Summer 2019 aberystwytharts @aberystwytharts @aberystwytharts
May - August 01970 62 32 32 artstaff@aber.ac.uk www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk
Information p.3 & p.44 Eating and Shopping p.4 Cinema and Live Screenings p.6 Performances and Events p.10 Live Music p.18 Comedy p.23
Exhibitions p.26 Creative Studios p.33 Creative Learning p.34 Special Workshops & Community Projects p.42 Diary p.45
Aberystwyth Arts Centre Aberystwyth University SY23 3DE
Mon - Sat / 10am - 8pm Sun / 1.30 - 5.30pm Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a department of Aberystwyth University and part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. -----------------------------------------------------------------Aberystwyth Arts Centre is recognised as a Regional Arts Centre by the Arts Council of Wales. -----------------------------------------------------------------The Arts Centre gratefully thanks the following for their financial support: Arts Council Wales, Aberystwyth University and Ceredigion County Council. Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a member of Creu Cymru.
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The Arts Centre is situated at the heart of the campus of Aberystwyth University. The turning onto campus is from the A487 as you head North out of the main Aberystwyth town centre and is well signposted. Car parking is free from 5pm in the evenings and all weekends. During the day a small fee is charged.
If you would like a copy of this brochure in large print, please call 01970 623232 or email artstaff@aber.ac.uk
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eating and shopping Event Suppers We can now offer audience members an event supper which can be booked the same time as your tickets. 2 courses & an interval drink/ice cream for £9.95
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Mon - Sat 9am - 8pm, Sunday 12 – 5pm. Hot food served 12 - 2pm and 5 - 7.30pm Mon to Sat. Our lovely cafes offer a selection of home-made salads, hot meals and snacks, plus a range of drinks. Vouchers will be available for a special price meal & drink when purchasing selected event tickets.
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Look out for the Event Supper logo throughout the brochure to see which events you can book your supper with.
Mon–Fri 12 til late / Sat 5pm til late. Beat the queues - Don’t forget to take advantage of our interval order service. You don’t have to be a theatregoer to enjoy our Theatr y Werin bar. Call in any time to enjoy a drink or try a delicious toasty. Happy Hour Monday to Friday 4-6pm
Contact the ticket office for more details.
Craft & Design Shop Mon – Sat 10am – 8.15pm. Sun 12 – 5.30pm
Arts Centre Gift Vouchers a perfect gift for an art or theatre lover
The Craft & Design Shop offers an excellent selection for all occasions, whether you’re looking to treat yourself or for that special present for a friend or family. Studio ceramics, prints from local artists, Aberystwyth souvenirs plus an excellent range of contemporary homeware, stationery, cards and jewellery. Making Art or Craft in Wales? Ask for details of our Winter Craft and Gift Fair!
A great gift for your friend or a loved one – available for any sum in multiples of £1, £5 or £10 and can be purchased on our on-line ticketing system, our eshop, or in person at the Box office, Craft and Design shop or Bookshop. Can be redeemed at the Box office, Craft & Design shop, Bookshop and Gallery. Look out for the Aber gift card!
Collectorplan: an interest free (0% APR) credit service to help you buy contemporary art and craft in Wales
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Mon–Sat 10am–6pm 01970 628697 / bookshop@aber.ac.uk
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This is Aberystwyth’s premier bookshop when it comes to range in academic and non-academic titles, stocking an eclectic mix for all tastes! Plus, a speedy ordering service for any special requests.The bookshop is available in the evening to host events such as book launches, poetry events, talks and socials. For further details please contact Hannah Poland bookshop@aber.ac.uk University staff and students - 10% off RRP on all academic books.
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IMAGE: KEITH MORRIS
Friends of the Arts Centre Friends of the Arts Centre is a community driven organisation which seeks to support the Arts Centre with various initiatives including funding campaigns and promotional activity. Membership of the organisation is free. The organisation was created from a desire in the community of Aberystwyth to recognise
the Arts Centre as a world-class institution with a huge impact on the local community and beyond. Friends of Aberystwyth Arts Centre seeks to support the Arts Centre in any way imaginable and feasible. Its patrons include Taron Egerton, Jacob Ifan, Gillian Clarke, John Metcalf, Shani Rhys James, David Russell Hulme, Neil Brand, Professor John Andrews and Stephen West. Friends of Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a registered charity. If you would like to become a Friend of Aberystwyth Arts Centre then please sign up at artscentrefriends.co.uk 5
Cinema and Live Screenings
Cinema and Live Screenings
The Arts Centre’s busy cinema showcases a mix of new releases, world cinema, classics, 3D, arthouse cinema and live links to leading arts events from around the world! Our programme is announced monthly so we can access the latest releases – full details are on our website, or pick up our special cinema leaflets. Screenings are daily with regular matinees including our popular Silver Screenings as well as regular Parent & Baby screenings and Relaxed screenings. We are also pleased to offer audio description, HOH screenings and relaxed screenings for customers with additional access needs. Our exciting ‘Live Links’ to productions from the National Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Bolshoi Ballet and New York Met are proving to be a real hit with audiences – early booking strongly recommended!
NT LIVE
AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 7pm, Tuesday 7 May £17 (£15, £10) Following its enormous success at cinemas around the world in 2018, we are delighted to be bringing An American in Paris back to screens in 2019. With gorgeous Gershwin tunes (including the classic hits ‘S Wonderful and I Got Rhythm), stunning designs and showstopping choreography, this breathtakingly beautiful new musical is inspired by the Oscar® winning MGM film and tells the impassioned story of an American GI discovering art, friendship and love in the ‘City of Light’ in 1945. Recorded as live. 155mins. 6
ALL MY SONS BY ARTHUR MILLER NY MET LIVE
DIALOGUES DES CARMÉLITES 5pm, Saturday 11 May £20 (£18, £12) Yannick Nézet-Séguin leads the classic John Dexter production of Poulenc’s devastating story of faith and martyrdom. Mezzosoprano Isabel Leonard sings the touching role of Blanche and soprano Karita Mattila, a legend in her own time, returns to the Met as the Prioress. Poulenc’s devastating portrayal of faith and martyrdom is live in HD for the first time. 200mins TBC.
7pm, Tuesday 14 May (live) & Wednesday 29 May (encore) | £17 (£15, £10) Broadcast live from The Old Vic in London, Academy Award-winner Sally Field (Steel Magnolias, Brothers & Sisters) and Bill Pullman (The Sinner, Independence Day) star in Arthur Miller’s blistering drama All My Sons. America, 1947. Despite hard choices and even harder knocks, Joe and Kate Keller are a success story. Jeremy Herrin (NT Live: This House, People, Places & Things) directs a cast including Jenna Coleman (Victoria), and Colin Morgan (Merlin). All My Sons is an Old Vic co-production with Headlong. Running time 165mins TBC.
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THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
4pm, Sunday 19 May £17 (£15, £10)
7pm, Wednesday 5 June £17 (£15, £10)
Carmen is as passionate and free-spirited as ever as she finds herself caught in a love triangle. The passionate one act ballet by Cuban choreographer Alberto Alonso originally conceived for legendary Bolshoi prima ballerina Maya Plisetskaya will captivate audiences alongside Petrushka, a new creation for the Bolshoi by contemporary choreographer Edward Clug, in an evening encapsulating the soul of Russian Ballet. 140mins approx.
In a reimagined 1590, England is a matriarchy. Baptista Minola is seeking to sell off her son Katherine to the highest bidder. Cue an explosive battle of the sexes in this electrically charged love story. Justin Audibert (Snow in Midsummer, The Jew of Malta) turns Shakespeare’s fierce, energetic comedy of gender and materialism on its head to offer a fresh perspective on its portrayal of hierarchy and power. Running time TBC.
TAKE THAT: GREATEST HITS LIVE 8pm, Saturday 8 June £17 (£15, £10) It’s official - Take That are bringing their 2019 Greatest Hits tour to cinemas for one night only, LIVE on Saturday 8 June from Cardiff’s Principality Stadium! Marking their 30th anniversary year, the boys are gearing up for their biggest show yet, filled with fan favourites spanning three decades. With previous tours featuring walls of water, enormous holograms, a massive mechanical elephant and a carousel of dancers and band members suspended in the air, we simply can’t wait to see what Gary, Mark and Howard come up with for this highly anticipated anniversary show. 150mins
SHAKESPEARE’S GLOBE LIVE THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR 7.20pm, Thursday 20 June £17 (£15, £10) Double-meanings and disguises abound in The Merry Wives of Windsor as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the ‘Merry Wives’ quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of their own at Falstaff’s expense… 180mins approx. 7
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Cinema and Live Screenings NT LIVE
THE LEHMAN TRILOGY NT LIVE
SMALL ISLAND (15) 7pm, Thursday 27 June £17 (£15, £10) Adapted by Helen Edmundson. Based on the novel by Andrea Levy. Andrea Levy’s Orange Prize-winning novel Small Island comes to life in an epic new theatre adaptation. Experience the play in cinemas, recorded live on stage as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th birthday. Small Island embarks on a journey from Jamaica to Britain, through the Second World War to 1948 – the year the HMT Empire Windrush docked at Tilbury. The play follows three intricately connected stories.
7pm, Thursday 25 July Encore: 7pm, Thursday 8 August | £17 (£15, £12)
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CINDERELLA [CENDRILLON] 5.30pm, Sunday 30 June £17 (£15, £10) A brand new production directed by criticallyacclaimed actor and director Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter, Killing Eve), the classic Cinderella story is told with composer Massenet’s sensuous and lavish score. Glyndebourne favourite and international star Danielle de Niese plays the titular role in this glittering and colourful opera. ‘Fiona Shaw...turns this fin-de-siècle confection into a complex modern-day fairytale and a story of psychological transformation.’ – The Times
WESTLIFE: THE TWENTY TOUR LIVE 8pm, Saturday 6 July £17 (£15, £10) Westlife are back! It’s been 20 years since the record-breaking boyband smashed into the charts with their first No. 1 single and now their highly anticipated reunion tour – which sold out in minutes – is coming to cinemas worldwide. Broadcast LIVE ‘The Twenty Tour’ will see Shane, Nicky, Mark and Kian perform their brand-new music, as well as all 14 of their UK No.1 hits. 120mins approx.
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THE BARBER OF SEVILLE (IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA) [RECORDED] 7pm, Monday 15 July | £17 (£15, £10) Mischief and mayhem run riot in Rossini’s most popular comedy. Figaro, the renowned Barber of Seville, has a cunning that knows no bounds. His playful energy is brought to life in director Annabel Arden’s sparkling and springing production. This is also another chance to catch Danielle de Niese who plays the determined Rosina. 8
The story of a family and a company that changed the world, told in three parts on a single evening. Academy Award-winner Sam Mendes (Skyfall, The Ferryman) directs Simon Russell Beale, Adam Godley and Ben Miles who play the Lehman Brothers, their sons and grandsons. This critically acclaimed and five-time Olivier Award nominated play features stunning set design from Es Devlin (NT Live: Hamlet) and will be broadcast live from London’s West End as part of National Theatre Live’s 10th Birthday season. By Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power. Directed by Sam Mendes.
ANDRE RIEU’S 2019 MAASTRICHT CONCERT: SHALL WE DANCE 7pm, Saturday 27 July & Sunday | 28 July, 3pm | £17 (£15, £10) Prepare to be swept off your feet by this magical celebration of dance on the big screen in the comfort of your local cinema. Join André Rieu, his Johann Strauss Orchestra, world class sopranos, The Platin Tenors and special guests for a magical cinema experience. Audiences will be treated to behind the scenes content and an exclusive interview with André and as always, some delicious surprises. 145mins approx inc interval.
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THE MAGIC FLUTE [DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE] 5.30pm, Sunday 4 August £17 (£15, £10) Mozart’s most magical comedy of The Magic Flute returns to Glyndebourne for the first time in over a decade. This new production by the renowned directing/design duo Barbe & Douce promises to take a fresh and playful look at the opera’s troublesome gender politics. Leading British bass Brindley Sherratt stars as Sarastro alongside exciting young singers including Caroline Wettergreen, Sofia Fomina and Björn Bürger.
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MEASURE FOR MEASURE 7pm, Tuesday 6 August £17 (£15, £10) “To whom should I complain?” When a young novice nun is compromised by a corrupt official, who offers to save her brother from execution in return for sex, she has no idea where to turn for help. When she threatens to expose him, he tells her that no one would believe her. Shakespeare wrote this play in the early 1600s, yet it remains astonishingly resonant today. Artistic Director, Gregory Doran, directs this new production. 9
Performances and events
Performances and events
LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE WITH PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE
THE KAISER AND I 7.45pm, Friday 3 May £10 (£8)
LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE WITH PONTARDAWE ARTS CENTRE
Two one act plays by Stuart Fortey
NATIONAL THEATRE CONNECTIONS 2019 Saturday 4 May Festival pass: £24 (£20) Each year the National Theatre commissions ten new plays for young people to perform, bringing together some of the UK’s most exciting writers with the theatre-makers of tomorrow. 300 youth theatre companies and over 6,000 young people from every corner of the UK are producing a Connections play this year. The three plays performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre are: Ysgol Aberconwy The Sad Club by Luke Barnes Aberystwyth Arts Centre Stuff by Tom Wells Church Stretton School Chaos by Laura Thomas 10
THE KAISER AND I Berlin 1914. Europe stands on the brink of war. The Kaiser’s dancing mistress waits for her pupil. His army waits for their orders. Let the dancing begin… A tender comic account of an unusual friendship across the divide.
SHOOTING RABBITS
ON SCARBOROUGH FRONT Scarborough, Yorkshire, 1917 A young officer, Wilfred Owen, is recovering from wounds in a hotel in Scarborough. There, he meets Lieutenant-Colonel Gray, a senior officer facing demons of his own.
If I can shoot rabbits, I can shoot fascists. Leaving home in the middle of the night, an impassioned young man travels to Spain to fight for his beliefs. Untrained, untested and totally unprepared, he faces a radical choice between idealism and action. Live music and striking imagery blend with Welsh, English, Spanish and Basque to explore the relationship between Wales and Europe in a time of crisis.
Director/Cyfarwyddwr Joe Harmston Composer/Cyfansoddwr Andrew Griffiths with the help of Tŷ Cerdd/gyda chymorth Tŷ Cerdd
7.30pm, Thursday 9 May £10 (£8)
CIRKUS XANTI & ALI WILLIAMS PRODUCTIONS
AS A TIGER IN THE JUNGLE 2.30pm & 7.30pm, Sunday 12 May £12 (£8) £32 family Three performers from Asia ask questions about life, love, poverty and greed. Using spoken word, movement, circus and ceremony, they tell the story of how against all odds they survived their childhood and created their own destiny. An inspiring, authentic, raw and heart-warming performance about life and circus, entertainment and reflection. Produced through an International partnership between artistic directors from two renowned European circus companies. As a Tiger in the Jungle will be a unique theatrical circus experience! Age guidance 8+ 11
Performances and events
Performances and events
Stick by Me by Andy Manley and Ian Cameron Produced by Red Bridge Arts
PROTEIN
GILLIAN CLARKE AND IFOR AP GLYN
GILLIAN, IFOR… AND DYLAN
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY DRAMA AND THEATRE STUDIES
3RD YEAR PROJECTS
7.30pm, Tuesday 14 May £15 (£12) £8 Students
12noon - 5pm, Thursday 16 and Friday 17 May | FREE
To celebrate Dylan Thomas Day, two National Poets of Wales, Gillian Clarke and Ifor ap Glyn will come together to read their own work, together with their favourite poems or stories by Dylan.
Drama and Theatre studies finalists present an exciting programme of 10 short works, featuring: fairytales, dead hearts, social media overload, useless magic, two angels of death and many more.
ABERYSTWYTH AT WAR
DOT AND BILLY 7.45pm, Thursday 16 May to Friday 17 May “Let us be sweethearts … you in your tattered gypsy dress, and I in that old blazer.” Dot is a student; Billy a soldier. A chance meeting in Aberystwyth sparks a friendship that becomes a love affair. But can love survive in a time of war? An original play based on the letters of Dot French and Billy Burditt. Written by Richard Hogger and Tom O’Malley. Part of the Aberystwyth at War: Experience, Impact, Legacy 1914-1919 project.
RWTSH RATSH RALA RWDINS 1pm Tuesday 21 May, Wednesday 10am & 1pm 22 May Performances for schools £5 Rala Rwdins returns to Wales’ theatres! Rwtsh Ratsh Rala Rwdins was Arad Goch’s very first production and to celebrate the company’s 30thbirthday, we’re taking it on tour once again! Join the adventure in the land of Rwla, as our favourite characters try to solve Dewin Dwl’s big secret! Written by the award winning author of the series Angharad Tomos and directed by Jeremy Turner. Suitable for children 3-8 years old and their families. 12
THE LITTLE PRINCE 2pm, Sunday 26 May £10 (£8)
RED BRIDGE ARTS
STICK BY ME 1pm & 3pm, Friday 31 May | £8 (£6)
When I wake up you are there. An enchanting dance show Ready? Let’s run,Pack play, hide. Marketing for children and adults alike! Follow me. Don’t get lost. I Based on the world-famous will stick by you, if you will Contacts: story by Antoine de Saintstick by me. Stick by Me is a Exupéry, The Little Prince is ‘aMcGrath joyful| Creative and funny Alice Director, show’ Red Bridge(The Arts alice@redbridgearts.co.uk 07780 607665 brought to life using Protein’s Guardian) about| friendship award winning mix of dance, and play, and the importance | Projects and General Manager, Red Bridge Arts humour and spoken word. Jennifer Cummins of treasuring little things. jennifer@redbridgearts.co.uk | 07941 875676 With an original score by This “Charming, delightful, Frank Moon, design by Yann inventive show” (The Wee Seabra and lighting by Jackie Review) is created by Andy Shemesh, Protein’s new show Manley and Ian Cameron, invites us to look at the world co-creators of international hit through one’s heart and to show White. By Andy Manley reconnect with our inner child. and Ian Cameron. Produced Suitable for children young by Red Bridge Arts. For ages and old. 3- 6 years
CICIO’R BAR 7.45pm, Thursday 6 June £7 Eurig Salisbury and Hywel Griffiths welcome you to Cicio’r Bar, the best poetry and music night in Aber, Ceredigion and the world. Poetry, songs and awesome music by musician and frontman of Cowbois Rhos Botwnnog, Iwan Huws – from his brand new first collection of poetry (Barddas) – and by singer-songwriter and harpist Georgia Ruth.
THE FLANAGAN COLLECTIVE
ORPHEUS 7.45pm, Saturday 8 June £10 (£8) Orpheus is an ancient story of love and loss and adventure. Alexander Wright and Phil Grainger transform this ancient myth in to a modern day epic about people, our relationships and what we’ll do to try and stay together. Told through a fusion of hair raising spoken word and original, live, soulful music, ORPHEUS sits in between spoken word poetry, an acoustic gig and a theatre show. 13
Performances and events
Performances and events
THEATR GENEDLAETHOL CYMRU ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE STAGE SCHOOL
PWY ’SGRIFENNODD HONNA?
MULAN JR
7.30pm, Wednesday 19 June Pay what you decide
7.30pm, Friday 14 & Saturday 15 June £11 (£8)
Rehearsed readings of plays by local playwrights Miriam Elin Jones and Naomi Nicholas. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s 2019 New Playwrights’ Group project culminates in a series of rehearsed readings across Wales of new plays by the new wave of Welshlanguage playwrights. Each event will include readings of new plays by two playwrights, followed by a conversation with the playwrights, cast and directors. theatr.cymru. This is a Welsh-language presentation. The New Playwrights’ Group is a Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru initiative in association with S4C, Literature Wales, Pontio, Theatr Clwyd, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Carmarthenshire Theatres, Wales Millennium Centre and the Sherman Theatre.
Based on Disney’s Oscar-nominated film, Disney’s Mulan JR. is a heart-warming celebration of culture, honour and the fighting spirit. With hit songs and a story packed with action, humour and heart, Disney’s Mulan JR. brings ancient China to life with a modern sensibility. The Huns have invaded, and it is up to the misfit Mulan and her mischievous dragon sidekick, Mushu, to save the Emperor!
LITERATURE WALES
WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 6pm, Thursday 20 June | £7.50 (concessions £5) Join Literature Wales for the highlight of Wales’ most prestigious literary award. Following a wine reception in the company of the judges and shortlisted authors, discover which books will top the Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-fiction categories, and which writers go on to win the overall prize in both Welsh and English, and earning the title Wales Book of the Year 2019. For further information, contact Literature Wales: 029 2047 2266 post@literaturewales.org www.literaturewales.org 14
INTERNATIONAL CERAMICS FESTIVAL Friday 5 – Sunday 7 July | Festival pass: £150; Saturday pass: £100; Sunday pass: £90 The International Ceramics Festival at Aberystwyth is an absolute must for those who love ceramics and craft. This is a unique chance to see outstanding ceramicists from around the world close-up. There will be live demonstrations, talks, performances and dramatic kiln firings by ceramicists from China, France, Italy Japan, Latvia, USA and Uzbekistan, as well as celebrated ceramicists from the UK. Plus seven exhibition spaces focusing on ceramics, as well as films, trade stands, hands-on activities for adults and children and loads more! See page 27 for details of exhibitions. 15
Performances and events
Performances and events
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE BALLET SCHOOL
NIMBLE BISCUITS CLUSTER ARTS PTY LTD AND OTHER CHORES OFFERINGS 7.30pm, Tuesday 23 July SEMI FINAL OF THE TALWRN 7pm, Tuesday 9 July | FREE Recording two semi-final programmes of BBC Radio Cymru’s poetry competition. As The Talwrn series celebrates 40 years, this is one of the highlights of the series – come and support your favourite poets.
7.30pm Friday 19, 2.30pm & 7.30pm Saturday 20 July | £11 (£8) Aberystwyth Arts Centre Ballet School proudly presents ‘Nimble Biscuits and Other Offerings’. A collection of dances choreographed by Miss Gilbert, Miss Hannah and Miss Laura. Featuring students from Grade 3 classes and above. Please join us for an offering of classical and contemporary dance.
£10 (£8) £31 Family
An action-packed comedy circus show from Australia, that tells the story of two brothers who don’t want to do their chores and tidy their room. Highly-trained clowns do death-defying stunts, in a show the whole family will love! The performance is jam-packed with silly jokes and plenty to amuse the teens and adults in the audience too. Find it hard to get your kids to do their chores? After seeing this show, they’ll be super excited to get stuck in!
CASTAWAY COMMUNITY THEATRE
CASTAWAY 7.45pm, Friday 23 & Saturday 24 August £12 (£10) Castaway Community Theatre are Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s adult community drama group. Formed in 1991, they have staged over 70 productions, from light entertainment for all the family such as Wind in the Willows and their own adaptation of Terry Pratchett’s Lords and Ladies; to intensely difficult plays like Sarah Kane’s Crave and Phaedra’s Love and Genet’s The Balcony. Keep an eye on the website for details of their performance. 16
ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE SUMMER SEASON MUSICAL PRESENT LIONEL BART’S
OLIVER! Friday 9 – Saturday 31 August | 7.30pm Performances: Tuesdays to Saturdays 2.30pm Matinees: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays | £30 (£28 Concessions and groups), Family £112 Early Bird prices until 1 June: £28 (£26); £26 Groups 8+; Family £99 Book, Music and Lyrics by Lionel Bart. Orchestral arrangements by William David Brohn. Original orchestrations adapted by Stephen Metcalfe. Richard Cheshire returns to Aberystwyth Arts Centre to direct this year’s professional Summer Season show Oliver! The award-winning musical adaptation of the classic Dickens’ novel springs to life with some of the most memorable characters and songs ever to hit the stage. Consider yourself at home with Lionel Bart’s classic musical based on Charles Dickens’ novel, Oliver Twist. The Tony and Olivier Award-winning
show is one of the few musicals to win an Academy Award for Best Picture and is widely hailed as a true theatrical masterpiece by actors and audience members alike. The streets of Victorian England come to life as Oliver, a malnourished orphan in a workhouse, becomes the neglected apprentice of an undertaker. Oliver escapes to London and finds acceptance amongst a group of petty thieves and pickpockets led by the elderly Fagin. When Oliver is captured for a theft that he did not commit, the benevolent victim, Mr. Brownlow takes him in. Fearing the safety of his hideout, Fagin employs the sinister Bill Sikes and the sympathetic Nancy to kidnap him back, threatening Oliver’s chances of discovering the true love of a family. Oliver! is a musical theatre masterpiece, perfectly showcasing the talents of a large ensemble cast as they bring these classic characters and score to life. Oliver! was last performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre in 2005, when local celebrity Taron Egerton starred as the Artful Dodger alongside a host of other talented young performers. Although Taron will not be returning, we are thrilled to welcome back many of the original cast members from 2005 who are now professional actors – and we’re sure more stars of the future will be amongst our new cast of young people! Presented by arrangement with Music Theatre International (Europe) Ltd. 17
Live Music
Live Music
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PETER KARRIE: TWO MEN AND A PIANO 7.30pm, Thursday 2 May £15
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Get up close and personal with the World’s favourite Phantom, Peter Karrie! Peter Karrie, Wales’ own international musical theatre star and star of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, returns to Aberystwyth Arts Centre to present a magical night of solos from the big musicals and songs from the Great American Songbook. Peter will be joined by the Royal College of Music and Drama’s musical To book tickets please contact: director Michael Morwood, who last performed here with Peter in Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s production of Legally Blonde in 2015.
NICK HARPER: 58 FORDWYCH ROAD 7.45pm, Thursday 2 May £12 (£10) Nick Harper had a childhood growing up surrounded by the musical prowess of some of the 60’s most revered songwriters and musicians, not to mention being son of Roy Harper. 20 years of crafting songs and touring the land has spawned a truly one-off, original guitarist and songwriter. 58 FORDWYCH ROAD, the London abode of up-and-coming singersongwriter Roy Harper and his wife Mocy in the 1960s, was an after-hours hang-out for the legends. ‘One of the finest guitarists of his generation’ Mojo
CHARLOTTE ASHTON (FLUTE) AND JOSEPH HAVLAT (PIANO) 8pm, Thursday 2 May £12 (£10) Students £3 The winner of numerous awards, the flautist Charlotte Ashton graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in 2015. Since 2016 she has held the position of Principal Flute with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra. Her accompanist, Joseph Havlat also studied at the Royal Academy and has performed in major concert venues around the UK and in Europe, America, Japan and Australia. Charlotte and Joseph will be playing sonatas by Bach, Poulenc and Prokofiev, along with works by Debussy, Messiaen and Schubert. The concert is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust as part of its Recital Scheme.
THE UPBEAT BEATLES 8pm, Friday 3 May £23 The Upbeat Beatles are second to none - powerhouse vocals, precision harmonies and tight musicianship. The show takes you through the Fab Four’s long and winding road from the early Cavern days through Beatlemania, America, Sergeant Pepper to Abbey Road, with narrative and full multi-media presentation. If you love the Beatles you’ll love this show! 18
ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY CONCERT BAND 7pm, Wednesday 8 May £6 (£5) £2 students, free to school children Harry Jepson conducts the Concert Band, Brendon Coyle the Silver Band and Aiden Hassan the Youth Brass band. Aberystwyth University Concert Band will again this year present a joint concert with Aberystwyth Silver Band and Aberystwyth Youth Brass Band showcasing some of the talented musicians in Aberystwyth. This will be an evening of fantastic musical entertainment, and from music from the movies to your favourite brass band classics, this concert will have something for everyone. A great concert for younger audience members. Tickets will be available at the door. Phone 01970 622685 or email music@aber.ac.uk for more details.
PYST
LLEUWEN A’R BAND
RICHARD DURRANT’S
7.30pm, Thursday 9 May £12 (£10)
7.45pm, Wednesday 5 June £12 (£10)
Following the success of her most recent album ‘Gwn Glan Beibl Budr’, Lleuwen will be playing a four date theatre tour in Wales this May. Performing live with the band, this is an unmissable opportunity to witness a performance of this powerful and moving album. Twisting ancient hymns to her own compositions Gwn Glân Beibl Budr (Clean Gun Dirty Bible) takes the Welsh hymn book and throws it into the Age of Misinformation.
Guitarist and composer Richard Durrant returns with a musical celebration of midsummer and another classic series of gigs on the folk/classical cusp. As the solstice approaches Durrant reveals a collection of brand new pieces, old favourites, tales from the road and the occasional song inspired by the summer solstice. “My new favourite guitarist… Richard Durrant sits completely outside the accepted genres. He has a peculiar and wonderful mind.” Tom Robinson BBC6 Music
MIDSUMMER MUSIC
HAKA ENTERTAINMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE
MO PLEASURE: MY PLEASURE – A MUSICAL JOURNEY 7.30pm, Friday 7 June | £26 (£24.50) Mo Pleasure, quite simply one of the greatest multi-instrumentalists of his generation, began his professional career playing with Ray Charles before moving on to working with the likes of George Duke, Christina Aguilera, Chaka Khan, Mary J Blige, Natalie Cole, Roberta Flack to name but a few, and he is currently Musical Director for the iconic Bette Midler. Mo will be joined on stage by his incredible band, which features some of the UK’s finest musicians together with guest appearances from some of Aberystwyth’s emerging artists. A night of top quality funk, soul, R&B, pop and everything in between! 19
Live Music
GARETH BONELLO, GEORGIA RUTH A TOBY HAY 7.30pm, Saturday 8 June £12 (£10) Three of Wales’ finest contemporary musicians bring their new musical collaboration to Aberystwyth Arts Centre for the first time. Drawing on both original and traditional material, the trio will be performing new pieces that explore the ethereal bond between the landscape and people of Wales. Expect an evening of carefully crafted pieces that blur the boundaries between contemporary Wales and the otherworldly delights of Annwn.
Live Music
CWMWL TYSTION | WITNESS 8pm, Wednesday 12 June £12 (£10) Trumpeter Tomos Williams has assembled a cast of brilliant Welsh musicians to perform The Cwmwl Tystion Suite, a new work incorporating elements of jazz, the avant-garde, improvisation and Welsh folk. The band includes Huw Warren (piano) and Rhodri Davies (harp), along with Mark O’Connor (drums), Huw V Williams (bass) and Francesca Simmons (violin, saw). Simon Proffitt will be accompanying the performances with live visuals.
LES MUSICALS – LIVE IN CONCERT 7.30pm, Thursday 13 June £25, VIP £57.50 Jonathan Ansell (G4 Frontman) and Jai McDowall (Britains Got Talent - Winner) have joined forces to create a dramatic a spine-tingling concert. This vocally dynamic evening showcases even more smash-hit songs from the greatest musicals of all time, brought to you by two of the world’s finest voices. Come and immerse yourself into the world of Musical Theatre with classics from Les Miserables, Phantom Of The Opera, Blood Brothers, Wicked, Jesus Christ Superstar, The Greatest Showman, Miss Saigon, Chess, We Will Rock You and many more…
CLWB LLEWOD ABERYSTWYTH LIONS CLUB
CHARITY SUMMER CONCERT 7.30pm, Friday 14 June £20 (£18) The Rhys Taylor Big Band featuring Shân Cothi. An evening of foot tapping swing music, popular tunes and a few fun surprises. All proceeds to MacMillan Cancer Support and Amser Justin Time – Pancreatic Cancer Charity Wales. 20
ALAN BEARMAN MUSIC
THE HORNETTES 8pm, Saturday 22 June £10 Following their sell-out show at Aberystwyth Arts Centre last June, The Hornettes are back with their beehive wigs and sequin dresses to celebrate the sounds of the 60s. Join them and Ric Lloyd on keyboard for a night full of nostalgia, fun, comedy, singing and dancing in the aisles. With a repertoire of songs from the Supremes, The Four Tops, Lulu, The Shirelles, Ronettes and more, book now for what promises to be a spectacular performance.
MARTIN CARTHY 7.30pm, Friday 28 June £15 (£12) For more than 50 years Martin Carthy has been one of folk music’s greatest innovators, one of its best loved, most enthusiastic and, at times, most quietly controversial of figures. His skill, stage presence and natural charm have won him many admirers, not only from within the folk scene, but also far beyond it. ‘Arguably the greatest English folk song performer, writer, collector and editor of them all’ Q Magazine. Lifetime Achievement Award – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2014.
COMING SOON...
CEREDIGION SCHOOLS CONCERT 7pm, Wednesday 3 July £7 (£4) Ceredigion Education Committee presents a prom by Ceredigion Primary Schools in the Great Hall at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Tickets are available at the door or in advance from Cerdd Ystwyth Aberystwyth. With support from: Friends of Ceredigion Young Musicians Association.
MONSTERS OF ROCK 8pm, Friday 29 November £25 (£22)
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Live Music & Comedy
NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR OF WALES CONCERT 8pm, Saturday 31 August £10 (£8) £5 under 25s
MUSICFEST Saturday 27 July - Saturday 3 August Festival pass: £180 Early Bird Festival pass until 1 July: £160 Evening concert pass: £130 Orchestral concerts: £24 (£22) Evening concerts: £20 (£18) Lunchtime concerts: £14 (£12) Children and A Level students go free! Artistic Director: David Campbell Our annual festival of concerts and conviviality; one of the friendliest festivals with a vibrant buzz from the tutors and students and audience with many returning year after year. It is a festival which supports excellence in both teaching and performance and offers a unique opportunity to engage with new works and the established repertoire. The festival will be opened with a Gala Concert conducted by Dr David Russell Hulme and the Sinfonia Cambrensis with Tom Mathias (violin) in an innovative and beautiful programme. Among the many highlights are Schumann’s piano concerto with Tom Poster as the soloist; on 22
Wednesday the Orion Orchestra will be playing Beethoven’s Symphony No.6; the Solem Quartet will perform Ravel’s Introduction and Allegro along with Ellie Turner (harp), Lisa Nelsen (flute) and David Campbell (clarinet). The Sacconi Quartet return with a performance of Beethoven’s String Quartet op.131 performed in the dark and from memory. The Sacconi also perform with Tom Poster the Haydn String Quartet, “The Lark” and the Korngold Piano Quintet. New for this year are the Clare Jones Harp Ensemble, your chance to hear 24 harps, and also the National Youth Brass Band of Wales , the National Youth Orchestra of Wales and the National Youth String Orchestra of Great Britain. Full details of the programme will be on the Musicfest website: www.musicfestaberystwyth. org Details of tickets are also on the website or are available through the Aberystwyth Arts Centre booking system. Festival passes will be £180 with an Early Bird festival pass available until 1 July at £160, a substantial saving for the dedicated festival-goer.
Conductor: Tim Rhys Evans. Following on from last year’s very successful concert series, Tim Rhys Evans returns to conduct an 80-strong choir of Wales’ most talented singers. In 2018, the choir gained plaudits for a programme that spanned the centuries and this year promises more fantastic music, including a brand-new commission written by Welsh composer Huw Watkins. A concert not to be missed!
COMING SOON...
MATT FORDE: BREXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP 7.30pm, Friday 10 May £15 The whole thing is a mess and only one person can sort it out. Sadly, we have no idea who it is. Join Britain’s leading political comedian, Matt Forde, for his smash-hit, sell-out Edinburgh show as he waves goodbye to life as an EU citizen. Matt is host of four series of Unspun with Matt Forde on Dave and his own charttopping Political Party podcast. “is there a better political comic than Matt Forde currently working in the UK? I can’t think of another to touch him”★★★★½ Chortle
RUSSELL KANE: THE FAST AND THE CURIOUS 8pm, Saturday 16 November | £20
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Comedy
Comedy
REGINALD D HUNTER: FACING THE BEAST TOM STADE: I SWEAR TO… 8pm, Thursday 30 May | £12 (£10) Marcel Lucont “Fresh, accessible and hilarious” THE GUARDIAN Sara Barron “Filthy and fearless” ★★★★ THE TELEGRAPH Ignacio Lopez “Unique and hilarious” ★★★★ BUZZ MAGAZINE
8pm, Thursday 27 June LITTLE WANDER
COMEDY CLUB Little Wander, the team behind the Machynlleth Comedy Festival, bring their much-loved comedy club to the Arts Centre each month. Catch some of the UKs finest stand up stars at fantastic value on stage in the Studio. 24
Kiri Pritchard Mclean “Fusing humour with biting reality in a way that is very powerful.” ★★★★★ THREE WEEKS Pat Cahill “Wonderfully weird” THE GUARDIAN Stuart Laws “Laws is on top form at the moment, talking nonsense of the highest order... a chronically funny stand up” TIMEOUT
7.30pm, Monday 3 June £17.50 (£16) Join Tom as he attempts to figure out exactly where he fits into this emerging new world of feelings and FaceTime. Armed with his usual swagger and playful sense of mischief, join Tom as he explores these generational conundrums, and a whole lot more… As seen on Channel 4’s Comedy Gala, BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow, The John Bishop Show and Live at the Apollo.
COMING SOON...
8pm, Friday 7 June £23 Celebrating his twentieth anniversary as a comedian living and performing in the UK, Reginald D Hunter sets out on a forty date tour of the UK and Ireland in 2019 with his highly anticipated new show. Reginald’s searingly honest material has garnered him a popular fan base that spans the generations. His appearances on television have included the hugely popular BBC2 series Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The South and its equally successful follow up Reginald D Hunter’s Songs Of The Border. “Comedy of a rare scope” ★★★★★ TIMES
RUBY WAX: HOW TO BE HUMAN 8pm, Thursday 10 October | £22
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exhibitions
GALLERY 1
THE LANGUAGE OF CLAY INGRID MURPHY : SEEN AND UNSEEN GALLERY 1
IN MY SHOES: ART & THE SELF SINCE THE 1990S 16 February - 12 May
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The rise of the ‘selfie’ in contemporary society and the construction of digital identities through social media offers a timely wider context for this exhibition. In My Shoes is an Arts Council Collection touring exhibition exploring the ways in which artists based in the UK have represented themselves in their work since the 1990s. Encompassing a range of media including film, photography and sculpture, In My Shoes displays work from multiple generations of artists including: Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Gavin Turk, Rachel McLean and Bedwyr Williams. The exhibition concludes with some of the most recent works to enter the Arts Council Collection, a handful of which are on public display for the first time since acquisition.
22 May - 13 July
of Jaipur, her pieces connect us to different perspectives and stories. Seen and Unseen is a witty expansion of the languages and qualities of clay.’ Ceri Jones, series curator. An exhibition in The Language of Clay series, a Mission Gallery National Touring initiative. For more details of the International Ceramics Festival go to page 15. https://www.languageofclay.wales https://www.iaithclai.cymru
Opening on 4th July, 6pm Gallery 1- on the eve of the International Ceramics Festival. ‘Ingrid Murphy plays with the conventions of ceramic practice. Her works invite shared experience rather than purely aesthetic contemplation.’ Martina Margetts. ‘Connectivity is crucial to Ingrid Murphy, between people and places and across time. Her explorations provoke and surprise us as she marries traditional ceramic processes with creative technologies. Be it the view from inside a teapot or the sounds from the streets
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exhibitions GALLERY 2
BORTH ARTS 13 April - 13 June Opening - April 18th, 6pm ‘On the Edge’ is an exhibition of work by Borth Arts, a group of artists living and working in Borth and Ynyslas. Using a variety of media and techniques, this diverse group is connected and inspired by the unique environment of Borth – sea, beach, mountains, colour and ever-changing light. Both artists and location are literally on the edge, trapped between the sea and the mountains. Borth Arts grew out of a desire to promote Borth and Borth artists through joint exhibitions and activities. Consequently, the group was established in February 2016. The group’s aim is to support artists living and working locally, not only providing opportunities for exhibiting their work, but also creating opportunities for the sharing of expertise and the learning of new skills. It believes that arts and culture play an important role in the enrichment and wellbeing of the wider community.
GALLERY 1
GARETH GRIFFITH: TRAILER 22 July - 7 September Opening 25th July 6pm Trailer is an exhibition of new work by artist Gareth Griffith, based in North Wales. The Constructions and paintings explore the connections between place and time and questions social issues. The places include Liverpool, where he studied in the 1960s, Jamaica, where lived with his young family in the early seventies, and Mynydd Llandegai above the Ogwen Valley where he has lived and worked for more than 40 years. In his eightieth year this influential artist presents work that references experiences from across his lifetime and reflects on the manufacturing processes used by factory workers in the valley and how the artist uses the same materials and processes in different ways. “I look for connections between the constructions I make, and paint them. There is a symbiosis between the two.” Gareth Griffith
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GALLERY 2
WELSH ILLUSTRATORS 20 June - 22 August Opening- 19th June, 6pm Come and see the best of Welsh Book illustration, from The Mabinogion to Rala Rwdins, this exhibition celebrates the best of published Illustration from Wales to coincide with Welsh Book of The Year taking place at the Arts Centre on 20th June. The exhibition will have a series of events that will celebrate reading and storytelling, please see details under Creative Learning.
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exhibitions
CAFÉ GALLERY
DISCOVERING THE ARCHITECTURE OF WALES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE 6 May - 28 June Opening- May 9th, 6pm As well as a chance to see the award-winning buildings of 2018, this exhibition highlights the architectural evolution of Aberystwyth Arts Centre, set alongside a glimpse of the artefacts held in various collections of Welsh architectural archives.
PIAZZA WINDOW
RUTH PACKHAM: BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
CAFÉ GALLERY
IN THE STUDIO
14 May - 20 June
4 July - 29 August
A Borth artist, Ruth works with wool fibre, using felt making techniques that is inspired by nature; light, colour, pattern and form with birds featuring consistently, both real and imagined. The work Ruth will be showing originates from a desire to challenge her felt making skills whilst highlighting the ever-pertinent theme of plastic waste and its impact on wildlife. Ruth will also be running a felting workshop to coincide with her exhibitionplease look under Creative Learning for details.
Come and enjoy an exhibition by photographers Ben Boswell and Matthew Otten that gives us a glimpse of ceramicists in their studio’s, to coincide with our main exhibition in Gallery 1 Ingrid Murphy: Seen and Unseen and the International Ceramics Festival here at the Arts Centre on 5th-7th July.
PIAZZA WINDOW
CLAY 26 June - 14 August Come and see how our local schools, colleges and charities here in Ceredigion have responded to the International Ceramic Festival.
PIAZZA WINDOW PIAZZA WINDOW
LINDA JANE JAMES: INDEFINITY 1 March – 6 May Indefinity is a work developed over the last year by artist Linda Jane James that expresses her feelings about the overwhelming accumulation of materials and waste and the endless, complex and layered consequences of the human need to be productive, to grow and expand. Stuff is rescued from a state of lying- aroundness – material that is leftover, surplus to requirements, unpredictable and unquantifiable, of dubious quality, not yet buried, burned or recycled. These tangible reminders of excess and inefficiency, redundancy, the mismatch between supply and demand, transformed into a work of immense scale and indefinable beauty.
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CATRIN DAVIES 20 August - 14 October Within my work, I often refer to the classic painting tradition and use different media to explore and play with this tradition. Symbolism within painting plays an important role in my work. New works combine my paintings and drawings with digital media. Landscape painting is used to represent internal states of being. By animating the images, my intention is to emphasise and bring out the ideas that were initially explored through the drawings. https://catrindavies.carbonmade.com https://www.catrinandlewis.com)
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KATE HAYWOOD, THE LANGUAGE OF CLAY: TRACES 13 April - 9 June Kate Haywood’s exquisite porcelain forms are at once assured and delicate. Made with keen attention to detail, each form is precise and elegant. Kate has a passion for objects, sometimes hand-held objects, often objects from the past. She scours museum collections and researches archives to identify intriguing pieces and purposes. Kate’s recent work is inspired by children’s games, games from a time when they were more readily played in the street than they might be today. Combining her ceramic sculptures with other materials adds layers of reference and appeal. Everyone will recognise different traces in her new body of work. The Language of Clay is a series of national touring exhibitions organised by Mission Gallery and funded by the Arts Council of Wales. Please check the Arts Centre diary or see www.ceramicsaberystwyth.com for notifications of talks and events. http://www.ceramics-aberystwyth.com
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ROAD TO DISCOVERY: CERAMICS FROM UZBEKISTAN 22 June - 26 August 2019 This exhibition features contemporary examples of work from the seven pottery producing areas in Uzbekistan. It explores Uzbekistan’s rich heritage in ceramic production alongside Welsh folk pottery traditions, such as the Buckley and Ewenny Slipware held in Aberystwyth University’s Ceramic Collection.
The Creative Studios project was designed to develop Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s role as a creative hub for arts businesses, arts development agencies, artists and craft workers. The Creative Studios Project designed by Heatherwick Studio, worth £1 million, has been made possible by support from Aberystwyth University, the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government.
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Resident Artists and Companies
There will be a rolling program of short films, animations and photographs in our mini viewing room.
Wardens Dramatic Company MusicFest International Music Festival and Summer School Tim Walley, Designer / Maker Honno Welsh Women’s Publishers HAUL Arts in Health Trioni Architects
Angela Goodridge, artist / maker AMP Media, film makers Cwmni Awakennyn Productions Tom Parry Clocks Yvonne Gordon textiles If you are interested in renting one of the Creative Studios please contact Louise Amery on 01970 622889 / lla@aber.ac.uk 33
CREATIVE LEARNING Weekly Classes 2019 is Wales’ Year of Discovery, when we will be encouraged to not only discover Wales but also ourselves through the wealth of attractions, adventures and experiences the country has to offer. Join us in discovering the joy of books and literature, ceramics, dance and art through a variety of programmed activities, including our regular classes, as well as special events – some of which are free! We are excited to share our Creative Learning programme with you for the coming term. We think there’s ‘something for everyone’ – from clay modelling to youth theatre, animation to Bollywood dance. We have a thriving Dance School, Stage School and Youth Theatre, as well as regular visual arts classes for adults and children. We also deliver Community Projects, such as HEFCW – a new community project connecting the University campus to the community based in and around Tregaron. Offering free creative activities to the community as well as having professionals mentor university students in their field of study, all focusing on the theme of home. We also run the Gwanwyn festival – an annual festival for people aged 50+, developing their creativity and sense of wellbeing. We are a small team of 3, working with a team of over 40 talented artists and tutors and delivering over 7,000 lessons every year. Our participants are all ages, from babies taking part in our popular Clwb 123 to a gentleman aged 94 who shared stories from his past as part of Gwanwyn. Many of our participants study for exams in LAMDA, RAD, ISTD, along with our new venture as an Arts Award centre, enabling people aged 5-25 to gain a nationally recognised qualification in a variety of artforms. We’re confident you’ll find the cost of classes very reasonable, classes start from as little as £4.50 a session! Plus we offer an ‘Early Bird’ price for most of our classes! Take some time just for you, or bring a friend and share the fun! Learn a new skill, develop a craft or become proficient in your preferred artform – all in a friendly, supportive environment, with excellent facilities that are hard to find elsewhere in Mid-Wales. We look forward to welcoming you to Aberystwyth Arts Centre! It’s possible to join a class after the start date, just drop us a line to enquire. Start dates for each class can be found in the Creative Learning Courses brochure and on our website.
CREATIVE LEARNING Weekly Classes CLASS TIME AGE ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
monday Gwanwyn 10.30am – 3.30pm Adults 50+ Dance School 3.30pm - 9.00pm All Ages Animation 4.00pm – 6.00pm 8-12yrs Youth Theatre Two (Break a Leg) 4.15pm – 6.15pm Ages 14+ Beginners Patchwork & Quilting Workshop (NEW!) 6.30pm – 9.30pm Ages 14+ Animation 6.30pm – 8.30pm Ages 13+ Pottery for Beginners 6.30pm – 9.00pm Adults Samba Drumming 6.30pm – 8.00pm Ages 14+ Castaway Community Theatre 7.00pm – 9.00pm Adults
tuesday Art and Friendship Group 10:30am – 12:30pm Adults 50+ Pottery for All 12:30pm – 3.00pm Adults Dance School 3.30pm - 9.00pm All Ages Youth Theatre One (Fourth Wall) 4.15pm – 6.15pm 12-13yrs Adult Ballet 7.00pm – 8.00pm Adults Machine Paper Piecing Workshop (NEW!) 6.30pm – 9.30pm Ages 14+ Pottery – All Levels 6:30pm – 9.00pm Adults Heartsong Community Choir 7.15pm – 9.30pm Adults
wednesday Patchwork and Quilting Course (NEW!) Mini Movers Baby Ballet Dance School Creative Sewing for Kids (NEW!) Adult Tap Open access to the dark room Machine Sewing for Kids (NEW!) Poetry Group – FREE! Bollywood Dancing
10.00am - 3.00pm 1:30pm – 2:00pm 2:00pm – 2:30pm 3.30pm - 9.00pm 4.00pm – 6.00pm 5.00pm – 6.00pm 5.00pm – 8.00pm 6.15pm – 8.15pm 6.30pm – 8.30pm 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Ages 14+ Ages 2-4 Ages 2-4 All Ages 8-13yrs Adults 16+ Adults Ages 13+ Adults Adults
thursday Experimentation in Painting and Drawing 9.30am – 12.30pm Adults Screen Printing 1.00pm – 4.00pm Adults Dance School 3.30pm - 9.00pm All Ages Acro Arts 4.00pm - 8:15pm Age 3+ Photography for young people 4.00pm – 6.00pm 10 – 16yrs Creative Writing: Growing the work 6.30pm – 8.00pm Adults Mixed Media Art Class 6.30pm – 8.30pm Adults Black & White Photography 6.30pm – 8.30pm Adults Pottery – Advanced Class 6.30pm – 9.00pm Adults 34
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One off Specials MAKE A FELT POD WITH RUTH PACKHAM
Saturday 18 May, £30 10-4pm Spend a day making a 3 dimensional pod with Cambrian wool fibre using wet felting techniques. Suitable for beginners, but be aware wet felting can be fairly physically demanding. Ages 16+ --------------------------------------------------------------
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friday Clwb 1-2-3 Club 11.00am – 12.00pm Toddlers & babies 1.30pm – 2.30pm Toddlers & babies Adult Ballet 12.30pm – 1.30pm Adults Theatr Ieuenctid Cymraeg 4.15pm – 6.15pm Ages 12 + Dance School 4.00pm - 9.00pm All Ages
saturday Stage School 9.00am – 4.00pm Ages 5-11yrs Dance School 9.00am – 3.00pm All Ages Life Drawing 10.00am – 12.00pm Adults 12.15pm – 2.15pm Clay Modelling 10.00am – 12.00pm 9 – 15yrs 12.30pm – 2.30pm 5 – 8yrs Guitar 11am – 12pm All Ages Little Stars Theatre Club 1.15pm – 2.00pm 3-4yrs The Poetry Experience (1st Saturday of each month) 2.00pm – 5.00pm Adults The Word Distillery (3rd Saturday of each month) 2.00pm – 5.00pm Adults All of our classes follow the Ceredigion County Council School Term dates and the majority of our classes run for a block of 12 weeks each term. For further information please contact takepart@ aber.ac.uk / 01970 622888 or take a look at our Creative Learning Courses brochure. 36
Saturday 1 June 10:00am-4:30pm FREE! Have a taste of what it’s like to be an architect in this informative and practical day session run by the Royal Society of Architects in Wales as part of the Wales Festival of Architecture 2019. This is a free event, but you need to book a place through the Arts Centre Box Office. --------------------------------------------------------------
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Saturday 22 June 2pm – 4pm, £7 Join storytellers and authors Fiona Collins and Peter Stevenson for an afternoon of Welsh Folk Tales, followed by a talk and workshop on the art of writing fairy tales. Both Fiona and Peter are the authors of many books of Folk Tales published by the History Press. For all ages, with children to be accompanied by grown-ups. Bi-lingual session. --------------------------------------------------------------
PICTURE BOOK ILLUSTRATION WITH VALÉRIANE LEBLOND AND PETER STEVENSON
Saturday 29 June 2pm - 4pm, £7 Have you wondered how to illustrate a children’s book? Valériane and Peter are professional children’s book illustrators who work with publishers in Wales and across the world. They will guide you through the processes of illustrating a story, and you may even make your own book. For all ages, with children to be accompanied by grown-ups. Bi-lingual session.
May half term courses for children and families A CLAY ON WORDS
Monday 27 and / or Tuesday 28 May 10am-12pm £10 (or £18 for both days) Make a clay book to celebrate your favourite story Suitable for ages 5-12yrs -------------------------------------------------------------TWIST & BOING WITH PAINT Wednesday 29 May 10am-4pm Ages 7+ £20 Back by popular demand! Twisted twirls, eye catching explosions, Can you make colours bounce? Let’s try it! We will be drawing and painting, tearing, sticking, splatting and spraying. How loud can you make your picture look? Please wear old clothes as you might get a splash of paint on your clothes! --------------------------------------------------------------
PARENT AND TODDLER YOGA
Thursday 30 May 10:30am-11:30am £5 A fun and engaging yoga movement class for parents and toddlers to strengthen and stretch as well as feel calm and relaxed. --------------------------------------------------------------
MINDFUL MOVEMENT WITH ROSA
Thursday 30 May 2pm-4:30pm £10 A dance and yoga inspired movement class for children aged 8+ which teaches how to control the body when it’s near to the ground, with different strength and flexibility conditioning exercises that will enable your body to move and flow with ease and understanding. Inspired by breakdancing, yoga and contemporary dance. --------------------------------------------------------------
A DAY IN DANCE
Friday 31 May 10am-4pm £35 Join Miss Gilbert for an Intensive day in dance. The day will include a ballet class, pointe class, and learning repertoire from ‘La Fille Mal Gardee’. Suitable for Grade 3 upwards 37
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Summer Courses for Children and Families ZU AERIAL
Arts and Crafts Summer Holiday Workshops 2019 Working with a variety of tutors, these popular sessions will take place from 10-12noon for ages 5yrs +. £10 per session includes basic materials, with an extra cost of £2 for Screen Printing with Becky Knight for a t-shirt or canvas bag. DATE CLASS TUTOR --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Monday 22 July Tuesday 23 July Wednesday 24 July Thursday 25 July Friday 26 July Monday 29 July Tuesday 30 July Wednesday 31 July Thursday1 August Friday 2 August
Picasso plate Fruit & Veg! Cash Can Mudhopper Makeover Bridget Riley Vase Monster faces on wheels Messy paint on wheels Sea creatures on wheels Robots on wheels Glitter and Sparkle on wheels
John Reading
ON YOUR TOES
Monday 5 August – Saturday 10 August 10am4pm £150 (£130 Early Bird Price) £125 second child discount. Join Miss Gilbert and Miss Hannah for a week of Ballet magic as you work on repertoire from ‘Cinderella’. As well as having classes in Pointe and Repertoire, there will be a workshop from Zu Aerial featuring contemporary ballet warm ups and stretches followed by learning skills on the rope/silk and trapeze. We will also have our usual trip to the cinema, and craft activities. Age 7+. The early bird price is available up until 6pm on the 20th July. --------------------------------------------------------------
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PARENT AND TODDLER YOGA
Wednesday 21 August 2pm-4pm £8 All ages Bilingual | Dwyieithog
Thursday 22 August 10:30am-11:30am £5 A fun and engaging yoga movement class for parents and toddlers to strengthen and stretch as well as feel calm and relaxed. --------------------------------------------------------------
Welsh clog dancing is for everyone - little people, older people, those who are new to dance or those who have been dancing for years. Alaw has been teaching children and adults Welsh clog dancing for 15 years. She is very passionate about sharing the tradition and loves to dance because it makes her smile! Taught by Alaw Griffiths
Thursday 22 August 2pm-4:30pm £10 A dance and yoga inspired movement class for children aged 8+ which teaches how to control the body when it’s near to the ground, with different strength and flexibility conditioning exercises that will enable your body to move and flow with ease and understanding. Inspired by breakdancing, yoga and contemporary dance.
CLOG DANCING
Monday 5 August Seaside Tuesday 6 August Birds and insects Becky Wednesday 7 August Dinosaurs and dragons Knight Thursday 8 August Black and white Friday 9 August Underwater 38
Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 August 10am – 1pm Ages 7+ £50 Come along for some flying fun! Zu Aerial returns again with their popular aerial arts workshops. You will learn skills on rope/silks/ trapeze. Fun warm ups and ground based circus equipment. Come along and join the circus fun. Age 7 upwards. --------------------------------------------------------------
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of advice, this relaxed, practical course may be for you. Led by the Arts Centre’s Writerin-Residence DAMIAN GORMAN, the aim of A WRITING BOOST is to help you raise your confidence in your own writing, and hopefully raise your voice. DAMIAN GORMAN is a poet and playwright, originally from Northern Ireland, who has been living in Wales for six years. He has been encouraging other people’s writing for over thirty years in places as diverse as Rathlin Island, Malta and Armenia. He has recently been a guest lecturer for Oxford and Stanford universities, and he was awarded an MBE for services to the arts. The early bird price is available up until 6pm on the 31st July. --------------------------------------------------------------
Summer Courses for Adults LIFE DRAWING
Monday 22 –Thursday 25 July 2019 2pm-7pm Ages 16+ For 4 days £150 (£140) (£130 Early Bird Price) For 2 days £85 (£75) (£70 Early Bird Price) We will focus on the use of dry media: pencil, charcoal, pastel, and black conte crayon; and wet media - inks and paints. Our models will include trained dancers and experienced male and female models working both singly and also together in pairs. All the materials will be provided but please don’t let this stop you bringing along your own equipment. To make best use of the space, places are limited to 14, so please book soon to avoid disappointment. The fee for the full four day course is £150 (£140 concession) but there is an early bird discount of £130. If you wish to attend for only 2 days the cost of the course is £85 (£75 concession) with an early bird price of £70. The early bird price is available up until 6pm on the 1st of July. --------------------------------------------------------------
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Tuesday 6 August 2pm-4:30pm Age 16+ £18 Back from popular demand Zu Aerial are bringing their exciting aerial arts class! Come and learn to fly and climb on rope/silk and trapeze in this supportive and fun class with Zu Aerial. No experience needed! 40
EXPLORING GEOMETRY AND THE ART OF MANDALA
Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 August 12pm-6pm £65 for the weekend (£60 Concession) (£55 Early Bird Price) Day One: Flower of Life The Triangle, Hexagon and Celtic Triskele Day Two: Squaring the Circle The Octagon, Medicine wheels and Islamic patterning Creating a mandala (Sanskrit word meaning circle or wholeness) offers a visual pathway for coming into centre, while at the same time bringing peripheral elements into a feeling of inter-connected harmony. We do this through the resonance of sacred geometry (the universal language of shapes and symbols), creative use of light, dark and colour, and engaging the limitless power of our intent. In this workshop we’ll consider geometry in nature, as well as looking at mandalas from different cultures, to inform our practice. You’ll learn how to create patterns using the ancient tools of compass, straight edge and pencil. Then painting with watercolour onto paper. Tutor: Anne Thomas is an artist, teacher and complementary therapist living in Ynyslas, Wales. The early bird price is available up until 6pm on the 31st July.
HEY CLAY! TAP WORKSHOP Tuesday 20 August 10:30am-3pm Age 16+ £25 (£20) The workshop is designed for all levels of tap dancers. So whether you have been tapping for many years, need to refresh your technique or just want to learn new steps, we would love to welcome you. Taught by Charlotte Davies. --------------------------------------------------------------
Hey Clay! Is a national celebration of clay - giving everyone the chance to unleash their inner potter. This is done by venues offering free participation events with clay over the course of the weekend of 18 – 19 May 2019 as part of the Get Creative festival. Paperclay Jewellery Saturday 18 May FREE Pendants, brooches and badges For families with children age 3 & over.
A WRITING BOOST
Get Creative Saturday 18 May 10am-12pm and Sunday 19th May 2pm-4pm Badge Making. FREE!
This three-day creative writing course offers exactly what it says on the tin: encouragement and support, for writers at various levels. Whether you’re stuck writing a novel; trying to begin a book you’ve held off writing for years; or are not stuck at all, but just looking for a bit
Create a Clay Storybook Sunday 19 May FREE 2-4pm Limited space available, you must book ahead of time. A pottery session suitable for families and individuals (all children under 10 should be accompanied by an adult).
Thursday 22 - Saturday 24 August 10am - 3pm £85 (£75) (Early Bird £65)
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Special Workshops & Community Projects LAMDA LAMDA’s performance examinations use drama to develop self-confidence, physical presence and a strong speaking voice. Every year the Arts Centre enters a group of students into the LAMDA Acting examinations. Examinations are usually in April/May. If you are interested in entering your child for an exam, please contact Laura on 01970 622888 or lao8@aber.ac.uk ARTS AWARD The Arts Centre is a registered Arts Award Centre and we can offer young people an Arts Award training scheme as part of their course here. Arts Award is a nationally recognised accredited qualification. Arts Award inspires young people to grow their arts and leadership talents: it’s creative, valuable and accessible. Arts Award can be achieved at five levels, four qualifications and an introductory award. Please contact Laura on 01970 622888 or lao8@aber.ac.uk for further information.
UK MUSIC REHEARSAL SPACES Aberystwyth Arts Centre joined UK Music’s Rehearsal Space scheme in 2017. The scheme aims to assist young people across the UK access the right equipment and expertise to help them make music. UK Music is the trade body for the music industry and members are: AIM, BASCA, BPI, FAC, MMF, MPA, MPG, MU, PPL, PRS for Music and the Live Music Group. Further information can be found at: http://www. ukmusic.org/ and for more information on the Rehearsal Space scheme or UK Music’s other work please contact oliver.morris@ukmusic.org FREE rehearsal sessions are available – contact takepart@aber.ac.uk for further details. 42
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HIJINX ACTING ACADEMY The Arts Centre is pleased to be working in partnership with Hijinx Theatre to provide a structured programme for emerging actors with learning disabilities to enter the theatre profession or to gain life skills through drama. For further details or if you are interested in joining contact: jon.kidd@ hijinx.org.uk
‘CARTREF / HOME: snapshot 2019’ ‘CARTREF / HOME: snapshot 2019’ is a nine-month community project, led by the Aberystywth Arts Centre. The project stems from a partnership between the Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies, the Department of Theatre, Film and Television and the Arts Centre at Aberystwyth University, it is funded by HEFCW, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. We will work in partnership with the people who live and work in the Tregaron area to ask, ‘What does home mean to you?’ The aim is to collect stories, create films, write articles, create site-specific performances and artworks, to create a snapshot of Tregaron in 2019, all of which will be shared in a public exhibition and through an online digital archive. Students from the University and creative professionals will lead the project, with schools and community groups from the Tregaron area deciding what
YOUTH JUSTICE AND PREVENTION SERVICE We are pleased to be working in partnership with Ceredigion Youth Justice and Prevention Services Structured Activity groups and the Friends of Aberystwyth Arts Centre to run sessions in visual arts, performing arts and new media, as well as a very successful Rock School each week. The groups are open to young people aged 10-17 years and there are opportunities to enrol as a community volunteer to help at the sessions. Contact Jamie Jones-Mead on 01970 633730 for further information. ARTISTS IN SCHOOLS Set Text GCSE & A Level Workshops A day long workshop working on set text GCSE and A Level drama texts for English and drama. Tailored to meet your school’s needs.
they would like to create and which stories about ‘Home’ they would like to share. We are already working with Bryntirion, Tregaron Family Centre, Tregaron School and Pontrhydfendigaid School. Length of the project: November 2018 – July 2019 Anna Evans from Aberystwyth Arts Centre is the project co-ordinator. are11@aber.ac.uk 07779 270082 / 01970 622163
Criw Celf Ceredigion
GALLERY EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS We run an extensive programme of activities for schools including discussion and practical Gallery Education sessions for all key stages working with our exhibition programme; practical and theory Ceramics sessions run in conjunction with the University Ceramics collection; Art Days where schools can bring up to 100 children to the Arts Centre to take part in a variety of activities and shorter sessions designed specifically for Key Stage 1 & 2 pupils. For details of sessions and activities available this term, please contact Rachael Taylor on 01970 622163 / rmt@aber.ac.uk
Criw Celf Ceredigion is a project for keen and talented young artists aged 11-18. It involves workshops with professional artists at Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Ceredigion Museum and coach visits to galleries and to the University Fine Art Department. See more about Criw Celf by our project partner Oriel Davies at: www.orieldavies.org/en/criw-celf
Prosiect i artistiaid talentog, ifanc rhwng 11-18 oed yw Criw Celf Ceredigion. Mae’n cynnwys gweithdai hefo artistiaid proffesiynol yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth, ac ymweliadau ar goets i orielau ac i Adran Gelf Cain Y Brifysgol. Mae mwy am brosiectau ein partner Criw Celf Oriel Davies ar: www.orieldavies.org/cy/criw-celf
Learners from Ceredigion can apply for a place from June 2018, to begin in October. There are no events during revision/exam periods.
Gall dysgwyr o Geredigion wneud cais o fis Mehefin 2018, i gychwyn ym mis Hydref. Does dim digwyddiadau yn ystod adegau adolygu/arholiadau.
Interested? Ask your Art teacher to nominate you, or contact us for more information. rmt@aber.ac.uk / 01970 622163
Diddordeb? Gofynnwch i’ch athro/awes Gelf enwebu chi, neu cysylltwch â ni am ragor o wybodaeth. rmt@aber.ac.uk / 01970 622163
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BACKSTAGE TOURS A free session for theatre studies students with Arts Centre creative and technical staff to explain how theatre works both front and backstage. To arrange schools visits, resources and workshops contact takepart@aber.ac.uk
Image: Criw Celf ‘Making our Mark’ Workshop led by Bethan Page. / Llun: Gweithdy ‘Gwneud ein Marc’ Criw Celf wedi ei arwain gan Bethan Page.
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RESERVATIONS Tickets reserved in your name can be held for four days, after which point they will be released for sale. Tickets cannot be reserved on the actual day of the event/screening, but must be paid for in full at time of booking. Any tickets not paid for by the day of the event/screening will be released. REFUNDS AND EXCHANGES If for any reason you find you are unable to make a performance or screening you have booked seats for, your tickets can be returned up to two days in advance of a performance, and we will issue you with a full credit note. Alternatively we can exchange your tickets for a more suitable performance of the same show or film, or in the event of a full house we will do our best to re-sell your tickets for you at no additional charge (although this cannot be guaranteed). This does not apply to courses. CONCESSIONS Rates are shown in brackets throughout this brochure. The rate is available for: 60+ in full time retirement, under 16s, full time students, unemployed, and disabled people. Babies are welcome at events that have a child’s concession price as advertised. LATECOMERS In order to minimise disturbance to other customers and performers, latecomers may be asked to wait until a convenient moment before being allowed into an auditorium, as judged by our staff. In exceptional circumstances and depending on the performance, we may be unable to admit latecomers at all. Please therefore make every effort to attend performances in plenty of time. No refund will be given for customers who miss all or parts of a performances due to lateness.
hynt Art and culture is for everyone. But if you have an impairment or a specific access requirement, often enjoying a visit to a theatre or an arts centre can be more complicated than just booking tickets and choosing what to wear. Hynt is a 44
national scheme that works with theatres and arts centres across Wales to make things clear and consistent. Hynt cardholders are entitled to a ticket free of charge for a personal assistant or carer at the Arts Centre and all the theatres and arts centres participating in the scheme. Visit www.hynt.co.uk or www.hynt.cym to find a range of information and guidance about the scheme. You can also find out whether you or the person you care for are eligible to join the scheme and complete an application form. ACCESS FOR DISABLED VISITORS If you would like to check on any access issues before you visit the Arts Centre please call 01970 623232 | artstaff@aber.ac.uk. Parking is reserved next to the main entrance approach for drivers with limited mobility. Two spaces are also available at the rear of the theatre, with level access into the main foyer. Wheelchair access is possible to all auditoria and workshop spaces in the venue. Access at ground level to main foyer and box office, by lift up to the theatre foyer and by stair lift down to the lower level. Guide dogs and assistance dogs are welcome. Toilet facilities are accessible on all levels except the lower foyer. Hearing loops are installed in the Great Hall, Theatre and Cinema. Please note: No photography or video equipment is allowed in any performance.
DATA PROTECTION Aberystwyth Arts Centre, as part of Aberystwyth University which acts in the capacity of data controller, conforms to the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulation. When processing your booking / purchase we will ask you for your name, address, email and telephone number. This is essential for processing all non-cash bookings. We may also ask you if you would like to be kept informed about forthcoming events and campaigns at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. We retain personal information for administration, advertising, marketing and fundraising purposes. Depending on what you have told us, we will be i) processing your information on the grounds that you have provided consent for this processing and for associated communications (Article 6(1)(a) of GDPR) ii) processing your information on the grounds that you entering into a contract when you buy tickets or products from the Arts Centre or when you make a donation (Article 6(1)(b) of GDPR) and iii) processing your information on the grounds that it is in the ‘legitimate interests’ of the Arts Centre to do this (Article 6(1) (f) of GDPR) in that the Arts Centre requires the information in order to process financial and other transactions and keep a record of these. Your information will only be accessed and used by Arts Centre staff. Third parties are occasionally used to provide facilities or services to help process data. For further information please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre or the University Data Protection Officer at infocompliance@aber. ac.uk
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Ymwelwch â’n gwefan neu’r daflen ffilm fisol am fanylion ynglyn â’n sgriniadua ffilm dyddiol. | Check the website or monthly film leaflet for details of our daily film screenings.
S/C Sinema | Cinema NF/GH Neuadd Fawr | Great Hall Th Theatr /Theatre St Stiwdio Berfformiad | Performance Studio O1/G1 Oriel 1 | Gallery 1
O2/G2 Oriel 2 | Gallery 2 OC/CG Oriel y Caffi / Café Gallery t/p Tudalen / Page
MAI | MAY 2 Peter Karrie: Two Men and a Piano 7.30pm (Th) t/p.18 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road 7.45pm (St) t/p.18 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------2 Music Club 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.18 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Lighthouse Theatre: The Kaiser and I 7.45pm (St) t/p.11 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 The Upbeat Beatles 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.45 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 National Theatre Connections 2019 (Th) t/p.10 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 An American in Paris 7pm (S/C) t/p.6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Aberystwyth University Concert Band 7pm (NF/GH) t/p.19 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Agoriad Darganfod Pensaernïaeth Cymru / Discovering the Architecture of Wales opening 6pm (OC/CG) t/p.30 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Lighthouse Theatre & Pontardawe Arts Centre: Saethu Cwningod / Shooting Rabbits 7.30pm (St) t/p.11 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Pyst: Lleuwen a’r Band 7.30pm (Th) t/p.19 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Matt Forde: Brexit through the Giftshop 7.30pm (Th) t/p.23 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------11 NY Met Live: Dialogues des Carmélites 5pm (S/C) t/p.6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 Cirkus Xanti & Ali Williams Productions: As a Tiger in the Jungle 2.30pm & 7.30pm (Th) t/p.11 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 (& encore 29) NT Live: All My Sons By Arthur Miller 7pm (S/C) t/p.6 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Gillian Clarke & Ifor ap Glyn: Gillian, Ifor …and Dylan 7.30pm (Th) t/p.12 45
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Dyddiadur Diary
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16 – 17 Drama and Theatre Studies 3rd Year Projects 12-5pm (Th) t/p.12 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------16 - 17 Aberystwyth at War: Dot and Billy 7.45pm (St) t/p.12 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 Bolshoi Ballet Live: Carmen Suite / Petrushka 4pm (S/C) t/p.7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------21 – 22 Arad Goch: Rwtsh Ratsh Rala Rwdins 1pm, 10am, 1pm (Th) t/p.12 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------26 Protein: The Little Prince 2pm (Th) t/p.13 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Little Wander: Comedy Club 8pm (St) t/p.24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 Red Bridge Arts: Stick by Me 1pm & 3pm (St) t/p.13
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 & 15 Ysgol Lwyfan / Stage School: Mulan Jr 7.30pm (Th) t/p.14 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 Agored Darlunwyr Cymreig / Welsh Illustrators opening 6pm (O2/G2) t/p.29 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 Theatr Gen Creu ar Daith: Pwy ‘Sgrifennodd Honna? 7.30pm (St) t/p.14 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20 Llenyddiaeth Cymru: Gwobr Llyfr y Flwyddyn 6pm (Th) t/p.14 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------20 Shakespeare’s Globe Live: The Merry Wives of Windsor 7.20pm (S/C) t/p.7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------22 The Hornettes 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27 Little Wander: Comedy Club 8pm (St) t/p.24 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27 NT Live: Small Island 7pm (S/C) t/p.8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------28 Alan Bearman Music: Martin Carthy 7.30pm (Th) t/p.21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------30 Glyndebourne: Cinderella (Cendrillon) live 5.30pm (S/C) t/p.8
MEHEFIN | JUNE 3 Tom Stade: I Swear To… 7.30pm (Th) t/p.25 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 RSC Live: The Taming of the Shrew 7pm (S/C) t/p.7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5 Richard Durrant’s Midsummer Music 7.45pm (St) t/p.19 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Cicio’r Bar 7.45pm (St) t/p.13 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Reginald D Hunter An American Facing the Beast 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.25 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------7 Mo Pleasure: My Pleasure – A Musical Journey 7.30pm (Th) t/p.19 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Gareth Bonello, Georgia Ruth a Toby Hay 7.30pm (Th) t/p.20 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 The Flanagan Collective: Orpheus 7.45pm (St) t/p.13 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------8 Take That: Greatest Hits Live 8pm (S/C) t/p.7 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------12 Cwmwl Tystion / Witness 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.20 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------13 Les Musicals 7.30pm (NF/GH) t/p.20 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------14 Cyngerdd Clwb Llewod Aberystwyth Lion’s Club Concert 7.30pm (NF/GH) t/p.20 46
GORFFENNAF | JULY 3 Cyngerdd Ysgolion Ceredigion Schools’ Concert 7pm (NF/GH) t/p.21 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Agored Iaith Clai – Ingrid Murphy: Gweledig ac Anweledig / The Language of Clay – Ingrid Murphy: Seen and Unseen opening 6pm (O1/G1) t/p.27 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5-7 Gŵyl Rhyngwladol Serameg / International Ceramics Festival t/p.15 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 WESTLIFE: THE TWENTY TOUR LIVE 8pm (S/C) t/p.8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Y Talwrn 7.45pm (St) t/p.16 47
YN DOD YN FUAN... COMING SOON...
NEIL OLIVER: THE STORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES IN 100 PLACES 7.30pm, Nos Fercher | Wednesday 13 Tachwedd | November £23.50
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15 Glyndebourne: The Barber of Seville (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) 7pm (S/C) t/p.8 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------19 & 20 Ysgol Bale / Ballet School: Nimble Biscuits and Other Offerings 7.30pm & 2.30pm (Th) t/p.16 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23 Cluster Arts PTY LTD: Chores 7.30pm (Th) t/p.16 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 Agored Gareth Griffith: Trelar / Trailer opening 6pm (O1/G1) t/p. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 (encore 8 August) NT Live: The Lehman Trilogy 7pm (S/C) t/p.9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27-28 Andre Rieu’s 2019 Maastricht Concert: Shall We Dance 7pm & 3pm (S/C) t/p.9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------27 – 3 August Musicfest t/p.22
AWST | AUGUST 4 Glyndebourne: The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte) 5.30pm (S/C) t/p.9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 RSC Live: Measure for Measure 7pm (S/C) t/p.9 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 - 31 Sioe Cerddorol yr Haf / Summer Season Musical: Oliver! (Th) t/p.17 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------23-24 Theatr Gymunedol Castaway Community Theatre 7.45pm (St) t/p.16 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------31 Côr Cenedlaethol Ieuenctid Cymru National Youth Choir Wales 8pm (NF/GH) t/p.23 48