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Tag Archives: Neon Neon
Frontier Visions
Embedded deep in the American consciousness is the idea of the frontier. The taming of the Wild West and the birth of the nation are part of American identity and it’s not for nothing that Captain Kirk and his Star … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction, Film, Music, review
Tagged American Interior, Dylan Goch, Film, Gruff Rhys, John Evans, Mabinogion, Music, Neon Neon, review, Super Furry Animals, Wales
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Cultural Capital
Cardiff has never been handed the title European Capital of Culture but it hardly needs it. Take the city’s most striking landmark. Cardiff Bay might not be to everyone’s taste yet the poetry on the Wales Millennium Centre can’t fail … Continue reading
Posted in Cardiff
Tagged 'Return to Cardiff', Cardiff, Dafydd James, Dannie Abse, De Gabay, European Capital of Culture, First Thursday, Gruff Rhys, Gwyneth Lewis, Lloyd Robson, Llwyd Owen, Llwyth, National Theatre of Wales, Neon Neon, Peter Finch, Rhian Edwards, Seren Books, Welsh Millennium Centre
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Just Perfect
It’s a bright but cold Saturday evening, the first weekend in May. We pass the crowds of testosterone-filled, shirt-bursting men, the groups of hens, high-heeled, perma-tanned, their sense of volume control lost in the day’s drinking. We make our way beyond … Continue reading
Posted in review, Teaching, Theatre
Tagged Boom Bip, Doctor Zhivago, Feltrinelli, Gruff Rhys, National Theatre of Wales, Neon Neon, NTW, Praxis Makes Perfect, review, Shakespeare, theatre, Tim Price
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