From Home Alone and Elf to Love Actually and Die Hard, the cinemas of Cardiff have a brilliant selection of classic Christmas films coming to the big screen this festive season. Whether it’s one you’ve never seen before, or a favourite you watch every year but have never seen on...
The Grinch will be visiting Mermaid Quay this Christmas. Following his popular appearance last year, the grumpy, furry green creature, with a heart ‘two sizes too small’ will be roaming around Mermaid Quay, causing chaos, posing for photos and spreading his own unique brand of Christmas cheer. The character, who...
Thanks to the New Theatre for providing us with review tickets for Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty has opened in Cardiff and it’s every bit as spectacular as we’ve come to expect from the New Theatre’s annual panto. The booing and hissing begins as soon as the show starts, and the...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us to review Mary Poppins the Musical Mary Poppins the Musical has landed at Cardiff’s Wales Millennium Centre for the festive season and it is every bit as spectacular as you would hope – and then some. Filled with incredible effects, energetic and...
Here’s a first look inside Mermaid Quay’s Elf Workshop, which opens this Saturday. I was lucky to have a sneak peak at the magical workshop, which is beautifully decorated with giant candy canes, a festive fireplace, tree and even a sleigh. Plus there’s a bright red post box ready for those...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for providing us with review tickets for Alice: Return to Wonderland If you’ve followed Cardiff Mummy Says for a while, you’ll know what huge fans we are of the Sherman Theatre at Christmas. I say this every year, but they really do create exceptional original...
Advertorial Santa’s Grotto and the Elf Trail are back at the Morgan Quarter in Cardiff every Saturday in the run up to Christmas. We joined Jolly the wonderfully bubbly and enthusiastic Elf to help search for five cheeky little elves who have escaped from the grotto and are hiding around...
Thank you to The Riverfront for inviting us to review Rapunzel Newport’s Riverfront celebrates 20 years of panto magic with Rapunzel, and it’s a brilliantly fun, lively and enjoyable production, perfect for the whole family. After having a great time at least year’s Dick Whittington, we were delighted to be...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with review tickets for To Kill A Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird has arrived at Wales Millennium Centre for a week and it’s powerful, gripping and, sadly, still so disturbingly relevant. Following sell out runs on Broadway and in the West End,...
We’re lucky in South Wales to have so many festive activities to choose from. Whether you’re looking for a theatre show (see my round up here), light trail or Santa visit, our amazing local attractions are offering it all this Christmas. But there are some events which are special because...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with review tickets for Top Hat Top Hat the musical opened at Wales Millennium Centre last night – and what a beautifully charming show it is. Based on the classic 1935 film, which starred the legendary Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, Top...