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A Joe Strummer season and much more at The Riverfront this autumn! |
For theatre fans there’s another performance of The Vagina Monologues with a different cast, The Seagull by UWN, Picasso and Me by Mike Maran and as part of the Shakespeare season, A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Kaos Theatre, Henry V for youngsters and The Shakespeare Revue. Circus of Horrors will return with yet another new and gruesome show and for music buffs there’s something extra special with a season focusing on one-time Newport resident Joe Strummer. This season features screenings of Julien Temple’s film Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten, the award-winning play Meeting Joe Strummer and there will also be a Joe Strummer exhibition in the Art Gallery. Think Floyd, The Searchers, The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, Ralph Mctell, Bev Bevan’s Move, The Blues Band and a family carol concert also join the programme. For classical music lovers The Riverfront will host another Celebrity Classical Concert Series and Sinfonia Cymru will pay a return visit. Mid Wales Opera return after a sell-out Carmen with La Boheme and there will be more opera with The Parson’s Pirate and Lights, Camera, Action which features opera favourites from the movies . For lovers of dance there will be another return visit by Diversions, the Darkin Ensemble will present Augustine and Independent Ballet Wales will perform The Bride of Flowers. There’s comedy with Marcus Brigstocke, Rhod Gilbert, Mark Steel and the Comedy Shed on the last weekend of every month and the infamous Welsh drug smuggler Howard Marks will be here with his new show Senor Nice. Finally, for children there’s Mischief and Monster Hits and of course this year’s panto, Jack and the Beanstalk! Last year’s favourites Brian Hibbard and Lee Mengo, who played the Ugly Sisters in Cinderella will be returning, joining Ieuan Rhys and for those of you who remember Rainbow, Jane Tucker of ‘Rod, Jane and Freddy’ fame will also be joining the cast! Add to this, stacks of regular workshops, four exhibitions in the Art Gallery and some spectacular cinema screenings and it all adds up to a choc-full autumn season. For more information please call The Riverfront Box Office on 01633 656757 or visit www.newport.gov.uk/riverfront where you will find extra information about all of these shows and events. |
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Sunday, July 8, 2007 |
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