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Vagina Monologues at Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

MEL Giedroyc is miffed with her sister, because she was outshone at a recent family party by her sibling’s stunning apple cake.

Review: Roots at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 14:22:00 GMT

WHEN the bright-eyed youngest daughter of a South Wales farming family comes home from London after three years living with her socialist intellectual boyfriend, she begins to impress what she thinks are her ideas onto others.

Review: Animal Farm at Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:19:00 GMT

HAVING only ever seen the 1954 animated film of this George Orwell classic, I was surprised by a number of unfamiliar plot strands in this stage adaptation by Sir Peter Hall.

Why Stephen K Amos is looking forward to performing at the Giddy Goat Festival

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

RISING comedian Stephen K Amos says he’s out to cheer everyone up amid all the doom and gloom because he thinks laughter really is the best medicine.

Osmonds coming to Llandudno

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IF HOME was where the heart is Jimmy Osmond would be living in Wales where his ancestral roots lie deep in the southern valleys.

Blood Brothers comes to the Rhyl Pavilion

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

IT’S thanks to the theatre that Sean Jones missed out on a life of crime – or working as a nurse.

TV talent show gave musical star his big break

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ALTHOUGH he failed to make the final of Any Dream Will Do, his career in musical theatre took off, says Ben James-Ellis.

Dancing on Ice baddie Jason Gardiner to appear in panto at Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

HE’S the bad guy on TV’s Dancing on Ice and now choreographer Jason Gardiner will make his panto debut as the baddie, Abanazar in Aladdin at Venue Cymru this Christmas.

Venue Cymru prepares for the Drifters' soul sound

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 09:00:00 GMT

MICHAEL Williams could never have imagined that he would one day be part of his musical heroes’ group The Drifters, but a chance meeting in a New York nightclub turned his dream into a reality.

Win tickets to Escape Into The Park - Europe's biggest dance and urban music event

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:01:00 GMT

We’ve teamed up with Escape Into The Park to offer one lucky reader the chance to win a pair of VIP tickets to Wales’ largest dance and urban music event, Escape Into The Park, on Saturday June 11 in Swansea’s Singleton Park.

Rhyl Pavilion to stage Evita musical

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 19 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

WHEN she landed her dream role of Eva Peron in the West End classic Evita, Abigail Jaye knew she had her work cut out in discovering exactly who Argentina’s first lady really was.

Jonathan Ansell wants to have fun at Rhyl Pavilion

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 05 May 2011 09:00:00 GMT

FORMER G4 front man, X- Factor finalist and Sing If You Can contestant Jonathan Ansell just wants to have some fun when he brings his new solo tour to North Wales next month.

TV nerd Ed Byrne heads to Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

PERHAPS it is 20 successful years in the comedy business, perhaps it is his appearance on BBC1’s Celebrity Mastermind, but Ed Byrne is now happy to embrace his geekiness.

Romeo and Juliet ballet heads to Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

THE Peter Schaufuss Ballet performs the world’s favourite love story Romeo and Juliet at Venue Cymru, Llandudno, on Sunday, May 22.

X Factor star Olly Murs performs in Liverpool

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:00:00 GMT

LAST summer there was a funny story doing the rounds. It was the one about the Essex soul boy with the Mod moves and the too-tight trousers who wowed Saturday night telly in 2009.

Review: Gaslight at Clwyd Theatr Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:58:00 GMT

Although publicised as a spooky period chiller, Gaslight is more of a psychological thriller which just happens to be set in Victorian London. It could just as equally be set in 2011.

Busy comedian Jason Manford ready for Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT

JASON Manford is a very busy man these days. Since leaving the BBC’s The One Show to concentrate on family commitments he has been working as hard as ever on his Off On Tour We Go show.

The Searchers bring their sixties sound to Venue Cymru

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT

ONE of the world’s most enduring bands which has been wowing the crowds for 50 years – and with the Beatles, helped put Britain on the map as a top music industry nation – is coming to Llandudno.

Russell Watson prepares for double stop in North Wales

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 10:00:00 GMT

SINGER Russell Watson has fond childhood memories of driving into the valleys of Llangollen, Betws y Coed and Snowdonia in a Hillman Imp with his family.

Count Arthur Strong hits Rhyl Pavilion

North Wales Weekly News — Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT

STEVE Delaney still can’t believe his luck at having been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 to do an amazing seven series featuring his comic creation Count Arthur Strong.