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Home > Archives for Cardiff events

Archives for Cardiff events

Back in Play at Sherman Theatre, Cardiff

Theatre is Back in Play with festival

Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre is throwing its doors open again with the Back in Play festival, a playful and fun event…

The Boy WIth Two Hearts at Wales Millennium Centre

Experience hope and kindness in Wales

This month, catch the world premiere of The Boy With Two Hearts at Wales Millennium Centre and try a communal VR experience…

Victor Esses in Where to Belong (Image: Alex Brenner)

Tender story asks, what makes a home for you?

Where to Belong is a tender autobiographical story, that’s about to tour the UK. It’s the tale of artist and performer Victor Esses’ journey to find home…

RawFfest

Cardiff’s RawFfest celebrates work from young artists

A fun and innovative festival has been programmed by young people for young people, offering an experience of the arts in its richest and rawest form…

Special - Spectacle Theatre

Follow the story of Megan and Terry with Special

Spectacle Theatre will present a one-off performance of Special by Paul Swift on Wednesday 25th October at the Cardiff and Vale College in Cardiff…

Come Dine with the Future - Royal Society of Biology - National Museum of Wales

Come Dine with the Future in Cardiff

On Wednesday 30th November, a panel debate, Come Dine with the Future, will see leading experts discussing how our food might change in the not so distant future…

Roald Dahl's - City of the Unexpected - Cardiff

Cardiff turns into the City of the Unexpected

This weekend, Cardiff’s city centre will become a place where reality is turned on its head, with Roald Dahl’s City of the Unexpected…

Art Car Bootique - Chapter Cardiff

Art Car Bootique does Euro-Vision at Chapter in Cardiff

Enjoy Art Car Bootique’s eccentric mix of art, performance, music and vintage fashion with a Eurovision theme at Chapter in Cardiff on Sunday 29th May…

Florence Peake - Chapter - Experimentica

Engage with live art at Experimentica

Chapter is a multi-artform venue in Cardiff, and this November it will host Experimentica, an annual five-day festival of live art…

Afternoon Tea - Park Plaza - Cardiff

Enjoy an afternoon tea with a twist in Cardiff

The Park Plaza Hotel in Cardiff have introduced a new Gentlemen’s Afternoon Tea giving a new twist to the traditional afternoon tea…

Art Car Bootique 2014 - Chapter - Cardiff

Live art, music and quirky craft at the Art Car Bootique

Art Car Bootique, is a car boot sale with a difference, featuring art, performance, quirky craft, street food and vintage booters at Chapter in Cardiff…

Lleisiau/Voices - good cop bad cop - Chapter - Cathy Boyce

Forget ‘The Voice’ and be a voice for an innovative new project

Chapter, Cardiff’s arts centre, and performance-makers ‘good cop bad cop’ are celebrating the voices of Wales and they need you!

From Now On Festival - Cardiff - Lucky Dragons - David Horvitz

Experimental and adventurous music at the ‘From Now On’ festival

‘From Now On’ is a new festival of adventurous & experimental music taking place in Cardiff on 14th and 15th February 2014…

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

Top Story

Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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