Thanks to Cuckoo Down Farm for inviting us to stay in exchange for this review It’s almost 9pm on a Saturday night and my children have been running around in the evening sunshine for hours. Their hands and faces are sticky with a combination of dirt, sun cream and the...
Thanks to Cosy Club Cardiff for inviting us to put their new summer menu to the test One day, I’m going to head to Cosy Club Cardiff on my own and sit at one of the tables alongside the huge glass windows and people-watch across the Hayes all day. The...
Paid collaboration with Fantastic For Families Wow! Lexicon by No Fit State Circus is one of the most impressively breath-taking displays of physicality and human capability that I’ve seen in almost 20 years of theatre reviewing. Having been invited to watch the show last night by Fantastic For Families, a...
Thanks to Monster Jam Cardiff for inviting us to review the show What an epic afternoon we had today watching Monster Jam at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium. Ten of the world-famous trucks were in the Welsh capital as part of their 2018 world series – and it was jaw-dropping, heart-in-mouth stuff...
Thanks to the New Theatre for inviting us to review Awful Auntie David Walliams is without a doubt one of the country’s most exciting contemporary children’s authors. The man who was once most famous as one half of the Little Britain comedy sketch show now boasts a collection of 10...
Thanks to Disney on Ice for providing us with review tickets to the show What a wonderfully magical evening we had at Cardiff’s Motorpoint Arena last night as Disney on Ice Worlds of Enchantment opened for the first of 10 performances over five days in the city. It’s a lavish...
Thanks to Shrek and Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us along Click here to get discounted tickets with Travel Zoo from 17-19 April. Based on the hit DreamWorks animated film, Shrek the Musical is an entertaining feel-good family show with plenty of laughs and an overriding message that it’s okay...
Thanks to Almost Always Muddy and Wales Millennium Centre for inviting us to review Almost Always Muddy is a wonderfully inventive and fully interactive show where children and their grown-ups create the set, props, characters and the storyline – meaning every performance is completely different and full of its own...
*We paid for our meals ourselves and Octavo’s Book Cafe did not know we would be writing this review My daughter didn’t believe me when I told her we were going for lunch in a book shop. “You’re joking, aren’t you Mummy?” she said. “You can’t possibly eat food in...
*Thanks to Grey for inviting us to dine with them I must admit that Grey – the bar and restaurant at Cardiff Hilton – had never occurred to me as a venue for a family lunch with young children. Their bottomless Prosecco brunch however has been on my radar for...
in association with St Fagans National Museum of History What a wonderfully festive and feel-good evening we had at St Fagans Christmas Nights yesterday. The National Museum of History looked so beautiful decorated for Christmas. I actually gasped when we walked in and saw the new entrance building all lit...