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BMJ Collective and guest Gethin LiddingtonSunday 9th February 2025: 7pmMelville Centre, Abergavenny Our mid-month early start event sees BMJ Collective welcome special guest Gethin Liddington [...]

A date for your diaryMusic link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tizKFYvY7tE After a short stint of gigs in 2023, the quartet reunites for a swift, heavy hitting UK tour of [...]

This is a Benefit Gig for the Welsh Refugee Council. Having fled devastating and dangerous conditions in their own countries, refugees often face hostility and [...]

Grandma’s Gingerbread Tale

February 25 @ 11:30 am - 3:30 pm

Think you know the story of the Gingerbread Man? Well think again, as we bring you a brand new twist on this classic tale. Grandma [...]

Aidan Thorne - Double bass/ambience machine   Jason Ball - Guitars /ambience machine Jason and Aidan have worked together in different settings for over 15 [...]

Swing from Paris

March 29 @ 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Swing from Paris are a quartet inspired by the great swing bands of the 1930s, ’40s and '50s: Benny Goodman and Charlie Christian meets Django [...]

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ACCESSIBILITY:

The Melville Centre warmly welcomes people with disabilities.
Please let us know in advance of any additional access arrangement you would require.
We have a disabled parking space at the rear of the building with a step Free pathway to the entrance.
We also have fully accessible toilet facilities, plus changing facilities for babies, and all rooms and our Theatre are accessible.

A PLACE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY

Abergavenny’s hidden gem – an intimate theatre, rehearsal and event rooms and a bar.

  • Welsh Courses – learn Welsh in the evening

  • Crafts – we encourage learning and growth

  • People not profits – education is a right not a privilege

  • Room hire – for individuals, groups or events

OUR VALUES

Working with the community all the way, it is our aim to construct a sustainable 21st Century Arts Centre, with good amenities, on the Pen y Pound site, extending the range of inclusive activities, events and learning currently available.

In 2016 the listed buildings and much of the site was identified by Monmouthshire County Council as available for community asset transfer (CAT).

In January 2019, after many discussions, MCC agreed a procedure for community asset transfer of the site to Melville Centre for the Arts CIC.

Our business plan 2018 – 2021is convincing; it reflects the potential which can be unlocked by asset transfer of the town’s old grammar school buildings and grounds. Community asset transfer will be achieved when our applications for funding for agreed developments are successful. This may take some time yet, but progress is being made; the journey continues….

On site MCA CIC  hosts  Abergavenny Film Society, Black Mountain Jazz, Rare Seed Theatre Company, Suitcase Theatre Company, many Coleg Gwent Dysgu Cymraeg classes and several community groups, including Stitch Together, Writing for Fun, Uskelele, and Blodeuo, our Arts Council for Wales sponsored, diverse ability drama project AND MANY MORE..

Melville Centre for the Arts CIC manages the main building of the Melville Centre and its classrooms, meeting rooms, coffee-bar, the Melville Theatre (75 seats) and office suites are all available for hire. Book your space here.

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