Archive for the ‘Arts’ Category
Cardiff greets the mop-heads
Bootleg Beatles - Rex Features
By Sophie Clissett. Cardiff saw the return of legendary tribute band the ‘Bootleg Beatles’ last night for what is their thirty-year anniversary tour. The band, which started life at a student party in Tiverton, Devon played to a packed out venue at St Davids Hall, to the delight of 2000 fans.
Using film footage of the period and ‘with a little help from’ their regular brass and string ensemble the show traces the history of the Beatles from the Fab Four, to the Revolver period, Sgt Pepper years and finally Let it Be phase.
Crowds flock to the call of the New Moon
Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen)
By Scarlett Chamberlain. Anyone with a teenage daughter or who has been in a 10 mile radius of a television or computer in the last year will know what the film ‘Twilight’ is. This weekend sees the opening of its eagerly anticipated sequel ‘New Moon’. Read the rest of this entry »
This little piggy went to Newport…
PIG IN RED SHOES…Newport Museum and Art Gallery, NewportSat 28 Nov-Sat 16 Jan. Review by Helen Lock. This is about more than just clay statues. With the theme of the figure producing results such as humans with animal heads and men riding tigers, this “mad menagerie of contemporary ceramics” will showcase some of the more experimental aspects of sculpture. Read the rest of this entry »
Viva la Spillers. Spillers am byth
Spillers Records
By Rowena Wilcox. Chipped paint work, dirty windows and an overwhelming stench of dust get buried in the back of your mind when you spot vintage records from your childhood or a poster advertising Wales’ finest new talent in the world’s oldest record store. Read the rest of this entry »
Hollywood’s keeping us in the dark
By Donna Critchley. The coats, scarves and gloves are out and the days are getting wetter and darker. With all this gloom in the skies you would think that the film industry would try to cheer people up with light entertainment in the cinemas, right? Wrong! As winter draws in films such as 2012, District 9, The Road, 9 and even Zombieland (pictured above, Rex Features) focus on the end of the world. Read the rest of this entry »
An evening with Izzard
Review by Jade Kinsey. Eddie Izzard has jumped from comedy to theatre, then to Hollywood and back again. And now he is back - again! His religious, historical and philosophical ramblings of previous tours are continuing in Stripped despite any West End or Hollywood influences over the past five years. His opening line was “Let’s talk about everything that’s ever happened.” So, once again he talks to us about dinosaurs, Darwin, Noah’s Ark, Latin, bees and the Bible among other random topics. Read the rest of this entry »
Jimmy Carr out on a limb
JImmy Carr - Rex Features
Review by Jade Kinsey. It’s no surprise that Jimmy Carr didn’t include the war amputee joke in his set of Rapier Wit that caused such a fuss when he told it to a 2,500 strong Manchester crowd. Just in case you didn’t hear it first time round, here’s another chance: Read the rest of this entry »
Fleetwood Mac: alive and kicking
Stevie Nicks - Rex Features
Review by Ben Holley. They say that the oldies are the best, and clichéd as that may be, it was certainly true in Birmingham as Fleetwood Mac took to the stage to produce yet another cracking example of why they are still held in such high regard as a live act.
The band, members of which all now over 60, are enjoying the autumn of their musical careers. However, as guitarist Lindsey Buckingham put it, “without an album to promote, we can just play what we like”. For Mac, this is clearly a formula that works, and one that enables them to bash out classic after classic.
Enthusiasm un-curbed
Larry David - Rex Features
Review by Christopher Morris
Curb Your Enthusiasm Year: 2000 – present Cast: Larry David, Jeff Garlin, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis.
So, the seventh series of Curb Your Enthusiasm (Thursday, 10:40pm, November, More4) is upon us and what have we leant? Perhaps the most important thing that you need to know is that everything to do with this utter diamond has lost none of its sheen, sparkle and wit in any way shape or form.
Festival is anything but square…
Duffy - Rex Features
Planning for next year’s festivals? Try a bijou event in Arras instead of a big name British one, writes Adam Hartland.
During the summer, while most Brits where hastily packing their wellies into the smallest confinement of their rucksacks, I was doing similar but spending longer locating my passport. This is because me and three friends where heading to another major festival but not actually one in Britain. Read the rest of this entry »
