Wales Mardi Gras Arts Festival
As you seen from the previous article, Cardiff-Wales LGBT Mardi Gras is holding a week long Arts Festival celebrating the best of Cardiff’s vibrant arts scene. This year the festival features a full week of events in the run-up to the main Mardi Gras event at Coopers Field on Saturday 3 September.
Saturday 27 August 12.00 – 3.00pm
Cardiff Central Library, The Hayes, Cardiff
In collaboration with Makers Guild in Wales and Cardiff Central Library, Cardiff-Wales Mardi Gras are pleased to offer you a chance to have a go at being creative with workshops in feltmaking and jewellery.
Craft in the Bay is the retail venue for contemporary craft made by members of the Makers Guild in Wales. A charitable organisation, it offers the public with opportunities to participate in craft workshops, visit exhibitions and meet the makers at craft demonstrations. Find out more here.
Tickets: £20
Book Now: Jewellery Making
Book Now: Felt Making
South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus Concert
Sunday 28 August 1.00pm – 4.00pm
Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
South Wales Gay Men’s Chorus present an afternoon of music, fun and a few surprises in support of Cardiff- Wales LGBT Mardi Gras.
Tickets: Free
Mardi Gras does Clwb Ifor Bach (Aged 18 and Over)
Monday 29 August 8.00pm
Clwb Ifor Bach, Womanby Street, Cardiff
An evening celebrating the best the Welsh-language music scene has to offer, featuring Clinigol and JJ Sneed, with Radio Cymru’s Nia Medi on the decks.
For more details about the artists please go to the website: http://cardiffmardigras.co.uk/festival/
Tickets: £4.00 (Pay on the door)
Tuesday 30 August 7.00pm
Chapter Arts Centre, Canton, Cardiff
“In August of 1968 a young man wearing a brown corduroy suit travelled from his home in the Midlands and ran away to Stevenage New Town. Something happened there, or didn’t happen, and what happened because of what didn’t happen is what you are paying to have me tell you. Well, that’s not entirely true. I invited you. But you must have been interested enough to come. And it means that I must have a stake in all this. Putting things straight. Getting it all out in the open”
Stevenage is a multi-media solo performance by Mandy Romero, transgender artist. Stevenage – the first English New Town – is an unlikely subject for a performance. But it’s a performance which beautifully explores many interlinked lives – the “young man in the brown corduroy suit”, an English pastoral poet, a young woman who moved south in the early years of the 20th century, a young film actor, a town, two villages and the lives of a post-war generation – to the very present day. Conceived and created by Mandy Romero. Directed by Cathy Butterworth.
Tickets: £10 / £8 / £6
Book Now: http://www.chapter.org/23408.html
Wednesday 31 August 7.00pm
Cardiff Central Library, The Hayes, Cardiff
Entertainment provided by:
Arcomis: An exclusive set performed by The Butler in the Billiard Room to include world premiers of some new works commissioned through Arcomis (Arts Commissioning) – an organisation that specialises in enabling individuals and businesses to commission new music.
Jenny Bradley’s Occasional Brass Ensemble:The Occasional Brass Ensemble recreates the acoustic street band sound of New Orleans with fewer players but without missing a beat.
With intense swing rhymes, the collectively generated heat of group improvisation and the incorporation of elements of modern jazz and pop into its New Orleans Mardi Gras style. The Occasional Brass Ensemble is the ideal companion to any occasion for celebration.
Tickets £4.00 (pay on the door)
Cardiff Mardi Gras Cabaret Night
Thursday 1 September 7.00pm
L3 Lounge, St David’s Hall
Cardiff Mardi Gras Arts Festival is proud to bring you a taste of the city’s best-loved cabaret performance. Acts include the Total Theatre Award-winning Sue Timms (My Name is Sue) and Cabaret Whales: a unique blend of comedy, pop and re-worked versions of classic hits (poppers not included). Compered by Tina Sparkle.
Sue Timms created by Dafydd James and Ben Lewis.
Cabaret Whales starring Sara Lloyd & Llinos Mai. Written by Roger Williams.
Literature doesn’t have to be boring!’ workshops by Jane Blank (Aged 16+)
Friday 2 September
Cardiff Central Library, The Hayes, Cardiff
Poetry Workshop 10.00am – 12 noon
Monologues Workshop 1.00pm – 3.00pm
Jane Blank is a qualified teacher of English and Drama with extensive experience of teaching both adults and young people. She holds an MA (Dist.) from Cardiff University in the Teaching and Practice of Creative Writing and has been published in a range of genres. At present she teaches in a Welsh language secondary school and continues to devise and run weekend ARCA courses on many aspects of writing and literature. She has worked for Farncombe Estate Centre in the Cotswolds and The Hill college in Abergavenny.
Jane’s recent work includes Nanteos script and the dramatisation of her novel The Geometry of Love.
Both workshops are open to anyone over the age of 16. Admission is free but spaces are limited. Email Hywel@cardiffmardigras.co.uk to reserve your place.
Nofit State and Jukebox Juniors
Friday 2 September 7.30pm
The Nofit State Circus, John St, Cardiff
A night of Fire, Fun and Fantastic dancing, courtesy of Nofit State and Jukebox Juniors. Nofit State’s next generation will be premiering two new productions:
Spark - A joint venture with the fantastic Jukebox Juniors, featuring urban dance combined with Nofit State’s top fire performers.
Firelight - Directed by Denni Dennis, featuring tightwire, juggling, trapeze and the talents of Nofit State’s youth circus.
Tickets: £5 / £3
Box Office: 029 2022 1330
Hell’s Bent vs Femme Fatale (18+)
Friday 2 September 10.00pm
The Globe, Albany Road, Cardiff
Join us at the official Cardiff-Wales Mardi Gras Arts Festival after party, in association with Hell’s Bent and Femme Fatale.
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Tyezer
Commented 58 months ago - 27th July 2011 - 09:43am
I'm going!