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  • Poetry Upstairs with Zoe Skoulding & Mark Blayney

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

    Zoë Skoulding is a poet and literary critic interested in translation, sound and ecology. She is Professor of Poetry and Creative Writing at Bangor University. Her latest collection of poems from Carcanet Press is Do I Look Like an Atmosphere? (2026), following A Marginal Sea in 2022, which was shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year. Mark Blayney writes fiction, poetry, scripts and journalism. His novella Two kinds of silence won the Somerset Maugham Prize, while his poetry has been longlisted for the National Poetry Competition, and his journalism won a Wales Media Award.

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  • POETRY, PEOPLE AND PLACES!

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

    Due to a family emergency the performance is unfortunately cancelled. Refunds will be issued to those that have already bought tickets.    

    £10.00

  • Living, Dying and Other Messy Human Things

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

    Open Mic and spoken word poetry - bringing together local talent and featuring poets Lily Redwood and Ceri Baker.  Lily and Ceri first bonded over caring for a parent at end-of-life. Join them as they approach the mess and magic of being mortal with honesty, tenderness and a smattering of playfulness. (includes themes of parenthood, sexuality, death and dying) email: lilyredwoodpoet@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic age 16+

    £10.00

  • Poetry upstairs – Path by Chris Torrance

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

    Path presents Chris Torrance's own compilation of his later work, finalised in 2017. The characteristically varied and wide-ranging poems in this major new collection can be read as continuations of the Magic Door sequence, crowning 50 years of Torrance's writing life in rural Wales. 'The character humanises the landscape, and the landscape gives the character his larger dimension: so that, idiosyncratic and fallible as he is, Torrance's persona, his consciousness, can stand for each of us: reaching into the real contexts of being human with an energy and grasp that proffer them to his reader, to share. Torrance enlarges and deepens the world for [...]

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  • Aidan Thorne and Jason Ball – Poems of a Space

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

    Poems of a Space, is the second album from the guitarist Jason Ball and bassist Aidan Thorne. All of the compositions on this album were written, arranged, recorded and mixed by the duo. The concept of the album was to invoke nostalgia, rekindle a memory of a time and/or place. The pieces are engulfed in a fog of guitar ambience and measured 6 string bass textures. As with their previous release, Archwilio’r Traddodiad | Exploring the Tradition, there is an emphasis on experiences within the Welsh landscape. The song Banc Y Celyn, refers to the hill overlooking Aidans home in Powys. [...]

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  • BMJ Collective with guest Nicolas Meier

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

    BMJ Collective’s guest this month is Nicolas Meier – widely recognized as one of the World’s most original and uniquely talented guitarists.   Born in Switzerland and based in the UK, Nicolas Meier’s music expresses his love of Turkish, Eastern and Middle Eastern music, as well as the genres of flaming, tango and much more – all entwined with jazz.   His extensive talent, versatility and musical fluency has been widely acclaimed – so much so that it attracted the attention of rock guitar legend Jeff Beck, who made him a mainstay in The Jeff Beck Group, leading to two World [...]

  • Gentle Angry Women

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

    On 5 September 1981 a march led by a small group of women arrived at RAF Greenham Common to protest at a decision to place US nuclear cruise missiles at the base.    In 2021 a group of young activists recreated the original march from Cardiff to Greenham Common, and they invited women to join them along the way.  This film documents their walk, and the impact it had on them.  They ask why they hadn't known about the Greenham Common camps before, and how women's history is so often overlooked or minimised.  One of the three young women, Poppy, will join [...]

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  • Fiona Ross Trio

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

    Multi-award winning jazz artist, journalist and founder of the award winning Women in Jazz Media organisation Fiona Ross never stops.   As vocalist, pianist, composer and producer, Fiona has become known for creating her own contemporary jazz sound - incorporating fast paced Latin Jazz, vintage Jazz club, a little neo-soul along with heart wrenching ballads.   Live performances have seen her perform at prestigious venues - including 606 Club and Pizza Express – as well as at festivals such as the EFG London Jazz Festival.   Fiona has achieved many accolades for her work, including Best Jazz Song from the World [...]

  • 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 [...]

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  • The Travelling Riverside Blues Show

    Join two fine blues musicians and enjoy an evening listening to the sounds and tales of the Mississippi. The simple sound of acoustic guitar and vocal brings the Delta to life, celebrating the power and energy of the bluesmen who created the musical legend. This early raw style – just traditional guitar and vocal - formed the foundation of modern blues music. This show weaves a story of hopes and dreams, hardship and poverty through soulful and passionate music, along with tales bringing those times and people to life. Sit back and enjoy The Travelling Riverside Blues Show on a journey [...]

    Get Tickets £17.00