REVIEW: WNO – LA TRAVIATA @ WMC
by Weeping Tudor | 03/10/2018 at 9:26am
The new production of War and Peace remained a mighty effort from all involved at Welsh National Opera. So, it was time to look through the back catalogue of previous…
by Weeping Tudor | 03/10/2018 at 9:26am
The new production of War and Peace remained a mighty effort from all involved at Welsh National Opera. So, it was time to look through the back catalogue of previous…
by fluorescentsoph | 03/10/2018 at 9:15am
For many a purist, Estrons may come across as a bona-fide punk band. Lead singer Tali Källström wants to askew that label, though. Speaking to NME in February 2017, Källström stated that “It’s…
by edwardlee | 02/10/2018 at 4:11pm
The Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival makes its way to Cardiff once again for an absolutely jam-packed week of parties, global cinema, awards-giving, and much more amidst its celebration of…
by Sprout Editor | 01/10/2018 at 10:05am
Cardiff’s famous New Theatre, situated at the end of Greyfriars Road, has won the Award for Wales’ most welcoming theatre for a second year in a row. The theatre, popular…
by Tom M | 29/09/2018 at 11:38am
MK ULTRA is a new breed of show. Dancers in tight bodysuits perform a routine that, as choreographer Rosie Kay puts it, stretches the human body “to the Nth degree”….
by fluorescentsoph | 29/09/2018 at 10:04am
Sam Hoy’s triple threat shtick continues to pay dividends to to the Cardiff gig circuit in the form of his annual, eponymous weekender, HOYfest. The promoter, curator and bassist has vehemently…
by Sprout Editor | 26/09/2018 at 3:29pm
The Sprout Editorial Group’s top tips for students moving to Cardiff. Embrace minimalism You have to make sure all your belongings fit into a small halls-of-residence room, and probably one…
by Sprout Editor | 26/09/2018 at 9:51am
Freshers’ fortnight rages on, school is in full flow and workers are back to work. Things are ticking over, maybe people are saving for their next big break. Which means…
by Sprout Editor | 25/09/2018 at 11:26am
My name is Ken Ebihara and I am an international student studying a Youth and Community Work course at Cardiff Metropolitan University. I am examining the benefits that international students…
by Weeping Tudor | 24/09/2018 at 2:08pm
It usually an emotional encounter when we see the final performance of a renowned actor. Harry Dean Stanton is no exception, as we get one last glimpse of this tightly…
by accrfc | 21/09/2018 at 11:21am
We may only be 3 matches in the new season, but already Cardiff Blues find themselves in an all-too-familiar crisis. Let’s be honest, Head Coach John Mulvihill couldn’t have got…
by Sprout Editor | 20/09/2018 at 4:11pm
It’s the week Cardiffians do fear, as the Freshers from Uni are here! Not a fan of tagging along to Freshers Week events with a bunch of students just to…
by Tom M | 19/09/2018 at 1:35pm
This week, new students pour into Cardiff’s universities, hailing from anywhere from Ponty to Peking. They’ll be excited to see what the first year will bring, from the legendarily party-filled…
by Tom M | 19/09/2018 at 9:16am
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by Jack (Correspondent) | 17/09/2018 at 10:59am
‘The Silk Roads are rising again’. Peter Frankopan, Oxford fellow and Director of the Centre for Byzantine Research at the university, ends his historical epic The Silk Roads with these six words….
by Weeping Tudor | 17/09/2018 at 9:57am
The UK’s current relationship with Russia is at a knife’s edge, though (in all fairness) it has felt like this off and on for years. Though we may struggle with…
by Sprout Editor | 13/09/2018 at 10:00am
The school and college year is well underway and the uni students are trickling back in… Cardiff is finally getting back to normal! So what does this week of so…
by Sprout Editor | 10/09/2018 at 1:57pm
With year-long celebrations of the 250th anniversary of British circus on the back of a wave of popularity for Box Office smash hit ‘The Greatest Showman’, 2018 has been a…
by fluorescentsoph | 10/09/2018 at 12:34pm
Sophie Allison – better known as Soccer Mommy to you and me – is a beacon of hope for the masses of bedroom pop producers that are currently trying to…
by Joff | 06/09/2018 at 3:52pm
Ministry Of Life is a community interest group that specialises in creative, musical and entrepreneurial activities. We have been working with young people in three different areas: Pentywn, Gabalfa and Splott. Within this year our…