{"id":924,"date":"2016-04-02T08:43:43","date_gmt":"2016-04-02T08:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/?p=924"},"modified":"2022-04-13T16:14:29","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T16:14:29","slug":"roald-dahl-centenary-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/2016\/04\/02\/roald-dahl-centenary-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Roald Dahl centenary events"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a9 Quentin Blake 2007<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Events to celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl.<\/p>\n

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Cardiff Children\u2019s Literature Festival<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 16 April – Sunday 24 April<\/em><\/p>\n

The festival will feature world-famous children\u2019s authors such as Jaqueline Wilson, and several of its events will be dedicated to Dahl\u2019s centenary, including the Roald Dahl Party. Book tickets<\/a><\/p>\n

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A Welsh Dahl?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thursday 21 April<\/em>
\nCardiff University Main Building<\/em><\/p>\n

As Cardiff celebrates the centenary of one of the world\u2019s greatest storytellers, the University will be hosting a discussion examining the Welsh roots in Roald Dahl\u2019s imagination and writings. Hosted by Professor Damian Walford Davies, this special event aims to untangle Dahl\u2019s complex and intriguing relationship with Wales and its culture.\u00a0Book tickets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Roald Dahl Walking Tour with Dewi Pws<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday 24 April<\/em>
\nThe Old Library<\/em><\/p>\n

Walk in Roald Dahl\u2019s footsteps as Dewi Pws takes you on an interactive tour around Cardiff, where Dahl\u2019s imagination comes to life.\u00a0Book tickets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Land of Song<\/strong><\/p>\n

June 2016<\/em>
\nCardiff Bay<\/em><\/p>\n

Wales Millennium Centre is helping schoolchildren across Wales learn songs inspired by Dahl\u2019s writings for a celebratory performance in June for both children and adults alike.<\/p>\n

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Inside Stories<\/strong><\/p>\n

July \u2013 November 2016<\/em>
\nNational Museum Wales<\/em><\/p>\n

This popular exhibition will be coming to Cardiff in July and will feature Sir Quentin Blake\u2019s distinctive artwork.<\/p>\n

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City of the Unexpected<\/strong><\/p>\n

Saturday 17 \u00a0– Sunday 18 September<\/em><\/p>\n

National Theatre Wales and the Wales Millennium Centre will be joining forces to create a city-wide celebration of Roald Dahl\u2019s work. Directed by Nigel Jamieson, director of Sydney\u2019s Olympic opening ceremony, the events will include public performances, large-scale spectacles, theatrical productions and art commissions from Welsh artists in locations such as Cardiff Castle and the shopping arcades.<\/p>\n

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The Wondercrump World of Roald Dahl<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friday 12 August \u2013 Saturday 21 December<\/em>
\nWales Millennium Centre<\/em><\/p>\n

An exhibition which displays artefacts from Dahl\u2019s personal life.<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Events to celebrate 100 years of Roald Dahl.","protected":false},"author":883,"featured_media":926,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cardiff-connect"],"meta_box":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/883"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":944,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/944"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.cardiff.ac.uk\/alumni\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}