Blog posts by year and monthAugust 2013
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Festival Number 6 hopes to build on last year's runaway success
As inaugural events go, the 2012 Festival Number 6 in Portmeirion couldn't really have gone any more swimmingly.
Stalking John Barrowman - the musical
It may be an unsettling title for a production, but something about Stalking John Barrowman seems to have captured the public imagination, as each of its premiere shows in Cardiff this week will play to a sell-out audience.
More dry weather to come but fronts moving in
There's more dry weather to come this week but fronts will move in from the Atlantic bringing a little rain and drizzle followed by a change to cooler and fresher conditions for the weekend.
Welsh hill farmers doing their bit for conservation
Brian Lewis and his wife Sorcha are tenants of Troedrhiwdrain Farm in Powys and have recently been named as finalists in this year’s RSPB Telegraph Nature of Farming Award.
Kieran Evans on his debut film Kelly + Victor
It has been described as an "anti-love story" and makes for raw, compelling and at times brutal viewing, but for director Kieran Evans, his first film Kelly + Victor has been a labour of love that took almost a decade to realise.
Well worth a bent rule
This week's show is a quick forage through some of my frazzled recollections of a week spent compering and DJing at last weekend's marvellous Green Man Festival.
Exhibition explores tension within man's relationship to nature
If you are looking for something edifying to do this weekend, it's your last chance to catch the intriguing solo exhibition 'o' by the Ceredigion-born artist Carwyn Evans.
Arthur Horner, the Incorrigible Rebel
As far as most people in Wales are concerned, these days the name of Arthur Horner is virtually forgotten. Yet in the immediate pre- and post-war periods he was one of the most successful and powerful trade union officials – left wing and proud of it – Wales and Britain had ever seen.
Adaptation of acclaimed production receives world premiere in 360° cinema
Pal o' Me Heart, a short film adaptation of Welsh dance company Earthfall's award-winning stage production At Swim Two Boys, is currently premiering at the Edinburgh Festival in a portable 360° cinema.
