SCARY SCARDIFF
What better way to get ready for Halloween than visiting SCARdiff, the
city’s annual Horror Expo. This year will be bigger and more brutal than
ever with expos on all things horror: from comics, films, and books to
cosplay, tattoos and makeup tutorials. You can get knee-deep in the
filmmaking workshops, hear about and hand in your own horrific ideas
in the live pitching sessions for hopeful novelists, or even just get some
pre-apocalypse prep at the Zombie Survival Training Course.
Fans can meet their favourite horror stars, with guests including the
award-winning writer Adam Nevill (author of The Ritual and No One
Gets Out Alive), Night Of The Living Dead: Resurrection director James
Plumb and Honey, the albino Burmese python.
Looks like you won’t be needing that Ouija board to get your creepy
kicks this month.
SCARdiff, Masonic Hall, Cardiff, Sun 19 Oct. Tickets: £6.66 early
bird. Info: www.scardiff.co.uk
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INTERNATIONAL CONCERT
SERIES
Over the next eight months St David’s Hall in Cardiff welcomes in its
International Concert Series. Starting with the melodies of The Russian
State Philharmonic Orchestra on Wed 8 Oct, they will perform many scores
– from the soothing sounds of Tchaikovsky to the light rhythms of Prokofiev.
Renowned solo violinist Natalia Lomeiko will perform Tchaikovsky’s Violin
Concerto and other classics at the concert, which brings the best of Russian
classical music to the heart of Cardiff.
The Welsh National Opera Orchestra will be taking on the jazz-infused sounds
of Beethoven’s heroic Fifth Symphony and Zimmermann’s Nobody Knows
The Trouble I See on Fri 31 Oct.
These are just the first of many concerts taking place between now and May
2015. The eclectic and international series of shows will bring sounds from
the likes of rising violinist Nicola Benedetti, to the intoxicating African beats of
the Colin Currie Group.
MUSIC
International Concert Series, St David's Hall, Cardiff, Wed 8 Oct-Sat
23 May. Tickets: individual events £3-£42 / concert package discounts
available. Info: 029 2087 8444 / www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
TAKING ON THE DYLATHON
The Dylathon is a Dylan Thomas fan’s dream. This non-stop, 36-hour
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reading of his work at Swansea Grand Theatre is set to be a once in
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a lifetime opportunity. The performance will celebrate many of the
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poet’s works, from his famous radio play Under Milk Wood to his
letters to friends, family and lovers. The event is set out into 12 threehour sessions, where you are able to listen from one session to them all.
Sections of some of Thomas’ most important works – such as Do Not Go
Gentle Into That Good Night, A Child’s Christmas In Wales and the first public
reading of a letter to his lover Pearl Kazin – will be read by local schoolchildren
and students. The kids, however, won’t be the only ones taking on the Welsh
writer's words as the likes of Ian McKellen, Michael Sheen, Wales National
Poet Laureate Gillian Clarke and Rob Brydon will also be taking part.
Dylathon, Swansea Grand Theatre, Swansea, Sun 26 + Mon 27
October. Tickets: £25-£150. Info: 01792 475715 / www.dylathon100.com
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