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New Year getaways with a difference

How do you get a change of scenery without going abroad? Here’s a few ideas for a New year getaway with a difference!

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…

The Egyptian House in Penzance (Image: Rosser1954 via Wikimedia Commons)

A quirky tour of Britain

To celebrate the Tour of Britain, this week we’re taking a quirky tour of Britain. Join us on an eight stage journey…

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…

LukeWright, The Ballad Seller by Andrew Florides

Poet brings bawdy street ballads to life in new show

This summer onwards, award-winning poet Luke Wright will tour his new show, The Ballad Seller, across the country…

Sunnymead Court 2020 production (Image: Lidia Crisafulli)

Sunnymead Court returns to the stage

Following its critically acclaimed run at the Tristan Bates Theatre last year, the four-time Offie-nominated Sunnymead Court is returning to the stage…

Possible by Shon Dale-Jones (Image: Jaimie Gramston)

With new theatre show, anything is Possible

This summer, a new show that’s part theatre, part gig and part film, will be streaming to audiences around the world…

Artist Suriya Aisha

Fun Palaces bring people together for a tiny revolution

This weekend, get together with your local community, neighbours and the online community, for a tiny revolution…

We Make Events, Global Day of Action

Artist shines a light on Wales for Global Action Day

This evening (Wednesday 30th September), watch as a digital Welsh flag is lit up as part of a Global Day of Action…

Big Dog Walk - World Big Dog Walk 2020

Take part in the World Big Dog Walk challenge

This September, the World Big Dog Walk is encouraging people around the globe to join together (virtually) on their walkies…

Cardiff 1919 Riots Re-drawn by Kyle Legall. Bridge

Graphic novel captures historical racial conflict in Cardiff

This summer, a graphic novel will enable you to step back into a dark period of history in Cardiff, and trace events through real locations…

Hail Cremation Image with Lee Mengo. Photo by Glenn Edwards

Let’s all Hail Cremation!

Enjoy a musical odyssey through the wild and bizarre life of Dr William Price, as Hail Cremation! opens in Newbridge, Wales…

The Last Quiz Night On Earth, UK tour Spring 2020

Don’t miss The Last Quiz Night on Earth

This spring, get quizzical with an immersive and innovative new play which is touring to theatres, villages and pubs…

Hull Adelphi Lamacq Life Bus Bar (Photographer credit Ian Rook)

Celebrate your local live music venue

Returning for the seventh consecutive year, Independent Venue Week is a seven day celebration of independent music venues around the UK…

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Curiosity of the Week

The quirky wonders of Wigtown
Martyr's Stake in Wigtown

The annual Wigtown Book Festival opens this week. So, we thought it was a good time to take a look at this quirky Scottish town for our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Solo cinema and scientific sounds at Flatpack Festival
Flatpack Festival 2022, Design by Keith Dodds and Illustration by Jacques Kleynhans

Flatpack Festival brings an eclectic mix of shows, screenings and activities that surprise and delight audiences to venues across Birmingham…

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