Summer Programme by Rhys Fowler

Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts Centre

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2009

tickets | tocynnau (01970) 62 32 32 www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre

diary dyddiadur May / Mai 28 Apr - 2 May 1 2 2 6 6-8 9 9 10 12 14 17 20 - 21 21 - 22 23 24 28 - 30 28 29 31 June / Mehefin 5 6 9 11 12 13 14 17 18-21 19 25 25 26 27 27 30 July / Gorffennaf 3-5 20 23 - 29 Aug 25 - 1 Aug August / Awst 1 - 29 6 27 - 28 September / Medi 4-5 5 9

contents cynnwys The Thorn Birds Wales Theatre Company The Cabinet of Dr Caligari London Mozart Players Trio Joubran The Rare One Club Nite Exit & Out Harnisch Lacey Dance Theatre Now, That’s What I Call UBU!!! Castaway Community Theatre La Cenerentola New York Metropolitan Opera Aberystwyth Choral Society New English Contemporary Ballet She Stoops to Conquer Mappa Mundi Heather Summers One Woman Show Sooty in Space Ty Bernarda Alba Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru The Remnants of Once Fine Girls Louche Theatre King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys Swan Lake The Royal Ballet Cider with Rosie Arts Centre Youth & Community Theatre Je suis dead Fool’s Proof Theatre Company Heavenly Love Projects Room on the Broom Tall Stories The Ugly Ducklings’ Dancing Cabaret Cas Public (Canada) Club Nite The Mozart Question Scamp Theatre Grave Doubts Jez Danks Rwtsh Ratsh Rala Rwdins Cwmni Arad Goch Rwtsh Ratsh Rala Rwdins Cwmni Arad Goch Billy Bragg DS4 Digital Storytelling Festival Living Landscapes International Conference Home of the Wriggler Stan’s Cafe Phedre The National Theatre Carbon 12 Welsh National Opera Nutcracker Aberystwyth Arts Centre Dance School Nutcracker Aberystwyth Arts Centre Dance School Dan y Wenallt La Traviata The Royal Opera House International Ceramics Festival 2009 The Wilders The King and I Summer Musical Production Musicfest

TIME 7.30pm 7.30pm 7.30pm 9pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 5.30pm 8pm 7pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 2.30pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 8pm 2pm 7.30pm 7.45pm 7.45pm 2.30pm

PLACE T GH GH GH T S C GH T T S T T S GH C T S S T

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10am & 7pm 10pm 7pm 7.45pm 10am & 1pm 2pm 8pm

T GH T S T T GH

7.30pm 6.30pm 7.30pm 7pm 2pm & 7pm 7.30pm 6.40pm

T C GH T T GH C

8pm

GH T

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The King and I Summer Musical Production National Youth Orchestra of Wales Love’s Labours Lost Castaway Community Theatre

7.30pm 7.45pm

T GH S

National Youth Theatre of Wales Celebrating Stephane Grappelli The Hot Seats

7.30pm 8pm 8pm

T GH GH

25 25 25 25 26 26 26 27 28 28 29 29 29 29 30 30

T = Theatre GH = Great Hall S = Studio TF = Theatre Foyer C = Cinema

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Cardi Card The Arts Centre's Cardi Card scheme offers discounts on events, performances and cinema screenings directly promoted by the Arts Centre. So if you're a regular visitor - or would like to visit more often it's a great way to save money with each visit. Cardi Card ticket prices are clearly marked in the brochure and on the website after the 'CC' sign for each event. Other benefits include an extended booking period, discounts on all cinema screenings and occasional special offers. Membership • Family - £50 (2 adults + up to 4 children) • Joint - £35 • Individual - £20 To join the scheme, just call the box office on (01970) 62 32 32.

23 CONTENTS CYNNWYS

I DIARY DYDDIADUR

I INTRODUCTION RHAIGAIR

I ABOUT THE ARTS CENTRE GAIR AM GANOLFAN Y CELFYDDYDAU

Cerdyn Cardi Mae cynllun Cerdyn Cardi Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn cynnig gostyngiadau ar ddigwyddiadau, perfformiadau a ffilmiau a gaiff eu hyrwyddo'n uniongyrchol gan Ganolfan y Celfyddydau. Felly, os ydych yn dod yma'n rheolaidd neu os hoffech ddod yma'n amlach mae'n ffordd ardderchog o arbed arian bob tro y dewch. Nodir y prisiau gyda Cherdyn Cardi yn y rhaglen ac ar y gwefan ar ôl yr arwydd 'CC' ar gyfer pob digwyddiad.Ymhlith y manteision eraill mae cyfnod archebu estynedig, gostyngiadau ar ffilmiau ac ambell i gynnig arbennig. Aelodaeth • Teulu - £50 (2 oedolyn a hyd at 4 plentyn) • Ar y cyd - £35 • Unigolyn - £20 I ymuno â'r cynllun, ffoniwch y swyddfa docynnau ar (01970) 62 32 32.

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I CRAFT & DESIGN SHOP Y SIOP GWAITH CREFFT A DYLUNIO

I CAFÉ & BAR BWYTAI & BAR

I BOOKSHOP SIOP LYFRAU

I EXHIBITIONS ARDDANGOSFEYDD

9 - 15

I CREATIVE UNITS UNEDAU CREADIGOL

I CINEMA SINEMA

I PERFORMANCES PERFFORMIADAU

18 - 37

I COURSES CYRSIAU

37 - 47

I INFORMATION GWYBODAETH

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about the arts centre gair am ganolfan y celfyddydau

introduction rhagair Welcome to a new season at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. As well as a great range of theatre, dance and music this is also very much a season of festivals. The International Ceramics Festival at the start of July, the largest event of its kind in the UK, attracts over 1,000 potters from all over the world. Musicfest, our classical music festival and summer school in July, is a week long series of courses, masterclasses and concerts featuring some of the best musicians in the UK. The Digital Storytelling Festival, our newest festival, is a mix of inspirational speakers, workshops and a chance to showcase the best of Digital Stories from Wales and the rest of the UK. No summer would be complete without our own professional musical production, this time The King and I, with some of the greatest songs from the golden age of musicals together with a compelling story. Michael Bogdanov and Anthony Williams return as the team that proved so successful on Fiddler, West Side Story and My Fair Lady. Finally a project we have been working on for six year, the Creative Units Development, is now completed. They are the sixteen studios situated in the wood adjacent to the Arts Centre. Designed by top UK designer Thomas Heatherwick and innovatively clad in crumpled stainless steel, they are now home to artists, film makers, arts development agencies, publishers , arts businesses and our own Artists in Residence Project bringing together artists from the UK and around the world. Croeso i dymor newydd yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth. Yn ogystal â dewis gwych o theatr, dawns a cherddoriaeth mae hwn hefyd yn ˆ yl Serameg Ryngwladol ar ddechrau mis ˆ yl. Mae’r W dymor ambell i W Gorffennaf, y gweithgaredd mwyaf o’i fath yn y DU, yn denu dros 1,000 o grochenwyr o bob rhan o’r byd. Tra bod Musicfest, ein gw ˆ yl gerddoriaeth glasurol ac ysgol haf ym mis Gorffennaf, yn cynnig wythnos o gyrsiau, dosbarthiadau meistr a chyngherddau yn nodweddu rhai o’r cerddorion ˆ yl Adrodd Straeon Digidol, ein gwˆyl fwyaf gorau yn y DU. Mae’r W diweddar, yn gymysgedd o siaradwyr ysbrydoledig, gweithdai a chyfle i gyflwyno’r gorau o’r Straeon Digidol o Gymru a gweddill y Deyrnas Unedig. Ni fyddai unrhyw haf yn gyflawn heb ein cynhyrchiad cerddorol proffesiynol, sef The King and I y tro hwn, gyda rhai o’r caneuon gorau o gyfnod euraidd y sioeau cerdd ynghyd â stori afaelgar. Mae Michael Bogdanov ac Anthony Williams yn dychwelyd fel y tîm a fu mor lwyddiannus gyda Fiddler on the Roof, West Side Story a My Fair Lady. Yn olaf, mae’r prosiect yr ydym wedi bod yn gweithio arno ers chwe blynedd, sef Datblygiad yr Unedau Creadigol, yn gyflawn bellach. Dyma’r un ar bymtheg o stiwdios a leolir yn y coed wrth ymyl y Ganolfan. Wedi eu dylunio gan y cwmni blaenllaw Thomas Heatherwick, gyda gorffeniad unigryw ei olwg, maent yn gartref i artistiaid, gwneuthurwyr ffilm, asiantaethau ym maes y celfyddydau, cyhoeddwyr, busnesau celf a’n Prosiect Artistiaid Preswyl sy’n dod ag artistiaid o’r DU a ledled y byd at ei gilydd. Alan Hewson, Director Cyfarwyddwr

Award winning Aberystwyth Arts Centre is the largest arts centre in Wales. We offer a busy yearround programme of performances, exhibitions, cinema, courses, workshops and special events. There’s always something for you to see or do when you visit. The stunning building was redeveloped in 2000 by architect Peter Roberts, and has a unique look and wonderful facilities. Performance spaces include a concert hall, theatre, studio and cinema. Our superb exhibition spaces offer a wide programme of contemporary art. And there are extensive purpose-built workshop spaces including dance studios,

Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth yw’r ganolfan gelfyddydau fwyaf yng Nghymru. Cynigiwn raglen brysur o berfformiadau, arddangosfeydd, ffilmiau, cyrsiau, gweithdai a digwyddiadau arbennig trwy gydol y flwyddyn. Felly mae rhywbeth i chi ei weld neu ei wneud bob amser. Mae’r adeilad trawiadol, a ailddatblygwyd yn 2000 gan y pensaer Peter Roberts, yn edrych yn unigryw ac yn cynnwys cyfleusterau gwych. Ymhlith y mannau perfformio mae neuadd gyngerdd, theatr, stiwdio a sinema. Ceir rhaglen eang o gelfyddyd gyfoes yn ein horielau arddangos hyfryd. Mae yma

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Open Monday - Saturday from 9am till late & Sunday 12 - 5.30pm Ar Agor Llun - Sadwrn o 9am tan yn hwyra Sul 12 - 5.30pm

a ceramics studio, 2D and 3D rooms, a recording studio and video suite, and darkroom and photography facilities.

how to find us 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 Aberystwyth town centre, and is well signposted (there’s a big blue and yellow Arts Centre sign at the campus entrance). There is a public car park adjacent to the Arts Centre. Parking is free at weekends and evenings, and during the day a small fee is charged.

weithdai pwrpasol eang yn cynnwys stiwdios dawns, stiwdio gerameg, ystafelloedd 2D a 3D, stiwdios recordio a fideo, ystafell dywyll a chyfleusterau ffotograffeg.

sut i ddod o hyd i ni Rydych yn troi i’r campws o’r A487 ar y ffordd tua’r Gogledd o ganol tref Aberystwyth. Ceir arwyddion da i’ch cyfeirio yma (yn cynnwys arwydd mawr glas a melyn Canolfan y Celfyddydau wrth fynedfa’r campws). Mae maes parcio cyhoeddus ger y Ganolfan. Cewch barcio am ddim ar benwythnosau a gyda’r nos a chodir tâl bychan yn ystod y dydd. Mae gwasanaethau bysus

Regular bus services onto the campus leave from Aberystwyth town centre - the 504 will deliver you straight to the door - plus the main bus routes North pass the campus entrance. Train services to Aberystwyth run approximately every two hours, with a smaller service on Sundays. For more details call 0871 200 22 33 or visit www.traveline.info. Taxi ranks are adjacent to the station, and the trip to the Arts Centre is just over one mile from there. You can walk it - but bear in mind it’s a steep hill to climb!

rheolaidd yn rhedeg o ganol tref Aberystwyth i’r campws - bydd y 504 yn mynd â chi yn syth i’r drws - ac mae’r prif wasanaethau bysus tua’r Gogledd yn pasio mynedfa’r campws. Ceir gwasaneth trên i Aberystwyth bob rhyw ddwy awr ond yn llai aml ar ddydd Sul. Os hoffech ragor o fanylion, ffoniwch 0871 200 22 33 neu ewch i wefan Railtrack ar www.traveline.info.

Mae arosfan tacsis ger yr orsaf. Ychydig dros filltir yw’r daith oddi yno i Ganolfan y Celfyddydau. Gallwch gerdded - ond cofiwch bod y rhiw yn serth!

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Fax / Ffacs: 01970 622883

Web / Y We: www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre

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Visit our ARTS CENTRE BLOG to find out more about what’s going on and pick up on any special offers: aberystwythartscentre. blogspot.com Or visit the Aberystwyth Arts Centre page on FACEBOOK & TWITTER!

craft & design shop y siop gwaith crefft a dylunio

food and drink bwyd a diod Open 10am - 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12 - 5.30pm Sunday Ar agor 10am - 8pm Llun - Sadwrn a 12 - 5.30pm Dydd Sul

The place in mid Wales for the best in craft and design. The Craft & Design Shop stocks a wide range of ceramics, jewellery, design goods and cards. Ceir yma y gorau ym maes crefft a dylunio yng Nghanolbarth Cymru. Mae’r siop yn stocio amrediad eang o serameg, gemwaith, nwyddau dylunio a chardiau.

Contemporary Ceramics in the Shop Serameg Gyfoes yn y Siop supported by the Arts Council of Wales. cefnogwyd gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.

from mid June 12 Welsh Potters A new focus on the work of Welsh potters featuring a selection of established and emerging makers.

7 April - 16 May Linda Bloomfield Beautiful functional pots in porcelain and stoneware.

01970 622895

Jewellery in the foyer Gemwaith yn y cyntedd

Gift Vouchers Tocynnau Anrheg

Wireworks: silver jewellery hand crafted in Pembrokshire.

If you know someone who likes the Aberystwyth Arts Centre then you know someone who would like it even more if their expenses were paid! Available from the Craft and Design shop and can be spent in the Craftshop, Gallerty, Box Office and Bookshop. Available in multiples of £1, £10, £25, £45, and £50 you can buy Aberystwyth Arts Centre gift vouchers whatever your budget. Mae’r tocynnau anrheg ar gael yn y Siop Gwaith Crefft a Dylunio a gellir eu gwario yn y siop honno, yr Oriel, y Swyddfa Docynnau neu’r Siop Lyfrau.

Opulence: the limited edition collection from Carrie Elspeth - hand made in Wales.

New this summer: Yn newydd ar gyfer yr haf eleni: Ladybird: New archive stationery and mug range. The Littlecote Soap Co.: natural hand made soap and bath products.

Café

Caffis

Bars

Open 9.30am - 8pm Monday to Saturday and 12 - 5.30pm Sunday

Ar agor 9.30am - 8pm Llun - Sadwrn a 12 - 5.30pm Dydd Sul

Open from 12 noon - late, Monday to Friday and Saturday 5pm -late

Our award winning Cafés offer a selection of freshly made salads, hot meals and snacks, plus a range of coffees, speciality teas and drinks. Hot lunches are served daily from 12 noon - 2pm, and evening meals from 5pm - 7.30pm, with vegetarian and vegan options always available. The café prepares all its salads, sandwiches and hot meals in-house, and uses a wide range of fresh local ingredients. And don’t miss their home-made cakes! All this is served in a café that offers stunning views across Cardigan Bay and the town of Aberystwyth. Our Piazza café also offers the added benefit of alfresco dining, weather permitting!

Mae ein caffis poblogaidd yn cynnig dewis da o salads, prydau poeth a byrbrydau ffres, a gwahanol fathau o goffi, te a diodydd eraill. Ceir cinio poeth bob dydd o 12 - 2pm, a swper o 5 - 7.30pm. Mae bob amser rywbeth ar gael i bobl nad ydynt yn bwyta cig. Mae’r caffi’n paratoi’r holl salads, brechdanau a phrydau poeth ar y safle gan ddefnyddio amrywiaeth o gynhwysion lleol ffres . A chofiwch am ein cacennau cartref! Ac yn ogystal â’n bwyd, cewch fwynhau’r golygfeydd ysblennydd o Fae Ceredigion a thref Aberystwyth o’r caffi. Mae’n caffi ar y Piazza hefyd yn eich galluogi i fwyta allan yn yr awyr agored os yw’r tywydd yn caniatau!

The main bar is situated in the relaxed setting of the theatre foyer, and offers a light and comfortable place in which to spend some time. The foyer is laid out with a range of comfortable sofas and chairs, is child friendly, and there is also an outside seating area for when the weather is fine.

We can offer catering for all occasions from special breakfasts, light lunches, finger or fork buffets to banquets and barbecues. Packed lunches available on request, contact jnr@aber.ac.uk or 01970 622868 for details.

Wu & Wu: the best in Asian kitschology. Paperblanks: the journal as functional art. Block: contemporary interior accessories in coloured acrylic. Stylish design items from SUCK UK

Aberystwyth Arts Centre participates in the Arts Council of Wales Principality Collectorplan scheme, which gives buyers the chance to take out an interest free loan to purchase pieces from our Gallery and Shop. You can borrow up to £2,000, or as little as £50, and pay back the loan in 10 monthly instalments - interest free.

Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth yn rhan o gynllun Collectorplan Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, sy’n cynnig i brynwyr y cyfle i fanteisio ar fenthyciad di-log er mwyn prynu eitemau yn Oriel a Siop y Ganolfan. Gallwch fenthyg hyd at £2,000, neu cyn lleied â £50, a thalu’r benthyciad yn ôl mewn 10 rhandaliad misol - yn ddi-log.

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Available for private hire. For more information contact Sarah 01970 622992 email sbh@aber.ac.uk

Bariau Ar agor o ganol dydd tan yn hwyr, Llun - Gwener a dydd Sadwrn 5pm tan yn hwyr Lleolir y prif far yng nghyntedd deniadol y theatr. Mae’n olau ac yn gysurus ac yn lle braf i ymlacio. Ceir nifer o soffas a chadeiriau cyfforddus yn y cyntedd; mae yno groeso i blant a gallwch fynd allan i eistedd os bydd yn braf.

For more information contact Joan 01970 621885 email jnr@aber.ac.uk

Awarded a Curiad Calon Award from Ceredigion County Council for provision of healthy hood choices and for providing a high standard of customer comfort and hygiene excellence

Gallwn ddarparu bwyd ar gyfer pob achlysur gan gynnwys brecwastau arbennig, cinio ysgafn, gwahanol fathau o bwffe, gwleddau a barbeciw. Pecyn cinio ar gael ar gais, cysylltwch a jnr@aber.ac.uk neu gallw 01970 622868 am manylion pellach.

We offer: Hot tasty paninis made to order * World beers and a range of Ciders & Perry * Selection of wines hand picked by Tanners Wine Merchants * Top brand name spirits * Fair-trade & Welsh products * Hot drinks & liqueur coffees .

Highly Commended for ‘Most Innovative Menu using local produce’

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‘Rydym yn cynnig: Paninis poeth blasus yn ôl y gofyn * Amrediad helaeth o gwrw a seidr * Dewis o winoedd a gwirodydd * Cynnyrch Masnach-deg a Chymreig * Diodydd poeth a gwahanol fathau o goffi.

bookshop siop lyfrau

exhibitions arddangosfeydd Gallery 1: open Monday - Wednesday 10am - 5pm; Thursday - Saturday 10am - 8pm; Sundays 1 - 5pm Gallery 2: open throughout the Arts Centre day.

gallery 1 | oriel 1

Oriel 1: Ar Agor Dydd Llun - Dydd Sadwrn 10am - 5pm (nos Iau tan 8pm) a dydd Sul 1- 5pm Oriel 2: Ar agor trwy’r dydd y Ganolfan

To 24 June Tan 24 Mehefin

Ymateb wyth o artistiaid i effaith rhyfeloedd ledled y byd ar fywydau plant.

Children in Conflict

With works by / gyda gwaith gan: Laura Ford, Anthony Haughey, John Keane, Simon Norfolk, Monika Oeschler, Martha Rosler, Emma Summers and Guy Tillim.

Eight artists’ responses to the impact of wars around the globe on children’s lives.

Open Mon-Sat 10am-8pm Tel 01970 628697 Email bookshop@aber.ac.uk www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre/ information/bookshop We are also on Facebook Ar agor Llun - Sadwrn 10am - 8pm Ffôn 01970 628697 E-bost bookshop@aber.ac.uk www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre/ information/bookshop

The Bookshop stocks the most comprehensive range of text books for subjects ranging from Psychology through to Rural Sciences. As a compliment to our academic range we also stock publications by University Staff. We offer a 10% discount on set texts. We offer a prompt ordering service, with most titles available the next day and a huge range of non-book items including mugs, bags, bookmarks and our range of official Aberystwyth University t-shirts. As well as being the official university bookshop, we also stock a broad range of non-academic titles, from brand new fiction to hard-to-get-hold-of classics to books in translation. Our extensive art section covers topics from photography and fashion to ceramics and sculpture. We have a broad range of lifestyle sections including cookery, gardening, travel and self-help. Our monthly Bookgroup meets on Wednesdays for lively and informal chat on a diverse range of titles. For more information including the book under discussion at the next meeting, please check online or contact us. Join in our new ‘Book-Swap’ scheme and discover new authors by exchanging your old titles for other pre-loved books. The bookshop staff are always on hand to answer any queries, check availability and order books.

Mae’r Siop Lyfrau yn stocio amrediad cynhwysfawr drosben o werslyfrau ar gyfer pob math o bwnc, yn amrywio o Seicoleg i’r Gwyddorau Gwlad. Fel ychwanegiad i’n teitlau academaidd ‘rydym hefyd yn stocio cyhoeddiadau gan Staff y Brifysgol. ‘Rydym yn cynnig gostyngiad o 10% ar destunau gosod. ‘Rydym yn cynnig gwasanaeth archebu prydlon, gyda’r rhan fwyaf o deitlau yn cyrraedd yu diwrnod canlynol, a dewis helaeth o eitemau eraill gan gynnwys mygiau, bagiau, dalen-nodau ac ein hamrediad syddogol o grysau-T Prifysgol Aberystwyth. Yn ogystal â’n swydd fel siop lyfrau swyddogol y brifysgol, ‘rydym hefyd yn stocio amrediad helaeth o deitlau nad ydynt yn academaidd gan gynnwys ffuglen newydd sbon, clasuron prin a chyfiethiadau. Mae’n hadran celf yn cynnwys llyfrau ar bynciau megis ffotograffiaeth, ffasiwn, serameg a cherflunwaith. Hefyd mae gennym adrannau ar Goginio, Garddio, Teithio ac hunan-gymorth. Mae’n grŵp darllen misol yn cyfarfod ar Nos Fercher am sgyrsiau bywiog ac anffurfiol ar amrywiaeth eang o deitlau. Am ragor o wybodaeth ymwelwch â’n gwefan neu gysylltwch â’r siop. Ymunwch â’n cynllun cyfnewid llyfrau a mwynhewch waith gan awduron newydd trwy gyfnewid eich hen deitlau am hen ffefrynnau eraill. Mae staff y siop lyfrau bob amser yn hapus i ateb unrhyw gwestiynau, i ymchwilio ar eich rhan ac i archebu llyfrau.

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Photo: Simon Norfolk

1 - 18 July 1 - 18 Gorffennaf

Sandy Brown: The Still Point and the Dance “At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is...” Sandy Brown has been called ‘one of the great individualists of British ceramics’. This large scale ceramic installation is the most ambitious project she has yet undertaken, originally inspired by T. S. Eliot’s poem ‘Burnt Norton’ (from ‘Four Quartets’). The exhibition as a whole celebrates the possibilities of the clay medium, with forms and intentions far beyond the familiar and domestic. Ystyrir Sandy Brown yn ‘un o’r mawrion ym maes serameg Brydeinig’. Y gosodwaith serameg hwn ar raddfa fawr yw ei phrosiect mwyaf uchelgesiol hyd yma, wedi’i ysbrydoli’n wreiddiol gan un o gerddi T S Elliot. Mae Sandy Brown yn cydnabod bod ei dawn i greu celf trwy glai yn dod yn sgil y gallu i gyrraedd y distawrwydd creadigol, sy’n caniatau i’w natur ddigymell lifo, ac mae’r arddangosfa yn mynegi’r gred hon.

Cefnogwyd y prosiect hwn gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Lloegr This project has been supported by Arts Council of England

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exhibitions arddangosfeydd

gallery 2 | oriel 2

gallery 1 | oriel 1 29 July - 23 September 29 Gorffennaf - 23 Medi

Pot Luck This exhibition brings together leading international artists who explore the subject of food in art; including Bobby Baker, Gayle Chong Kwan, Lia Anna Hennig, Anya Gallaccio, Antony Gormley, Subodh Gupta, Aaron Head, Damien Hirst, Anthony Key, Studio Orta, Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier, Manuel Saiz, Jana Sterbak and Karen Tam. From early depictions in mythological scenes, to those found in religious art of all cultures; from symbolic meanings to formal concerns, food has been presented in many guises and for many purposes by artists throughout the ages. Cynthia Morris Bell and Anthony Key have conceived this exhibition as a ‘Pot Luck’, an informal gathering where everyone contributes to the shared table, highlighting some of the contemporary approaches to ideas of food in art.

Mae’r arddangosfa hon yn tynnu at ei gilydd artistiaid blaenllaw rhyngwladol sy’n archwilio’r testun o fwyd mewn celf. Mae bwyd wedi cael ei gyflwyno ar lawer ffurf ac at amrywiol bwrpas gan artistiaid ar hyd yr oesoedd. Mae bwyta er mwyn byw a bwyd fel cyfrwng pleser wedi mynd llaw yn llaw erioed ac mae’r arfer o gyflwyno bwyd er mwyn difyrru ac ennyn parch gwesteion yn mynd yn ôl i’r hen wlad Roeg a Rhufain a chyn hynny. Gellir cysylltu bwyd â dyheu, pleser, bywyd a marwolaeth. Gall hefyd fod yn iaith, neu’n arwyddlun diwylliannol, ac fe’i defnyddir gan artistiaid i fynegi llawer o agweddau gwahanol o fywyd ac i wneud sylwadau ar gymdeithas.

To 13 June Tan 13 Mehefin

20 June - 1 August 20 Mehefin - 1 Awst

Jerwood Photography

Subterranean Architecture, Stepwells in Western India

Winning artists this year are: Martina Lindqvist; Alice Myers; James Pogson; Kurt Tong and Nicky Walsh.

Photography by Richard Cox

‘PORTFOLIO MAGAZINE of CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY’

Artist Richard Cox has been a regular visitor to Western India, but his last three visits were to document Stepwells, a little known aspect of traditional architecture. Stepwells were constructed over the last 12 centuries in India to provide water in the arid regions of Rajasthan and Gujarat; they also offered cool rest areas for travellers and even a place to socialise and to worship.

Cyflwynir yr arddangosfa hon fel cynulliad anffurfiol lle mae pawb yn cyfrannu at y bwrdd a rennir, a chanolbwyntir ar rai o’r syniadau cyfoes am fwyd mewn celf.

The water was reached by a series of steps. The combination of groundwater and rainwater would fill the wells during the Monsoon and as the dry season progressed the water level dropped. Some Stepwells are simple, but the Hindi structures built through royal patronage are often more elaborate, with sculptures of deities and animals. Alice Myers

Coming soon: Stan’s Cafe presents: ‘Of all the People in All the World’ - a performance piece in the Gallery. You will never look at rice in the same light again…

Although a great many of the wells are beyond repair, the Government has decided to restore some of the important sites, in recognition of their place in traditional Indian architecture.

Mae’r ffotograffydd Richard Cox wedi ymweld yn rheolaidd â Gorllewin yr India ac ar ei dri ymweliad olaf bu’n cofnodi’r Stepwells, sef agwedd anghyffredin ar bensaerniaeth draddodiadol y wlad. Adeiladwyd y Stepwells dros y 12 canrif ddiwethaf i ddarparu cyflenwadau o ddwˆr; buont hefyd yn cynnig llefydd i ymlacio ar gyfer teithwyr ac hyd yn oed lle i gymdeithasu ac addoli. Cyrhaeddwyd y dwˆr trwy gyfres o stepiau. Mae rhai o’r strwythurau yn syml ond mae eraill, a godwyd yn sgil cefnogaeth ariannol frenhinol, yn fwy cymhleth, gydag addurniadau manwl yn cynrychioli duwiau ac anifeiliaid. Yn y bedwaredd ganrif ar bymtheg adeiladwyd pympiau yn lle’r ffynhonnau ac mae’r rhan fwyaf ohonynt yn sych erbyn hyn. Er nad yw’n bosibl atgyweirio llawer ohonynt mae’r Llywodreth wedi penderfynu adfer rhai o’r safleoedd pwysicaf er mwyn cydnabod eu lle mewn pensaerniaeth draddodiadol yr India.

Wednesday 15 July, 6pm Gallery Talk with artist Richard Cox Free all welcome

Sign up for our exhibitions email list , and we will occasionally email to remind you of talks, openings etc. Send your email address to: etr@aber.ac.uk New! Saturday Art Club Saturday 16 May, 20 June, 18 July & 15th August Free, all welcome

Newydd! Clwb Celf Dydd Sadwrn Dydd Sadwrn 16 Mai, 20 Mehefin, 18 Gorffennaf a 5 Awts, 2 - 5pm Am ddim a chroeso i bawb

New! Live Guides in Gallery 1 Fridays 5.30 - 8pm & Saturdays 2 - 5pm

Newydd! Tywysyddion Byw yn yr Oriel 1 Manuel Saiz - Parallel Universes Ecuador

may - september mai - medi 2009

Nos Wener 5.30 - 8 pm & ddydd Sadwrn 2 - 5pm

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exhibitions arddangosfeydd

international ceramics festival gw ˆ yl serameg ryngwladol

gallery 2 | oriel 2

8 August - 26 Sept 8 Awst - 26 Medi

7th British International Mini Print Exhibition This, the third Mini-Print exhibition, was selected by open competition from over 1000 international entries. The prints are on an unusually small scale: the requirement was that the print area had to be less than 70 sq.cm. Making easily readable prints on this scale, which also have a strong presence, is challenging, and printmakers throughout the world responded to the challenge.

Cynhaliwyd cystadleuaeth agored i ddewis y gorau allan o 1000 o geisiadau rhyngwladol ar gyfer y drydedd arddangosfa hon o fân brintiau. ‘Roedd yn rhaid i’r printiau fod yn llai na 70 centimedr sgwâr a chafwyd ymateb brwd gan wneuthurwyr print ledled y byd i’r sialens hon. Gwahoddwyd nifer o artistiaid blaenllaw hefyd i arddangos eu gwaith. Trefnwyd yr arddangosfa gan Gyngor y Gwneuthurwyr Print.

Fri 3 - Sun 5 July Gwener 3 - Sul 5 Gorffennaf

International Ceramics Festival 2009 Festival Tickets: SWP / NWP members: Students: Saturday Day Ticket: Sunday Day Ticket:

£120 £110 £90 £70 £60

For full information on all the festival events and demonstrators go to www.internationalceramicsfestival.org

Organised by the Printmakers’ Council Catherine M Stuart

A number of distinguished artists have also been invited to exhibit work in the exhibition, including Sir Norman Ackroyd RA, Christopher Le Brun RA, Dale Devereux Barker, John Duffin, Stanley Jones, David Lintine, Leonard McComb RA, Chris Orr RA, Barbara Rae RA, Rebecca Salter, Nana Shiomi, and Sandy Sykes.

Jeff Shapiro

Masakazu Kusakabe

Kennedy

The International Ceramics Festival is one of the world's most prestigious events for professional and amateur potters. The festival, which takes place every two years attracts visitors from across the globe who travel to join their fellow ceramicists in Mid Wales. 2009 is no exception with over 800 ceramicists and potters gathering for the weekend to discuss ceramic techniques, watch demonstrations and share ideas. This year the festival will play host to demonstrators from all over the world including Japan, the USA, China and France. Among the highlights for 2009 there will be demonstrations and a lecture by the highly influential American ceramicist Don Reitz, spectacular kilns from Nina Hole and Tom Barnett, plus demonstrations of thrown, slab built and sculptural ceramics - and much more.

Yr Wyl Serameg Ryngwladol yw un o ddigwyddiadau mwyaf blaenllaw’r byd ar gyfer crochenwyr amatur a phroffesiynol. Mae’r yl, a gynhelir bob yn ail flwyddyn, yn denu ymwelwyr ledled y byd sy’n teithio i ymuno â’u cydgrochenwyr yng Nghanolbarth Cymru. Nid yw 2009 yn eithriad gyda thros 800 o grochenwyr yn ymgynnull am benwythnos i drafod technegau serameg, i wylio arddangosiadau ac i rannu syniadau. Eleni bydd yr yl yn cyflwyno arddangosiadau o bob rhan o’r byd gan gynnwys Siapan, UDA, Tsieina a Ffrainc. Ymysg yr uchafbwyntiau ceir arddangosiadau a darlith gan y seramegydd dylanwadol Americanaidd Don Reitz, odynnau anhygoel gan Nina Hole a Tom Barnett a llawer mwy!

Visiting artist for 2009 include: Daniel Allen (Wales) * Tom Barnett (UK) * Sandy Brown (UK) * Jack Doherty (UK) * Jean Nicolas Gerard (France) * Peter Hayes (UK) * Regina Heinz (UK) * Nina Hole (Denmark) * Shozo Michikawa (Japan) * Don Reitz (USA) * Jeff Shapiro (USA) * Masakazu Kusakabe (Japan) Although the demonstrations and talks are for festival ticket holders only, everyone is welcome to come along and see the trade stalls, outside firings and exhibitions, and to experience this truly unique event.

cafe gallery | oriel y caffi

The festival is organised jointly by Aberystwyth Arts Centre, North Wales Potters, and South Wales Potters. Tom Barnett

4 April - 30 May 4 Ebrill - 30 Mai

6 June - 11 July 6 Mehefin - 11 Gorffennaf

18 July - 26 September 18 Gorffennaf - 26 Medi

Painting Experimentation

Perspectives of Buildings

Contemporary Prints

Selected works by members of the Arts Centre’s Experimentation in Painting and Drawing class.

Photographs by John Cable

Gwaith gan aelodau dosbarth Arbrofi mewn Paentio ac Arlunio’r Ganolfan.

A changing exhibition of artists’ prints; works will be for sale.

Architectural photographs which capture the essence of diverse structures including the Bauhaus, Dessau, Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall and the funkily surreal Selfridges in Birmingham (pictured). Ffotograffau pensaerniol sy’n mynegi hanfod pob math o wahanol strwythurau.

Arddangosfa sy’n newid o brintiau artistiaid; bydd y gwaith ar werth.

Ian McCulloch

may - september mai - medi 2009

Nina Hole

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Shozo Michikawa

exhibitions arddangosfeydd

artists in residence artistiaid preswyl

arts centre exhibitions on tour arddangosfeydd y ganolfan ar daith

A new artistic community has grown up beside the Arts Centre, and the Artists in Residence are part of this. Two artists at a time, selected from an open submission and supported by grant aid from Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, stay in Aberystwyth and work in the Creative Unit studios nos. 1 & 2 for three months, developing their practice as they wish.

Aberystwyth Arts Centre has the following exhibitions on tour: Aberystwyth’s latest touring exhibition, ‘Albania: Land of the Living Past’, by Welsh photographer Rhodri Jones, tells the story of a people bound by their past and confused by the realities of facing a new century. This exhibition opened at the Lighthouse Media Centre (Poole) in November 08 and is on show at Oriel Theatr Clwyd until 26 April 2009. Magnum Photographer David Hurn’s exhibition ‘A Welsh Life’ has already shown in galleries in Wicklow and Wexford (Ireland), at Jersey Arts Centre, The Civic Hall, Kronberg (Germany) and Newport Gallery. It is showing at Wales House, Brussels as part of the European St David’s Day Celebrations until May.

Mae’r arddangosfeydd canlynol ar daith: Mae ‘Albania: Land of the Living Past’ gan y ffotograffydd o Gymru Rhodri Jones yn adrodd hanes cenedl sy’n cael ei dylanwadu’n gryf gan y gorffennol wrth iddi orfod wynebu realiti’r ganrif newydd. Agorodd yr arddangosfa yn Poole ym mis Tachwedd 08 ac mae’n arddangos yn Oriel Theatr Clwyd tan 26 Ebrill 09. Mae arddangosfa David Hurn sef ‘A Welsh Life’ wedi dangos eisoes mewn orielau yn Iwerddon, Ynys Jersey, yr Almaen ac Oriel Casnewydd. Mae’n arddangos ym Mrwsel fel rhan o’r Dathliadau Gwˆ yl Dewi Sant Ewropeaidd tan mis Mai.

artists in residence - at the creative units, aberystwyth arts centre artistiaid preswyl - yn yr unedau creadigol, canolfan y celfyddydau

Ellie Rees

The following exhibitions are in preparation and will be available to other venues: Ellie Rees was one of the Arts Centre’s artists in residence earlier this year; an exhibition of her work will be shown in Gallery 1 in the autumn. Featured will be filmed productions of her sophisticated, rehearsed performances - frequently absurd and humourous - which consider human struggles and desires from the female viewpoint. We Are Family looks at the institution of the family through the eyes of artists. It identifies the changes that have resulted in different styles, processes and techniques, and embraces a diverse range of artistic styles from the highly conventional ‘classic’ portrait to surrealism, the kitchen sink school, social realism, semi-abstraction and abstraction. The exhibition will be available to tour in late 2010. Jordan Baseman- An Event in the Village Jordan Baseman's work interrogates belief systems and the personal and intimate aspects of people’s lives. His films investigate ideas around contemporary portraiture, narrative structure and the manipulation of recorded information. An Event in the Village opened at Aberystwyth Arts Centre last November, and comprised a new film shown alone, alongside a programme of three other film works shown sequentially, including the eponymous Event in the Village. It is available to tour in 2009.

Mae’r arddangosfeydd canlynol yn cael eu paratoi ar hyn o bryd a byddant ar gael i deithio i ganolfannau eraill: Cynhelir arddangosfa o waith Ellie Rees, un o artistiaid preswyl y Ganolfan, yn Oriel 1 yn yr hydref. Nodweddir cynyrchiadau ar ffilm o’i pherfformiadau soffistigedig a baratoir yn fanwl - yn aml yn wirion ac yn ddoniol - sy’n mynegi dyheuadau a brwydrau’r bod dynol o safbwynt y fenyw. Mae We Are Family yn edrych ar y teulu trwy lygaid artistiaid. Mae’n ffocysu ar y newidiadau sydd wedi arwain at wahanol steiliau, prosesau a thechnegau ac mae’n cynnwys amrywiaeth helaeth o ddulliau artistig, o’r portread clasurol confensiynol i’r swreal a’r haniaethol. Bydd yr arddangosfa ar gael i fynd ar daith yn 2010. Mae gwaith Jordan Baseman yn cwestiynu systemau cred ac agweddau personol a dirgel bywydau unigolion. Mae ei ffilmiau’n archwilio syniadau sy’n cwmpasu portreadau cyfoes, strwythurau naratif a defnydd gwybodaeth sydd wedi’i chofnodi. Agorodd An Event in the Village yn y Ganolfan mis Tachwedd diwethaf. Bydd ar gael i fynd ar daith yn 2009.

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Until the end of May, Elen Bonner and Dave Cushley will be in residence, and from June until the end of August there will be Vicki Kerr and Michelle Sank. Each artist will give a talk about their work, and there will be an Open Studio day towards the end of their stay. To be informed of these events, please ask to be put on the (free) mailing list by calling 01970 622887 or email etr@aber.ac.uk. Mae cymuned artistig newydd wedi datblygu wrth ymyl Canolfan y Celfyddydau ac mae’r Artistiaid Preswl yn rhan ohoni. Ceir dau artist ar y tro, wedi eu dewis o geisiadau agored a gyda chefnogaeth cymorthdal gan Sefydliad Esmee Fairbairn, yn aros yn Aberystwyth ac yn gweithio yn yr Unedau Creadigol am dri mis, yn datblygu eu hymarfer yn ôl eu dymuniad. Elen Bonner a Dave Cushley yw’r artistiaid preswyl tan diwedd mis Mai ac o fis Mehefin tan diwedd mis Awst cymerir eu lle gan Vicki Kerr a Michelle Sank. Disgwylir i bob artist gyflwyno anerchiad am ei waith a chynhelir Dydd Stiwdio Agored yn ystod y cyfnod preswyl. I dderbyn gwybodaeth am y digwyddiadau hyn gallwch fynd ar restr bost trwy ffonio 01970 622887 neu ebostio etr@aber.ac.uk.

Elen Bonner is an early career artist who lives and works in Ceredigion. Central to her practice are the concerns, motivations and interests of those around her, and through her work she tries to interpret what it means to live in contemporary rural Wales. Mae Elen Bonner yn byw ac yn gweithio yng Ngheredigion. Mae’n ymddiddori yn y bobl o’i chwmpas a thrwy ei gwaith mae’n ceisio dehongli beth y mae’n golygu i fyw yn y Gymru wledig gyfoes. Mae ei gwaith presennol yn edrych ar yr hyn sy’n ein gwneud yn unigolion, yn gymunedau ac yn genedl.

Vicki Kerr

Vicki Kerr was born in New Zealand but is currently living in London. She collects photographs from a variety of sources, then transforms them into objects using modelling materials such as plasticene. Ganwyd Vicki Kerr yn Seland Newydd ond mae’n byw yn Llundain ar hyn o bryd. Mae’n casglu ffotograffau o wahanol ffynonellau ac wedyn yn eu trawsffurfio’n wrthrychau trwy ddefnyddio deunydd modelu megis plastisin.

Wild Wales: Elen Bonner

Dave Cushley is an artist currently living and working in South Wales, who has exhibited throughout the UK and internationally. His work is an irreverent fusion of the absurd, of post-structuralism and an unhealthy obsession with the meaning of craft. Mae Dave Cushley yn byw ac yn gweithio yn Ne Cymru ar hyn o bryd ac mae wedi dangos ei waith yn rhyngwladol. Mae ei waith yn gyfuniad amharchus o’r gwirion, ôl-adeileddaeth ac obsesiwn afiach gydag ystyr crefft.

Michelle Sank

Michelle Sank was born in Cape Town, South Africa and has been living in the UK since 1987. She is a critically acclaimed photographer whose portraiture reflects a preoccupation with the human condition and which can be viewed as social documentary. Ganwyd Michelle Sank yn Ne Affrica ac mae wedi bod yn byw yn y DU ers 1987. Mae hi’n ffotograffydd uchel ei pharch ac mae ei phortreadaeth yn adlewyrchu consyrn am y cyflwr dynol - gellir ystyried ei gwaith bron yn ddogfen gymdeithasol. Mae hi wedi cyhoeddi sawl lyfr.

Thurs 18th June, 6pm Talk with Vicki Kerr and Michelle Sank Free, all welcome Baby-grand: Dave Cushley

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Aberystwyth Arts Centre Creative Units Unedau Creadigol Canolfan y Celfyddydau

Artists and Arts Businesses be part of the creative community!

cinema sinema

Artistiaid a Busnesau Celf - byddwch yn rhan o’r gymuned greadigol!

The Arts Centre’s busy cinema showcases a mix of new releases, world cinema, classics, and arthouse cinema. To find out what is on this summer call (01970) 62 32 32 or check out the website on www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre There are two screenings each evening Monday - Saturday, with regular matinees particularly over the weekends, including Sundays. Mae sinema brysur Canolfan y Celfyddydau’n dangos cyfuniad o ffilmiau newydd, ffilmiau tramor, clasuron ac ati. I gael gwybod beth sydd ymlaen dros yr haf, ffoniwch (01970) 62 32 32 neu ewch i’r wefan www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre

Designed by Thomas Heatherwick, one of the UK’s top designers, the Creative Units Project houses sixteen studios designed to accommodate a wide range of creative businesses, arts development agencies, artists and craft workers. The mix of businesses is an outstanding feature of this development with both new and established occupants interacting together in a creative and stimulating environment to realise their economic and creative potential.

Wedi’i ddylunio gan Thomas Heatherwick, un o brif ddylunwyr y DU, mae’r Prosiect Unedau Creadigol yn cynnwys un ar bymtheg o stiwdios sy’n addas ar gyfer amrywiaeth eang o fusnesau creadigol, asiantaethau datblygu’r celfyddydau, artistiaid a chrefftwyr. Mae’r cymysgedd o fusnesau yn nodwedd bwysig o’r datblygiad hwn gyda’r newydd a’r mwy sefydledig yn gweithio gyda’i gilydd mewn amgylchedd creadigol a symbylol er mwyn cyflawni eu potensial economaidd a chreadigol.

“Being a creative organisation, it seemed only natural that we relocate to a setting where we will be working alongside like-minded companies and individuals. Not only will we benefit creatively, but also financially because of the build being eco-friendly.” RICHARD HOGGER, DIRECTOR CREU CYMRU, THE DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THEATRE AND ARTS CENTRES IN WALES.

“Gan ein bod yn fudiad creadigol, ‘roedd yn naturiol i ni ail-leoli i safle lle y byddwn yn gweithio ochr yn ochr â chwmniau ac unigolion o’r un meddylfryd. Byddwn yn elwa yn greadigol ond hefyd yn economaidd gan fod yr unedau yn eco-gyfeillgar.” RICHARD HOGGER, CYFARWYDDWR CREU CYMRU, ASIANTAETH DATBLYGU THEATRAU A CHANOLFANNAU CELF YNG NGHYMRU.

Facilities include: 16 single storey studios (DDA compliant) which average 35sqm each and make use of natural light with skylights and glazed ends to provide views over the Arts Centre. Each unit contains a disabled toilet, kitchen area and foyer. Parking is available and there is pedestrian access to the facilities of the Arts Centre including its award winning cafes, bars, shops and performance and exhibition spaces. The Creative Units are available for rent to individual artists and art business. If you are interested in being part of this creative community please contact Sophie Bennett at Aberystwyth Arts Centre Tel: 01970 622338 Email: sob@aber.ac.uk The Creative Units Project was been made possible by support from Aberystwyth University, the Arts Council of Wales Lottery Fund and the Welsh Assembly Government.

Mae’r cyfleusterau yn cynnwys: 16 stiwdio unllawr (yn cydfynd â rheolau’r DDA) sydd ar gyfartaledd yn 35 medr sgwâr yr un. Maent yn gwneud defnydd o olau naturiol gyda ffenestri yn y to ac ar yr ochrau sy’n edrych allan dros Ganolfan y Celfyddydau. Mae pob uned yn cynnwys toiled i’r anabl, cegin a chyntedd. Mae ‘na barcio wrth law ac mae’r unedau o fewn pellter cerdded byr i holl gyfleusterau’r Ganolfan gan gynnwys caffis, bar, siopau a gofod arddangos a pherfformio. Mae’r Unedau Creadigol ar gael i’w rhentu i artistiaid unigol a busnesau celf. Os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn bod yn rhan o’r gymuned greadigol hon gofynnir i chi gysylltu â Sophie Bennett yng Nghanolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Ffôn: 01970 622338 E-bost: sob@aber.ac.uk

Ceir dwy ffilm gyda’r nos Llun Sadwrn, a ffilmiau prynhawn yn enwedig dros y penwythnos, yn cynnwys dydd Sul.

In the future we will be able to offer the New York Met’s full 2009-2010 season, as well as more live performances from the National Theatre including War Horse and Alan Bennet’s new production. More information in the autumn brochure!

to book the cinema for private parties or events call

Live opera, theatre and ballet in the cinema!

Opera, theatr a dawns fyw yn y sinema!

Thanks to our new digital cinema equipment, we are now able to offer live links to major events throughout the world! We’ve been negotiating with the New York Metropolitan Opera and London’s National Theatre to bring you their stunning productions, all delivered in high definition via satellite, LIVE! We are also going to be screening live productions from the Royal Ballet and the Royal Opera House - so bringing the very best of the very best right to our own doorstep! We hope you will come and join the audiences in New York and London for a stunning season of top quality shows. Opera glasses not needed, these are the best seats in the house!

Gyda’r offer digidol newydd yn y sinema ‘rydym ‘nawr yn medru cynnig linciau byw i brif weithgareddau ledled y byd! ‘Rydym wedi bod mewn trafodaethau gydag Opera Brifddinesig Efrog Newydd a Theatr Genedlaethol Llundain i gyflwyno i chi eu cynyrchiadau ysblennydd, y cyfan yn cael eu trosglwyddo mewn diffiniad uchel trwy loeren, YN FYW! Byddwn hefyd yn sgrinio cynyrchiadau byw o’r Bale Brenhinol a’r T Opera Brenhinol - fel y gallwch brofi’r gorau oll ar stepen eich drws! Dewch i ymuno â’r cynulleidfaoedd yn Efrog Newydd a Llundain ar gyfer tymor anhygoel o sioeau o’r ansawdd uchaf!

Live links this Season Include:

Thurs 25 June Iau 25 Mehefin 6.30pm £10

Sat 9 May | Sadwrn 9 Mai 5.30pm £15.50 includes interval drink

New York Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (Cinderella) By Gioachino Rossini Starring Elı¯na Garancˇa Run time 3 hours with interval. Live High Definition Broadcast from New York.

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Starring Helen Mirren By Jean Racine, in a version by Ted Hughes. Screened live in High Definition from the National Theatre in London.

Sun 24 May | Sul 24 Mai 2pm £9 (Children £5)

The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake By Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Run time 2hrs 50mins with 2 Intervals. Recorded As Live in High Definition.

01970 622882

Gwireddwyd Prosiect yr Unedau Creadigol yn sgil cefnogaeth gan Brifysgol Aberystwyth, Cronfa Loteri Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru a Llywodraeth y Cynulliad.

The National Theatre: Phedre

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Tues 30 June | Mawrth 30 Mehefin 6.40pm (Curtain up 7pm) £15.50 incl interval drinks

The Royal Opera House: La Traviata By Guiseppe Verdi Starring Renée Fleming Director Richard Eyre Run time 3hours 12mins with 2 intervals Sung in Italian with Subtitles. Screened live in High Definition from the Royal Opera House in London.

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performances perfformiadau

MAYMAI

performances perfformiadau

Fri 1 May Gwener 1 Mai

Sat 2 May Sadwrn 2 Mai

Weds 6 May Mercher 6 Mai

7.30pm £8 (£7) CC £7.50 (£6.50)

7.30pm £14 (£13) CC £13 (£12)

9pm til (very) late

7:30pm £8 (£7) CC £7.50 (£6.50)

London Mozart Players

The Cabinet of Dr Caligari

Tues 28 April - Sat 2 May Mawrth 28 Ebrill - Sadwrn 2 Mai

Gloria Bruni, and direction by two time Olivier award winner Michael Bogdanov.

7.30pm £16 (£15)

Set in the rugged Australian outback, three extraordinary generations of the Cleary family live through joy and sadness, bitter defeat and magnificent triumph, torn apart by dark passions and a scandalous family legacy of forbidden love.

Wales Theatre Company

The Thorn Birds A Musical This spring, The Wales Theatre Company plan to unleash their most adventurous project to date, with the world premiere of a new musical version of The Thorn Birds. Colleen McCullough’s block buster novel has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and was originally adapted for screen in the iconic TV mini series of the 80’s starring Richard Chamberlain and Rachel Ward. Now this pulsating saga has been turned into a sensational new musical, with book and lyrics by Colleen McCullough, music by German opera star and composer

The Thorn Birds promises to be the musical of the year - don’t miss it! A co-production with TTB of Hamburg and Gallisas of Berlin. www.thethornbirdsmusical.co.uk Dyma sioe gerdd hynod uchelgeisiol, yn seiliedig ar y llyfr enwog gan yr awdures o Awstralia Colleen McCullough, gyda Michael Bogdanov yn cyfarwyddo. Wedi’i gosod yn mherfeddwlad arw Awstralia, mae hi’n saga ddramatig sy’n adrodd hanes cymhleth tair cenhedlaeth o’r teulu Cleary. Mae hon yn addo i fod yn sioe gerdd y flwyddyn - peidiwch â’i methu!

The London Mozart Players brings a special performance to the Arts Centre. Ten musicians will perform live music to the silent film The Cabinet of Dr Caligari. Composer Lynne Plowman has written a new score to accompany this fantastic film. The Cabinet of Dr Caligari is regarded as one of the most influential German expressionist films and also as the first true horror film. Made in 1920, it tells the tale of Dr Caligari and his sleepwalking friend Cesare, who is an attraction at a local carnival and he prophesises someone’s death. The villagers chase Dr Caligari and Cesare as they suspect their involvement with the murder. The plot twists and turns to bring the film to an unexpected end. It will make for an entertaining evening combing great music and great cinema. Mae Chwaraewyr Mozart Llundain yn dod â pherfformiad arbennig i’r Ganolfan! Bydd deg o gerddorion yn perfformio cerddoriaeth fyw i ffilm fud ffantastig a ystyrir i fod yn un o’r ffilmiau Almaenig mwyaf dylanwadol. Noson ddifyr sy’n cyfuno cerddoriaeth a sinema wych.

may - september mai - medi 2009

Harnisch Lacey Dance Theatre

Trio Joubran

The Rare One

Exit & Out

Following their stunning UK premiere in Wales three years ago, we are thrilled to welcome back Le Trio Joubran. These three young Palestinian brothers - Samir, Wissam and Adna - are the world’s only oud trio. For their second visit to Wales they are joined by percussionist Yousef Hbeisch whose artistic contribution brings a new dimension and richness to their music.

The Rare One is back again for yet another eclectic mix of live music and DJs!

Harnisch Lacey Dance Theatre are a multidisciplinary and internationally acclaimed company. They will be performing their latest double bill Exit & Out, two brand new dance works which fuse contemporary dance, street dance, popping and breakdance. Introducing BBoy Flypz (Welsh BBoy Champion 2007) as part of the all male cast, Exit & Out offer a merging of contemporary and hip-hop dance culture, plus original music by Katherine Summers and vocal percussionist ‘beatbox’ Imran Kaiza Khan.

With their skillful, heart-wrenching improvisations that evoke the landscape, culture and people of Palestine, the trio conjure up harmony and sweetness, depth and joy. On stage, their eyes meet and their instruments unite to express that which the spoken word cannot. Between musical ecstasy and sumptuous silence, the trio carries its audience from elation to melancholy. Their overwhelming stage performances are both precise and overflowing with emotions that take the audience's breath away. Mae’n bleser mawr gennym groesawu’r Trio Joubran yn ôl yn dilyn eu hymweliad â Chymru tair blynedd yn ôl. Dyma dri brawd ifanc talentog o Balesteina sy’n creu profiad cerddorol anhygoel efo’u hofferynnau a’u harmoniau. Mae eu perfformiad ar y llwyfan yn berffaith gywir ac yn llawn emosion - bydd y gynulleidfa wrth ei bodd! www.letriojoubran.com

Headlining this very special event are Breakbeat legends The Freestylers. With a back catalogue as long as your arm and with a hectic DJ schedule that takes them all over the world, you can expect something a little bit special from one of the best dance music acts the UK has ever produced. Headlining The Other Stage are the Brookes Brothers, whose recent bomb ‘Tear You Down’ gained favour across the airwaves. Support on The Main Stage comes from Johnny Action Finger and Tootin Skamoon. In the House room, local DJs are joined by the residents of Middlesbrough’s leading House night Riff Raff, who promise to deliver a great selection of pumping beats, including a string of their own releases. For more information, search for ‘The Rare One’ on Facebook or visit our MySpace page www.myspace.com/therareoneuk Yn dilyn eu noson hynod lwyddiannus yma ym mis Chwefror mae’r Rare One yn ôl gyda’u cymysgedd eclectig o gerddoriaeth fyw a DJs. Dyma weithgaredd arbennig iawn na ddylid ei fethu. Ceir trwydded hwyr ar y noson ac felly gallwch fwynhau eich hun tan oriau mân y bore…

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Exit is an eclectic mix of Hip Hop, Breakdance and Dance Theatre which breaks down the barriers of stereotypical assumptions. Can one singular moment determine life’s pathway? Out explores how our subconscious can physically turn itself in-side out when we suffer loss. Artistic Director Sandra Harnisch-Lacey takes a look at how loss evokes different stages of responses from within, translating this inner turmoil into physical exhilaration. Dyma theatr ddawns aml-ddisgyblaethol gydag enw da yn rhyngwladol, yn perfformio dau ddarn newydd sbon sy’n cyfuno dawns gyfoes, dawns stryd a dawns-brêc. Bydd y perfformiad hefyd yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth wreiddiol yn nodweddu offerynnau taro.

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Weds 6 - Fri 8 May Mercher 6 - Gwener 8 Mai

Sat 9 May Sadwrn 9 Mai

Sun 10 May Sul 10 Mai

Tues 12 May Mawrth 12 Mai

Thurs 14 May Iau 14 Mai

7.45pm £6 (£4)

5.30pm £15.50 includes interval drink

8pm £10.50 (£9.50), £8.50 (£7.50), £7 (£6) £3.50 Accompanied children £2

7pm £8 (£7) CC £7.50 (£6.50)

7.30pm £10 (£9) CC £9.50 (£8.50)

7.45pm £6 (£4)

Aberystwyth Arts Centre Castaway Community Theatre

New York Metropolitan Opera: La Cenerentola (Cinderella)

Aberystwyth Choral Society

New English Contemporary Ballet

By Gioachino Rossini

Handel

Zadok the Priest

Starring Elı¯na Garancˇa

John Rutter

Magnificat

Run time 3 hours with one interval. Live High Definition Broadcast from New York, screened in the Arts Centre’s Cinema. Smart dress appreciated.

Vaughan Williams

Toward the Unknown Region

New English Contemporary Ballet, the UK’s foremost contemporary ballet company, present their vibrant new programme with a fantastic line-up of choreographers presenting work to suit all tastes. The programme will feature a UK Premiere from Richard Wherlock (Ballett Basel), a World Premiere from Patrick Delcroix (Nederlands Danse Theatre), a World Premiere from Thomas Noone (recent creations for Atterballetto) and Davide Bombana (La Scala) returns with his piece ‘In C Sharp minor’ from the 2008 tour.

Now, That’s What I Call UBU!!! Adapted from the works of Alfred Jarry Castaway continue their 18th birthday celebrations with an effervescent return to their ‘signature dish’...the wonderful world of UBU! After years of performing Jarry's absurdist trilogy to high acclaim the company return with a unique "greatest hits package" - fresh, enigmatic and with new and original material. Jarry revolutionised the theatrical world when his original ‘Ubu Rex’ shocked the middle class theatre going public of late 19th century Paris. Relevant, accessible and very silly... expect anarchy, rude stuff, cartoon like characters and much rock and roll in this celebratory exploration of Jarry's work. Yes, its... UBU OnIy, Strictly UBU, UBU’s Got Talent, The Last Ubu Standing, etc etc!!! Mae cwmni Castaway yn parhau i ddathlu ei benblwydd yn 18 oed gyda dychweliad ei hen ffefryn sef byd anhygoel yr “UBU”! Ar ôl blynyddoedd o berfformio trioleg wirion Alfred Jarry i ansawdd uchel tu hwnt, mae’r cwmni yn cyflwyno pecyn unigryw o’r darnau gorau - ffres, enigmatig ac yn cynnwys deunydd newydd a gwreiddiol.

Hot on the heels of her triumphant Met debut as Rosina in last season’s Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Elina Garanca portrays another Rossini charmer in this bel canto Cinderella story. Lawrence Brownlee is her Prince Charming, Don Ramiro. Veteran baritone Alessangro Corbelli demonstrates his impeccable comic timing to match the gravitas of Met favorite John Relyea. Darllediad byw yn Sinema’r Ganolfan. Sioe o dair awr gydag un egwyl. Gellir archebu swper arbennig yn dilyn y sioe - ffoniwch 621885 i sicrhau bwrdd. Conductor: Maurizio Benini Production: Cesare Lievi Cast: Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini, Alessandro Corbelli, John Relyea.

Ruby Hughes soprano David Russell Hulme Conductor Aberystwyth Choral Society will be joined by soloist Ruby Hughes, soprano, and a full professional orchestra, all conducted by David Russell Hulme. Aberystwyth Choral Society’s concerts have perhaps the largest number of performers on the Great Hall’s stage than any other classical performances - a great evening of real live music! Bydd yr unawdydd soprano Ruby Hughes yn ymuno â Chymdeithas Gorawl Aberystwyth, yn ogystal â cherddorfa broffesiynol lawn. Mae’n bosib iawn fod mwy o berfformwyr ar lwyfan y Neudd Fawr yng nghyngherddau Cymdeithas Gorawl Aberystwyth nag yn unrhyw berfformiadau clasurol eraill – noson fendigedig o gerddoriaeth fyw!

NECB’s work has been described as beautifully crafted with a spark, edge and energy that lingers in the memory long after the performance has finished. www.necb.co.uk Dyma gwmni bale cyfoes mwyaf blaenllaw’r Deyrnas Unedig yn perfformio ei raglen newydd fywiog gyda nifer o goreograffwyr gwych yn cyflwyno gwaith a fydd yn sicr at ddant pawb. Mae gwaith y cwmni adnabyddus hwn yn grefftus ac yn brydferth, ac yn aros yn y cof. Felly peidiwch â methu’r cyfle i’w weld ar ei ymweliad â’r Ganolfan!

A Mappa Mundi, Theatr Mwldan, Torch Theatre Co- Production

She Stoops to Conquer Directed by Peter Doran Mappa Mundi’s new production of Oliver Goldsmith’s groundbreaking 18th Century farce. Two foppish suitors travelling to a country manor house are tricked into believing it to be a tavern in a practical joke played by the irresponsible and irrepressible Tony Lumpkin. Upon arrival the dandies treat their host, the longsuffering Mr Hardcastle, like an innkeeper. But this works to the advantage of his pretty and intelligent daughter Kate, who cleverly disguises herself as a bar-maid in order to win the heart of her disastrously tongue-tied suitor. With an outrageous mix of secret elopements and nocturnal confusions, this comedy of manners sports witty dialogue, cutting humour and big wigs! Cynhyrchiad newydd Mappa Mundi o ffars arloesol Oliver Goldsmith o’r ddeunawfed ganrif. Mae’r cwmni hwn wedi ennill enw da am ei addasiadau gwbl amharchus a phoblogaidd o weithiau theatraidd a llenyddol clasurol a gallwch ddisgwyl gwledd o hiwmor ffraeth, cymlethdodau gwirion a llawer iawn o hwyl

Workshops for schools are available contact 01970 628562 for information.

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Heather Summers One Woman Show Heather Summers draws on her classical, folk, contemporary and world music background, to create dynamic, exciting music ranging from original rap-style numbers, to her unique arrangements of driving world folk tunes and own instrumental compositions. There’s never a dull moment in this eccentric, thought provoking and ambitious set. With the use of live looping, before your eyes and ears, Heather layers up whole soundscapes using an eclectic mix of instruments, funky cajun grooves, soaring violin or fiery fiddle, floating harmonic flute, quirky percussion, and that's before she even opens her mouth. You may well find you just have to get up and dance! Noson ddifyr gyda Heather Summers yn tynnu ar ei chefndir cerddorol cyfoethog i greu cerddoriaeth deinamig a chyffrous yn amrywio o ganeuon gwreiddiol ar ffurf rap, i’w threfniadau a chyfansoddiadau offerynnol unigryw hi ei hun. Dim ond un fenyw ond mae’r sŵn yn anhygoel - mae Heather yn defnyddio pob math o offeryn i gydfynd â’i chanu ac mae’n eitha’ tebyg y bydd yn rhaid i chi godi ar eich traed a dawnsio! Mae’r sioe hynod wreiddiol hon yn llawn triciau, talent ac agwedd!

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Sun 17 May Sul 17 Mai

Weds 20 - Thurs 21 May Mercher 20 - Iau 21 Mai

Thurs 21 - Fri 22 May Iau 21 - Gwener 22 Mai

Sat 23 May Sadwrn 23 Mai

Sun 24 May Sul 24 Mai

Thurs 28 - Sat 30 May Iau 28 - Sadwrn 30 Mai

2.30pm £9.50 (£8.50) CC £9 (£8) Family £30

7.30pm £10 (£9) CC £9.50 (£8.50)

7.45pm £7.50 (£6.50)

8pm £12 (£10)

2pm £9 (children/plant £5)

7.30pm £7.50 (£6.50)

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru

Louche Theatre

Tyˆ Bernarda Alba

The Remnants of Once Fine Girls

King Pleasure and the Biscuit Boys

The Royal Ballet: Swan Lake

World Premier of a new play by Stephen Todd

King Pleasure & the Biscuit Boys are more than just the world’s greatest swing band, they are an institution! The band have been on the road for two decades playing every European country as well as the USA and Russia and recording ten CDs. Dazzling musicianship, riveting stage performances, more than 50 TV appearances (including, somewhat bizarrely, five episodes of Teletubbies) and 75 radio broadcasts have established them as the Kings of Swing. Paul Jones on BBC Radio 2 called them “the hardest act to follow since the parting of The Red Sea!”

By Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky

Sooty in Space 5… 4… 3… 2... 1… BLAST OFF!

Cyfarwyddwraig - Judith Roberts

Join Sooty, Sweep and Soo on their intergalactic adventure into Space!

Cyfieithiad newydd o’r Sbaeneg o ddrama Federico Garcia Lorca gan y Prifardd Mererid Hopwood. ‘La casa de Bernarda Alba’ yw un o ddramâu mwyaf ingol y canon Ewropeaidd: drama llawn tyndra am dwf chwant rhywiol pum chwaer, a’u hangen i ddianc o gartref sy’n eu mygu; drama am y berthynas gymhleth, gystadleuol sydd rhyngddynt; drama am ofn eu mam o farn cymdeithas, a’i phenderfyniad i amddiffyn ei henw da, pa beth bynnag y gost.

See Sooty’s amazing rocket! Meet Harry, the fantastic robot! Look out for the threelegged Martians!! Watch out for the Flying Saucers… and Cups!! And who will rescue Sweep??!! This is Sooty’s most spectacular stage show for over a decade! Written by Matthew Corbett, and starring his successor, Richard Cadell - Sooty’s TV partner - Sooty In Space is a big family treat that’s guaranteed to delight Sooty fans old and new. Don’t miss the launch! Reserve your flight tickets now! Ymunwch â Sooty, Sweep a Soo ar eu hantur gyffrous i fewn i’r Gofod! Dyma sioe fwyaf uchelgeisiol ac ysblennydd Sooty ers dros ddegawd! Mae’n cynnig gwledd o adloniant i’r teulu cyfan ac mae’n sicr o apelio at bawb sy’n mwynhau dilyn hynt a helynt Sooty a’i ffrindiau. Peidiwch â’i methu!

A brand new Welsh-language production of Lorca's ‘The House of Bernarda Alba’, a masterpiece on the theme of frustrated desire.

Directed by Harry Durnall Sarah is a midwife working for Medecines Sans Frontieres in Darfur. A tragic death brings her home, and disturbs her sense of who she really is. Can she reconstruct her life from the remnants her twin sister left behind? Stephen Todd’s radio play, Proud Songster, was one of the four winners of Channel 4’s ‘The Radio Play’s The Thing’ competition. In 2007 he was one of four writers selected for a year long Writers Development Programme with award winning playwright and dramaturg Kaite O’Reilly, organised by Aberystwyth Arts Centre. His play, The Remnants of Once Fine Girls, had a rehearsed reading at the Arts Centre in February 2008 as part of the first Travelling Light New Writing Festival. Y perfformiad cyntaf o ddrama newydd sbon gan Stephen Todd. Mae Sarah yn fydwraig sy’n gweithio yn Darfur. Mae’n dod adref yn dilyn marwolaeth drasig ac mae’r profiad yn creu amheuon yn ei meddwl am bwy yw hi mewn gwirionedd. Mae’r dramodydd hwn wedi ennill sawl gystadleuaeth ac mae ei ddramâu wedi cael eu perfformio mewn theatrau ledled y Deyrnad Unedig.

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“A joyous jamboree of Jazz. King Pleasure? King Wonderful!” SUNDAY MERCURY Mae’r rhain yn fwy na band sigl gorau’r byd, maent yn sefydliad! Mae’r band wedi bod yn teithio ers dau ddegawd bellach yn chwarae ledled Ewrop yn ogystal ag UDA a Rwsia ac maent wedi recordio 10 CD. Talent gerddorol eithriadol, perfformiadau gwych ar y llwyfan, ymddangosiadau niferus ar y teledu a darllediadau cyson ar y radio - Brenhinoedd y Sigl yn wir!

Run time 2hrs 50mins with 2 Intervals. Recorded As Live in High Definition, and screened in the Arts Centre’s cinema. Swan Lake is one of the most loved of all classical ballets and one of the most popular in the Royal Ballet repertory. Anthony Dowell’s romantic production features designs inspired by Imperial Russia of 1895, when the ballet was first performed. Against this atmospheric setting, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov’s choreography provides an opportunity to see great dance partnerships in the leading roles and the whole Company in the dance ensembles. Illuminated by moonlight, the charged solos for the Prince and Odette and her alter-ego Odile, the machinations of Von Rothbart and the colour of a palace ball all combine with glorious music to make for an afternoon of inspiration and romance. Darllediad byw yn Sinema’r Ganolfan. Sioe o 2 awr a 50 munud gyda 2 egwyl. Hon yw un o’r darnau bale clasurol mwyaf poblogaidd gyda cherddoriaeth gan Tchaikovsky, stori afaelgar am ramant drasig a choreograffi sy’n caniatau i’r dawnswyr gorau oll arddangos eu sgiliau. Mae’r cyfan yn uno i sicrhau noson o adloniant ysbrydoledig.

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Aberystwyth Arts Centre Youth and Community Theatre Companies

Cider with Rosie By Laurie Lee Adapted by James Roose - Evans Directed by Harry Durnall At all times wonderfully evocative and poignant, Cider with Rosie is a charming memoir of a childhood in a remote Cotswold village, a world that is tangibly real, and yet reminiscent of a now distant past. In this idyllic pastoral setting, unencumbered by the callous father who so quickly abandoned his family responsibilities, Laurie’s adoring mother becomes the centre of his world as she struggles to raise a growing family against the backdrop of the Great War.

“Never to be forgotten, that first long, secret drink of golden fire, juice of those valleys and of that time, wine of wild orchards, of russet summers, of plump red apples... and Rosie’s burning cheeks... never to be forgotten... or ever tasted again.” LAURIE LEE Dyma gofnod swynol o blentyndod mewn pentref eidylig anghysbell yn y Cotswolds byd sy’n real ac sydd eto erbyn hyn yn bell yn y gorffennol. Gyda thad sy’n esgeuluso’i gyfrifoldebau teuluol, mae byd Laurie yn troi o gwmpas ei fam sy’n brwydro i ofalu am ei theulu yn erbyn cefndir y Rhyfel Fawr.

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Thurs 28 May Iau 28 Mai

Fri 29 May Gwener 29 Mai

Sun 31 May Sul 31 Mai

Fri 5 June Gwener 5 Mehefin

Tues 9 June Mawrth 9 Mehefin

Thurs 11 June Iau 11 Mehefin

7.45pm £6 (£4)

2.30pm £6 (£4) CC £5.50 (£3.50)

10am & 7pm £5

7pm £7 (£6) CC £6.50 (£5.50)

7.45pm £5 (£3)

Tall Stories

Cas Public (Canada)

Scamp Theatre

Jez Danks

The Ugly Ducklings’ Dancing Cabaret

The Mozart Question

Grave Doubts

By Michael Morpurgo Performed by Andrew Bridgmont Directed by Julia McShane Adapted by Simon Reade

In his latest show, Jez ponders on the age old problems of this life, the possibility of an afterlife, and steps in between.

Fool’s Proof Theatre Company

Je suis dead

Heavenly Love Project

Room on the Broom

Conceived and written by Fool’s Proof Theatre

An evening of 3 new individual works by Shirotama Hitsujiya, Davida Hewlett, and Anushiye Yarnell.

How the cat purred and how the witch grinned, as they sat on their broomstick and flew through the wind…

Shirotama presents her new solo work Break the Ice. She tries to seek and suggest new views and images of society, the world and women.

The witch and her cat are flying happily on their broomstick - until a stormy wind blows away the witch’s hat, bow and wand.

Directed by Gey Pin Ang Je suis dead is a show about inheritance, or everything we carry with us from our families and cultures. What stories are we living which are not our own? What happens when inherited lines meet? Three strangers’ lives collide after a train accident. As daily life crumbles around them, strange ancestral figures start breaking through the cracks. Stories tangle into an increasingly confused knot, while three ordinary people desperately cling to what they believed was reality. Who, when, where? What the hell is going on and whose story is it anyway?

This is one to look out for, so search for them, wherever you can, and let there be no excuses for missing out if they’re in your area. THEATRE IN WALES Dyma sioe am etifeddiaeth, neu’r hyn ‘rydym yn cario o gwmpas gyda ni sy’n deillio o’n teuluoedd a’n diwylliant.

Davida Hewlett presents Bubble Writing (Heavenly Love), a performative lecture with singing, dancing, questions to, and answers from the experts. Davida Hewlett is an artist working in variable combinations of video, performance, writing, and music. Her work is often playful and humorous, context responsive, and made involving others. Anushiye Yarnell performs a new piece “Pas de Deux - (with shopping trolley)”. Her performance works unfold a dimension synergising fantasy and reality, reconstructing fragments from the realm of everyday life into existential, functional daydreaming. Her works draw on personal experience, past and future mythologies, notions of paradise and civilisation, dreams, and cultural diversity.

A helpful dog, bird and frog find the witch’s lost things, and they all hop on the broom for a ride. But this broomstick’s not meant for five and CRACK - the broom snaps in two! When a hungry dragon appears, who will save the poor witch? And will there ever be room on the broom for everyone? Songs, laughs and scary fun for children aged 3 and up (and their grown-ups), adapted from the book by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Cynhyrchiad sy’n cynnwys caneuon, chwerthin a lot o hwyl i blant 3 oed a throsodd a’u teuluoedd, yn seiliedig ar y llyfr gan Julia Donaldson ac Axel Scheffler.

Noson o 3 darn unigol newydd gan Shirotama Hitsujiya, Davida Hewlett, ac Anushiye Yarnell.

Darn dawns newydd wedi’i ysgrifennu ar gyfer plant 4 oed a throsodd. Mae’r sioe hon, sy’n ddarn ar gyfer chwech o ddawnswyr, pianydd a llefarydd, yn cael ei hysbrydoli gan fyd y cabare yn yr Almaen yn y 1920au. Ceir yma gymysgedd difyr o ganu, cerddoriaeth, dawns, theatr a fideo ac mae’r darn yn seiliedig ar straeon yr Ugly Duckling a Swan Lake.

Paolo Levi is the greatest violinist in the world. But he refuses to play Mozart. Why? This brand new dramatisation of Michael Morpurgo's extraordinary story takes us from the beauty of Venice to the horrors of the Nazi gas chambers in a tale that will move and inspire both young and old. A wonderful and poignant piece performed by actor/violinist Andrew Bridgmont. Not suitable for children under 8. Running time 55 minutes.

“I’m thrilled to bits. I just think that the quality of what Scamp do is amazing.” MICHAEL MORPURGO, THE INDEPENDENT Mae’r addasiad newydd sbon hwn o stori eithriadol Michael Morpurgo yn mynd â ni o bryferthwch Fenis i erchylltra siambrau nwy y Natsiaid mewn stori a fydd yn ysbrydoli’r hen a’r ifanc yn ogystal. Darn gwych, hiraethus a berfformir gan yr actor a’r feiolinydd Andrew Bridgmont. Dim yn addas ar gyfer plant o dan 8 oed.

He wonders if his childhood beliefs can still stand him in good stead: will wholesome sandwiches and a decent torch really be enough? Themes will be fearlessly tackled and illuminated by pertinent reasoning and original music. Dare you miss it? Yn ei sioe ddiweddaraf mae Jez yn synfyfyrio ar yr hen broblem o’r bywyd hwn, y posibilrwydd o’r bywyd nesaf, a’r camau rhwng y ddau. Ymdrinir â’r themâu mewn ffordd ddewr ac hyderus - a cheir hefyd gerddoriaeth wreiddiol. Peidiwch â’i methu!

Sat 6 June Sadwrn 6 Mehefin 10pm

Club Nite

Free post-show discussion

Workshop available

A new dance piece written for young children four years of age and over. The Ugly Ducklings’ Dancing Cabaret, a work for six dancers and a pianist\master of ceremonies, draws its inspiration from the German cabarets of the 1920s, and the fairytale world. In a series of short numbers, which follow one another, reality and artifice intersect in a sunny mix of song, music, dance, theatre and video. Based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale ‘The Ugly Duckling’, who's rejected by others because he's different and who dreams of being a swan; and ‘Swan Lake’, which features Odette, who's turned into a part-time swan against her will, hindering her chances of love with the Prince! This improbable meeting between the Ugly Duckling and Odette is the focus for a work that looks at dreams and illusion.

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performances perfformiadau Fri 12 - Sat 13 June Gwener 12 - Sadwrn 13 Mehefin

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ds4

Weds 17 June Mercher 17 Mehefin

Dydd Gwener / Friday 10am & 1pm Dydd Sadwrn / Saturday 2pm £4

Whether you work in education, the community or as an artist, it is your opportunity to share experiences, explore new creative ideas, see the latest technological developments, look at examples of best practise in the UK and worldwide and celebrate the growing significance of Digital Storytelling.

Sun 14 June Sul 14 Mehefin 8pm £17 (£16)

Billy Bragg Cwmni Arad Goch

Rwtsh Ratsh Rala Rwdins Ydych chi eisiau rhannu cyfrinach? Ydych? Yn fwy pwysig, rhannu cyfrinach fawr y Dewin Doeth? Dewch felly i ymuno gyda Rwdlan, Dewin Dwl a’r Llipryn Llwyd ar antur fawr eich bywyd. Dyma sioe liwgar yn llawn canu, chwerthin a chyffwrdd â’r sêr yng nghwmni ein holl ffrindiau o Wlad y Rwla. Sioe addas i blant 3 -8 oed Eleni mae Arad Goch yn dathlu 20 mlynedd o ddiddanu cynulleidfaoedd o gwmpas y byd gyda’r sioe lwyddiannus yma gan Angharad Tomos, un o awduron amlyca Cymru. A delightful show, full of songs, laughter and silly tricks - all in the company of our friends from the magical land of Gwlad y Rwla. Suitable for children aged 3 -8. www.aradgoch.org

Twenty five years on, Billy Bragg arrives in Wales on a special eight-date solo tour to remember the Miners' Strike and its legacy on the communities across Wales. Ex-punk, ex-soldier, and ex-member of the Labour Party, Billy Bragg rose from working class origins in the 1980s to become one of the UK's foremost pop and protest singers and left-wing icons. It was Margaret Thatcher who propelled the Bard of Barking into action; Bragg's defining political moment came with the Miners' Strike of 1984-5, when the Conservative government set out to lay waste to Britain's industrial heartlands, crippling communities and livelihoods in the process. Bragg became a fixture at political rallies and benefits, particularly during the Strike, with his powerful pro-union songs including Which Side Are You On, There Is Power In A Union and the EP title track Between The Wars. A rebel in every sense, Bragg is best known for his passionately political lyrics, but also admired for his offbeat love songs. This unique man continues to prove that music still has something to say about political causes, and, thank goodness, has a sense of humour. Pum mlynedd ar hugain yn ddiweddarach, mae Billy Bragg yn ymweld â Chymru ar daith arbennig 8-lleoliad i gofio Streic y Glowyr a'i effaith ar gymunedau ledled Cymru.

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Following on from the success of DS3 the fourth festival of Digital Storytelling aims to inspire and encourage and show the exciting possibilities of Digital Storytelling and brings you up to date with what is happening in the world of Digital Storytelling.

community-educationtechnology-artists

festival ticket £14.50 - Price includes tea/coffee and buffet lunches

accommodation Available on the university campus 01970 622772 or town accommodation www.visitaberystwyth.co.uk

The Digital Storytelling movement is based on the belief that everyone has a story to tell and that new technology has opened up many opportunities to tell those stories on websites, DVD screens and terrestrial TV. Digital Storytelling has been pioneered in Wales through the BBC Capture Wales project.

b Inspirational speakers b Breakout sessions with key organisations in the development of Digital Storytelling b Workshops b Trade stands: Projects/Funding b Opportunities/Technology/Networks

Yn sgil llwyddiant DS3 mae’r bedwaredd Wyl Adrodd Straeon Digidol yn anelu at ysbrydoli ac annog a dangos y posibiliadau cyffrous ym maes Adrodd Straeon Digidol. Os ‘rydych yn gweithio mewn addysg, y gymuned neu fel artist, dyma’ch cyfle i rannu profiadau, archwilio syniadau creadigol newydd, gweld y datblygiadau technolegol diweddaraf, gwylio enghreifftiau o ymarfer da yn y DU a ledled y byd a dathlu arwyddocad cynyddol Adrodd Straeon Digidol. Mae’r mudiad Adrodd Straeon Digidol yn seiliedig ar y gred bod gan bawb stori i’w hadrodd a bod technoleg newydd wedi cynnig llawer o gyfleoedd i adrodd y straeon hynny ar wefannau, sgriniau DVD a theledu daearol. Arloeswyd Adrodd Straeon Digidol yng Nghymru drwy brosiect Capture Wales y BBC.

b Siaradwyr ysbrydoledig b Sesiynau trafod gyda mudiadau allweddol yn natblygiad Adrodd Straeon Digidol b Gweithdai b Stondinau masnach - Prosiectau / Cyfleoedd ariannu / Technoleg / Rhwydweithiau b Cyflwyno Adrodd Straeon Digidol - Straeon o Gymru a’r DU

b Digital storytelling ShowcaseStories from Wales and the UK

organised by Aberystwyth Arts Centre in partnership with DS Cymru, the Wales Digital Storytelling Group.

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Thurs 18 - Sun 21 June Iau 18 - Sul 21 Mehefin

Thurs 25 June Iau 25 Mehefin

Fri 26 - Sat 27 June Gwener 26 - Sadwrn 27 Mehefin

Living Landscapes

6.30pm (curtain up 7pm) £10

7.30pm £12 (£7 for school groups)

7pm + Sat/Sadwrn 2pm £8 (£5 Children/ Plant)

International Conference on Performance, Landscape and Environment This four-day trans-disciplinary conference draws together artists, practitioners and academics from such fields as geography, archaeology, anthropology, performance, music and dance studies, media studies, musicology, cultural and environmental policy, folklore studies and art history. Performances by Mike Brookes/ Rosa Casado, Simon Whitehead, Eddie Ladd, Stan's Cafe, spell#7 (Singapore) and others. Artist's presentations by Chris Watson (BBC Wildlife Sound Recordist, Cabaret Voltaire), Graeme Miller, Wapke Fenstra, and others. Individual performances may be open to the public - for more info visit www.landscape.ac.uk/ 2009conference.html Arts and Humanities Research Council Landscape and Environment Programme Conference 2009; hosted by the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, Aberystwyth University. Presented with the support of Aberystwyth Arts Centre.

Mae’r gynhadledd draws-ddisgyblaethol hon, sy’n para am bedwar diwrnod, yn tynnu at ei gilydd artistiaid, ymarferwyr ac academyddion o feysydd megis daearyddiaeth, archaeoleg, anthropoleg, astudiaethau perfformio, cerddoriaeth a dawns, astudiaethau’r cyfryngau, cerddoleg, polisi diwylliannol ac amgylcheddol, astudiaethau llên gwerin ac hanes celf. Individual events within the festival open to the public include:

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Stan’s Cafe

Home of the Wriggler Fri 19 June Gwener 19 Mehefin 7.30pm

£8 (£7)

In a disused factory, away from the raging weather, a team of investigators unearth the legends of a city, the fragmented stories of the people who lived there, and the mythical things they made called cars. Home of the Wriggler is a fresh take on documentary theatre. Combining research and speculation, the show unravels the threads of a thousand people’s stories to ask, who are the people who make the sandwiches, who cut the hair, who teach the kids, of those who shape the parts that make the cars that fill our roads. Full of humour and with a haunting conclusion, Home of the Wriggler examines how our personal fates are entwined, for better or worse, with an industrial heritage, in a volatile global economy, on a warming planet. Stan’s Cafe has been devising exciting and thought-provoking theatre since 1991. Their work, which is always fresh and engaging, is in demand throughout the world.

“A Kaleidoscopic collage of impressionistic fragments which evoke the lives of generations touched by the manufacture and use of motor cars.” THE BIRMINGHAM POST “Stan’s Cafe is one of the UK’s most innovative and exciting theatre companies.” THE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY Dyma olwg newydd ar theatr ddogfennol. Yn cyfuno ymchwil a dyfalu, mae’r sioe yn datod edeifion straeon mil o bobl ac yn gofyn pwy yn union yw’r bobl hyn? Yn llawn hiwmor a gyda chanlyniad cythryblus, dangosir sut mae’n straeon personol yn plethu gyda’n hetifeddiaeth ddiwydiannol, mewn economi byd-eang, ar blaned sy’n cynhesu. Theatr gyffrous a phryfoclyd. Workshop Available - see page 47 for info

The National Theatre

Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera

Aberystwyth Arts Centre Dance School

Phedre

Carbon 12

Nutcracker

Starring Helen Mirren

John Jones is an everyman. He has lived for millennia since the formation of coal through to the demise of the pits. His life is the story of the Welsh coalfields and their people.

An enchanting fairytale of an adaptation of a magical Nutcracker and a little girl called Clara. As the clock strikes 12, Clara’s wish is fulfilled as her Nutcracker comes to life and saves her from the biker mice. On defeating the Mouse King, Clara and her Prince visit the Kingdom of the Sweets.

By Jean Racine, in a version by Ted Hughes Screened live in High Definition from the National Theatre in London. Showing in the Arts Centre Cinema Run time: 2 hours Consumed by an uncontrollable passion for her young stepson and believing Theseus, her absent husband, to be dead, Phèdre confesses her darkest desires and enters the world of nightmare. When Theseus returns alive and well, Phèdre, fearing exposure, accuses her stepson of rape. The result is carnage. Helen Mirren takes the title role in this savage play by Jean Racine, translated into muscular free verse by the late Poet Laureate, Ted Hughes. Darllediad byw yn Sinema’r Ganolfan. Helen Mirren sy’n chwarae’r brif ran yn y ddrama ffyrnig hon gan Jean Racine, a gyfieithwyd i farddoniaeth rydd gan y diweddar Fardd Llawryfog, Ted Hughes.

This story is spectacularly told by Errollyn Wallen’s breathtaking symphony. Performed by the world-class Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carbon 12 is a moving celebration of hope, survival and the human spirit. Conductor: Gerry Cornelius Soloists: Alwyn Mellor and Roland Wood Music: Errollyn Wallen Words: John Binias

A simple and beautifully told story by the Lower (Grade 1 upwards) and Upper Ballet School of the Arts Centre Dance School, with choreography by Miss P M Gilbert. Stori dylwyth teg hyfryd a gyflwynir yn syml ac yn effeithiol gan Ysgol Ddawns y Ganolfan (Gradd 1 i fyny) gyda choreograffi gan Miss P M Gilbert.

Wedi’i berfformio gan Gorws a Cherddorfa flaenllaw Opera Genedlaethol Cymru, dyma ddathliad emosiynol o obaith, goroesi a’r ysbryd dynol. Teachers can download a resource pack from wno.org.uk or call 0800 328 2357 to request a copy. Pre-performance talk at 6.30pm

All of the light and sound in this show is generated, by the cast live on stage, using a range of aging technologies.

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Sat 27 June Sadwrn 27 Mehefin

Tues 30 June Mawrth 30 Mehefin

Mon 20 July Llun 20 Gorffennaf

7.30pm £12 (£10) Children / Plant £6

6.40pm (Curtain up 7pm) £15.50 incl interval drinks

8pm £8 (£7) CC £7.50 (£6.50)

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musicfest 2009

Aberystwyth MusicFest is an enticing fusion of Music Festival and Summer School. The daily evening and lunchtime festival concerts, together with student foyer performances and impressive student showcase concerts at the end of the week are powerful reminders of the rejuvenating effect of listening to live music of such a high calibre.

Sat 25 July - Sat 1 August Sadwrn 25 Gorffennaf - Sadwrn 1 Awst

For more details about the courses available in 2009 visit www.abermusicfest.org or contact the Musicfest office on 01970 622338 Mae MusicFest Aberystwyth yn gyfuniad hudolus o Wyl Gerdd ac Ysgol Haf. Mae'r cyngherddau dyddiol, amser cinio a min nos, yn ogystal a'r perfformiadau gan y myfyrwyr yn y cyntedd a'r cyngherddau o safon uchel ar ddiwedd yr wythnos, yn ein hatgoffa sut mae gwrando ar gerddoriaeth fyw dda yn medru adnewyddu'r enaid a'r corff. Am fanylion pellach ynglyn â’r cyrsiau sydd ar gael yn 2009 ewch at www.abermusicfest.org neu ffoniwch’r Swyddfa Musicfest ar 01970 622338

The Royal Opera House

Dan y Wenallt

La Traviata

The Wilders

gan / by Dylan Thomas Trosiad / Translation T. James Jones

By Guiseppe Verdi Starring Renée Fleming Run time 3 hours 12mins with 2 intervals Sung in Italian with Subtitles Screened live in High Definition from the Royal Opera House in London. Showing in the Arts Centre Cinema.

Everyone’s Wild About The Wilders! Renowned as the ‘hillbilly hurricane’, The Wilders in full, unstoppable flight have become Edinburgh Fringe favourites. Triumphant winners of a Herald Angel with a five-star review, The Scotsman said: ‘They generate the kind of tunes that should by rights leave vapour trails’. The Kansas City, Missouri, four-piece play storming roots-of-country and white hot old-time. They deliver a blistering fiddle/banjo/guitar/dobro/slap bass hoedown, led by singer/guitarist and wisecracker, Ike Sheldon, resurrecting 1940's and 50's honky-tonk heroes like Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell. Their standing-room-only appearance at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections was a highlight of the BBC 2 TV coverage and this visit includes main stage appearances at the Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway.

Cyfle i glywed a gweld y ddrama adnabyddus yma ar ffurf na welwyd erioed o’r blaen sef wedi ei osod i Gerdd Dant gan Bethan Bryn. Mae’r dull o ganu sy’n unigryw i Gymru yn cydweddu yn berffaith i stori a sefyllfa hollol Gymreig trigolion y Wenallt. Mae’r cynhyrchiad yn rhan o ddathlu penblwydd y gymdeithas Gerdd Dant yn 75 oed a Chwmni Theatr Arad Goch yn 20. Mi fydd hi’n noson i’w chofio yng nghwmni unigolion adnabyddus sy’n perfformio’r brif rannau a chôr sydd wedi ffurfio yn arbennig ar gyfer yr achlysur, trwy gyfuno tri parti llwyddiannus sef Chwiban o’r gogledd, Greal o’r canolbarth a’r Gromlech o’r de. Arbrawf gyffrous sydd yn cyfuno dulliau cyfoes gyda’r hen grefft hynafol. ‘Under Milk Wood’ by Dylan Thomas (tr. T. James Jones). The chance to see and hear a uniquely Welsh project, combining the story of Llaregyb with the tradition of singing Cerdd Dant. This production is part of the Cerdd Dant society’s 75th Birthday and Arad Goch’s 20th birthday Celebrations.

La Traviata, Verdi’s best-loved work, is performed here by a star cast in a revival of Richard Eyre’s highly acclaimed 1994 production. Music Director Antonio Pappano, now in his seventh Season with The Royal Opera, conducts La Traviata for the first time at Covent Garden. American soprano Renée Fleming returns to Covent Garden to sing Violetta for the first time with The Royal Opera. Director Richard Eyre Conductor Antonio Pappano Violetta Renée Fleming Alfredo Germont Joseph Calleja Giorgio Germont Thomas Hampson Flora Monika-Evelin Liiv Baron Douphol Eddie Wade Doctor Grenvil Robert Lloyd Marquis D'Obigny Kostas Smoriginas Darllediad byw yn Sinema’r Ganolfan. 3 awr a 12 munud gyda 2 egwyl. Dyma waith mwyaf poblogaidd Verdi, yn cael ei berfformio mewn adfywiad o gynhyrchiad 1994 Richard Eyre. Pre-show supper available call 01970 621885.

Bu’r Wilders yn ffefrynnau yng Ngŵyl Ymylon Caeredin ac maent wedi cael derbyniad brwd lle bynnag y maent yn ymddangos, gan ennill sawl wobr. Mae eu hamrywiaeth unigryw o offerynnau a cherddoriaeth yn sicrhau noson ddifyr ac hwyliog na ddylid ei methu!

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Saturday 25 July | Sadwrn 25 Gorffennaf

Monday 27 July | Llun 27 Gorffennaf

8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall, AAC) Pavel Fischer (violin) Graham Oppenheimer (Viola) Nicholas Jones (cello) Juliet Edwards (piano) Philippa Davies (flute) Solstice String Quartet Jamie Campbell, Nicholas Shardlow, Meghan Cassidy, Gregor Riddell Mozart Divertimento in Eb for string trio Martinu Flute Sonata Schumann String Quartet in A major, Op. 41 No.3

1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Orpheus Winds Quintet (Utah, USA) April Clayton (flute) Geralyn Giovannetti (oboe) Jaren Hinckley (clarinet) Lawrence Lowe (horn) Christian Smith (bassoon) David Maslanka Quintet No. 4 Laurence Lowe Quintet No. 1 Paquito D’Rivera Aires Tropicales

10.00 Jazz in the Foyer (Foyer, AAC) with Richard Turner

Sunday 26 July | Sul 26 Gorffennaf 1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Prizewinners of the Dyfed Young Musician of the Year Competition: Llewellyn Jones (harp) Rebecca Griffiths (flute) Programme to include works written by winners of the Dyfed Young Composer of the Year Competition. 2.30 Brass Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) Paul Archibald (trumpet) with Juliet Edwards (piano) 7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Musicfest Brass Ensemble Directed by Paul Archibald 8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall,AAC) Carducci Quartet: Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming, Eoin Schmidt-Martin, Emma Denton John Anderson (oboe) Laurence Perkins (bassoon) John Flinders (piano) Haydn String Quartet Op. 50 No. 6, ‘The Frog’ Poulenc Trio for oboe, bassoon and piano Gerald Busby New work for bassoon and piano (World Premier) Bax Quintet for oboe and strings

2.30 Double Reed Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) John Anderson (oboe) Laurence Perkins (bassoon) with Simon Lane (piano)

8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall, AAC) Eleanor Turner (harp) Solstice String Quartet Jamie Campbell, Nicholas Shardlow, Meghan Cassidy, Gregor Riddell David Campbell (clarinet) Philippa Davies (flute) John Metcalf Mapping Wales for harp and strings Debussy Sonate en Trio for flute, viola and harp John Metcalf Septet for harp, flute, clarinet and strings (World Première) Richard Blackford Clarinet Quintet (World Première) Ravel Introduction and Allegro for harp, flute, clarinet and strings 10.00 Late night Jazz (Great Hall,AAC)

7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Musicfest Sax Ensemble, directed by Sarah Field

Friday 31st July | Gwener 26 Gorffennaf

Saturday 1 August | Sadwrn 1 Awst

1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Sarah Field (saxophone) Simon Lane (piano) Tom Poster (piano) Graham Fitkin Jim & Pam, Pam & Jim Chick Corea Childrens Songs Harrison Birtwistle An Uninterrupted Endless Melody Richard Rodney Bennett Three Piece Suite Michael Nyman Miserere Paraphrase Richard Rodney Bennett Suite for two pianos Graham Fitkin Hard Fairy

10.00 Composition Class Showcase (Great Hall, AAC) Students from John Metcalf’s class have their short pieces played and recorded by the Southbank Sinfonia Conducted by James Slater

10.00- Showcase Concert (Great Hall, AAC) 11.30 Selected performances given by course members of Musicfest Summer School

2.30 Voice Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) Veronica Veysey Campbell with John Flinders (piano)

Wednesday 29 July | Mercher 29 Gorffennaf 8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall AAC) Carducci Quartet Matthew Denton, Michelle Fleming, Eoin Schmidt-Martin, Emma Denton Graham Oppenheimer (viola) Nicholas Jones (cello) David Campbell (clarinet) Simon Lane (piano) Brahms Sextet in Bb, Op.18 David Earl Trio for clarinet, cello and piano** (World Première) Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D 810 ‘Death and the Maiden’

Tuesday 28 July | Mawrth 28 Gorffennaf 1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Piano duets with Juliet Edwards and John Flinders Schubert Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D. 940 Mozart Andante with 5 variations in G major, K. 501 Hindemith Sonata for piano, four hands (1938)

1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Pavel Fischer, (violin) Graham Oppenheimer (Viola) Nicholas Jones (cello) Tom Poster (piano) Hindemith Sonata for viola and piano, Op 11 No.4 Janacek Violin Sonata Chopin Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor Op.58 2.30 Violin and Viola Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) Pavel Fischer (violin) Graham Oppenheimer (viola) with Juliet Edwards (piano)

musicfest 2009

Thursday 30th July | Iau 30 Gorffennaf

7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Musicfest String Ensembles directed by Nicholas Jones 8.00 Concerto Concert (Great Hall, AAC) In memory of Josephine Marsh (1953-2008) Southbank Sinfonia, conductors Simon Over and James Slater Pavel Fischer (violin) John Anderson (oboe) Paul Archibald (trumpet) Philippa Davies (flute) David Campbell (clarinet) Tom Poster (piano) Bach Concerto for violin and oboe in C minor Mozart Andante for flute & orchestra Haydn Trumpet Concerto in Eb Camilleri Andante Molto from Concertino for clarinet and strings Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Joseph Parry Hall) Cello and Piano Recital Guy Johnston (cello) Tom Poster (piano) Mendelssohn Variation Concertantes, Op.17 Miaskovsky Sonata No.1 in Dmajor, Op.12 Mark Anthony Turnage 'Milo' Martinu Variations on a Theme of Rossini 2.30 Cello Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) Guy Johnston (cello) with Tom Poster (piano) 7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Southbank Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble 8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall, AAC) Musicfest Brass Ensemble Director: Paul Archibald Musicfest Big Band

Tickets

12.00- Showcase Concert (Great Hall, AAC) 1.00 Performances given by students on the vocal course Summer School Director: Veronica Veysey Campbell 1.30 Lunchtime Concert (Foyer, AAC) Saxophone Showcase 3.00- Showcase Concert 5.30 (International Politics Building) Selected performances given by course members of Musicfest Summer School 7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Wind Ensemble Showcase Directed by Laurence Perkins 8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall, AAC) Southbank Sinfonia Guy Johnston (cello) Simon Over, James Slater (conductors) Neville John Overture, The Triumph of Aberfan Tchaikovsky Variations on a Rococco Theme for cello and orchestra Beethoven Symphony No.7 in A, Op. 92

Masterclasses Lunchtime Concerts Evening Concerts*

£4 £9 (£7) £12.50 (£9.50)

* Concerto Concert 30 July & Evening Concert 1 August £14 (£12)

Foyer Music, Late Night Jazz, Jazz in the Foyer Festival Pass (Entry to all events)

Free £70

7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer, AAC) Southbank Sinfonia Chamber Ensemble Brahms Clarinet Quintet in B minor Op. 115 8.00 Evening Concert (Great Hall, AAC) National Youth Jazz Orchestra of Wales A cabaret-style evening

2.30 Flute Masterclass (Joseph Parry Hall) Philippa Davies (flute) with Tom Poster (piano) 7.15 Foyer Music (Foyer AAC) Musicfest Clarinet Ensemble

JULYGORFFENNAF-AUGUSTAWST

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s

the

Aberystwyth Arts Centre Summer Musical Production

Thurs 23 July - Sat 29 August Iau 23 Gorffennaf - Sadwrn 29 Awst

KING &I Music by Richard Rodgers Book & Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Based on the novel entitled ‘Anna and the King of Siam’ by Margaret Landon Director and Choreographer Anthony Williams

Rodgers & Hammerstein's timeless classic The King and I captured the hearts and minds of millions with its charming story of the British governess brought into the court of Siam to tutor the King's many children. Once within the splendour of the Royal Palace, Anna and the King grow to understand one another and learn about each other's cultures. The lavish film in 1955 starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr as the governess was the most expensive film ever mounted by 20th Century Fox and brought the wonderful music to an international audience. Famous numbers include ‘Shall We Dance’, ‘I Whistle a Happy Tune’. ‘Hello Young Lovers’, ‘Getting to Know You’. Now the winning team of Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Michael Bogdanov, Anthony Williams and Michael Morwood bring this wonderful musical back to the stage for what promises to be the perfect summer season production. Bu’r sioe glasurol The Kind and I yn apelio at filiynau, gyda’i stori hyfryd am yr athrawes Brydeinig a aeth i’r llys yn Siam i ddysgu plant niferus y Brenin. Wrth iddi ymgartrefu yn y Palas, mae Anna a’r Brenin yn dechrau deall ei gilydd ac yn ymhyfrydu mewn dysgu am ddiwylliant y naill a’r llall. Bu’r ffilm ysblennydd a wnaethpwyd ym 1955 gyda Yul Brynner a Deborah Kerr yn chwarae’r prif rannau yn un o’r ffilmiau mwyaf drud i gael ei chynhyrchu erioed a bu’n gyfrifol am gyflwyno cerddoriaeth wych y sioe i gynulleidfa ryngwladol. Ymysg y caneuon enwocaf yw ‘Shall We Dance’, ‘I Whistle a Happy Tune’. ‘Hello Young Lovers’ a ‘Getting to Know You’. Daw’r sioe gerdd hyfryd hon yn ôl i’r llwyfan yn y Ganolfan yr haf hwn. Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer y sioe haf berffaith!

Performances Tuesday - Saturday 7.30pm Matinees: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays 2.30pm

Evening Performances: £19.50 (£18.50) CC £18.50 (£16.50) Children £16

Matinees

Musical Director Michael Morwood

Groups of 8 or more

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Associate Director Michael Bogdanov

Presented by arrangement with Josef Weinberger Limited on behalf of R & H Theatricals of New York

JULYGORFFENNAF-AUGUSTAWST Previous summer season productions: My Fair Lady (2008), West Side Story (2007), Fiddler on the Roof (2006), Oliver! (2005)

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£17.50 (£16.50) CC £16.50 Children £16 Family Tickets £55

£15 in advance / £16 after 15 June

Opening Night All Tickets £15 on Thurs 23 July!

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Thurs 6 August Iau 6 Awst

Thurs 27 - Fri 28 August Iau 27 - Gwener 28 Awst

7.30pm £10 (£8)

7.45pm £6 (£4)

National Youth Orchestra of Wales

Fri 4 - Sat 5 Sept Gwener 4 - Sadwrn 5 Medi

community arts & education programme rhaglen addysg a chelfyddydau cymunedol Sat 5 September Sadwrn 5 Medi 8pm £10 (£9) CC £9.50 (£8.50)

Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s Castaway Community Theatre

Love’s Labours Lost

Tim Kliphuis Swing Fiddle Trio

National Youth Theatre of Wales

Celebrating Stéphane Grappelli

Sixty of Wales’ most talented young people will come together once again in 2009 as the National Youth Theatre of Wales embarks upon another epic, bilingual production of the very highest standards.

Dutchman Tim Kliphuis ranks among the world's finest fiddlers. He has often been dubbed the successor of Stéphane Grappelli, but takes his legacy further by mixing Gypsy Swing, Celtic Folk and Classical music. Take Stéphane Grappelli’s Hot Gypsy Swing, add Welsh Celtic traditionals (Myfanwy, Daffyd y Garreg Wen), the odd Stevie Wonder hit and Classical themes of Bach, Grieg and List and you have a “swingy, zingy mix” (Glasgow Herald) that’s totally new but appeals to everyone.

Performing Arts / Visual Arts Aberystwyth Arts Centre co-ordinates the largest community arts and education programme of any Arts Centre in Wales. Last year we welcomed over 100,000 participants to the many classes, workshops and special events in our programme. Over the summer we offer a range of special courses in addition to our regular weekly classes, and full details are included in this section of the brochure. Please note - course numbers are limited so be sure to book in advance through the box office on 01970 623232 or online at www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre . Many of our summer term classes will already have started - but it may be possible to join some classes part way through a term so please phone to check. All courses run subject to sufficient numbers enrolling. Our Education and Community work is supported by the Arts Council Of Wales

Hughes

Prelude for Orchestra

By William Shakespeare

Tchaikovsky

Swan Lake Ballet Suite (selected movements)

Mahler

Symphony No.1

Castway continue their 18th birthday celebrations with one of Shakespeare's most witty and flamboyant comedies. Lovingly directed by David Blumfield, this accessible revival is carefully crafted to be relevant to a contemporary audience. Amidst the intimacy of the round studio Castaway combine a delicious mix of inventive theatricality, costume, music and the Bard's beautiful poetry to recreate "Navarre" in this comic study of love... with a twist at the end.

Conductor Owain Arwel Hughes The National Youth Orchestra of Wales returns to Aberystwyth this summer with a programme of magnificent music: Mahler’s epic Symphony No. 1, music from Tchaikovsky’s much-loved Swan Lake Ballet Suite and Arwel Hughes’ Prelude for Orchestra - a piece aptly dedicated to the Youth of Wales. Concert-goers cannot fail to be impressed by some of Wales’ most gifted young musicians, who demonstrate a maturity and confidence well beyond their years. Mae Cerddorfa Ieuenctid Genedlaehol Cymru yn dychwelyd i Aberystwyth yr haf hwn gyda rhaglen o gerddoriaeth wych. Dyma rai o gerddorion ifanc mwyaf talentog Cymru sy’n dangos aeddfedrwydd ac hyder y tu hwnt i’w hoedran.

Mae cwmni Castaway yn parhau i ddathlu ei benblwydd yn 18 oed gydag un o gomediau mwyaf ffraeth Shakespeare. Mae’r addasiad hwn yn berthnasol i’r gynulleidfa gyfoes ac mae’r cynhyrchiad yn un arbennig o effeithiol, wedi’i llwyfannu yn amgylchedd agos atoch y stiwdio gron.

Following the massive success of last year's Magnificent Myths of the Mabinogi, the same creative team will collaborate on the production of a brand new commission, once again written especially for NYTW by Manon Eames and directed by award-winning director, Tim Baker. This year’s production promises something very different but equally exciting, dramatic, thought-provoking and imaginative. With its trademark combinations of text, music, movement and voices, NYTW 2009 will undoubtedly be very special - and is not to be missed!

"...Castaway return once more with a summer show to entertain, excite and move..." THEATRE IN WALES WEBSITE ON ‘OUR DAY OUT’

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“Stéphane Grappelli’s style is alive and well in the hands of Tim Kliphuis” NIGEL KENNEDY Weds 9 Sept Mercher 9 Medi 8pm

The Hot Seats This eclectic five-piece from Richmond, Virginia are called ‘crazy bluegrass scientists’, a ‘bubbling fountain of virtuosic insanity’ and ‘bonkers but brilliant’! They’re an irresistible combination with elements of jug band, Vaudeville, country blues, oldtime - and even Zappa - all added to the mix. Don’t miss!

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VISUAL ARTS CONTACT NUMBERS / MANYLION CYSYLLTU’R CELFYDDYDAU GWELEDOL Course bookings

Box office 01970 623232

Visual Arts education programme

01970 622888 Cath Sherrell cxs@aber.ac.uk

Visual Arts course and workshops

01970 622888 Rachel Scurlock rls@aber.ac.uk, Amanda Jones amj@aber.ac.uk

PERFORMING ARTS CONTACT DETAILS / MANYLION CYSYLLTU’R CELFYDDYDAU PERFFORMIO Drama, dance, music and literature courses bookings

£8 (£7) CC £7.50 (£6.50)

Celfyddydau Perfformio / Celfyddydau Gweledol

Box office 01970 623232

Drama, dance, drama, music and literature course content enquiries

Teresa Davies 01970 628562 / yytstaff@aber.ac.uk

Outreach and schools workshops

Teresa Davies 01970 628562 / yytstaff@aber.ac.uk

Stage School, Youth Theatre bookings

Richard Hull 01970 622832 / yytstaff@aber.ac.uk

Classical Music enquiries Programming enquiries & Open Platform

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Alan Owen 01970 890603 / aaocompose@aol.com Gill Ogden 01970 621512 / ggo@aber.ac.uk

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Weekly Classes / Dosbarthiadau wythnosol rheolaidd Places on all weekly courses can be booked through the ticket office. Start dates for the Summer Term for all weekly courses have already been advertised in our previous brochure. If courses have already started when you receive this brochure, but you would like to attend, please contact the ticket office as there are often places available. Archebu tocynnau ar gyfer Cyrsiau Wythnosol. Gellir archebu llefydd ar yr holl gyrsiau wythnosol yn y swyddfa docynnau. Hysbysebwyd dyddiadau cyrsiau wythnosol Tymor yr Haf yn ein llyfryn blaenorol. Os yw'r cwrs eisoes wedi dechrau pan 'rydych yn derbyn y llyfryn hwn, ond yr hoffech ymuno, mae croeso i chi gyslltu â ni neu'r swyddfa docynnau a gwnawn ein gorau i geiso eich cynnwys os oes llefydd ar gael. Painting and Drawing EXPERIMENTATION IN PAINTING AND DRAWING Thursdays 9.30am - 12.30pm Starts 30 April - 10 weeks Cost £67 (£62 conc) + materials Tutor Roy Marsden This class aims to explore and practise a broad range of techniques and visual approaches. Suitable for all levels but mostly for those with some experience - the only requirement is an open mind! LIFE DRAWING Saturdays 10am - 12.30pm Starts 25 April 10 weeks Cost £73 (£68 conc) for term or £8 per class + materials Tutor Roy Marsden Working from the life model, this popular class is open to everyone, from beginners to professionals.

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General Arts & Crafts

Pottery

Photography

Digital and New Media

Adult Classes

ANIMATION CLASSES

SCREEN PRINTING Thursdays 1-3pm Starts 30 April - 10 weeks Cost £55 (£50 conc) + materials Tutor Ruth Packham Learn how to print your own designs on fabric, t-shirts, tablecloths whatever takes your fancy! This class is open to all but particularly suited to the elderly and people with disabilities at a special rate of £48 per term + materials

POTTERY Mondays

BLACK & WHITE PHOTOGRAPHY Monday (Intermediate) 6.30 - 8.30pm Wednesday (Beginners) 6.30 - 8.30pm Starts 27 April - 10 weeks Cost £62 (£57 conc) Tutor Stephen Bailey Learn how to take and develop your own black & white photographs using the Arts Centre’s darkroom facilities. Open to both beginners and those with more experience, these popular classes focus on the principles of composition and the traditional technique of developing and printing your own images using the Arts Centre’s Black & White Darkroom. Note: This course is not suitable for those with digital cameras.

Want to make your own cartoons? These experienced animators will teach the basics of animation, both in 2D, where the emphasis will be on drawing, timing, and ‘squash and stretch’, and in 3D - you can animate even if you can't draw. We'll show how you can use cut-outs, puppets, or make plasticene come to life, like Morph!

CLWB HAUL Saturdays 25 April, 9 & 23 May, 6 & 20 June, 11 July, There are 2 groups 2-3pm 5-8 years and 3.15-4.45pm 8+ Haul runs a free arts workshop for children with learning difficulties and /or long term illness and for their siblings. Before booking places, please register with Haul so we can organise enough volunteer helpers and send you details of the workshop programme. Contact Alice Briggs, 07833590981, mail@alicebriggs.co.uk Organised in collaboration with Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Once registered, please book sessions in advance at the Arts Centre ticket office on 01970 623 232

6.30 - 9pm Tutor Roger Guy Young Tuesdays 12.30 - 3pm Tutor John Reading Tuesdays 6.30 - 9pm Tutor Cath Sherrell Thursdays 6.30 - 9pm Tutor Roger Guy Young Starts 27 April - 10 weeks Cost £60 (£55 conc) + materials Fun and friendly classes which cover all the main making techniques you’ll need in ceramics. Suitable for all levels, from complete beginners to those with more experience. The Tuesday afternoon class is open to all but particularly suited to the elderly and people with disabilities at a special rate of £50 plus the cost of materials. Children’s Classes CLAY MODELLING CLASSES Saturdays 10am - 12noon 9-15yrs £50 + materials 12.30pm - 1.30pm 5-8yrs £38 + materials 2.30pm - 4.30pm 7-11 yrs £50 + materials Starts 25 April - 10 weeks Tutor Rachel Scurlock General pottery classes for children. From sculptures to teapots, children can try out all aspects of ceramics and feel like a professional! Younger children have set project work to follow being able to achieve a finished piece of art they can be proud of. Older, independent children can explore their imagination while learning invaluable making skills producing work of a high standard.

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OPEN ACCESS SESSIONS IN THE DARKROOM The Darkroom is available for open access use on Tuesdays from 12 - 4pm and Fridays from 4 - 8pm during term time (ie when the Arts Centre classes are running). Students must already be experienced in developing their own photos and will have to attend and pass an induction session. For further information call 01970 622888 or email cxs@aber.ac.uk Next Induction Sessions: Wednesday 13th May + 3rd June, 5pm Cost £10. To book, contact Rachel Scurlock on 01970 622888 rls@aber.ac.uk

Adult Class Mondays 7.30pm - 9.30pm Starts 27 April - 10 weeks Cost £62 (£57 conc) Tutor Andy McPherson Andy has 17 years professional experience on feature films, t.v. programmes and commercials as an animator and designer, background artist, storyboard artist and layout artist. Young People’s Class Thursdays 6.30-8.30pm Starts 30 April - 10 weeks Cost £52 12-18 years Tutor Chris Iliff Chris Iliff’s interest in animation started in the first year of his university degree, doing short drawn animations of people walking and talking. Being taught traditionally how to draw and paint has given a good foundation of knowledge to build on in various ways. He is particularly interested in showing young people how to formulate idea’s then to make them come alive in interesting and creative ways.

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NEW!! INTRODUCTARY COURSE ON DIGITAL EDITING OF PHOTOGRAPHS Saturdays 2 - 5pm (except 25 April 3 - 6pm) Cost £17 (£13 concessions) per session plus the cost of any materials used. Tutor Julian Ruddock Each class is a self-contained unit enabling you to come to one or all of them depending on which ones suit your level / interests STILL LIFE/ PORTRAITURE IN A STUDIO SETTING Saturday 25 April (3 - 6pm) An introduction to using digital SLRs manually followed by a workshop that will explore the potential effects that can be achieved with studio lighting, backdrops and tripods. SLR CAMERAS ON LOCATION Saturday 9 May (Off site) A photo-shoot on location at Aberystwyth sea front. The class will involve manual control of exposure to capture the character of the environment and its inhabitants. PHOTOSHOP EDITING AND PRINTING Saturday 16 May A Digi-Lab session involving more advanced Photoshop editing tools, turning photos captured from the workshops into print-ready images. Run by experienced teacher Julian Ruddock, these sessions are designed to give you all the skills you need to start using your computer for image editing and getting the best out of your digital camera. Each session is a self-contained unit enabling you to come to one or all of them depending on which ones suit your level / interests.

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NEW! ‘A FILM IN A WEEKEND!’ AN INTRODUCTION TO VIDEO EDITING SKILLS Saturday and Sunday 10 - 4pm 9 and 10 May Cost £75 (£65) Tutor Jim Elliott Do you have a video camera? We can show you how to turn your footage into a film. This course will look at the basics of video editing using Adobe Premiere Elements (an affordable and accessible editing programme). We will cover digitising, basic editing, audio mixing adding titles and exporting your film so you can watch it at home. Bring along about 10 minutes of your own footage on a Mini DV tape, or use some stock footage provided by the Arts Centre. No experience of editing is necessary but basic PC skills would be an advantage. AN INTRODUCTION TO CINEMA Wednesday and Thursday 7 - 9pm (unless a screening when times will vary) Starts 6 May for 5 weeks Cost: £62 (£57) Tutor: Patricia Rhodes Ever watched a film and fancied yourself as a critic? Would you like to have the knowledge and tools to increase your enjoyment of the films you’re watching? An introduction to cinema is a course designed for anyone with a passion for film who would like to share / develop it further. Running for two nights each week, we will watch a film on Wednesday eve, and then analyse / discuss it on Thursday. For more information please call 01970 622888. Weds 6 May Weds 13 May Weds 20 May Weds 27 May Weds 3 June

Some Like It Hot The Age of Stupid Once Upon a Time in the West TBC Amelie

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ABERYSTWYTH ARTS CENTRE DIGILAB As part of the Wales wide Canllaw online Credu project, Aberystwyth Arts Centre now has its own ‘Digilab’. With ‘of-the-minute’ technology including high speed internet/broadband linked computers, digital cameras, video cameras, colour printers and scanners, video conferencing equipment and mobile pentabs and laptops - and the opportunity to put work produced on the web - local people, and in particular young people aged 16 - 25, will be able to develop a whole new range of digitally based skills and activities. Activities include Digital Photography, Animation, Digital Storytelling projects, Video work, open access sessions and much more! Additionally, the lab is available to anyone on an open-access basis twice a week: Tuesdays 3.30 - 6.30pm Thursdays 3.30 - 6.30pm All digilab users must pass an induction session. For further information on how to take part in this exciting project, please contact Cath Sherrell cxs@aber.ac.uk 01970 622888 ACCREDITED COURSES RUN IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION Participants can use the credits to build towards a Certificate in Higher Education if they wish. Note: to book a place on these courses, please email: learning@aber.ac.uk or phone 01970 621580. The forms can also be downloaded from the SELL website: www.aber.ac.uk/sell/geninfo/ enrol/index.html CA302: TEXTURE AND SURFACE: CLAY Fridays 10am - 2.00pm Starts1 May - 6 sessions Cost £65 (£55 concession) Tutor Angharad Taris

CHILDREN’S HOLIDAY ARTS AND CRAFTS WORKSHOPS Working with a variety of tutors, these popular sessions will take place from 10.30 - 12noon on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday for 5 weeks from Mon 27 July. Early booking at the box office on 01970 623232 advised!! £5.00 per session includes basic materials but t-shirts will cost an added £2. ARTS AND CRAFTS WITH PAUL DAVIS Starts 27 July Mon Colour Explosion 5-8yrs Tues Creatures 5-8yrs Wed Mosaics 5-8yrs Thur Poster Collage 9-15yrs POTTERY WITH JOHN READING Starts 3 August Mon Sunflower 5-8yrs Tues Rainbow Octopus 5-8yrs Wed Sweet Dish 5-8yrs Thur 35mm square, 9-15yrs 200mm tall? SCREEN PRINTING WITH RUTH PACKHAM Starts 10 August Mon boats 5-8yrs Tues seascapes 5-8yrs Wed fish 5-8yrs Thur T-shirt printing 9-15yrs (Bring in your own white t-shirt or buy one for £2!) FELT-MAKING WITH SUE TERREY Starts 17 August Mon Felt Masks Tues Felt Animals Wed Felt Bag Thur Felt Bag or Puppet

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COLLAGE WITH RUTH JÊN EVANS GLUDWAITH GYDA RUTH JÊN EVANS Starts 24 August / Yn dechrau 24 Awst Mon Hearts 5-8 yrs Llun Calonnau 5-8 oed Tues Fish 5-8 yrs Mawrth Pysgod 5-8 oed Wed Birds 5-8 yrs Mercher Adar 5-8 oed Thur Collage 9-15 yrs Iau Gludwaith 9-15 oed

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SUMMER HOLIDAY COURSES FOR ADULTS CYRSIAU HAF I OEDOLION Aberystwyth Arts Centre’s short courses for adults are all taught by practising artists and offer an excellent opportunity for both beginners and professionals to learn exciting new art skills. Many of these courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly recommended! For a full programme, and more detailed course descriptions contact Cath on 01970 622888, or to book call the Box Office (01970) 62 32 32 or online at www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre Mae cyrsiau byrion Canolfan y Celfyddydau i Aberystwyth i gyd yn cael eu haddysgu gan artistiaid gweithredol gan gynnig cyfle rhagorol i ddechreuwyr a gweithwyr proffesiynol i ddysgu sgiliau celf cyffrous newydd. Mae llawer iawn o’r cyrsiau hyn yn boblogaidd iawn, felly fe’ch cynghorir yn gryf i archebu’n gynnar! MAKE FILMS YOUR WAY Tutor Jim Elliott Friday 7 - Sunday 9 August Cost £135 (£115) inc materials For people who use a video camera, but would like to learn more about filming techniques and styles. The first two days will cover technical issues such as lighting, camera angles and tripod technique but also look at more creative and subjective filming, and will include practical filming experiments. On day three participants will work in the Digilab to edit the footage down to (very) short films. The camera never lies, but always has an opinion.

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AN APPROACH TO PORTRAITURE AND PICTUREMAKING Tutor Roy Marsden Sat 8 + Sun 9 August Cost £95 (£85) This course will look at creating visually interesting mixed media images using painting and wet trace techniques. Drawing skills are not essential but a willingness to 'go with the flow' is. Roy Marsden trained at the Royal College of Art and has over 35 years teaching experience at all levels of education. He has pieces in collections throughout the UK and an exhibition history taking in major and lower profile galleries across Britain and Europe.

STEP BACK IN TIME - MAKE AN HISTORICAL PHOTOGRAPH: A PRACTICAL INTRODUCTION TO THE WET PLATE COLLODION PROCESS Tutor Dr Christina Edwards Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 August Cost £110 (£95) inc materials The Wet Plate Collodion Process was introduced by Frederick Scott Archer in 1851 - a key development in the history of photography between the earliest photographic processes, and the invention of film. The course offers a rare opportunity to learn the basics of the Wet Plate Collodion Process. Using a variety of cameras participants will be shown how to make both tintypes and ambrotypes.

SCULPTING IN WAX FOR CASTING INTO BRONZE Tutor Amy Sterly Sat 15 August Cost £145 (£125 conc) including materials Lost wax casting - akin to alchemy n transforming objects into bronze has been used to make sculptures for thousands of years. This course teaches the techniques required to make the wax model required for a professional foundry to cast a bronze sculpture. The finished pieces will be taken away for casting at the Foundry and returned to participants finished and patinated (included in course cost).

BEGINNERS AND IMPROVERS THROWING WEEKEND Tutor Roger Guy-Young Friday 21 - Sunday 23 August Cost £140 (£120 conc) including materials Well known for his throwing courses which are both extremely effective and fun, Roger offers a general introduction to throwing aimed at absolute beginners plus those who can already throw, but who would like an intensive weekend to improve their skills. Roger has been running these hugely popular courses at the Arts Centre for several years now, and with a good potters wheel for each student and his exceptional teaching you will surprise yourself at what you can achieve in three days.

Am raglen lawn, a rhagor o fanylion am y cyrsiau, cysylltwch â Cath ar 01970 622888 For a full programme, and more detailed course descriptions contact Cath on 01970 622888

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SPECIAL PROJECTS AND EVENTS

GALLERY EVENTS AND TALKS

WILD WOOD DAY! Saturday 20 June, 11am - 3pm Parc Natur Penglais Local Nature Reserve Free, all welcome Come and find out more about what your local wood has to offer. The Arts Centre will be taking part along with other local groups and organisations in a fun day of varied woodland crafts and activities. We will be offering a raku firing. Pots will be available for participants to decorate. They can then watch them transform with the raku process. For further information please contact Liz Allan, Conservation Manager on 01545 561074

NEW! LIVE GUIDES IN THE GALLERY Saturdays 2 - 5pm On Saturday afternoons there will be someone in the gallery available to talk about the exhibitions. They will have specific information about the exhibition / artist, but will also be happy just to discuss the work on display. If you would like to book a specific time, or group in for a talk, please contact Cath Sherrell on 01970 622888 cxs@aber.ac.uk, or feel free just to drop in during these times and talk to them if they’re free.

ADULT LEARNER’S WEEK EVENT Saturday 9 May Aberystwyth Prom and Bandstand To celebrate Adult Learner’s Week 2009 Aberystwyth Arts Centre will be joining other local educational providers at the Ceredigion Learning Festival on the Prom and Bandstand on Saturday 9th May. There will be information on learning opportunities, taster sessions in various activities including the chance to have a go on a potters wheel! For further information call Cath on 01970 622888

NEWYDD! TYWYSYDDION BYW YN YR ORIEL Dydd Sadwrn 2 - 5 pm Ar dydd Sadwrn, bydd rhywun ar gael yn yr oriel i siarad am yr arddangosfeydd. Bydd ganddynt wybodaeth benodol am yr arddangosfa/artist, ond byddant hefyd yn hapus i drafod y gwaith yn gyffredinol. Pe hoffech drefnu amser penodol, neu drefnu i grwp gael ei dywys o gwmpas, cysylltwch â Cath Sherrell ar 01970 622888, e-bostiwch cxs@aber.ac.uk, neu mae croeso i chwi alw heibio’r oriel yn ystod yr amseroedd hyn a siarad gyda’r Tywysydd.

NEW! SATURDAY ART CLUB Aberystwyth Arts Centre Saturday 16 May, 20 June, 18 July and 15 August Free, all welcome On the 3rd Saturday of every month there will be a fun ‘drop - in’ activity organised to link in the with the Arts Centre exhibitions programme. No need to book, just turn up and stay for as long as you like. Open to all ages; adults and children, but: Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. For more information, contact Cath Sherrell on 01970 622888 cxs@aber.ac.uk NEWYDD! CLWB CELF DYDD SADWRN Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Dydd Sadwrn 16 Mai, 20 Mehefin, 18 Gorffennaf a 15 Awts, 2 - 5pm Am ddim a chroeso i bawb Ar y trydydd Sadwrn ym mhob mis,fydd y “Clwb Celf”yn cynnig cyfle i chi gymeryd rhan mewn gweithgareddau sydd yn gysylltiedig a’r arddangosfeydd presennol. Ni chodir tal am y sesiynau anffurfiol sydd ar gyfer pob oedran... ni fydd angen archebu lle, Disgwylir i’r rhieni aros gyda’i plant. Am wybodaeth pellach, cysylltwch â Cath Sherrell ar 01970 622888, e-bostiwch cxs@aber.ac.uk

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ARTIST IN RESIDENCE TALKS: Vicki Kerr and Michelle Sank Cinema, Aberystwyth Arts Centre Thurs 18 June, 6pm Aberystwyth Arts Centre is currently hosting an Artists’ Residency Programme. Two Artists will be will be based for a period of 3 months each, in the newly built studios designed by the award winning Thomas Heatherwick, throughout the year. As part of the residency, each artist will give an informal talk about their work. Vicki Kerr has studied in the UK and New Zealand. For many years she has managed to negotiate between two different sides of the planet with ease and confidence, maintaining an unbroken exhibition record in both countries. Her work engages with worldly issues, events and processes as well as conversing with themes and practices within the arts. Michelle Sank was born in Cape Town, South Africa. She has been living and working in the UK since 1987. Her photographs have been exhibited and published worldwide, and she has undertaken numerous residencies for prominent galleries in the U.K. and Europe. Her work is held in both private and permanent collections and she was a winner in the Photographic Portrait Prize at the National Portrait Gallery, London in 2007. Free, all welcome GALLERY TALKS / LECTURES Gallery Talk with Exhibiting artist Richard Cox In conjunction with his exhibition ‘Subterranean Architecture, Stepwells in Western India’: Photography by Richard Cox in Gallery 2. For further information on the exhibition see page 11 Wednesday 15th July, 6pm Arts Centre Cinema Free - all welcome

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Work with Schools & the Community Gweitho gydag ysgolion a’r Gymuned NEW! TEACHERS NOTES! Downloadable teachers’ notes / packs will be available with the exhibition ‘Children in Conflict’ in Gallery 1 this term. These notes provide sufficient information / project ideas and themes for teachers to bring children to the gallery themselves. If rooms are free, we are happy to allow use of our workshops for follow up work while still at the Arts Centre - please contact Rachel Scurlock on 01970 622888, rls@aber.ac.uk to check room availability. Darperir nodiadau ar gyfer athrawon i gydfynd â phob arddangosfa yn Oriel 1 eleni. Bydd y nodiadau yn rhoi cefndir i'r arddangosfa a'r artist yn ogystal ag awgrymu gweithgareddau ar gyfer grwpiau y gwahanol Gyfnodau Allweddol. Y bwriad yw i'ch galluogi chwi i ddod â phlant i ymweld â'r arddangosfeydd eich hunain ac wedyn i barhau'r gwaith yn ôl yn yr ysgol. Gwerthfawrogir unrhyw adborth y gallwch roi i ni ar y datblygiad newydd hwn. www.aberystwythartscentre.co.uk/ information/schoolsinformation.shtml Also on offer this term:

Art Days for Schools: Offer individual schools the chance to bring up to 100 children to the Arts Centre to take part in a variety of activities such as art, pottery, photography, drama, samba drumming, writing etc. All the activities are taught by professional artists. Arts for All’ Sessions: Shorter sessions funded through our ‘Taking Part Grant’ from the Arts Council of Wales are specifically designed for Key Stage 1 children. Artist Ruth Jen Evans will run sessions working with the Arts Centre exhibition programme. Ceramics sessions: Subjects and themes of these popular sessions vary with the exhibitions on show in the Arts Centre. Pupils spend half the day in the Gallery, making drawings and learning how pots are made, then half a day in the Ceramics Workshop designing and making a piece of work out of clay. Run in conjunction with the University Ceramics collection. TEACHERS EVENING Thursday 23 April 4.30pm A chance for teachers to be shown around all the facilities, view the current exhibitions and book places for all the sessions for schools listed above. Tea, coffee and soft drinks will be available. For information on any of the above activities contact Cath Sherrell cxs@aber.ac.uk or Rachel Scurlock rls@aber.ac.uk 01970 622888

Gallery Workshops: in conjunction with ‘Unpopular Culture’ with artist Catrin Webster. Photography workshops: with Stephen Bailey in conjunction with the ‘Jerwood Photography Awards’. Gallery Workshops: in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Children in Conflict’. Film Education Workshops: with Reel Education.

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Drama and Theatre Courses Whether it’s taking part in community productions, voice training, circus or experimental theatre - there are plenty of opportunities for people of all ages to take part in acting and learn about theatre. STAGE SCHOOL Starting Saturday 25th April until 4th July with no session at half term on 30th May Ages 5 - 11 A structured approach to Drama training with separate classes in acting, voice, singing in musical theatre, and stage dance included. The pupils progress as they follow a course designed to lead them through the different skills in learning to act and will also be prepared to audition for Arts Centre productions if they wish. There is curently a waiting list for places - please contact Richard Hull on 01970 628562 or yytstaff@aber.ac.uk YOUTH THEATRE YT1 Starting 21st April Aged 12 - 13 Tuesday 4.30 - 6.30pm £40 (£35 second child) YT 2 + 3 Aged 14 - 18

Starting 20th April Monday 4 - 6.30pm £40 (£35 second child)

This vibrant and popular youth theatre has expanded with 3 groups now running on a Monday and Tuesday evening with some Sunday rehearsals. Led by a professional team of directors, Richard Hull and Harry Durnall. This term, students will be working towards a showcase of work including monologues, duologues and dramatic scenes for an open presentation to parents at the end of term.

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LAMDA Students of the Arts Centre's Stage School and Youth Theatre have the opportunity to take LAMDA examinations during the summer months. LAMDA examinations are designed to equip candidates, whatever their age or aspirations, with a range of skills that will serve them throughout life. LAMDA Examinations is accredited as an Awarding Body by the regulators in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. CASTAWAY COMMUNITY THEATRE GROUP Mondays 7 - 9pm Starting 8th June suitable for adults 18+ £40 (£35) per term This season Castaway will be working on a production of - Love Labours Lost by Shakespeare to be performed at the end of August. New members and complete beginners are welcome, no theatrical experience necessary, just enthusiasm! Director: David Blumfield PIP EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE GROUP Thursdays 7.30pm - 9pm Starting: 23rd April PIP is an open laboratory for performing arts practitioners, students and others, interested in Improvisation as a performing art. PIP is a place to meet other practitioners from the area through practicing and investigating together. It is a place where you can bring your practice, your ideas and questions about improvisation and performance as well as your work in progress to share them, reflect on them and develop them further. To learn more please contact Gesine Daniels at gesineda@gmx.de

OPEN PLATFORM SCHEME The Open Platform is a professional development scheme which offers the opportunity to new companies and practitioners in dance, theatre, storytelling or music to show their work free of charge in a professional theatre space. Extra support and feedback is provided to help new practitioners develop their work and stage it in the Performance Studio. Applications to be included in the Open Platform programme are invited. Please contact Gill Ogden 01970 621512 or ggo@aber.ac.uk NEW! PERFORMANCE COMPANIES IN RESIDENCE SCHEME The Arts Centre’s Beacons Award as a centre of excellence for Arts Development means that we can offer a new programme for emerging theatre and dance companies including rehearsal space, mentoring and a small contribution to production costs. Contact Gill to find out more at ggo@aber.ac.uk

Literature THE POETRY EXPERIENCE: READING GROUP If you enjoy reading poetry you are welcome to join us on the first Saturday of every month in the Recording Studio 2-5pm. No charge. POETRYWORKS: A WORKSHOP FOR LOCAL POETS Meeting on the second Saturday of every month in the Recording Studio 2-5pm. No charge. Any enquiries contact: Nigel Humphreys 01970 820363 nigelvintage@needlework.fsnet.co.uk

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Community Dance A wide range of danceforms from around the world and the best team of specialist dance teachers in the county! Something for everyone at any level or age. HIP HOP Tuesdays 4 - 5.30pm Starting Tuesday 21st April suitable for adults and young people aged 12+ £25 (£20) per term (10 sessions) A fun and lively dance class with for young people, students and energetic adults. Suitable for beginners and more the experienced dancer. CONTACT IMPROVISATION Tuesdays 6.30 - 8pm Starting: 5th May A new dance class with Gesine Daniels to encourage freedom and improvisation, dance narrative skills and physical flexibility. £15 (£13) per term (5 sessions) SCOTTISH DANCE Wednesdays Beginners 7.45 - 9.00pm Experienced 9.00-10.15pm Starting: 29th April suitable for adults 15+ £2.50 a week (pay on the door) Join this enthusiastic local group, have fun and get fit at the same time. Two different classes depending on experience. BELLY DANCING Thursdays Beginners 6.00 - 7.15pm Intermediate: 7.30- 9.00pm Starting: 4th June suitable for adults 16+ £15 (£13) per term (5 sessions) Discover the mysterious and sensuous art of belly dancing.

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SALSA Fridays Beginners: 7.00 - 8.00pm Intermediate 8.00 - 9.00pm Starting: 1st May suitable for adults 15+ £25 (£20) per term (10 sessions) Dance and get-fit with these lively and popular dance classes taught by experienced dancer Janice Hautin. TANGO Fridays Beginners 6 - 7.30pm Intermediate 8 - 9.30pm Starting: 1st May suitable for adults 16+ £15 (£13) 5 sessions Learn one of the most popular dances, Argentine Tango, with experienced dance teacher Felix. CHINESE DANCE Fridays 7.30 - 9pm Starting: 1st May Suitable age adults 15+ £30 (£25) per term (10 sessions) Suitable for all levels and good for general body-training as well as creativity, this popular course is led by Su Chu Lu, an experienced dance and martial arts practitioner CLWB 1-2-3 CLUB Fridays 12.30 - 1.30pm & 1.30 - 2.30pm Starting: 1st May Suitable for ages 0+ Free! Innovative and popular creative, bilingual sessions for babies, toddlers and their parents/carers - movement, music and creative games with Catherine Young. Come along and meet new friends with a coffee in the café and enjoy the creative session together. Sesiynau creadigol dwyieithog ar gyfer babanod a phlant o dan 3 oed a’i rhieni/gofalwyr symud, cerddoriaeth a gemau creadigol.

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ARTS CENTRE DANCE SCHOOL Classes in tap, ballet and modern for all levels from three years upwards. All classes take place in the Arts Centre’s pupose built dance studios and are led by highly qualified teachers. Over 500 pupils each week with successful results at all examination levels. Many former pupils have gone on to train at leading professional dance schools including Central School of Ballet, Laine Theatre Art, Merseyside Dance Centre, Hammond School of Dance in Chester, Stella Mann and the Royal Academy of Dancing. For more information call Maris Davies on 01970 622884 or email gld@aber.ac.uk

Community Music Learn a new instrument, a song or tackle more serious music theory lessons try something new for the summer! GUITAR CLASSES ELECTRIC GUITAR Mondays Beginners 5.00 - 6.00pm Intermediate 6.15 - 7.15pm Starting 27th April suitable for adults 15+ £35 (£30) per term ACOUSTIC GUITAR Wednesdays Beginners 5.00 - 6.00pm Intermediate 6.15 - 7.15pm Starting 29th April suitable for adults 15+ £35 (£30) per term Acoustic and Electric guitar classes with skilled guitarist Brian Swaddling. Beginners and those with a small amount of experience will cover tuning, simple chords and scales, playing in time, and rudimentary notation. Intermediate classes for the more experience player.

community arts & education programme rhaglen addysg a chelfyddydau cymunedol BEGINNERS SAMBA DRUMMING Mondays 6.30-8.00pm Starting: 27th April suitable for adults and young people aged 14+ £35 (£30) per term Beginners’ class with Samba a-go-go leader Zoë Cryer. A relaxing yet energetic class that’s also great fun! The Samba a-go-go Band meet at the Arts Centre every Monday for practice at 8.00pm. Call 01970 628562 if you are an experienced drummer and wish to join the band. HEARTSONG COMMUNITY CHOIR Tuesdays 7.15 - 9.30pm Starting: 28th April. Pay on the door This informal choir of local people led by guest leaders meets at the Arts Centre each week. It’s open to all, even if you think you can’t sing! No need to read music. For more details call Gill on 01970 621512 / ggo@aber.ac.uk ARTS CENTRE CLASSICAL MUSIC TRAINING These well established classes provide an excellent training for children and adults wishing to follow a formal musical education. For further details of classical music training contact Alan Owen on 01970 890603 or aaocompose@aol.com MUSIC THEORY AND AURAL TRAINING Thursdays starting 23 April Grade 5 Theory 4pm - 5pm Post Grade 5 Theory 5 - 6pm suitable for ages 8 - 18yrs £40 per term Preparation for Associated Board exams I - VIII. VIOLIN & VIOLA Thursdays starting 23 April Lively and contemporary playing with tutor Kathy Owen 4.30 - 7.30pm Any enquiries contact Katherine Owen on kathyviol@aol.com PRACTICAL MUSIC THEORY AND MUSIC TECHNIQUES FOR ADULTS Thursdays 6.30 - 7.30pm Starting: 23rd April suitable for adults 18+ £40 per term A flexible course covering all aspects of music theory.

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Performing Arts Summer Courses DANCE TILL YOU DROP! - DANCE SUMMER SCHOOL WEEK Monday 3rd- Friday 7th August 10am - 3pm Age 10-18 yrs £50 (£45 second child) Showing for parents Friday 7th August 3pm Dance Tutor: Rachel West Do you enjoy dancing? Love to learn different dance styles from Fosse to Hip Hop, from Irish to Tap? Then this is the course for you. Work alongside a professional choreographer Rachel West, creating many different routines with a showing for parents on the final day!

WELSH MYTHS AND LEGENDS Monday 10th - Friday 14th August 10am - 1pm Age 6-8 years £40 (£35 second child) Showing for parents Friday 14 August 12.30pm Tutor: Rachel Crane With inspiration from great Welsh mythology the children will devise their own Welsh Myth. Exploring the legends of Cantre’r Gwaelod and Gelert and other well known tales the group will use their imagination and improvisation skills to create an exiting performance for parents at the end of the week.

IF YOU GO DOWN TO THE WOODS TODAY… Monday 3rd- Friday 7th August 10am - 1pm Age 4-6 yrs £40 (£35 second child) Showing for parents Friday 7th August 12.30pm Tutor: Rachel Crane Would the three little pigs call the dog catcher for the wolf? Would Goldilocks be prosecuted for her thievery? Using popular stories and fairytales, the children, with the help of course leader Rachel Crane will create a piece of theatre using well known characters. What would our best loved fairytale characters do in these situations if they were in modern day? Let’s find out!

ACTING & STAGE COMBAT WEEK Monday 17th - Friday 21st August 10am - 3pm Aged 12 - 18 £55 (£50 second child) Performance 3.00pm Friday 21st August Work alongside Fight Director Andrew Ashenden and Director Richard Hull in staging combat scenes from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Learn the use of sword and rapier as well as unarmed stage combat techniques for a performance of the famous combat scenes from Shakespeare’s masterpiece. Andrew Ashenden is a fight director for theatre, film and television, and resident fight teacher for the Royal Academy of Music, Guildford School of Acting and the Bridge Theatre Company in the UK. He is also co-founder of the Cardiff Combat Workshop, which is held in Wales every year.

THE BEST OF THE WEST END SUMMER MUSICAL THEATRE COURSE Monday 10th - Friday 14th August 10am - 3pm Age 8 - 16 yrs £55 (£45 second child) Performance Friday 14th August 3pm Spend a week working intensively with Director Richard Hull, Choreographer Rachel West & Musical Director Ross Doodson on extracts from hit West End Musicals such as Wicked, High School Musical, and Avenue Q. Suitable for young people with some experience of musical theatre or for beginners, this course will culminate in an exciting performance. This course will focus on the specific styles required for musical theatre - specifically through voice training, movement and choreography and acting skills.

THEATRE SKILLS WEEK Monday 24 - Friday 28 August 10am - 3pm Age 11+ £50 (£45 second child) Leader: Harry Durnall and guests A fantastic chance to sample all aspects of theatre. Develop your acting and audition skills, work with directors, technicians and designers have a go at sound and lighting engineering. For anyone with an interest in working in theatre, in the spotlight or backstage, this course is a must!

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Theatre and Dance Special Workshops for the Community

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FOOLS PROOF THEATRE PERFORMANCE SKILLS WORKSHOPS focussing on spontaneity, authenticity and the joy of being in the ‘hot spot’. Fools Proof Theatre ‘sharpen the tools’ needed for improvisation and play, including tuning the use of body and voice, expanding stage presence, and developing keen awareness in all of the senses. Contact Teresa Davies to book a workshop, 01970 628562 yytstaff@aber.ac.uk

EXIT AND OUT Street dance workshops available with the company within your school, delivered by Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre a multidisciplinary and internationally acclaimed company. Suitable for all levels.

DEVISING AND WRITING WORKSHOP WITH STAN’S CAFE This practical workshop explores the dynamics of writing with, and for, devising companies. Writing tips and tools, secrets revealed and a change to ask questions and share ideas. Ideal for writers, directors, devisers and performers. Fri 19 June 2-5pm £10 CONTEMPORARY BALLET WORKSHOP Full or half day workshops, delivered to a class of up to 35 students within your school. New English Ballet’s ISTD registered team consisting of choreographers and company dancers, work with your students around the highly popular style used by the company. Using repertoire by choreographers, such as Richard Wherlock (Ballett Basel), Patrick Delcroix (Nederlands Dans Theater) and Craig Revel Horwood (Strictly Come Dancing and The Ballet Boyz) your students would be able to learn and create dance with the help and assistance of world class professionals. Suitable for all levels. Contact Teresa Davies to book a workshop on 01970 628562 or yytstaff@aber.ac.uk

WELSH NATIONAL OPERA MAX Welsh National Opera will be conducting workshops with Secondary Schools based on their production; Carbon 12, a breathtaking symphony about everyman John Jones, the story of the Welsh coalfields and their people. Teachers can download a resource pack from wno.org.uk or call 0800 328 2357 to request a copy. HERE AND THERE A special digital storytelling workshop for local young people for whom English is a second language., The group, from Penglais School, will be working with writer Sarah Woods and digital teacher Mark Giddens to produce short films based on their own stories. 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.

DISCUSSIONS The Mozart Question Scamp Theatre, Post-show talk. Tuesday 9th June

MUSICFEST WORKSHOPS Linking in to this year’s Musicfest, Lydia Auld, currently the Assistant Head of music at St. Christopher’s School in the Kingdom of Bahrain will be working with groups of children in two local schools prior to the festival. Suitable for years 5 and 6, Lydia will work with the young musicians to create a short piece based on the 4 elements of earth, sky, water and fire, to be performed during the festival alongside Musicfest artists. For information contact Sophie Bennett on musicfest@aber.ac.uk or call 01970 622338 ARTISTIAID MEWN YSGOLION CYNRADD ARTISTS IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS Ni sy’n dod atoch chi! Sesiynau creadigolyn yr Ysgol gydag artistiaid proffesiynol. Y tymor yma cynigir sesiynau mewn ysgrifennu creadigol I ysbrydoli’r disgyblion ac ehangu sgiliau gyda’r prifardd Iwan Llwyd. We come to you! Creative sessions in schools with professional artists. This season there are sessions in creative writing to inspire students and develop skills with the renowned poet Iwan Llwyd. Rydym yn falch i fod y cartref i Sgwad Sgwennu Ceredigion. We are pleased to be the home for Ceredigion Young Writers Squad. OUTREACH WORKSHOPS FOR THE COMMUNITY Outreach Samba, Hip Hop or DJ workshops for youth clubs. Outreach 1-2-3 creative sessions for pre-school groups To book any of these workshops please contact Teresa on 01970 628562 or yytstaff@aber.ac.uk Ceredigion Young People’s Theatre Activity Project, and the local practitioners’ training group are based at the Arts Centre. We are pleased to support the work of these creative groups.

Welsh National Opera ‘An Audience with Errolyn Wallen’, Pre-show talk. Thursday 25th June, 6.30pm

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information gwybodaeth The Arts Centre is situated at the heart of the campus of the University of Wales Aberystwyth. 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.

information gwybodaeth Regular bus services to campus leave from Aberystwyth - the 504 will deliver you straight to the door. Plus the main bus routes North pass the main entrance to campus. For more details contact Arriva on 0871 2002233 or visit www.arriva.co.uk

Train services to Aberystwyth run approx every two hours except on Sundays. For more details call 08457 484950 or use the Railtrack website on www.railtrack.co.uk

Gellir parcio ger y Ganolfan am ddim o 5pm ymlaen gyda’r nos a thrwy’r amser ar benwythnosau. Codir tâl bychan yn ystod y dydd.

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ACCESS FOR DISABLED VISITORS If you would like to check on any access issues before you visit the Arts Centre please call 01970 622882.

Ceir gwasanaethau bws rheolaidd rhwng Aberystwyth a’r campws bydd y 504 yn mynd â chi yn syth at y drws - ac mae’r prif wasanaethau bws tua’r Gogledd yn mynd heibio i brif fynedfa’r campws. Ceir rhagor o fanylion gan Arriva ar 0871 2002233 neu ewch i www.arriva.co.uk

Ceir gwasanaethau trên i Aberystwyth bob rhyw ddwy awr ac eithrio ar ddydd Sul. Os hoffech ragor o fanylion ffoniwch 08457 484950 neu ewch i wefan Railtrack ar www.railtrack.co.uk

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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 welcomed.

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Toilet facilities are accessible on all levels except the lower foyer.

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Hearing loops are installed in the Great Hall, Theatre and Cinema.

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.

Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau yng nghanol campws Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth. Rydych yn troi i mewn i’r campws oddi ar yr A487 ar y ffordd i’r gogledd o ganol tref Aberystwyth. Ceir arwyddion clir.

Mae lle wedi’i gadw ger y brif fynedfa i yrwyr sy’n methu cerdded yn dda. Mae dau le yng nghefn y theatr hefyd, ar yr un gwastad â’r prif gyntedd.

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Gall pobl mewn cadeiriau olwyn fynd i holl awditoria a gweithdai’r Ganolfan. Mae’r prif gyntedd a’r swyddfa docynnau ar yr un gwastad â’r tu allan a gellir mynd mewn lifft i gyntedd y theatr ac ar lifft grisiau i lawr i’r lefel is.

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Mae croeso i gwˆ n tywys a hw ˆ n cymorth. Gellir mynd mewn cadair olwyn i’r toiledau ar bob lefel ac eithrio’r cyntedd isaf. Ceir dolenni clywed yn y Neuadd Fawr, y Theatr a’r Sinema.

information gwybodaeth Please note: No photography or video equipment is allowed in any performance. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Switch - Credit card bookings instantly confirmed. A 50p charge will be made for payments under £5 made by credit / debit card. 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 an performance or screening you have booked seats for, your tickets can be returned up to five 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).

Sylwch: Ni chaniateir offer ffotograffeg na fideo mewn unrhyw berfformiad. Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Switch - Caiff archebion a wneir trwy gerdyn credyd eu cadarnhau ar unwaith. Codir tâl o 50c ar gyfer taliadau o lai na £5 a wneir â cherdyn credyd a debit. Archebu tocynnau - Gallwn gadw tocynnau a archebir yn eich enw am bedwar diwrnod. Ar ôl hynny, cânt eu rhyddhau i’w gwerthu. Os byddwch yn archebu tocynnau ar ddiwrnod y digwyddiad/ffilm, bydd yn rhaid i chi dalu’n llawn wrth archebu. Os byddwch wedi archebu tocynnau a heb dalu amdanynt erbyn diwrnod y digwyddiad/ffilm, cânt eu rhyddhau i’w gwerthu. Ad-dalu a Chyfnewid - Os na allwch ddod i berfformiad neu ffilm yr ydych wedi archebu tocynnau ar eu cyfer, gallwch anfon eich tocynnau yn ôl hyd at bum niwrnod cyn y perfformiad ac fe anfonwn nodyn credyd llawn atoch. Neu gallwn newid eich tocynnau am berfformiad mwy cyfleus o’r un sioe neu ffilm. Os bydd y tocynnau i gyd wedi’u gwerthu, fe wnawn ein gorau i ailwerthu eich tocynnau i chi heb gost ychwanegol (ond ni allwn addo gwneud hyn).

sponsors noddwyr Bookings by Post - Please include your name, address, phone number, performance details and tickets required, plus a cheque/postal order made payable to Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Please do not send cash through the post. Discounts and Offers - Discounts for groups of 8 or more are often available call 01970 623232. 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. For any customer who needs to be accompanied by a carer when visiting the Arts Centre, a complimentary ticket is available for the carer. 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. No refund will be given for customers who miss parts of performances due to lateness.

Archebu trwy’r Post - Nodwch eich enw, eich cyfeiriad a’ch rhif ffôn, manylion y perfformiad a’r tocynnau yr ydych am eu harchebu ac amgáu siec neu archeb bost yn daladwy i Ganolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth. Peidiwch ag anfon arian trwy’r post. Gostyngiadau a Chynigion Arbennig - Yn aml, cynigir gostyngiadau ar gyfer grwpiau o 8 neu fwy - ffoniwch 01970 62 32 32. Prisiau gostyngol - Nodir y prisiau gostyngol mewn cromfachau trwy’r daflen hon. Mae’r pris hwn ar gael i bobl 60+ sydd wedi ymddeol yn llwyr, pobl ifanc o dan 16 oed, myfyrwyr amser llawn, pobl ddi-waith a phobl anabl. Os bydd angen i gwsmer ddod â rhywun i ofalu amdanynt pan fyddant yn ymweld â Chanolfan y Celfyddydau, caiff y gofalwr docyn am ddim. Hwyrddyfodiaid - Er mwyn tarfu cyn lleied ag y bo modd ar gwsmeriaid eraill a pherfformwyr, gellir gofyn i bobl sy’n cyrraedd yn hwyr aros tan y bydd yn gyfleus cyn mynd i mewn i awditorium. Ni fydd pobl sy’n colli rhannau o berfformiadau am eu bod yn hwyr yn cael ad-daliad.

Mailing List - If you would like to join the Arts Centre’s free mailing list just give the Box Office a call, post / email your details, or subscribe online on our website. All tickets and discounts subject to availability. All information in this brochure was correct at time of going to press.

If you would like a copy of this brochure in large print, please call 01970 622889 Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a department of Aberystwyth University. The Arts Centre also gratefully thanks the following for their financial support: Arts Council of Wales, Lottery Board of the Arts Council of Wales, Ceredigion County Council, Aberyswtyth Town Council. Aberystwyth Arts Centre is a member of the Mid Wales Circuit and Creu Cymru. Recognised as a Regional Performing Arts Centre by the Arts Council of Wales.

Rhestr Bostio - Os hoffech ymuno â rhestr bostio Canolfan y Celfyddydau am ddim, ffoniwch y swyddfa docynnau neu gallwch bostio/e-bostio eich manylion. Ni ellir gwarantu y bydd tocynnau na gostyngiadau ar gael. Mae’r holl wybodaeth yn gywir wrth fynd i’r wasg.

Os hoffech gopi o’r daflen hon mewn print mawr, ffoniwch 01970 622889 Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth yn adran o Brifysgol Aberystwyth. Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau’n ddiolchgar i’r canlynol am eu cymorth ariannol hefyd: Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Bwrdd Loteri Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Cyngor Sir Ceredigion, Cyngor Tref Aberystwyth. Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth yn aelod o Gylch Canolbarth Cymru a Creu Cymru. Cydnabyddir gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru fel Canolfan Ranbarthol y Celfyddydau Perfformio.

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Aberystwyth Arts Centre & the Business Community

Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth a’r Gymuned Fusnes

The companies listed below have all supported the Arts Centre this season. Their contribution is greatly valued and their support and enthusiasm for the work of the Arts Centre is much appreciated.

Mae’r cwmnïau isod wedi cefnogi Canolfan y Celfyddydau y tymor hwn. Rydym yn gwerthfawrogi eu cyfraniad, eu cefnogaeth a’u brwdfrydedd yn fawr iawn.

Thanks to the commitment of these partners, the Arts Centre is able to offer its unique service, from performances and exhibitions to education and community projects, which each year attract over 650,000 to the venue. The Arts Centre has developed a strong national profile and we are very pleased to be able to include so many leading companies amongst our supporters. If you or your business would like to become involved in the Arts Centre either in terms of corporate sponsorship of a production or festival, support of our extensive education programme or involvement in a joint promotion, please contact the Arts Centre on 01970 622882.

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Diolch i ymroddiad y partneriaid hyn, gall Canolfan y Celfyddydau barhau i gynnig ei gwasanaeth unigryw, o berfformiadau ac arddangosfeydd i brosiectau addysgol a chymunedol, sy’n denu dros 650,000 o bobl y flwyddyn i’r Ganolfan. Mae Canolfan y Celfyddydau yn enwog trwy Gymru ac rydym yn hynod o falch fod cynifer o gwmnïau blaenllaw ymhlith ein cefnogwyr. Os hoffech chi neu’ch busnes gydweithio â Chanolfan y Celfyddydau, naill ai drwy roi nawdd corfforaethol i gynhyrchiad neu wˆyl, noddi ein rhaglen addysgol gynhwysfawr, neu gymryd rhan mewn cynllun hyrwyddo ar y cyd, cysylltwch â Chanolfan y Celfyddydau 01970 622882.

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