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SUMMARY:BMJazz Katz Big Band Workshops
DESCRIPTION:BMJazz Katz is a new project which aims to give young people the opportunity to play together in a big band.\nIt is open to those who play any instrument\, including voice\, to a ‘reasonable level’ for their age. With some flexibility\, BMJAZZ KATZ is open to those aged 12 to 19 years.  Each BMJAZZ KATZ project will last for one year\, with a brand new project starting the following year.  The 2023/24 programme will start with a workshop on Sunday 4th June 2023 (4pm to 6pm) and thereafter two per month. \nIt is accepted that some workshop dates will not work for everyone but Sunday 1st October will be an important one\, as it will include a performance at the 2023 wall2wall jazz Festival! \nThe workshops will be run by three great young established musicians\, overseen by Jack Mac\, with guest tutors joining the programme during the year. \nDATES:\nSunday 4th June\, 4 – 6pm\nSunday 25th June\, 4 – 6pm\nSunday 9th July\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 6th August\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 3rd September\, 4 – 6pm (followed by a performance)\nSunday 1st October – WALL2WALL JAZZ FESTIVAL PERFORMANCE \nSpaces are £8 per workshop. \nFor more info and to reserve your spot\, please email us info@blackmountainjazz.co.uk\nPlease include: age\, instruments played and a contact phone number. \nWe can’t wait to get started!
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/bmjazz-katz-big-band-workshops/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Stitch Together
DESCRIPTION:Create\, have fun and have a natter!\nThursday’s 10am – 12pm\nCome and join a like-minded and friendly group fo a chat\, whilst crafting.  We enjoy knitting\, sewing\, jewellery and doing any kind of hands on creative craft!  Always happy to share our skills\, we encourage inspiration and conversation.\n£4 pre session with a cup of tea or coffee\nContact Lesley on 07905 336976
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/stitch-together/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Advanced Welsh Classes
DESCRIPTION:ADVANCED WELSH CLASSES\nWith Learn Welsh Gwent (Coleg Gwent)\nWednesday’s – 9am – 12pm \nFor those learners who have completed the intermediate level course and also for those who are familiar with the main language patterns\, this is an opportunity to come together and enhance your language skills.\nFor info\, visit learnwelsh.cymru
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/advanced-welsh-classes-2/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T220000
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SUMMARY:Abergavenny Film Society
DESCRIPTION:Screenings Wednesday’s fortnightly 4.30pm & 7.30pm \nTickets £5 on the door \nThe longest running film society in Wales.  Abergavenny Film Society are dedicated to showcasing the best in world and independent cinema.  As the nights draw in\, this is the perfect way to spend a Wednesday evening and why not enjoy a beer or glass of wine while you’re here.  Membership is now full\, but come down 10 minutes before the showing and grab a guest seat at only £5.00. \nAUTUMN SCREENINGS\n20 Sept 2023    Cairo Conspiracy\n4 Oct 2023        Lunana – A Yak In The Classroom\n4 Oct 2023        Kid’s Games\n18 Oct 2023      Love According to Dalva\n1 Nov 2023       The Grave Digger’s Wife\n15 Nov 2023     All The Beauty And The Bloodshed\n29 Nov 2023     Close\n13 Dec 2023     Polite Society\n13 Dec 2023     Ding Dong \nFor more information about the Film Society and listings please click here.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/abergavenny-film-society/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Wall 2 Wall Jazz Festival
DESCRIPTION:A 3 day celebration of Jazz bought to you by one of the country’s leading jazz clubs – Black Mountain Jazz. \nA firm favourite in the musical calendar\, this year’s festival will see performances from a range of incredible performers and will showcase some amazing local talent.  With shows throughout the venue\, this year promises to be bigger and better than ever. \nThis year’s festival will see performances from a range of incredible performers including the Eddie Gripper Trio\, Laura Jurd Sextet and Sara Brown.  An absolute must in the Abergavenny musical calendar\, we are lucky to have such extraordinary talent visiting The Melville. \nWill pretty much every BMJ night selling out this year\, be sure to book your tickets now!!  Click here for full line-up and tickets.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/wall-2-wall-jazz-festival/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:music
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231213T210000
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SUMMARY:Beginners Welsh Classes
DESCRIPTION:With Learn Welsh Gwent (Coleg Gwent)\nTuesday’s – 7 – 9pm\nWednesday’s – 1 – 3pm  \nA great class to get you started with Welsh.  Focusing on vocabulary\, basic language patterns and everyday phrases with an emphasis on spoken Welsh and correct pronunciation.  This class will help you to give and understand basic information about yourself and everyday topics.  Classes are fun and informal and you will be warmly welcomed by our experienced and friendly tutors.\nFor info\, visit learnwelsh.cymru
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/beginners-welsh-classes/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:workshops
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SUMMARY:Poetry Upstairs
DESCRIPTION:Established Monthly Poetry Session in the Melville bar\, hosted by Ric Hool.  Bringing local and international poets to Abergavenny to celebrate the art of words and the story of our time that is expressed by current poets.  £5\nThis Months Guest Poets:\nThe Annual Chris Torrance Reading\nA celebration of an influential but marginalised poet whose work and extramural teaching class at Cardiff University\, Adventures in Creative Writing\, opened a new consciousness for many aspiring poets. Chris died 21st July 2021.\n\nJanet Sutherland was born in Wiltshire and grew up on a dairy farm\, she is the author of five poetry collections\, most recently The Messenger House (Shearsman Books\, 2023) which is about her great great grandfather’s travels to Serbia in the 1840’s with his friend\, Mr Gutch\, who was a Queen’s Messenger. George Davies\, her great-great-grandfather\, grew up in Crickhowell. Her poems are widely anthologised and are published in magazines such as Poetry Ireland Review\, New Statesman\, The Spectator and The North.  A critical essay on the poet Charles Reznikoff appeared as an afterword to two new editions of his work\, Holocaust\, in the UK (Five Leaves Publishing\, 2009) and USA (Black Sparrow Press\, 2007). She won the 2017 Kent and Sussex Poetry Prize and received a Hawthornden Fellowship for 2018.  She has an MA in American Poetry from the University of Essex. She lives in Lewes\, East Sussex.\nIan Brinton’s most recent publications include Language and Death\, a translation of poems by Philippe Jaccottet (Equipage\, 2022)\, Paul Valéry’s Selected Poems (Muscaliet Press\, 2021\, prefaced by Michael Heller)\, Paris Scenes\, a translation of Baudelaire’s ‘Tableaux Parisiens’\, (Two Rivers Press\, 2021) and Islands of Voices\, the selected poems of Douglas Oliver (Shearsman Books\, 2020). His translation of de Nerval’s Les Chimères will appear from Muscaliet Press in 2023. He reviews for The London Magazine\, PN Review\, Litter\, Long Poem Magazine and Golden Handcuffs Review; he co-edits SNOW and helps curate the Cambridge University Library Archive of Modern Poetry. \nPlease email melvillecentrearts@gmail.com to book your space.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs-5/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry,storytelling
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SUMMARY:Stand-Up Comedy Writing Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Ever fancied doing Stand-Up?\nNoel James is a professional comedian.  His stand up comedy workshop does not teach people how to be funny\, but instead provides the tools needed by a new act to deliver their material\, to sell their performance to the audience\, and to overcome fear and anxiety. \nIncluded in this two hour taster session is a 30 page booklet which outlines the history as well as various aspects of comedy.\nWhat techniques can be used to make a joke funny? Misdirection/reveal\, wordplay\, juxtaposition\, transposition. \nHow should a comedian address a crowd ?  Head up\, face towards the back of the room\, with clear enunciation. plenty of volume and steady pace.  All aspects will be covered\, from the technical – how to handle a microphone.  To the business – what is the comedy ‘ circuit’ and how does one get a ‘gig’? \nThis taster session will hopefully lead to a longer course where students will be invited to bring in their own written ‘set’\, rehearse in the theatre and workshop your material before the group. \nThe environment provided is creative\, constructive and non-judgemental. \nThis session is conducted in English but Welsh speakers are welcome. \nSpaces only £5.00 – Get in while you can! \nEveryone’s got to start somewhere\, so if you want a laugh\, or if you want to make others laugh…please do sign up.  Email melvillecentrearts@gmail.com to reserve your space.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/stand-up-comedy-writing-workshop/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:comedy,workshops
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231013T223000
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SUMMARY:FOLK TALES with Climbing Trees
DESCRIPTION:Blending multi-instrumentalism with pin-point harmonies\, Pontypridd’s Climbing Trees bring their distinctive Cymrucana sound to The Melville Centre amongst a run of stripped-back shows throughout Wales this Autumn.\nFeaturing Matthew Frederick\, Colenso Jones and Martin Webb\, the BBC Introducing favourites have made numerous television\, radio and festival appearances across the UK\, Europe and US\, recorded at London’s iconic Maida Vale Studios and performed with the BBC National Orchestra of Wales\, gaining airplay from the likes of Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 and BBC 6 Music’s Tom Robinson along the way. \nMarking a decade since the release of their debut album Hebron\, the band’s first tour in six years will also feature songs from the Welsh Music Prize-shortlisted follow-up Borders alongside brand new material\, with rumours of a long-awaited and much-anticipated third album on the horizon. \nReturning from hibernation with a first ever appearance in Abergavenny\, this is an evening not to be missed with one of Wales’ most endearing live acts. \n“A glistening musical experience” “Dynamic\, magnificent and stunning”\nBuzz Magazine From The Margins\n“If Steven Spielberg made music…” “Gorgeous vocals … a heart-warming treat”\nNew Sound Wales Alternative Friday\n“The sound of your soul soaring … one of my new favourite bands”\nBethan Elfyn\, BBC Radio Wales\n“Incredible. Gospel country soul that soars with angels. Hallelujah!”\nDavid Owens\, Media Wales\n“Homespun anthems\, custom-built for careening along the Welsh coast at the height of summer with the window wound down and the volume zapped up”\nWales Arts Review \nBandcamp\nFacebook\nSoundcloud\nTwitter\nInstagram\nYouTube
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/folk-tales-with-climbing-trees/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:music
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SUMMARY:Lolfa Gymraeg
DESCRIPTION:Come and Practice your Welsh!\nA great chance to come together to come together in an informal way and practice your Welsh.  Whether you are just starting or at a more advanced level\, this is a space where you can get some pointers from facilitator\, Joshua (Learn Welsh Gwent) and meet other speakers.  In association with Learn Welsh Gwent. \nSessions are free with a suggested donation of £1. \nEmail melvillecentrearts@gmail.com for more info.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/lolfa-gymraeg-2/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:workshops
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231026T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231028T213000
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SUMMARY:The Play Group presents Play Time
DESCRIPTION:The Play Group presents Play Time by Cecilia Bawler\nThe Play Group are delighted to present the premiere production of Play Time\, the hilarious new comedy.\nIt’s the 1980s\, a time of big hair\, bold fashion choices\, and smiley children’s television programmes. “Play Time” is an institution\, loved by all its young viewers. But behind the scenes\, things aren’t quite as bright and positive as they seem. Can the director keep his feuding presenters in check? Will new blood revive the flagging programme? Can they keep the executive producer from replacing them in the schedule? Does the puppeteer actually know what day it is? And who is Angie anyway?\nContains adult content and some mild swearing.\nThursday 26th October\nFriday 27th October\nSaturday 28th October\n£10\nEntry by pre-booked tickets only\, available via The Play Group’s website:\n\ntheplaygroupabergavenny.co.uk
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/the-play-group-presents-play-time/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T193000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231029T223000
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SUMMARY:BMJ Presents - Shirley Smart Trio
DESCRIPTION:Shirley’s trio draws on her eclectic background to bring together her jazz\, blues and world music influences.\n\n\nShirley Smart is recognised as one of the UK’s most versatile and creative cellists.  Her trio draws together the vibrant and eclectic mixture of influences resulting from 10 years present living in Jerusalem before establishing herself on the UK scene.  Joined by John Crawford\, one of the UK’s leading jazz pianists\, who shares her interest in Latin and world influenced jazz\, and long term collaborator\, and flamenco master Demi Garcia Sabat\, their first album ‘Long Story Short’ was released in 2018 to critical acclaim. \n“Smarts playing is particularly remarkable throughout. She readily demonstrates a wide range of techniques incorporating an understanding of improvisation drawn from a jazz background and her extensive knowledge of Arabic maqam..” Songlines \n\n“..some of the most inventive use of the cello I’ve heard for some time.” Kind of Jazz \n\n​ \nTickets available from blackmountainjazz.co.uk
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/bmj-presents-shirley-smart-trio/
LOCATION:Monmouthshire
CATEGORIES:music
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