Geoff Cripps
@geoffcripps.bsky.social
Former Artistic Director RCT Theatres now playing music with Wynford Jones my former Chartists band mate. Cymro o Bontllanfraith
Release day is this Friday 18th September for The Chartists Remastered & Expanded. Pre-orders now available at :- laufordcripps.bandcamp.com
See more at www.thechartists.com
See more at www.thechartists.com
September 14, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Release day is this Friday 18th September for The Chartists Remastered & Expanded. Pre-orders now available at :- laufordcripps.bandcamp.com
See more at www.thechartists.com
See more at www.thechartists.com
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Devastating news: The Audience Agency to enter voluntary liquidation following ‘sustained financial pressures’. They say it is after 14 years but in fact the legacy reflects over 30 years of public investment in audience development. This can’t be lost: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/the-aud...
The Audience Agency to enter voluntary liquidation following 'sustained financial pressures' - Arts Professional
The Audience Agency (TAA) has announced today (11 September) that after 14 years leading audience research, development and cultural policy, it will enter a
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
September 11, 2026 at 2:16 PM
Devastating news: The Audience Agency to enter voluntary liquidation following ‘sustained financial pressures’. They say it is after 14 years but in fact the legacy reflects over 30 years of public investment in audience development. This can’t be lost: www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/the-aud...
Tredegar House Folk Festival Fundraiser at St Cadoc's Church
Tickets are now available for Tredegar House Folk Festival Fundraiser at St Cadoc's Church, Caerleon on Fri 6 Nov 2026. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!
www.ticketsource.com
September 11, 2026 at 12:18 PM
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This month’s Chart Show features music from Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison, Gwenifer Raymond, Cinder Well, Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Parker and the False Alarms, Joshua Burnside and Dove Ellis. Plus, get a preview of the next episode of Folk on Foot.
▶️ Join us from 7pm BST: youtu.be/FwbgCSZ7wLU
▶️ Join us from 7pm BST: youtu.be/FwbgCSZ7wLU
September 8, 2026 at 8:23 AM
This month’s Chart Show features music from Arun Sood & Angeline Morrison, Gwenifer Raymond, Cinder Well, Robyn Hitchcock, Nick Parker and the False Alarms, Joshua Burnside and Dove Ellis. Plus, get a preview of the next episode of Folk on Foot.
▶️ Join us from 7pm BST: youtu.be/FwbgCSZ7wLU
▶️ Join us from 7pm BST: youtu.be/FwbgCSZ7wLU
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Just kicking off September with a new batch of reviews. Check them out here:
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
September 2, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Just kicking off September with a new batch of reviews. Check them out here:
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
www.fatea-records.co.uk/magazine/rev...
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That other thing I do … Coming soon. Details on the website.
June 11, 2026 at 4:38 PM
That other thing I do … Coming soon. Details on the website.
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Hello! I'm on the lookout for Welsh arts journalists. Yes, I know a few well, and a few not so well, but who am I missing? People interested in classical music are a plus. Thanks!
June 5, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Hello! I'm on the lookout for Welsh arts journalists. Yes, I know a few well, and a few not so well, but who am I missing? People interested in classical music are a plus. Thanks!
Our next gig - Pontypridd 12th June!
May 30, 2026 at 5:19 PM
Our next gig - Pontypridd 12th June!
It is tomorrow evening - hope to see you there!
May 26, 2026 at 6:05 PM
It is tomorrow evening - hope to see you there!
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34 US states’ attorneys general want to destroy Live Nation. In a landmark filing to a federal judge in Manhattan, they demand it spins off Ticketmaster, sells its amphitheaters, pays back billions in overcharges:- now, not after the DOJ finishes its own deal. decibel.news/p/thirty-fou...
Thirty-four states want to destroy Live Nation as we know it
Today, in a landmark filing with a federal judge in Manhattan, attorneys general from across the country demanded that Live Nation be forced to spin off Ticketmaster, sell its amphitheaters, and pay b...
decibel.news
May 22, 2026 at 11:55 AM
34 US states’ attorneys general want to destroy Live Nation. In a landmark filing to a federal judge in Manhattan, they demand it spins off Ticketmaster, sells its amphitheaters, pays back billions in overcharges:- now, not after the DOJ finishes its own deal. decibel.news/p/thirty-fou...
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Tonight's Along The Tracks www.folkfridayradio.com 10pm has got Lady Maisery And Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith's "Wakefire:A Summer Album" as album of the week, plus a host of new releases and a dip into the Fatea Showcase Session. Full track list:
www.facebook.com/AlongTheTrac...
www.facebook.com/AlongTheTrac...
May 22, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Tonight's Along The Tracks www.folkfridayradio.com 10pm has got Lady Maisery And Jimmy Aldridge & Sid Goldsmith's "Wakefire:A Summer Album" as album of the week, plus a host of new releases and a dip into the Fatea Showcase Session. Full track list:
www.facebook.com/AlongTheTrac...
www.facebook.com/AlongTheTrac...
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Folky Friday viewing: Doc Rowe's film celebrating 30 years of the Musical Traditions club. Norma Waterson! Thomas McCarthy! Peta Webb! John Foreman! Fred Jordan! Freddy McKay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IU6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IU6...
Musical Traditions Club 2020
YouTube video by Doc Rowe
www.youtube.com
May 15, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Folky Friday viewing: Doc Rowe's film celebrating 30 years of the Musical Traditions club. Norma Waterson! Thomas McCarthy! Peta Webb! John Foreman! Fred Jordan! Freddy McKay!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IU6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IU6...
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To begin at the beginning...
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! ✍️
On this day in 1953, Thomas’s “play for voices”, Under Milk Wood, received its first stage reading in New York.
Go forth and love the words... 📖
#DylanDay #InternationalDylanThomasDay
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! ✍️
On this day in 1953, Thomas’s “play for voices”, Under Milk Wood, received its first stage reading in New York.
Go forth and love the words... 📖
#DylanDay #InternationalDylanThomasDay
May 14, 2026 at 6:21 AM
To begin at the beginning...
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! ✍️
On this day in 1953, Thomas’s “play for voices”, Under Milk Wood, received its first stage reading in New York.
Go forth and love the words... 📖
#DylanDay #InternationalDylanThomasDay
Happy International Dylan Thomas Day! ✍️
On this day in 1953, Thomas’s “play for voices”, Under Milk Wood, received its first stage reading in New York.
Go forth and love the words... 📖
#DylanDay #InternationalDylanThomasDay
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And we're off! Join us on YouTube now, as we count down this month's Official Folk Albums Chart.
Tune in here - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8
Tune in here - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8
Official Folk Albums Chart Show—5th May 2026
YouTube video by Folk On Foot
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May 5, 2026 at 6:03 PM
And we're off! Join us on YouTube now, as we count down this month's Official Folk Albums Chart.
Tune in here - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8
Tune in here - youtu.be/SUMUkAZkyP8
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Lyn Gardner on theatre and alcoholism: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/does...
Lyn Gardner on theatre's troubling relationship with alcohol
Andrew Lloyd Webber's brave admission that he is a recovering alcoholic shines a spotlight on the profession's unhealthy reliance on booze, says Lyn Gardner
www.thestage.co.uk
May 6, 2026 at 1:59 PM
Lyn Gardner on theatre and alcoholism: www.thestage.co.uk/opinion/does...
Our next gig is a home town gig. Made special because we are sharing it with our good friends The Blessed Crow...book now!
April 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Our next gig is a home town gig. Made special because we are sharing it with our good friends The Blessed Crow...book now!
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“Just a roll, just a roll……” Fairport Convention on excellent form @unionchapeluk.bsky.social last night. @jennbutterworth.bsky.social was also wonderful.
March 29, 2026 at 10:01 AM
“Just a roll, just a roll……” Fairport Convention on excellent form @unionchapeluk.bsky.social last night. @jennbutterworth.bsky.social was also wonderful.
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Rowan Moore: Behind the scenes of Theatr Clwyd’s £48m makeover “in the spirit of the whole endeavour, which is to do its good works, not with box-ticking worthiness but – in the architecture, the food, the art and the performances – with skill and delight”: observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
Behind the scenes of Theatr Clwyd’s £38m makeover
Long a source of local pride, the Mold theatre becomes a monument of culture and civilisation designed with access, diversity and festivity in mind
observer.co.uk
March 29, 2026 at 12:31 PM
Rowan Moore: Behind the scenes of Theatr Clwyd’s £48m makeover “in the spirit of the whole endeavour, which is to do its good works, not with box-ticking worthiness but – in the architecture, the food, the art and the performances – with skill and delight”: observer.co.uk/culture/arch...
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With the shortage of technicians, Chichester Festival Theatre launches an academy to introduce the careers: www.thestage.co.uk/news/chiches...
Chichester Festival Theatre launches backstage skills academy
Chichester Festival Theatre is to launch a technical academy aimed at addressing a shortage in the number of new technicians entering the sector
www.thestage.co.uk
March 24, 2026 at 10:28 AM
With the shortage of technicians, Chichester Festival Theatre launches an academy to introduce the careers: www.thestage.co.uk/news/chiches...
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This month’s Chart Show has music from Madra Salach, Ye Vagabonds, @tessarosejackson.bsky.social, RANT, @elizamarshall.bsky.social, Seth Lakeman and Miniseries. Plus, there's album and gig news and Matthew announces the next episode of Folk on Foot.
Watch from 7pm GMT: www.youtube.com/@FolkOnFoot
Watch from 7pm GMT: www.youtube.com/@FolkOnFoot
March 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
This month’s Chart Show has music from Madra Salach, Ye Vagabonds, @tessarosejackson.bsky.social, RANT, @elizamarshall.bsky.social, Seth Lakeman and Miniseries. Plus, there's album and gig news and Matthew announces the next episode of Folk on Foot.
Watch from 7pm GMT: www.youtube.com/@FolkOnFoot
Watch from 7pm GMT: www.youtube.com/@FolkOnFoot
A public service announcement. Don't use #ExpediaUK. They don't have a working UK customer services telephone number and their virtual agents are useless
February 23, 2026 at 3:56 PM
A public service announcement. Don't use #ExpediaUK. They don't have a working UK customer services telephone number and their virtual agents are useless
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Just 2 weeks until we hit the road for the spring in the UK.
Are we coming near you?
www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com/tour
Are we coming near you?
www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com/tour
February 21, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Just 2 weeks until we hit the road for the spring in the UK.
Are we coming near you?
www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com/tour
Are we coming near you?
www.kathrynrobertsandseanlakeman.com/tour
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RSC co-leader Daniel Evans warns English £1.5bn for the arts will disappear quickly, & says as they near the end of their redundancy scheme “We were having to face the fact that our operation currently is costing more than our ability to earn money” www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/rsc-co-...
RSC co-leader warns £1.5bn for the arts will disappear quickly - Arts Professional
The government's £1.5 billion for arts and culture will be "eaten up pretty quickly", Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) co-artistic director Daniel Evans has
www.artsprofessional.co.uk
February 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
RSC co-leader Daniel Evans warns English £1.5bn for the arts will disappear quickly, & says as they near the end of their redundancy scheme “We were having to face the fact that our operation currently is costing more than our ability to earn money” www.artsprofessional.co.uk/news/rsc-co-...