• The People’s Fire: A Chartist Tale

    The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

    Step into history with The People’s Fire: A Chartist Tale. This powerful five-part theatre experience brings the Chartist Trial to life, following the events through the eyes of John Frost, Mary Frost, William Jones, Zephaniah Williams, and others whose voices helped shape a movement. Blending drama and original songs, the production explores courage, conviction, and the tension between justice and power, including the presence of a judge determined to uphold the law. The People’s Fire reignites a defining moment in history, inviting audiences to witness the human stories behind the struggle for reform. A compelling theatrical journey where history’s flame burns bright once more. [...]

    £5.00
  • LunchTime Theatre – Anne Bonny

    We join Anne Bonny with her friend Mary Reed as they attempt a gaol break to avoid the noose! Listen in as they reflect on their swashbuckling adventures while Mary tries to hide her failing health. - sea shanties, humour and a very human story.

    £7.00
  • Anne Bonny

    We join Anne Bonny with her friend Mary Reed as they attempt a gaol break to avoid the noose! Listen in as they reflect on their swashbuckling adventures while Mary tries to hide her failing health. - sea shanties, humour and a very human story.

    £7.00
  • Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth

    The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

    Join Savoy Youth Theatre as they showcase their latest National Theatre Connections performance, Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth Macbeth, written by Kirsty Housley.   When an alarm is deliberately set off during their GCSE drama exam, a group of students find themselves in detention. As they struggle to navigate the seemingly endless tasks they’ve been set as punishment, questions are raised. Who set off the alarm and why? Will they ever get out of this detention? Will it cost them their GCSE? And why is Shakespeare still so popular?  So begins a meta deconstruction of the play as we move from classroom [...]

    £6.00
  • John Bevan: Team Player – from Lions to League

    The Melville Theatre The Melville Centre, Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, United Kingdom

    A new play by Mari Lloyd “To us, it’s not just a game, it’s who we are. ”It’s 1971. Margaret Thatcher becomes known as the ‘Milk Snatcher’. ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid’ is nominated for 10 BAFTAs…And the British Lions with 13 Welsh players do something that has never been done before…and never repeated since. They defeat the mighty All Blacks on their own turf in New Zealand. Imagine, like John Bevan, that you are 20 years old, and part of that phenomenal success. How does that feel? And what happens afterwards? Within two years John Bevan leaves Union for [...]