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Pembrokeshire Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Pembrokeshire Herald
SPAN Arts presents: An Autopsy of a Mother, a Bear and a Fridge
A contemporary dance-theatre experience by Deborah Light SPAN ARTS is proud to present Deborah Light — acclaimed choreographer, movement director, and mother — in her first solo show, An Autopsy of a Mother, a Bear and a Fridge. This bold and visceral work of contemporary dance-theatre delves into the complexities of motherhood through three seemingly unrelated objects. With a distinctive blend of clinical precision, raw vulnerability, feminist fury, and wicked humour, Deborah unpacks the symbolic connections between a mother, a bear, and a fridge. In doing so, she lays bare personal truths and the societal pressures that weigh on the female body, in a powerful critique of patriarchal systems. Known for her collaborative work across dance, theatre, film, and site-based performance, Deborah is also co-director of Light/Ladd/Emberton and lectures in movement at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. This new solo show is supported by Arts Council Wales, Chapter, NDCWales, YMa, SPAN Arts, and Taking Flight. The performance will take place at Canolfan Hermon on Thursday, May 16 at 7:00pm. After the show, audiences are invited to stay for an informal post-show conversation with Deborah over tea and cake, to reflect on the themes of the piece. Please note: The show is recommended for ages 14+ and contains references to death, motherhood/matrescence, surgery, violence against women, gender-based inequality, ageing, climate change, and may include strong language. Event Details Date: Thursday, 16 May 2025 Time: 7:00pm Venue: Canolfan Hermon, Hermon, Glogue, SA36 0DT Tickets: £12.00 (full price) / £8.00 (concessions) Box Office: or call 01834 869323 Access: Free companion/carer tickets are available. Please call 01834 869323 to arrange. Refreshments and snacks will be available at the venue.
The Irish Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Who is Mark Bonnar's wife Lucy and when did she marry the Traitors and Line of Duty star?
LUCY Gaskell is an actress who has appeared on several of the UK's biggest shows. Her husband, Mark Bonnar, will be appearing on the Advertisement 3 Lucy Gaskell is married to Line of Duty actor Mark Bonnar Credit: Instagram/@ 3 Lucy portrayed Kirsty Clements in Casualty Becoming an actress Lucy was born on July 10, 1980, and studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1998. She made her professional debut in a production of The Cherry Orchard which toured the UK over the summer of 2003. The actress met Lucy became known for her role in the BBC drama Cutting It, where her portrayal of Ruby Ferris earned her the Best Newcomer award from the Royal Television Society. Advertisement Read More on TV news She rocketed to fame as Kirsty Clements in Lucy's life off-screen Lucy married Mark on December 28, 2007, and shares two children with him. Martha, their first child, was born in July 2011 and Samuel was born in June 2015. Outside of her work on-screen, Lucy is an ambassador for Women's Aid - a charity that supports Advertisement Most read in News TV Lucy's celebrity husband Richard Mark Bonnar is one of the most prolific actors of He has also appeared in Vera, Grantchester, Case Histories, Doctor Who and Paradox. Claudia Winkleman reveals BBC bosses have slapped her with a big rule ahead of first ever Celebrity Traitors The star is known to lend his voice to Mark will appear in the first series of Celebrity Traitors in 2025, alongside fellow actors Tameka Empson and Celia Imrie. Advertisement They will be joined by singers A slew of comedians including Nick Mohammed, Sports star Celebrity Traitors will begin broadcasting in the Autumn and will begin filming over the summer. Advertisement 3 Mark Bonnar will be competing for the huge prize on The Traitors Credit: Getty Images
The Sun
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Who is Mark Bonnar's wife Lucy and when did she marry the Traitors and Line of Duty star?
LUCY Gaskell is an actress who has appeared on several of the UK's biggest shows. Her husband, Mark Bonnar, will be appearing on the celebrity version of The Traitors alongside many famous faces - including a Hollywood actress and an Olympian. 3 3 Becoming an actress Lucy was born on July 10, 1980, and studied at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1998. She made her professional debut in a production of The Cherry Orchard which toured the UK over the summer of 2003. The actress met Mark Bonnar on the set of her debut play and started dating him that year. Lucy became known for her role in the BBC drama Cutting It, where her portrayal of Ruby Ferris earned her the Best Newcomer award from the Royal Television Society. She rocketed to fame as Kirsty Clements in Casualty and has continued to land roles in Holby City, Being Human and Doctor Who. Lucy's life off-screen Lucy married Mark on December 28, 2007, and shares two children with him. Martha, their first child, was born in July 2011 and Samuel was born in June 2015. Outside of her work on-screen, Lucy is an ambassador for Women's Aid - a charity that supports survivors of domestic violence. Lucy's celebrity husband Richard Mark Bonnar is one of the most prolific actors of British TV and is most known for his roles as Max in the drama Guilt and Duncan Hunter in Shetland. He has also appeared in Vera, Grantchester, Case Histories, Doctor Who and Paradox. Claudia Winkleman reveals BBC bosses have slapped her with a big rule ahead of first ever Celebrity Traitors The star is known to lend his voice to video games too and has appeared in Battlefield 1 and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag. Mark will appear in the first series of Celebrity Traitors in 2025, alongside fellow actors Tameka Empson and Celia Imrie. They will be joined by singers Paloma Faith, Cat Burns and Charlotte Church, as well as Olympian Tom Daley and broadcasters Stephen Fry, Kate Garraway, Clare Balding and Jonathan Ross. A slew of comedians including Nick Mohammed, Joe Wilkinson, Niko Omilana, Alan Carr and Lucy Beaumont have also signed onto the show. Sports star Joe Marler and historian David Olusoga are both scheduled to appear on the show too. Celebrity Traitors will begin broadcasting in the Autumn and will begin filming over the summer. 3
The Guardian
24-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Mishka Rushdie Momen review – the poignancy and power of Schubert unleashed
Two Schubert sonatas were the main works framing Mishka Rushdie Momen's programme in the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama's Steinway series. Given that both were in the minor mode – the A minor, D784 and the C minor, D958 – together they constituted quite a serious, heavyweight affair for a Sunday morning recital. A pianist of graceful poise and sensitivity, Momen has a highly fluent technique that allowed everything to carry well in this acoustic. And, despite seeming a slight slip of a thing, to use an old-fashioned phrase, in these sonatas she showed that she could unleash considerable power in Schubert's outbursts of high-volume dramatic tension, sometimes shocking in their immediacy. At the other extreme, her pianissimo was often pianississimo, so that lyrical lines, rather than quietly singing out, sounded understated and as a result curiously underwhelming. It was in the mercurial finale of the A minor sonata and the lilting, dance-like F major theme with its chromatic edge, poignant and piquant at every appearance, that Momen captured most expressively the happy/sad ambivalence of this composer's musical makeup. That same tendency to play on vast dynamic contrasts was present in the C minor sonata too, the first of Schubert's final three almost symphonic sonatas in which trauma and foreboding coexist with the consoling beauty of music. Again, it was the Allegro finale – febrile, fast and furious – that communicated best. Three pieces from Janáček's On an Overgrown Path, No 1 Naše večery (Our Evenings), No 9 V pláči (In Tears) and No 10, Sýček neodletěl! (The Barn Owl Has Not Flown Away!) formed a neat tripartite sequence. In these Moravian-inflected melodies, Momen negotiated the balance of serenity and volatility in a way which resonated with Schubert. Momen has written about her affinity for the keyboard music of William Byrd and this was manifest in her playing of his Prelude and Fantasia in A minor, MB 12 and 13. Here was fine rhythmic clarity and conviction, but with an element of playful fantasy too. It felt refreshing for being a foil for the big sonatas and, heard in this context was also, for many, an illuminating introduction to the Renaissance master. In recital at Wesley Centre, Harrogate, 2 June ; at Wigmore Hall, London, 8 June
