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SUMMARY:Youth Theatre
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to let you know that the Savoy Youth Theatre is now running regular sessions on a Sunday at the Melville Theatre Abergavenny and we currently have spaces available in both the Junior and Senior groups. The sessions are a fun\, supportive way for young people to build confidence\, creativity\, and performance skills through drama and theatre.\n\n\nIf you would like more information about the Savoy Youth Theatre\, or would like your child to come along and try a session for free\, please contact us by email at – savoyyt@gmail.com
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/youth-theatre/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:childrens events
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SUMMARY:Poetry Upstairs with Zoe Skoulding & Mark Blayney
DESCRIPTION: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.\n\nMark 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.
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs-with-zoe-skoulding-mark-blayney/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260604T190000
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SUMMARY:POETRY\, PEOPLE AND PLACES!
DESCRIPTION:Due to a family emergency the performance is unfortunately cancelled.  \nRefunds will be issued to those that have already bought tickets. \n  \n 
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-people-and-places/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260606T190000
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DTSTAMP:20260606T171451Z
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SUMMARY:Living\, Dying and Other Messy Human Things
DESCRIPTION:Open Mic and spoken word poetry – bringing together local talent and featuring poets Lily Redwood and Ceri Baker. \nLily 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)\n\nemail: lilyredwoodpoet@gmail.com to sign up for the open mic\nage 16+
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/living-dying-and-other-messy-human-things/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Poetry upstairs - Path by Chris Torrance
DESCRIPTION:Path presents Chris Torrance’s own compilation of his later work\, finalised in 2017.\nThe 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.\n‘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.\nTorrance enlarges and deepens the world for us.’ — John Freeman (Poetry Wales)
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/poetry-upstairs-path-by-chris-torrance/
LOCATION:Melville Centre Cafe-Bar\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Poetry
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SUMMARY:Aidan Thorne and Jason Ball - Poems of a Space
DESCRIPTION:Poems of a Space\, is the second album from the guitarist\nJason Ball and bassist Aidan Thorne. All of the compositions\non this album were written\, arranged\, recorded and mixed\nby the duo.\nThe concept of the album was to invoke nostalgia\, rekindle a\nmemory of a time and/or place. The pieces are engulfed in a\nfog of guitar ambience and measured 6 string bass\ntextures.\nAs with their previous release\, Archwilio’r Traddodiad |\nExploring the Tradition\, there is an emphasis on experiences\nwithin the Welsh landscape. The song Banc Y Celyn\, refers to\nthe hill overlooking Aidans home in Powys. And the track\nClouds\, was written after a hike up the Sugar Loaf near\nAbergavenny.\nDeeply rooted in jazz\, the style carefully glides between\nwritten and improvised elements. Some of the compositions\nwere realised and refined from recordings of loose jam\nsessions. One may hear nods to influences from 70’s ECM\nrecords such as Terje Rypdall or Bill Frisell. \n  \n“……. A fantastic deep dive into lesser-\nknown Welsh folk tunes”\nArchwilio’r Traddodiad | Exploring the\nTradition\nJude Rodgers\, The Guardian \n“An unforgettable musical experience”\n**** Ian Mann\, Jazzmann Blog \n“……… a beguiling instrumental set that\ntransmogrifies folk songs into delicate\,\nexploratory improvisations. Throughout\,\ncombining a resonating bowed bass with\nguitar work redolent of John McLaughlin on\nMiles Davis’ In a Silent Way. Praise\,\nindeed!”\nTim Cumming\, Songlines
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/aidan-thorne-and-jason-ball-poems-of-a-space/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:folk music,Jazz,music
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SUMMARY:BMJ Collective with guest Nicolas Meier
DESCRIPTION:BMJ Collective’s guest this month is Nicolas Meier – widely recognized as one of the World’s most original and uniquely talented guitarists. \n \nBorn 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. \n \nHis 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 tours. \n \nSince founding his own record label in 2009\, he has produced 12 albums – either as a soloist\, in a duo format or with a group. \n \nPlease note that this is one of our early 7pm start programmes. \n \nWebsite: www.meiergroup.com
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/bmj-collective-with-guest-nicolas-meier/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Jazz
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SUMMARY:Gentle Angry Women
DESCRIPTION: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 us at the Melville for a Q&A session.  A busload of women from Abergavenny joined the first day of the march in August 2021\, from Cardiff to Newport\, so expect to see familiar faces on screen.  And the white peace doves created by Abergavenny people on their way to the anti-Iraq war demo have a starring role throughout the film.” \ncontact point: Ann Davison\, annd5157@gmail.com\, 07789 546654 \nhttps://www.folklifefilms.co.uk/gentle-angry-women
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/gentle-angry-women/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:film
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SUMMARY:Fiona Ross Trio
DESCRIPTION:Multi-award winning jazz artist\, journalist and founder of the award winning Women in Jazz Media organisation Fiona Ross never stops. \n \nAs 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.  \n \nLive 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. \n \nFiona has achieved many accolades for her work\, including Best Jazz Song from the World Song-writing Awards. Her song ‘Mistress’ is included in the British Library archives for prosperity. \n \nAs well as working as a Jazz artist\, Fiona spends her time behind the scenes in Jazz working as the founder of the award winning not for profit organisation\, Women in Jazz Media. She is also Senior Writer for Jazz in Europe.  \n \nWebsite www.fionaross.co.uk \n\n   
URL:https://melvillecentre.org.uk/event/fiona-ross-trio/
LOCATION:The Melville Theatre\, The Melville Centre\, Pen-y-Pound\, Abergavenny\, Monmouthshire\, NP7 5UD\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Jazz
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