Merthyr Express column

Cor Y Ganolfan
The Welsh Choir; Cor Y Ganolfan will begin meeting on 14th September at Y Ganolfan Gymraeg/The Welsh Centre, Pontmorlais. The choir will continue to meet every Sunday evening from 6pm until 8pm. A must for all those Welsh speakers and learners who enjoy singing and would like an opportunity to sing in Welsh, in a friendly environment with other Welsh speakers and learners. For further information, please contact: Jamie Bevan on 01685 722176 or email Jamie@merthyrtudful.org

Treats On the Streets
Following the success of two great Treats On The Streets events in 2006 and 2007 and the Rock Weekend earlier this year. Merthyr Tydfil town centre will host a third Treats on the Streets this September. But this year it will be bigger and better. The event will be free of charge but this year will stretch across two days of fun, from Saturday 20th September until Sunday 21st. The celebrations will include something for everyone, including music, kids activities and stalls. The fun takes place at the Café Quarter, Lower High Street, Town Centre, Merthyr Tydfil. For further information please contact: Rhian Prosser 01685 725106.

Poetry Nights
The next Open Mike Night will welcomes Cardiff poet Mab Jones on Thursday, 25th September 2008. Mab Jones began her career when she haphazardly gate-crashed a poetry open mike and then, a month or so later, found herself in the semi-final of the Radio 4 National Poetry Slam. Thanks to this, Mab was encouraged to carry on gate-crashing events. She is now resident poet at the Resurrected Comedy Club in Cardiff, and has performed in recent months at Chapter, Bath Spa University, Swansea Grand Theatre, and many other places. Performance poetry is her own form of self-therapy, which she may outgrow at some point. Until then, Mab is having a jolly time, and tries to entertain through poems that are funny and dark in equal measure. Open Mike Poetry Nights at The Imperial are funded by MTCBC Arts and Academi. For further information please contact (01685) 725382 or arts@merthyr.gov.uk

Punk Legends
Punk rock legends the UK Subs return to Merthyr for the first time in around 20 years supported by Merthyr’s very own Punk veterans Foreign Legion at The Myfanwy Theatre, in Merthyr Tydfil College, on Thursday, 25th September at 8.00pm. Tickets cost £10.00. For further in formation please contact Myfanwy Theatre 07516774384. The gig is supported by the University of Glamorgan and MTCBC Arts.

Merthyr Play
Eminent Merthyr playwright Alan Osborne returns to his hometown with his play This Is The Day on Wednesday, 19th November. Tickets: £5.00. For further in formation please contact Myfanwy Theatre 07516774384. The season at the Myfanwy Theatre is supported by the University of Glamorgan, MTCBC Arts and the Arts Council’s Night Out scheme