their leisure, even if you’re not the biggest wine fan, no worries: they also have spirits, beer, champagne, port and more. National Waterfront Museum, Swansea, Sat 21 Sept. Tickets: £15 (over 18 only). Info: www.swansea50.co.uk

Pic: Engin Akyurt

OF THE BEST PIZZERIAS If you’re in south Wales and claim to love pizza, but haven’t visited these pizza places, then you need to have a word with yourself. Ellie McKeon has these suggestions to make it right.

DUSTY KNUCKLE

If you frequent food festivals in Wales, there’s a good chance you’ll have come across Dusty Knuckle as a pop-up. Baked in a pizza oven that was hand-crafted by owners Phill Lewis and Deb Noyes, the base is perfection, the sauce is perfection, and the cheese is perfection. Since 2016, they’ve been blessing Cardiff with stonebaked slices of heaven from a residence in the courtyard of the Printhaus arts collective in Canton. The Printhaus is relocating to Chapter Arts Centre, while Dusty Knuckle will relaunch on Wed 18 Sept in a location TBC. The Yard, Papermill Road, Canton Info: www.dustyknuckle.co.uk

FFWRNES

Like Dusty Knuckle, Ffwrnes started its life on the street food scene. Now residing on the top floor of Cardiff Market, it is home to Neapolitan-style pizza that – in their own words – “combines old-school Italian knowhow with the best Welsh produce”. This is your best bet for top notch affordable pizza with a relaxed vibe if you’re in the city centre – and they source some of their fresh produce from the veg stalls downstairs. Tidy! Cardiff Market Info: www.ffwrnes.co.uk

LITTLE DRAGON PIZZA VAN

Wood-fired pizzas with a cracking Welsh view: life doesn’t get much better than this. Serving from a custom-made VW van up on the Llangynidr Moor, they smoke their own meat toppings too. Little Dragon travel around, so even if you’re not local to the Beacons you might be in luck at an event near you soon. Llangynidr Moors, Brecon Beacons + various Info: www.littledragonpizza.co.uk

DA MARA

A bit more of a formal affair, Da Mara was named in the Sunday Times as one of the Top 25 Pizzerias in the UK in 2016. Three years on and it’s safe to say that claim can’t be disputed. This writer didn’t know that the quality of cherry tomatoes could bring tears to your eyes until visiting. Pen-Y-Lan Road, Cardiff Info: 029 2048 2222 / www.damaracardiff.co.uk

RAGTAG PIZZA, NEWPORT

Giving the ‘Port an injection of good quality pizza, Ragtag offers an outstanding selection of vegetarian and vegan options. But fear not carnivores, you are afforded – notably – a bacon jam, fried bacon and sweet maple pineapple pizza, and pizzas topped with pulled pork and buffalo chicken. With an experimental menu, they cheekily proclaim to be “as authentically Italian as Jamie Oliver”. Clarence St, Newport Info: 01633 675268

BEEFY AND PORKY MEATBALLS Words Alison Powell I enjoy making these, getting my hands in and squishing the mixture together. I enjoy eating them even more – rich, sweet, satisfying, happiness in a bowl.

INGREDIENTS Serves 4 For the meatballs • 500g beef mince • 4 pork sausages • 80g grated cheese – parmesan works best but a good strong, mature cheddar also works well • 2 heaped teaspoons of oregano • 1 medium egg • Good grind of black pepper For the sauce • 2 large onions, peeled and finely chopped • 4 cloves of garlic • 1 red pepper • 250ml red wine • 400g tin of chopped tomatoes • 1 tablespoon olive oil • 1 heaped teaspoon dried oregano • 2 heaped teaspoons paprika • Salt and a good grind of black pepper

HOW TO 1. Squeeze out the filling from the sausages and add to a large bowl, along with all of the meatball ingredients. You will need to get your hands in to squish and squelch everything together so that it is all well-mixed. 2. Form into roughly 14-16 balls and place them on a plate. 3. In a large pan, with high sides, pour in the olive oil and then gently place the meatballs in the pan. Brown them on a medium heat, carefully turning them. This will take around 8-10 minutes. Remove them and place them on a plate. 4. Finely chop the onion, crush the garlic and soften both in the pan, on a low heat. This’ll take 5-6 minutes. 5. Chop the pepper quite small and add to the onions and garlic, then sprinkle on the oregano, paprika and splash in the red wine. Give it a gentle stir. 6. Pour over the chopped tomatoes. Half-fill the tin with cold water and add that, giving it a good but gentle stir. Bring it to the boil and sprinkle in the salt and a good grind of black pepper. Reduce to a simmer. 7. Gently add the meatballs, move them around carefully in the sauce, and then allow them to sit and slowly cook through for 30 minutes and thicken the sauce. 8. Serve with pasta or crusty bread or a nice salad – or all three.

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Elouise Hobbs plucks plums from the fruit bowl of September’s culinary events. They’re all a harvest celebration, in a sense, but one specifically is. Cheers Wine Tasting Experience, Bar Saint James, Uplands, Swansea, Thurs 5 Sept In September, wine connoisseurs Cheers are hosting an evening of French cuisine and drinks in Swansea. This event will be the first of a series of themed evenings which will run throughout the autumn. Set in the upmarket Bar Saint James, each dish of the five-course dinner, which focuses on championing local ingredients, comes paired with a specially selected wine – with specialists on hand to give everyone a full explanation on the different glasses. A promising concept, this event looks set to provide a lavish evening of fun and fine dining – which will, of course, leave diners more knowledgeable than when they arrived. Tickets: £25. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk Traditional Bread Making Course, National History Museum, St Fagans, Sat 7 Sept As part of St Fagans’ annual food festival, the centuries-old reconstructed flour mill will open its doors for a special one-day course guided by Nick Macleod from One Mile Bakery. Participants will have the opportunity to mill grain by hand in the flour mill and bake bread in the historic communal Georgetown bread oven. Light refreshments are included, but guests are encouraged to bring their own packed lunch. All other materials, alongside car parking, are also included in the ticket price. And the best thing: once the course is finished, everyone will be able to take their freshly baked bread home. Tickets: £80/£65. Info: museum.wales/stfagans

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An Introduction To Vegan Cuisine, Beulah URC Church, Cardiff, Sat 14 Sept Transitioning from a omnivorous diet to a vegan one can be difficult, especially when everyday produce you might have assumed vegan – like white bread – actually contains animal products (top points for anyone who guessed the secret ingredient is milk). This may be one reason why vegan cooking lessons have become so popular of late. This course, run by chef Julie Bryant, includes talks on the health benefits of embracing a vegan lifestyle, a guide on how to make the switch and food demonstrations. There is also the chance to make your own multi-purpose dressing and dessert. All ingredients for the day are provided and participants will also gain access to Bryant’s e-book A Beginner’s Guide To Vegan Cooking. Tickets: £65. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk Harvest Celebration 2019!, Bronhaul Farm, Bancyfelin, Carmarthen, Sat 28 Sept Set in the depths of the beautiful Welsh countryside, this event – part fundraiser, part harvest celebration – looks to combine all the wonderful elements of food and farming in one huge festival. Organised by Glasbren, a non-profit focused on growing food and the community in Carmarthenshire, this event ranges from talks and workshops to live music and the grand finale, a massive feast harvested from the farm. Highlights of the day include a workshop on how to successfully grow food, lessons on foraging and fermenting, alongside woodworking, yoga and meditation sessions. Tickets: £20/£10 kids. Info: www.eventbrite.co.uk

Penarth gin bar Gin 64 have distilled their second batch of Penarth Gin, made with locally sourced botanicals and Welsh water. After the first batch sold out in just two days, people have been waiting eagerly for more. Now it’s out, and with Gin64 currently taking orders on their Facebook, chances are it could sell out again. Gin 64 also stock over 100 other types of gin, as well as craft beers and white wines. Gin64, Penarth. Info: info@gin64.co.uk Pic: Chris Jobling

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After being released from The Dragons, rugby player Gavin Henson is set to open a pub in St Brides Major, purchasing the freehold for the property after the old pub closed last year. He attended a one-day course on becoming a pub licensee in preparation for his new role, with people unsure whether or not Henson will ever return to rugby in a professional capacity. For the past few months, builders have been focusing on redecorating the building, with the idea being that it will be open for business by late Sept, just before the Rugby World Cup begins. The Fox & Hounds Pub, St Brides Major, nr Bridgend. Info: 01656 880285

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Leckwith Rd, Cardiff. 029 2022 7333 / www.riversidecantonese.com Food **** Atmosphere *** Housed in a former pub after its move to this location about year or two ago, this very fine Chinese restaurant is a pleasant feature of west Cardiff’s food scene. It may not do anything that’s hugely out of the ordinary for a Chinese restaurant in the UK, but that doesn’t matter too much if the food served is of good quality. The space is a bit large and impersonal, though an openly visible kitchen is always a nice touch – too many kitchens make the food feel like a secret recipe that you can’t be privy to, but a visible kitchen always suggests a certain degree of trust between chef and customer. Onto the food itself – my partner and I began with mussels with spicy black bean (£8.20). Now, I’m a stone-cold sucker for mussels, and I’m a stone-cold sucker for black bean sauce, making this choice a no-brainer for me. The sauce was delicious, playing superbly with the freshness and saltiness of the mussels. As ever with mussels, part of the pleasure is using the shells to scoop up the remains of the sauce. Excellent stuff. The mains weren’t quite as perfectly poised for me, but it was nevertheless still excellent. The choices in this case were king prawns with pak choi (£9.95) and spicy vegetarian Singapore rice vermicelli noodles (£6.50), with side helpings of rice. The prawns were juicy and succulent and although the sauce surrounding them was a bit bland, the pak-choi was crunchy and tangy. I’m so-so on vermicelli (I prefer my noodles with a bit more of a concrete texture), but these were excellent, a nice mixture of fluff and sauce, not going too far in any one direction. As you’ve probably noticed, the prices at the Riverside Cantonese are fully reasonable, but they don’t skimp on quality. Only a handful of dishes break the £10 barrier – though Chinese food is at its best when enjoyed communally, which I suspect is a reason to keep the portions fair as well. Good stuff. FEDOR TOT

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Broad St, Hay-On-Wye. 01497 821855 / www.three-tuns.com Food *** Atmosphere **** This beautiful 16th century pub in Hay-On-Wye is a superb place to relax with a pint and some food after a gloriously sunny day exploring the town’s bookshops and natural surroundings. The building itself is in fine condition: a fire about a decade or so ago damaged it but it is still standing strong, and it certainly looks like it’s been around for a while. Indeed, the Three Tuns is the oldest licenced building in Hay. Such homely conditions, and a well-stocked selection of cask ales and various gins and spirits, are always conducive to an enjoyable meal – and though this meal was had during a blazing hot August bank holiday, you can imagine the Three Tuns being exceptionally cosy in the winter. It’s busy, too – the night before was fully booked up, but a Sunday roast visit proved more gracious. The food itself on this occasion was generally excellent, with a few minor details letting the side down. A nibble of grissini breadsticks with hummus sauce was only £3 and a great mini-appetiser, with the hummus being very garlicky. You can never be too garlicky. Both I and my partner ordered the vegetarian lentil and nut roast, albeit she a smaller portion. The prices for both were super (£9 for the larger portion, £6 for the smaller); it’s rare to get pub lunches in a place as popular as this for as cheap as this. As for the food itself, the lentil and nut roast was flavourful, with a hint of bitterness playing nicely against the gravy. The Yorkshire pudding was positively gigantic, and a delight to munch through – fluffy, light, and perfectly happy to soak up the sauces. On the downside, both the potatoes and the steamed veg were somewhat undercooked, though I prefer the latter to be under rather than overdone. Then again, such drawbacks were lifted up by an excellent side of cheese-sauce-covered leeks. Tangy, succulent, fresh, and inescapably Welsh. Whilst the meal as a whole was uneven, there’s enough skill and talent in the cooking to recommend seeking this place out. FEDOR TOT

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AT E L I E R G I L M A R Monmouth based, Atelier Gilmar, run by Gill and Alan Saunders, are a artist-focused studio working specifically with jewellery, whose aim is to make strikingly modern, fresh designs for the connoisseur. The studio was established in 1983 by British contemporary goldsmiths Gill and Alan Saunders. Having developed a passion for design and pure craft, they work to produce modern artistic jewellery to the highest standard.

Craftsmanship and creativity, together with perfect composition of space and form, are some of the criteria that inspire the distinctive work of the two artists. They both adhere to the concept of handmade, therefore making every piece produced individual and unique. Gill and Alan exhibit successfully in the UK, Europe and in America, where their jewellery is showcased by many specialised contemporary jewellers, galleries and private collectors.

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They formed their business within two days of leaving college. They knew exactly the progression they wished to take, and although they work as a team they both have very different design ideas. As regards inspiration, this is where their teamwork excels; their creativity is very much a two-way communication, bouncing ideas off each other. The couple are keen cyclists and travel with their bikes during July (there is always a sketchbook and camera in the front pannier). They get their inspiration from everything they see and feel; it could be a favourite place, an artwork or a piece of architecture. Their latest collection, Jewellery Meets Architecture was inspired by the lines and contours of Frank Gehry’s magnificent buildings. Their latest collection is titled Dancing Diamonds and was inspired by a couple dancing the tango at this year’s Regensburg Jazz Festival. The goldsmiths wanted to integrate the passion of the dance into their designs, and after talking with the dancers and hearing more about the dedication it takes to perfect this art, they agreed to meet up next day so that they could sketch some of the moves and talk more about the techniques of the Tango. To meet people who are as passionate about their craft as Gill and Alan are generates a unique atmosphere of creativity. On returning to their studio, having been so inspired by the experience, they began work on the Dancing Diamonds collection.

Alongside their collections they also offer many other aspects of work, the main one being ‘bespoke’. Bespoke is an individual way of connecting and expressing style to achieve the perfect piece of jewellery – it’s about designing and making something unique, working together with a client to create a piece that tells a story, or celebrates that special event in their lives. Working together, sourcing a much sought-after gem or exploring a specific design brief often results in the perfect jewel – a true original. White Swan Court, Priory Street, Monmouth. Info: www.ateliergilmar.com

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M E N TA L S T R E N G T H In this month’s Mental Strength section, Jon Sutton looks at the benefits of travel on the mind... The mental health benefits of travel may seem obvious at first. Especially for folks (let’s face it, plenty of us) whose idea of getting away from it all is a quick trip to an English-speaking, Carling-serving, lout-tolerant sun haven on the Med. Blue skies, cheap beer and warm oceans, after all, can work wonders to reduce stress in the short term. But when we return home with a bad belly, a beetroot bonce and a booze-beaten brain, are we really any better off in the long term? A recent headline in the Daily Mirror stated: “57% of Brits feel depressed or deflated after coming home”. The article states that when we subject ourselves to the post-holiday blues, that deep shock we suffer when we return to normality (and immediately beg to work from the sofa, false-flagging the all-inclusive seafood bar as our sole debilitating factor), we are actually opening the door to a form of depression. So how can we plan our travels in a way that helps us to avoid the holiday hangover and to improve our long-term mental health? In 2010, American social psychologist Adam Galinsky set out to find the answer. His study theorised that travel has the ability to physically improve our brain’s functions, aiding our ability to think more creatively in the long term. And the results were conclusive. In his summation, Galinsky said: “Research suggests that living in and adapting to foreign cultures facilitates creativity.” Going on to explain how this can happen, the study states that travel “(a) facilitates idea flexibility, (b) increases awareness of underlying connections and associations, and (c) helps overcome functional fixedness.” But does being creative guarantee our happiness? Elizabeth Hopper PhD thinks so. In an article for healthypsych.com, Dr Hopper said that being more creative has a variety of effects on well-being: “It can reduce stress and depression, allow us to better understand our emotions and help us to truly be present in the moment.” So if Dr Hopper can make a clear connection between creativitiy and happiness, and Galinksy’s work indicates travel has a physical benefit on our brain’s creative pathways, then the links between travel and long term happiness start to become apparent. BUZZ 58

Galinsky also set up a second study, which asked whether travel could also help us to become more trusting of one another. After all, he theorised, mutual trust is the cornerstone of a happy social circle. Once again, the results were clear. “Across five studies, using various methods ... we found a robust relationship between the breadth of foreign travel experiences and generalised trust.” Perhaps we are finally starting to gain a better understanding of why our ancestors travelled so much, under far more difficult circumstances than we enjoy today, and why our own generation has inherited the gene. A higher level of trust, creative ability and overall happiness could have contributed to our forefathers becoming more valued members of society, increasing their chances of flourishing in the tribe, procreating and passing on the travelling bug. So does the travelling bug simply strengthen the mind or is it possible that we can actually develop a brand new personality? In another study investigating links between travel and mental health, social scientists Zimmerman & Neyer asked the question “Do we become a different person when hitting the road?” and the answer, once again, was a resounding yes. As a result of opening our minds to new experiences, it seems that we learn how to deal with situations differently; this, in turn, can lead to a positive and longlasting change in our personality. The study concluded that its findings “help to fill the missing link between life events and personality development”. Whilst the studies above are all clear in their findings that setting out on a solo sojourn can fix the mind, the US Travel Association had a different agenda when they launched their own investigation into the benefits of travel on happiness. They chose not to focus on the individual, but on couples in intimate relationships. Their survey found that “couples who travel together have healthier, happier relationships compared to those who do not.” This result, they suggest, is most likely due to the couple finding improved lines of communication whilst travelling, then carrying this attribute into their life back at home. Whether we choose to share our trip with a loved one or not, though, it seems that travel can benefit us all. In the same way that a workout in the gym will

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“Do we become a different person when hitting the road?”

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help us become physically stronger, working our mental muscles by leaving our comfort zone, will help us to toughen our minds. But what about the physical benefits to our body? After all, if we are travelling we are moving, and health experts across the globe are beginning to recognise movement as our greatest ally in the battle against physical and mental health decline. On her website, positivehealthwellness.com, health writer Karen Reed says, “The biggest benefit of traveling is the amount of movement that you will do. You will constantly be on the go, even if you are taking a trip on a cruise. There are sights to see and things to do! You know just how important constant movement is, right? You know that this is the best way to improve your health. Not only will you help yourself lose weight, but you’re creating a healthier heart and healthier lungs. Your whole cardiovascular system will thank you, along with your blood Find ways to do it cheap pressure.” If you really w an t to save your As the research has shown, new cultures, new languages, new locations mental health you need to do , sometimes al is save a few and new experiences help us to think, to empathise and to grow. Even l pe nnies. I’ve be a home exchan en a member ge website (s experiences which may at first seem negative – getting lost, missing of tra ig ht swap, housemoney involv ed) for 10 year for-house, no a bus, or picking up a bad belly – can still result in positive growth. s an d it’ s completely travel experie You get lost but you find somewhere off the beaten track, you miss the opened up th nce, since yo u only have to e It’s also the be find funding fo bus but you enjoy an unplanned extra night, you become unwell but st way to imm r flights. er se yo Pe ur self in the loca rsonally, there’ someone nurses you through it, helping to deepen your emotional trust l culture. s no better tra velling experie locally-sourced in mankind. nce than cook ingredients, fro ing m family-owne comfort of yo It seems that travel, and the indulgence of oneself in the open road and d delis, in the ur own person al ki tchen. in a new environment, can literally heal our heads and our hearts.

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SPORTS ROUNDUP If the rugby’s not your thing, the month ahead has plenty of great opportunities for sport ahead. Fedor Tot rounds up the best. WALES NATIONAL FOOTBALL GAMES

ADRIAN FLUX SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX

The Wales men’s team face a qualification game for Euro 2020 against Azerbaijan in early September, followed by a friendly against Belarus, both at home in the Cardiff City Stadium. You would expect Ryan Giggs’ men to dispatch both teams – Azerbaijan routinely head up the bottom of the group in qualifying sections, whilst Belarus’ last two victories came against Luxembourg and San Marino. Considering Giggs has endured a stuttering start to life as Wales manager, with only one win out of three in the current qualifying cycle, this section of games is an opportunity to build a bit of confidence. Captain Ashley Williams, now 34 and at the time of writing without a club, has been dropped from the squad, with Gareth Bale set to take the captain’s armband. On the women’s side of the game, the qualifying cycle for Euro 2021 starts, with the results of Wales’ opening game away against the Faroe Islands known by the time you read this. A home game against Northern Ireland is to come – win both and they’re in a good position against the might of Norway, one of women’s football’s biggest teams historically. Wales v Azerbaijan, Fri 6 Sept; Wales v Belarus, Mon 9 Sept (men’s). Tickets: £20-£35. Wales v Northern Ireland, Tue 3 Sept, Rodney Parade, Newport (women’s). Tickets: £5.

A bunch of motorbikes with no brakes at speeds of up to 70mph in endless circles? Not your friend’s dodgy brother Dave’s weekly get-togethers, but the Speedway Grand Prix. With the Wales rugby team vacating the Principality Stadium due to a surprise trip to Japan, speedway moves in to take over, as competitors race against each other on dirt tracks, powersliding into the track as they compete to be crowned winner. The Grand Prix is one of the biggest prizes, with riders from all over Europe competing – the Cardiff date is set to be the penultimate one of the season, so who knows, a winner may even decided on the day! At time of printing, the league table is looking very tight, with Danish rider Leon Madsen only a few points out in front at the top of the table. Speedway is an annual visitor to the stadium, and always firmly in the ‘fun day out’ category, and this is unlikely to be any different. The sport has a long history in the UK from its early beginnings on dirt tracks in Australia and the US (its origins are somewhat contested) but it still turns out large crowds.

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Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Sat 21 Sept. Tickets: £20-£115. Info: principalitystadium.wales

WALES RALLY GB Across the rough and rugged terrain of north Wales in early October, a must-see for any fan of motorsports. The route this year, starting from its base in Llandudno, takes in the wilds of Snowdonia before traversing the isolated mountains east of Aberystwyth, before returning north for some secluded forest-based stages. There are three rallies to come before Wales comes up on the itinerary, with the Championship this year being fought between Estonian Ott Tänak, Frenchman and six-time reigning champ Sébastian Ogier, and Belgian Thierry Neuville. Local favourite from Dolgellau, Elfyn Evans, is currently just behind the podium pack in fourth place, but a greater distance back in terms of points – thus far, though, Evans has had a successful year. Here’s hoping he can repeat the heroics of 2017, where he won the Wales Rally. Thurs 3-Sun 6 Oct, starting from Venue Cymru, Llandudno. Tickets: from £35 (day pass). Info: www.walesrallygb.com

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BAFTA CYMRU 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Sun 13 Oct. Tickets: £98. Info: www.bafta.org

BAFTA Cymru are back for their 28th annual ceremony at St David’s Hall in Cardiff. The nominations are announced on Thurs 5 Sept, with the ceremony taking place on Sun 13 Oct. Set up to champion and raise awareness of the film, television and gaming industries in Wales, a BAFTA nomination is one of the most prestigious awards that anyone in the entertainment industry could hope for. Previous nominees for BAFTA Cymru have included Rhod Gilbert, Jenna Coleman and Ruth Jones, as well as 2018 Buzz cover star Eve Myles, who won best actress for her role in the hit series Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher. Throughout its existence, BAFTA Cymru has always been one of the best opportunities to see the biggest names in Welsh entertainment all gathered

together. It’s not just a chance for the celebrities and nominees in attendance to hobnob together, as there’s a chance for the general public to get tickets to the event. Audience tickets are part of BAFTA Cymru’s plan to increase their overall membership. Becoming a BAFTA Cymru member offers a selection of benefits, including free cinema entry Monday to Thursday, access to events in Wales throughout the year and discounted tickets for the awards ceremony. Tickets for the awards, an event where anyone can rub shoulders with the industry people nominated and find out more about the growing sector, are £98 each and include a Taittinger champagne reception, the two-hour theatre-style awards ceremony with an array of guest presenters and an afterparty until 2am with fantastic DJs.

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art ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE University Of Wales, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Sat 10am-8pm. 01970 621903 / www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Gareth Griffith ‘Trelar’ Paintings from north Walesbased artist who seeks to explore connections between time and place: 1960s Liverpool, 70s Jamaica and his current home in the Ogwen Valley. (Until Sat 7 Sept) The Picturemakers Annual summer exhibition showcasing work by this mid-Wales visual arts collective. (Until Sun 15 Sept) Catrin Davies New works combining paintings and drawings with digital media: landscape paintings converted to animated images. (Until Mon 14 Oct) Ruth Koffer ‘Observations From The Life Room’ Drawings, installation work and film intended to “celebrat[e] the human form, in all its beauty and awkwardness.” (Until Sat 2 Nov) ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ART GALLERY Buarth Mawr, Aberystwyth. Free. Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. 01970 622467 / www.aber. ac.uk Postgraduate Exhibition This year’s degree show. (From Mon 9 until Wed 25 Sept) Diversity, Innovation, : International Innovative Printmaking Showcase exhibition. (From Mon 9 until Fri 27 Sept) ALBANY GALLERY 74b Albany Road, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm. Free. 029 2048 7158 / www.albanygallery. com Martin Llewellyn Welsh painter working in the impasto style with a palette knife. (Until Sat 14 Sept) Claire Beattie, Anna Perlin &

Jenny Wheatley RWS NEAC New work from three British artists, each with their own distinctive style of painting. This exhibition will also feature handmade glass vessels and bowls from Gregg Anston-Race. (From Thurs 19 Sept until Sat 12 Oct)

A Brief History Of Healing In collaboration with Llandough Hospital Hafan Y Coed Adult Mental Health Unit, Gail Howard curates a series of works showing here and the Hearth Gallery situated at the hospital. (From Wed 4 Sept until Sat 5 Oct)

THE ANDREW BUCHAN 29 Albany Road, Cardiff. 029 2021 2509 / facebook. com/andrewbuchanbar Reid Allen ‘Yallah’ Subtitled ‘Exploring Palestine Through Skateboarding’, this exhibition ties into a book of the same name by Allen, a Cardiff-based skater/photographer who travelled to Palestine last year to teach youths there how to skate. (Throughout September)

ART CENTRAL Barry Town Hall, King Square, Barry. Tue-Sat 11am-4pm. Free. 01446 709805. Barry Camera Club Founded in 1901, the oldest active camera club in Wales present a mix of photographs that reflect the interests of the club members. (Until Sat 7 Sept) Iron Maidens II: Made In Wales A group of Wales-based female sculptors using cast iron as their medium. A Line And Form touring exhibition. (From Mon 16 Sept until Sat 19 Oct)

ANDREW LAMONT GALLERY (THEATR BRYCHEINIOG) Canal Wharf, Brecon. Open Mon-Fri 10am-5pm. Free. 01874 611622 / enquiries@ brycheiniog.co.uk / www. brycheiniog.co.uk Prom Art Selected work submitted by local children in response to the PromArt competition, which this year was based on Ibsen’s Peer Gynt and Edvard Greig’s music. (From Thurs 5 until Sun 15 Sept) Celebration Of Contemporary Welsh Painting Part of the second biannual COWCP, a series of exhibitions which will feature 37 artists in six venues (also including Cyfarthfa Castle and Merthyr Redhouse this month). This one features Pip Woolf, Kate Bell, Sue Hiley Harris, Jennifer Allan, Lucy Corbett, Robert MacDonald, Phillip Ross, Lee Wright, Meirion Jones and someone who is merely billed as “Congolese refugee” on the website, I am hoping with good cause. (From Thurs 19 Sept until Sun 17 Nov) ARCADECAMPFA Queens Arcade, off Queen Street, Cardiff. Usually open Wed-Sat 12.30-5.30pm. arcade-campfa.org

ATTIC GALLERY 37 Pocketts Wharf, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Tue-Fri 10am-5.30pm, Sat 10am4.30pm. Free. 01792 653387 / www.atticgallery.co.uk Summer Mixed Show Over 40 Welsh artists will show here, with the display regularly changing to reflect the variety. (Until Fri 20 Sept) BARNABAS ARTS HOUSE New Ruperra Street, Pillgwenlly, Newport. Free. 01633 673739 / barnabasartshouse@ outlook.com / barnabasartshouse.co.uk Ajay Kothawale ‘Emotional Tones’ Goan artist, exhibiting in the UK for the first time, whose paintings reflect the colour and chaos of the Indian street. (Until Sat 7 Sept) BLACKWATER GALLERY Pendeen House, Prospect Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2034 9819 / hello@ blackwatergallery.co.uk Chuck Elliott Contemporary British artist who creates digitally edited images which are

CLAIRE BEATTIE, ANNA PERLIN & JENNY WHEATLEY RWS NEAC Albany Gallery, Cardiff, Thurs 19 Sept-Sat 12 Oct Admission: free. Info: 029 2048 7518 / www.albanygallery.com The Albany Gallery opens its doors this month to an exhibition of new works from three British artists: Claire Beattie, Anna Perlin and Jenny Wheatley. On first glance, the choice to combine the work from these three into one gallery space might seem strange; all three of them have distinctly unique styles and a varying combination of subjects. However, the more you look at them, the more the decision makes sense. All three use bold colour schemes which helps to add a vibrancy to the pieces, really making the subject of each work leap off the page or frame. If that isn’t enough to convince you, the exhibition will also feature delicate, handmade, glass sculptures and bowls from English artist Gregg Anston-Race. BUZZ 62

produced as high quality photographic prints and mounted behind Perspex. (Throughout September) CHAPTER GALLERY Chapter Arts Centre, Market Road, Canton, Cardiff. Tue, Wed, Sat + Sun 12-6pm; Thurs + Fri 12-8pm. Free. 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org Jon Pountney ‘Waiting For The Light’ Photographic works by local photographer whose previous shows and collections have been more in the documentary vein; this however utilises a type of bright, low sunlight to add a specific colour and mood to images of everyday objects and settings. Art In The Bar exhibition. (From Fri 6 Sept until Fri 14 Feb) Garth Evans ‘But, Hands Have Eyes: Six Decades Of Sculpture’ Retrospective show for a significant British sculptor whose career began in the 1960s, and whose chief link with Cardiff is a large-scale public work displayed in the city centre in 1972. (From Sat 14 Sept until Sun 26 Jan) CRAFT IN THE BAY The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff. Mon-Sun 10.30am-5.30pm. Free. 029 2048 4611 / www. makersguildinwales.org.uk cARTrefu Cube Work created as part of cARTrefu, Age Cymru’s flagship arts in care homes project. Exhibiting artists: Alice Briggs, Elizabeth Stonhold, Alison Moger, Tara Dean, Laura Reynolds, Bethany Greenhalgh, Susan Kingman and Jon Ratigan. (Until Sun 22 Sept) Molly Curley Maker In Focus show featuring pottery by a founder member of Makers Guild In Wales. (Until Sun 22 Sept) Wool Works Work created through a joint collaboration between Welsh textile makers’ group MaP and Finnish counterpart Modus. Notable artists (from the UK side) include Claire Cawte, Mandy Nash anbd Alison Moger, and there’ll be drop-in workshops and open events on the first two days. (From Sat 28 Sept until Sun 10 Nov) CWTSH COMMUNITY AND ARTS CENTRE 226 Stow Hill, Newport. Thurs + Sat 12-3pm, Sun 1-4pm. Free. 01633 664498 / www.cwtsh.org Alix Edwards ‘Women And Men’ Solo exhibition by Cardiff-based painter/photographer Edwards exploring different aspects of womanhood in the 20th and 21st centuries; topics tackles include the Magdalene Laundries, domestic violence and ‘war brides’ in fascist Italy. (Until Sun 29 Sept) CYFARTHFA CASTLE MUSEUM Cyfarthfa Park, Brecon Rd, Merthyr Tydfil. £2.20/£1.10 NUS or OAP/free under-16s. 01685 727371 / museum@ merthyr.gov.uk Celebration Of Welsh Contemporary Painting

Featuring work by Katharine Sheers, Amanda Turner, Glenys Cour, Charles UzzellEdwards, Wendy Yeo, Charles Burton, David Carpanini and Maurice Sheppard. (Until Mon 23 Sept) ELYSIUM GALLERY 210 High Street, Swansea. Wed-Sat 12-5pm. Free. www.elysiumgallery.com Liam Dunne ‘Rolling With The Punch’ Multidisciplinary artist, who works primarily in painting, drawing, stop motion animation and installation, and whose work explores people’s relationship with power and how this manifests in reality. (Until Sat 21 Sept) Dave Long ‘Idle’ Abstract and figurative illustrations tied together by a loose narrative. (Until Sat 21 Sept) Artists Network Wales #2 Exhibition and networking event, showcasing the work of artists from CALL (Culture Action Llandudno), CARN (Caernarfon Regional Artists network) and Undegun Studios in Wrexham. (Until Sat 21 Sept) FOUNTAIN FINE ART Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire. Mon-Sat 10.30am-5pm. Free. www. fountainfineart.com Summer Group Exhibition New mixed discipline work from regular gallery artists here. (Until Sat 7 Sept) Nick Holly and Penny Timmis Holly: naive people-filled scenes; Timmis: colourful landscapes, birds and flower studies. (From Sat 14 Sept until Tue 8 Oct) FUTURES GALLERY / ORIEL GALLERY Pierhead Building / Senedd, Cardiff Bay. Daily 10.30am4pm. Free. 0845 0105500 / www.pierhead.org Jack K Neale ‘Schooners From Brittany In Cardiff Docks’ Paintings given a literal title, apparently inspired by the views Neale was afforded as an office worker near the West Bute Dock. (Until Tue 24 Sept) Many Voices, One Nation Commissioned by the National Assembly and Ffotogallery, this exhibition will, it says, “explore the hopes and aspirations for the future of Wales”. (From Mon 12 until Fri 30 Aug) G39 Oxford Street, Roath, Cardiff. Saturdays 11am5.30pm. Free. 029 2047 3633 / post@g39.org Sprung Spring Work based on the overlapping concepts of “failure, exposure and humour” from artists Tim Bromage, Philippa Brown, Marcos Chaves, Rebecca Gould, George Manson and Night Shift International – working various in mediums including drawing, film and puppetry. Talks and Performances by Bromage, Sian Robinson Davies, Mel Brimfield will also feature. (Until Sat 12 Oct)

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Y GALERI, CAERFFILI Lower Ground Floor, The Visit Caerphilly Centre, The Twyn, Caerphilly. Tue-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2132 2570 / www.ygalericaerffili. co.uk Prints Of Wales Linoprints and collographs inspired by the Welsh landscape, courtesy of artists Georgina Brownlow, Katherine Jones, Michelle Jones, Bronwen Thomas, Eleanor Whiteman and Lee Wright. (Until Sat 14 Sept) Kim Colebrook ‘Inspired By Our Past’ Ceramics from a south wales maker whose latest work uses the faults and distortions of the coal measure below our feet as an analogy for the way that community memories are hidden or suppressed. (From Tue 17 Sept until Sat 19 Oct) THE GATE Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 10am9pm. Free. 029 2048 3344 / www.thegate.org.uk Lynsey Reeves ‘10,000 Collars’ Colour-heavy paintings in acrylic inks, liquitex acrylic paint, acrylic pens and oil pastels – based, in Reeves’ words, on “a year-long project to raise awareness of the thousands of dogs killed each year at the annual Yulin Festival in China”. (Until Sat 14 Sept) Keith Hilton Niblett ‘A Brush With Jazz’ Paintings of musicians in The Gate’s monthly jazz sessions, by the recently retired drummer in the house band here. (From Thurs 19 Sept until Fri 25 Oct) GLYNN VIVIAN ART GALLERY Alexandra Rd, Swansea. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. Free. 01792 516900 / www. swansea.gov.uk/ glynnvivian The Mary Rose: People And Purpose A selection of unique objects from one of the world’s most famous sailing vessels, brought to Wales for the very first time and previewed this month in Art. (Until Sun 1 Mar) Sophy Rickett ‘The Curious Moaning Of Kenfig Burrows’ Solo exhibition combining photography and text and inspired by the life and work of Thereza Dillwyn Llewelyn, a Swansea artist and astronomer active at the end of the 19th century. (From Fri 27 Sept until Mon 18 Nov) Swansea Stories Works from this gallery’s permanent collection – the largest amount ever shown at once, supposedly – to mark Swansea’s 50th anniversary as a city. (From Fri 27 Sept until Sun 15 Mar) HEARTH GALLERY Main Plaza Entrance, Ground Floor, Llandough Hospital, Llandough. 029 2071 1711. A Brief History Of Healing In collaboration with Llandough Hospital Hafan Y Coed Adult Mental Health Unit, Gail Howard curates a series of works showing here and the Arcadecampfa in Cardiff city centre. (From Sun 15 until

Sun 29 Sept) KING STREET GALLERY 33 King Street, Carmarthen. Free. 01267 220121 / gallery@kingstreetgallery. co.uk Late Summer Exhibition New show ranging from painting to fine art ceramics, photography, sculpture and jewellery, purchasable via Collector Plan. (Until Wed 4 Sept) Open Art Competition: Space Annual competition with ‘space’ as the theme to work with, as per the title. The winner gets £200 and you can enter via the website; bring your work to the gallery between Mon 9 and Sat 14 Sept. (From Fri 20 Sept until Wed 2 Oct) LLANTARNAM GRANGE ARTS CENTRE St. David’s Rd, Cwmbran, Torfaen. Mon-Sat 10am5pm. Free. 01633 483321 / www.lgac.org.uk Kate Haywood ‘Traces’ An exhibition in the Language Of Clay series here, about which the gallery say, “Her objects are made at the edge of her consciousness, in the place where fiction and truth collide.” (Until Sun 14 Sept) Criw Celf South East Criw Celf is a young person’s art scheme in Wales, and some of the results of its work in this region will be shown in two sections here. The cafe gallery/ foyer will feature work by participants aged 10-13, created over a week, while Gallery 3 features work created under the tutelage of ceramic artist Ann Gibbs. (Until Sun 14 Sept) Carolyn Tripp Craft showcase from a classically trained ceramic artist based in south London. (Until Sun 14 Sept) Zsuzsi Morrison Jewellery showcase featuring work made using traditional enamelling techniques. (Until Sun 14 Sept) M.A.D.E. GALLERY 41 Lochaber St, Cardiff. Wed-Sat 10am-6pm. Free. 029 2047 3373 / facebook. com/cardiffmade Hot-House Multi-disciplinary work created during August by six recent graduates from various visual BA courses in south Wales. (From Sat 7 until Sun 22 Sept) Emily UnsworthWhite ‘Travels Around Myself’ Solo exhibition of work made during the past year on trips to Portugal and North Africa. (From Thurs 26 Sept until Sat 2 Nov) MARTIN TINNEY GALLERY 18 St Andrew’s Crescent, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am6pm, Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2064 1411 / mtg@ artwales.com Mary Lloyd Jones ‘New Paintings At 85’ As per the title, this widely admired Welsh artist, born in 1934, presents her 11th solo exhibition at this gallery: 30 new works based on images captured by a drone. (From Thurs 5 until Thurs 26 Sept)

MISSION GALLERY Gloucester Place, Swansea. Tue-Sun 11am-5pm. Free. 01792 652016 / www. missiongallery.co.uk Jane Phillips Award Graduate Showcase Selections from 2019 graduate exhibitions across south Wales, plus work by other new designers. Showing in the main gallery and the [...] space. (Until Sat 7 Sept) Beverly Bell-Hughes Maker In Focus show from an artist who uses flattened coils of clay into which other materials are added. (Until Sat 14 Sept) Kate Haywood ‘Traces’ Porcelain forms presented here as part of the Language Of Clay touring exhibition; previously in Craft In The Bay, Cardiff Bay. (From Sat 21 Sept until Sat 9 Nov) MUSEUM OF CARDIFF (FORMERLY CARDIFF STORY) The Old Library, The Hayes, Cardiff. Daily 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2034 6214 / cardiffstory@cardiff.gov.uk Memories Of Partition Stories, collected by community members, from people living in Cardiff who witnessed the partition of British India in 1947, or whose family members have passed down their memories of that time. (Until Sun 20 Oct) Cardiff’s Sound City Lab exhibition highlighting the different sounds and styles of music that are important to Cardiff’s communities. (Until Sun 2 Feb) The De Caversham Household Showcase for this independent living history group who have shared their love of medieval history with the people of Cardiff for over 15 years. (From Sat 7 Sept until Sun 5 Jan) NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF Cathays Park, Cardiff. TueSun 10am-5pm. Free except where noted. 029 2057 3500 / museum.wales/cardiff Snakes! £3.50-£7.50. Familyfriendly educational show about, in short, Snakes! (Until Sun 15 Sept) NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY St Fagans, nr Cardiff. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 0300 1112333 / museum.wales/ stfagans Voices And Images Of The South Wales Jewish Community Pop-up exhibition celebrating the heritage of Jewish communities in south Wales, and stemming from a year-long volunteering project led by the Jewish History Association of South Wales. (From Tue 10 until Sun 22 Sept) NATIONAL WATERFRONT MUSEUM Oystermouth Road, Maritime Quarter, Swansea. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2057 3600/ museum.wales/swansea Pobl Discover the stories of people who have shaped the way in which this museum

has evolved and its role as a community space. (Until Sun 29 Sept) Andrew Vicari ‘King Of Painters, Painter Of Kings’ Vicari was born and brought up in Port Talbot and went on to paint some of the most influential figures in modern history; this is a look at how that journey transpired. (Until Sun 3 Nov) NORWEGIAN CHURCH ARTS CENTRE Harbour Drive, Cardiff Bay. Daily 10.30am-4pm. Free. 029 2087 7959 / www. norwegianchurchcardiff. com Jack Cowles ‘This Is Home’ Photographs representing Cowles’ city of origin (I think this is Cardiff, but it this isn’t stated anywhere that I can find) in a show which will appear in multiple European locations in 2019. (From Mon 9 until Sun 22 Sept) ICE Wales Photo Exhibition That’s the Instution Of Civil Engineers, members of whom are invited to “take a photo of something that shows what

in process and what constitutes a finished product in art. (Until Wed 11 Sept) Marion Elliot Inaugural work in the Cafe Gallery here, from a printmaker and designer who has more than 20 years’ experience in the publishing industry. (Until Sat 21 Sept) ORIEL MYRDDIN Church Lane, Carmarthen. 01267 222775 / www. orielmyrddingallery.co.uk Land Acts Work by five artists – Stefhan Caddick, Rebecca Chesney, Morag Colquhoun, Ella Gibbs and Owen Griffiths – collectively exploring the power of land and contemporary, rural experience. (Until Sat 12 Oct) ORIEL Q The Queens Hall, High Street, Narberth. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01834 869454 / www. orielqnarberth.com Jean Thomas Exhibition of drawing and painting. (Until Fri 13 Sept) The Open Drawer Mixed drawing show

The laudable Workers Gallery, in the Rhondda village of Ynyshir, have a show titled Warp Shift from Thurs 5 Sept until Sat 19 Oct. Chris Williams’ sculpture is inspired by Wales’ post-industrial visage; Jane Walker contributes figurative drawings. engineers do and how we create the infrastructure to shape the environment”. (From Mon 23 Sept until Sat 5 Oct) OLIVE’S ATTIC 3 Fothergill Street, Treforest. Tue-Sun 10am-5pm. 01443 400725 / facebook.com/ olivesattictreforest Gerhard Kress ‘Double Yellow Lines’ German photographic artist with the first of three planned exhibitions at this cafe; this one is based on a book of the same title. (Until November) ORIEL CRIC Beaufort Street, Crickhowell. Mon-Sat 10am5pm, Sun 10am-1pm. Free. 01873 813669. Autumn Exhibition A selection of painting, prints, sculpture, ceramics, glass and jewellery. including original work by Tim Rossiter, Tony Tribe and Kay Leverton. (From Mon 2 Sept until Sun 10 Nov) ORIEL DAVIES The Park, Newtown, Powys. Mon-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free. 01686 625041 / enquiries@orieldavies.org Cecile Johnson Soliz ‘Twist’ Drawing and sculptural works from Cardiff-based artist, with some pieces incorporating both forms and using materials like paper and fabric, Soliz’s art reflects her interest

running concurrently with Jean Thomas’ exhibition. Thomas, alongside Bonnie Grace, will also be hosting drawing workshops on various dates throughout the exhibitions. (Until Fri 13 Sept) ORIEL Y BONT University Of South Wales, Ty Crawshay Building, Llantwit Rd, Treforest. Mon-Fri 9am-4.30pm. Free. 01443 480480 / gallery. southwales.ac.uk The Sculpture Collection Significant sculptural works from the University Of South Wales Art Collection, including pieces by David Garner, Andrew Cooper, Lilian Rathmel, Dilys Jackson, David Nash and Islwyn Watkins. (Until Fri 6 Sept) ORIEL YR ARDD National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Middleton Hall, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. Daily 10am-6pm. £10.50/£8.75 concessions/£4.95 under17s/free under-5s. 01558 667149 / botanicgarden. wales Annette Townshend ‘For Safekeeping’ Wax botanical sculptures of wildflowers and original drawings on copper plates of preserved insect specimens from a museum collection. (Until Sun 8 Sept) Analog Cymru Work by

online community of photographers from Wales who explore photography using traditional and experimental analogue processes. (From Sat 14 Sept until Sun 24 Nov)

Elysium Gallery in the city – who take their inspiration from prehistoric cave art where both artists use painting as a personally specific ritualistic event. (Until Sun 15 Sept)

PENARTH PIER PAVILION The Esplanade, Penarth. Daily 10am-5pm. Free. 029 2071 2100 / www. penarthpavilion.co.uk Suzie Larke ‘Unseen’ Work in progress show of conceptual photography illustrating the experience of struggling with mental health. Official opening night is on Fri 6 Sept, where there’ll be a talk by Larke. (From Mon 2 until Wed 11 Sept) Open Art Annual show selected from public submissions; the deadline will have gone by the time you read this but all themes and media are accepted. (From Fri 13 Sept until Sun 13 Oct)

THE SHO Castle Emporium (upstairs), Womanby Street, Cardiff. Tue-Sat 10am-5.30pm. Free. www. thesho.co.uk Aliceartwork ‘A Night At The Circus’ Original pieces created using signwriting and glass gilding techniques. (Until Fri 27 Sept)

QUEEN STREET GALLERY Queen Street, Neath. WedSat 10am-4pm. Free. 01639 631081/ www. queenstgallery.co.uk Eleanor Flaherty & Paul Steer ‘Hidden Voices II’ Successor to a 2018 exhibition by this duo, in various media including found objects and “continuing to explore their relationship with the wilds and the sacredness of the natural world”. (From Mon 9 until Sat 28 Sept) REDHOUSE Old Town Hall, High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. Free. 01685 384111 / info@ redhousecymru.com 6 Artists Celebration Of Welsh Contemporary Painting exhibition, featuring Jacqueline Alkema, Keith Bayliss, Joanne Headington, Angela Kingston, Elfyn Lewis and Jason Williams. (Until Mon 23 Sept) Eric Malthouse Retrospective show for “the artist credited with introducing modern art to Wales”. (From Sat 28 Sept until Sat 9 Nov) ROYAL WELSH COLLEGE OF MUSIC & DRAMA Castle Grounds, Cathays Park, Cardiff. Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat + Sun 10am-4pm. Free. 029 2039 1391 / www.rwcmd.ac.uk Giant Paper Sculptures Annual exhibition made of used paper, located in the Linbury Gallery. (From Fri 27 Sept until Sat 26 Oct) 70th Anniversary Exhibition Celebrating students’ experiences across the decades, this exhibition displays alumni’s recollections alongside objects from the archives. (From Sat 28 Sept until Fri 1 Nov) RUG ART GALLERY Unit 16, Ground Floor, Capital Centre, Queen Street, Cardiff. Daily 12-6pm during exhibitions. Free. www.rug-gallery.net Amy Goldring & Jonathan Powell ‘You Hear Your Own Heartbeat When You Hold Your Breath’ Two painters – both Swanseabased; Powell is the director of

SWANSEA MUSEUM Victoria Road, Swansea. Tue-Sun 10am-4.30pm. Free. 01792 653763 / www. swanseamuseum.co.uk Cartographic Imaginaries: Interpreting The Literary Atlas Of Wales Multi-artist exhibition featuring commissioned artwork in response to 12 English language novels set in Wales. (Until Sun 8 Sept) TENBY MUSEUM & ART GALLERY Castle Hill, Tenby. Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, £4/£3/£2 kids. 01834 842809 / www. tenbymuseum.org.uk Graham Hadlow Paintings from a watercolour specialist who has lives in Pembrokeshire for nearly 50 years. (Until Sun 6 Oct) TOWER GALLERY 49 High Street, Crickhowell. Wed-Sat 10am-5pm. Free. 01873 812495 / www. towergallery.co.uk Lesley Lillywhite & Harriet Lloyd Lillywhite: printmaker showing intricate depictions of trees; Lloyd: painter focusing on the minutiae of the decorative and the domestic. Also showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative. (Until Sat 21 Sept) Hannah Firmin & Philippine Sowerby Illustrator and printmaker Firmin shows lino and woodcut prints inspired by the Usk countryside. Sowerby’s wood sculptures celebrate nature’s irregularity. Also showing work by all members of the Usk Valley Artists’ Co-operative. (From Wed 25 Sept until Sat 23 Nov) VICTORIA FEARN GALLERY 6B Heol y Deri, Rhiwbina, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 9.30am5.30pm, Sun 10am-3pm. Free. 029 2052 0884. Summer Featuring both new artists to this gallery and new work from established favourites here, pottery makers Gwilli will also be exhibiting two ranges at this seasonal show.. (Until Sat 7 Sept) VOLCANO THEATRE 27-29 High Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri 10am-4pm. Free. 01792 464790 / www. volcanotheatre.co.uk Gary Crosby ‘Depth Of Perception’ Installation from Swansea-based artist Crosby, no relation to the tricksy Nottingam Forest winger of BUZZ 63

* – recommended the late 80s/early 90s, presents an audio/video piece created in June 2019 with Jason & Becky as part of Volcano and Coastal Housing’s What Makes A Home project. (Until Fri 6 Sept) WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE Bute Place, Cardiff Bay. Free. 029 2063 6464 / www. wmc.org.uk Luke Jerram ‘Gaze At Gaia’ Installation piece, in 3D and 23ft across, based on detailed NASA images of the Earth’s surface. (Until Sun 1 Sept) WORKERS GALLERY 99 Ynyshir Road, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 11am-4.30pm Thurs-Sat and by appointment. Free. 01443 682024 / www.workersgallery.co.uk Warp Shift Experimental sculpture by Chris Williams MRBS, and new figurative drawings by Jane Walker. (From Thurs 5 Sept until Sat 19 Oct)

clubs THE ANDREW BUCHAN 29 Albany Road, Cardiff. 029 2021 2509 / facebook. com/andrewbuchanbar Sun 8 Vinyl Cruise: September Sailing 6-9pm, free. Monthly vinyl guest DJs session. THE ARCH 11 Commercial Street, Neath. 07791 923214 / jack. thearchneath@gmail.com Sat 14 Glitch 10pm-4am, £5 adv. “Flat out techno” from Tom Murray, Alexander Eley, Rhys Jenkins, Prydie, Callum Gillings and Luke Armstrong. THE ATTIC 5-6 Castle Bailey St, Swansea. 01792 450850 / facebook.com/ theatticswansea Sat 21 Con7rol x 100% Old Skool 9pm-4am, £20 adv. Defected-signed house DJ Sam Divine headlines here (she’s also at Bambu Beach bar earlier in the evening – see below), with residents also featuring. Wed 2 Oct Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. Lauching a new night here every Wednesday across four rooms (drum’n’bass / techno, house and disco, plsu chart toppers / r’n’b and urban in Walkabout next door). Young T and Bugsey will both be doing sets here. Fri 4 Oct Free Rave Swansea 9pm-3am, £4 adv. Drum’n’bass and bassline with DJs from the Rise, Heft, Got Bass, Incurzion, Swansea DJ Society and Concrete Junglists stables. Sat 5 Oct The Deep 10pm3am, from £5 adv. Drum’n’bass from Lenzman and MC DRS, plus more TBC. BAMBU BEACH BAR 51 Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 651651 / www. bambu-bar.co.uk Saturdays Tropical 5pmBUZZ 64

3am. New night that promises “chilled, disco, soulful, jackin’ and funky grooves” from DJs Leon Atolagbe, Laidback Lew and Dan Purcey plus weekly guests. Sat 21 Con7rol Rooftop Pre Party 6-10pm, £10 adv. Sam Divine plays an earlier event here before moving onto The Attic (see above). THE BIG TOP / 10 FEET TALL 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / thisis10feettall@yahoo. co.uk Thursdays Rock hits from DJ Andy Rhys Lewis. Fridays + Saturdays Resident DJs playing soul and funk. Fri 20 Killing Moon 10pm-3am, £4. Eighties alternative, pop, postpunk, goth etc. Saturdays Under A Groove 9pm-3am, £3 after 10. Funk and neo-soul. BLIND TIGER 49 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 243500. Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Cocktails, drink deals and tunes as part of a cross-city midweek session. Fridays Beekay & Friends 11pm, £3-£5. House, techno and bass music with guest DJs, breaking producers and residents from Wales’ freshest nights. Saturdays Re:work 11pm, £5. Underground and cutting edge club music promised. THE BRASS BAT St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 6802 / www. thebrassbat.com Fridays Team Up 10pm4am, £5/£3 adv. Emo, poppunk, alternative, metal, hardcore etc every Friday, with lots of drinks deals. Fri 27 has a guest DJ set by Ryan and Darren from the about-to-bebriefly-reformed-for-charity Funeral For A Friend. THE BUNKHOUSE 63 The Kingsway, Swansea. info@bunkhousebar.co.uk / www.bunkhousebar.co.uk Sat 7 Winger Records Takeover 8pm-2am. Hip-hop, dubstep, drum’n’bass and an open mic cypher from 8-9pm. Lineup: Luke RV, Culture Vultures, WheezeTeam, Zhubat, Spaced Apes, Boofy, Huntu and Cyanne. CARDIFF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS UNION Park Place, Cardiff. All listings apply to term time only. 029 2078 1458 / www. cardiffstudents.com Tue 24 Triple Cooked 11pm-4am, £6-£12. Gimmicky touring clubnight for students. Wednesdays YOLO 9pm2am, £4/£3 adv/free before 11. Midweek club night promising both your favourite tunes and great offers. Good name, really on trend. Thurs 26 ShangriLa Cardiff Opening Party 10.30pm-4am, from £10. Student-centred club promoters with the first event of term. Claptone, Nic Saunders and Lucas Alexander are confirmed so far. Saturdays Juice 10pm-3am, £5/£4 NUS. Chart, dance and pop.

CATHAYS COMMUNITY CENTRE 36 Cathays Terrace, Cardiff. 029 2037 3144 / www.cathays.org.uk *Sat 5 Oct Electric Soup 6.30-10.30pm, £15/£12.50 adv. See Clubs for more on a night of live electronica headlined by veteran (and still dead good) duo Plaid, with Boris A Bono and Jaxson Payne also featuring. CHAPEL 1877 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2022 2020 / www. chapel1877.com Sat 28 Father Funk’s Church Of Love 8pm-4am, £8 adv. See Clubs for more about this zany-sounding Bristol-raised night, with hiphop, funk and disco on the menu courtesy of Dr Syntax & Pete Cannon, Mr Woodnote & Skunkadelic, Father Funk, Twogood, X-Ray Ted, Bear Twists, RogueOne, Rose Rokoko’s Sleazy Sisters, DJ Veto and Benny Bootleg. CLUB ICE Broadway, Pontypridd. 07771 920726 / www. clubiceponty.com Fridays Flashback 10pm-

Drum’n’bass featuring the Cardiff debut of the TNA trio, plus Benji b2b Ebbens, Diskrete, Shed, Replicait and MCs A.R.K and Pablow. Fri 20 Dazed 11pm-4am, from £6 adv. Drum’n’bass from Sub Zero & Mr Traumatik, Clique and more TBC. Fri 4 Oct Dazed Disco 11pm-4am, £4- £8 adv. Disco and house from Burno, Elianne, Oh My Rosh b2b Kemba, Izaak b2b Conor Vincent, Controls, Rob Walker and BMI. Saturdays Dirty Pop 10pm-4am, £5. Three floors of fun: Grltlk and Andrew Rhys Lewis’ top floor resident indie shindig; Dirty Pop; and Mr Potter’s proper disco. COTTON CLUB (FORMERLY WAREHOUSE54) 54 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161. Wednesdays Hump! 7pm. Cocktails, drink deals and tunes over two floors. Fridays Rock & Rum 9pm, £2-£4. Rock, indie, alt and pop from Aaron Lillie and Jaivinder. Selected drinks from £1.50. Saturdays Raise The Roof 10pm. Funk, disco, r’n’b and classics. COURTYARD

The Pen & Wig, a pub in Newport, has the latest edition of its semi-regular Port Electro nights, where DJs will play 80s synthpop, postpunk and new wave and a live band will turn out covers of the same. 3am. Retro hits from the 80s, 90s and 00s. Saturdays Gravity 10.30pm-3am, £7/£5 before 11. House, techno and dance every week on the club’s Void soundsystem. CLUB LOGIC 12 High Street, Gorseinon, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.the-rainbowrooms. com Fridays Open Mic Night 9pm-4am. With resident DJ Trixta plus guests each week. Saturdays 9pm-4am. With residents Rob Rees, Jay P, John Hughes and Dip-E, plus guests each week. CLUB OXYGEN 1 Northampton Lane, Swansea. 0844 8849171 / www.globaloxygen.co.uk Fridays Dance Anthems 11pm-4am, free. House, house & bass and tech-house all night. Saturdays 11.30pm5am, £5/free before 1. Upstairs: deep house, commercial house and tech-house. Downstairs: urban, chart, classics, r’n’b, hip-hop and UK garage. CLWB IFOR BACH Womanby St, Cardiff. 029 2023 2199 / www.clwb.net Fridays (bottom) Yum! 11pm-3am, £3-£5. Indie and pop. Fri 6 The Spin Doctors 11pm-4am, £8-£12.

48 Cambrian Road, Newport. 01633 213161. Wednesdays Wild Wednesdays Upfront dance anthems and “Urban Vibes”. Fridays Let’s Go Deep 10pm-6am. Three rooms ofd urban with Flipz and Matt Kirke; dance anthems with Matt Smooth; techno and house with Beekay. Part of the NPCLUBHOP price deal. Saturdays Mischief Beatdriven anthems is the ambiguous description for tonight’s music policy. Sundays Good Time Social Club 8pm, free. DJs til late and the weekend’s sports highlights. THE DRAGONFFLI Crumlin Street, Pontypool. 07756 769141 / thedragonffli.com Sat 28 Unity 9pm-1am, £/ free before 10. House, techhouse and techno from Dave Jones, Oliver Harvey and Greg Baker. This is Unity’s first event in this venue, their previous nights taking place in Cardiff. THE DUKE Old Market Street, Neath. 01639 643892. Sat 21 Hedone 8pm-2am. House and techno residents’ night.

EDDIES 4 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co Sat 7 Rocktheblock 5pm5.30am, from £18 adv. Giant half-day of rave across four stages. Main stage: Black House and Back To Bassix present Shy FX and Friction. Terrace: HouseWerk and Con7rol present Friend Within and Jacky. Gold Room: Wonkcrafts. Basement: dance classics. FICTION & VINYL The City Gates, Little Wind Street, Swansea. 01792 828777 / www.fictionclub. co.uk/swansea Mondays Quids In 10.45pm2.30am, £3.50/£2 before 11. Chart, cheese, r’n’b, dance and house. Wednesdays Underground 11pm-3.30am, £3.50/£2 before 1. House, chart, r’n’b and cheese across two rooms. Wec 2 Oct has a set from Varski. Thurs 26 Basshunter 10pm-3am, £5-£10. “This is a sell-out show every year!” chirp the venue, as if begging for the winds to change and grant them some respite from Basshunter. Who is also in Pryzm, Cardiff the day before this. Fridays 11pm-3am, £5/£3 adv. Drinks offers and, uh, music I guess. Fri 4 Oct has a live set from Tinchy Stryder. Saturdays Agenda 10.30pm-3am, £3.50/£2 before 1. Fiction: house, r’n’b, EDM. Vinyl: pop and party. Sat 5 Oct is a UV Rave. FRONTAL LOBE WAREHOUSE Unit G, St Catherines Park, Cardiff. otis@flevents.co.uk / www.flwarehouse.co.uk Sat 7 High Fidelity: The Warehouse Rave 8pm3am, £12.50 adv. Techno and tech-house from Frankyeffe, Argy, Tekno Tom, Natasha, Jack Coles, Spctrm & 5Am and Mason James & Lewis Frazie. Fri 4 Oct 15 Years Of Shogun Audio Cardiff 10pm-4am, from £8 adv. Drum’n’bass from Break, Pola & Bryson, Deadline, Mascot and hosts SP:MC and XL. FUEL 5 Womanby Street, Cardiff. 07970 063107 / facebook. com/fuelcardiff Thursdays FUBAR 10pm2am. Rock, metal and alternative clubnight. Fridays + Saturdays Rock and metal anthems each weekend, plus special guests when such types are in town. THE GLOBE 125 Albany Road, Cardiff. 07590 471888 / www. globecardiffmusic.com Sat 21 Huey Morgan’s NYC Block Party 9pm-2am, £14 adv. Radio DJ and Fun Lovin’ Crinimals vocalist plays some of the music he likes. Fri 27 Make Emo Great Again 10pm-2am, £5 adv. Like ‘Make America Great Again’, the slogan used by Donald Trump in his victorious 2016 election campaign, but a clubnight where they play “all of the emo

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classics”. THE GLOBE AT HAY Newport Street, Hay-OnWye. 01497 821762 / www. globeathay.org Sat 14 Reggae Pie 8pm, £5. Hereford-based DJ collective playing stuff from more or less the whole recorded history of Caribbean music. HANGAR 18 50 Plymouth Street, Swansea. 07984 664008 / facebook.com/hangar18mv Sat 7 + Sat 5 Oct Dead Of Night 9pm-3am, £3. Goth/ alternative club night, on the first Saturday of every month. Wed 18 Dance Anthems 10pm-3am, £3 adv. Student night featuring Jonny Griffiths playing house, technoi and trance. JACOB’S MARKET West Canal Wharf, Cardiff. 029 2039 0939. Sat 5 Oct Teak 10pm, £13.50. First sesh of the autumnn, with Optimo, David J Bull and James Teak. KONGS 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff. info@kongsbars. com / www.kongsbars.com Sat 28 Kongs Takeover 003 9pm-3am, £6-£15 adv. This is a co-promotion between Rotary Club, Blue Honey, Groove Theory and Rhythm Project and features Prosumer and Earl Jeffers for the full six hours. Fri 4 Oct Get Funky 11pm-4am, from £8. Jazzy techno kindanewcomer O’Flynn headlines this one, having released his debut album at the start of September. LABYRINTH 13 Quay Street, Haverfordwest. 01437 760680 / www.labyrinthbar. com Sat 7 Grimecrafts 10pm2am, free. Billed as a pre-party for Rocktheblock in Eddies (see a few columns left), this features sets by Defects Of The Dock, Raw with OJ, LispyJ and Azzo, DG BOH with Syphr, LRB, MCM and AK, 4K, Sir Dokha and Joel O-P b2b Execute. LASER STATION Bridge Wharf, Carmarthen. 01267 235648 / www. laserstationwales.com Sat 21 Summer Sound Clash 6pm-4am. Conspiracy with a night promisiung “sunshine vibes” (reggae, dancehall, jungle, bashment, old skool garage, hip-hop and r’n’b) early on, and “moonlight vibes” (UK garage, house, bassline, afrobeats, drum’n’bass and grime) later. Genre-based distinction between bright and gloomy seems pretty spurious to me. LE PUBLIC SPACE High Street, Newport. 01633 221477 / www. lepublicspace.co.uk Sat 7 Thnks Fr Th Mmrs 11pm-3am, free. Emo, poppunk and nu-metal from the

previous decade, here on the first Saturday of each month. LOGIC FESTIVAL Riverside Caravan Park, Swansea. 07763 000382 / www.logicfestival.co.uk Sat 7 Logic Festival 2019 11am-11pm, £40 adv. Big dance alldayer, previewed in Clubs last month. Lineup like so. Logic Trance Arena: Judge Jules, Scott Project, Bliss, Dave Pearce, Marcella Woods, Nicholson, Argy, Big Al, Jonny Griffiths, Rob Rees, John Hughes and Andrew Butty Davies. Logic Xtra Hard: Darren Styles, Technoboy, Uberdruck, Francesco Zeta, Andy Whitby, MKN, L.E.D, Juice b2b Jason P, Faze 2, Frisky, Ed ET, Odd-S-E b2b Angle Eyes and hosts Wotsee, K-Ner and Skyz. Clubland Arena: Ian Van Dahl, N-Trance, 4 Strings, Flip & Fill, Breeze, Scott Brown, Fallon, Martin Dibble, Rob EJ, Jay P, Chris Miller and hosts MC Keyes and Finchy. 100% Old Skool Arena: Marcella Woods, Greg P, Nicky G, Newmans vs Stiens, Dan T, Justin Thomas, Peters Mobile Disco, John Steffanick, Josh Morgan, D-Vox, Steve John and James Wilding. Chill Out Area: Trixta, Cabreeni, DJ XJ, Wesley Harding, Madame Twisted, J-Tech and DJ Pure. MARY’S 89 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon-Thurs 4pm-2am, Fri 4pm-3am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-1am. 029 2066 8647 / www.maryscardiff. co.uk Wednesdays Wednesday Club 8pm-2am. Dance and chart toppers with DJ Chris. Thursdays Mixxet 8pm2am. Fun, games, and cabaret with Amber Dextrous and Alphaa Heart. Fridays Non Stop Party 8pm-2am. DJ Lee plays tunes from the 90s onwards. Saturdays 8pm2am. Dance, pop and chart with DJ Billy Joe. Sundays Service 5pm-2am, free. Bingo with Aunty Ade and Aunty Betty from 5pm, with cash prizes; DJ Mary Golds until 9pm; guest cabaret at 9pm and DJ Billy Joe on the tapes (this is an odd turn of phrase but I like it) until 1am. METRO’S Baker’s Row, Cardiff. 029 2039 9942 / www. metroscardiff.com Wednesdays Cheapskates 10pm-4am, £2 before 11. Pop and alternative old and new. Fridays Meltdown 10.30pm4am, free before 11. Punk and rock anthems. Saturdays Lose Yourself 10.30pm-4am, free before 11. Stereo Brain playing indie, beats, treats and pop-punk. MINSKYS SHOW BAR Cathedral Walk, St David’s Centre, Cardiff. 029 2023 3128 / www.minskysshowbar.com Fridays & Saturdays 8pm1am. Dancing and cabaret with regular drag acts including Tina Sparkle, Miss Babs and Jolene Dover.

MOCKA LOUNGE Mill Lane, Cardiff. Mon-Sat 11am-late. 029 2022 1295 / www.mockalounge.com Thursdays Iqos Social Club / Intuition 7-9pm: Iqos Social Club; 9pm-late: Intuition with DJs Monique B and Dan Willow. Fridays Feeling Soul, funk, disco, rare groove and r’n’b with resident DJs and happy hour from 5-8pm. Saturdays House Of Play House and r’n’b from resident DJs. Sundays Secret Resident DJs play 90s music. THE MOON Womanby Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3022 / info@ themooncardiff.com Wed 11 Electronic Producers Network 7-9pm, free. Wednesdays (from 25 Sept) Rum & Reggae 10.30pm-2.30am, free. Reggae, dub, ska, hip-hop and jungle. Wed 25 Womanby’s Clubbing 5-8pm. Monthly clubbing events for adults with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health conditions. Run in partnership with Student Volunteering. Thursdays (from 26 Sept) One More Time 10.30pm-2.30am, free. Music from the 90s and 00s. Fridays Gigantic Until 4am, free. Funk, punk, rock’n’roll, hip-hop, indie, reggae and soul after bands finish playing. Fri 27 Urban Dun Differently 6pm, free. Hip-hop showcase. Saturdays Five Dollar Shake Until 4am, free. Bebop, funk, soul, Motown, hip-hop, reggae, ska and everything in between, after bands finish playing. MUSIQUE BAR & LOUNGE Market Street, Newport. 01633 533666 / theneon. co.uk/neon-bar-lounge Fridays + Saturdays 9pm2am, free. Soul, funk, old skool hip-hop, reggae, house, UK garage, lovers rock etc. NATIONAL MUSEUM CARDIFF Cathays Park, Cardiff. 029 2057 3500 / www. museumwales.ac.uk/cardiff Fri 27 Hush Silent Disco 8pm-12am, £14 adv. Another of these regular events, offering the chance to dance (silently) among the museum’s exhibits. Sold out weeks in advance, as they all do. OCEAN ARTS CARDIFF Unit 2, East Moors Business Park, East Moors Rd, Cardiff Bay. 029 2132 0030 / www.oceanartscardiff. co.uk Fri 6 All Accessible Club Nights 7.30-11.30pm, £3/ free for carers. In the venue’s words, a gentle club night with music, a bar and chillout area, accessible toilet and friendly staff. Also open to under-18s until 9pm. First Friday of every month. PATTI PAVILION Mumbles Road, Swansea. 01792 475444. Sat 14 Project X 8pm-2am, £7 adv. Fusion Events present

a night aimed at ages 15+, which I assume means under 18 although it’s not clear. Pretty much every danceable type of music is slated to be played according to the event description anyway. PEN & WIG 22-24 Stow Hill, Newport. Mon-Thurs 10am-11pm, Fri + Sat 10am-12am, Sun 11am-10.30pm. 01633 666818. Sat 14 ‘Port Electro 7.30pm-1am, £3 adv. Electro/ alternative club night with lots of classic 80s synthpop etc plus a live set from Binomial, who do covers of... classic 80s synthpop. PENARTH EX-SERIVCEMEN’S CLUB 69 Windsor Road, Penarth. 029 2070 7530 / www. penarthexservicemensclub. co.uk Sat 14 Penarth Soul Club 7.30pm-12am, £3 adv. A night of classic soul, northern soul etc. Further 2019 dates are on Sat 16 Nov and NYE. PLATFORM 11 High Street, Pontypridd. Fri-Sun 7.30pm-2am. www. platform11.co.uk Sun 14 030 6pm-4am, £7-£12. Headlined by George Smeddles, who I don’t know much about but who has one of those bios that reads like a generic writeup about a UK house DJ and they’ve just dropped in his name and a couple of record labels. Also he’s in Swansea on Wed 25 this month. PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE Herbert Street, Pontardawe. 01792 863722 / www. pontardaweartscentre.com Sat 21 Upset The Town 7pm-1am, £8/£7 adv. Rhythm & Soul, mod club classics and Latin with Glyn Preece, Dean Read, Malc Beedle, Geoff Twitchen and Mark Taylor. POPWORLD 96 St Mary Street, Cardiff. Mon, Tue + Thurs 9pm3am; Wed 8pm-3am; Fri 5pm-3am; Sat 1pm-3am. 029 2023 5825. Mondays Pop Rocks 9pm. A night of what they call alternative pop. Wednesdays Top Banana 10pm-3am. Retro gaming, giveaways and DJ Giggsy playing the songs. Thursdays Top Of The Pops 10pm-3am. Discounted drinks, free entry and a chance to party the night away, all advertised using the logo from defunct TV show Top Of The Pops which, as a national brand of venues, I assume Popworld are using with the full permission of the BBC. Fridays Reflex 7pm-3am. Drinks deals until 11pm. Saturdays Popworld Party 1pm-3am. Drinks deals from 3-6pm. POPWORLD 2-5 Wind Street, Swansea. Mon-Fri + Sun 8pm-3am; Sat 3pm-3am. 01792 470676.

ROCKTHEBLOCK Eddies, Haverfordwest, Sat 7 Sept Tickets: from £18. Info: 01437 779595 / www.eddies.co If you live in west Wales and enjoy a boisterous large-scale rave spanning several rooms and club music styles, Black House pretty much run the game, and this month they’re in Haverfordwest for their first bash since March. Four rooms of nitespot Eddies will be given over to their “epic block party” (may not be located on an actual block), with the main room headlined by drum’n’bass big men Shy FX [pictured] and Friction. A room of upfront Elrow-type house is headlined by Friend Within and Jacky, a DJ whose hair makes him look like a lost member of Carter The Unstoppable Sex Machine. Bass pushers Wonkcrafts control the Gold Moon and Eddies’ basement will feature those time-honoured “dance classics”. Mondays Cheapskates 9pm-3am. With DJ Rubell “spinning the mixes on the decks” in the slightly confusedsounding words of Popworld itself. Wednesdays Quids In 8pm-3am. Student night where drinks are £1. Thursdays Neon Disco 9pm-3am. Dance r’n’b, pop, chart and punk. Fridays #WTF 9pm-3am, £2-£4. Tunes, games etc. Saturdays Pop Party 8pm3am, £2-£4. Sundays SIP 9pm-3am, That’s short for Service Industry Party. PRYZM Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. 029 2023 3854 / www. pryzm.co.uk/cardiff Tue 24 Cardiff Freshers Festival 10pm-3am, £2-£10. Mashup bloke Jaguar Skills plays one of what I imagine will be many freshers’ week nights. Wed 18 Rak-Su 10pm-3am, £2-£10. Today it’s the turn of these Latin/urban popsters and X Factor alumni. Wed 25 Basshunter 10pm3am, £5-£10. It’s the week after but I’m pretty sure it’s still freshers’ week, in the same way happy hour can actually be several hours. Thurs 19 Freshers UV Rave 10pm3am, £4. With Nathan Dawes. Saturdays (from 21 Sept) Agenda 10pm-3am, £5. Three music arenas, VIP booths, other stuff. Sun 22 Freshers Fest 2019 10pm-3am. With a guest set bvy Steel Banglez. PULSE 3 Churchill Way, Cardiff. 029 2064 1010 / www. pulsecardiff.com. Gay venue. Wednesdays Kapow! 10pm-4am. Student night with Jolene Dover and DJ Warren. Fridays Full On 10pm-5am, £4/£3. DJ Craig downstairs, Opal upstairs. Saturdays The Sound Of Saturday 10pm-5am, £5/£4 b4 11. The very best chart remixes and classic hits all night long. THE RED LION 97 Queen Victoria St, Tredegar. 01495 724449 Sat 28 Powercore 7pm-2am, £5. Hardstyle with a lineup that’s mostly TBC right now, in fact only PH has been announced.

REVOLUTION Castle Street, Cardiff. Open from 11am. 029 2023 6689 / www.revolution-bars.co.uk Sun 29 Raver Tots 2-4pm, £8-£12. Afternoon club events for babies, toddlers and their parents/guardians, this time on a UK garage tip with The Wideboys. SIN CITY Dilwyn Street, Swansea. 01792 468892 / www. sincityclub.co.uk Tuesdays Hustle 10pm3am, £3/£2 before 12. Motown, r’n’b and hip-hop. Wed 25 Shangri-La Swansea Opening 10pm-3am, from £8. House from Mason Maynard (who’s also at Platform 11 in Pontypridd this month) and George Smeddles. Thursdays Sin Savers 10pm-3am, £3. Student night. Saturdays Sink 10pm-3am. Hip-hop, drum’n’bass, dubstep etc, with special guests plus resident DJs Dubman, Swiss Elf and South. SODA St Mary Street, Cardiff. 029 2037 3363 / www. sodacardiff.com Tue 17 Psychedelic Jungle 10pm-3am, £4/£2. “A magical and mysterious world, where we take you on an exploration of your senses. An immersive experience that will take over your mind, body and soul.” Chinny reckon. Tue 24 90s Rave 10pm3am, £4. Dance anthems and glowsticks. Wednesdays Replay 9pm-4am, £4. Chart, cheese and r’n’b for students. Fridays Guilty Sounds 10pm-4am, £4/£6 VIP. R’n’b and house from the 90s and 00s. Saturdays Soiree 9pm4am. Three rooms including the Attic which is “the social playground for the high flyers and social elite, the only place to be seen.” Imagine catching your reflection in the mirror just after writing that. Sundays Soda Sundays 9pm-3am, £4/£8 VIP. Three floors of music for students and industry workers. SMALL WORLD THEATRE Bath House Road, Cardigan. 01239 615952 /

smallworld.org.uk Sat 21 Move On Up 8-11.30pm, £7 adv. Detroit soul, New Orleans funk, West Coast wah-wah, Harlem Shuffle and New York disco from Mr A. STORY Greyfriars Road, Cardiff. info@storynightclub.co.uk Mondays (from 16 Sept) Quidz 10pm-3am, from £1. Student night in this club which is where Glam used to be and is doing basically the same thing as Glam. Launch night has a guest appearance by Alex From Glasto. Remember that guy? Fridays (from 13 Sept) Smack. 10pm-3am. Student night across four rooms, poached back from Pryzm who I guess poached it from some other crap student club. Sat 20 is a Freshers Launch Party. Fridays (from 21 Sept) Antisocial 11pm-4am, £4 adv/£6 VIP. Weekly student night with special guests Official Nancie (Fri 21) and Tom Zanetti (Fri 28, £8-£15). Sat 21 Level 4 Rooftop Opening Party 4-11pm, £12.50-£17.50. Lineup TBC but it’ll be scoop neck housey housey stuff I daresay. TIGER TIGER Friary House, Greyfriars Rd, Cardiff. Open Mon-Fri 12pm-2am, Sat 12pm-3am, Sun 12pm-12.30am. 029 2039 1944 / www.tigertigercardiff.co.uk Every Day Lucky Voice Karaoke From £2.50 per session. The UK’s leading private karaoke experience each day of the week. Mondays Dolla Dolla 10pm-3am, £5/£2. Student night with special guests. Tuesdays Sync 10pm-3am, £3. R’n’b and hip-hop from DJ Sole and Alex Davies; disco, house and bass from Lewis Disson, Kyle Thom and Jordan Witts. Wednesdays Shotgun Rules 10pm-3am, £5/£3.50. Exclusive midweek student party. You don’t need NUS to get in though. Thurs 26 Freshers UV Neon Rave 10pm-4am, £5-£12. “Disclaimer to Parents: Children that attend may never want to return home again after this BUZZ 65

once in a lifetime unforgettable experience!” Pretty sure they shouldn’t be in the venue if they’re children. Fridays Tic Toc 10pm-3am, £4. “Forget the DJs who play the stuff you’ve never heard of, ours will be playing your favourite tracks all night long.” Saturdays Kanaloa Polynesian style area with cocktails, VIP booths, dancers etc. Sun 15 The Cardiff Moving In Silent Disco 10pm-3am, £5 adv. Featuring three channels in one’s headphones, playing cheese, r’n’b and house. TITAN WAREHOUSE Titan Road, Cardiff. titanwarehouse.co.uk Fri 4 Oct Camelphat 4-11pm, £30 adv. Big room dance faves play a very big room, the UK’s largest warehouse venue, it says here, and are joined by Solardo, Cristoph, Del-30 b2b Alisha and Will Easton. Sat 5 Oct Chase & Status 2-11pm, £27.50 adv. Ditto, but more drum’n’bassy. Shy FX, Jaykae, Macky Gee, Hybrid Minds, Darkzy & Window Kid, Notion, B:Wild, Woo and Comfort also feature. UNDERTONE (BASEMENT OF 10 FEET TALL) 11a + 12 Church Street, Cardiff. 029 2022 8883 / www.undertonecardiff.com Thurs 5 Free Rave 10pm3am, free before 11.30 with your name tagged on the event page wall. Drum’n’bass all night. Fri 6 Darth 10pm4am, £5-£8. Drum’n’bass from Dutta, Raudi TT, Leightdon, Archive, Obsidian, Sour Sounds, Ejay and Omni. Sat 7 Tukan Techno 10pm-4am, £5 adv/£3 NUS. New night, this being their second in fact, headlined by UK dub techno guy El Choop with Tom Gatley and Innerkey also DJing. Wed 11 NRG Presents SubLiminal Takeover 10pm3am, from £3. Drum’n’bass from DJ Hybrid, Agro, Raudi TT, ADHD b2b AWOL, Package and MC XL. Fri 13 Rotary Club 11pm-4am, £5. House, disco and techno with Blue Honey, Groove Theory and Rhythm Project DJs. Sat 14 Rezonate 10pm-4am, £3-£7. Drum’n’bass from Wilson, llew, Dayo, Esigra, Sam Coady, Aktik, Kalo and hosts Pablow, Supa Darkaz and Mr Mantej. Wed 18 XL Invites 10pm4am. Drum’n’bass. Thurs 19 Apex 10pm-4am, House and techno bods who do stuff in south-west England also. This lineup looks to be TBC though. Fri 20 Helium 10pm-4am, £5. House, techno and disco headlined by Jody Barr of the Last Night On Earth stable. Sat 21 Junction 10pm. Drum’n’bass with Sl8r and Nuvaman plus more TBC. Tue 24 Nightshift Productions: Techno Tuesday 10pm4am, £5/£3 adv. Techno and minimal from Get Funky, Haws and Rotary Club residents, plus James Kimberley and Joe Wallace. Wed 25 House Party 10pm-3am, £5/free before 11 if registered in advance. Thurs 26 Summit 10pm-3am, £5/£3 before 11.30. BUZZ 66

Bass, techno, house and garage from Elianne, BMI, Zonal and Maxwell. Launch night. Fri 27 Breathe 10pm-4am, £5. House and/ or techno from Billie George, Jack Darwin and LÄUFT. Sat 28 Switch Up 10pm-4am. Drum’n’bass, jungle, bassline and UK funky. “Cardiff to Bournemouth we bring the party!” Fri 4 Oct Spectrum 10pm-4am. Techno from Daniel Waite, Andrew Powell, Iolo, JaMo and J-Tech. VALE WAREHOUSE Cambria House, Penarth Road, Cardiff. info@ valewarehouse.com *Sat 7 Sundown 6pm3.30am, from £5 adv. Blue Honey and Rotary Club with what they’re calling the last party of the summer. Outdoors earlier on and then inside the warehouse, DJs will include Andy Warphole, Jessie Belters, Brawd, Danny O’Reilly, Adam From Space, Josh Worthy and Jack Siddall. Fri 27 Canopy 10pm-3am, from £10. Drum’n’bass with Kings Of The Rollers & Inja, DJ Hype & Daddy Earl and Dub Phizix & Strategy. Sat 28 Good Life Cardiff Disco Festival 4pm-1am, £10-£15. Touring club brand, loosely disco-themed and with lots of extraneous guff like “adult ball pit” and “pop-up cocktail bars”, still the music might be OK. Dan Shake, Romare, Crazy P, Just William, Get Funky, Seb Bliss, Jahmed, Global Sounds and Good Life residents feature. THE VAULTS / PORTLAND HOUSE The Old Natwest Bank, 113-116 Bute Street, Cardiff Bay. www.vaultspresents. com Fri 27 Applebum 11pm-4am, £6-£12. Touring ‘urban’ night aimed at students. WALKABOUT SWANSEA Castle Bailey Street, Swansea. 01792 450850 / www.walkaboutbars.co.uk/ venues/swansea Mon 23 Freshers UV Paint Rave 10pm-3am, £3. Drum’n’bass, bassline, house and “commercial” will soundtrack an evening of getting covered in neon paint among other hijinks. Sat 28 Classic Anthems 10pm4am, £3-£7. Featuring a DJ set by Ultrabeat, a live PA by Flip N Fill’s Karen Parry and local discman Big Al. Wed 2 Oct Loose 9pm-3am, £4/£2. Lauching a new night here every Wednesday across four rooms (chart toppers / r’n’b and urban, plus drum’n’bass / techno, house and disco in the Attic). Young T and Bugsey will both be doing sets here. WOW BAR 11 Windsor Place, Cardiff. Gay venue. www. wowbarcardiff.com Mondays Ida’s Mellow Mondays Free. Music from DJ Chris, hosted by Ida Mann. Wednesdays Gypsy’s Jaunty Wednesdays Free. Music from DJ Craig, hosted by Gypsy Divine with a guest

artist every week. Thursdays Krazy Karaoke Free. Music from DJ Chris, hosted by Dominique Trix and with a free shot for everyone who does a song. Fridays Capilicious Cabaret Free before 11. Hosted by various members of the WOW Showgirls, plus special guests every week. Saturdays Double Trouble Free before 10. Pop and party with DJs Gypsy, Krys and Craig. Sundays Fundays 12pm-1.30am, free. DJ Krys and Chris play the tunes until late, plus there are guests artists every week.

events EVERY MONDAY uEscape Reality Cardiff Escape Reality, John Street, Cardiff. Mon-Fri + Sun 1.309pm; Sat 12-9pm, £16-£20 per player. Info 029 2132 3120 / cardiff@escapereality.com. Escape room setup where players have an hour to solve puzzles and exit the room in question. Offers each day for hen/stage parties, corporate events etc. uNoFit State Circus Classes And Courses Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. £1-£15 per class. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Classes for various age groups on every day; check the website for full details. Qi Gong Tai Chi Carnegie House, Bridgend. 1.30-2.30pm, £3. Info 01656 815757. With tutor Geoff Cheetham. uUp Side Down Circus Classes Cave Venture Workshops, Tremorfa Industrial Estate, Cardiff. Info 029 2048 8854 / info@ upsidedowncircus.co.uk. Classes for various skill levels on every day; check the website for full details. EVERY TUESDAY uAdult Give It A Go Climbing Session Boulders, St Catherine’s Park, Cardiff. 6.30-7.50pm, £15. Info 029 2048 4880. Every Tuesday to Thursday. Beginners Ballet Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 6.157.30pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Covering key ballet principles including developing core strength, improving posture, basic steps, flexibility and coordination. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales. Beginners Contemporary Dance Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30-8.45pm, £6. Info 029 2063 5614. Exploring the basic principles of contemporary dance through a set of exercises. Hosted by National Dance Company Wales. Caban Sgriblio Brecon Library. 4-6pm, free. Info 01873 811579. Drop-in creative writing sessions led by Uschi Turoczy. Running throughout summer but with no set finish date at present. English Conversation Group For Beginners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop,

Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher. Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. With Lesley Walker. Also on Thursdays, Fridays aand Saturdays. Open Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. uSeeWales Sightseeing Day Tour National Museum Cardiff (pickup point). 9am5.30pm, £5 off if you present this magazine. Info 029 2022 7227 / www.seewales. com. Tuesdays and Fridays: Mines & Mountains, visiting Big Pit Mining Museum and Brecon Beacons National Park. Wednesdays and Saturdays: Romans & Ruins, visiting Caerleon, Caerwent, Tintern Abbey, the Wye Valley, Abbey Mill Craft Centre and Raglan Castle. Thursdays and Sundays: Golden Gower, visintg visits the Gower, Swansea Bay, Parc-Le-Breos, the Dylan Thomas Centre and more. EVERY WEDNESDAY Circus Academy Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8pm, pay by donation. Info 01656 815757. Open to all ages. Djembe Drumming Workshops Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 6.309.30pm, £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx. co.uk. 6.30-8pm: beginners (£3); 8.15-9.30pm: intermediate/ advanced (£5). Drop-in classes. Welsh Conversation For Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 10am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified Welsh language teacher. EVERY THURSDAY Carnegie House Samba Band Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8pm, pay by donation. Info 01656 815757. Open to all abilities. FAN Group Meeting Cardiff Central Library. 5.30pm, free. Info www.thefancharity. org. Meet new people, make friends and get to know your neighbours. Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 6-7.30pm, £4/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www.brawlers. co.uk. With Cardiff roller derby team Tiger Bay Brawlers; fully coached and with veteran skater lead. Also on every Sunday. Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. Singing For Lung Health Bridges Centre, Drybridge House, Monmouth. 11am12pm, £3. Info 03000 555555. New singing group set up by the British Lung Foundation and open to anyone living with a lung condition. Yinyasa Yoga Class Cathays Community Centre. 1.05-1.55pm, £5. Info facebook. com/yinyasacardiff. Yoga First Floor, 3 Assembly Square, Britannia Quay, Cardiff Bay. 12.30-1.15pm, £5. Info elliecoptor@hotmail.com. With Mat Roblin.

EVERY FRIDAY Bingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”. Also in Newport on Sat 29 this month. English Conversation Group For Advanced Adult Learners M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 11am, free. Info 029 2047 3373. Led by a qualified English language teacher. Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. Rhiwbina Farmers Market The Butchers Arms, Rhiwbina. 10am-1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. EVERY SATURDAY Mid Wales Dance Academy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. Info 01874 623219. Roath Real Food Market Mackintosh Sports Club Car Park, Roath, Cardiff. 9.30am1pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. EVERY SUNDAY Cooper’s Quiz Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, £1 to play. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Hosted by Ben Cooper. Draw Somebody’s Sunday Body Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 1.30-3.30pm, £7.50. Info 07830 381930. Hosted by Cardiff Life Model. Learn To Roller Skate Cardiff Central Youth Club, Cardiff. 12-1pm, £3/£40 for eight weeks at two sessions per week. Info www.brawlers. co.uk. Uncoached session hosted by Tiger Bay Brawlers. Riverside Farmers’ Market Fitzhammon Embankment, Cardiff. 10am2pm, free. Info 029 2022 7982. Always worth a trip. Sunday Board Games Cardiff Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Weekly session featuring a mixture of competitive and co-operative games. SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Brotherhood Of The Black Pirate Festival Llancaiach Fawr Manor, nr Caerphilly. £11 weekend (£5 kids); £6 Sat or Sun only (£3 kids); free under-5s. Info 07411 132940. Featuring lots of people dressed up as pirates, burlesque dancers, wandering minstrels, ferret racing and live music from The Captain’s Beard, Jolly Roger and Gallows Revivers. Started yesterday, finishes today. Cardiff 10k 2019 Civic Centre, Cardiff (start and finish point). 10am-12pm, from £24.50/from £6 for 2k fun run/ free to spectate. Info 029 2034 3940 .Charity run in aid of Kidney Wales. uDinky Donkey Walking Venue TBC, Brecon Beacons. £35/£25 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Spend a couple of hours with a pair of Miniature Mediterranean Donkeys. Also on Mon 2, Wed 11, Mon 16, Sun 22 and Sun 29 this month. Graft Craft: Plant Hammering! National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12.30-3.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. “An amazing craft that transfers a flower’s natural pigment onto fabric at the tap of a hammer,” it says here.

Jazz Improvisation Workshop Melville Centre, Abergavenny. 7-9pm, £25. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival event hosted by Dave Jones. PCA Bodybuilding Championships Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12-6pm, £21. Info 01874 611622. Pedigree & Novelty Dog Show Parc Bryn Bach, Tredegar. 11am. Info 01685 844475. Presented by Rhymney Community Council uPiggy Walking With A ‘Pig-Nic’ Senni Valley, Brecon Beacons. £30/£20 under-16s. Info 01874 749092. Take a pair of friendly Kune Kune pigs (from New Zealand, look a bit like Ewoks) for a walk, then return to the smallholding for refreshments. Also on Tue 3, Sun 8, Mon 9, Wed 11, Sun 22 and Sun 29 this month. Street Food Circus Old School Yard, Canton, Cardiff. 12-9pm, free. Info streetfoodcircus.co.uk. Street Food Circus return to Cardiff, in a new location (behind the Corporation pub/Canton library), with two dozen or so stalls, trucks etc. Having opened in earlyish August this is its final day. Teddy Bear’s Picnic Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff. 3-6pm, free. Info 029 2116 7920. Fundraising picnic (you have to bring your own FYI), hosted by Insole Court Friends and featuring a performance from Cardiff Melingriffith Brass Band. Wrestling: NXT UK Live Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 3pm, £18-£64. Info 029 2022 4488. WWE spinoff has its second ever UK showcase, and first in Cardiff. MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Cardiff Storytelling Circle Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. uGrangetown Community Choir Cornwall Street Baptist Church Hall, Grangetown, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 per session/£80 for 12 sessions. Info paulinedown7@gmail. com. With Pauline Down, every Monday this autumn. TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER uArt Babas Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.3011.30am, free. Info 01792 516900. Relaxed sensory craft session for parents/carers and children from six months to three years. Book in advance please. Also on Tue 17. uAutumn Foraging Courses Bute Park, Cardiff. 11am-2.30pm, £45/£22.50 under-16s. Info www. wildfooduk.com. Hosted by Wild Food UK, this course teaches you how to identify various plants, fruits and mushrooms. I meant to get a load of wild garlic from Bute Park this year and forgot. Too late now I think. Anyway this is also on Sun 29 this month, from 12-3.30pm. Board Games The Gate, Cardiff. 6.30-11pm, £3.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Hosted by Rules Of Play on the first Tuesday of every month. uContemporary Conversations Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900.

Meeting up twice a month (also on Tue 17 in September) this group discuss ideas and themes from current and recent art exhibitions. Coptic Book Binding M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 1-3pm + 6.30-8.30pm, £20 per session. Info larkdesignmake@gmail. com. Lark Design Make craft workshop. David Kynaston & Matthew Engel Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 7.30-9pm, £10 adv. Info 01873 852960. Conversation between two cricket writers. Help Musicians Funding Advice Sessions The Moon, Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info creative@helpmusicians.org. uk. One-to-one half-hour slots for five hours, which you can book in advance by email the address above. uTea Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2pm, £6. Info 01656 815995. Hosted by Jeff Guppy. Also on Tue 17 this month, hosted by Gareth and Andrea. uUplift Singing Sessions Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 12.30-1.30pm, £5/£4. Info 01874 611622. Every Tuesday this month. WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER uAdult Workshops Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. Every Wednesday this month. Booklaunch: Benita Matofska Griffin Books, Penarth. 7.30-9.30pm, £5. Info 029 2070 6455. Matofska is an “international speaker, change-maker and global Sharing Economy expert” and her book is titled Generation Share. If you buy a copy you’ll get your fiver back. Cerys Matthews Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50/£39 inc book. Info 029 2064 6900. Songs, poetry and chat about/readings from Welsh broadcaster’s new recipe book, Where The Wild Cooks Go, because like the blurb says, “cooking has always been central to Cerys Matthews’ life”. Compost And Wormeries Little Man Coffee, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £11/£14 with donation. Info hannah@ greencityevents.co.uk. Hosted by Green City. Book in advance please. Leather & Leatherette Jewellery Making M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 1-3pm + 6.30-8.30pm, £22 per session. Info larkdesignmake@gmail. com. Lark Design Make craft workshop. Psychic Sally Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26.50. Info 01792 475715. In Monmouth tomorrow; Milford Haven on Mon 16. Reminiscence Monthly Museum Of Cardiff, The Hayes, Cardiff. 11am-1pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Come to the museum and share your memories of Cardiff, on the first Wednesday of every month. Museum Of Cardiff is the new name for Cardiff Story. uScriveners Writers’

Group The Badminton Club, Ebbw Vale. 8pm. Info 01495 309863 / burningcanary@ aol.com. Also on Wed 18 this month. THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER uAlternative Art School (Swansea Day Service) Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10.30am-2.30pm, free. Info 01792 516900. Workshops aiming to give participants the unique experience of visiting the gallery and improving their skills through their own practice.. Also on Thurs 26 this month. An Evening With Bryan Habana Exchange Hotel, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £35/£50 VIP. Info 029 2010 7050. Former Springboks rugby player interviewed onstage by Gareth Thomas. An Evening With Bryan Robson And Norman Whiteside Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 029 2240 4901. Chewing the fat with two notable drinkers and indeed players from the 1980s Man United side. Envisaging a Barney Gumble “David Crosby? You’re my hero!” type scenario happening at this. An Evening With Shane Williams Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £20/£18. Info 0300 0040444. Welsh rugby lynchpin talks and takes questions. Bridgend Writers’ Circle Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7pm, £8 for a year’s membership. Info 01656 815757. Meeting here on the first Thursday of every month. Calligraphy Workshop Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-4pm, £20. Info 01656 815757. Hosted by Lann Niziblian. uCraft Night M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 6-8.30pm, free/£2 to take part. Info larkdesignmake@gmail.com. Hosted by Lark Design Make. Also on Thurs 19. Developing Creative Projects With Looked After Children And Young People NoFit State, Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 10.30am-4pm, £15. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Transitions masterclass. uFinn’s Weekly Hootenanny Gentileza, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info gentilezacdf@gmail.com. Planned to be every Thursday, this is an multi-disciplinary open mic night upstairs in this Duke Street Arcade cafe. First Thursday Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3/£12 with book and CD. Info 029 2030 4400. New poetry and fiction, this month launching Track Record – a “new poetry, music and photography chapbook by The Spoke And Eyebrow”. Ghost Hunt Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 8pm-1am, £20 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. NIP Investigations present a snoop round this former bank and its vaults for spirits. Lowri’s Little Lambs: Bugs And Mini-Beasts National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10.30-11.45am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly event for preschool children and their parents/carers.

OCEAN FILM FESTIVAL Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl, Wed 11 Sept; St David’s Hall, Cardiff, Tue 15 Oct Tickets: £11-£14.50. Info: oceanfilmfestival.co.uk If you’re a fan of Blue Planet and are craving more time in the deep blue sea, then the touring Ocean film festival should satiate your craving. With a selection of the best short-form films in nautical-based storytelling, the current programme takes in penguin preservation (A Place For Penguins, solo Atlantic crossings (Manry At Sea), the fragility of our ecosystems (I Am Fragile) and an attempt to paint underwater (A Peace Within). Quite an eclectic offering, then, but one that should prove engaging to any punters willing to go for a dip in the filmic waters. Psychic Sally Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01600 772467. Words Art Music Workers Gallery, Ynyshir, nr Porth. 7-9pm, free. Info 01443 682024. Words from Rhys Milsom, art from Julie Taylor and music from Hazel & Grey, who feature climbing Trees’ Matthew Frederick. FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER uBingo Lingo The Depot, Cardiff. 6pm, £5. Info www. depotcardiff.co.uk. Features street food, a wheel of fortune and “rubbish prizes”. Every Friday this month. Brief History Of Healing Improvised Music Making Arcadecampfa, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info arcade-campfa. org. Drop-in session hosted by Georgia Twigg, who is an occupational therapist and member of the experimental band Charismatic Megafauna. One of a number of events at this gallery (including the one below) relating to the Brief History Of Healing exhibition here. Cardiff Inter Varsity Club Meeting Park Plaza Hotel, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5 (threemonth trial membership). Info 07526 141392 / www.cardiffivc. org.uk. Meeting here on the first Friday of each month. Drop-In Printmaking Workshops Arcadecampfa, Cardiff. 12-5.30pm, free. Info arcade-campfa.org. With Alex Goodman. Feast From The Flames National History Museum, St Fagans. 7.15pm, £60. Info 029 2057 3500. Opening event at the St Fagans Food Festival (on tomorrow and Sun 8), this is hosted by Tân a Mwg and features five courses which reflect the regional landscape. Hazel Findlay Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £16. Info 01874 611622. findlay is a young climber and will be taking about her career in that as well as the mental challenges posed by climbing as a sport. Little Mice Club: Roald Dahl National Waterfront

Museum, Swansea. 10.30am12pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly event for preschool children and their parents/ carers. Spirit Of ‘58 Pre-Match Party Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 2pm, free. Info 029 2023 2199. Bands, DJs and floppy hats ahead of today’s Wales v Azerbaijan Euro qualifier. uUcele Yoga: Yin Yoga Class Natural Health Service, Swansea. 7.30-9pm, £8/£4 for your first class. Info facebook. com/victoriauceleyoga. Quiet, mindful yoga open to all. Here every fortnight; also on Fri 20 this month. SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER uArt Making Sessions Arcadecampfa, Cardiff. 12-5.30pm, free. Info arcadecampfa.org. With Georgia Twigg. On tomorrow also. uCardiff Film & Comic Con Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 9am, from £8. Info 029 2022 4488. Annual event here, on tomorrow also. Craft Festival Bryngarw Country Park. 11am-4pm, free. Info 07779 802076. Selling items such as handmade cosmetics, craft beers, lacemaking and woodcraft. Dewch i Ganu National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Join musician Delyth Jenkins and learn Welsh through song. Enfys Craft Fair St. Francis Millennium Centre, Barry. 10am-4pm. Info 01446 792149. Every first Saturday of the month. uHedgehog Experience West Wales Hedgehog Rescue, Lampeter. £45. Info 01874 749092. Be a volunteer at a hedgehog rescue for three hours as part of a very small group. A Good Day Out event. Also on Wed 11, sat 21 and Wed 25 this month. Macrame Plant Hanger Workshop M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 10.30am-1.30pm, £25. Info larkdesignmake@gmail. com. Hosted by Lark Design Make. uMedieval Reenactment

Weekend Chepstow Castle. 9.30am-5pm. Info 01291 627122. On tomorrow also. uPorthcawl Food & Drink Festival Pyle Garden Village, nr Bridgend. 9am-8pm, free. Info 029 2023 3658. Food both street and artisan, live music and meteorological appearances from D Brockway and S Lloyd. The name says Porthcawl but the map says Bridgend, not my rules. On tomorrow also, from 10am4pm. Revue Lindyhoppers Dance Class Carnegie House, Bridgend. 4-6pm, £5. Info 01656 815757. Open to all abilities; every first Saturday of the month. Traditional Bread Making National History Museum, St Fagans. 8.45am-1.30pm, £80/£65. Info 029 2057 3500. Course with Nick Macleod from Cardiff’s One Mile Bakery.. SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER uCraft 10k Series Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 11am, £24 to enter. Info 01639 881635. Running races suitable for all abilities. Also on Sun 29 this month, and Sun 20 Oct. Dragon Pro Wrestling: Rising Tide The Neon, Newport. 5.30-9pm, £9 adv. Info 01633 533666. Featuring WWE / NXT:UK women’s champion Toni Storm, Wild Boar, Flash Morgan, Dani Luna, Gisele Shaw and more TBC. It’s My Shout Premiere & Awards Night 2019 St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2087 8444. Showcasing eight short films created in Wales. Marina Market Dylan Thomas Square, Swansea. 10am-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Monthly event selling handcrafted goods and fresh food. OrganFest 2019: The Temple Of Tone National Museum Cardiff. 11am + 12pm, free. Info 029 2087 8444. The final event of OrganFest (see the Music listings on Fri 6 and Sat 7 for the others)

is a talk by organist Robert Court and Andrew Renton, the Keeper Of Art at this museum. uSt Fagans Food Festival National History Museum, St Fagans. Free. Info 029 2057 3500. Annual event, the 10th one in fact, with lots of stalls and live music. Swansea Vintage And Makers Market National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. The Vale Of Glamorgan Ploughing & Hedging Society Annual Ploughing Match Ty Draw Farm, St Mary Church, Cowbridge. 10am-4pm, £5/free under-16s. Info www.valeofglamorgan.gov. uk. Ah, APM day... an annual highlight for any member of the VOGP&HS. Western Welsh 90th Running Day Bus Depot, Barry. 10am-4pm, free. Info www.valeofglamorgan.gov.uk. Including free rides on vintage buses, you lucky ducks. MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Cardiff Humanists Event Cardiff Quaker Meeting House, Charles St, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £2/£1. Info www. cardiffhumanists.co.uk. Taking place on the second Monday of each month; September sees Richard Tynen talking about “campaigns for change - funding important humanitarian causes”. Storytime With Louby Lou Bedwellty Park Bandstand, Tredegar. 11am-12pm, £6.50. Info 01495 355945. Suitable for kids aged six months and up. TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER uArt Club Carnegie House, Bridgend. 6.30-8.30pm, £8 per class/£10 annual membership. Info 01656 815757. Open to all abilities and ages; every Tuesday from this week. Cardiff Left Bookclub Beelzebub’s, Cardiff. 7-8pm, free. Info events@ craftydevilbrewing.co.uk. This takes place on the second Tuesday of each month and talks about a book which is left-wing in its outlook or has BUZZ 67

ROOTS UNEARTHED SEPTEMBER 2019 In addition to being one of the world’s finest acoustic guitarists, Martin Simpson is also one of the most prolific when it comes to album releases. Since the beginning of the 21st century, he’s released no fewer than eight solo albums and collaborations with Nancy Kerr and Andy Cutting (Murmurs) and Dom Flemons (A Selection Of Ever Popular Favourites) as well as being part of projects including The Full English and The Elizabethan Sessions. Whether performing British folk music as he did on 2001’s The Bramble Briar, or the blues and American roots music with 2003’s Righteousness And Humidity, or exploring the links between the two on his collaboration with erstwhile Carolina Chocolate Drops member Dom Flemons, Martin Simpson’s albums always provide a vivid snapshot, not only of his musical influences, but also other factors that have shaped his own personal beliefs. Based largely on the traditional music of Britain and the USA, Martin has also over the past couple of decades developed into a songwriter of note drawing on his love of nature and of family to produce songs such as the award-winning Never Any Good his bittersweet tribute to his late father. Rooted, his latest album released at the end of August, continues a musical journey that began in 1965 when he acquired his first guitar and began, as he puts it, “to soak up material and ideas at a very rapid rate”. With its themes of nature, travel, mental health, biographical stories, loss, politics and history, it once again ties together influences and interests into a coherent, entertaining and thought-provoking 50 minutes that’s a quintessential Martin Simpson album. Touring extensively throughout the autumn to promote the release of {Rooted}, Martin will be appearing as part of the Roots Unearthed series at Cardiff’s St David’s Hall on Tue 10 Sept for what will, in all probability, be yet another master class by this brilliant and committed artist. BUZZ ALSO RECOMMENDS: Gower Bluegrass Festival. Does what it says on the tin. (www.gowerheritagecentre.co.uk) Parkmill, Gower, Swansea (Fri 6-Sun 8) Lowri Evans & Lee Mason. Daytime gig (1pm) from singer-songwriter and ace guitarist in perfect harmony. Food Festival, National History Museum, St Fagans. (Sun 8) Jon Boden. Solo show from former Bellowhead frontman. Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells (Sat 28; Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff (Sun 29)

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relevance to that ideology. This month it’s One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. I bought this at a car boot a few years ago and haven’t got round to reading it yet, so if you’re less of a useless hoarder than me maybe this is for you. Hockney: The Old Master Of The Modern World Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 2.30pm, £8. Info 01874 611622. Lecture by Douglas Skeggs. Hypnotism: How Does It Work? Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Funzing talk by hypnotist Andrew Newton. Ocean Film Festival World Tour Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01656 815995. Presented by Banff, who also do a mountain-based film tour that regular visits south Wales. The Stained Glass Of Edward Burne-Jones The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10.30am. Info 01834 861212. West Wales Decorative And Fine Arts Society lecture, taken by Martin Ellis. WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Bridgend & District Local History Society Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7pm. Info 01656 815757. Meeting here on the second Wednesday of every month. Conservation Surgery Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-4pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 516900. Meet the Glynn Vivian conservation team and go behind the scenes to the conservation department. uCreative Textiles Club Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-12pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. Open to all abilities; every Wednesday from this week. Scandinavian Language Meetup Group The Philharmonic, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info meetup.com. Every three weeks. Tea & Cake With Ann Cleeves All Saints’ Church, Penarth. 3-5pm, £17.50. Info 029 2070 3170. Crime writer discusses her new book The Long Call. Ticket price includes a signed copy of the book, which costs basically that in the shop. Hosted by Griffin Books. The Art Of Conservation Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-12pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 516900. Meet the gallery’s conservator and ask questions about how to care for your own art. Book in advance please. Urban Honey Little Man Coffee, Cardiff. 6.30-9pm, £11/£14 with donation. Info hannah@greencityevents. co.uk. Hosted by Green City. Book in advance please. THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER uArt Class Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-12pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. Open to all abilities and ages; every Thursday from this week. Japanese Language Meetup Group The Philharmonic, Cardiff. 7pm,

free. Info meetup.com. Every three weeks. LGBT+ Single Mingle Beelzebub’s, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £3. Info events@ craftydevilbrewing.co.uk. New monthly event here, open to anyone who identifies as LGBT+ and is looking for a bunkup or maybe just a pal. My Life As A Jewish Woman In Swansea Swansea Museum. 7.30pm, free. Info 01792 653763. Royal Institution Of South Wales lecture by Norma Glass. uTuneless Choir Cardiff Pontcanna Scout Hall, Cardiff. 7.30-9.30pm, £10 first session/£7 drop-in/£40 for eight weeks. Info 07745 683723. Choir, led by Laura Woodford, for people who want to sing but can’t carry a tune. Also on Thurs 26 this month. FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER Friday 13th At The Old Aberllechau School Aberllechau Primary School, nr Porth. 9pm-3am, £29 adv. Info 07376 931632. Hosted by Lost Entity Paranormal, this takes place in a disused school in the Rhondda where spooky things happen apparently SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER Alger Hiss: Friend And/ Or Spy National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 11am, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Swansea Historical Association lecture by Tony Badger. An Evening With Robin Horsfall Vale Sports Arena, Cardiff. 6.45pm, £22/£27 VIP. Info 029 2240 4901. SAS man who did derring-do at the Iranian Embassy, then in the Falklands, then wrote a book about it of course. Film-Poem launch: Eric Ngalle Charles & Greg Lewis Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 11am-12pm, free. Info 01792 463980. Screening and discussion of this work by Eric Ngalle Charles, who we featured in last month’s issue, and Greg Lewis. Family Fun Day: Mini Museum Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free (suggested donation £3). Info 01792 516900. Art and craft activities. Funky Craft Fayre Ostreme Centre, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm. Info nigel.mason@ ntlworld.com. Second Saturday of every month. George’s Marvellous Mixtures National Wool Museum, Dre-fach Felindre. 12-3pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Roald Dahl related activities. It’s his birthday this week you see. uHave A Go Archery Caldicot Castle & Country Park. £1.50 per four arrows. Info 01291 420241. On tomorrow also, plus Sat 21 and Sun 22 Sept. Master Of Menace, Lover Of Life The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £8/£5 15-25-year-olds. Info 01633 656757. Vincent Price’s daughter Victoria (interviewed Upfront) presents a look at her dad’s life, including a Q&A and screening of The Abominable Dr. Phibes. In Aberystwyth on Tue 17, screening a different movie.

Nimble Fingers Craft Fayre Victoria Hall, Mumbles, Swansea. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07790 298913. On the second Saturday of every month. Open Doors: Zoology National Museum Cardiff. 11am-4pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Hour-long sessions opening the stores of biodiversity here to the public. Roald Dahl After Hours National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 6.30pm, £7.50. Info 029 2057 3600. Roald Dahl Day National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. As above, but for kids. Roald Dahl Storytime National Wool Museum, Drefach Felindre. 12 + 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Seed Saving Global Gardens, Cardiff. 10am-12.30pm, £11/£14 with donation. Info hannah@greencityevents. co.uk. Learn about different types of seeds from various locals who know about such things. Hosted by Green City. Book in advance please. South Wales Creatives Against 5G Inkspot, Cardiff. 4pm-3am, free. Info 029 2049 0254. The people organising this reckon that 5G, as in the most up to date mobile network, is dangerous and should not be rolled out in this region “until there is more safety information to consider”. Got a sneaking suspicion that no hypothetical safety info presented would be deemed objective or legitimate by these guys, but hey. Eleven hours of live bands, DJs, MCs, soundsystems, poets, speakers, street artists and video installations are on offer here. Splendiferous Science Show National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 2pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Presented by Jon Chase and featuring a rolling Roald Dahl theme. Spoken Word Saturday Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £3. Info 0845 2263510. Street Food And Live Music Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 4-10pm, free. Info 07773 348655. Every second Saturday of the month until October. Sullyfest Pirate Day Sully Community Fields. 1.308.30pm, free. Info www. valeofglamorgan.gov.uk. Lots of types of family entertainment, albeit only a few sound inherently pirate-themed. Usk Show Usk Showground. 8am-6.30pm. Info 01291 690889. Annual event promising to celebrate “the very best of Monmouthshire farming and rural life” via livestock displays, horse competitions, dog shows, vintage tractors etc. Welsh Legends Caerphilly Castle. 11am-4pm, £5.30-£8.90/ free members, disabled people and their companions. Info 0300 0256000. Learn about some of Wales’s heroes with talks, weapon demonstrations and activities. Willow Basket Making Workshop Carnegie House, Bridgend. 9.30am-4.30pm, £25. Info 01656 815757. Hosted by Mel Bastier. Ynyswen Craft Show Ynyswen Welfare Hall, Treorchy. 9am-4.30pm, £5 to set up a table. Info 01443

520299. SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Absolutely Fabulous Kids Cruelty Free Unicorn Event St Augustine’s Parish Hall, Penarth. 11am-5pm. Info 029 2070 9272. Presented by Absolutely Fabulous Vegan Fayres. Carnival Of Venice: Masquerade Ball The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 7pm, £15/£12.50 adv. Info 01685 387925. Featuring live music, a buffet and a black tie dress code. Meet The Objects: Owain Glyndwr National History Museum, St Fagans. 11.30am, 1pm + 2.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Themed free sessions led by the Museum’s curators and archivists. In English, then Welsh, then English. MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Psychic Sally Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01646 695267. Sold out. TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Becoming A Villain: The Early Career Of Vincent Price And The Importance Of Dragonwyck Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £6.90/£5.90. Info 01970 623232. Featuring a talk by Price’s daughter Victoria and a screening of Vincent’s 1946 movie Dragonwyck. Company Of Words Little Man Coffee Co, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £4 (suggested donation). Info 07830 381930. Featuring poets Susie Wild and Jonathan Edwards. uExplore Books National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 12-4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Also on Tue 24 this month. uLife Drawing Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 2-4pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. Also on Sat 28. RNIB Art Group Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 1-3pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 516900. Tutor-led class for people with visual impairments. Tea Dance Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 2.30pm, £6. Info 0845 2263510. WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER uAbergavenny Food Festival Various locations, Abergavenny. Events priced individually (£15 Sat 21 + Sun 22/£10 Sat 21 only/£8 Sun 21 only/free kids). Info www. abergavennyfoodfestival. com. Go to the website for a full programme as there’s too much to list here; highlights follow. Today features interactive storytelling with Louby Lou in Abergavenny Library. Thurs 19: a Community Feast in the Market Hall and an Evening With Cyrus Todiwala in Monmouth’s Bridges Centre. Fri 20: Talks about cocktails and coffee plus the annual Friday Night Stomp at Abergavenny Castle. Sat 21: masterclasses, tasting workshops, chef demonstrations, a young chef competition, walks, talks, tastings, parades, conversations and, again, a

party at the Castle in the evening. Notable names include Matt Pritchard, Chris Harrod, Smoking Goat and Asma Khan. Sun 22: more of the aforementioned until late afternoon. Notable names include Tommy Heaney, St John, Genevieve Taylor, Gareth Ward, Hang Fire and Bee Wilson. (Until Sun 22) Book Signing: Sam Warburton Griffin Books, Penarth. 6-8pm, £20. Info 029 2070 6455. Ace face of Welsh rugby scribbles on his autobiography Open Side, if you ask nicely. Ticket price includes a copy of said book. Introduction To Taking Work To Festivals NoFit State, Four Elms Road, Adamsdown, Cardiff. 12-4pm, £15. Info 029 2022 1330 / www. nofitstate.org. Transitions masterclass led by Zoe Munn. Matt Pritchard: Dirty Sanchez To Dirty Vegan Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7-9pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2048 7602. Funzing talk with Welsh wildman turned vegetable man. Professor Brian Cox Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 8pm, from £23. Info 029 2022 4488. Pop keyboardist turned telegenic space explainer and centrist icon. This looks to be sold out. Queers To The Front: Experiences Of A Trans Woman In The Music Industry The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. A talk by Maja, who promotes gigs and books tours under the name Queers To The Front. Social Prescribing In South Powys The Muse, Brecon. 7pm, £5/£2 members. Info 01874 611529. Friends Of Brecon & District Mind invit Rhiannon Davies and Dawne Shepherd, link workers from Brecon & District Mind itself, to talk about its Social Prescribing Project. uWelsh International Four Days Walks Various locations nr Llanwrtyd Wells. £10 per day/£35 for four days/ guided walks £5 per day. Info 01591 610270. Green Events present an annual walking even around mountains, moors, forests etc. Participants can try way-marked routes of 12 or 20 miles a day, or guided walks of five or eight miles. (Until Sat 21)

Imperial Hotel, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01685 722555. Launch of the new Red Poets magazine; entry fee includes a copy of it. Open Space: Jonathan Edwards + clare e. potter Central Library Hub, Cardiff. 5.45pm, free. Info 029 2038 2116. Two local poets, possibly the only two not listed in the Tiny Rebel thing above in fact, read from their work; Edwards has a new collection out, titled Gen. Thrifty Sew ‘n’ Sews Club Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 7-11.30pm, free. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk. Sewing and altering social event, aiming to stop people buying sweatshop clothes and generally be more sustainable. Yallah: Exploring Palestine Through Skateboarding The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Panel discussion relating to a photography exhibition which is listed in Art. Young Art Force Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 11am-2pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 516900. Open art class exploring and responding to the Gallery’s exhibitions and collection displays.

THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER Book Club The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Third Tuesday of every month. Booklaunch: J. Brookes Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £3. Info 029 2039 9557. Performing poems from a new volume, Hymns Ancient And Modern, with appearances from Peter Finch, Mab Jones, Ifor Thomas, Eric Ngalle Charles, Gemma June Howell, Rhys Owain Williams, Susie Wild, David Foster Morgan, Amanda Lambourne Jones, Topher Mills and Mark Blayney also. NES, Nibbles & Boardgames Night Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, free. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk. Retro social event – other consoles are available (Xbox and Gamecube, specifically). Open Mic Poetry Night

SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER Adult Beginners Sewing M.A.D.E. Gallery, Cardiff. 10.30am-1.30pm, £25. Info larkdesignmake@gmail.com. Hosted by Lark Design Make. Barry Pride High Street, Barry Island. 10am-6pm, free. Info barryvogpride@gmail. com. LBGTQ+ event promising live music, entertainment, makeup tutorials, food, drink and more. Beachwatch Ogmore Beach, Vale Of Glamorgan. 12-3.30pm, free (£5 refundable deposit). Info 029 2039 7951. Hosted by National Museum Cardiff and the Marine Conservation Society. Brecon Craft Fair Market Hall, Brecon. 9am-4.30pm. Info 01495 753782. Every third Saturday of the month. Cardiff Bute Park 1k, 5k Or 10k Bute Park, Cardiff.

FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Bodyposipanda’s Never Say Diet Club Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £20. Info 029 2023 5555. “Expect straight talk about why we hate our bodies and how to stop buying the bullsh*t, a sense of community that isn’t based in counting calories together, and plenty of jiggle and shake.” This event might not be about losing weight but if you buy a ticket you’ll definitely end up 20 pounds lighter!! Hi-yo! Cardiff Jobs Fair City Hall, Cardiff. 10am-1pm, free. Info cityhall@cardiff.gov.uk. “If you know of anyone looking for a job, please let them know of this event,” requests the website politely. Rick Buckler The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12.50 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. Former drummer of The Jam talks about stuff. Rescheduled date. Welsh Wrestling The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £11/£9. Info 01639 843163.

8.30am-1.30pm, £5-£15 to enter. Info events@mencap. org.uk. Charity fun run hosted by Mencap. Ceramic Makers Market Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 10am-5pm, free. Info 01873 852960. City Hospice Sparkle Walk Insole Court, Llandaff, Cardiff (starting point). 9pm, £10 to register. Info 029 2116 7920. City Hospice fundraising event through Llandaff and Whitchurch. Fear Con Penrhiwceiber Hall, Rhondda. 10am-8pm, £15£80. Info fearlessafterlife@ gmail.com. Wales’ biggest paranormal event, it says here, presented by Fearless Afterlife Encounters and featuring spirit mediums, lectures, readings, “haunted items”, equipment demos, “live experiments” and (big fan of this) a bridal doll that was on This Morning. uMuseum Ghost Tours National History Museum, St Fagans. 8-10pm, £16. Info 029 2057 3500. Also on Fri 27. Pig Street Craft Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am4pm, free. Info enquiries@ pigstreetcrafts.co.uk. Selling original arts and crafts here every month until Christmas. Remnants Of War Cyfarthfa

Kidsmarkets Family Sale Paget Rooms, Penarth. 11am12.30pm, £1.50/kids free. Info 07760 802088. Featuring 30 stalls of great quality new and pre-loved baby and childrens items. MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER Goldies Cymru Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £2. Info 01656 815995. Monthly event aiming to lift elderly people out of isolation with music and conversation. Suruthi & Hannah: Redhanded Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £17.50/£35 VIP. Info 0871 4720400. Live version of popular true crime podcast. TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER Ekphrastic Writing Group The Gate, Cardiff. 7-45-9.30pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Readings and discussions. On the fourth Tuesday of every month. WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER uGwlad: Future Wales Festival Senedd / Pierhead, Cardiff Bay. Free. Info devolution20.wales/gwladevents. Celebrating 20 years

There’s a Friday 13th in the month, so a company called Lost Entity Paranormal is exploiting the calendar by organising a visit to the nowdefunct Aberllechau Primary School in the Rhondda on that date. It’s an alleged hotbed of ghostly activity. Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. 2pm, free. Info 01685 727371. Open Doors event showing objects – costume, letters, medals – relating to both world wars. Book in advance please. Saturday Socials Bridge Studios, Western Avenue, Cardiff 12-8pm, free. Info 07738 092524. Craft beer bar, street food, crafts and makers market. Talk At 4 Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 4pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. This month concerning the exhibition currently running here, Gareth Evans’ But, Hands Have Eyes. Watercolour Workshops Carnegie House, Bridgend. 10am-4pm, £12. Info 01656 815757. Hosted by Bryan Shambler. Young Writers Squad Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea. 10am-12pm, free (£3 suggested donation). Info 01792 463980. With Sion Tomos Owen. For ages 8-11. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER 2019 Admiral Swansea Bay 10k St Helen’s rugby ground, Swansea (starting point). 9.15am-2pm. Info www. swanseabay10k.com. Gong Sound Bath Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30pm, £10.50. Info 01656 815995. With Alex Jackson.

since Welsh devolution, five days of talks, lectures and events. Today has one event, at 7pm in the Pierhead, where ITV Wales’s Adrian Masters chairs a discussion looking back at devolution to date; Thurs 26 features a recording of Question Time from the Senedd at 7pm. Fri 27: BBC Cymru Wales Patrick Hannan Annual Lecture with guest speaker Vaughan Roderick (Senedd, 6.30pm); Little Wander present a Machynlleth Comedy Festival special with Tudur Owen, Lloyd Langford, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Mike Bubbins, Matt Rees and Esyllt Sears (Senedd, 8.30pm). Sat 28: Many Voices, One Nation in conversation event relating to the Ffotogallery exhibition showing here (Senedd, 10.30am); a discussion about the foundational economy chaired by Derek Walker (Pierhead, 11am) An Audience With Charlotte Church (12pm, Senedd); a panel discussion subtitled ‘Key Challenges For Equality In Welsh Economy’ (Pierhead, 1pm) a discussion about Welsh devolution and democracy promotion (Pierhead Seminar Room, 1pm); ‘Do We Need Journalists?’, a panel chaired by Dr Justin Lewis (Senedd, 2pm); ‘Evaluating

Regional And Minority Language Strategies’, a panel with Basque and Canadian contributors (Pierhead, 2.30pm); ‘Wales: A Sporting Nation’ a panel subtitled ‘How Broadcasters Report Devolved Issues In Wales’ (Pierhead, 4pm); Y Lab with a talk about delibverative democracy (Pierhead Seminar Room, 4pm); a panel with Jess Fishlock and Tanni Grey Thompson (Senedd, 4pm); a panel about gender equality in the Assembly chaired by Cerys Furlong of Chwarae Teg (Pierhead, 5pm) and a gig with acts TBC (Senedd, 8pm). Sun 29: ‘Devolution And The Future: What Does Wales Think? ‘, a session with Professor Roger AwanScully and Professor Laura McAllister (Pierhead, 11am); Public Affairs Cymru hosting a panel on the ‘fake news media’ (Pierhead, 1pm); #OurFutureWales annual lecture, speaker TBC (Senedd, 1pm); a Citizen’s Assembly session following its setting up in July (Pierhead, 3pm) and An Audience With Rhys Ifans (Senedd, 4pm). Book tickets via the website. (Until Sun 29) Oriel Science Cafe National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2057 3600. Phil Okweedy Tenby Golf Club. 7.30-9pm, £10. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Storyteller; part of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival. THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER Cofio Adelina Patti The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £5. Info 01639 843163. Featuring film, spoken word and music from The VaughanLewis Academy Of Singing. Lyrical Miracles NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Spoken word night hosted by Twammers. Talk And Soap Carving Workshop Arcadecampfa, Cardiff. 5-7pm, free. Info arcade-campfa.org. hosted by Lee Cutter, an artist who developed his art skills while in prison with nowt but a pencil and a bar of soap. FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER Ben Phillips St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £27.95. Info 029 2087 8444. Two hundred years ago this Bridgend native would have been paraded onto the village green and had cabbages thrown at him, but instead he is a YouTube prankster whose videos have been cumulatively viewed five billion times. In this live show he will be joined by his brother Elliot. Exposure Wrestling Pontnewydd Workingmans Club, nr Cwmbran. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www. exposurewrestling.com. First of three evenings hosted by Exposure in the three days, tomorrow being in Pontygwaith and Sun 29 in Caldicot. Gillian Clarke Church House, Tenby. 6.45-9pm, £8. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival event with erstwhile National Poet Of Wales. uPorthcawl Elvis Festival Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. £140 VIP weekend pass.

Info 01656 815995. Annual celebration of a man who drank milkshakes made with liquid cocaine returns in its traditional end-of-September slot. Today: official festival luanch (12.30pm, VIP tickets holders only); Best Festival Elvis Competition Heat One (2.30pm, £6); The First Kings (7.30pm, £13.50). Sat 28: Best Festival Elvis Competition (Heat Two) and Grand Final (12pm, sold out); The Elvies (7.30pm, sold out). Sun 29: The Elvis Gospel Show (12.30pm, sold out); Elvis Orchestrated (4pm, £27.50/£18.50); and the 2019 Trilogy of sets, headlined by Gordon Davies (7.30pm, £16.50). (Until Sun 29) The Stars Were Singing Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.15pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Storytelling by Deb Winter coupled with violin by Fiona Barrow. SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER A Garden In Stitch Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 10am-5pm, £85 adv. Info 01873 852960. One-day embroidery workshop with Ekta Kaul. Back To Basics Course The Printhaus, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, £60. Info 029 2022 0349. One-day course, on the last Saturday of every month this year. This one is sold out but you can book ones in October or November now I think. Chartism And Radical Politics In Cardiff And Bristol Museum Of Cardiff, The Hayes, Cardiff. 10.30am3.30pm, free. Info 029 2034 6214. Awen@thelibrary (that’s the given name here; not sure if that’s a person or group) discusses things like the Merthyr and Newport Risings and the Tolpuddle Martyrs. uCraft Fair Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 10.30am-4pm. Info 029 2087 7959. On tomorrow also. Craft Fair St Mary’s Church, Swansea. 10am-4pm, £22.50 to set up a table. Info ariancrafts@hotmail.co.uk. Epic Journeys Singing Workshop Cornwall Street Baptist Church Hall, Grangetown, Cardiff. 10am4pm, £30. Info paulinedown7@gmail.com. Songs by Sheila Macbeth, celebrating the extraordinary migrations of animals across the globe. Everything will be taught by ear by Macbeth and Pauline Down. Exist Pro Wrestling Hangar 18, Swansea. 7pm, £12/£10 adv. Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Also featuring live music from Icantdie. Exposure Wrestling Cosmo Club, Pontygwaith, nr Ferndale. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www.exposurewrestling. com. uGeekedFest Newport Part Two ICC Wales, Celtic Manor, nr Newport. 9am-5pm, £28/£13 under-13s (weekend); £15/£7.50 under-13s (per day); £200 VIP weekend; £100 VIP per day. Info 01633 413000. Comic con in a new venue. Assuming that UKIP, who are having their conference here on the previous weekend, won’t have punched each BUZZ 69

* – recommended other to death and left their mangled corpses strewn over the carpets. Fingers crossed! Anyway there’ll be lots of fantasy/sci-fi/Marvel names here with photo ops etc. On tomorrow also. History Day Swansea Museum / National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. 10am4.30pm, free. Info 01792 653763. In Swansea Museum from 10am; National Waterfront Museum in the afternoon. In association with the Swansea Branch of the Historical Association. Made It Market St Elli Shopping Centre, Llanelli. 10am-3pm, from £15 to set up a stall. Info 07971 242730. Craft and produce fair. uNarberth Book Fair The Queens Hall, Narberth. 10am, free. Info 01834 861212. Featuring more than 60 writers selling their books direct, as well as sessions etc. On tomorrow also. St Fagans Real Food Market National History Museum, St Fagans. 11am4pm, free. Info 029 2057 3500. Weekend Adult Workshop: Book Making Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea. 10am1pm, £5. Info 01792 516900. A class for people of all abilities to create art in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Bless Cardiff St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 3pm, free. Info 029 2087 8444. Stories and worship courtesy of City Church, celebrating 90s years of said church. Book in advance please. Cowbridge 10k & 6k 2019 Cowbridge Rugby Club (starting point). 10am-2pm, £10-£18 to enter. Info cowbridge10k.co.uk. In association with Cancer Research; for all ages and running abilities. Exposure Wrestling Severn View Social Club, Caldicot. 6pm, £8 adv/£5 kids. Info www.exposurewrestling. com. Pontcanna Brocante Kings Road Yard, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 10am-4pm, free. Info 07773 348655. Vintage flea market, every last Sunday of the month until October. Vintage Kilo Sale Cornerstone, Cardiff. 10am4pm, £3/£1.50 after 12. Info hannah@vintagekilosale. co.uk. Designer labels at £15 a kilo. MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER The Gay Men’s Book Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. This month it’s a discussion of Gypsy Boy by Mikey Walsh.

live SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Between The Trees Candleston Campsite, nr Bridgend. £70 weekend (£30 under-18s); £20 Sun 1 Sept

(£5 under-18s); £5 weekend/£1 per day under-5s. Info betweenthetrees.co.uk. Three-day festival (started on Fri 30 Aug, finishes today) of wholesome indie/folk/pop music plus natural science and art-based events including film screenings. Today features live music from Luke Jackson Trio, Toby Hay, The Trials Of Cato, The Black Feathers, Aled Rheon, Eve Goodman and Bella Collins & Gareth Evans. Claire Victoria Duo Jazz Lounge, Kings Head, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig, one of three today (plus a workshop) on its final day. Dog Chocolate + Boxcat The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Headliners are on the Upset The Rhythm label and play postpunk I guess you’d call it. Floorboards + These Five Years + Wishing Wolf + Northshore Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £5/£3 adv. Info sam@lepub. co.uk. uFrankie Wesson Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 8pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month. Hot Club Swing Café Jazz, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £3-£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Monthly gypsy jazz jam night. Judge Smith & Dave Brakeman Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 029 2030 4400. The Wyrd Wonder presents a duo who feature Van Der Graaf Generator founding member Smith. King Yellowman & The Sagittarius Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 07590 471888. Jamaican reggae icon. Not sure when he added ‘King’ to his name. Loud Applause Rising Stars + Crescendo + Melodynamic The Orangery, Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 2-5.30pm, £15/£10 under-18s. Info 01639 881635. National Youth Choir Of Wales Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 4pm, £5-£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Open Mic with Dave Kenwrick The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Paul Dark Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Ragsy National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 1.15pm, free. Info 01558 667149. Renewal Choir Melville Centre, Abergavenny. 4.15pm, £15. Info blackmountainjazz. co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig. Roosevelt Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. uSteve Tarner Jazz Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 2pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Every Sunday this month. Tango Jazz Melville Centre,

Abergavenny. 2pm, £15. Info blackmountainjazz.co.uk. Wall2wall Jazz Festival gig. The Great Unknown The Windsor, Penarth. 9pm, free. Info 029 2070 8675. The Proclaimers Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £36.50 adv. Info 01792 475715. MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER Elaina Hoss Quartet Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Playing the jazz night which is here every Monday. Unlimited Voices Choir National Botanic Garden Of Wales, Llanarthne, Carmarthenshire. 10am-1pm, free. Info 01558 667149. TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER 3hattrio Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm. Info 01646 687635. Folk. Acoustic Tuesday The Apothecary, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6. Info 029 2030 4400. Regular event led by pioneering local musicians and singers. New venue, moved from its long-term one in Riverside to this wee cafe in Canton. Best Of That’ll Be The Day Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27.50/£24.50. Info 01792 475715. “Prepare for a nostalgia extravaganza.” Oh I will. Bruno Heinen Trio Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. India Electric Co Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £12/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. UK folk duo. uOpen Jam Session NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Presented by Pi & Hash, every Tuesday this month. uOpen Mic Night Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Every Tuesday. Ron King’s Rhythm Aces Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER Afternoon In Paris The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night. Bella Collins Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Donnie Joe’s American Swing Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info feelgoodmusicorg@gmail. com. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man. Frazer/McIntosh Band Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Jazz. Josie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Michael Blachfield Trio The Riverfront, Newport. 2pm, £6. Info 01633 656757. Playing a Concerts And Cakes afternoon show here. Noson Jazz Clwb Y Bont,

Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly jazz club night. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. With a different guest host every week this month; tonight’s is Christian Punter. Skunk Anansie Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £27.50. Info 029 2078 1458. See last month’s issue of Buzz for an interview with Skin from Skunk Anansie. Steve Price Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig, on every Wednesday. The Root Doctors Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Under The Driftwood Tree The Big Top, Cardiff. 8pm, £8/£5 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. First gig in several years for this ‘mellow’ Cardiff folk-rock band. THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER Bryony Sier + Christina Thatcher Gentileza, Cardiff. 6-9pm, free (donations welcomed). Info gentilezacdf@ gmail.com. A singer-songwriter and poet respectively. Christopher Howe The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Cynefin The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2048 3344. Welsh folk act. Demonic Resurrection + Sodomized Cadaver The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. Indian metal band headline. uDennis Duffin Café Jazz, Cardiff. 1-2.30pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Canadian jazz guitarist, on tomorrow also. Emily Hinshelwood & Delyth Jenkins Mission Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 652016. Album launch gig for this duo, a poet and a Celtic harpist respectively. Jane’s Calamity Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Monthly singalong around the piano. Jodie Duncan & Pablo Lafuente Cuffern Manor, Roch, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01437 710071. Folk duo. John Kirkpatrick Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. UK folk singer. Kathy Davies Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info 029 2038 7026. Ocean Mic Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@ gmx.co.uk. Monthly open mic night with a different host each month – for September it’s Six Sided Men. uOpen Mic Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 7.30pm, free. Info 07818 056599. Every Thursday this month. Rats + Just Drive + Tracy Island + Wynt The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£6 adv. Info info@

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themooncardiff.com. Presented by This Feeling. Sasami Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. LA-based musical polymath headlines. According to someone from her label she is also very funny. Some Guys Have All The Luck – The Rod Stewart Story St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26.50/£24.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show. Susanna Warren Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. Taking Care Of Elvis Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27/£25. Info 01792 475715. ETA courtesy of Ben Portsmouth. The Rocket Man Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £23. Info 0300 3656677. Elton John tribute FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 9xDead + Rapture’s End + Urfe McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Acoustic Sinners The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Ar Ol Tri Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 8-9.30pm, £15 adv. Info 01239 841387. Cardigan choir perform with tenor Ceri Davies, for whom this concert is a benefit to help finance studying. Aubrey Parsons Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Dactyl Terra + Surreal Kinnock The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Duncan Chisholm Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. Scottish folkie, did the music for Good Will Hunting. Ed Force One The Lion, Chepstow. 8pm, free. Info 01291 630886. Iron Maiden tribute band. Fallen Temples Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01495 243252. uGower Bluegrass Festival Gower Heritage Centre, Swansea. 11am, £30/£27 (weekend); £7/£6 (Fri, Sat daytime or Sun); £12/£10 (Sat evening); £20/£17 (Sat all day). Info 01792 371206. Featuring, over three days (schedule TBC): The Often Herd, Alden, Patterson & Dashwood, Blossom Hill, One Tree Hillbillies, North Drive, Bow Legged Skeeter, Whitefern Mountain String Band, Outlaw Sisters, The Moretons, Western Edge, Jack Dawgs, Gwynnnie & The Old Mumblers and Brandywine Cloggers. (Until Sun 8) Heriot + Grief Ritual + Voidcaller Le Public Space, Newport. 7pm, £7. Info sam@ lepub.co.uk. Metal. Honest Thieves + Dangers Of Love + High Praise + Live, Do Nothing + Dear Anyone Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2039 9557. DIY Cardiff with a gig of pop-punk and indie; headliners are launching a 7” and you get a free copy on the door so that’s proper VFM. Jess Gillam Holy Cross

Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Opening concert of this year’s Cowbridge Music Festival, which runs until Sat 21; you can read more in Music and get more detail at cowbridgemusicfestival.co.uk. John James The Angel Hotel, Llandeilo. 7.30pm. Info info@llandeiloacoustic.com. A Llandeilo Acoustic Club night. Mitch & The Millipedes Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01685 879491. Adam Ant tribute band. Monkjack Cwmcarn Hotel, Monmouthshire. 9pm, free. Info 01495 270239. Motel Thieves + Carolines + Feed Me Milk + Finding Aurora Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig featuring local bands. Off The Record Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Open Night Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 8pm, £3. Info 01792 425231. A Valley Folk Club night. OrganFest 2019: Gerard Brooks Eglwys Dewi Sant, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8444. Opening event of OrganFest, which takes place at various locations until Sun 8 and presented by St David’s Hall. Paul Ashton City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Paul Potts Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £33. Info 01639 763214. A couple of nights ago, in my friend’s car, I sang “Paul Potts” over the “Pol Pot” refrain on Holiday In Cambodia by the Dead Kennedys. An old joke? Maybe, but it never feels old. Punchline Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Sodomized Cadaver + Democratus + Ablated + Sepulchre + Cerebral Atrophy Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 6pm, £6.66 adv. Info 07970 063107. Extreme metal bands. Can I suggest charging £6.67 on the door for truly unbeatable banter. String Theory + Vanilla + Tundra + Fire Fences Creature Sound, Swansea. 7pm, £3/£2 adv. Info 01792 301178. The Bay Rum Hounds Butterfly Collector, Barry. 8pm, free. Info 07542 673794. The Fugitives Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues. The Marley Experience The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. Bob Marley tribute. The Monmouth Band with Wynne Evans Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01600 772467. The Rolling Stones Story Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £24.50. Info 01792 475715. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show The Queens Hall, Narberth. 7pm, £20/£18. Info 01834 861212. Covers. Ultimate Eagles St David’s

JUST ANNOUNCED FOR OCTOBER: SWIM DEEP (The Globe, Cardiff, Sun 6) THE ICICLE WORKS (The Globe, Fri 11) PEGGY SUE (Clwb Ifor Bach,Cardiff, Fri 11) RAGING SPEEDHORN (Le Public Space, Newport, Sat 19) YOUNGBLOOD BRASS BAND (Clwb Ifor Bach, Wed 23) SOFT MACHINE (Earl Haig BUZZ 70

Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £26.95. Info 029 2087 8444. “Not a tribute band, these are real musicians with real talent” – Daily Mail. Countercultural media publication Buzz is here to tell you that they are in fact a tribute band. Warwound + Drunken Marksman + Social Experiment + State Of Decay Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01443 491424. Punk and hardcore bands. Headliners were a little known 80s group who reformed a while back with members of The Varukers and Stampin’ Ground. Opening two bands on this bill are in Neath tomorrow. Wonk Unit + Nigel + System Reset The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Punk bands. SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 4th Annual Mod & Ska Festival Tramshed, Cardiff. 5pm, £21 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Featuring The Ska 45s, The Brightoners, Future Sailors, Ska Monkeys and Gingerino’s Boss Sounds. BigFoot + Ravenbreed + Foreigner’s Son + Tribeless Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Hard rock bill, the headliners touring for the last time. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Mount Pleasant Community Hall, Pontnewydd. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01633 770255. In Pontyclun on Sat 14; Chepstow on Sat 21. Blondie And Ska Tribute Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £4.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Borders + We Struck Gold + Water Chemistry + Throwing Knives + That Which Ate The Moon Le Public Space, Newport. 7.3010.30pm, £6 adv. Info sam@ lepub.co.uk. Boxcat The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Claire Taylor Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Darkside De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 8pm, £15. Info 01834 218228. Pink Floyd tribute Gimme Abba The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tribute band. Guilty Pleasure Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Higher-On Maiden Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Iron Maiden tribute band. Hot Club Gallois The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12. Info 029 2048 3344. Gypsy jazz. Hot Red Chili Peppers The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£8 adv. Info 01685 387925. Tribute band. Hullabaloo Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 243252. Muse tribute. John Verity Band Cwmbran RFC, Pontnewydd, Cwmbran. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01633 483238. Borough Blues Club

gig with a former guitarist in Argent. uJon Crespo Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Funk and Latin tunes, every Saturday this month. Konketsu The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Llyr Williams Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital. Maddie & The Pandas Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@porterscardiff.com. Matt Blumberg The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440. Nathan Carter Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7pm, £31. Info 0845 2263510. New Irish pop favourite, going to confidently state he’s big with the mammies without actually looking it up. Nova The Crows Nest, Llanyravon, Cwmbran. 9pm, free. Info 01633 864380. OrganFest 2019: David Briggs Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15. Info 029 2087 8444. OrganFest 2019: Gerard Brooks St John The Baptist Church, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £7. Info 029 2087 8444. OrganFest 2019: Mr Majeika And The Magic Organ St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 11am, £5-£10. Info 029 2087 8444. Out Of The Black McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Owain Whatley The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Acoustic session in the pizza joint under the Admiral building. Pure Purple The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 01495 213300. Deep Purple tribute. Rain Kings Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. State Of Decay + Social Experiment + Positive Reaction The Duke, Neath. 7pm, free. Info 0300 3656677. Stonehouse Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2062 6015. Tattsyrup Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm, £5. Info 01443 491424. Ska and reggae classics. The Doors Alive Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Tribute band. The Manfreds Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £24/£23. Info 01656 815995. Trio Durand Millet Raillard St Fagans Village Hall. 7.30pm, £8/£6/£4 kids/ free under-12s. Info 029 2023 2970. A Pentreffest Noz folk night. In Cardigan tomorrow. Ultimate Classic Rock Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £106/314. Info 01633 868239. Covers. White Riot + The Pitchforks + All Dead All Dead + Clwb Fuzz Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £3 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hometown Shows gig.

SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER Ernie Halter Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £13. Info 029 2089 0862. Singersongwriter with a soulpatch on his chin and soul influences in his bio. Main claim to fame is that Justin ‘Beiber Fever’ Beiber covered one of his songs. uFolk Music & Song Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Every second and fourth Sunday of the month (also on Sun 29 in September), with an extra acoustic session on the third Sunday (Sun 15) too. Gaz Whelan Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 879491. Drummer of Happy Mondays plays an acoustic set. Dunno if that means he’s on the bongos or what. Also features a DJ set from Gareth Hopkins. Jamie Grey Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Remembering Glen Campbell Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £22/£20. Info 01874 611622. Tribute show. Royal Scam Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Steely Dan tribute The Remi Harris Duo Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance. Trio Durand Millet Raillard Cellar Bar, Cardigan. 8pm. Info 07818 056599. MONDAY 9 SEPTEMBER Al Moses + Rainbow Maniac + Young Garbo The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info 07590 471888. Presented by This Feeling. *Brotzmann/Leigh + Halftone Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12. Info 029 2030 4400. Great booking (in conjunction with Nawr)! Peter Brotzmann is a Dutch free jazz beast and Heather Leigh is a noodly psych type from the USA, and they’ve been playing together for a few years now. Gimme Some Lovin’ Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Nine-piece soul cover band. Groucho Club Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER Jeffrey Howard St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 1pm, £5-£7. Info 029 2087 8444. Organ recital. Martin Simpson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £5-£17. Info 029 2087 8444. UK folk-rocker plays a Roots Unearthed gig. Open Mic Penarth Pier Pavilion. 7-10.30pm, free. Info 029 2071 2100. Rob Luft & Dave O’Higgins Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Jazz. The Keith Little Quartet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS.

BRÖTZMANN & LEIGH Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, Mon 9 Sept Tickets: £15/£12. Info: 029 2030 4400 / www.chapter.org Two consistently fascinating and significant names in avant-garde music, having blazed more than respectable trails of their own, have latterly joined forces with aurally jarring, perma-atmospheric results. Peter Brötzmann is a German jazz saxophonist blessed with almost superhuman lung power and an unbending enthusiasm for making a punishing din – he’s now in his late 70s, with over 50 years of recordings in his locker. Heather Leigh, an American relocated to Glasgow, has done weird and beautiful things at the droning fringes of folk music since the early 00s. As a duo, they’re decidedly yin/yang, Brötzmann’s squealingpig free jazz tone curdling with Leigh’s atmospheric work on her pedal steel guitar – but the results are scorching, and seeing it enacted live (both debuting in Cardiff, courtesy of promoters Nawr) is a privilege. Info 029 2038 7026. Young Artists’ Recital Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital with Angharad Lyddon (mezzosoprano) and Trystan Llyr Griffiths (tenor). WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER Atsuko Shimada with The Greg Sterland Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night. Danbert Nobacon & Kira Wood Cramer + Tracey Curtis Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk. Nobacon, if that is his real name (it isn’t), used to be in Chumbawamba and now lives in the States, where he met Cramer. Jazz Supper I Cellars Restaurant, The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event with music by the Caley Groves Duo; price includes food.. Los Pacaminos Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25. Info 029 2062 6015. Global Promotions present the Tex-Mex styled project of 80s pop star Paul Young. In Abergavenny on Sat 14. Mark Porter, Paul Sawtell & Rhythm Group Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig. Naomi Rae + Asha Jane + Alice Meixner Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Presented by The Forte Project. Noson Werin Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 7.30pm. Info 01443 491424. Monthly folk night. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029

2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Sophie Crabtree. Peach Fur + PsySo The Big Top, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £5. Info 029 2022 8883. Pete Murray Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Australian singersongwriter. More popular there than here I guess. uThe Bay Rum Hounds Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Also on Wed 25. The Lonesome Ace String Band Burnett’s Hill Chapel, Martletwy, Pembrokeshire. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01646 651725. Canadian old timey music. In Hay tomorrow; Abergavenny on Fri 19. You Win Again Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 01495 227206. Bee Gees tribute. THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Afro Celt Sound System Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Danceable world music kind of thing. Beach Boyz Tribute Band Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 01656 815995. Jersey Beats Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £22/£21. Info 01633 868239. Frankie Valli tribute. Rebecca Evans & Friends National Museum Cardiff. 7.15pm, £15-£18. Info 029 2039 7951. Welsh soprano accompanied by harpist Catrin Finch and pianist Michael Pollack. Songwriters Network Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. 8-11.30pm, £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk. Meetup and jam type night, every second Thursday of the month. Tallies + Red Telephone The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7/£5.50 adv. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. The Aronowitz Piano Trio

Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital. The Bay Rum Hounds Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here. The Blue Touchpaper Tapes Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Performing a Coltrane set. The Lonesome Ace String Band The Globe At Hay, HayOn-Wye. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01497 821762. The Mersey Beatles Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01446 738622. Tribute band. Tobias Robertson The Stable, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 1721. Jazz and soul covers, every second thursday of the month until December. FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 101% Pantera Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Tribute band. In Swansea on Sat 21. Beatles For Sale + Another Abba + Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Portland House, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £750 for a table of 10. Info 07920 063721. Tribute act night in aid of the Forget Me Not Chorus. I assume there must be another ticket option than the one given above but I can’t find it. Bernie Marsden + The Kris Barras Band Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Former Whitesnake guitarist headlines. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £16.50. Info 01656 815995. Budapest Cafe Orchestra Cowbridge Town Hall. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446

Club, Cardiff, Wed 30) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR NOVEMBER: BIG BIG TRAIN (The Riverfront, Newport, Fri 1) GOLDIE LOOKIN CHAIN (Tramshed, Sat 2; Sin City, Swansea, Sat 16; Newport Centre, Sat 21 Dec) LITTLE COMETS (The Gate, Cardiff, Sat 2) BEAR’S DEN (Tramshed, Cardiff, Tue 5) BUZZ 71

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Green Man!

Glanusk Park Estate, Brecon Beacons, Thurs 15-Sun 18 Aug

Another four-day epic at the UK’s eminent folk-indie-and-more festival – and Wales’ biggest music festival full stop – and another visit from Buzz. A sold-out Green Man saw 20,000 punters glooping through the mud, soaking up the sun and in many (about 19,999) cases, being snapped by our photographer Morgan Devine... like so.

LOYLE CARNER (Cardiff University Students Union, Tue 5) GERRY CINNAMON + THE CORAL (Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Sat 9) JACK SAVORETTI (Cardiff University, Sat 9) BUCKCHERRY (Tramshed, Sun 10) LIAM GALLAGHER + SLOWTHAI (Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Mon 11) NEW MODEL ARMY BUZZ 72

773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance. Dead Memory McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 9pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Thunder tribute band, in Swansea tomorrow. Defeatist + Homeland + Amorla Tiny Rebel, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info 029 2039 9557. ESP City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Fortunate Sons Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. R&B. Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Geraint Lovgreen A’r Enw Da Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh language rock veteran. Green Haze The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £6 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar.co.uk. Green Day tribute. Hana2k + Hvnter + Dead Method The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Kearney’s Jig + Tie Fighter Pilot + Second In Line + Fatal Blow The Dolls House, Abertillery. 7pm, £5. Info 01495 213300. Punk bands. Last Great Dreamers + Trep + Excursia The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8pm, £8 adv. Info gigs@thedragonffli. com. Leggy + Personal Best Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Punky powerpop stuff from the US and UK respectively. Leggy played this venue a few years back and will no doubt be holding out for a repeat of that evening. Pixies + The Big Moon Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £39.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Alternative rock sorts return to this venue after a few years. I reviewed the one before it and different people I know literally said it was the best gig they’d ever been to, and the worst. Both very weird opinions if you ask me! Rain Kings The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Spouky Kids + Korn Again + Stiff Bizkit The Globe, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £14 adv. Info 07590 471888. Tributes to Marilyn Manson, Korn and Limp Bizkit. Stanley Strong Ty Newydd, Barry. 9pm, free. Info 01446 407767. Talon Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £24.50/£23.50. Info 01874 611622. Eagles tribute. The Skiptones Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. What’s Love Got To Do With It? St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25-£30. Info 029 2087 8444. Tina Turner tribute show. SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER AC/DC UK Ebbw Vale Institute. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01495 708022. Tribute band.

Backbeat Soundsystem Newport Memorial Hall, Pembrokeshire. 8pm, £11-£15. Info 01834 869323. Live reggae act presented by Span Arts. BBC Proms In the Park Singleton Park, Swansea. 7pm, £18 adv/£8 under-17s/£5 under-13s/free under-4s. Info 01792 637300. Film and TV favourites, classical pieces and traditional Welsh songs performed by the BBC National Orchestra & Chorus Of Wales, plus special guests ABC (as in the pop group), Andrei Kymach and Xhosa Cole. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band Pontyclun RFC. 7.30pm, £14 adv. Info info@ globalpromotionscardiff.com. Brother Ray Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Darlhouse Family + Kiddus Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Live band show from local beatheads DHF. Also features a DJ set by Esther. Dead Memory + Ortario + Static Fires + Harbour Way + The Dirty Flamingos Hangar 18, Swansea. 7.30pm, £5 adv. Info enquiries@ hangar18musicvenue.co.uk. Headliners are described here as “Entertainment Rock from Germany”. Fiddle Festival Of Wales 2019 Ocean Arts Cardiff, Cardiff Bay. £5/£3. Info oceanartscardiff@gmx.co.uk. Featuring workshops, competitions and an evening concert. Full Dark No Stars The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Glossolalia M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2047 3373. Live performance meshing spoken word, mysticism and music, from Max Unity & Lou Noble plus DJ Mylo & Andy Bongo. Raising awareness for CAMFED, a charity supporting female education in Africa. Hideaway Trio The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. HurleyFest IV Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info 029 2062 6015. Charity gig in aid of MDNA and The Stroke Association, featuring Grounded, Huw James, Bryn Chapman, Rhys Davis & The Liberators, The Bakestones and John Nicholas. Jack Perrett The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 11.30pm, £4 adv. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. Newport ladrocker. That does seem a very late start time but it’s what the Facebook page says. Jazz Supper II The Ballroom, The Bear Hotel, Cowbridge. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event with music by the Tom Berge Trio; price includes food.. Karmen Field + Downard + Livin’ Cheap NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Last Tree Squad + TUF Kingdom The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 8pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01743 860246. Los Pacaminos Priory

Centre, St Mary’s, Abergavenny. 7pm, £20 adv. Info contact@ woodfiredsummit.com. Presented by Woodfired Summit. Marged Hall And Anne Denholm Cowbridge Library. 5pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event. Martyrials The Duke, Neath. 7pm. Info 0300 3656677. Glam/ synthpunk band from Bristol. Mentallica + Flew Fighters Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £10 adv. Info 01685 879491. Two tribute bands. Mugwumps The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info 01792 654366. Charity gig in aid of the Anthony Nolan Trust. News From Nowhere + King Of Despair + Rhys Underdown Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info www. elysiumgallery.com. Porthcawl Male Choir Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £15. Info 01656 815995. *Rainbow Grave + Shishu + This Is Wreckage + Ordeal By Roses The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Cosmic Carnage and Lesson No.1 present some full-scale earslaughter of the (in order of appearance) sludgepunk, hardcore, noiserock, power electronics type. Headliners feature Napalm Death founder member Nik Bullen. Rammlied Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 8pm, £8 adv. Info 07970 063107. Rammstein tribute band. Simply Jackson The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £10 adv. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Skacasm Rhondda Hotel, Porth. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 01443 682388. Ska tribute band. Skinflint McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648. Stanley Strong Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. The Bellagio Boys The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440. The Christians Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. Eighties pop outfit. Played here on the second Saturday of last September too, maybe they just have an identical tour schedule each year. Anyway this is sold out. The Gallerys Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2023 2199. Kent indie band. Misspelling of name their own. The Greatest Hits Of Motown Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £28. Info 01792 475715. Tribute show. The Hotknives + Tootinskamoon Cathays Sports & Social Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £15/£12 adv. Info 029 2022 0906. Ska bands plus guest DJ Matthew Morgan. The James Taylor Quartet Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £14/£12. Info 01792 602060. The Navarones Riverside Sports Bar & Kitchen, Newport. 8.30pm. Info 01633

439166. The Total Stone Roses + Oaysis Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01792 468892. Mancunian monkey walk ladrockin’ tribute band... then another. UK Foo Fighters Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. Tribute band. Young Musicians Of South Wales Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 11am, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event. SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER Acoustic Session Arvon Ale House, Llandrindod Wells. 4pm. Info 07477 627267. Gypsyfingers Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Folky triphop type band featuring Mike Oldfield’s son Luke. I would have expected Mike to give his kids some wacky celeb names but seemingly not. Jack Mac Quintet Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £5. Info 029 2038 7026. Jazz Brunch Oscars, Cowbridge. 11am, £20 adv. Info 01446 774814. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event; price includes food. Jimmy Mac’s Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Magical Music Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm, £15. Info 01656 815995. An evening in support of the RNLI, presented by Styeve Spears and featuring the Dave Hughes Orchestra & Singers Mallory Knox + Just Drive Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 2199. Pop-punk outfit, graced with a four-star review in the last issue of Buzz, headline. P90 Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Syrian Dreams Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £15 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance featuring qanun player Maya Youssef. MONDAY 16 SEPTEMBER Saxes 4 You Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. The Chesterfields + Arrest! Charlie Tipper Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10/£8 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk. Indiepop presented by Cheap Sweaty Fun and also featuring DJ Tim Hall The Pale White Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. In Swansea tomorrow. TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Burum Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard. com. Welsh folky jazzers with a set of new music called The Merthyr Blues. Hozier St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £37.50/£32. Info 029 2087 8444. Irish soul-pop bloke who had that really annoying single a while ago, you know the one. Mavis Staples is on his new album. King’s X + Trope

Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50 adv. Info 029 2023 5555. American proggy hard rock band who come to promience in the 80s headline. They got called Christian rock but don’t reckon they are themselves. Preservation Rhythm Kings Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. The Pale White Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01792 468892. The Velveteers + Excellent Skeleton + Livin’ Cheap The Moon, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Thingunijigs Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 7pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Twmpath. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event. WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER Andy Collins Open Mic Night Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Camp Cope + Witching Waves Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Punky alt stuff from Australia, plus Witching Waves who are playing Cardiff in a few days (as I write). Colum Sands Pontyclun Institute Athletic Club. 7.30pm, £8/£5 members. Info 01443 226892. A Llantrisant Folk Club night. Concerts And Cakes Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 1pm, £4.50. Info 0300 0040444. Esben Tjalve Sextet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www.thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Easy Street Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2038 7026. Hello Again Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01792 475715. Neil Diamond tribute show. Jeff Hooper & Capital City Jazz Orchestra Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info malc@dancebands.plus. com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig. Keith Little Quartet feat. Jane Williams Ex-Servicemen’s Club, Penarth. 7.30pm, £5/£4.40 adv. Info feelgoodmusicorg@gmail. com. Also featuring swing DJ The Medicine Man. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Alcie Bella. Soul Kinda Wonderful The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01633 656757. Drifters tribute band. Tenebrae Consort Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival performance. Victoria Clewin with The Dave Cottle Trio The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night. THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER Childcare Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Codewalkers Acapela,

Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, free. Info 029 2089 0862. Playing as part of Pizza Night here. Gareth Hall Trio Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £6/£5. Info 029 2038 7026. Harry Potter And The Philosopher’s Stone In concert St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £32.50-£88. Info 029 2087 8444. With the Czech National Symphony Orchestra. I Fight Lions + The Decoy Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £5. Info sam@ lepub.co.uk. JCM – In Memory Of Jon Hiseman Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Hiseman, who drummed in several UK blues-rock, jazz-rock and jazz bands, founded this trio before dying last year, but the other two members are carrying it on which is, quite literally, what he would have wanted. Keith James Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01646 695267. Performing his Cat Stevens tribute set. Lagerstein + Footprints In The Custard Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Pirate metal bands. In Swansea on Tue 24. Manchester Collective Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2039 1391. Performing a set titled Sirocco. Moonshine Boulevard Plas Hyfryd Hotel, Narberth. 8pm, £5-£11. Info 01834 869323. Spanjazz night. MTXS + Bleach + Msry + Profiler + Fangs + Deadweight The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £5. Info info@ bunkhousebar.co.uk. Hardcore and metal. On The Shores Of The Danube Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £13 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital featuring great classical pieces composed in Vienna. Robin Laing Crindau Constitutional Club, Newport. 8pm, £8/£5. Info 01633 858636. A Lyceum Folk Club night. Siobhan McCrudden Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 8pm, free. Info 01656 815995. FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER Allan Yn Y Fan Rhys Pritchard Hall, Llandovery. 7.30pm, £10/£5 under-17s. Info 01550 720232. A Llandovery Folk Dancing night. uAmserJazzTime Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Weekly jazz sessions in the foyer, every Friday until 6 Dec. Andrew McKay & Carole Etherton Glais Rugby Football Club, nr Clydach, Swansea. 7.30pm, £7. Info 01792 425231. Valley Folk Club night. uAn Evening Of Queen Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 6-9.30pm, £29.50/£26. Info 0333 6663366. Tribute show with West End stars. On tomorrow also but both dates sold out. Bandaoke Porter’s, Cardiff.

(Tramshed, Sun 17) FREYA RIDINGS (St David’s Hall, Wed 20) THE JOY FORMIDABLE (Tramshed, Sat 23) AIRBOURNE (Cardiff University, Sun 24) JUST ANNOUNCED FOR DECEMBER: BLANCK MASS (Clwb Ifor Bach, Tue 3) SKID ROW (Tramshed, Wed 4) DEVIN TOWNSEND (Cardiff University, BUZZ 73

* – recommended 8pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. “Sing with a fully rehearsed band and become the Popstar you always dreamed of being.” Bon Giovi Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £15. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band. Calypso The Duke Of Wellington, Cowbridge. 9.30pm, free. Info 01446 773592. Celebrating Clara Holy Cross Church, Cowbridge. 7.30pm, £13 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival recital of work by Clara and Robert Schumann plus Brahms. Claire Taylor City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Creedence Clearwater Review Town Hall, Maesteg. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01656 815995. Tribute band. Dansette Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Classic soul. Ensemblebash Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. Percussion quartet. Hello Again: The Story Of Neil Diamond St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £26/£23.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Tribute show. Keith James The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £10. Info 01497 821762. Performing his Nick Drake tribute set Neptune’s Daughter The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, free. Info gigs@thedragonffli. com. Oddly named open mic night. Pizzatramp + Hold Tight + Nigel + Youthanasia The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, pay by donation. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Fundraiser gig for this venue. Plastic Mermaids Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £9. Info 029 2023 2199. Rumney Folk Club St Augustine’s Church, Rumney, Cardiff. 7.45pm. Info derek@ rumneyfolkclub.co.uk. Monthly session with regular and guest performers. The Caspiens + Sweet Ignitions + Stay Voiceless + Greenmailer Abergavenny Labour Hall. 7pm, £5. Info 01873 853291. The Crazy Kats Brass Ensemble Carnegie House, Bridgend. 8pm, £8. Info 01656 815757. The Lonesome Ace String Band Art Shop & Chapel, Abergavenny. 8-10pm, £14 adv. Info 01873 852960. The Lurkers + Tenplusone + Addiction Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £13/£10 adv. Info 07970 063107. UK punk veterans headline. uThe Penallt Folk Festival The Inn At Penallt, Monmouth. 5pm, £30 weekend/£40 with camping/£15 per day. Info 01600 772765. Inaugural festival here, on for three days. Schedule like so. Today: Pwca, Don’t Tell Johnny, The Fiery Celtic Trio Burn The Fiddle and a late Bar Session. Sat 21: Morning Session, The Widders Boarder Dance Troop, Snow On The

Mountain, Who’s Hands Are These, Mice In A Match Box, Double Measure, Rohan, Pretty In Pink and Bar Sessions run by Daniel B James and Donald Stewart, plus Black Beards Tea Party headlining. Sun 22: Drum Workshop by Dave Boston of Black Beards Tea Party (£10 for ticket holders/£12 others), then Katie And Felix, Those Whiskey River Boys and a ‘survivors session’ in the bar. (Until Sun 22) The Trials Of Cato Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Folk trio who sometimes sing in Welsh but who formed in Beirut. The Ultimate Classic Rock Show Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7pm, £16/£14. Info 01639 763214. uThe Welsh Rockabilly Fair Hi Tide Inn, Porthcawl. £87.50 weekend/£43.75 under16s. Info info@ welshrockabilly.co.uk. This might be sold out by the time you read this but either way there’s a bunch of bands plus DJs, a fairground and a place to camp (this needs to be booked ahead though). Bands: The Hillbillies, Wildfire Willie, The Sureshots, John Lewis, The Hayriders, The Deadshots, The Deville Rebels, The Beefy La Slap Trio, The Bullets, The Retrobates, The Meekats, The Starlight Trio, Saint Dom & The Sinful, The Crawlin’ Kingsnakes, Ashley’s Midnite Blues, Fat ‘N’ Furious and resident DJs. (Until Sun 22) Wish Upon A Star Charity Show Jac’s, Aberdare. 6pm, £5 adv. Info 01685 879491. Featuring James Alexander Walters, January Rees, Angelo Scaccia, Tony Gordon, Rae Goman and Ruby Kelly. SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER 101% Pantera + Boxing Day Rage The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar.co.uk. Afterglow Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £16. Info 029 2089 0862. Genesis tribute band who only do the Phil Collins-era stuff and who explain their reasons for doing so in a vaguely narked, defensive tone. And The Sky Darkened + State Of Deceit + Sepulchre + Good Morning Vietnam + Greywall Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 07970 063107. Anonymous Iconoclasts + The Bakestones + Goodbye Polar Bear + Hannah Hannah NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Bar Stool Preachers Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Pity My Brain present rollicking punk band. I saw them supporting Cock Sparrer, whose singer is by a remarkable coincidence the dad of this band’s singer. Bass12 Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@porterscardiff. com. Big Mac’s Wholly Soul Band The Drill Hall, Chepstow. 7.30pm, £14 adv.

Info 01291 628552. Cadence Three Horse Shoes, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2069 4630. Carnival Of The Animals Cowbridge Comprehensive School. 11am, £10 adv/free kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival family performance. Ceri James Band The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. CJ Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Dessie Magee The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £6 adv. Info 01497 821762. Don’t Stop Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £3.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Fleetwood Mac tribute. Ellis Thomas & Will Duerden St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 2-3.45pm, £8. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo.co.uk. Recital as part of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival, which is in various locations around town until Sat 28. Everyday Heroes The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, £5. Info 01495 247178. Fast Love Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 6.30pm, £28.75. Info 029 2022 4488. George Michael tribute act. Has some of his old band members but it’s still mental to me that this can fill

Memorial Club, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. Stipe Jac’s, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 879491. REM tribute. Supreme Robbie + Absolute Adele De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7pm, £16. Info 01834 218228. Celebrating the first night of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival with tributes to Robbie Williams and Adele. The Anchoress St John The Evangelist Church, Canton, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £14 adv. Info 07960 820645. Presented by Woodfired Summit. The Autumn Killers + Pentire The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £2 adv. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com. The Cravats + The Charlemagnes Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £8 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk. Headliners are an avant-garde punk combo dating from the late 70s. They did a single on Crass Records so are sort of linked with anarcho punk, but not really. Anyway this could be fun! The Great Cowbridge Singalong Cowbridge Town Hall. 2.30-4.30pm, free. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival fringe event. The Magic Of Motown Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm,

A new quarterly music/spoken word night titled Bright Field launches in Hay-On-Wye’s Globe venue on Fri 27 Sept. It’s curated by Jude Rogers and features music by Sam Lee and literature by Richard King. arenas. Fisherman’s Friends St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £35/£27.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Cornish folk crooners who had a movie made about them. Genesis Connected Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01686 614555. Tribute band. Julian Bliss Jazz Septet Cowbridge Comprehensive School. 7.30pm, £17 adv/£1 kids. Info 01446 773824. Cowbridge Music Festival closing performance, a tribute to Benny Goodman. Justin Crowe The Pod, Newport. 9.30pm. Info 01633 535440. Natalie Evans + Bonniesongs + ST Manville + Mantaraybryn The Dojo, Pontcanna, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 07773 348655. Indie-folkish stuff presented by Tone Deaf Creatures. This venue is in Kings Road Yard which houses the Pipes brewery and various independent shops etc. Paul Dark + Acolustic Sinners + Get Ready! Hen & Chickens, Abergavenny. 1.3pm, free. Info 01873 853613. Pearl Jam UK Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18. Info 029 2023 5555. Tribute band. Stavzband Earl Haig

£26/£24.50. Info 0845 2263510. The Switch McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648. *The Volume Forever Alldayer The Moon, Cardiff. 3-11.30pm, free. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. Great lineup presented by Kicked In The Face for FREE! Features Esuna, Live, Do Nothing, Human Heat, Haast’s Eagled, Obey Cobra. Fort, Comfort, Bodyhacker and Onkalo. Going to use this space to recommend you see Comfort who are a brilliant queer synthpunk duo from Glasgow. The Woodsman + The Bitten + Addiction The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Toby Walker West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07561 143114. Roots N All present fingerstyle guitarist. Tredegar Town Band with The Band Of The Welsh Guards Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Twelve Knights The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Valli Boys Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01495 243252. Frankie Valli tribute.

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SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Alcatrazz + The Jokers + Evyltyde Sin City, Swansea. 7pm, £20 adv. Info 01792 468892. Hard rockers fronted by Graham Bonnet headline. BBC NOW: Scenes & Stories Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 3pm, £15/£13.50. Info 01686 614555. Jaume Santonja conducts a programme of Mussorgsky, Grieg and Sibelius. Chapter Four Jazz Quartet Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2030 4400. Jazz in the bar. Chow! Church House, Tenby. 9pm, £10. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival event. *Drab Majesty + SRSO + Private World Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2023 2199. Woozy gothrock band from LA headline. Played the Moon last year and sold the venue out. Slush Puppy present this time. I Have A Voice Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. Choral music from Lleisiau Torfaen Voices. Kongero Rhos Y Gilwen, Pembrokeshire. 7.30-9.45pm, £12 adv. Info 01239 841387. A cappella folk trio from Sweden. No Mean Biscuit Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. *The Ex + Rhodri Davies + Slagheap Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Dutch avantpunks and general inspirations headline. The Gentle Good Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £14. Info 029 2089 0862. Local folk-rocker. The James Oliver Band Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 6-8pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. The New Orleans Hot Potatoes Imperial Hotel, Tenby. 12-3pm, £18. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival concert; price includes a twocourse meal. Tiny Moving Parts + Microwave The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 07590 471888. Pop-punk. Trinity Singers St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 6.30-8.30pm, £14. Info tenbyartsfestival@ yahoo.co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival event. Whitland School Choir & Band St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 2-3.30pm, £6. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival event. MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER Aitch Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 5555. One of the new rappers they have nowadays. Upgraded from the Globe and now sold out here. Ed Rees Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30pm, £3.50. Info 01656 815995. Handyside & Langshaw Noah’s Yard, Swansea. 8pm. Info 01792 447360. Jacuzzi Boys The Moon,

Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£8.50 adv. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Floridian garage punk type band. TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER Alexander Ullman St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 7.309.15pm, £15. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Piano recital; part of this year’s Tenby Arts Festival. Bryony Dunn + Jemma Krysa + Joss Malcolmson The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £4. Info info@themooncardiff. com. Dave Jones Quartet Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 9-11.30pm, £7/£5 NUS. Info www. thefluteandtankard.com. Jazz. Fetty Wap Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £30.50. Info 029 2023 5555. US nu-trap rap fella. Rescheduled from a few months back. Hot Club Cafe Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4.50/£4 members/£2 NUS. Info 029 2038 7026. Jazz Cafe The Gate, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2048 3344. Lagerstein + Footprints In The Custard + Democratus The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £10 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar.co.uk. Royal South Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £13. Info 029 2089 0862. Ppocountry trio from Nashville. Sophie Evans Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £25. Info 029 2087 7959. Songs from the musicals sung by someone who is known for starring in them. In Treorchy on Thurs 26 and Fri 27. WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER An Evening With Lesley Garrett The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £26. Info 01633 656757. Songs and patter from British soprano. Big Nothing + Dangers Of Love Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30-10.30pm, £7 adv. Info sam@lepub.co.uk. Melodic punk shenanigans from Philly and London. Concerts And Cakes Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 1pm, £5. Info 0845 2263510. Dave Jones Quartet The Garage, Swansea. 8.30pm, £12.50. Info 01792 475147. A Swansea Jazzland night. Open Mic Night NosDa, Cardiff. 7.30pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Tonight’s host is Dr Bland’s Bad Batch. Royal Welsh College Symphonic Brass And Percussion Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Sonny Winnebago + Otto + Holiday In The Mind Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@porterscardiff. com. Presented by The Forte Project. Spear Of Destiny Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £18. Info 029 2023 2199. Anniversary tour for their album One Eyed Jacks, a concept work about overly partisan Swansea City supporters.

Thurs 5) TURIN BRAKES (The Globe, Fri 6) SCOUTING FOR GIRLS (Tramshed, Sat 7) THE NATIONAL + JENNY LEWIS (Motorpoint Arena, Sun 9) PETE TONG & THE HERITAGE ORCHESTRA (Motorpoint Arena, Tue 10) THE CHATS (Clwb Ifor Bach, Thurs 12) SAM FENDER (Cardiff University, BUZZ 74

Static-X + Soil + Wednesday 13 + Dope Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Oh, so you like early 2000s second division nu-metal do you? “Eh... maybe a little.” Well here you go, here’s ALL OF IT IN THE WORLD! “Oh no.” Steffan Morris St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 7.30-9.15pm, £15. Info tenbyartsfestival@ yahoo.co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival concert. The Phil Dando Big Band Rogerstone & Bassaleg Social Club, Bassaleg, Newport. 8pm, £10. Info malc@dancebands. plus.com. A South Wales Big Band Society gig. THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER Aled Jones & Russell Watson St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £31.50-£57. Info 029 2087 8444. Two classical singers your gran has heard of join forces Andy Fairweather-Low & The Hi Riders Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £25. Info 01600 772467. Blake Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen. 7.30pm, £23. Info 0845 2263510. Corny crooner boyband do songs from movies/musicals on this tour. Capital City Jazz Orchestra Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Catalan! + Memory Of Elephants + Fort Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £6 adv. Info sam@lepub. co.uk. Post-rocky type stuff. Headliner is a guy who used to be in Axis Of from Northern Ireland. Côr Meibion Tâf Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £12. Info 029 2089 0862. Celebrating the start of the Rugby World Cup. Ian Poole Quartet The Pear Tree, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2025 2042. Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Folk bloke with jokes brings his amiable NYC strums back to this venue Jive Talkin’ Princess Royal Theatre, Port Talbot. 7.30pm, £21.50. Info 01639 763214. Bee Gees tribute band. uSophie Evans Park & Dare, Treorchy. 7.30pm, £28. Info 0300 0040444. On tomorrow also. Tenby Male Choir St Mary’s Church, Tenby. 8-9.30pm, £15. Info tenbyartsfestival@yahoo. co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival concert. The Dust Coda + Daxx & Roxane Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £11 adv. Info 07970 063107. Hard rock. The Three Degrees Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £25. Info 0300 0040444. The Valli Boys The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £20. Info 01792 654366. Frankie Valli tribute act. Ticket price includes a mixed platter of all kindsa gabagool. FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER Acoustic Sinners Beaufort

Arms, Swansea. 8pm, free. Info 01792 234447. A Foreigner’s Journey The Neon, Newport. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 01633 533666. Tribute act covering both Foreigner and Journey. Andy Fairweather Low & The Hi Riders Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £25 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. BBC NOW: Autumn Afternoon Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 2pm, £5-£20. Info 029 2063 6464. Andrew Gourlay conducts a programme of Debussy, Judith Weir andf Wagner. Carreg Bica Small World Theatre, Cardigan. 8pm, £10 adv. Info 01239 615952. Twmpath dance night. uCwmaman Music Festival Various venues, Cwmaman, nr Aberdare. Free. Info cwmamanmusicfestival. co.uk. Annual rock weekender across various pubs and clubs in this valleys village. Today has three bands – Barely Serious, The Woodsman and Tenplusone – in the Aman Tavern. Saturday and Sunday looks like this. Shepherds Arms: Stephen John, Pete Jagger, Mahouts, Secret Faces, Carolines and Fireroad (Sat); Sunshine Maniac, Heathens, Tun, Angri Kidd, 3MPH and Dr Blands Bad Batch (Sun). The Falcon Inn: Curly & The Gandy Dancers, Hannah, 4 Brothers, Matthew Swords, Louise & The Feathers and Trevor & The Sprouts (Sat); Codi, The Puss Puss Band, Fiddlers Elbow, Gaudy Orde, Mud On The Tyres and Parcel Of Rogues (Sun); Aman Tavern: Brightr, Anonymous Iconoclasts, Shovelface, Common Spit, Feverjaw and Wager (Sat); Lost Twenties, Super Marine, Crystalline, Mitch & The Millipedes and Skacasm (Sun). The Globe Inn: Rob Lear, Dunkie, Haunted By Ghosts, The Real Goners and Taffy Was A Thief (Sat); Silvertip, Thomas Davies, The Lonely Hearts, Jabz, Hang 11 and The Heavy Flames (Sun). Top Club: Matthew John Clark, Hey! Ventura, Tom Auton, The Sam Johnson Band and Jamie Mccardle (Sat). (Until Sun 29) D’Alma Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. uDollfest 6 The Dolls House, Abertillery. £3. Info 01495 213300. Two days of rock, punk and metal. Today: The Bitten, Face Up, Terminal Rage, System Reset and Trigger McPoopshute. Tomorrow: The Midnight Dogs, The Senton Bombs, The Philo Beddoe Band, Psychobabylon, Nunchucker, Who Knows Didley? and Red Light Syndrome. Horn Trios: Brahms & Ligeti Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6 adv. Info 029 2039 1391. Hot Strings Cafe The Brewery, Tenby. 7.30-9.30pm, £15. Info tenbyartsfestival@ yahoo.co.uk. Tenby Arts Festival concert. Jon Boden Theatr Mwldan,

Cardigan. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01239 621200. Former Bellowhead singer. In Builth Wells tomorrow; Cardiff on Sun 29. Los Blancos Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7-10pm, £6.75. Info 029 2023 2199. Welsh language indie band launch new album. Lotus Tribe + Beano Naboo & The Real Keepers Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Two newish south Wales bands, presented hered by Newsoundwales. Mangata The Twelve Knights, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 882381. Organ Recital National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Out Of The Black + Eulogy The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 7pm, £3. Info gigs@thedragonffli.com. Pastel + Getrz The Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £4 adv. Info info@bunkhousebar. co.uk. Penny Arcade Vivian Arms, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 516194. Punchline City Arms, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2064 1913. Rope + Rough Music + Bodyhacker Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Various local noisy rock bands. Rope have just released their second album. Sam Lee + Richard King The Globe At Hay, Hay-OnWye. 7pm, £15 adv. Info 01497 821762. The first in a series of planned events curated by music journo Jude Rogers, featuring folk-rock sort Lee and author King, plus DJ sets from Sproatly Smith and Jus’ Jay plus another live act TBC, I think. Simply Re-Red Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 8pm, £20. Info 01633 868239. Tribute act from “the creators of” Eagles cover band Talon, not sure if this just means the members or some hypothetical shadowy background figures. Slipped Disco Memorial Hall, Newbridge. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01495 243252. Disco tribute band. Son Of Man + Buffalo Summer + The Philo Beddoe Band Patti Pavilion, Swansea. 7pm, £12 adv. Info 01792 475444. Tales In The Shade The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. The Bella Collins Band Café Jazz, Cardiff. 8pm, £4/£3. Info 029 2038 7026. Blues, jazz and soul. The KT Bush Band Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £17.50. Info 029 2089 0862. This is Kate Bush’s band from the late 70s, just before she got signed. They did covers and a few songs that ended up on her first album. The Modulators Black Lion, Llandaff, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2056 7312. The Night Cafe Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £13.50. Info 029 2023 5555. UK indie band of some sort, released an album recently.

Tuulikki Bartosik Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £12. Info 029 2087 7959. Estonian accordionist, performing here with pianist Timo Alakotila. Uburen + Sepulchre + Shadowflag + Black Pyre Creature Sound, Swansea. 7.15pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 301178. Black, death and thrash metal in varying portions, the headliners hailing from Norway. Vistas + Kawala + Chroma Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 5pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. This is a Freshers’ Friday party, and as such you have to be a student to go, although not a Cardiff Uni one necessarily. Grl Tlk DJs also feature. SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER Acoustic Sinners Birchgrove, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2031 1319. Bee Gees Fever Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £18/£16. Info 01633 868239. Tribute band. Black3lvis + When Worlds Collide Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £7. Info 029 2030 4400. EP launch gig for local funk-rock type band. Cara Dillon Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 6pm, £22. Info 029 2089 0862. Children Of The Gravy West End Club, Barry. 7pm, £5 adv. Info 01446 735739. Coltrane Dedication Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth. 7.30pm. Info 01970 633088. Jazz. Fallen The New Crown Inn, Merthyr Tydfil. 9pm, £10/£7 adv. Info 01685 387925. Evanescence tribute band. Fighting With Giants The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Filthy/Gorgeous Porter’s, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. Goodwick Brass Band De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7.3010pm, £18. Info 01834 218228. The final Tenby Arts Festival concert of this year, also featuring the Bella Voce Singers. Helen Ensor Morgan The Mariners, Laugharne. 8.30pm, free. Info 01994 427688. In sister venue Browns tomorrow. Henry Marten’s Ghost Seagull Inn, Porthcawl. 9pm, free.Info 01656 785420. Jim Jones & The Righteous Mind Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Gothy rock’n’roll garage, presented here by Pity My Brain. Jon Boden Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 7.30pm, £20. Info 01982 552555. Kamikazee Millionaires The Patriot, Crumlin. 8pm, free. Info 01495 247178. Kings Of Lyon Jac’s, Aberdare. 7pm, £8 adv. Info 01685 879491. Tribute band. Luca Brasi + Middle Distance The Big Top, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £10 adv. Info 029 2022 8883. First gig in several years for this ‘mellow’ Cardiff folk-rock band. Martin Turner The

Bunkhouse, Swansea. 7pm, £12. Info info@bunkhousebar. co.uk. Wishbone Ash fella. Massa Circles + Twin Siblings The Andrew Buchan, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2021 2509. Two cool experimental acts play as part of an exhibition launch here Nearly Dan The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16 adv. Info 07590 471888. Steely Dan tribute band. Punchline Cockett Inn, Swansea. 9pm, free. Info 01792 588748. Sera Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £6/£4. Info 01443 491424. Six Sided Men + The Ninety One Two Three’s + Rowan Coombes + Molly Ann NosDa, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2037 8866. Stickman + The Rotanas + Cease To See The Sun Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 8pm, £11. Info 0845 2263510. Rock bands presented by Cadno. Thank Abba For The Music The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £24/£23. Info 01633 656757. Tribute show. The Butcher’s Dog Show The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £5/£3 adv. Info 01497 821762. The Imposters McCanns Rock N Ale Bar, Newport. 8pm, free. Info 01633 253648. The Navarones + Gingerinos The Garage, Swansea. 7pm, £6. Info 01792 475147. Ska. The Oasis Experience Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2062 6015. Tribute band. Trep + The 501s + Ortorio + Haemaria The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info info@themooncardiff.com. SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Creed Bratton The Globe, Cardiff. 7pm, £13.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. Actor on the US Office, who plays a character called... Creed Bratton. He was also one of literally dozens of musicians to play in pop-rock band The Grass Roots, and has picked up his musical career post-acting. Helen Ensor Morgan Browns, Laugharne. 3pm, free. Info 01994 427688. Ingrid Fliter Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 11am, £8-£20. Info 029 2039 1391. Piano recital of works by Beethoven and Chopin. Jon Boden Acapela, Pentyrch, Cardiff. 8pm, £20. Info 029 2089 0862. The Fitzwilliam Quartet Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 3.30pm, £15/£7.50 under-25s. Info 01874 611622. Also featuring live painting onstage by ‘music painter’ Maryleen Schiltkamp. Tiger Bay Brawlers Fundraiser The Moon, Cardiff. 6-10pm, pay by donation. Info info@ themooncardiff.com. With acts TBC. Victoria Klewin Melville Theatre, Abergavenny. 7.30pm, £10/£8/£3 NUS. Info 01873 853167. Black Mountain Jazz gig.

Whitchurch Jam Session #119 Earl Haig Memorial Club, Cardiff. 5.30-8.30pm, free. Info 029 2062 6015. MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER Belinda Carlisle + Emergency Tiara St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7pm, £35-£57.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Pop colossus of yore, touring to mark 30 years since her Runaway Horses album. It’s got (We Want) The Same Thing on it which is quite a good song. Also I have no idea who Emergency Tiara are but I really like their name. Brecon Town Band Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 6.30pm, £8.50/£6.50. Info 01874 611622.

stage SUNDAY 1 SEPTEMBER Emma Louise School Of Dance Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 3pm, £10/free under-3s. Info 01656 815995. Summer showcase performance. uFamily Show The Small Space, Barry. 5.30pm, £12.50. Info info@thesmallspace. co.uk. Magic show with kids in mind. uLive Cabaret Market Street Club, Barry. 8.30pm. Info 01446 733863. Every Sunday. Russell Howard Grand Theatre, Swansea. 4 + 7.30pm, £22. Info 01792 475715. This is a ‘testing new material in a smaller than usual venue’ type show. Two of them in fact. Never been to one of these but it strikes me as more appealing than a ‘professional’ Russell Howard show, of which there are two (both sold out) in Cardiff on Mon 23 and Tue 24. Tabby McTat New Theatre, Cardiff. 11am + 2pm, £12-£16. Info 029 2087 8889. The axis of Axel Scheffler and Julia Donaldson comes good again with this stage adaption of a kids’ book about a cat and his guitar-playing human friend. The Wizard Of Oz Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 11am + 2pm, £7/£5. Info 01600 772467. Presented by Savoy Youth Theatre. TUESDAY 3 SEPTEMBER Beefy’s Comedy Club Wolf’s Castle, Llanishen, Cardiff. 8pm. Info 029 2075 4349. In aid of City Hospice and featuring sets from Sarah Bridgeman, Kieran Huotari Francis, Daf Rhys, Sianny Thomas, Sandro Ford, Jade Watkinson and Steffan Evans. Crafty Laughs The Cambrian Tap, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info 029 2064 4952. Standup comedy here on the first Tuesday of each month; lineup currently TBC. uThe Big Bagaga Show Blue Big Top Tent, Pierhead Street, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £5. Info companyish.co.uk. Company-ish and NoFit State

Fri 13) CATS IN SPACE (Patti Pavilion, Swansea, Sat 14) DERMOT KENNEDY (Cardiff University, Sat 14) BURY TOMORROW (Cardiff University, Sun 15) SHED SEVEN + THE TWANG (Cardiff University, Mon 16) ALTER BRIDGE + SHINEDOWN + SEVENDUST (Motorpoint Arena, Fri 20) BUZZ 75

BAFTA CYMRU SEPTEMBER 2019 September is Awards month for BAFTA Cymru, as we gear up to the next British Academy Cymru Awards ceremony on Sun 13 Oct at Cardiff St David’s Hall (have you got your ticket yet? More info on page 61). This will be another very special evening to celebrate the achievements of those working on film games and television productions in Wales, as well as those Welsh individuals working on UK productions.

Events-wise, we’ll be hosting some great opportunities to meet those working in film and television this month. On Mon 2 Sept, at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, we’ll be previewing new S4C drama PiliPala with the producer, writer, director and composer (many of whom are BAFTA winners); on Tue 10 at Yr Egin, Carmarthen, we’ll be going behind the scenes and celebrating the local phenomenon that is Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher. Both events are free to attend. Later in the month, on Sun 29 Sept, we’ll be hosting an audience with Rhys Ifans, especially for younger people interested in roles in the industry as part of the Gwlad festival to celebrate 20 years of Welsh devolution. Not to be missed! If you are working in film, television or games in Wales, or a student interested in joining the industry, you can take a look at the benefits of joining BAFTA Cymru via our website below. Our various membership fees cost less than £15 a month and offer free cinema amongst a range of other benefits. If you are new to Cardiff and starting college or University – croeso! And look out for our team at your fresher’s fair, which will be a chance to ask us questions about what we do and how you can get involved.

Info: www.bafta.org/wales

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present a circus show billed as “a celebration of failure”. Today and tomorrow are preview shows, thereafter tickets will be £12/£8 kids. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 7; 1pm on Sun 8. (Until Sun 8) uThe Full Monty The Met, Abertillery. 7pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 355945. Musical presented by AYDMS. (Until Sat 7) You Will Laugh Le Public Space, Newport. 8pm, pay by donation. Info youwilllaughcomedy@gmail. com. Monthly open mic comedy night with guest acts Beth Jones, Hafren Holbrook, Brendan Common, Alex Perkes and Zach Williams also set to appear. WEDNESDAY 4 SEPTEMBER uGranny Annie The Welfare, Ystradgynlais. 7pm, £8.50/£7.50. Info 01639 843163. Frank Vickery comedy. (Until Fri 6) THURSDAY 5 SEPTEMBER uDuets Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £7.50. Info 01239 621200. Amateur production of a play by Peter Quilter. (Until Sat 7) Romesh Ranganathan Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 8pm, £22. Info 01686 614555. Work in progress type gig. Sold out. Tales Of A Welsh Rarebit Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 7.15pm, £6.50. Info 01792 475715. Stage adaption of a book by Marianne Pettifor. uThe Wedding Singer Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01656 815995. Musical presented by Curtain Up Youth Theatre. On 2.30pm and 7.15pm on Sat 7. (Until Sat 7) uThoroughly Modern Millie Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. Romantic comedy, presented here by Glass Ceiling Theatre. (Until Sat 7) FRIDAY 6 SEPTEMBER Comedy Club Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £12. Info 0845 2263510. With comedians TBC. uDon’t Send Flowers The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10/£7. Info 029 2048 3344. Clock Tower Theatre with a dark comedy about illness and loss. Also on Wed 11. uDrones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 20. How To Be Brave Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.45pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232. Siân Owen’s onewoman play set in Newport. In Llanelli tomorrow. The play, that is, not the setting. uJo Enright + Scott Bennett + Gareth Richards + Tiernan Douieb Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS/£27.95 with food). uJust A Few Words Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. One-man play starring comedian Stammermouth, on the topic of his speech impediment. On tomorrow also.

One Night Only Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7.15pm, £10. Info 01633 868239. Songs from the musicals, in aid of Cancer Research. uResident Magicians The Small Space, Barry. 7.30pm, £20. Info info@thesmallspace. co.uk. Notably small (only 20 seats!) magic-centred Vale venue. Also on Sat 7, Fri 27 and Sat 28 this month. Stifyn Parri Miners Theatre, Ammanford. 7pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. Welsh theatre type with a show based on his life. In Llanelli on Thurs 12. ‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £13/£12 adv. Info 01495 227206. SATURDAY 7 SEPTEMBER An Evening Of Eric And Ern Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £22.50. Info 01874 611622. Morecambe & Wise tribute show. How To Be Brave Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 3pm, £12.50/£10.50. Info 0845 2263510. Supper Clwb: Burlesque Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £30 including food. Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring Neil Kelso, Talulah Blue, FooFooLaBelle and the Molotov Muses. uThe Dreamboys Pulse, Cardiff. 6.30pm, £40/£30. Info 029 2064 1010. Male strippers of renown, on here every Saturday night until the end of November. The Other Jolson Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01792 475715. A comedic play about a jobbing Hollywood actor who lands a major role playing Al Jolson. SUNDAY 8 SEPTEMBER Hey Diddle Diddle Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 11am, £6.50. Info 01656 815995. Small kids’ theatre show. TUESDAY 10 SEPTEMBER uAmerican Nightmare The Other Room at Porter’s, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info info@otherroomtheatre.com. New production by Matthew Bulgo, directed by Sara Lloyd and concerning the dissection of the ‘American dream’. Also the opening play at The Other Room for autumn. Today and tomorrow are preview prices; it’s £8 from Fri 13-Sun 15, £10 from Tue 17-Sun 22 and £12 from Mon 23-Sun 29. On at 3pm and 7.30pm on Sat 14, Thurs 19, Sat 21 and Sat 28. No productions on Thurs 12, Mon 16 or Mon 23. (Until Sun 29) Christina Bianco Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20. Info 029 2064 6900. Celebrity voice impersonator. Didn’t know you still got those. Although Joe Longthorne only died a few days ago (as I write) so this perhaps balances the universe. Fabulous Animal (Draft 1) M.A.D.E. Gallery & Shop, Cardiff. 7pm, pay by donation. Info 029 2047 3373. Work-in-progress performance of a feminist dance piece by Zosia Jo. uLittle Miss Sunshine New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm,

£17-£36. Info 029 2087 8889. See Stage for more on this film-turned-musical. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 12 and Sat 14. £15-£25 at 2.30pm on Thurs 12; £21£38.50 on Fri 13 7.30pm and Sat 14. (Until Sat 14) uOnly Fools: The Cushty Dining Experience Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £46. Info 029 2063 6464. Sitcom-based theatre combined with a threecourse meal. On at 1pm and 7.30pm on Sat 14 and Sun 15. £56 at 7.30pm on Sat 14 and Sun 15. (Until Sun 15) Sam Hickman The Moon, Cardiff. 7pm, £8/£5 adv. Info info@themooncardiff.com. Cardiff-based harpist and singer, whose CD I reviewed a while back and said it was very musical theatre-y, presents a one-woman musical. #naileditagain WEDNESDAY 11 SEPTEMBER uShe Loves Me Paget Rooms, Penarth. 7.30pm, £12 adv. Info 029 2070 0721. Classic musical presented here by Concept Players. (Until Sat 14) To Whom It May Concern Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 1pm, £6.50. Info 01656 815995. Lunchtime theatre presented by Fluellen. THURSDAY 12 SEPTEMBER Andrew O’Neill + Johnny FluffyPunk + Louis Burgess + Clare Ferguson-Walker Theatr Gwaun, Fishguard. 8pm, £10-£14. Info 01348 873421. Comedy night presented by Laughing Dragon. Comedy Club Town Hall, Maesteg. 7.30pm, £5.50. Info 01656 815995. Hosted by Paul James and with three acts TBC. Dillie Keane Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 01874 611622. Cabaret comedy. Don Giovanni Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil. 7.30pm, £3-£10. Info 01685 722176. Mozart’s opera, presented here by Opra Cymru and featuring a youthful cast. Noel James + Sandro Ford The New Neptune, Burry Port. 7-10pm, £10 adv. Info 01554 833137. Comedy night hosted by Full Of Funny, with three more acts TBC and a curry included in the price. uOnly Fools: The Cushty Dining Experience The Orangery, Margam Park, nr Port Talbot. 7pm, £55. Info 01639 881635. Right hold up – this show is also in Cardiff this evening (see Tue 10), meaning the company behind this must have two full casts so they can tour simultaneously and make more money. Ironically quite a Del Boy-esque gambit. Anyway this is on tomorrow also. uSpring Awakening Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.45pm, £15. Info 0845 2263510. Rock musical inspired by a German play from the late 19th century. On at 3.30pm and 7.45pm on Sat 14. (Until Sat 14) Stifyn Parri Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7pm, £12.50. Info 0845 2263510. uThe Crucible Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm,

£12. Info 01600 772467. Arthur Miller’s play, presented here by Off Centre Theatre. (Until Sat 14) FRIDAY 13 SEPTEMBER Billy Pearce Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £18. Info 01633 868239. Comedian. Brainstorm Miners Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £6-£11 adv. Info 01495 227206. Drama based on “the workings of the teenage brain”, presented here by Caerphilly Youth Theatre. uMartin Mór + George Egg + Alfie Brown + Andrew Ryan Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS/£27.95 with food). Tanyalee Davis + Steffan Evans + Gareth Thomas + Paul James The Met, Abertillery. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01495 355945. Comedy night presented (and I’m assukming in aid of) Hospice Of The Valleys. SATURDAY 14 SEPTEMBER Fundraiser Variety Concert Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan. 7.30pm, £12/£8. Info 01239 621200. Fundraiser show benefitting three local charities. Paul Smith St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £20.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Comedian. Ticket sales have been good enough that there’s an extra date in January, it says here. Three Men In A Boat Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 01874 611622. One-man stage show based on the Jerome K Jerome book SUNDAY 15 SEPTEMBER uA Night In The Clink The Clink, Cardiff. 6 + 7.45pm, £20. Info 029 2064 6900. Storytelling event set in Cardiff prison’s restaurant, presented by Sherman Theatre and Papertrail; price includes a tapas menu. Tonight and tomorrow are preview prices, thereafter it’ll be £25. No performances from Thurs 19-Sat 21. (Until Wed 25) Caos At The Cabaret The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £8. Info 01792 654366. Hosted by Cockett Amateur Operatic Society. The Good Old Days Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 5pm, £10. Info 0300 0040444. Music hall-style fundraiser in aid of Friends Of Aberdare Park. Wahala Comedy Clash Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.30pm, £20. Info 0871 4720400. Featuring Kat MTV, Annette Fagon, Kevin J and more. TUESDAY 17 SEPTEMBER Bianca Del Rio Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 7pm, £37.50. Info 029 2022 4488. Stepping up to UK arenas for this tour, which is rather clunkily titled It’s Jester Joke. uBlood Brothers New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £20-£41. Info 029 2087 8889. Musical. Here every year, or seems like it. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Wed 18, Thurs 19 and Sat 21. £15-£32 at 2.30pm on Wed 18 and Thurs

19; £20-£45 on Fri 20 7.30pm and Sat 21. (Until Sat 21) uFawlty Towers Gourmet Night Cabaret Show Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7pm, £45. Info 01686 614555. So you know that Faulty Towers (note spelling) show that appears in these listings most months, which wasn’t approved by the makers of the programme and was sued by John Cleese? Well, he and Connie Booth have approved this one, and get royalties from every performance. The producers Fawdinex (Fawndinex more like) have a proper teacher’s pet message on their website about naughty companies who try and skim off millionaire content creators. Anyway this includes a three-course meal and is on tomorrow also. uLord Arthur Savile’s Crime Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12.50/£8.50. Info 01633 263670. Oscar Wilde story presented here by Newport Playgoers Society. On at 2.30pm (tickets £11) and 7.15pm on Sat 21. (Until Sat 21) uPriscilla Queen Of The Desert Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7pm, £16. Info 0300 3656677. Melyncrythan Musical Theatre Company present a smallerscale production of the big shot musical which is touring the UK at this time apparently. On at 2.15pm and 7pm on sat 21. (Until Sat 21) Theatre AdHoc Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 7pm, £8. Info 01633 868239. New work from local writers Lyndon House and Julia Swain. WEDNESDAY 18 SEPTEMBER Gypsy’s Jaunty Wednesday Duets WOW Bar, Cardiff. 9pm. Info wowbarcardiff.com. Louise Hall & Gavin Sheppard as they entertain you with their amazing vocal talent; Gypsy Divine hosts proceedings. uIolanthe Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £12/£8 under-16s. Info 01600 772467. Gilbert & Sullivan opera, presented here by Monmouth Music Theatre. (Until Fri 20) Jethro Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £20.50. Info 0845 2263510. THURSDAY 19 SEPTEMBER uCaramba’s Revenge Blackwood Little Theatre. 7.30pm, £7.50 adv. Info 01495 355196. Black comedy written by William Norfolk, based around the exploits of some elderly ladies. (Until Sat 21) uCardiff Tapes Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2030 4400. Production based on tape recordings made in 1972, about people’s reactions to a public art installation made by Gareth Evans (see Art listings) and placed in Cardiff city centre. On at 2.30pm and 7.30pm on Sat 21. (Until Sat 21) Dolly Chicken Comedy: Fun At The Flute Flute & Tankard, Cardiff. 7.3010.30pm, £7.50/£6 adv. Info dollychickencomedy@ gmail.com. Featuring Chris Leworthy, Riordan DJ, Rebekah Louise, Esyllt Sears, Ian Allerston and MC Anita

featuring Robert Bowman, presented by Living Pictures and looking at the fitness/ diet industries and the food he consumes. See Stage. In Milford Haven tomorrow and Thurs 26; Llanelli on Tue 1 and Wed 2 Oct.

EYE OF THE STORM Grand Theatre, Swansea, Tue 24-Sat 28 Sept; Riverfront, Newport, Tue 15-Sat 19 Oct; Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Thurs 24-Sat 26 Oct Tickets: £10-£26. Info: 01639 641771 / www.theatr-nanog.co.uk Theatr na nÓg return for another tour of their well received 2017 play Eye Of The Storm, the creation of playwright Geinor Styles and songwriter to the stars Amy Wadge, known for her work with Ed Sheeran. It follows the story of Emmie Price (Rosey Cale), a young girl who’s spent the past five years as a caregiver to her bipolar mother. Desperate to make her name in the field of STEM studying tornadoes, the audience follows Emmie on her journey. The play has it all: live performances of its Americana-inspired soundtrack, family-friendly humour and a powerful message. The play may be set in the Welsh Valleys, but it’s bound to take you on a more expansive emotional journey. Shaw. Jethro De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 6pm, £20. Info 01834 218228. Phil Nichol + Gráinne Maguire + Michael J Dolan + Lou Conran Cardiff Castle. 6.30pm, £12. Info 029 2087 8100. Comedy presrnted by Little Wander and held in the Undercroft here. The Dreamboys Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £20-£30. Info 01792 475715. The Three Musketeers Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 7.30pm, £19/£17. Info 0300 0040444. Comedy presented here by Le Navet Bete. FRIDAY 20 SEPTEMBER uBrydon, Mack And Mitchell Grand Theatre, Swansea. 8pm, £40. Info 01792 475715. Rob, Lee and David. Three dates here, all sold out. In Cardiff from Mon 23-Wed 25, all sold out too. (Until Sun 22) uCarl Hutchinson + Peter Brush + Sarah Keyworth + Steve Shanyaski Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS/£27.95 with food). Ceri Dupree Neath RFC. 7pm, £10. Info 01639 643328. Presented by Big Day Productions. In And Out Of Chekhov’s Shorts Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7.30pm, £812/£10. Info 01874 611622. See Stage for more on these adaptions of works by noted Russian writer, given a kneeslapping ‘thesp humour’ title. In Newport on Thurs 26. uOn Bear Ridge Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7.50-£15. Info 029 2064 6900. See last month’s front cover, and somewhere in this issue too I think, for more on this new National Theatre Wales drama starring Rhys Ifans and

Rakie Ayola. Today until Sun 22 are preview prices; thereafter it’s £10-£20. On at 2pm and 7.30pm on Thurs 3 and Sat 5 Oct. No performances on Sun 22 or Sun 29 Sept. (Until Sat 5 Oct) Thinking Drinkers – Heroes Of Hooch Borough Theatre, Abergavenny. 6pm, £19.50. Info 01873 850805. Educational theatre show looking at how booze has impacted various artists, politicians etc through history. Abergavenny Food Festival-affiliated show; audience members will also get five free drinks, although by free I think they mean built into the ticket price. SATURDAY 21 SEPTEMBER uCarmen Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £14-£50. Info 029 2063 6464. Welsh National Opera’s production of Bizet’s opera. On tomorrow also, plus Sun 6 Oct (at 4pm) and Thurs 10 Oct. Mike Doyle The Hyst, Swansea. 7pm, £30. Info 01792 654366. In fact, ‘An Intimate Evening With’ Mike Doyle, which is why tickets are twice as much as normal to see Mike I daresay. Supper Clwb: Drag Ffresh, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £30 including food. Info 029 2063 6464. Lineup currently TBC. There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 2.30pm, £6.50. Info 01656 815995. Kids’ theatre. SUNDAY 22 SEPTEMBER Diversity St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 2 + 7.30pm, £31£127.50. Info 029 2087 8444. Two gigs today by dance troupe who went on the telly and got famous 10 years ago, this tour being a celebration of that milestone. MONDAY 23 SEPTEMBER uBrydon, Mack And

Mitchell St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £43. Info 029 2087 8444. Sold out on all three dates. (Until Wed 25) Living In The Light De Valence Pavilion, Tenby. 7pm, £15. Info 01834 218228. Tenby Arts Festival presents a play about Hildegard Of Bingen, by Alison Neil. uRussell Howard Motorpoint Arena Cardiff. 8pm, £35. Info 029 2022 4488. With his latest show, Respite. On tomorrow also but both look to be sold out. TUESDAY 24 SEPTEMBER uDear Zoo Congress Theatre, Cwmbran. 1.30pm, £13. Info 01633 868239. Kids’ theatre based on a book. On tomorrow also, at 10.30am and 1.30pm. uEye Of The Storm Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7pm, £10-£26. Info 01792 475715. Theatr na nÓg’s musical about an ambitious young tornado hunter from Wales, with music by Amy Wadge. On at 11am and 7pm on Wed 25 and Thurs 26; 10.30am, 2pm and 7pm on Sat 28. (Until Sat 28) uIt Will Come Later Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£0. Info 029 2030 4400. Dance production from International Contemporary Dance Collective, touring Wales as the last stop on an international jaunt. Features performances by Lee Brummer, Mui Cheuk-Yin, Eddie Ladd, Joseph Lee, Weronika Pelczynska and Imre Vass. On at 6pm and 8pm tomorrow. In Aberystwyth on Mon 30, Montgomery on Wed 2 Oct and Carmarthen on Fri 4 Oct. (Until Thurs 26) Neil Delamere Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6.45pm, £14. Info 0871 4720400. Comedian with a new show titled End Of Watch. Say When Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01792 863722. One-man show

WEDNESDAY 25 SEPTEMBER uAida Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. Musical based in ancient Egypt and presented here by Young Venture Players. (Until Sat 28) Comedy Club Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 8pm, £11.50. Info 01792 475715. Klub Kids Cardiff: The Sisters Of Season 11 Pulse, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£20 VIP. Info 029 2064 1010. Drag performances from Scarlet Envy and Shuga Cain. Peggy’s Song The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £5-£13.25. Info 01633 656757. See Stage for more on this new National Theatre Wales play. In Pontardawe tomorrow and then several dates in October until Fri 11. uSay When Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £8.50. Info 01646 695267. On tomorrow also. THURSDAY 26 SEPTEMBER Andrew Ryan + Phil Nichol Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10/£6 NUS/£16 with a pie. Info 0871 4720400. Pie Face Comedy night, one more comic TBC. Ryan and Nicol are both here tomorrow and Sat 28 also. Grange For A Laugh The Grange, Cardiff. 7.45pm, free. Info 029 2025 0669. Standup in pleasant Grangetown pub on the last Thursday of every month. In And Out Of Chekhov’s Shorts The Riverfront, Newport. 7pm, £5-£13.25. Info 01633 656757. John Finnemore’s Flying Visit Brangwyn Hall, Swansea. 7.30pm, £27 adv. Info 01792 475715. Host of hit radio show Souvenir Programme with a new live show Lloyd Langford + Jordan Brookes + Lou Conran Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 01970 623232. Comedy night presented by Little Wander. uMeet Fred Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £8-£16. Info 029 2064 6900. Hijinx’s widely-performed puppet/circus show returns to Cardiff. (Until Sat 28) uPeggy’s Song Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £7-£12. Info 01792 863722. On tomorrow also, at 1.30pm and 7.30pm. What’s In The Box? Beelzebub’s, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info events@ craftydevilbrewing.co.uk. New improv comedy night which is scheduled to be on the last Thursday of each month and will feature three-minute slots on a topic chosen by the audience. FRIDAY 27 SEPTEMBER uBig Fish Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £13. Info 0845 2263510. Blue Bee Productions

with a play that started as a novel and then became a Tim Burton movie. On tomorrow also, at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. Comedy Club Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 8pm, £10/£20 with curry and a drink. Info 01874 611622. With acts TBC. Comedy Shed The Riverfront, Newport. 7.45pm, £13.25. Info 01633 656757. Ignacio Lopez Cardiff Bus Transport Club. 7.30pm, £5.50 adv. Info 029 2023 3658. Comedy. Iwami Kagura Show National Museum Cardiff. 1pm, free. Info 029 2039 7951. Traditional Japanese Kagura dance performed by young people. uKamil & Francis Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £7-£14. Info 029 2039 1391. A new play by D.J. Britton, presented here by Theatr Cadair. On at 2pm on Sun 29. (Until Sun 29) uKiri Pritchard-McLean + Andrew Ryan + Phil Nichol + Rhys Nicholson Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £16.50/£8.50 NUS/£24.95 with food. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also (£19/£10 NUS/£27.95 with food). uRigoletto Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £14-£50. Info 029 2063 6464. Welsh National Opera’s production of Verdi’s opera. Also on Fri 4, Wed 9 and Sat 12 Oct (3pm Sat 12). uTrial By Jury + HMS Pinafore Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea. 7.15pm, £15. Info 01792 602060. Two Gilbert & Sullivan operas, presented by Uplands Arts. On tomorrow also. SATURDAY 28 SEPTEMBER Bevin Boys Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 12.30pm, £6.50. Info 01792 475715. Lunchtime theatre, presented by Fluellen and concerning the young men conscripted as coal miners during WWII. David Edgar’s Trying It On Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £16/£13. Info 01970 623232. Play based on the late60s, post-teen life of Edgar, who grew up to be a decorated British playwright. Frank Skinner St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £25. Info 029 2087 8444. Murmur Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £10/£8. Info 01686 614555. Dance production also featuring live music from a band called Best Supporting Actors. SUNDAY 29 SEPTEMBER Desi Central Comedy Show Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 6pm, £18. Info 0871 4720400. Featuring Kiran Morjaria, Tez Ilyas, Kane Brown, Sukh Ojla and Jay Handley. Justin Moorhouse Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 7.30pm, £14/£5 unwaged. Info 01600 772467. Comedian with a show titled Northern Joker. Real Deal Comedy Jam The Neon, Newport. 7-10.30pm, £18 adv. Info 01633 533666. Featuring sets from Will E Robo, KG The Comedian, Kae Kurd, Junior Booker and Spuddz. BUZZ 77

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TWO TICKETS TO HARRY POTTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER’S STONE LIVE WITH ORCHESTRA AT ST DAVID’S HALL Relive the film that kicked off then-11-year-old Daniel Radcliffe and co’s career on Thu 19 Sep. In the comfy confines of St. David’s Hall you can relax with the first filmic entry into the Harry Potter series, but this time with a lush orchestra playing the film’s score live in front of you. Buzz has two tickets to give away. TWO TICKETS TO ON BEAR RIDGE IN CARDIFF’S SHERMAN THEATRE Ed Thomas made a name for himself writing television show Hinterland. Now, we’re pleased to say you can witness the power of his craft in person, with tickets for a performance of On Bear Ridge in the Sherman Theatre. The show starts its run on Fri 20 Sept, though the date of the tickets we have are TBC. A semi-autobiographical story about nostalgia and human connection – this one is going to linger in the memory. TWO TICKETS TO THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE As Welsh National Opera gear up for a stunning autumn season of high culture, we have two tickets for the first performance of Leoš Janáček’s classic opera on Fri 5 Oct at the Wales Millennium Centre. The WNO are also debuting a highly intriguing AR project to go along with the opera. A FAMILY TICKET TO SPEEDWAY GRAND PRIX AT THE PRINCIPALITY STADIUM, CARDIFF For the nineteenth year in a row, speedway returns to Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. On Sat 21 Sept, you can witness the breath-taking power of the speedway bikes as they accelerate around the dirt track, all without brakes. This is the sort of high energy, high-speed fun that people of all ages will definitely enjoy. TWO TICKETS TO VARIOUS EVENTS AT COWBRIDGE MUSIC FESTIVAL On Sun 15 Sept in Holy Cross Church, you can attend Maya Youssef’s concert, Syrian Dreams. Youssef uses traditional instruments in new ways, creating emotive and immersive pieces. Also available are two tickets for the Julian Blitz Jazz Septet’s Tribute To Benny Goodman, where they pay homage to traditional jazz swing, on Sat 21 Sept in Cowbridge Comprehensive.

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BRITISH ACADEMY CYMRU AWARDS 2019 will be the 28th awards ceremony. There have been 144 industry professionals involved in juries in 2019 to decide the nominees and winners. There have been 2,468 nominees since the first ceremony – until Thurs 5 Sept, when a further 87 will join them. Approximately 1,488 flutes of Champagne Taittinger are served on the night and 4,800 portions of food. Cameraman Rory Taylor leads the most nominations or wins over the years, with 12 to his name, followed by presenter Huw Edwards with 11. The BAFTA Award for Game left the main ceremony in 2013 and came back into the ceremony in 2016. Between 60-70 people join the core BAFTA Cymru team on the day of the awards to run the event. The awards period starts in March with the publishing of the rules for entries and end on the night of the awards – seven months in total. BAFTA Cymru have presented three versions of their award since the beginning, with the current award becoming the permanent design in 2000. In 2018 we presented 22 awards in a two hour and 25-minute ceremony – which works out at 6.5 minutes per category, give or take. The ceremony is fully bilingual, presented by Huw Stephens and streams online to thousands of viewers as well as the 1000-plus in St David’s Hall. Fifty-nine metres of red carpet is laid inside and outside St David’s Hall on the night, and is later recycled. DRESD, who are sustainable designers, support BAFTA Cymru by building the red carpet photo backdrops and dressing the building with recycled items from films and TV shows like Doctor Who and Poldark. Self-nomination for an award is possible but only 5% of entrants chose to do so – and more should!

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