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March 9, 2012

"I don’t think people decide they want to become actors"

Welsh actor Steve Speirs talks childhood dreams, big breaks and returning to the homeland.

Steve Speirs spoke to The Cardiffian's Emily Davies.

When did you realise you wanted to be an actor?

March 9, 2012

Hunky Dory brings Bowie classics to the big screen

This feel-good frolic sees a bunch of schoolkids set the music of David Bowie against Shakespeare classic The Tempest.

Hunky Dory

Released March 2 (3/5 Stars)

David Bowie isn’t the first artist who springs to mind for a soundtrack to Shakespeare’s Tempest, but Hunky Dory’s Viv, played by Minnie Driver, is no ordinary Drama teacher.

March 6, 2012

Brooke-Taylor delivers a Goodie at the New Theatre

Former Goodie Tim Brooke-Taylor lit up Cardiff's New Theatre with a night of witty banter and reflection on his long show business career.

What do John Cleese, Orson Welles and Alexander Armstrong all have in common?

The answer is they have all worked with comic actor Tim Brooke Taylor and if the good humoured questions and answers session held in Cardiff's New Theatre is anything to go by, they would all have greatly enjoyed the experience.

February 24, 2012

From Valleys schoolboy to Sky1 actor

Welsh Schoolboy, Justin Davies has become a Sky1 superstar with his lead part in Ruth Jones's new show, Stella.

Rebecca Jones talks to him about his rise to stardom.

One Welsh schoolboy has been thrown into the public eye after getting a lead part on a Sky1 television show. Justin Davies, from Brynmawr, is now known by sitcom fans across the country after gaining a starring role in Ruth Jones’s new show, Stella.

The new comedy programme is set in the South Wales Valleys and follows the life of single mother Stella, played by Ruth Jones, and her family in their everyday lives.

March 17, 2011

The History Boys at the New Theatre

Alan Bennett's most famous play, about the hopefulness of youth in a 1980s northern school, has come to the New Theatre in this West Yorkshire Playhouse production.

It is always difficult when a stage play has been turned into a successful film to watch the play without making comparisons. This is the case with The History Boys.

February 18, 2011

Film Review: True Grit

Can the Coen Brothers remake of True Grit live up to the classic Western?

True Grit
Ethan and Joel Coen
Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Hailee Steinfeld
The Odeon, Cineworld, The Vue
4/5

WHY, oh, why have the Coen brothers remade the 1969 classic True Grit starring possibly the most outstanding actor of his generation, John Wayne?