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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

  • Mayor’s Charity Concert – In support of Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine

    The Hadron Colliders The Melville Centre is delighted to host a return visit of the Hadron Colliders for this year's Mayor's Charity Concert in our 70 seat Melville Theatre. The Mayor, Tony Konieczny, is a founder member of the band (guitar), with Dave Price on keys, Julian Miles percussion, Simon Burch (bass), & Emily Games (vocals). Proceeds of the concert will provide humanitarian aid for Kharkiv where the families and friends of many of the Ukrainian refugees who have come to the Abergavenny area still live. Download the Hadron Colliders poster for Mayors Charity event Oct 20th. Melville Centre Abergavenny October [...]

    £10.00

  • Black Mountain Jazz Philip Clout’s Quartet

    The dancing exuberance of South African Township music, the convivial groove of gospel-influenced soul jazz, the joyful sway of Cuban guaguanco rhythms, the bluesy melodies of middle eastern praise songs and so much more all come together in pianist Philip Clouts’ superbly accomplished quartet. Doors and Bar open @ 7.30pm Tickets on the door  and from  http://blackmountainjazz.co.uk/

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    SUITCASE THEATRE presents three performances of THE ASPERN PAPERS

    SUITCASE THEATRE   presents   THE ASPERN PAPERS by Henry James   in a new version for theatre by William Gilbert   Thursday 10 – Saturday 12 November 7.30pm at the Melville Theatre, Abergavenny   The Aspern Papers by Henry James is a story of obsession and ambition, set in Venice in the early part of the 20th Century. The Papers themselves are love letters from a deceased poet, Jeffrey Aspern, to the woman who inspired his greatest poetry. Kept secret after the poet’s untimely death, they now become the object of a quest by the story’s central character, Henry Jarvis [...]

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