Somehow I hadn’t come across Chicago born and raised, Paris-based singer-songwriter Tracye Eileen until very recently. And that’s very much my loss, judging by her new album Forever Girl. This is her fifth studio album and her first fully developed project from her relatively new base in France. The release date is 13 November, and … Continue reading
I haven’t done much about poetry on this blog. I’ve written about lyrics, but that’s not quite the same. Lyrics might be considered poetry, I suppose, but they are intrinsically linked to a piece of music, while poetry has to stand on its own. And poetry can be a bit intimidating, can’t it? Which is … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned before in this blog how I admire dancers, so I was interested to hear that National Dance Company Wales is about to take a powerful double bill full of raw emotion and high energy athletic performance on tour. The show, entitled Blue / Glas involves a restaging of Theo Clinkard’s Ordinary Courage from … Continue reading
If you can take your eyes off the action in the foreground when you watch our new animated short film A Fish Out of Water (or its trailer), you may notice some playbills on the walls of The Wild Rover beer house. These posters are not just for decoration – they give some insight into … Continue reading
Helen George grew up listening to her jazz-fan father’s records – now she’s singing some of those timeless songs on stage, as the star of a lavish new production of the classic Cole Porter musical High Society. About to start a 20-week tour after its run in London, the production lands in Cardiff soon (21-25 … Continue reading
Barbara Hughes-Moore is a fascinating and impressive person. She’s a lecturer in the prestigious Cardiff Law School, a theatre reviewer (which is how I met her years ago), a published poet, and much more. She is also (and this is one of the things which interests me most) an expert in Gothic fiction. So, when … Continue reading
Misguided is a short sitcom pilot, now available to stream. It follows former popular girl and full-time rebel Rhiannon, as she’s forced to join a deeply uncool Guide group, with a cast including Lauren Morais, Nerys Amber Stocks, Meg Alexandra, Nia Gandhi, Sarah Hadland, Mike Bubbins, and Elis James. It’s a very funny piece, with … Continue reading
It seems to me there’s something primal about our relationship with water – we’re instinctively drawn to it, whether rivers, lakes, or the ocean; we come from it, in evolutionary terms and through birth; and we are mostly made of it (roughly 60%, apparently). Perhaps that’s why Current, the new album from New York-based Dutch … Continue reading
My first animated film has been completed! I say ‘my‘ as if I made it, and that’s far from the case. As I blogged on here before, I came up with the story and co-developed the script with the brilliant Rob Lancey. Continue reading
I do like a good dragon film. Or even a not so good one (here are three you may have missed and another featuring medieval knights) so I was pleased to learn that HBO’s epic Game of Thrones sequel House of the Dragon has been filming right here in Wales. In fact, filming took place … Continue reading
