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A nativity scene featuring the Three Wise Men, a host of seasonal songs and recollections of Christmas past are all important ingredients for a festive show. And this one is no different – on the surface at least. For this performance is brought to you by Sue Timms, the piano-playing, singing spinster who loves sharing her unique take on life …

It could be seen as a rather brave decision to book a musical dating back 60 years as your big festive production, especially if you want to get family audiences through the door. But perennial favourite Singin’ In The Rain is as fresh and vibrant today as the big screen version – famously starring Gene Kelly – was when it …

Punk and glam rock came and went but the overriding musical question throughout the seventies was, ‘Will The Beatles ever get back together?’ And although the speculation died on a cruel December night in 1980 the idolatry lives on. There are countless tribute bands dedicated, it seems, to everyone who has had a hit record but The Bootleg Beatles are …

The stars were out on force last night, as the highly anticipated second part of Peter Jackson’s Hobbit trilogy got its world premiere in LA. Fans lined the red carpet to catch a glimpse of the cast, who hit the red carpet in style. Martin Freeman, Orlando Bloom, Evangeline Lilly and Benedict Cumberbatch signed autographs and posed for photos before …

The acclaimed bass baritone will be playing the lead with an all-Welsh cast in a production of Stephen Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. Organisers also revealed there will be a world premiere of a new work by top composer Karl Jenkins and an appearance by the chart-topping singing brothers, Richard and Adam Johnson, from Holywell, in …

Behind the locked double doors on the first floor of National Museum Cardiff, there’s a flurry of activity taking place. One man is balancing on top of a step ladder as he adjusts the lighting, while another is adding vinyl lettering to the dove grey-painted walls. People are voicing instructions into crackling walkie talkies and a photographer is setting up …

Swap cider and marquees for mulled wine and roaring fires and you have the Hay Festival Winter Weekend. This is the bite-size version of the world famous summer event, which gathers the greatest literary minds from across the globe to chat, debate philosophies on life and generally enjoy a few days in the picturesque market town of Hay. “You’re far …

One of Wales’ oldest artists is breaking new ground by holding an exhibition for the first time – in his hundredth year. John Beck, 99, has spent a lifetime drawing and painting but until now has only sold his work privately. To celebrate his centenary year, members of John’s family have persuaded him to put his paintings on show in …

To artist Esther Eckley they’re her very own little superheroes – the two loving and boisterous young boys who have overcome the challenges of their early years. So it makes perfect sense that the sons she and her husband, Sion, adopted almost four years ago are now the subject of her latest exhibition. Her first show at a London gallery …

It’s a well known fact that the Davies sisters bequeathed more than 250 pieces of art to National Museum Wales following their deaths, including work by Monet, Cezanne and Van Gogh. But another benefactor has also helped boost the nation’s contemporary art collection during the last two decades. Exactly 20 years ago, the museum formed an agreement with the Derek …