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65-483: In the show, guests are asked by Acaster—in the role of a Genie Waiter—for their dream menu, in a dream restaurant that can produce any food and drink. Acaster first asks guests, "Still or sparkling water?" Shortly after, and without warning, Acaster will shout "Papadams or bread?" The episode continues with the guest giving their starter, main course, side dish, drink and dessert. Cooking sound effects play between discussions of each course. Guests explain what they like about

130-629: A South Bristol call centre, in which she plays the eponymous Ruby. Adams married festival and club promoter Clayton Wright at Bestival in 2013, having both worked as the priests for the event's Inflatable Church. According to Adams they met in an inflatable church at the top of Robin Hill on the Isle of Wight. In 2022, she stated in an interview with Diva magazine that she identifies as pansexual . Wales Millennium Centre Wales Millennium Centre ( Welsh : Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru ) (WMC)

195-588: A child, Adams attended several youth theatre groups in Bristol, including Bristol Old Vic Youth Theatre but never formally trained in acting or singing. She moved to Wales in 2004 to study drama, Theatre and Media at the University of Glamorgan . In 2012, she was nominated by Time Out magazine as their wildcard for The Hospital Club 100 Awards list of "Most Influential Person in the Arts". In 2013, she won

260-400: A fortune. But in north Wales the historic slate industry has left behind whole mountains of waste stone that no-one wants. This was stone cut from the mountainside for nearly two hundred years but which wasn't good enough to make roof slates. Over 90% was thrown away. But it was ideal for making walls like the one I had in mind... —architect Jonathan Adams Metal The WMC's main feature,

325-621: A large theatre and two smaller halls with shops, bars and restaurants. It houses Wales' national orchestra and opera, dance, theatre and literature companies, a total of eight arts organisations in residence. The main theatre, the Donald Gordon Theatre, has 2,497 seats, and is the second largest stage in Europe. The BBC Hoddinott Hall seats 350 and the Weston Studio Theatre seats 250. In 2001 Lord Rowe-Beddoe

390-400: A new ballet based on one of Alun Hoddinott's works. The Welsh National Opera performed the final scene of Beethoven 's Fidelio in their new home. The evening ranged included many types of music, from popular to classical. Day 2 – 27 November 2004 On the second day, the doors opened for the public to explore the building. A continuous stream of people filled through the building during

455-693: A nomination in the Best Comedy Podcast category at the National Comedy Awards . Off Menu was nominated for Best Comedy Podcast in the 2019 British Podcast Awards . In 2020, Off Menu garnered two nominations in the categories Best Comedy Podcast and Best Entertainment Podcast. It was nominated for two awards in 2022 in the Spotlight category—for large, mainstream podcasts—and the Best Live Podcast category. It

520-652: A show the BBC were doing about impersonators. During the recording, Adams walked out, saying, “I thought it was going to be this reality show." She missed out on an opportunity to meet Adele during a prank set up by the BBC and Graham Norton for Adele at the BBC because she didn't trust the producers' motives. In August 2015, Adams co-hosted the NBC show Before the Morning After , featuring The Pyjama Men , Gina Yashere and Tom Stade . The segment involved Adams finishing

585-485: Is Wales' national arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff , Wales. The site covers a total area of 4.7 acres (1.9 ha). Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of 26–28 November 2004 and phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert. The centre is Cardiff's principal receiving venue for large-scale opera , ballet , contemporary dance and musicals . It comprises

650-601: Is the host, along with Fred Sirieix from Channel 4's First Dates , of the BAFTA nominated TV show Snackmasters , which aired on Channel 4 in 2019. In a cook off at the KitKat factory, Monster Munch Factory and Burger King Factory, two top chefs compete to make the perfect replica, before being judged by the workers and bosses behind the real thing. In January 2020, she hosted a new food show on Netflix and Channel 4 with Heston Blumenthal called Crazy Delicious , which

715-592: Is used as a centre for education and outreach work. Phase 2 also has space for practice rooms, a music library and backstage facilities, and provides a four-storey office space for Wales Millennium Centre and the Arts Council of Wales . The original plans for the WMC were that it would have a concert hall, but the final design of phase 1 did not include one. Instead, space was left for a concert hall to be built after phase 1 opened in 2004, and construction on phase 2

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780-634: The Celtic cross embodies the cross-fertilisation of indigenous and Roman cultures, from which the Welsh nation first emerged. The monumental inscription is a familiar feature of Roman architecture. The inscription over the entrance of the Wales Millennium Centre is a revival of this classical tradition, and also a recognition of the formative influence of Roman culture upon our nation. We're lucky to have two languages; one that we share with half

845-573: The Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2018 with her third show, The Divine Ms Jayde , a homage to Bette Midler 's debut album The Divine Miss M . She starred as Julia Petley in the 2019 television adaptation of Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's Good Omens . In 2019, Adams performed "The Ballad of Kylie Jenner’s Old Face" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won JOE 's Best Show award. A performance of

910-522: The First Minister , who stressed that the new arts centre belonged to the whole nation, that it was for all of the people of Wales and not just for the elite. The building was opened by Janet Thickpenny, a young mother from Barry , who was chosen because her 40th birthday coincided with the opening day. A human chain delivered the symbolic key, designed and cast by Ann Catrin Evans, to Janet. This

975-672: The Millennium Commission , the body which distributed funds from the UK National Lottery . An international design competition attracted 268 international applicants, and was won by Iraq-born architect Zaha Hadid . Her avant-garde design was so radical that she and a selection of other applicants were asked to submit revised designs for a second round of competition —which she again won with "a sleek and dazzling complex of sharp lines and surfaces that she compared to an 'inverted necklace'". In December 1995,

1040-547: The BBC NOW and conducted by Thierry Fischer . Phase 2 includes the 350-seater BBC Hoddinott Hall ( Welsh : Neuadd Hoddinott y BBC ), also known simply as Hoddinott Hall, which is named after the late Welsh classical composer Alun Hoddinott (11 August 1929 – 12 March 2008), and the Grace Williams Studio, which is named after another Welsh composer, Grace Williams (19 February 1906 – 10 February 1977), and

1105-608: The Comedy Store in 2018. During the 2017 Edinburgh Fringe, Adams' second show Jayded won The Scottish Sun ' s awards for Best Show and Best Female Performer and was nominated for The Barry Awards for Best Performer. She collaborated with Jerry Springer: The Opera writer Richard Thomas for a song in the show called "No More Mrs Nice Jayde". She transferred this show in December 2017 to London's West End, Soho Theatre with Thomas joining her every night on piano, for

1170-591: The London Cabaret Awards audience vote. She was the winner of the 2014 Funny Women Award . She hosted the 2020 Funny Women Finals at The Comedy Store in London. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic , the competition was performed with no audience present. In 2015, having performed as an Adele impersonator on the drag scene in London, Adams was asked to join several other Adele impersonators for

1235-620: The Millennium Commission decided against lottery funding for the project. It was suggested that the bid failed because of "the unpopular Conservative government's fear of controversy", favouring the funding of projects perceived as more populist, such as the Millennium Stadium . After the Cardiff Bay Opera House project was rejected, a new project was conceived that included more than opera and

1300-540: The Stones Foyer Bar on level 5. Ffresh restaurant is also situated in the foyer, along with the coffee shop Crema, the ice cream parlour Hufen and the wine bar One. Free performances also take place during the day in the foyer on the Glanfa Stage. The WMC was designed by Jonathan Adams of local practice Percy Thomas Architects (taken over by Capita Group in 2004 ), with Arup Acoustics providing

1365-848: The UK comedy scene, including; James Acaster , Joe Lycett , Nish Kumar , Aisling Bea , Mawaan Rizwan , Dane Baptiste , Kerry Godliman , Ed Gamble , and Shaparak Khorsandi . Each show was over 3 hours long and broadcast to an audience at home on Zoom . The three shows raised over £20,000, which was split between the comedians' favourite comedy venues. In September 2020, Adams hosted the first episode of BBC Three 's Stand Up for Live Comedy filmed in Bristol , with guests Lauren Pattison , Mo Omar and Tom Lucy. Adams appeared in Richard Osman's House of Games , alongside Scott Mills , Rufus Hound and Josie D'Arby . In April 2020, Adams appeared in

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1430-904: The Urdd City Sleepover. It also has performance and teaching space in the Urdd Hall/Theatre, with 153 retractable seats. The building also includes rehearsal rooms, orchestral facilities for the Welsh National Opera, dance studios for Diversions, called the Dance House, and the Blue Room, with seating for up to 100. The foyer has three bars; the Penderyn Awen Foyer Bar on level 2, the Horizons Foyer Bar on level 4, and

1495-427: The Wales Millennium Centre for the building's opening. The building was officially opened on the weekend of the 26, 27 and 28 November 2004. Bryn Terfel organised the ceremony and was the creative director of the weekend. Day 1 – 26 November 2004 The day started with a speech from WMC chairman Lord Rowe-Beddoe, who declared that the proceedings were under way. This was followed by a speech from Rhodri Morgan ,

1560-746: The acoustic design and Arup as building engineer. His first concept drawings were made in early 1998, and by 1999 his design had started to look more like the building it is today. Construction began on 25 February 2002. The main contractor was Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, Kelsey Roofing Industries Ltd was the roofing contractor, and Carr and Angier were theatre consultants. Other contractors included Stent (foundations), Swansea Institute of Higher Education, now part of University of Wales Trinity Saint David (glass), GH James Cyf ( stonemasonry ), Rimex ( stainless steel ), Alfred McAlpine (slate), Coed Cymru (wood), Ann Catrin Evans ( door furniture ) and Amber Hiscott ( etchings on glass walls). The architect's concept

1625-501: The acoustic design. The main contractor was again Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd, with MJN Colston Ltd responsible for the design and installation of all the mechanical, electrical and public health services in the building. Other subcontractors on the project included URS Corporation , Davis Langdon and Hulley & Kirkwood. Tim Green said that the exterior of phase 2 was designed to be in keeping with phase 1, while

1690-545: The age of 18 and studied drama, theatre and media at The University of Glamorgan . In Wales, Adams performed experimental theatre and contemporary dance at the Wales Millennium Centre , Cardiff Bay. She currently lives in Bristol. Adams started performing stand-up comedy in 2011, following the premature death from an inoperable brain tumour of her sister Jenna, with whom she had danced competitively for 13 years at her aunt's dance school in Bristol. As

1755-662: The artists that entertained the audience during the first act. The second act was opened by the Welsh National Opera and later the Kirov Ballet and Cirque Éloize entertained the audience. Bryn Terfel ended the celebrations. The 2022/23 refurbishment of the Centre started with the opening on 27 August 2022 with an immersive theater space called Bocs (Welsh for box ). It has a programme of 360° films and projections, as well as extended reality experiences, including augmented reality , mixed reality and virtual reality . It

1820-543: The bronze coloured dome which covers the Donald Gordon Theatre, is clad in steel that was treated with copper oxide . It was designed to withstand the weather conditions on the Cardiff Bay waterfront and to look increasingly better with age. The architect, Jonathan Adams, decided not to use copper and aluminium as they would both change colour with age and weather conditions. We all know that steel making has been important to south Wales , just as slate making has changed

1885-631: The building is clad in multi-coloured slate collected from Welsh quarries. Narrow windows are built into the layers of slate to give the impression of rock strata in sea cliffs. The purple slate came from the Penrhyn Quarry , the blue from Cwt y Bugail Quarry , the green from the Nantlle Valley , the grey from Llechwedd quarry , and the black from the Corris Quarry . I always loved going to Ogmore and Southerndown . I thought

1950-419: The cliffs there looked like a building anyway. A building capable of withstanding the roughest weather for hundreds of years. The older they get, the better they look. I wondered if it would be possible to make a building which had the same qualities as these magnificent cliffs. To do that I needed a lot of stone. Normal stone for buildings has to be specially cut into blocks; it takes a long time to make and costs

2015-787: The day, which concluded with a fireworks display in the Roald Dahl Plass . Day 3 – 28 November 2004 The final day of the opening weekend began with the arrival of Queen Elizabeth II , Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales , who met First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Lord Rowe-Beddoe, and marked the event by unveiling a plaque. A key was presented to the Queen by Richard Burton's granddaughter, Charlotte Frances Ritchie. Philip Madoc , Siân Phillips, Gaby Roslin , Michael Ball , Charlotte Church , Catrin Finch and Only Men Aloud! were among

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2080-487: The delays. Further boosts were given by large donations from South African businessman Donald Gordon and a loan from the international bank, HSBC . The £20 million donation from Donald Gordon was split evenly between the Royal Opera House and Wales Millennium Centre and was spread over five years. This is believed to be the largest single private donation ever made to the arts in the UK. In addition to

2145-591: The dream restaurant", including comedians, chefs, and other figures such as Bob Mortimer , Michelle Keegan , Ainsley Harriott and Joe Thomas . In the show's 100th and 200th episodes, Acaster and Gamble chose their own dream menus. These special episodes were hosted by Claudia Winkleman and Rylan Clark respectively. The podcast began in December 2018. It reached 50   million downloads in April 2021, and 120   million by April 2023. Gamble had previously hosted The Peacock and Gamble Podcast , while Off Menu

2210-506: The external walls of the Wales Millennium Centre make use of conventional glass in a unique way: the sheets of glass are stacked together and fused in a kiln to form solid blocks." Calligraphy The inscription in the front of the building in Welsh reads: CREU GWIR FEL GWYDR O FFWRNAIS AWEN ( Creating Truth Like Glass From Inspiration's Furnace ). The inscription in English reads: IN THESE STONES HORIZONS SING Inscribed on

2275-521: The finale. In 2017, Adams performed stand up on BBC One and appeared on the Red Nose Day broadcast . In March 2018, alongside Melanie Blatt , Nicole Appleton and Shaznay Lewis from All Saints , Jaime Winstone and British fashion designer Gareth Pugh , Adams was a judge on Miss Sink The Pink 2018, an annual drag queen talent competition held at The Roundhouse in Camden . Adams attended

2340-489: The food, memories associated with it and other food and drink topics, as well as discussing their body of work. Before the guest arrives Gamble and Acaster announce a secret ingredient that at least one of them does not like. If the guest mentions the ingredient they are ejected from the Dream Restaurant without getting any dinner. The only guest ejected from the Dream Restaurant is Jayde Adams . The hosts refer to

2405-427: The forest. The design of the concourse galleries is intended to evoke the image of the edge of the forest, partly as a counterpoint to the coastal nature of the exterior, and partly because the edge of the forest in folklore and mythology represents a line between the real world and the magical world, a line which resembles the front edge of the theatre stage. The form of trees is created by the interweaving curvature of

2470-479: The front of the dome, above the main entrance, are two lines written by Welsh poet Gwyneth Lewis in the Welsh and English languages. The lettering is formed by windows in the upstairs bar areas and is internally illuminated at night. The idea of this monumental inscription comes from Roman classical architecture . The Romans brought Christianity to these islands, along with the custom of engraving stone. The form of

2535-523: The gallery edges, and by the random positioning of the supporting columns. —Jonathan Adams Glass Glass was used to incorporate into the bands of slate. It is 15-centimetre (5.9 in) thick and was cut and installed by the Architectural Glass Department at Swansea Institute of Higher Education. Glass is not used in the contemporary British architectural style of the glass curtain. Jonathan Adams said, "The glass veins in

2600-404: The general creative vision by which people and societies form their aspirations. [...] It was important to me that the English words on the building should not simply be a translation of the Welsh, that they should have their own message. The strata of the slate frontage of the Wales Millennium Centre reminded me of the horizons just beyond Penarth Head . The sea has, traditionally, been for Cardiff

2665-550: The hosts as "playful, curious and focused" with "genuine curiosity" in the guest. The Times rated a 2023 live show three stars. Jayde Adams Jayde Pricilla Gail Adams (born 26 November 1984) is a British comedian, actress, writer and opera singer from Bristol . She is the winner of the 2014 Funny Women Award . Born in Bedminster, Bristol, Adams attended her aunt's freestyle disco dancing classes with her sister for 13 years. She moved to South Wales at

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2730-405: The interior had its own theme, that of a traditional Welsh chapel. He said that "The timber treatment at low level is very reminiscent of Victorian chapels and the masonry above. The stonework you would normally get in a stone chapel has been replaced by concrete." During the design and construction period, the project name for phase 2 was C Bay. Construction began in April 2007. It ended when

2795-423: The landscape of the north. We have to use a special type of steel that won't go rusty near to the salt-laden, maritime air of Cardiff Bay. This stainless steel will be made near to Pontypool . For the Wales Millennium Centre I thought it was important that the materials should have a "natural" texture, and that they should be instantly recognisable to anyone seeing them, even from a distance. For this reason I felt it

2860-414: The means by which the Welsh export their best to the world and the route by which the world comes to Cardiff. The stones inside the theatre literally sing with opera, musicals and orchestral music, and I wanted to convey the sense of an international space created by the art of music. —Gwyneth Lewis In These Stones Horizons Sing is also an orchestral work, composed by Karl Jenkins and commissioned by

2925-516: The pandemic, Adams hosted and organised 3 comedy shows with Al Murray at The Clapham Grand for a charity benefit titled Save Live Comedy . The show was named after a hashtag that went viral in July 2020 when The Live Comedy Association found that 77.8% of live comedy venues across the UK are currently fearful of having to shut down within the next year, in the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown measures. It featured over 50 comedians from

2990-415: The pilot of Alma's Not Normal before appearing in the full series that was aired between September and October 2021. In August 2022, Adams was announced to be competing in the twentieth series of Strictly Come Dancing . Her professional partner was Karen Hauer . They were eliminated from the competition in week 5. In 2023, she filmed her own co-created comedy Ruby Speaking for ITVX , set in

3055-467: The producer, Ben Williams, as the Great Benito. The hosts have some strong established opinions on food: for instance, Gamble favours a cheeseboard for dessert, to which Acaster objects. They also have established anecdotes, such as Acaster's story about drinking Diet Coke after a long period of caffeine abstinence and believing that it tasted like Coca-Cola . A wide range of guests have "eaten at

3120-473: The show by singing Offenbach's Barcarolle . In December 2015, she made her TV acting debut in Russell Howard 's A Gert Lush Christmas . In October 2016, Sky Arts released Adams' Halloween comedy short, Bloody Tracy , written by and starring Adams and featuring Spencer Jones and Gabby Best. In August 2016, Adams wrote and performed in 31 , her debut Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, which

3185-607: The show, performed at The Bloomsbury Theatre , was recorded for Amazon Prime Video and released in January 2020 with the title Serious Black Jumper . The show poked fun at modern-day feminism and social media and involved jokes surrounding the observation that celebrities wear black turtle necks to seem more serious. In 2020, Adams was long-listed for the 2020 Emmy Awards by The Hollywood Reporter columnist Scott Feinberg for "Best Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)" for her Amazon Prime Stand up Special Serious Black Jumper. Adams

3250-822: The two main theatres of the Donald Gordon Theatre and Weston Studio Theatre, the 37,000-square-metre (400,000 sq ft) phase 1 of the Wales Millennium Centre has six function rooms: the Victor Salvi Room, the David Morgan Room, the Sony Room, the Seligman Room, the Japan Room, and the Lloyds Enterprise Suite. The Urdd Gobaith Cymru has a hostel with overnight accommodation for 153 people in en-suite bedrooms, called

3315-496: The walls. Like the exterior of the building, the principal internal spaces are designed to make the best use of natural materials in their natural state. The structure and detail of the concourse galleries echo the form of the exterior, with the curving strata formed in native hardwoods. Oak , ash , beech , sycamore , alder , birch , chestnut and cherry woods from renewable sources in mid-Wales will be used together in proportions that reflect their relative availability from

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3380-485: The world and one which belongs just to us. Words in songs, stories and poems have helped to make Wales the proud country that it is. —Jonathan Adams Gwyneth Lewis said of the inscription : I wanted the words to reflect the architecture of the building. Its copper dome reminded me of the furnaces from Wales's industrial heritage and also Ceridwen's cauldron, from which the early poet Taliesin received his inspiration ('awen'). Awen suggests both poetic inspiration and

3445-644: Was Acaster's first hosting role on a podcast. Acaster has experience working in two kitchens, though he did not learn to cook in either role. As a format point, Acaster decided unilaterally that he was a genie. A live episode of Off Menu was recorded in July 2021 at the Royal Festival Hall with Isy Suttie and Edgar Wright as the guests. They returned to record a Christmas episode in 2022. Gamble and Acaster toured with 15 Off Menu live shows in October and November 2023. In 2022 and 2023 it received

3510-435: Was a building that expressed "Welshness" and was instantly recognisable. The building was designed to reflect many different parts of Wales with local Welsh materials that dominate its history: slate, metal, wood and glass. Many of the materials used come from Wales, including 1,350 tonnes of Welsh slate. 300,000 concrete blocks and a million metres of electric cable were also used in construction. Slate The exterior of

3575-743: Was accompanied by a fanfare from the National Youth Brass Band of Wales to Karl Jenkins' specially commissioned work In These Stones Horizons Sing, and the Wales Millennium Centre was open. The evening celebrations began with Cymru for the World , which celebrated the achievements of five leading Welsh artists; Gwyneth Jones , Shirley Bassey , Siân Phillips , Alun Hoddinott and Richard Burton , represented by his daughter Kate Burton . This included tributes from Robert Hardy , Jonathan Pryce , Derek Jacobi , Nana Mouskouri , Catrin Finch , Ruth Madoc and Ian McKellen . The concert

3640-610: Was announced in September 2022 that a £4 million refurbishment of the centre would take place and would include an area for cabaret acts, a redesigned foyer and new ticketing office, a 12 m (39 ft) long bar, a members’ bar and lounge, and bespoke seating areas. The cabaret area is simply called Cabaret and it replaced Ffresh restaurant/bar, with a 140-seat space, and it features drag , comedy, burlesque , and gig theatre. Cabaret opened in February 2023. The refurbishment

3705-583: Was appointed chair of Wales Millennium Centre, a company limited by guarantee . Peter Swinburn is the current chair of Wales Millennium Centre. The Wales Millennium Centre replaced an earlier project for the site, the Cardiff Bay Opera House, a plan supported by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation to construct a permanent home for the Welsh National Opera . The project failed to win financial support from

3770-609: Was carried out by interior designers Richard H Powell trading as Powell. Phase 2 of the Wales Millennium Centre is home to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales (BBC NOW) and the BBC National Chorus of Wales. BBC NOW moved from Studio 1 at Broadcasting House in Llandaff , which the orchestra had outgrown since the late 1960s. Phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert performed by

3835-429: Was directed by Ken Caswell and conducted by David Charles Abell . Bryn Terfel started with a short speech and introduced the WMC singers and dancers, who in hard hats and donkey jackets sang and danced the story of the building's construction. They were later joined by all 322 participants in a chorus, including Gwyn Hughes Jones and Bryn Terfel. Dennis O'Neill sang a duet from Pearl Fishers . Diversions performed

3900-471: Was felt to be a better reflection of Welsh culture. The change of name symbolised this, but the project still had to overcome many hurdles. Funding from the Welsh Assembly and Millennium Commission took years to obtain. Cardiff Council had to buy the land after the previous owners, Grosvenor Waterside (the property division of Associated British Ports ) threatened to build a retail centre there due to

3965-448: Was important that the steel of the shell should have the rough grain and the riveted pattern that we think of as more typical of old industrial structures, such as those that used to be commonplace around the landscape of the industrial south. —Jonathan Adams Wood Both the inside and outside of the building – including the main Donald Gordon Theatre, the balconies and the rear of the building – are dominated by bands of hardwood lining

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4030-604: Was long-listed for a TV Choice Award in 2020. Jayde Adams is the only celebrity guest to have been ejected from the imaginary restaurant on the Off Menu Podcast hosted by James Acaster and Ed Gamble. A repeated format point states, if a guest mentions the ‘magic ingredient’ previously decided upon before they start the interview, they will be kicked out of the restaurant. Jayde said mentioned she would like traditional British dessert topping, hundreds and thousands on her dream dessert. During August 2020, and because of

4095-501: Was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards . She has since been a panellist on Channel 4 's comedy quiz shows, 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown . In 2017, she hosted Say Whaaat? on Comedy Central with The Tenderloins and Russell Kane . She was also a contestant on Dave's Dara Ó Briain's Go 8 Bit opposite Simon Gregson and host of Comedy Central's Live at

4160-528: Was nominated for Best Podcast at the 2022 Chortle Awards . At the 2023 British Podcast Awards, it was nominated for the Spotlight Award, a category for podcasts with over 100,000 downloads per episode. In 2020, The Guardian critics ranked it the 17th-best podcast of the year. In an early Irish Times review, Sarah Griffin praised the "succinct and unique" concept as a "particularly good ice-breaker" with "deliberate and considered" structure, and

4225-438: Was then due to begin early in 2005. However, phase 2 construction did not actually begin until April 2007. Phase 2 was designed to fit into the WMC's curved slate frontage, with an upper part constructed from timber. Phase 2 of the WMC was designed by the then newly qualified Tim Green and Keith Vince of Capita Architecture, formerly called Capita Percy Thomas and now part of Capita Symonds , with Arup Acoustics again providing

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