A KINDHEARTED harpist’s emotional concert struck a chord with students of a prestigious drama school. Bethan Bevan performed the recital at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art to raise money for the Mullany Fund.

The charity was set up in memory of Cath and Ben Mullany, who were killed on their Antiguan honeymoon. Twenty-seven-year-old Rada graduate Bethan, originally from Trebanos, played a number of show tunes and traditional folk songs at the event — dubbed Hearts and a Harp.

She said: “I went to the same secondary school as Cath, and come from a community where everyone really felt the shockwaves of Cath and Ben’s deaths.

“The evening was a small way of contributing to a charity that will help so many people follow their dreams, and, at the same time, remember Cath and Ben.”

As well as a touching version of Danny Boy, poetry by Victoria Wood was read aloud as well as a heartfelt message of thanks from Cath and Ben’s families. More than £600 was raised, with £200 coming from Bethan’s employers, Faraday.

Audience member Delyth Bowen, also of Trebanos, added: “It was a great night — full of tears and laughter.”

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