A Penarth performer has been named Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod’s International Voice of Musical Theatre for 2019. Jodi Bird, aged 21, wowed audiences and adjudicators with her performances of Woman, originally sung by Stephanie J Block, Tell me on a Sunday by Marti Webb and 14g, a stand alone written by Janine Tesori but made famous by Kristin Chenoweth on the stage of the Royal International Pavilion … Read More
Belle Vue – Music In The Park 2019
Belle Vue’s Music In the Park has been a staple in the calendar of Penarth Summer events for over 10 years. This year, the Friends Of Belle Vue Park group are taking us back to the roots of the festival, capturing Penarth’s vibrant community, and of course its great music! With each year boasting bigger and better line ups, 2019 … Read More
Penarth Literature festival 2019
Words by Griffin Books: It’s that time of year again! Penarth Literature Festival is upon us and we’re thrilled to announce our amazing schedule of events. The festival runs from Thursday 20th June until Sunday 23rd June and has something for everyone, from politics and fiction to children’s and poetry. Tickets sales launch on Friday 26th April. You’ll be able … Read More
Penarth Open Studio Trail 2019
It’s almost upon us again, and we are looking forward to welcoming visitors again to Penarth’s Open Studio Trail again. The event started back in 2013 when a nugget of an idea actually got off the ground (originally as part of the Penarth Summer Festival). It has been growing every year & from 2016 became a stand- alone event held … Read More
The Vale of Glamorgan Classical Music Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary
The Vale of Glamorgan Festival celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a full programme of exciting events, bringing the best new classical music to venues across South Wales, featuring works by over 20 living composers to include Dobrinka Tabakova, Graham Fitkin, Ben Wallace, Robert Fokkens, Peteris Vask, and Steve Reich, as well as by the Festival’s own artistic director, composer John Metcalf. … Read More
New Gillian Anderson play screens at Paget Rooms
Gillian Anderson already has a connection to Penarth’s Paget Rooms, with both starring in Netflix’s Sex Education. Until Gillian returns to Penarth to film Season Two, audiences can catch her in a live screening of the hit London play All About Eve on April 11th. Gillian Anderson (X-Files, NT Live: A Streetcar Named Desire) and Lily James (Mamma Mia! Here … Read More
Rock & Raise 2018 rocks Penarth and raises £8K for charities.
Charity concert Rock & Raise 2018, held at the Paget Rooms on Oct 27th 2018 was a huge success with the night raising an incredible £8000 for three worthy Welsh charities. Compared by TV presenter Rhydian Bowen Phillips the evening featured five live acts, including popular South Wales band The Woods, singer-songwriter Chris Kelly, local & international rockabilly legend John Lewis, … Read More
Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland takes to the skies
Cardiff’s Winter Wonderland, the capital’s festive focal point is high, wide and handsome this year with a new ride attraction that will provide the best ever views over south Wales and beyond, the biggest site in the event’s history, and the return of the undercover open air Admiral Ice Rink November 15 to January 6 (tickets on sale now at … Read More
Welsh language article- A very Welsh Christmas
Lowri was worried that her son’s in-laws might be appalled by the huge size of her wine glasses this Christmas, but her fears were unfounded Sometime over the summer, while I wasn’t listening, it was decided that in Y Bwlch (casa ap Robert) Christmas should be held this year. Thanks, children. A lovely idea. For you. If it wasn’t for … Read More
Artist in Review: Textile Designer Carol Bartlett
You may have heard of Carol Bartlett, Penarth’s resident textiles tutor at Sew Lovely. Full disclosure: I also know her as my mum. But more recently, I’ve watched her become a fully-fledged artist alongside running our family business. Following great feedback from recent exhibitions at Waterloo Tea and the Swansea Festival of Stitch, it’s fair to say that her work … Read More