SEVEN DEADLY SINS CARYS ELERI Carys Eleri’s Lovecraft (Not the Sex Shop in Cardiff), is a one woman science/comedy/ music show which played at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 and Adelaide Fringe 2019 where it won a Best Cabaret award. It is currently touring across Wales, including Wales Millennium Centre 28 – 30 November, with perfomances in both Welsh and English. Singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé will be reading all about it at St David’s Hall
SPORT
23 November
CARDIFF BLUES V LEICESTER TIGERS European Challenge Cup, kick off 8pm. Cardiff Arms Park; www.cardiffblues.com
26 November
CARDIFF CITY V STOKE Sky Bet Championship, kick off 7.45pm. Cardiff City; www.cardiffcityfc.co.uk
1 December
CARDIFF DEVILS V GLASGOW CLAN League, face off 6pm. Viola Arena, Cardiff International Sports Village; www.cardiffdevils.com
OTHER
21 November
AN EVENING WITH GARETH ALFIE THOMAS Hear sporting icon, philanthropist and Ironman triathlete share his inspiring and moving story that transcends the world of sport to tell a universal
truth about feeling like an outsider and facing up to who you really are. St David’s Hall; www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk
30 November & 8 December
ROCK CHOIR See the Cardiff Community Choir with more than 200 members perform at Rhiwbina Christmas Festival on 30 November and again at Cardiff Bay on 8 December as part of the Santa Dash. www.rockchoir.com
5 December
AN EVENING WITH RYAN GIGGS A Q&A with the legendary footballer Ryan Giggs, compered by former Wales rugby international Ian Gough. £65 per ticket with drinks reception, three-course dinner, raffle and entertainment, and all proceeds going to fund defibrillators, CPR training and heart screening in Wales. The Marriott Hotel; www.welshhearts.org n
LUST: Who or what do you find yourself lusting after ?
To own one of the sea view houses in Laugharne. I used to work at the Dylan Thomas Boathouse and come here a lot to visit my friends and when the Laugharne Weekend festival is on I find it VERY difficult to leave. The place is always full of the funniest, cleverest eccentrics who love a whiskey or two.
GREED: What should you be cutting down on? General food.
GLUTTONY: What one thing could you happily eat or drink until you burst?
I am herbal tea-obsessed, and I love anything which contains rose. I can drink rose tea ‘til the cows come home. I was in Melbourne recently and bought the jazziest of tea flasks ever – I show its mechanism off almost every day – you may not care for it, but you will suffer my display if you come my way.
SLOTH: What should you be really putting your back into right now?
I’m having one of my days off on tour, and I am thinking I should get
on a bike and have a long cycle. It’s my favourite kind of exercise. But right now, it’s too much fun yapping to my pals in Laugharne.
WRATH: What/who makes you angry?
My sister’s cat when he just want to aggressively wrestle me for hours and hours and then after all of that he still won’t cwtch me at all. I put the work in you know, I expect something in return.
ENVY: Who, or what, are you jealous of ? My sister’s cat. I wish I could be that driven.
PRIDE: What’s your proudest achievement?
The time when my dad came to see Lovecraft at the Festival of Voice last year. He was very ill at that point – he’d been diagnosed with motor neurone disease only five months before and was already wheelchair bound. It was a huge effort to get him there and I’m so proud he made it and saw me for all that I am – he was absolutely elated. That was his last day out. What a memory to cherish.
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