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  • “Poetry Upstairs!” at the Melville – June 28th

    2022 Reading Series Tuesday  28th June 7pm start (please be there 6:30 - 6:50)            £5 Entry   (please bring cash for entry - the bar has a card reader for your drinks) David Costello (Liverpool)      Chris Hall  (Abergavenny)            Des Mannay (Newport) Please contact us to register your place (you must book in advance), then pay on the door as usual. To register, email info@melvillecentre.org.uk and send your full name/s and telephone contact numbers, or call Emma on 01873 853167 We regret we may not have spaces for anyone turning up on the night who has not [...]

    £5

  • The Bee Hive – with LoubyLou Storytelling

    30 minute outdoor theatre experience! Bring your blankets, chairs and picnics. Join Bumble and Bee in this vibrant and fun performance, as they fill you in on all things bee through song, dance and some rather silly sketches. Join them on their quest for world pollination! Stand up for your stripes and join our buzzing friends, as they embark on their World Pollination Tour across South Wales this Summer! These little bees are on a quest to save their species and they need your help. Join them on the Melville Centre lawn and watch them spread their message through catchy songs, [...]

  • Shirt Tail Stompers (Black Mountain Jazz)

    Black Mountain Jazz = "At very short notice, we are delighted to welcome back the Shirt Tail Stompers, who played to a capacity crowd at Black Mountain Jazz in 2019. One of the world’s leading swing bands and London’s top vintage band, the Shirt Tail Stompers are firmly established at home and internationally playing Harlem swing and the hot jazz of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Featuring music from composers such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Benny Goodman, their highlights include appearances at the Royal Albert Hall late night Jazz, Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival and National Theatre River stage. [...]

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    Poetry Upstairs – at The Melville

    Welcome to Poetry Upstairs at The Melville on: TUESDAY 19th JULY  at 7pm until 9pm Doors open at 6:40pm  Entry £5 (cash on the door please, cards preferred for the bar)   Please contact us to register your place (you must book in advance), then pay on the door as usual. To register, email info@melvillecentre.org.uk and send your full name/s and telephone contact numbers, or call Emma on 01873 853167 We regret we may not be able to admit anyone who has not registered beforehand, as we need to know numbers ahead of the evening; please call ahead to check availability.   Three [...]

    £5
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    Believe it or not! Storytelling evening

      An Evening of Storytelling and Music Indulge in a spell-binding evening with the accomplished storytellers Guto and Megan - prepare to be transported into other worlds! BELIEVE IT OR NOT! is an evening of Storytelling and music, featuring: Guto Dafis and Megan Lloyd, introduced by Richard Berry. The performance begins at 7.30pm, with the bar open from 7pm. Suitable for adults and children 12 years and over. Guto Dafis tells stories with energy and humour, wryness and warmth. He is also a musician; he punctuates and enlivens his storytelling performances with song and the music of his melodeon, and he [...]

    £10

  • TANGO JAZZ QUARTET; Black Mountain Jazz

    TANGO JAZZ QUARTET BMJ CLUB PROGRAMME Sunday 28th August 2022: 8pm Bar opens at 7.30pm   Melville Theatre: Pen-y-Pound, Abergavenny, NP7 5UD www.tangojazzquartet.com Jazz Quartet have played at our club and festival several times over the past years. In 2020, the pandemic scuppered any thoughts of a live festival and a virtual event evolved. One of the videos included, which was produced in Argentina for us by Tango Jazz Quartet, explores the blending of the two genres of music. We are delighted to be part of their 2022 European tour and very much look forward to their visit to Abergavenny. WORKSHOP In [...]

  • BLACK MOUNTAIN JAZZ – details TBC

    Join us for another fantastic evening hosted by BMJ!   Details on their website, more information to follow  

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    POETRY UPSTAIRS- 27th September

    Poetry Upstairs for: TUESDAY 27th September Don't miss this opportunity to join us - another three amazing poets to listen to and chat to... bar and doors open 6:30, performance begins 7pm.   Nicholas Murray is a freelance author and journalist based in Wales and London.  Born in Liverpool; the author of several literary biographies including lives of Franz Kafka, Aldous Huxley, Bruce Chatwin, Andrew Marvell and Matthew Arnold, five collections of poems, and two novels.  His biography of Matthew Arnold was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year in 1997 and his biography of Aldous Huxley was shortlisted [...]

    £5
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    The Red Dress Project – a weekend of talks and presentations with Kirstie McLeod

    We are thrilled that Kirstie MacLeod has accepted Emma Bevan's invitation to bring her amazing Project to the Melville Centre for the weekend of 8th and 9th, October 2022! You will have the opportunity to watch the film and listen to Kirstie's story, and ask questions - the film and talk will take place at 10:30am, and then at 1:00pm (please arrive 10 minutes before it begins). You will also have the opportunity to buy a copy of the crowd-funded Red Dress catalogue, or one of the postcards. * NB: Please pre-register for a seat as we have a limited number [...]

  • Cancelled An Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain’ – Fundraising for Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals

    7pm Saturday 15th October 2022 At the café-bar, the Melville Centre for the Arts, Abergavenny   Doors open 6:30pm   An Illustrated book talk: ‘Life on the Floodplain – A Garden Wildlife Diary 2020’   ‘A year’s diary entry of the wildlife photographed in a garden on the Usk floodplain tells a bigger story of trauma, mental health and the power of nature to help heal the mind.’   Please join us for a fascinating talk and the opportunity to meet and chat to Ceri.   £5 donation on the door in aid of DEC Ukraine & Afghanistan Crisis Appeals Bar [...]

    £5
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