Blog posts by year and monthSeptember 2013
Posts (50)
Unsettled in October
Low pressure over the Atlantic will move closer to Ireland pushing fronts and troughs across Wales.
Music Theatre Wales director Michael McCarthy on the company’s 25th anniversary
When Michael McCarthy and Michael Rafferty co-founded Music Theatre Wales 25 years ago, it was a gem of an idea, a glimmer of hope that a company producing contemporary opera could one day become a pioneering international force.
Glynneath, gateway to the Beacons
The village of Glynneath in the western part of Glamorgan is one of many communities in Wales that seem to sit in sleepy and peaceful solemnity.
North Wales International Music Festival 2013
This weekend sees the BBC National Orchestra of Wales make its first 2013/14 season journey north, for concerts at St Asaph Cathedral, and also in Newtown.
Hilarious sixties farce to tour Wales’ smaller venues
Penarth-based company Black Rat Productions has teamed up with the Blackwood Miners' Institute for its next production, which starts a whistle-stop tour of Wales next week.
Festival No 6 2013 - part two
I can't explain this volte face. I've clearly been wrong. So wrong. Like a fairy tale emperor Richard Nixon. Of Welsh music.
Composition: Wales
December will wear around fast enough, making this an apt time to remind aspiring composers that the Composition: Wales deadline will soon be here.
Charlotte Church, Golden Fable - Academy 3, Manchester
There are ideas, twists and surprises at every turn in Charlotte's set.
Dark comedy about the dysfunctions of families to tour Wales
We've all felt the pressure cooker effect of a family Christmas, when we're cooped up together for far longer than is decent and old behaviour patterns die hard. Now a new comedy which plays on the tensions and difficulties most families encounter is to tour Wales ahead of the festive season.
An east/west split today
There's a bit of an east/west split today with the west being bright and sunny, with further inland seeing more in the way of cloud.
