13 Nov 08
The Waiting Room
The Waiting Room
Yr Ystafell Aros (The Waiting Room) is a new Welsh language drama by the talented Caryl Lewis - winner of the Welsh Language Book of the Year 2005 (Martha, Jac a Sianco); winner of the Tir-Na-Noog prize 2004 (Iawn Boi!) and Long List author for the Welsh Book of the Year 2008 (Y Gemydd). Yr Ystafell Aros is currently touring Wales and is coming to Merthyr’s Zoar Hall (next to the Canolfan Gymraeg - Welsh Centre), Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil, CF47 8UB on Wednesday, 26th November 2008, at 7pm. Yr Ystafell Aros is Caryl's second play for Arad Goch. Suitable for ages 13+ the performance lasts for around 60 minutes. The theme runs along the concept that “there are waiting rooms everywhere - in the health clinic, in the driving test centre, in the train station and even backstage. When you are waiting for your life to begin, the world can seem like a big waiting room”. This is a drama about growing up. A drama that questions the idea of 'success'. A drama that looks at how very different members of the same family can be. We follow the lives of a brother who is a stage star, a sister who is waiting back home for her life to begin and a mother whose big secret will change all of their lives forever. For further details please contact Jamie on 01685 722176.
Folk Music
Come along to The Imperial Hotel this Saturday (15th November) at 9pm to hear or play some traditional Welsh music. The session will begin with a short tour of Merthyr pubs, raising awareness of traditional Welsh music and instrumentation through the Welsh language. For further details please contact Jamie on 01685 722176.
Lantern Making
Thanks to support and funding from the Heads4Arts project, community volunteers and local teachers have been busy learning how to create lanterns for local community events. The evening was a great success and it is hoped that the skills learnt can be passed on to others in the community. The Young People of Trefechan also benefited from a song writing workshop with a local artist Cheryl Beer and is hoped that this will link into a proposed heads of the valleys festival in the future. The Communities First Partnership in Trefechan are hoping that future events will include a visit to the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff to see a dress rehearsal. For more information on projects and the work of Communities First in Trefechan, please visit their blog at www.communitiesfirsttrefechan.blogspot.com or contact Sally on 01685 383758.
Welsh Choir
Anyone interested in singing and meeting other Welsh speakers and learners may be interested in joining the mixed choir, Cor y Ganolfan (The Centre’s Choir) at Y Ganolfan Gymraeg (Welsh Centre), every Sunday evening at 6 – 8pm. Everyone is welcome. For further information please contact Jamie on 01685 722176 or Jamie@merthyrtudful.com
Folk Music
Come along to The Imperial Hotel this Saturday (15th November) at 9pm to hear or play some traditional Welsh music. The session will begin with a short tour of Merthyr pubs, raising awareness of traditional Welsh music and instrumentation through the Welsh language. For further details please contact Jamie on 01685 722176.
Lantern Making
Thanks to support and funding from the Heads4Arts project, community volunteers and local teachers have been busy learning how to create lanterns for local community events. The evening was a great success and it is hoped that the skills learnt can be passed on to others in the community. The Young People of Trefechan also benefited from a song writing workshop with a local artist Cheryl Beer and is hoped that this will link into a proposed heads of the valleys festival in the future. The Communities First Partnership in Trefechan are hoping that future events will include a visit to the Welsh National Opera in Cardiff to see a dress rehearsal. For more information on projects and the work of Communities First in Trefechan, please visit their blog at www.communitiesfirsttrefechan.blogspot.com or contact Sally on 01685 383758.
Welsh Choir
Anyone interested in singing and meeting other Welsh speakers and learners may be interested in joining the mixed choir, Cor y Ganolfan (The Centre’s Choir) at Y Ganolfan Gymraeg (Welsh Centre), every Sunday evening at 6 – 8pm. Everyone is welcome. For further information please contact Jamie on 01685 722176 or Jamie@merthyrtudful.com
Open Mic Literature
If you like to listen or read poetry and/or short story extracts, then why not come along to next week's Open Mic Night, on Thursday 20th November, with David Johnson, a Bristol-based performance poet, writer, singer/song-writer. He is a 21st Century poet in the body of someone older. He has been described as “Warm and witty, accessible and entertaining, performance poetry at its finest." David has been a featured artist at Bristol Poetry Festival, Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Bath Fringe Festival, Kingston Arts Festival, London, Swindon Literature Festival, Oxford Poetry Weekend and Ashton Court Community Festival. He has also appeared at: Nuyorican Poetry Café, New York; Sweet Lorraine’s, New Orleans and toured the USA. David is co-founder of Paralalia, a poetry partnership dedicated to promoting and encouraging live poetry performance and to bringing poetry to the public ear and eye in new unusual ways. He is a multi poetry-slam winner. David has co-written and appeared in plays for BBC Radio.
If you like to listen or read poetry and/or short story extracts, then why not come along to next week's Open Mic Night, on Thursday 20th November, with David Johnson, a Bristol-based performance poet, writer, singer/song-writer. He is a 21st Century poet in the body of someone older. He has been described as “Warm and witty, accessible and entertaining, performance poetry at its finest." David has been a featured artist at Bristol Poetry Festival, Cheltenham Festival of Literature, Bath Fringe Festival, Kingston Arts Festival, London, Swindon Literature Festival, Oxford Poetry Weekend and Ashton Court Community Festival. He has also appeared at: Nuyorican Poetry Café, New York; Sweet Lorraine’s, New Orleans and toured the USA. David is co-founder of Paralalia, a poetry partnership dedicated to promoting and encouraging live poetry performance and to bringing poetry to the public ear and eye in new unusual ways. He is a multi poetry-slam winner. David has co-written and appeared in plays for BBC Radio.
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