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A Weak and Feeble Woman (Script in hand readthrough performance)

July 18 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm

PLEASE NOTE: This is a script in hand readthrough performance. Olivia Henly is doing a Masters' in feminist history, busy preparing for her upcoming presentation [...]

Workshop with Doctor Who writer, Keith Temple

August 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm

Stories & Characters: Developing your notion to script Keith Temple is a British screenwriter whose credits include Doctor Who, Doc Martin and original BBC comedy drama, Angel Cake starring [...]

Queering the TARDIS- Doctor Who and LGBTQ+ representation

August 23 @ 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

A look at the Queerness of Doctor Who, from ideas of chosen family, through to Queer aliens and LGBTQ+ companions. With particular reflection on the [...]

John Higgs talk

August 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

John Higgs is an English writer, novelist, journalist and cultural historian. The work of Higgs has been published in the form of novels (under the pseudonym [...]

Claude Bourbon

August 28 @ 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm

Claude Bourbon (progressive blues) It's not easy to describe the almost endless mix of merging influences in this amazing string master's playing... He moves from [...]

Poetry Upstairs – A book launch of Shook Up! by Ric Hool

September 23 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

A book launch of Shook Up! by Ric Hool Ric Hool has 13 collections of published poetry and is widely featured in poetry magazines & [...]

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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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