stage Club, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £3. Info info@thefullmooncardiff.com.
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2 Tickets 2 The Gun Show Old Cross Inn, Llanrumney, Cardiff. 9pm, free. Info 029 2065 0021. 3amp Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965. Akira Yamaoka Tramshed, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £25/£22.50. Info 0117 9259273. Japanese video game musician/designer who’s best known for doing the Silent Hill music. This will feature him plus a full live band. Amser Jazz Time Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 5.30-7pm, free. Info 029 2039 1391. Aubrey Parsons Blanco’s Hotel, Port Talbot. 9pm, free. Info 01639 864500. Cattle & Cane Buffalo, Cardiff. 7pm, £6 adv. Info 029 2031 0312. Presented by Sound Nation. *Death Pedals + Soul Structure + Zachariah X Jones + Rhys Milsom The Abacus, Cardiff. 8pm, £5 adv. Info www.theabacusroom. wordpress.com. Two bands plus two poets, presented by Balloon. Soul Structure are the ones which come with the dreaded 'listings editor's recommendation'. This is BYOB too. Garndiffaith Gleeman Male Voice Choir Pontypool Museum. 7-9pm, £6. Info 01495 752036. Fundraising concert in aid of Torfaen Museum Trust. Graveyard Johnnys + Pizzatramp + Dodgem-X The Dragonffli, Pontypool. 8.30pm, £5. Info gigs@ thedragonffli.com. Joe Gooch The Globe At Hay, Hay-On-Wye. 8pm, £3-£6. Info 01497 821762. Blues from a fella who was the lead singer in Ten Years After for a bit, with “limited success” according to Wikipedia. You could edit that if you wanted, Joe. Julian Argüelles Tetra Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.45pm, £12. Info 029 2039 1391. Youthful UK jazz quartet who include Kit Downes in their number. All these kinds of jazz groups dress in the same way. Lots of shirts with just the top button undone. Late Night Music In The Museum National Museum & Gallery, Cardiff. 6pm, £7/£5 adv. Info 029 2039 7951. Presented by Spillers Records and featuring sets from Mike Dennis, Alex Dingley and Round Heels. Lewis & Leigh Junction 26, Newport. 7.30pm. Info 01633 822211. Welsh-American countryish duo play a pretty new venue in Newport. They’re in Swansea tomorrow. Mates Of State Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £9/£7. Info 029 2023 2199. US indie faves. New Wave Promotions Halloween Show The Garw, Abertillery. 7pm, £5. Info www. facebook.com/ thegarwabertillery. Featuring these bands over two stages: Continents, All To Ruin, Ephemera and Eclipse (main stage); The Dweller, Clarity As Arson, Clear The Auditorium and Ferinus (second stage). Novelists Hobo’s, Bridgend. 7.30pm, free. Info www. hobosmusicvenue.com. Open Night The Ivy Bush, Pontardawe. 8pm. Info huwpudner@ntlworld.com. A Valley Folk Club night. Police Bastard + Grand
Collapse + Smack Battalion + Poetic Justice + Square Peg The Moon Club, Cardiff. 7pm, £5. Info info@ thefullmooncardiff.com. Punk bands ranging from crusty to emo to anarcho. Rocket Joe Joe & The Oldtime Bangers The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. S.E.X. The Duke, Neath. 7.25pm, free. Info 01639 643892. Make sure you’re there at 7.25 on the dot, that’s my advice. Showaddywaddy Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 7.30pm, £19. Info 01495 227206. In Aberystwyth tomorrow. The Blues Band The Globe, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £17.50 adv. Info 07590 471888. The Brotherhood Henry’s, Cardiff. 7pm, free. Info 029 2022 4672. Halloween live music special. The Echo & The Always Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 7.30-10.30pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2023 2199. Local indie band who are releasing an album today also.
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A Band Apart Salt, Cardiff Bay. 9pm, free. Info 029 2049 4375. Andy Lewis The Pick & Shovel, Pontypridd. 9pm, free. Info 01443 404632. *Black Is The Colour Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7pm, £10. Info 029 2063 6464. Featuring Bill Orcutt, Sarah Angliss, Spectres, Artefact and Ratatosk. What a good lineup, hat tip to Shape Records for assembling it. See Music. Children Of The Gravy The Patriot, Crumlin. 7pm, £2. Info 01495 247178. Black Sabbath tribute band, Chris Kelly The Admiral Napier, Cardiff. 8.30pm, free. Info 029 2030 3945. Dai Faulkner & The Copper Thieves Kiwis, Cardiff. 10pm, free. Info 029 2039 8965. Dreadzone Queens Hall, Narberth. 8pm, £8-£16. Info 01834 869323. Live UK dub faves. See Clubs. Galaxians Gwdihw, Cardiff. 9pm. Info 029 2039 7933. Playing as part of the Hully Gully night. Halloween Spooktacular Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 1.15pm, £8/£6. Info 029 2039 1391. The Royal Welsh College Wind Orchestra perform music from Harry Potter and Ghostbusters. Enjoying how the composer of the latter is referred to only as ‘Parker’ by the RWCMD, like he’s Bach or someone. Horse Macdonald The Gate, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16.50/£14.50. Info 029 2048 3344. Scottish singersongwriter. You might know her merely as Horse. Jess Glynne + Conrad Sewell + BB Diamond Great Hall, Cardiff University Students Union. 7pm, £14 adv. Info 029 2078 1458. Her off of the Clean Bandit record. No wait! Her off of a solo career in her own right. She just released an album and all. Knotslip Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff. 8pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2023 2199. Slipknot tribute band play a Halloween special here. Lewis & Leigh The Chattery, Swansea. 7.30pm. Info 01792 473276. Sarah McQuaid Cwtch Coffee, Pembroke Dock. 7.30pm, £12.50/£10 adv. Info
01646 687635. Multinational folk stylings. Showaddywaddy Aberystwyth Arts Centre. 8pm, £20. Info 01970 623232. Siôn Russell Jones + Tom Lüneburger + Lily Beau Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £10. Info 029 2030 4400. Presented by Newsoundwales. Skabertawe Halloween The Garage, Swansea. 8pm, £5 adv. Info 01792 475147. A Refugee Aid fancy dress fundraiser no less. Sets from Dapper Cadavers, Cartoon Violence, The Balkaneers, The Bungle Cult and Kirky & The Turkeys are promised. Skindred + The Qemists + The Dirty Youth Tramshed, Cardiff. 7pm, £22 adv. Info 0117 9259273. Warm-up show of sorts before Skindred’s November tour. Soul Lotta Funk Porter’s, Cardiff. 9pm. Info info@ porterscardiff.com. The New Romantic Festival Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl. 7pm. Info 01656 815995. This has been arranged in honour of late Visage frontman Steve Strange; it’s already sold out but features sets from China Crisis, Jennie Bellestar, Electrobos, The Circuit Symphony, Whatever Happened To Lala Shockette and members of Visage themselves. Two Piece Sweet + Tattsyrup The Yard, Cardiff. 9.30pm, free. Info 029 2022 7577. Wales Festival Of Remembrance St David’s Hall, Cardiff. 8pm, £10-£25. Info 029 2087 8444. Featuring performances from musical theatre group Collabro, former Serviceman and X Factor star Jay James, The Regimental Band Of The Royal Welsh and other guests.
WWI-themed play presented by Fluellen, who are also here tomorrow. Quiet Marauder + Steffan Alun + Chris Chopping + Rhys Lowis Stephens Le Pub, Newport. 8pm. Info 01633 221477. A night of comedy – musical comedy in the case of QM – and also the first night of We Shall Overcome, an anti-austerity benefit weekend running until Sun 4. Snakes Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10.75. Info 0300 3656677. Another of those ‘musical about an imaginary musical’ things, except not totally imaginary as it’s based on the film Snakes On A Plane. Too many layers for me. The Drowned Girl Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £13/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. One-woman play in which Kelly Jones reflects on lost youth and lost family. (Until Sat 3) The Element In The Room Carnegie House, Bridgend. 7.30pm, £8/£5. Info 01656 815757. Musical comedy about the life of Marie Curie. I’m feeling the title. The Signalman + The Waiting Room Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12.50-£21.50. Info 01792 475715. Jack Shepherd stars in a double bill of ghost stories. (Until Sat 3)
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.30pm,
£14. Info 029 2063 6464. Presented by NDCWales and Pontardawe Arts Centre. Blood Brothers New Theatre, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £16-£35. Info 029 2087 8889. (Until Sat 10) Daliso Chaponda + Mike Bubbins Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £14.25/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. On tomorrow also. Drones Comedy Club Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8.30pm, £3.50. Info 029 2030 4400. Also on Fri 16. HMS Pinafore Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01686 614555. (Until Sat 3) Into The Woods Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. No Known Grave Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1 + 7.15pm, £8/£6. Info 01792 475715. WWI-themed play presented by Fluellen. ‘Stute Comedy Nights Miners’ Institute, Blackwood. 8pm, £11/£10 adv. Info 01495 227206. With standups TBC. The Drowned Girl Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £13/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Until Sat 3) The Signalman + The Waiting Room Grand Theatre, Swansea. 7.30pm, £12.50-£21.50. Info 01792 475715. (Until Sat 3)
SATURDAY 3
Back To Broadway Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon. 4pm, £15. Info 01874 611622. Blood Brothers New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £13.50-£35. Info 029 2087
8889. (Until Sat 10) Daliso Chaponda + Mike Bubbins Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £16.25/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Fire In The North Sky Royal Welsh College Of Music & Drama, Cardiff. 7.30pm, £12/£10. Info 029 2039 1391. Music and storytelling presented by Beyond The Border and Adverse Camber. HMS Pinafore Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12. Info 01686 614555. (Finishes today) Iliad: Marathon Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 6.30pm-5am, £60/£45/£40 schools. Info 0845 2263510. Epic conclusion to the Iliad series here, with Iliad: Kings at 6.30pm, The Husbands at 9.30pm, Red/Cold at 1am and War Music at 4am. Mark Olver + Barry Castagnola + Rich Wilson Jongleurs, Cardiff. 7pm, from £15. Info 08700 111960. Orlando Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £5-£41. Info 029 2063 6464. WNO present Handel’s opera, and do so again on Wed 7. Pss Pss Circus Gwyn Hall, Neath. 7.30pm, £10.75. Info 0300 3656677. Chaplin/ Keaton-inspired stage slapstick. The Drowned Girl Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff. 8pm, £13/£10. Info 029 2030 4400. (Finishes today) The Signalman + The Waiting Room Grand Theatre, Swansea. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12.50-£21.50. Info 01792 475715. (Finishes
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A Midsummer Night’s Dream Pontardawe Arts Centre. 7.30pm, £5-£10. Info 01792 863722. Presented by Shake It Up Shakespeare. Blood Brothers New Theatre, Cardiff. 2.30 + 7.30pm, £12£31.50. Info 029 2087 8889. Marti Pellow is in this one. (Until Sat 10) Comedy Carousel Glee Club, Cardiff Bay. 7.15pm, £10/£5 NUS. Info 0871 4720400. Hosted by Clint Edwards and featuring Mike Bubbins and Robin Morgan as well. Every Thursday this month (apart from Thurs 22). HMS Pinafore Theatr Hafren, Newtown. 7.30pm, £12. Info 01686 614555. Presented by Newtown Musical Theatre Company. (Until Sat 3) Into The Woods Dolman Theatre, Newport. 7.15pm, £12. Info 01633 263670. Sondheim musical with, courtesy of performers New Adventure Players, “a twist”. On tomorrow also. Iliad: War Music Y Ffwrnes, Llanelli. 7.30pm, £20/£15 kids. Info 0845 2263510. National Theatre Wales’ multimedia theatrical staging of Christopher Logue’s War Music. Companion piece Marathon is on Sat 3. Patriot Grand Theatre Arts Wing, Swansea. 1 + 7.15pm, £8/£6. Info 01792 475715.
STORIES FROM A CROWDED ROOM Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff Tickets: £14/£12. Info: 029 2064 6900 / www.chapter.org Ever wondered about the intricacies of human nature? Wondered about how we humans connect or sometimes say things we don’t really think? Earthfall presents this 25th anniversary production, Stories From A Crowded Room, and invites you to examine these intricacies as you “touch, smell, and breathe as you walk the room or hide amongst the crowd.” As there are no seats this production is an embracing experience for the audience: eight dancers and two musicians use energetic choreography, live music and emotional monologues to immerse the audience. This is a performance that has been described as “incredibly intimate and interactive,” concerning love and loss, rejection and companionship, anger and solitude.
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