The Welfare - Sept-Dec 2014

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Welcome to our new season Brochure.

Not only do we have more of the increasingly popular and successful live satellite broadcasts, but we also have some of the most invigorating theatre and music acts in the country.

This winter we are proud to programme ‘Our Collective Labours’ a season that celebrates people and work 30 years after the 1984 Miners Strike, this includes the new cinema film Pride (with a Question and Answer session on the opening night), as well as the similar story told for theatre; Pits and Perverts an award winning theatre production from Northern Ireland, we are even collaborating with Tredegar Town Band to produce a riveting evening for anyone interested in the best of British brass music played with archive film of our mining heritage.

On the world music front join us in welcoming The Boxettes; an all-female vocal beatbox group, featuring the world beatbox champion Bellatrix.

We are also thrilled to be welcoming SANS and Andrew Cronshaw direct from WOMAD, as well as Celtic Guitar Journeys.

If all this isn’t enough, we have only the best big films coming to us in the next couple of months free from the hassle of having to venture out to the multiplex.

We look forward to seeing you all soon!

Keep up to date with all our updates and happenings through Facebook and Twitter, or keep your eye on our website!

Picnic boxes are now available for live events. Pre-ordering essential with 48 hour notice.

Box office

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JAMBA Jamba Drama is a fun way to make new friends and build confidence and independence in a safe environment.

It develops concentration, self-esteem and imagination through drama, movement and music.

Mae ‘Jamba Drama’ yn dull hwyliog o wneud ffrindiau newydd ac I ddatblygu hyder ac annibyniaeth mewn amgylchedd diogel. Mae’n datblygu’r gally I ganolbwyntio, hunanbarch a’r dycgymyg trwy ddrama, symudiadau a cherddoriaeth.

Jamba Jumpers Every Wed / Pob Dydd Mercher 4.15-5.15pm

Suitable for ages 4 years to 8 years.

Yn addas ar gyfer plant rhwng 4 oed/8 oed.

Jamba Juniors Every Wed / Pob Dydd Mercher 5.15-6.15

Suitable for ages 9 years to 12 years.

Yn addas ar gyfer plant rhwng 9 oed/12 oed.

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The Performance Factory Award Winning Stage School ‘Guiding and shaping the stars of tomorrow’ Every Tuesday Pob Dydd Mawrth 5pm – 7.30pm Call Performance Factory on 01792 701570 3

Wednesday 3 September at 7pm

Thursday 4 September at 7pm

Thursday 9 October at 7pm

Live Streaming from the Royal Shakespeare Company

Live Streaming from The National Theatre London

Live Streaming from The Young Vic

The Two Gentlemen of Verona Simon Godwin makes his RSC debut to direct Shakespeare’s exuberant romantic comedy. This is the first time in 45 years that The Two Gentlemen of Verona has been performed in full production on the Royal Shakespeare Theatre stage.

Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

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Medea

Helen McCrory (The Last of the Haussmans) returns to the National Theatre to take the title role in Euripides’ powerful tragedy, in a new version by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell.

Medea is a wife and a mother. For the sake of her husband, Jason, she’s left her home and borne two sons in exile. But when he abandons his family for a new life, Medea faces banishment and separation from her children.

Cornered, she begs for one day’s grace. It’s time enough. She exacts an appalling revenge and destroys everything she holds dear.

Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

A Streetcar Named Desire The fastest-selling production in the Young Vic’s history, Tennessee Williams’ timeless masterpiece A Streetcar Named Desire will be broadcast live from their London home by National Theatre Live.

With Gillian Anderson (The X-Files, The Fall) as Blanche DuBois, Ben Foster (Lone Survivor, Kill Your Darlings) as Stanley and Vanessa Kirby (BBC’s Great Expectations, Three Sisters at the Young Vic) as Stella.

Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

Thursday 11 September at 8pm

The Boxettes Five young women with more passion and inspiration than seems safe: The Boxettes are an all female vocal group featuring the world beatbox champion Bellatrix & four of London’s finest new vocalists: Alyusha, Kate, Neo and Yvette.

Crushing the girl band stereotype, these extraordinary young women create a sound & energy so empowering that their every audience is left mesmerized & inspired.

Having met at music-college in 2008, the girls have performed at London’s most esteemed venues including Ministry of Sound, Royal Festival Hall, Brixton Academy & multiple sell out shows at the prestigious Jazz Café. They have also performed at many of the major festivals including Glastonbury, WOMAD and Bestival as well as international shows in India, the USA and much of Europe.

These extraordinary young women have the unusual ability of being able to capture audiences of all ages and types. The Boxettes have a huge future smashing the boundaries between pop, electronic music and a cappella, adding a whole new spin and modern edge to the idea of the ‘girl-group’.

Yng nghwmni pencampwraig fenywaidd bitbocsio’r byd, Bellatrix, fe fydd The Boxettes yn dod â’u sgiliau bitbocs syfrdanol a’u harmonïau I Y Neuadd Les am y tro cyntaf.

Tickets Tocynnau £12, In advance In advance £10 On the door Ar y drws £14/£12

Dan ddylanwad nifer o genres, efallai y gellid disgrifio’u cerddoriaeth yn fras fel math gwahanol o ganu ‘pop’. Er nad oes amheuaeth fod ganddynt ymyl drefol gyfoes, nodedig, maen nhw’n arddangos eu dylanwadau niferus yn falch ac yn defnyddio elfennau o soul, trip-hop, drum’n’bass, jazz, hip-hop, electronica, cerddoriaeth y byd a llawer mwy.

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Wednesday 24 September at 8pm

Sole Purpose Productions and The Rainbow Project presents

Pits and Perverts

by Micheál Kerrigan

Produced, directed and script development by Patricia Byrne for the 30th Anniversary of the Miners Strike This critically acclaimed new play follows the story of Sean who leaves Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles. After coming out as a gay man in 1980s London he becomes involved with the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners group. Two miners from South Wales come to stay with Sean and his partner not realising they are a gay couple. The events that unfold impacts on all their lives. This play toured Northern Ireland last year receiving standing ovations at every performance! It is based on real events in Thatcher’s Britain. It highlights the power of community.

“A sensitive and gritty dialogue” **** Belfast Telegraph Tickets Tocynnau £10 6

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Thursday 2 October at 7.30pm

Red Ladder theatre presents:

We’re Not Going Back We’re Not Going Back is about the 1984/85 miners’ strike… more or less.

But, in this hard-hitting musical comedy there are no miners.

Instead, we follow the fortunes of three sisters in a pit village, hit hard by the Government’s war against the miners and determined to set up a branch of ‘Women Against Pit Closures’ Olive, Mary and Isabel are like any other sisters whose everyday

squabbles became a background hum to the strike that forced them to question their lives, their relationships and their family ties.

We’re Not Going Back tackles the resilience of working communities, the make-and-mend fabric of family and the power of sticking two fingers up to a government hell-bent on destruction… and all with humour, song and a six pack of Babycham.

Tickets Tocynnau £9, Concessions Consesiynau £7

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Friday 3 October at 8pm

SANS SANS is the quartet of English multi-instrumentalist Andrew Cronshaw (electric zither, fujara, ba-wu, marovantele, kantele etc), the great Finnish singer Sanna Kurki-Suonio, English/Australian multiinstrumental reeds player Ian Blake, and Tigran Aleksanyan, Armenian master of his country’s heart-rendingly voice-like reed-pipe, the duduk.

Formed by the musicians who made Cronshaw’s most recent CD, The Unbroken Surface of Snow (which spent 3 months in the top 10 of the European world music airplay chart), SANS is an instrumental and vocal combination not found in

any other band in the world, in which the four members draw deeply on their different but remarkably compatible traditions including the ancient Karelian songs that became Finland’s Kalevala, the sweeping melodies of Armenia and English folk-song. They combine to make a genuinely new music of extraordinary beauty, intensity and fluidity in which each performance is a new creation. Therefore the band’s debut CD SANS Live, released in April 2014, was recorded live on its Flanders tour in December 2013.

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Saturday 18 October at 7pm

Tredegar Town Band The musical origins of Tredegar Town Band can be traced back to 1849, ever since they have represented the Gwent valley town that bears their name with pride - literally so - they are currently the British Open Champions and in the last few months have performed much of the musical score and made a cameo appearance in the critically acclaimed British film ‘Pride’ (filmed locally), which recalls the 1984 Miners’ Strike and the help given to a fictional small South Wales mining community called ‘Dulais’ by the London based Lesbians & Gays Support the Miners group.

Along with performances of work that keeps them consistently at the top of the British brass scene, the first part of this evening’s performance is a unique collaboration with the South Wales Miners Library where the Band have created a musical arrangement for silent archive film footage that traces our mining heritage.

Tickets Tocynnau £14 Concessions Consesiynau £12

Mae’n bosibl olrhain tarddiad cerddorol Band Tref Tredegar nôl i 1849 ac ers hynny maen nhw wedi cynrychioli’r dref honno â balchder. Mae’r band yn Bencampwyr Agored Prydain a dros y misoedd diwethaf, maen nhw wedi perfformio rhan helaeth o’r sgôr cerddorol ac wedi ymddangos yn y ffilm Brydeinig ‘Pride’ a gafodd ei ffilmio’n lleol. Mae’r ffilm yn dwyn i gof streic y glowyr yn 1984 a’r help a roddwyd i gymuned lofaol fechan ffug yn Ne Cymru o’r enw ‘Dulais’ gan grŵp Lesbiaid a Hoywon yn Llundain.

Ynghyd â pherfformio gwaith sy’n eu cadw ar y brig yn y byd pres ym Mhrydain, mae rhan gyntaf perfformiad heno yn enghraifft o gydweithio unigryw â Llyfrgell Glowyr De Cymru lle mae’r Band wedi creu trefniant cerddorol ar gyfer ffilmiau archif tawel sy’n olrhain ein treftadaeth lofaol.

Yn rhan o dymor ‘Ein Llafur Cydweithredol’ gweler tudalennau 14 a 15.

Mining MUSIC

Mining FILM

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Wednesday 22 October at 7.30pm

THEATRE IOLO PRESENTS:

Adventures in the Skin Trade Dylan Thomas’s gloriously surreal coming-of-age and unfinished novel is given new life by acclaimed writer, Lucy Gough (Hollyoaks, Wuthering Heights, Creative Wales Award winner) in a special production for the centenary.

Samuel Bennett leaves his home in South Wales to pursue a career in London. He sets out with an attitude of reckless, nihilistic purpose but encounters a nightmarish city. A room full of furniture, an assortment of bizarre characters and an embarrassing first sexual experience in a cold bath. Join Samuel as he meanders through this dreamlike world, all with a beer bottle stuck soundly on his little finger.

Suitable for ages 14+ Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8 Students Myfyrwyr £5

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Thursday 23 and Friday 24 October at 7.30pm

FRANK VICKERY

EASY TERMS A year ago Vi suffered a stroke and her only son Howard gave up college to nurse her. She, now capable of looking after herself but finds it hard to let go. Howard, has a secret and a caravan holiday in Tenby does nothing to relieve the tension… it only serves to open up the situation for some heartbreaking comedy. Only Frank could write something as serious and as funny as this… the result is a wonderfully entertaining play…a marvellous night out at the theatre… and a lesson to all mother’s… don’t miss it… you’ll love this one!!!

Tickets Tocynnau £11, Concessions Consesiynau £9

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Sunday 28 September at 2pm & 7pm

Thursday 30 October at 7pm with Benedict Cumberbatch as the Creature Sunday 2 November at 7pm with Jonny Lee Miller as the Creature

National Theatre Live

Frankenstein (Cert 15) National Theatre Live’s thrilling broadcast of Frankenstein returns to cinemas for a limited time, due to unprecedented audience demand.

Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny, Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (12 Years A Slave, Star Trek: Into Darkness) and Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, Mansfield Park) alternating roles as Victor Frankenstein and his creation.

The production was a sell-out hit at the National Theatre in 2011, and the broadcast has since become an international sensation, experienced by almost half a million people in cinemas around the world.

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Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

Live from London’s West End this special performance brings multi award-winning Billy Elliot the Musical to cinemas for the first time. Based on the Academy Award nominated film first released in 2000, Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End and has gone on to captivate audiences around the world, winning over 80 theatre awards along the way including Tony Awards and 5 Olivier Awards.

Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/’85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.

Tickets Tocynnau £12.50, Concessions Consesiynau £10

Friday 14 November at 8pm

Celtic Guitar Journeys Three of Europe’s finest acoustic guitarists collaborate in an exciting celebration of their Celtic roots. Soig Sibéril from Brittany, Ian Melrose from Scotland and Dylan Fowler from Wales are all international soloists, in their own right and have albums released on the prestigious German label, Acoustic Music Records. In this performance they showcase unique styles that draw on three distinct Celtic traditions and a world of musical experiences.

Expect sublime music for trio, dazzling music for duo and scintillating solo performances, in this, their first tour of Wales.

Mae tri o gitaryddion acwstig gorau Ewrop yn cydweithredu mewn dathliad cyffrous o’u gwreiddiau Celtaidd. Mae Soig Sibéril o Lydaw, Ian Melrose o’r Alban a Dylan Fowler o Gymru i gyd yn unawdwyr rhyngwladol sydd wedi rhyddhau albymau. Yn y perfformiad hwn maent yn arddangos arddulliau unigryw sy’n tynnu ar dri thraddodiad Celtaidd gwahanol a byd o brofiadau cerddorol.

“This is music with heart, soul and, above all a bullish determination to ignore recognised boundaries.”

Chris Jones – BBC online Tickets Tocynnau £12 Concessions Consesiynau £10 accompanied under 18’s free o dan 18 am ddim

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MINING THE ARTS Mining THEATRE

THE WELFARE YSTRADGYNLAIS IS PROUD TO PRESENT

Our Collective Labours A season that mines the depths of arts that reflect rarely heard community voices: An autumn and winter season of music - theatre - film and visual art in celebration of working people and progressive movements around the world.

We commence this autumn by Mining the Arts inspired by the 1984 Miners Strike In partnership with South Wales Miners Library and The Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru

Pits And Perverts M

See Page 6 Mining THEATRE

We’re Not Going Back

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Mining MUSIC

Mining FILM

Tredegar Band See Page 9 Mining FILM

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Pride See Page 22

MINING HERMAN

Share your memories The Josef Herman Art Foundation Cymru would love to hear your stories, ideas, and memories of Josef Herman’s work; the life and times in which he lived; what his legacy means to Ystradgynlais or how it can benefit the town and the surrounding area.

6 November 7pm

Illustrated Talk with Artist Peter Rossiter Peter Rossiter talks about the still life paintings of his grandfather, Martin Bloch 1883-1954, with some reference to the connections between Bloch and Josef Herman. Peter will also show some of the images in a newly discovered sketch book which Martin used during his visit/s to Ystradgynlais.

Free Event

Get Involved Or to find out more, join us weekly at the Friends of the Hall’s Friday cafe between 10am – 12pm or contact us at info@josefhermanfoundation.org This information may be included in our new digital community archive, uploaded to TATE’s website or used to inform future project activities.

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PRIVATE HIRES Wednesday 17, Thursday 18 & Friday 19 September at 7.30pm

Saturday 27 September at 7pm

The Performance Factory Stage School Presents: Disney’s

CÔR Y GYRLAIS

ALICE IN WONDERLAND

Annual concert by Côr y Gyrlais, with guest choir Côr Twrw Tawe, Cellists Carwyn and Osian Jones and Compère Alun Wyn Bevan.

Following the success of last summers production of Annie, book your tickets early for another summer spectacular.

Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

Thursday 20 November at 7.30pm

CWMPLODDY In this original comedy drama about the Residents of Cwmploddy Village, you’re guaranteed side-splitting laughter from start to finish. It’s a mix of Mrs Browns Boys, Gav and Stace meets Hyacinth Bucket all rolled into one. Miss it and you’ll miss one of the best nights out you will ever have!!! in theatre history.

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Cwmploddy is a small village in the heart of the South Wales Valleys. Doris Jones lives with her daughter Bonnie Jones who wants to be known as Bonifa Lauguifa Shaniqua Jones as she wants to be famous.

She drives her mother up the wall wanting the latest trends and magazines. One day her dream comes true and she has to leave Cwmploddy to peruse her dream. Can she go through with it and leave her Mother and Best Friend behind?

Tickets Tocynnau £10, Available from Choir Members: Tel 01639 843538

Sunday 23 November at 3.30pm

Sherman Cymru in association with Theatr Genedlathol Cymru

The Ugly Duckling Adapted by Kath Chandler Directed by Sara Lloyd This English language production is a tender and playful tale of belonging and friendship.

Join the Ugly Duckling waddling and honking through a blossoming Spring, a glorious Summer, a swirling Autumn and a cold snowy Winter on an exciting journey of discovery. Our hero meets a host of farmyard friends on a big adventure to find a true home.

With imaginative storytelling, delightful puppetry and music, this is a must-see show for all little ones and their families this Christmas.

Mae hon yn sioe Saesneg deuluol arbennig i blant dan 7oed, sy’n llawn dychymyg, pypedau a cherddoriaeth, peidiwch â cholli’r cyfle i ddod i’w gweld dros gyfnod y Nadolig eleni.

Tickets Tocynnau £6 Family Teulu £20

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Thursday 4 December at 7.20pm

Dance Shorts The Future For Beginners is preceded with 10 minutes of brand new dance.

Alex Marshall Parsons introduces: Gary and Pel… The King and Queen of high school; The Mr and Mrs of illogical and The Queer and Deluded of Home Life.

An entertaining and fun-packed dance theatre duet suitable for all at 7.20pm

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liveartshow: The Future For Beginners liveartshow and the Wales Millennium Centre present a funny and touching story about the perils of growing old together…

Mathew and Bethan share a dream of growing old together - to be the type of couple who can say everything with just a look. They plan every day of the rest of their lives in great detail - to futureproof their future. But there’s a problem, a schism that could bring their world tumbling down around them.

Tickets Tocynnau £9, Concessions Consesiynau £7 Students Myfyrwyr £5

Tuesday 9 December at 8pm

Live Streaming from The National Theatre London

JOHN

JOHN contains adult themes, strong language and nudity. Suitable for 18yrs+.

Internationally renowned DV8 Physical Theatre bring their powerful new production to the National Theatre.

DV8 Physical Theatre has produced 18 highly acclaimed dance-theatre works and four films for television, which have garnered over 50 national and international awards.

The company’s new production, JOHN, authentically depicts real-life stories, combining movement and spoken word to create an intense and moving theatrical experience.

Lloyd Newson, DV8’s Artistic Director, interviewed more than 50 men asking them frank questions, initially about love and sex. One of those men was John.

What emerged was a story that is both extraordinary and touching. Years of crime, drug use and struggling to survive lead John on a search in which his life converges with others, in an unexpected place, unknown by most.

Don’t miss this eagerly anticipated new production, broadcast live from the National Theatre.

Tickets Tocynnau £10 Concessions Consesiynau £8

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Thursday 18 December at 10am & 1pm

Martyn Geraint Monday 8 December at 7.30pm The Chimes (1844) is the second in Dickens’s series of Christmas books, with as powerful a punch now as it had in his time.

In the run-up to the festive season, local porter, Trotty Veck falls asleep in the doorway of a church. Woken by the bells, and magically dragged up the tower, he has just one chance to change this world... but will he listen to the bells?

The Chimes is a Victorian It’s a Wonderful Life filled with all of the master story-teller’s colourful characters and heart-rending poignancy.

Fresh from successful adaptations of She Stoops to Conquer and A Christmas Carol, Lighthouse Theatre brings their signature style to this classic by the most theatrical of authors. With a company of five, carols, music and – of course – bells!...this show is sure to be fast and funny, inventive and entertaining; but most of all a Christmas treat to reinforce the message of this festive time of the year...

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Tickets Tocynnau £9, Concessions Consesiynau £7

Pws Mewn Bwts “Pws Mewn Bwts” yw teitl pantomeim Martyn Geraint ar gyfer 2014. Mae’r stori’n dilyn helyntion Jac - mab tlawd i felinydd y pentre - a’i gath hudol ! Unwaith eto, bydd Martyn Geraint yn chwarae rhan y “Dame” - Diolch Croeso - fydd hefyd yn ceisio helpu Jac i briodi’r dywysoges . Ac wedi llwyddiant ysgubol sioe “Draw Dros y Don” y llynedd,[sgoriodd 9.5 allan o 10 yn y ffurflenni adborth] rydym yn gobeithio creu sioe llawn lliw, hiwmor, cerddoriaeth, dawns a rhyngweithio unigryw’r theatr ar eich cyfer CHI - teuluoedd, ysgolion, plant a phobl ifanc Cymru - felly dewch yn llu ar gyfer rhan bwysig o addysg ddiwylliannol ein plant ac er mwyn creu atgofion fydd yn para’n hirach nag unrhyw gofnod o ddata ac ystadegau !  Rydym yn teimlo fod y panto yn fwyaf addas ar gyfer plant rhwng Blwyddyn 1 a Blwyddyn 6 yr Ysglion Cynradd. Ond wedi ymateb arbennig iawn gan ddisgyblion Blwyddyn 7-13 yn y gorffennol, rydym yn hyderus bod pantomeim Cymraeg a Chymreig Cwmni Martyn Geraint hefyd yn addas i grwpiau o ddysgwyr a disgyblion Ysgol Uwchradd sy’n astudio Cymraeg, Drama neu Astudiaethau’r Cyfryngau.

“Pws Mewn Bwts” - is a Welsh version of the famous Puss in Boots adventure. The tall tale tells of a poor miller’s son, Jac, who is left little in his father’s will except a very talented Cat. After the roaring success of his debut as Dame last year, Martyn Geraint will spend another winter in his posh frocks [which are worth the ticket price alone!] while trying to help Jac marry the princess  MG’s Welsh language Pantomime is also a great show for those who are learning Welsh!

Tickets Tocynnau £10 Concessions Consesiynau £8

Wednesday 3 December at 10.30am

Peoples Theatre presents

Santa In Love

By Steven Lee Have you ever wanted to know a secret? A Christmas secret!

Maybe you’d like to know where the fairy on top of the Christmas tree comes from, or why you never see a Christmas elf, or what exactly happened to Frosty the Snowman?

Or maybe you’d like to know the greatest secret of them all... the one about Santa Claus and the thing he secretly loves best.

Could it be presents? Could it be reindeer? Could it be snow?

You’ll never guess, so if you want to find out then join Santa and his friends in this fun filled family musical complete with games, giggles and all your favourite Christmas songs.

Santa will be available after the show to meet your little ones and give them a present, so don’t forget to bring your camera to capture the smiles!

Tickets

Tocynnau £6

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Cinema

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My Old Lady

Pride

See website An American inherits an apartment in Paris that comes with an unexpected resident‌ Staring Maggie Smith

CERT

Mr Turner See website A look at the life of British artist JMW Turner starring Timothy Spall. Director Mike Leigh.

The Hundred Foot Journey See website An Indian family moves to France and opens a restaurant across the street from a Michelin-starred French restaurant.

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Mining FILM

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Friday 12 September at 7pm (Special screening with a Q+A session with Sian James MP) Saturday 13 at 7pm, Sunday 14 at 7pm, Saturday 20 at 7pm, Sunday 21 at 7pm and Monday 22 at 2pm and 7pm.

It’s the summer of 1984 Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is on strike.

At the Gay Pride March in London, a group of gay and lesbian activists decides to raise money to support the families of the striking miners. But there is a problem. The Union seems embarrassed to receive their support. But the activists are not deterred. They decide to ignore the Union and go direct to the miners. They identify a mining village in deepest Wales and set off in a mini bus to make their donation in person. And so begins the extraordinary story of two seemingly alien communities who form a surprising and ultimately triumphant partnership.

I wonder which local communities the fictional village of Dulais is based on!!

For up to date screening information call the Box Office on 01639 843163 or visit our website on www.thewelfare.co.uk or find us on Facebook For more information on cinema listings please check our answer phone or log on to www.thewelfare.co.uk Am fwy o wybodaeth am sioeau sinema cadwch llygad ar ein safle we ar www.thewelfare.co.uk

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Coming Soon Satellite Thursday 22 January 2015 at 7pm

Live Streaming from The National Theatre London

Treasure Island Robert Louis Stevenson’s story of murder, money and mutiny is brought to life in a thrilling new stage adaptation by Bryony Lavery, broadcast live from the National Theatre.

It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full of secrets. Jim invites him in – and her dangerous voyage begins.

Suitable for 10 years + Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8

Family matinee Encore Screening (cert 12A) Thursday 19th February at 2pm Tickets Tocynnau £10, Concessions Consesiynau £8, Child Plentyn £6, Family Ticket Teulu £20

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Coming Soon Sunday 22 February 2015 at 3pm

Run Ragged Productions presents

The First Time Machine

Step right up, step right up! Before Dr Who and the Tardis, before Back to The Future there was Anacronopete - The First Time Machine. Brothers Treays welcome you aboard their craft for the voyage of a lifetime taking you on an extraordinary journey into the past. Featuring deeds of derring-do and dangerous man eating bears in a dance through time that promises to entertain and enlighten. A feast of live music, theatre and dance. Bring all the family on a voyage of extraordinary discovery…

Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls hold on to your seats!

Suitable for families of all ages or suitable for ages 5+

Wednesday 18 February 2015 at 7.30pm

The Torch Theatre Company presents

Gareth John Bale as ‘Grav’ Ray Gravell, an actor, a cultural icon, a father, a husband, a man with a life packed full of stories that deserve to be heard once more.

‘Grav’ will remind the world once more of a unique life well lived, that of a man who did so much more than eat soft centres.

Bydd ‘Grav’ yn atgoffa’r byd unwaith eto am ei fywyd unigryw wedi ei fyw’n dda. Yn actor, yn eicon diwylliannol, tad, gwr, a dyn gyda bywyd llawn storiau sydd yn haeddu cael eu clywed unwaith yn rhagor.

Coming Soon

ENO Screen ENGLISH NATIONAL OPERA

Thursday 22 and Friday 23 January at 7pm, Saturday 24th at 1.30pm & 7pm, Sunday 25th at 1.30pm

Wednesday 11 March at 7pm

Glantawe Theatre Co.

Tuesday 19 May at 7pm

Snow White

and the Seven Dwarves Join us on another magical journey into pantoland with the ever popular Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

La Traviata

The Pirates of Penzance

Wednesday 1 July at 7pm

Carmen

Thursday 12 March 2015 at 7.30pm

Distance Productions present

Bouncers

Written by award winning playwright John Godber, this comedy with a bleak streak is a high impact stylised view of today’s urban nightlife. A sharp, edgy look at what goes on late at night in every town, when the pubs are shut and the beers been downed.

Tickets £12/£10 on sale now for ENO Spring Summer Season

La Traviata

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Private Hire Llogi Preifat

Discover what’s on at The Welfare Ddarganfod beth sy’n ‘mlaen yn y Neuadd Les

Conferences, Training, Weddings and Birthdays

Find details of all our events on-line at www.thewelfare.co.uk Darganfyddwch wybodaeth am yr holl weithgareddau ar y we: www.thewelfare.co.uk You can now buy your tickets online through Paypal!

Visit our website and follow the instructions. Reservations to be collected up to 7 days after booking to avoid disappointment.

I ARCHEBU EICH TOCYNNAU TO BOOK YOUR TICKETS

With a variety of rooms offering varying capacities and facilities, The Welfare is the perfect venue for your private event. With seven separate spaces (including the foyer for temporary displays) we will do our best to accommodate your needs. Internet access, audiovisual equipment and technical facilities are available on request.

More detailed information is now available on our website or alternatively phone the Box Office for a chat. For your special events, wedding or birthday party a full decorating and floral service is available at our venue.

Am fod gan y Neuadd Les ystafelloedd sy’n amrywio o ran y nifer o bobl maent yn gallu dal a’r cyfleusterau maent yn gallu cynnig, mae hi’n lleoliad perffaith i gynnal eich digwyddiadau preifat. Gyda saith gwahanol leoliad (gan gynnwys y cyntedd ar gyfer arddangosfeydd dros dro) gwnawn ein gorau glas i gwrdd â’ch gofynion.

Cewch hefyd fynediad i’r rhyngrwyd, offer clyweled a chyfleusterau technegol, dim ond i chi ofyn.

Mae rhagor o fanylion ar gael ar ein gwefan neu, os ydy hi’n well gennych, ffoniwch y swyddfa docynnau am sgwrs.

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IN PERSON: The Box Office is open 102pm, Monday to Friday or half an hour before and an hour after the start of a show or cinema screening.

OVER THE INTERNET: You can now buy your tickets online through our website!

If you require specific seating, or if you’d like to choose your seat, please phone the box office as soon as possible after your purchase.

BY PHONE: Speak to staff during Box Office hours or use the e-mail, answer phone or fax.

E-mail: boxoffice@thewelfare.co.uk Phone: 01639 843163 Fax: 01639 849879 ACCESSIBILITY Helping hands and level Wheelchair access to all event facilities and toilets. Please inform the Box Office staff if you have any particular requirements and we will be happy to help.

The Welfare is pleased to offer an infrared hearing loop service.

MEWN PERSON: Mae’r Swyddfa Docynnau ar agor rhwng 9yb - 3yp Ddydd Llun hyd at Ddydd Gwener neu am hanner awr cyn ac am awr ar ôl i’r sioe neu sinema ddechrau.

Dros y We: Fe allwch nawr prynnu eich tocynnau trwy’r gwefan! Os bydd angen seddi sbesifig, ffoniwch y swyddfa cyn gynted ag sy’n posibl.

DROS Y FFÔN: Siaradwch â’r staff yn ystod oriau swyddfa neu defnyddiwch yr e-bost, y ffôn neu’r peiriant ffacs.

E-bost: boxoffice@thewelfare.co.uk Ffôn: 01639 843163 Ffacs: 01639 849879 MYNEDIAD Lloriau gwastad a digon o bobol i helpu i gyrraedd yr holl gyfleusterau. Rhowch wybod i staff y swyddfa am unrhyw anghenion arbennig a byddwn yn falch i’ch helpu. (Mae cylch gwrando gan y Neuadd ar gyfer pobl sydd â phroblemau clywed)

The text of this brochure is available in large print on request.

Mae testun y daflen hon ar gael mewn print bras. Holwch am gopi.

Directions - How to find us From the M4

From the Heads of the Valley Road A465

Leave the M4 Junction 45 and join the A4067 North. Continue on this road for approx 15mins through 7 roundabouts, following signs for Dan-yr-Ogof Caves and Brecon. After the seventh roundabout follow the sign for Ystradgynlais and turn right. Once you reach the mini roundabout turn left and continue into town. Shortly after a zebra crossing The Welfare is situated on the left just past a petrol station.

You will find ample parking in front of the building.

Leave the A465 at Glynneath and follow the A4109 towards Abercrave. Continue as it becomes the A4221 and when you reach the T Junction, turn left onto the A4067. After passing Abercrave you will reach two consecutive mini roundabouts, keep left, entering Penrhos. At the bottom of a long hill turn right into The Welfare.

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From Mid Wales / Brecon Join the A40 and travel west towards Sennybridge. Turn left off the A40 onto A4067 (towards Dan-yr-Ogof). Keep on this road, through Abercrave and follow the directions from above.

Cyfarwyddiadau - Sut i ddod o hyd i ni O’r M4

O Ffordd Blaenau’r Cymoedd A465

Gadewch yr M4 gan ddefnyddio cyffordd 45 ac ymunwch â’r A4067 gan deithio i gyfeiriad y Gogledd. Cadwch at yr heol hon am dua 15 munud. Ewch yn syth heibio 7 chylchfan a dilynwch arwyddion Ogofau Dan-yr-Ogof ac Aberhonddu. Ar ôl y saithfed cylchfan, dilynwch yr arwydd i Ystradgynlais a throwch i’r dde. Wrth gyrraedd y cylchfan mini, trowch i’r chwith nes cyrraedd y dre. Ar ôl mynd heibio croesfan cerddwyr sebra gallwch weld y Neuadd Les ar y llaw chwith ar ôl mynd heibio’r garej. Mae digon o le i barcio yn y maes parcio sydd o flaen yr adeilad.

Gadewch yr A465 wrth gyrraedd Glyn-nedd a dilynwch yr A4109 i gyfeiriad Abercrâf. Parhewch i wneud hynny wrth i’r heol newid i’r A4221 ac ar ôl i chi gyrraedd y Gyffordd T, trowch i’r chwith a dilynwch yr A4067. Ar ôl mynd heibio Abercrâf, fe ddewch at ddau gylchfan mini, un ar ôl y llall.

Cadwch i’r ochr chwith a chyn bo hir, fe ddewch i Benrhos. Ar waelod y tyle hir, trowch i’r dde i mewn i faes parcio’r Neuadd Les.

O Ganolbarth Cymru / Aberhonddu Ymunwch â’r A40 a dilynwch yr heol hon i gyfeiriad y Gorllewin tan i chi gyrraedd Pontsenni. Trowch i’r chwith. Wrth wneud hynny byddwch yn gadael yr A40 ac yn ymuno â’r A4067 (i gyfeiriad Dan-yr-Ogof). Cadwch at yr heol hon ac ewch heibio Abercrâf. Yna dilynwch y cyfarwyddiadau uchod.

t: 01639 843163 www.thewelfare.co.uk

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Live Events | Digwyddiadau Byw

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Registered Charity.

September Wednesday 3 at 7pm

The Two Gentlemen Of Verona Thursday 4 at 7pm

Medea

Thursday 11 at 8pm

The Boxettes

Wednesday 24 at 8pm

Pits and Perverts Sunday 28 at 2pm & 7pm

Billy Elliot

Saturday 18 at 7pm

Tredegar Town Band Wednesday 22 at 7.30pm

Monday 8 at 7.30pm

Thurs 23 & Fri 24 at 7.30pm

Tuesday 9 December at 8pm

Frank Vickery Easy Terms

Thursday 30 at 7pm

Frankenstein November Sunday 2 at 7pm

Frankenstein

Thursday 2 at 7.30pm

Friday 14 at 8pm

Friday 3 at 8pm

SANS

Thursday 9 October at 7pm

A Streetcar named Desire

Box Office opening hours Monday to Friday 10am - 3pm For full details visit our website at www.thewelfare.co.uk

The Future For Beginners

Adventures in The Skin Trade

October We’re Not going Back

Thursday 4 at 7.20pm

Celtic Guitar Trio Sunday 23 at 3.30pm

Chimes John

Thursday 18 at 10am & 1pm

Pws Mewn Bwts January Thursday 22 at 7pm

Treasure Island February Grav

Thursday 19 at 2pm

December

Sunday 22 at 3pm

Santa In Love

Oriau agor y Swyddfa Docynnau Dydd Llun i Ddydd Gwener 10yb - 3yh Manylion llawn ar ein gwefan www.thewelfare.co.uk

Outside Box Office hours reserve your tickets by emailing us on boxoffice@ thewelfare.co.uk or by leaving a phone message.

Wednesday 18 at 7.30pm

The Ugly Duckling Wednesday 3 at 10.30am

To book tickets call the box Office on 01639 843163.

Treasure Island The First Time Machine

All details correct at time of going to press.

We reserve the right to change the programme due to circumstances beyond our control.

Mae’r holl fanylion yn gywir ar yr adeg pan fo’r rhaglen yn mynd i’r wasg. Rydym yn cadw’r hawl i newid y rhaglen oherwydd amgylchiadau y tu hwnt i’n rheolaeth.