The climate is one difficult topic for us all to get our heads around, but we must get to grips with it if we are to protect future generations from the effects of climate change. Can art help? And can it help us all to make sense and find an answer to this big question? It’s the biggest question of … Read More
With family-sized helpings of Bourne’s trademark wit, pathos and magical fantasy, Nutcracker! follows Clara’s bittersweet journey from a darkly comic Christmas Eve at Dr. Dross’ Orphanage, through a shimmering, ice-skating winter wonderland to the scrumptious candy kingdom of Sweetieland, influenced by the lavish Hollywood musicals of the 1930s. Our review Ever since seeing our first Matthew Bourne extravaganza at the … Read More
Spanning a period from the 1970s to the 1990s, Inside Out, by local brothers Anthony and Simon Campbell, documents the people at the heart of the Tiger Bay community.
Local businesses from across Penarth have been nominated as most loved as part of national ‘Love Local Day’. The annual event which began in 2019, takes place on February 14th and recognises the UK’s most loved local businesses.
Wales Millennium Centre’s first production of 2022 will be Anthem, an original comedy musical that follows the nation’s largest television singing competition. A top creative team has assembled to create this brand new production – Llinos Mai is the author, who has co-composed the songs and music with Dan Lawrence; Alice Eklund is directing and Roger Williams as a dramatist. Join us in the studio for the live final of … Read More
The leading Penarth school is on this year’s prestigious EdTech 50 list
We all know and love the classic pantomime. The gags, the tropes, the costumes. This is altogether different – a bizarre retelling of Charles Dickens’ yuletide nightmare, which is perfect if you like things a little more naughty than nice for your festive season. It’s dubbed an anti-panto, telling the same story as the classics, but using an adult-only delivery … Read More
It’s hard to believe that two years have passed since audiences cheered and booed along to Penarth Operatic & Dramatic Society’s last pantomime – Aladdin. And we at Penarth View having been following their journey from concept to opening night with our range of interviews and features, available here and here. And as pantomime is such a live experience, so … Read More
High street traders in the Vale of Glamorgan have released a music track appealing to residents to shop local this Christmas. ‘Shop Local This Christmas’ which is sung to the tune of John Lennon’s Happy Christmas has been released ahead of Black Friday to encourage residents to visit their local high street in the lead up to Christmas. The track features … Read More
This Christmas, Wales Millennium Centre and Cardiff-based Big Loop are joining forces to stage a raucous anti-panto; joyous and outrageous but with a compassionate look at how different people feel about the festive season. XXXmas Carol will see some of the city’s most talented drag, burlesque and circus artists performing their brand new take on Charles Dickens’ Christmas classic, 8-30 December 2021. Directed by … Read More
