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THE MELVILLE THEATRE, ABERGAVENNY – SUMMER 2010
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THE MELVILLE THEATRE, ABERGAVENNY – SUMMER 2010
Friday 14th May at 7.30pm
Tickets: £8.00 / £6.00 concessions
Miles Productions
BURTON
BURTON vividly presents the life of the great Welsh actor in his own words from humble beginnings to Hollywood mega-stardom. Beautiful women (not least Elizabeth Taylor), alcohol, wealth, stage and screen are the threads woven into this sad, happy, exuberant often hilarious one-man show.
Rhodri Miles, (Eastern Promises, Torchwood, Holby City) takes on the role of the younger BURTON following critical acclaim and glorious reviews at last years Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Friday 28th May at 7.30pm
Tickets: £8.00 / £6.00 concessions
Friday 18th June at 7.30pm
Tickets: FREE
CO PRODUCTION GWENT THEATRE/SPECTACLE/THEATR IOLO
DAN GYSGOD RHYFEL by Philip Michell,
translated into Welsh by Dora Jones.
The play tells the stories of three children evacuated to Wales during the Second World War. The audience are taken back to that difficult time to experience the upheaval of families and communities. Suitable for family audience and Welsh learners.
Friday 2nd July at 7.30pm
Tickets: FREE
GWENT THEATRE
SLINGS AND ARROWS by Charles Way
A pair of actors are on their way to Elsinore to perform for the new King and Queen of Denmark. They are in high spirits until joined by a young man who tells them that the King murdered his father. It must be true because a ghost told him so…… A newly commissioned play, currently touring to schools for 9 – 13 year olds. This dark comedy introduces the audience to the major themes of Shakespeare’s greatest play – Hamlet.
Suitable for family audience.
Thursday/Friday 8th/9th July
Tickets: £6.00 / £4.00 concessions
Gwent Young People’s Theatre
CIDER WITH ROSIE by Laurie Lee/Adapted by Nick Darke
This delightful dramatisation of Laurie Lee’s boyhood memories is as fresh and full of the joys of youth as the original. Loll’s spirited escapades, the warmth and humour he finds in his family and the rich variety of characters in his Cotswold village are all brought vividly to life.
Tickets for all events available from the Borough Theatre Box Office
01873 850805 or from the Melville at performances.
At ABERGAVENNY CASTLE
On July 22nd & 23rd 2010 at 7.00pm and July 24th at 2.30pm
(signed performance)
GWENT YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE
‘THE GOLDEN MASQUE OF AGAMEMNON’
By John Wiles
One of the most exciting plays written for young actors – a Masque with speech, songs and movement bringing together all the Agamemnon stories in a way that makes them challenging, theatrical and evocative to young people who may never of heard of the Greek legends. A bloodthirsty tale of the king who sacrifices his own daughter so that he can lead his army to conquer Troy.
A cast of fifty young actors retell the story of the blood curse of the House of Atreus from its beginning to its end through the life of Agamemnon and the lives of his children.
Bring a picnic, warm/waterproof clothing and something to sit on and enjoy an exciting and lively performance in the beautiful grounds of Abergavenny Castle.
‘The talented members of the Gwent Young People’s Theatre set alight the legend of King Agamemnon in this breathtaking production’ Lesley Flynn – South Wales Argus
Tickets: £8.00 (£6.00 concessions)
Available from the Borough Theatre Box Office - 01873 850805
and at the Castle at performances if available
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