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Some would say that the best art imitates real life – if that’s the case, then The Good Earth is definitely onto a winner. Inspired by true events which took place in the village of Troedrhiwgwair, the emotive, explosive show sees music married with physical theatre with intense results. In 1973, the tiny village built on the mountainside at the …

If you go into the woods today, well more specifically Fforest Fawr, you would have been in for a surprise … Doctor Who was filming an episode of the new series. And we have some behind the scenes shots, and a little footage, of Peter Capaldi and co filming Doctor Who in Fforest Fawr, near the village of Tongwynlais on …

If it’s happening in soapland, you can hear about it here first. But look away now if you don’t want to find out what’s going on and who’d doing what. EastEnders It’s already shaping up to be a bad day for Ian as Denise prepares to tell him it’s over, and he ends up having another row with Peter. But …

Actor Tom Hollander has revealed how he perfected Dylan Thomas‘ “fruity voice”. Hollander, who plays the Welsh scribe in the BBC biopic A Poet in New York, said his biggest challenge was learning to speak like Dylan. He said: “I thought I’d be alright as long as I could do the voice. That seemed to be the challenge. “That’s generally …

Meet at a bus stop in Cardiff Bay at 7pm on a Friday night? With two seven-year-olds in tow? There’s nothing to mistrust there when you know its for a production by Roar Ensemble with Sherman Cymru. The theatre group is known for work that captures childhood imagination in the most creative of ways, and this latest – Maudie’s Rooms …

Irish superstars U2 were the surprise guests as Mike Peters recorded a special concert for BBC Radio Wales at Hoddinott Hall in Cardiff last night. Alarm frontman Peters joined forces with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and the Acquire Choir from Rhuddlan in North Wales for a performance to be broadcast on BBC Radio Wales Music Day. The concert …

Bigger isn’t always better, but in the case of this year’s Art Across The City, I’d like to think it is. During the past week, gigantic ‘things’ have been appearing across Swansea. Huge words making up powerful statements stretch across the highways and byways; ominous looking heads hover above us; elephants and life size houses have started to pop up …

Now that Game of Thrones Series is back on our screens and we are fully-engrossed in the world of Westeros and beyond. And we have a preview of the next episode. From the video we can see there is going to be a wedding – and fans of the show will know weddings are often rather dramatic affairs in the …

Follow Fragon and enjoy a stroy telling session this Easter to keep the little ones entertained. Steve Gladwin, storyteller and the co-writer of the Fragon Tales, whose first children’s book The Seven, has recently been short listed for the Welsh Book Council Tir nan_Og prize 2014, will tell a selection of Fragon Tales at Linda Vista Gardens, Abergavenny on Saturday, …

Northern Ballet artistic director David Nixon has created an Imperial Russia-themed Cinderella where magic and illusion lies at the heart of the production. With glorious costumes, sharp, well-defined characterisation, special effects and choreography that makes the most of his talented ensemble and principles, he presents a thoroughly enjoyable and engaging evening. There was an unfortunate technical glitch on the opening …