Wales Millennium Centre
The new landmark venue in Cardiff Bay is home to a string of artistic and cultural organisations - see below for details. Click here for more arts and culture weblinks - let us know if you've seen any others worth including.
Wales Millennium Centre
http://www.wmc.org.uk
The venue's official website. Check the forthcoming events, buy tickets online, see plans of the building, and find out how to get involved as a friend or volunteer.
Academi
http://www.academi.org
The national society promoting the writers and literature of Wales. The bilingual website includes a database of Welsh writers, plus details of publications, events, competitions and funding schemes.
National Dance Company Wales
http://www.ndcwales.co.uk
Formerly known as Diversions, it commissions and premiers work from some of the world's most exciting choreographers. It also has an extensive programme of community work including school visits.
Hijinx Theatre
http://www.hijinx.org.uk
A professional group taking theatre to the people with regular performances of accessible new plays in towns and villages around Wales. It also runs the Odyssey Theatre community group, a quarter of whose members have learning disabilities.
Touch Trust
http://www.touchtrust.co.uk
A charity which uses music and movement as therapy for children and adults with profound disabilities and autism.
Ty Cerdd - Music Centre Wales
http://www.tycerdd.org
Information and advice about a range of musical activities in Wales. The site lists as many as 400 amateur music-making societies and choirs all over the nation. Their base serves as a "Music House", including a recording studio, listening booths and an extensive library.
Urdd Gobaith Cymru
http://www.urdd.org
The national youth organisation for Wales has its headquarters here, plus a 150-bed hostel for visiting youngsters.
Welsh National Opera
http://www.wno.org.uk
The WNO will continue touring nationally and internationally, but for the first time it has a place to call home, with performance and rehearsal space under the same roof.
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
http://www.bbc.co.uk/now/
The orchestra has its home at the WMC in a state-of-the-art recording and rehearsal facility called BBC Hoddinott Hall.
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