Entertainment & Events Russian State Ballet – The Nutcracker • 31 Oct • Swansea Grand Theatre
Music by Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky. Featuring live Orchestra with over 30 musicians Christmas wouldn’t be Christmas without a trip to your local theatre for a dazzling production of the most famous Ballet in the world – The Nutcracker. Russian State Ballet and Opera House is back for their annual UK tour with the vibrant, and enchanting full touring ballet production. The Nutcracker is an eternal seasonal favourite directed and choreographed by the former award winning Bolshoi Ballet Soloist, Konstantin Uralsky. Snow flurries, sweets, princes, magic and love are just some of the elements that will be brought together by this renowned Russian company. A highly accessible ballet, full of familiar music such as the ‘Waltz of the Flowers’ and the ‘Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy’. The Nutcracker continues to capture the hearts and imagination of different generations from all over the world. It is a truly captivating piece of theatre, a wonderful introduction to ballet for anyone who has never experienced it and retains its appeal for anyone who is familiar with it.
Singleton Street, Swansea, SA1 3QJ Tel. 01792 475715 |
www.swansea.gov.uk/swanseagrandtheatre
Think Floyd Live • 17 Nov • Maesteg Town Hall
Think Floyd are renowned for their stunning celebration of one of the world’s greatest musical icons and with over 20 years experience faithfully recreating the legendary sound of Pink Floyd live on stage, it’s no wonder they are regarded as the Definitive Pink Floyd Experience. Pink Floyd’s Nick Mason describes the band as “Brilliant! - They are really good”. In a recent interview on LBC the drummer commended Think Floyd and rather generously
called them “better than we are”. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Pink Floyd’s first release, Think Floyd’s brand new production for 2017 features music from all 15 Pink Floyd albums. Starting with the 1967 classic The Piper at the Gates of Dawn, through Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here, to the band’s final release in 2014: The Endless River. The production is backed by an impressive laser light show and a dedicated team of sound and lighting engineers, together with the sheer energy of the band, this promises a first-class evening of pure Pink Floyd.
Talbot Street, Maesteg, CF34 9DA Tel. 01656 733700 |
www.maestegtownhall.com
Summer Craft & Gift Fair 28 Oct • Tabernacl Welsh Baptist Church
Everyone is welcome to come along and have a browse around and have a chat with the stall holders and even purchase some lovely items, which you would not find on the High Street. It’s Free Entry to everyone. There will be stalls inside the chapel as well as outside in the forecourt area For further information please email uniquefairs@
gmx.co.uk.
The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1AJ Tel. 029 2034 4391|
www.tabernaclcaerdydd.org.uk
four times, Sean Taylor in Concert 21 Oct • St Donats Arts Centre
Sean Taylor is a singer-songwriter who treads the fine line between folk and blues. Having played Glastonbury Festival
the Cambridge
Folk festival, Celtic Connections and countless other festivals and shows in the UK & Europe.
Llantwit Major CF61 1WF Tel. 01446 799100
www.stdonats.com
The World’s Wife • 21 Oct • Taliesin Arts Centre
The World’s Wife by Tom Green We do our best, we Queens, we mothers, mothers of Queens That saying? Behind every famous man...? From Mrs Darwin to Queen Kong, Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife is a poetry collection that takes a swipe at the famous men of history and myth from their spouses’ perspective. Composer Tom Green has transformed these firework poems in to a 21st century opera for solo soprano and string quartet and loop pedals. Join us for the debut of a radical new operatic voice, as five
onstage musicians construct disembodied choirs and armies of string quartets to tell a story we all share. A production by Welsh National Opera, Taliesin Arts Centre, Echo Forest and The Mavron Quartet. Sung in English with surtitles in English Running time: 70 minutes (no interval).
Swansea University, Singleton Park, SA2 8PZ Tel. 01792 60 20 60 |
www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk
16 - Friday 13th October 2017 – Cardiff & South Wales Advertiser
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