This multi award-winning show captured recently at the Sadler’s Wells Peacock Theatre is an extraordinary musical journey paying homage to Janis Joplin and her biggest musical influences.

Like a comet that burns far too brightly to last, Janis Joplin exploded onto the music scene in 1967 and, almost overnight, became the queen of rock & roll. The unmistakable voice, filled with raw emotion and tinged with Southern Comfort, made her a must-see headliner from Monterey to Woodstock. Fuelled by such unforgettable songs as “Me and Bobby McGee,” “Piece of My Heart”, “Mercedes Benz”, “Cry Baby” and “Summertime”, a remarkable cast and breakout performances.

A Night with Janis Joplin, written and directed by Randy Johnson, is a musical journey celebrating Janis and her biggest musical influences—icons like Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone and Bessie Smith, who inspired one of rock ‘n roll’s greatest legends.

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Mae'r sioe arobryn hon a ddangoswyd yn ddiweddar yn Theatr Peacock Sadler's Wells yn daith gerddorol anhygoel sy'n talu teyrnged i Janis Joplin a'i dylanwadau cerddorol mwyaf.

Fel comed sy'n llosgi'n llawer rhy llachar, ffrwydrodd Janis Joplin i'r sin gerddoriaeth ym 1967 ac, bron dros nos, daeth yn frenhines roc a rôl. Gwnaeth y llais digamsyniol, wedi'i llenwi ag emosiwn amrwd ac wedi'i gysylltu â Southern Comfort, ei gwneud yn bennawd y mae'n rhaid ei weld o Monterey i Woodstock. Wedi'i danio gan ganeuon mor fythgofiadwy â "Me and Bobby McGee," "Piece of My Heart", "Mercedes Benz", "Cry Baby" a "Summertime", cast rhyfeddol a pherfformiadau breakout.

Mae 'A Night with Janis Joplin', a ysgrifennwyd ac a gyfarwyddwyd gan Randy Johnson, yn daith gerddorol sy'n dathlu Janis a'i dylanwadau cerddorol mwyaf—eiconau fel Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone a Bessie Smith, a ysbrydolodd un o chwedlau mwyaf roc a rôl.

Director:  Bernard MacMahon/2021/USA/121mins

Transporting you back to the 1960s, this documentary traces the journey of the iconic group, Led Zeppelin. From their meeting in the summer of 1968 to becoming No.1 worldwide in 1970, the film uses interviews, performances, and never-before-seen footage from the band’s personal archive to provide insight into their meteoric rise to musical stardom against all the odds.

Starring Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham.

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Cyfarwyddwr:  Bernard MacMahon/2021/USA/121munud

Cawn ein cludo yn ôl i’r 1960au, yn y rhaglen ddogfen hon sy’n olrhain taith y grŵp eiconig, Led Zeppelin. O Haf 1968 hyd at eu sengl Rhif 1, fyd-eang yn 1970, mae’r ffilm yn defnyddio cyfweliadau, perfformiadau, a ffilm nas gwelwyd o’r blaen o archif personol y band. Cawn gipolwg ar eu cynnydd enfawr i enwogrwydd cerddorol er gwaethaf pob rhwystr.

Yn serennu Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, John Bonham.

Director:  Michael Morris/2025/UK,France,USA/130mins

Renée Zellweger returns to her iconic role as the beloved Bridget Jones for even more romantic shenanigans.

 Four years after being widowed and becoming a single mother, Bridget is encouraged by her friends to find love once again. Trying out dating apps, she’s soon pursued by a dreamy and enthusiastic younger man. But in the midst of judgement from the other mums at school, her family’s grief, and another potential suitor, the course of true love never did run smooth.  

Also starring Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Isla Fisher, Colin Firth and Emma Thompson.

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Cyfarwyddwr:  Michael Morris/2025/UK,France,USA/130munud

Mae Renée Zellweger yn dychwelyd i'w rôl eiconig fel Bridget Jones am hyd yn oed yn fwy rhamantus shenanigans.

Bedair blynedd ar ôl bod yn weddw a dod yn fam sengl, mae Bridget yn cael ei annog gan ei ffrindiau i ddod o hyd i gariad unwaith eto. Rhoi cynnig ar apiau dyddio, mae hi'n fuan yn cael ei dilyn gan ddyn iau breuddwydiol a brwdfrydig. Ond yng nghanol barn gan y mamau eraill yn yr ysgol, galar ei theulu, a siwgwr posibl arall, ni redodd cwrs gwir gariad byth yn esmwyth.

Hefyd yn serennu Leo Woodall, Hugh Grant, Isla Fisher, Colin Firth ac Emma Thompson.

Director: Peter Hastings/2024/USA/89mins

When a police officer and his faithful police dog are injured in the line of duty, a hare-brained but life-saving surgery fuses the two of them together — and Dog Man is born. As Dog Man learns to embrace his new identity, he must stop the feline supervillain Petey the Cat from cloning himself and going on a crime spree.

An adorably absurd animated comedy guaranteed to have the whole family in giggles.  

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Cyfarwyddwr: Peter Hastings/2024/USA/89munud

Pan fydd heddwas a’i gi heddlu ffyddlon yn cael eu hanafu yra’n gweithio, mae’r llawdriniaeth i achub eu bywydau yn asio’r ddau ohonyn nhw gyda’i gilydd — ac mae Dog Man yn cael ei eni. Wrth i Dog Man ddysgu cofleidio ei hunaniaeth newydd, rhaid iddo atal y dihiryn Petey the Cat rhag clonio ei hun a mynd ar sbri trosedi.

Comedi animeiddiedig anhygoel o abswrd sy'n sicr o gael y teulu cyfan yn chwerthin.

Friday Night Comedy at TG

Miles Jupp - On I Bang

Since Miles’ last tour finished at The London Palladium in 2017, he’s been in The Full Monty on Disney Plus, The Durrells and Why Didn’t They Ask Evans? on ITV, as well as a heap of episodes of Frankie Boyle’s New World Order and Have I Got News For You.

He’s made an award-winning radio series, he’s published a novel and he’s played the Emperor of Austria and Europe in Ridley Scott’s Napoleon.

Yet one sunny day in the middle of all this, he suddenly suffered a brain seizure. This led to the discovery of a tumour the size of a cherry tomato, and a rather pressing need to undergo major neurosurgery. Obviously, one doesn’t wish to make a big deal of it, but the experience has left him with a story to tell and a few things that he’d like to share with the room. So that’s exactly what he’s doing in his new show On I Bang – a tale about surprise, fear, luck, love and qualified medical practitioners.

“JOYFUL SHOW ABOUT NEAR-DEATH IS HIS BEST YET”  **** THE TIMES 2024

“ELEGANTLY FUNNY, TERRIBLY ENGLISH ACCOUNT OF A TUMOUR” **** THE GUARDIAN 2024

**** The Telegraph **** Chortle 2024

***** The Arts Desk 2024

Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock classic Jesus Christ Superstar returns to its roots with this sensational performance filmed in the UK during the Live Arena Tour.

An incredible cast  including Tim Minchin as Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm as Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles as King Herod and Ben Forster as Jesus Christ, perform hit songs including “I Don’t Know How to Love Him,” “Gethsemane,” “Heaven on Their Minds,” “Everything’s Alright,” “King Herod’s Song” and “Superstar” in an exciting and contemporary interpretation.

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Mae clasur roc Tim Rice ac Andrew Lloyd Webber, Jesus Christ Superstar, yn dychwelyd i'w gwreiddiau gyda'r perfformiad syfrdanol hwn a ffilmiwyd yn y DU yn ystod Taith Arena Fyw.

Mae cast anhygoel yn cynnwys Tim Minchin fel Judas Iscariot, Melanie Chisholm fel Mary Magdalene, Chris Moyles fel y Brenin Herod a Ben Forster fel Iesu Grist, yn perfformio caneuon poblogaidd gan gynnwys "I Don't Know How to Love Him," Gethsemane, Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, King Herod's Song, a "Superstar" mewn dehongliad cyffrous a chyfoes.

Director:  Peter Cattaneo/2024/Spain,USA,Ireland,UK/110mins 

Inspired by a true story, Steve Coogan stars as Tom Michell, a disillusioned Englishman who takes a job at a school in Argentina in 1976.

Expecting an easy ride, Tom discovers a divided nation and a class of unteachable students. However, he finds his life transformed when he rescues an orphaned penguin from an oil-slicked beach.

Starring Steve Coogan, Björn Gustafsson and David Herrero.

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Cyfarwyddwr:  Peter Cattaneo/2024/Spain,USA,Ireland,UK/110munud

Wedi’i ysbrydoli gan stori wir, mae Steve Coogan yn serennu fel Tom Michell, Sais wedi’i ddadrithio sy’n cymryd swydd mewn ysgol yn yr Ariannin ym 1976.

Gan ddisgwyl taith hawdd, mae Tom yn darganfod cenedl ranedig a dosbarth o fyfyrwyr na ellir eu haddysgu. Fodd bynnag, mae ei fywyd wedi'i drawsnewid pan mae'n achub pengwin amddifad o draeth sy'n llawn olew.

Yn serennu Steve Coogan, Björn Gustafsson a David Herrero.