NEW CASTING AGENCY
HOOKS WELSH ACTORS
Canna Casting Agency has been set up to
channel locally-based extras and supporting-
artists into the steadily expanding media industry
in south Wales. With extensive contacts within the
Welsh film community, they hope to help Welsh
actors land that first lucky break in small TV, film
and advertising roles. Info: 07772 085127
PAWS FOR
SOUTHERN COMFORT
THOUGHT Fans of drawled American rock anthems, throw your piggy banks out the hotel window and
get down to Cardiff International Arena on Fri 5 Mar for the return of Lynyrd Skynyrd.
After a 2009 marked by the deaths of two members, the band have completed God And
Guns, an impressive 12th studio album, and are spreading their angry sound across the UK.
This is great news if you like stroppy, masculine choruses punctuated by heavy guitar
FASHIONABLY LATE
riffs and the reassuring sense that, no matter what happens, this band will always keep
The biggest problem with vintage fairs is that sometimes
producing the same old song beneath the deceptive covering of a new title. Yes, you know
what’s on offer seems more moth-eaten than nostalgic.
you are a real fan when you start to take comfort in this rocky monotony and the fact that
Thankfully, though, Blind Lemon Vintage Fashion
this is a formula that just doesn’t grow old.
Fair, at the George Hall in Swansea on Sun 7 Mar,
Conversely, if gritty vocals and potent guitar solos aren’t your cup of tea, I hear Ronan
comes to the rescue for all. Asserting that ‘if it’s not old
it won’t be sold’, the company impose strict limits so
Keating is booked for Sun 7. Hats off to the CIA for keeping us all happy.
that anything made after the 80s is banned. Everyone
Tickets: £8.50. Info: 029 2022 4488
knows that a theory that rhymes must be true so, for
once, we can rest assured that Primani sans tags won’t
CUBAN
be passed off as Giorgio’s first creation.
Edwin Dyson, the Cardiff-based brains behind this
RHYTHMS
company, promises 1960s prices. However, if the
stallholder won’t part with that coveted broach for a
handful of shillings, don’t forget that haggling like a 21st
The sensual, ambiguous and downright
century pro will never go out of fashion.
sexy Pasión de Buena Vista comes to St
David’s Hall on Thurs 4 Mar, in a performance
Admission: £4.50/£.50. Info: 0117 777928 /
that really gives meaning to the word
www.blindlemonvintage.co.uk
‘extravaganza’. No end of effort has been made
to make this production a mirror of Cuban
life. Fresh from the world-famous Tropicana
Night Club in Havana come some of the best
talent Cuban music has to offer. For people like
Maida Castaneda, Antonio Castro and Pachin
Inocencio, music flows through the blood.
The performance is accompanied by a series
of natural and urban images projected onto the
wall of the theatre, which, in their breathtaking
majesty and subtle beauty, threaten to steal
the show. The experience is topped off with a
performance of that memorable 80s Company
Segundo hit, Chan Chan.
Tickets: £21-£26. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.
stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
JAKE MORLEY EXPOSED
We’re not shy of plugging local talent when we see it. Jake Morley is one of our favourite local photographers,
and he takes brilliant photos of everything from weddings to gigs. He’s just launched his new website at
www.jakemorley.co.uk and is available for commissions.
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