Do we dare to step into the light? This is the question posed by award-winning inclusive theatre company Hijinx, as they continue to strive for the right to be seen and heard.

Nicola Heywood Thomas joins the National Orchestra of Wales on tour in China.

Nicola Heywood Thomas is at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama as it welcomes the Prince of Wales. He’s there to attend a special performance by the College’s students to celebrate his 70th birthday. There was also acting royalty in attendance: Welsh star Matthew Rhys, fresh from his nomination for a Golden Globe for his performance in the TV series ‘The Americans’. Nicola meets Helena Gaunt, the College’s new Principal, to talk about a very special day. And she talks to Matthew Rhys...

Nicola Heywood Thomas focuses on Welsh National Opera’s autumn season, speaks to a festival organiser and is joined by Elin Manahan Thomas

Nicola Heywood Thomas examines the challenges, both for performer and theatre-goer, when the audience are not merely bystanders but are part of the action

Born in Treforest in 1891, Morfydd Owen was the bright hope of Welsh music when she took up a place at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music. And yet she would die tragically young, following an operation conducted at the Oystermouth home of her parents-in-law. Nicola Heywood-Thomas looks at the life, the mystery and the musical legacy of Morfydd, one of whose compositions has featured in this years's BBC Proms.

A new stage production of Lord of the Flies, plus the fifteenth Fishguard Jazz and Blues Festival and actor Rhys Ifans preparing for Lear?

Steph Parry on her rise from understudy to starring role in 42nd Street. Plus opera from students of RWCMD , and the search for a Welsh singer for Cardiff Singer of the World. And the orchestra of Welsh National Opera on tour.

Poet Gillian Clarke on her new tour. Plus Playboy of the Western World by Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, and Processions - a celebration of female emancipation.

Nicola Heywood Thomas takes a look ahead to the Hay Festival, in company with some of this year's contributors.