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REJOICE – Llangattock Floral Festival

Let the bells at Llangattock ring out this Christmas, with a celebration of the season of goodwill, in floral displays. Depicting the different and varied Village bells that herald the arrival of Christmas is quite challenging, but the local community and friends from Abergavenny, Tredegar, Newport and Brecon Floral Societies will rise to the occasion. […]

The Secret Agent

Suitcase Theatre Company brings Conrad’s classic story to the Melville Theatre After the success in June of its first production – Lilies on the Land, a play about the Women’s Land Army – Abergavenny’s Suitcase Theatre Company has gone further back in time, to the turn of the last century, for its next production at […]

Crossword Solution: December 2014 issue

Monmouth Concert Orchestra is playing near you!

Since it was founded in 2007, Monmouth Concert Orchestra has gone from strength to strength. An amateur orchestra based in Monmouth, it comprises around 50 players from across Monmouthshire, Powys, Herefordshire and Gloucestershire. Led by its inspirational musical director, David J Davies, its original aim was to bring together adults (aged 18-80+!) some of whom […]

Abergavenny Orchestral Society

Abergavenny Orchestral Society has been going for well over 100 years but is just about to embark on its most ambitious enterprise to-date. On November 29th it will be staging a performance of Beethoven’s last, greatest symphony – the Ninth – with its famous choral setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy. This is not often […]

Abergavenny Orchestral Society

Abergavenny Orchestral Society has been going for well over 100 years but is just about to embark on its most ambitious enterprise to-date.  On November 29th it will be staging a performance of Beethoven’s last, greatest symphony – the Ninth – with its famous choral setting of Schiller’s Ode to Joy. This is not often […]

Top Class Performance

Principal, Lesley Walker tells us about the range of classes available for budding performers at Ribbons Ballet School – a large, privately run dance school, based in Brecon, founded in 1995 with over 200 pupils. Ribbons offers Ballet and Tap classes for children from age 3 upwards. Our senior branch, Mid Wales Dance Academy, offers […]

Film Review: The Judge

Henry “Hank” Palmer (Robert Downey Jr) is a successful, high flying city lawyer, with a reputation to match. Firmly installed in his urban life, reality and his past suddenly catch up with him after the death of his mother and a long overdue trip back to his rural home town. Determined to keep his visit […]

The Art of Storytelling

Local storyteller Daniel Morden is hosting a unique event in Abergavenny next month – a performance by folk legend Robin Williamson. “It is a dream come true,” said Daniel. “Robin is a wonderful storyteller. His stories are hilarious and magical by turns. He has the timing of a comedian and the turn of phrase of […]

Learn to Sing with Synergy

Have you ever wanted to improve your singing voice, but never quite got round to doing anything about it? Well here’s your chance to join up for a free 6 week Singing Course, run by Synergy, an acappella (without instrumental sound), close harmony chorus based in Abergavenny. The course, starting on Thursday 15th January, will […]

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