listings u – repeated
01656 815995. Jazz Club night. Seán McGowan Le Public Space, Newport. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01633 221477. Folk-rock guy, has played Le Pub a bit over the years I think.
FRIDAY 28 APRIL
Angharad Jenkins & Patrick Rimes Clarence Hall, Crickhowell. 7pm, £12. Info 01873 811573. Duo who both also play in Welsh folkies Calan. Part of the Crickhowell Music Festival, which runs until Mon 1 May. Discharge Bunkhouse, Swansea. 6pm, £16.50. Info 07716 767651. The name, if not all the personnel, behind one of Stoke’s finest cultural products visits Swansea. French Alps Tiger + Borderlines Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £7. Info 029 2023 2199. Headliners are from Swansea and have a new album out. Hellripper + Verletzen Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2064 4176. Scottish speed metal band headline. In fact I believe it’s just one guy but I assume he has a band for live sets.
Julie Murphy & Ceri Rhys Matthews Elysium Gallery, Swansea. 7pm, free. Info 07980 925449. Longstanding Welsh folkies, also of the band Fernhill. Local Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £15. Info 029 2023 5555. Cardiff rapper, kind of in between grime and UK hip-hop I guess, with a rare hometown headline show. Did a song with Bad Boy Chiller Crew titled Jurgen Kropper. Lulu Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7.30pm, £36. Info 01656 815995. uStation 18 Festival Hangar 18 Music Venue, Swansea. 5pm, £35 weekend. Info 07984 664008. Three-day hard rock and metal festival, lineup like so. Fri 28 Apr: Collateral, Dead Mans Whiskey, Syteria, Sam Millar & The Sass Bandits, Zac And The New Men and Adam & The Hellcats. Sat 29: As December Falls, King Creature, These Wicked Rivers, Blind River, The Brink, Dig Lazarus, The 501’s and Liars Club. Sun 30: Bad Touch, Empyre, Bastette, White Raven Down, Just A Ride, Takeaway Thieves, Scarsun and King Kraken. Open from 5-11pm on Fri 28 Apr; 1-11pm on Sat 29 and Sun 30. Tickets: £35 weekend; £12 Fri 28; £15 Sat 29 or Sun 30; £20 Fri 28 + Sat 29 or Fri 28 + Sun 30; £25 Sat 29 + Sun 30. Got that? (Until Sun 30 Apr) Tapestri The Lost Arc, Rhayader. 7.30pm, £10. Info 01597 811226. Country/folk duo from north and west Wales. Tarren + The Gentle Good Clwb Y Bont, Pontypridd. 8pm, £10. Info 01443 491424. Annual music festival Between The Trees with a preemptive gig featuring two acts you can expect to see at its main event in August. The Fallen Women The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
themooncardiff.com. This is a live karaoke show where a band – of women, no less – play songs by The Fall and audience members volunteer to do Mark E Smith’s vocals. God only knows how this is going to go! XL Life Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £12.50. Info 029 2023 2199. Cardiffian rap/ punk crossover band who released an album earlier this year.
SATURDAY 29 APRIL
Atanamir + Absolence + Aleya + Mastaratt XS Wrexham. 7.30pm, £5. Info
facebook.com/xs.wrexham. Heat 5 of the north Wales leg of Metal 2 The Masses. Blizzard Of Ozz + Faith No Man Pavilion Mid Wales, Llandrindod Wells. 7.30pm, £15. Info 01597 258118. Tributes to Ozzy/Black Sabbath plus Faith No More. There should be a bit in the interval where ‘Ozzy’ kicks his drummer out and enlists the Faith No Man one to scab for him. Contrasts + Torchbearer + Pandora’s Pain + Karmen Field Fuel Rock Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £5. Info 029 2064 4176. Heat 3 of the south Wales leg of Metal 2 The Masses. CVC Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2023 2199. Mildly zany local sextet. Gig sold out. Holy Vows! St. Edmund’s Church,
CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay, Wed 3-Sat 20 May. Tickets: £19.50-£79.50. Info:
wmc.org.uk
First published in 1964, Roald Dahl’s Charlie And The Chocolate Factory has had two cinematic adaptations (soon to be three) before this stage musical, which takes direct inspiration from the 1971 film as well as the original children’s book. Opening in 2013 on London’s West End and directed by Sam Mendes, it toured the US for the first time in 2018. Original music and songwriting come courtesy of Hairspray duo Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, with sprinklings of Pure Imagination and The Candyman included, themselves iconic beyond Dahl and Wonka. This is the first time the show has toured the UK: immerse yourself in one of Dahl’s wackiest and most magical creations.
doesn’t seem to have a title like most comedy shows do. On tomorrow also; in Aberystwyth on Tue 11 and Wed 12 Apr. Sara Pascoe St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £18-£27. Info 029 2078 8444. Standup performing her latest show Success Story.
The Beekeeper Of Aleppo New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £20-£39. Info 0343 3100041. Play based on popular novel.
The Bridge Pontio, Bangor. 7pm, £10/£8. Info 01248 382828. A new one-act, Welsh language opera from Edward Wright and Marian Bryfdir which explores the nuances of living with dementia. uThe Rest Of Our Lives The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £15. Info 01633 656757. Dance, theatre, circus and games combine in this two-hander show about one’s declining years. On tomorrow also, including BSL interpretation. Wales Is Drowning MADE, Cardiff. 7pm, £8. Info 029 2048 3373. This event combines theatre – six 10-minute plays presented by Dirty Protest – with live music and spoken word sections, which come courtesy of multi-genre artists Trandoshan Hunters. In Newport on Sun 2 Apr.
SUNDAY 2 APRIL
Dara Ó Briain Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 8pm, £23. Info 029 2063 6464. Comedian with a show titled So, Where Were We?
Hal Cruttenden Savoy Theatre, Monmouth. 8pm, £19. Info 01600 77246. Wales Is Drowning Le Public Space, Newport. 6pm, £8. Info 01633 22147.
MONDAY 3 APRIL
Crickhowell. 7.30pm, £20.50/free NUS. Info 01873 810944. With the Crickhowell Festival Orchestra and various soloists. Part of the Crickhowell Music Festival. J. Zunz + Warren Schoenbright + Penny Lope The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £6. Info
themooncardiff.com. Promoters Cosmic Carnage’s last show for the foreseeable future is headlined by a sort of trippy synthpop artist from Mexico and topped off with austere noiserock and field recording-abetted electronica. Lulu The Riverfront, Newport. 7.30pm, £37.50. Info 01633 656757. There are £52.50 VIP or £82.50 ‘super VIP’ tickets. Sophie Stocham St Augustine’s Church, Penarth. 7pm, £10. Info
facebook.com/ swynmusic. Bristolian saxophonist leads a quintet for this performance. The J4 Quartet Rhostio, Cardiff. 8pm, free. Info
rhostio.co.uk. Described here as “the Beatles with a jazz twist”. Part of Rhostio’s Jazz Cocktail series of gigs on the last Saturday of each month.
SUNDAY 30 APRIL
Live Forever 2 The Garage, Swansea. 1pm-3am, £10. Info
facebook.com/ thegaragevenue. Fourteen hours of lad rock and 90s rave from The Stoned Roses, The Somethings, The Hummingbirds, The Variants, Dead End Street, Kitchen Party, Two Til Twelve, Subterrania, Muggins, Taxi Rank, Phil Baglow, Dylan Cai and Joel Clark. I think the last few of those are DJs. Paul Young Torch Theatre, Milford Haven. 7.30pm, £30. Info 01646 695267.. VIP tickets here are £45, meet and greet £80, but all levels are sold out. Twrw Trwy’r Dydd Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7pm-3am, £12. Info 029 2023 2199. Featuring sets from Breichiau Hir, Los Blancos, Eädyth & Izzy Rabey, Gwcci, Angel Hotel, Crinc, Rhys Dafis and Frmand. Not sure if it’s live bands right up until 3am or what.
Henry Rollins Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29.50. Info 029 2023 5555. Punk rock pioneer with a spoken word show, or is it standup comedy? We chatted to ‘Hank’ about it in the March issue of Buzz, anyway.
stage SATURDAY 1 APRIL
Bennett Arron + Nick Page Pryzm, Cardiff. 7pm, £18. Info 029 2023 3854. Cardiff Comedy Cabaret night, with UK comedians here every Saturday (more TBC).
Bethany Black + Rob Kemp + Steve Hall + Wil Hodgson Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 2-10.30pm, £5 per show. Info 029 2030 4400. Four standup shows on here today, being filmed by Go Faster Stripe for future release. Black is on at 2pm, Kemp 4.30pm, Hodgson 7pm and Hall 9pm. Blaze Of Glory! Venue Cymru, Llandudno. 7.30pm, £22-£52. Info 01492 872000. A new Welsh National Opera production set in the Welsh mining valleys circa the 1950s. Buffy Revamped Coliseum Theatre, Aberdare. 8pm, £25. Info 0300 0040444. Brendan Murphy’s one-man tribute to Buffy The Vampire Slayer. Hal Cruttenden Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells. 8pm, £19. Info 01982 552555. Comedian with his latest show, It’s Best You Hear It From Me. In Monmouth on Sun 2 Apr. Mark Steel Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £22. Info 01686 948100. Former left-wing comedian with his latest show, An Evening And A Little Bit Of A Morning. In Milford Haven on Wed 12 Apr; Abergavenny Thurs 13; Cardigan Fri 14; Carmarthen Sat 15; Bangor Fri 21; Monmouth Sat 22. Mother Goose Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 1.30 + 6.30pm, £18-£86. Info 029 2063 6464. Springtime panto starring Ian McKellen and John Bishop. Pat Cahill + Lindsey Santoro + Adam Rowe Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £23/£16 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. With one more comic TBC. uRussell Howard Swansea Arena. 7.30pm, £32.90. Info 0333 0092540. Comedian with his latest show, which
Laugh Side Of The Moon The Moon, Cardiff. 8pm, £4. Info
themooncardiff.com. Monthly standup comedy night. Drinks are half price all night so for £4 you’ll be quids in after two pints and you might even hear a funny joke.
TUESDAY 4 APRIL
uThe Sacrifice Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm, £13-£32. Info 029 2063 6464. Dance production devised by South Africa’s Dada Masilo and loosely based on Stravinsky’s The Rite Of Spring. On tomorrow also.
WEDNESDAY 5 APRIL
Ceri Dupree New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £29/£22 NUS/over-60s/ unemployed/disabled. Info 0343 3100041 Welsh female impersonator with a new show titled Back To The Rhinestone. In Newport on Fri 28 Apr. How To Be Happy Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 7pm, £6.50. Info 01874 611622. Interactive show by Theatr Wildcats, an inclusive theatre group for adults with learning disabilities.
Jenny Collier + Dave Longley + Raul Kohli Theatr Clwyd, Mold. 7.45pm, £10. Info 01352 344101. Comedy Club night. Reflections Sherman Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30pm, £5. Info 029 2064 6900. Theatre presented by the Dimensions Performance Academy; part of the Youth Theatre Festival, on here on Wed 5 and Thurs 6 Apr. Sol Bernstein + Leila Navabi + Andy Hillier + Millie Haswell + Steffan Evans Tiny Rebel Cardiff. 8pm, £12.50. Info 07377 414204. Rebel Rebel standup night here. Tom Houghton The Riverfront, Newport. 8pm, £16.50. Info 01633 656757. Comedian with his latest show, Absolute Shambles. His unique selling point, which he shares with a long list of other comedians on the current UK circuit, is that he’s posh and has lived a life of tremendous privilege.
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