The schools are out for the next week – and the weather is looking good. There’s so much going on if you are looking for events to entertain the family over the bank holiday weekend and half term, with everything from theatre and circus to historical events and family fun...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with complimentary tickets for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory for the purpose of this review Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory the Musical has arrived in Cardiff (which is of course the birthplace of the author) for three weeks, as part...
Thanks to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with tickets to The Bodyguard for the purpose of this review The Bodyguard was a cultural phenomenon when the film was released back in 1992. Starring Whitney Houston as global superstar singer and actress Rachel Marron, and Kevin Costner as Frank Farmer,...
Thanks to the Sherman Theatre for providing us with review tickets to Romeo and Julie for the purpose of this review Unemployed, exhausted teenage single dad Romeo meets A-level student Julie, an aspiring astrophysicist on course for Cambridge University, at the Star Centre in Splott. Despite living around the corner...
Advertising collaboration with Advicelink Cymru and the Welsh Government The last few months have been some of the toughest many of us have experienced financially, with the cost of living crisis impacting people dramatically. However, help is available, with the Welsh Government offering a number of financial support schemes. This...
Thank you to Wales Millennium Centre for providing us with tickets in exchange for this review Most ‘juke box musicals’ take a band or artist’s hits and weave them into a fictional story. Not so Jersey Boys; the internationally-acclaimed stage sensation tells the real-life story of the people behind the...
AD| Paid collaboration with the Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival Cardiff Children’s Literature Festival is back! After going virtual in 2021, the kids lit fest is returning with an in person event, taking place in Cardiff the weekend of Saturday 22 and Sunday 23 April, 2023. Two of Cardiff’s most iconic...
We headed to Fonmon Castle this Easter, along with the kids’ grandparents for a multi-generational day out in the outdoors. Read on for our review of this fantastic local attraction, which has so much to do for families. Once best known as a beautiful wedding venue, Fonmon Castle came into...
AD| Paid collaboration with For Cardiff Dinosaurs and toy bricks. Two big favourites in this house. So you can imagine the excitement at the news that BrickLive’s Dino Discovery Trail has arrived in Cardiff’s St David’s Dewi Sant centre in time for the Easter holidays. An incredible 15 dinosaur sculptures...
Thank you to the Riverfront for providing us with complimentary tickets to How To Defeat Monsters for the purpose of this review How To Defeat Monsters (and get away with it) is a fun and original theatrical experience, taking place at Newport’s Riverfront Theatre this Easter holidays. A co-production between...
Paid collaboration with The Red Dragon Centre We kick-started the Easter holidays with a trip to The Red Dragon Centre in Cardiff Bay today to check out the new Spring Safari Trail. Six large safari animals have made the entertainment complex’s concourse area their home for the school holidays. They’re...