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To Kill A Mockingbird to tour Wales

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 11:58 UK time, Thursday, 28 January 2010

A stage version of Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill A Mockingbird is touring Wales during February and March.

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Anthony Hopkins' art to go on show

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 12:31 UK time, Monday, 25 January 2010

Oscar-winning actor Sir Anthony Hopkins is set to reveal another side of his creativity as an exhibition featuring a collection of his recently completed artwork opens next month.

art-2010_02_446.jpg(Image © Sir Anthony Hopkins)

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Film writer Dave Berry dies

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 09:42 UK time, Monday, 25 January 2010

Tributes have been paid to journalist, film writer and archivist Dave Berry, who has died in hospital in Cardiff.

Mr Berry, 66, wrote Wales And Cinema: The First Hundred Years and helped rediscover rare Welsh film, including a life story of David Lloyd George.

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Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod line-up announced

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 12:01 UK time, Friday, 22 January 2010

The line-up for the 2010 Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod has been announced.

The event takes place from 5-11 July. There's a great deal in the schedule, with concert performances from Karl Jenkins and Llyr Williams, Bond, Only Men Aloud, and the Cory Band, and culminating with an evening show from Nigel Kennedy.

Full listings appear on the website.

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Welsh programmes celebrated at the National Television Awards

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 12:27 UK time, Thursday, 21 January 2010

Doctor Who has been crowned Britain's most popular drama, with David Tennant also receiving a gong for Outstanding Drama Performance, at the 2010 National Television Awards.

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Rolf to open Sir Kyffin exhibition

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 09:14 UK time, Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Rolf Harris will open an art gallery's latest exhibition by one of Wales' most celebrated artists, the late Sir Kyffin Williams.

Artist and TV personality Rolf, a long-time admirer of Sir Kyffin, will unveil the exhibition at in Llangefni, Anglesey, on 5 February. The exhibition will run from 6 February to 11 July.

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Philip Gross wins TS Eliot poetry prize

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 15:55 UK time, Tuesday, 19 January 2010

, a professor of creative writing at the University of Glamorgan, has won the 2009 TS Eliot Poetry Prize for his collection The Water Table.

Gross, originally from Cornwall, now lives in Penarth close to the shore of the Bristol Channel, which the poems in his award-winning work reflect.

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Rubbish work for Rhod Gilbert

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 08:52 UK time, Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Welsh funnyman Rhod Gilbert finally gets a proper job in a new television series starting tonight on ´óÏó´«Ã½ One Wales at 10.35pm.

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Reasons To Be Cheerful for Wesley Nelson

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 12:59 UK time, Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Promising young Welsh actor Wesley Nelson has two Reasons To Be Cheerful, as he graces the London stage and stars in the newly released Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, a film on the life of musician Ian Dury.

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Things to see in Wales this weekend

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 15:06 UK time, Friday, 8 January 2010

Need inspiration for a weekend activity? If the wintery Welsh weather doesn't prevent you from getting out and about, how about visiting an art exhibition in your area?

Some ideas are highlighted below, but check our to see what else is coming up in your neck of the woods.

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£1 million dress designed by Welsh fashion student

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´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts ´óÏó´«Ã½ Wales Arts | 11:03 UK time, Friday, 8 January 2010

´óÏó´«Ã½ News is carrying a story on a Cwmbran fashion student whose parents' lottery win inspired a 'million pound' dress.

Hannah Cooper, 20, a student at the University of Wales in Newport, designed the dress featuring £1m-worth of £20 notes printed on silk, after getting permission from the Bank of England.

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