March Events
21 January – 1 April (weekends only): Techniquest
It's Electric
Would you like to see indoor lightning or be part of a giant circuit? Come for our interactive hair-raising show about electricity. Find out how we generate and use electricity. Can we power a car with electricity? How about a rocket?
11 February - 2 March: Wales Millennium Centre
La traviata (Verdi)
Decadence, romance and devotion in 19th century Paris. Violetta Valéry, a courtesan in 19th century Paris, dreams of a better life. Alfredo Germont may be the man to provide her with the happy ending her story deserves. However, rigid social convention will ultimately deny her the salvation she craves. Verdi’s deeply moving opera remains as haunting and touching as ever. Praised for its insight and detail, David McVicar’s hugely popular production returns with an exciting new cast. Canadian soprano Joyce El-Khoury and Mexican tenor Carlos Osuna, make UK debuts as Violetta and Alfredo with celebrated Welsh baritone Jason Howard as Giorgio Germont. Conductor Julia Jones also makes her debut with the company. With exquisite designs setting the opera unmistakably in the Parisian salons and townhouses of the period, Violetta’s story is vividly told on stage.
Tickets from £5.00 - £39.50
3 March - 1 April: Techniquest
Mission To Mars (Suitable for Under 7's)
The red planet, as history suggests, is not for the faint hearted. Join us on our voyage to Mars as we take a closer look at what this planet has to offer.
3 March - 22 April: Craft in the Bay
Drawing, Permanence and Place
Investigating the relationship between drawing and the enamelled object, specifically in relation to space, place and permanence. Artists re-evaluating the role of drawing in their practice and embracing new challenges.
3 March: Norwegian Church Arts Centre
Keith James Concert
Keith James performs 'The Great Canadian Songbook' at the Norwegian Church.
Tickets £14.00
3 March: Techniquest
Toddler Days: Daffodils & Dragons
Once a month during term-time pre-school children have their run of the exhibits with activities on a special theme. There’ll be drawing and colouring and something to make to take home. Admission costs just £4.60 for adults – who can enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee in the café. Techniquest is buggy-friendly, with nappy-changing facilities, lockers and a café that can heat baby food and milk.
4 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Spaghetti Western Orchestra (Age 8+)
Five brilliant comic maestros perform classic Ennio Morricone soundtracks from the iconic Clint Eastwood movies The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, For a Few Dollars More and Once Upon a Time in the West recreating every punch-up, gunshot and jangling spur with hilarious effect.
Tickets from £19.00 - £21.00
5 March: St. David's Hotel & Spa
Cardiff Business Club: Adam Crozier
Adam Crozier joined ITV Plc as Chief Executive in April 2010. He is currently leading a company-wide review and developing the strategy that will transform the business in the next 3-5 years. Prior to joining ITV Adam Crozier was Chief Executive of Royal Mail Group (2003 – 2010) where he led Royal Mail's transformation from an organisation failing customer service targets and losing more than £1m every working day to a company making £1m every working day and delivering on its Quality of Service targets. He was also responsible for driving forward Royal Mail’s plan to invest around £2bn in modernising and automating the business to enable it to compete and lead both in the UK and in the international marketplace. Before joining Royal Mail, he was Chief Executive of the Football Association while between 1988 and 1999 he held a number of senior roles at Saatchi and Saatchi, including Joint Chief Executive from 1995. Adam sits on the board of Debenhams. Adam was born on the Isle of Bute in 1964.
5 March: Wales Millennium Centre
John Peel's Shed (Suitable for 8 +)
In 2002, John Osborne won a competition on John Peel's Radio One show. His prize was a box of records that took eight years to listen to. Weaving the story of his life with his love of radio, Osborne has created a witty and endearing performance in which he affectionately shares the records previously owned by Peel. This show is a unique opportunity to experience some of the obscure and inspired record choices of the man himself. It's also a funny and poignant tale of everyday life.
Tickets from £8.00 - £12.00
6 March - 11 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Lord of the Dance
Created by Michael Flatley, Lord of the Dance has achieved international success with its mix of traditional dance and music with a Vegas-style production twist, creating good old fashioned spectacle. It’s a simple and exuberant marriage of music and dance that has touched and united audiences throughout the world, shattering box office records. The story's simple and easy for audiences to follow. It uses roughly 20 routines; all variations on Irish step dancing and is set to pounding arrangements of Irish folk music that you can almost feel passing through audiences like an electric current.
Tickets from £15.00 - £39.00
10 March: Cardiff Devils
Cardiff Devils v Coventry Blaze (League)
For ticket and fixture information, please visit the website.
12 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Classic FM Live
Wales Millennium Centre will welcome the UK’s biggest classical music radio station for the first time with their Classic FM Live concert featuring some of the greatest classical music of all time, stunningly performed by internationally renowned musicians. The event will be spectacularly presented with lighting and pyrotechnic effects.
Tickets from £20.00 - £45.00
15 March: Cardiff Devils
Cardiff Devils v Edinburgh Capitals (League)
For ticket and fixture information, please visit the website.
16 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Sacher Perspectives
A concert of music commissioned by the Swiss conductor and champion of new music, Paul Sacher. The works range from the airy gracefulness of Stravinsky's Concerto and the atmospheric textures of Lutoslawski's Double Concerto (for oboe and harp) through to the charm of Frank Martin and the powerful Fourth Symphony of Honegger. In collaboration with Cardiff University and part of the ‘Sacher Perspectives' conference weekend, 16-18 March 2012. For more details visit www.cardiff.ac.uk/music.
Tickets from £7.00 - £9.00
16 - 17 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
Contemporary dance has a huge popular following in Europe, where the Nederlands Dans Theater empire reigns supreme. Within that empire Nederlands Dans Theater 2 holds a special place. It is the training ground for NDT, nurturing 17 to 23 year old dancers who’ve completed their classical ballet training, before they go on to join the ‘main’ company. Don’t be fooled though - this is no youth dance company. These are some of the most impressive and skilled dancers that you will see on a world dance stage - right at the beginning of their inevitably impressive careers. You’ll be hard pushed to find a group of dancers more physically and mentally in tune with one another than these. Their physical youth and their lack of inhibition allows them to revel in flaunting their outstanding talent on stage in a way that may later leave them, but the energy to be experienced at an NDT2 performance is rarely found elsewhere. Take the chance to experience it while you can. As soon as the repertoire is confirmed we’ll put details on the website, but we can tell you that their work is contemporary dance in the purest meaning of the term. Its main aim is to show off the physicality and skill of the dancers, allowing audiences to form their own interpretation, stories and opinions. What NDT2 brings to the mix is exuberance, quirkiness and bold confidence that make the dancers a joy to watch.
Tickets from £12.00 - £28.00 (Age guidance 8+)
17 March: Cardiff Devils
Cardiff Devils v Dundee Stars (League)
For ticket and fixture information, please visit the website.
22 March: Wales Millennium Centre
An Evening with Joan Baez (Age 5 +)
Joan Baez has to be one of the most well-respected American singer-songwriters of the past 50 years. Regarded essentially as a folk singer, with a distinctive vocal style, her music actually covers a wide range of styles from folk-rock and pop to country and gospel. Debuting at the Newport Folk Festival in 1959, Joan went on to appear at Woodstock, record over 30 albums and was responsible for focusing the world’s attention on the songs of Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Steve Earle and many more. Indelibly linked to the protest song We Shall Overcome, Baez is recognized as an outstanding, courageous activist whose beliefs can’t be separated from her music; her first appearance at the Centre will definitely be one to watch.
Tickets £39.50
24 - 25 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Doctor Who Convention
The much anticipated Doctor Who Convention will come to Cardiff in March 2012 and it has been described as 'the ultimate Doctor Who fan event'. During the convention fans will have unrivalled access to the current Doctor Who star Matt Smith, writer Steven Moffat and a number of the key crew and production staff. There will also be behind-the-scenes sessions on script writing, special effects demonstrations and photo opportunities.
Tickets £99.00 (Adults)
25 March: Cardiff Devils
Cardiff Devils v Coventry Blaze (League)
For ticket and fixture information, please visit the website.
26 March: St. David's Hotel & Spa
Cardiff Business Club: His Excellency Daniel Taub
With over two decades of experience in Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, H.E. Daniel Taub has played a key role in a wide range of diplomatic, legal and political arenas. As Principal Deputy Legal Adviser of Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Taub served as legal adviser to Israel's missions to the United Nations in New York and Geneva, and represented Israel in many multilateral fora. Ambassador Taub was extensively involved in the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, helping negotiate most of the agreements reached between the two sides, and heading the Israeli side of the Culture of Peace track of negotiations. He was also an active member of Israel's negotiation team in the Israel-Syrian negotiations. Ambassador Taub is a much sought after lecturer on Middle Eastern issues, international law and negotiation theory. He is frequently invited to appear on television and radio, and lectures widely in universities and policy institutes in Israel and abroad. Within Israel's foreign ministry he developed and taught training programs for Israeli diplomats in negotiation strategies and communications skills. In his army service, Ambassador Taub served as a combat medic and as a reserve officer in the IDF's international law Ambassador Taub holds degrees from the universities of Oxford (University College), London (University College), and Harvard (Kennedy School of Government). Together with his wife Zehava, he has six children: Yehuda, Tsofia, Aaron, Reuven, Asher and Amichai.
28 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Jasmin Vardimon Company: Yesterday
Developing British dance companies is something we have always been committed to and so we leapt at the chance to work with the outstanding Jasmin Vardimon Company. The company was founded in London in 1997 and rapidly became a key player within the British dance theatre scene.Yesterday is a retrospective work created to mark the company’s 10th anniversary and features some of the most breath-taking moments from the company’s repertoire. A full-length dance theatre production, Yesterday combines powerful new choreography with stunning live video and animation. Contrasting flashes of daring athleticism with moments of touching beauty, the eight dancers interweave tender scenes of intimacy and vulnerability, with provocative and playful choreography.
Tickets £14.00
30 March: Techniquest
Toddler Days: Music
Once a month during term-time pre-school children have their run of the exhibits with activities on a special theme. There’ll be drawing and colouring and something to make to take home. Admission costs just £4.60 for adults – who can enjoy a free cup of tea or coffee in the café. Techniquest is buggy-friendly, with nappy-changing facilities, lockers and a café that can heat baby food and milk.
30 March: Wales Millennium Centre
Probe : May (Suitable for 14+)
May is a woman living on the edge. Douglas is a man living in his head. When their worlds collide, only the truth can save them. A darkly humorous modern day romance told through a combination of dance, words and music, May is a tale of a passionate relationship between two misfits. When Douglas, a slightly befuddled social worker, meets May, a vulnerable, inarticulate self-harmer, neither of them predict that their relationship will bring them close to destruction. Founded in Brighton in 2004 dance theatre company Probe is the brainchild of former Rambert dancer, Antonia Grove.
Tickets from £8.00 - £12.00
31 March - 1 April: Wales Millennium Centre
Mariinsky Opera
The world renowned Mariinsky Opera returns to the Centre for two days of dramatic music-making next spring. Bringing two monumental works to the stage in concert performances, Valery Gergiev will conduct the Mariinsky Orchestra, Chorus and Soloists. They will be joined by the additional choral forces required to do justice to these two magnificent pieces by Wagner and Mahler. The performances are Sat 31 Mar ’12, 4pm Wagner: Parsifal and Sun 1 Apr ’12, 4pm Mahler: Symphony No 8 ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. Parsifal: Approximately 5 ¾ hours including two intervals, performed in German [with English libretto available to download from Wales Millennium Centre's website from Feb 2012]. Mahler Symphony No 8: Approximately 80 minutes with no interval. This Mariinsky UK Tour is supported by BP.
Parsifal 31 March 2012 - Tickets from £18.00 - £49.00 Adult
Mahler 1 April 2012 - Tickets from £15.00 - £39.00 Adult
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