Featured Events in Penarth in July, 2025 (June Updated)

An opportunity to visit Horatio’s Garden Wales for a private tour. Every Horatio’s Garden is created by a leading designer and rarely open to the public. This tour offers a unique opportunity to immerse yourself in the restorative garden and learn more about its key design features and style, the benefits of horticultural therapy and the impact of gardens on wellbeing. Horatio’s Garden Wales was designed by award-winning, three-time RHS Chelsea Flower Show Gold Medal winner Sarah Price, renowned for her artistic, naturalistic planting style in such projects as the Olympic Park and a garden at Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery. Visit us in July for bursts of color from salvias, geraniums, and lavender fill the garden, framed by airy seed heads from grasses swaying in the breeze. Find out more about Horatio's Garden Wales here . Led Horatio's Garden Wales Head Gardener, Owen Griffiths, you will have time to talk and learn about the charity, discover the incredible variety of plants and the individual design elements of the garden and time to enjoy the uplifting and vibrant space around you. Hot beverages and homemade cake will be available and there will be a selection of plants and Horatio’s Garden merchandise on sale, if you wish to have a memento of your visit. You will be gifted a plant list specific to the garden and a beautiful enamel Horatio’s Garden pin badge, so you can continue to show your support long after your visit. The tour will begin at 10am and lasts 1.5 hours. We would advise you to arrive in good time to allow time for parking if you are driving and making your way to the garden. In case of rain and adverse conditions; suitable clothing should be worn. All profits from tickets purchased will go directly to the charity, to enable Horatio's Garden to continue to nurture lives after spinal injury. Numbers are limited and a ticket must be purchased for everyone in your party. Horatio’s Garden reserves the right to cancel your tour. In this unlikely event, we will contact you directly to give you the option of an alternative tour date or full refund. “ It’s a little snippet of heaven that makes visits more like a family gathering rather than a hospital visit. ” Information on directions, parking and other frequently asked questions are included in our FAQ information sheet available here . If you have any further questions about this event please contact Horatio’s Garden Wales Garden Administrator Helen Johnson, helen.johnson@horatiosgarden.org.uk or email tours@horatiosgarden.org.uk Information Source: Horatio's Garden Charity | eventbrite

It’s 1985. I’m dressed as Peter Pan. All I have to worry about is remembering my Nan's landline number. Inspired by photos taken in front of his Nan’s kitchen door, award-winning performer Neil Frost brings these photos to life with “masterful silliness”. As he unravels the stories behind them, we make our final goodbyes. A nostalgic, poignant comedy about living with your grandparents in 80s suburban Britain, childhood dreams and the power of fancy dress. Frost is the ultimate comedian ★★★★★ Fourth Wall Genuinely touching when you’re not laughing out loud ★★★★★ Stage Whisper A rare treat, not one to miss ★★★★★ The Clothesline Hilarious ★★★★★ The Reviews Hub Presented by Mad Etiquette Direction by Lucy Hopkins & Dan Lees Producing Consultancy by The Project People Information Source: The Pen Theatre | eventbrite

Dates & Times: Modnay 4th , Wednesday 16th and Sunday 20th July 2025 Email: sclarke@wru.wales WRU Coaching Youths (12+) and Adults Qualification: WRU Level 1 Course Cost: £120 WRU LEVEL 1 Aims The course provides coaches with an introduction to the game of rugby union and the principles and practice of safe, ethical and effective management and coaching of players of all ages. The course qualifies the coach to act as an assistant to a more qualified coach. The Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Rugby Union aims to develop a coach's ‘How to Coach’ skills as well as improve their 'What to coach Skills'. The course includes the IRB Rugby Ready course.The course is a modular course made up of the following units: Unit 1- Introduction to Safe and Ethical Rugby Union The role of the coach Working with Children Basic Laws of the Game Health and Safety Unit 2 – Plan Rugby Union Coaching Sessions Planning for Delivery of Coaching Sessions Unit 3 - Deliver Rugby Union Coaching Sessions Principles of Warm up and Cool Down Skill Development (Generic and position specific skills) Communication Skills Observation of Performance (All units are mandatory and unit certification is available) Entry Requirements: Minimum Age 18 Course Arrangements / Outline The course is 21hrs in duration (16hrs on course, 5hrs home study) The course is a competence based course and involves on-course appraisal The course involves both classroom and outdoor practical sessions. Coaches are expected to participate fully in all activities Lunch and refreshments will be provided on all courses Information Source: Welsh Rugby Union | eventbrite

Distinguished guests, sweethearts and scoundrels, dreamers and ghosters, welcome. Tonight, your ever-optimistic emcee Razmatastic (Maria Ansdell’s semi-autobiographical, French-accented alter ego) invites you to share the saga of her love life and the twisted world of modern dating. Set in an imaginary cabaret, we see a lifetime of caricatured exes brought to the stage for their very final performance - all in pursuit of that magical, fix-all solution: closure. From Billy the Playground Pirate to dangerous cowboy ‘Ol Smokey Joe and poet extraordinaire Lazarus Velour, Razmatastic investigates and interrogates the figures she once loved so deeply. With a healthy dose of audience participation, spectators become integral to how these cabaret acts unfold. As the night continues and the heartbreakers grow more outrageous, she gradually sheds her comic bravado to expose the truths lurking beneath the laughter. A vaudevillian spoof and emotional exorcism in one, hold on tight as we try to let go; at the Closure Cabaret, we summon the spirits of our romantic misadventures, and dance on the ashes of love lost and longed for. Information Source: The Pen Theatre | eventbrite

Hit alt comedy double act “Soft Play” (Maria Telnikoff and Vidya Divakaran) bring you their debut hour. Their mission? To play EVERY GREAT DUO IN HISTORY - from Romulus and Remus to Wham! A whirlwind, time-travelling hour of character comedy, puppetry, clown and a lot of dance breaks. Previous praise for Telnikoff and Divakaran: ***** “An absolute delight” (British Theatre) ***** “A natural born entertainer” (Everything Theatre) ***** A fresh voice in comedy (European Comedy) ****.5 “Joyful, compelling, transcendental” (Reviews Hub) “Utterly strange, utterly brilliant” (Longstaff Reviews) Information Source: The Pen Theatre | eventbrite

'MILLWALL JEW' WITH IVOR DEMBINA Friday, 19th July | 9pm'One day I got sick of people assuming that because I am a Jew I support Tottenham Hotspur''Millwall Jew' is a comedy show about how, at the age of 71, a south London Jewish comedian decided to swear allegiance to his nearest local football club, Millwall F.C. Ivor Dembina is the UK's favourite and funniest Jewish stand-up comic, and he returns to the PEN to celebrate the birth of 'Millwall Jew' at the same venue where it was born. He's on his way, with the show, to this year's Edinburgh Festival where, over the years, he has already collected an armful of four-star and five-star reviews and an Editor's Pick of the Fringe Award. What better place to celebrate than at south London's most exciting fringe theatre, the PEN? Its not only where 'Millwall Jew' was first performed, but, appropriately enough, the venue stands right in the shadow of Millwall F.C.'s home ground, The Den. Information Source: The Pen Theatre | eventbrite