3rd Dec 09
Youth Orchestra
Merthyr Tydfil Youth Orchestra’s programme over the weeks leading up to the Christmas break has been very busy with a number of performances already completed. The next performance date is this coming Saturday, 5th December at 7.00pm, with their Annual Christmas Concert, in the new Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre.
Poet and Novelist’s Visit
The Open Mike Night at the Imperial Hotel tonight (Thursday, 3rd December), welcomes Sheenagh Pugh to Merthyr Tydfil at 7.30pm. Poet, translator, novelist and critic Sheenagh was born in 1950 in Birmingham, moving to Wales in 1971. Sheenagh has published more than ten collections of verse and verse translations, as well as two novels. She won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem in 1998, the Welsh Arts Council’s Poem for Today Competition in 1987 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in both 1988 and 1994. Sheenagh has also won the Bridport Prize, the PHRAS Prize and the British Comparative Literature Association’s Translation Prize. Her poems have been included in several anthologies, notably Poems on the Underground and The Hutchinson Book of Post-War British Poetry. They have also been set to music, have appeared on the trams of Helsinki and the St Petersburg Underground, and have been translated into German, French, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Spanish and Dutch. Her collection of poems The Beautiful Lie was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize 2003 and the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Prize 2003, whilst The Movement of Bodies (Seren, 2005) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation and was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. Her poems derive much of their subject matter from history, mythology and the author’s travels, particularly to Iceland. Open Mike Nights are free and supported by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Academi. For further information please contact: (01685) 725382 or email arts@merthyr.gov.uk.
More Open Mike
Next Tuesday, 8th December, and every second Tuesday in the month is Open Mike Night with Glamorgan Gates, upstairs in the Belle Vue. The nights are free entry, with a number of different singers, musicians and performers taking to the stage. For further information, please contact Glamorgan Gates on 01685 729940, or pop into the shop at 121 High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. (Opposite Burtons and McDonalds)
Circus Fun
Funny Business is coming to Trelewis Community Centre next Thursday, 10th December at 7pm. Funny Business is a comedy circus show for all the family by Circus Berzercus: A sequel to the hit show 'A Komedy of Errors', which came to Trelewis Community Centre last year. The main character Gerald, despite misgivings, has decided to take on Wallace, the hapless circus trainee, as a permanent juggling partner. Has he made a mistake? Expect a show full of hilarious misunderstandings, a fantastic new illusion and a magical glow in the dark section. Entry is only £3, with a £2 concessionary rate for OAPs and children. For further information, please contact: 01443 413657.
Youth Orchestra
Merthyr Tydfil Youth Orchestra’s programme over the weeks leading up to the Christmas break has been very busy with a number of performances already completed. The next performance date is this coming Saturday, 5th December at 7.00pm, with their Annual Christmas Concert, in the new Merthyr Tydfil Leisure Centre.
Poet and Novelist’s Visit
The Open Mike Night at the Imperial Hotel tonight (Thursday, 3rd December), welcomes Sheenagh Pugh to Merthyr Tydfil at 7.30pm. Poet, translator, novelist and critic Sheenagh was born in 1950 in Birmingham, moving to Wales in 1971. Sheenagh has published more than ten collections of verse and verse translations, as well as two novels. She won the Forward Prize for Best Individual Poem in 1998, the Welsh Arts Council’s Poem for Today Competition in 1987 and the Cardiff International Poetry Competition in both 1988 and 1994. Sheenagh has also won the Bridport Prize, the PHRAS Prize and the British Comparative Literature Association’s Translation Prize. Her poems have been included in several anthologies, notably Poems on the Underground and The Hutchinson Book of Post-War British Poetry. They have also been set to music, have appeared on the trams of Helsinki and the St Petersburg Underground, and have been translated into German, French, Italian, Russian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Spanish and Dutch. Her collection of poems The Beautiful Lie was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize 2003 and the Arts Council of Wales Book of the Year Prize 2003, whilst The Movement of Bodies (Seren, 2005) was a Poetry Book Society recommendation and was shortlisted for the T S Eliot Prize. Her poems derive much of their subject matter from history, mythology and the author’s travels, particularly to Iceland. Open Mike Nights are free and supported by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council and Academi. For further information please contact: (01685) 725382 or email arts@merthyr.gov.uk.
More Open Mike
Next Tuesday, 8th December, and every second Tuesday in the month is Open Mike Night with Glamorgan Gates, upstairs in the Belle Vue. The nights are free entry, with a number of different singers, musicians and performers taking to the stage. For further information, please contact Glamorgan Gates on 01685 729940, or pop into the shop at 121 High Street, Merthyr Tydfil. (Opposite Burtons and McDonalds)
Circus FunFunny Business is coming to Trelewis Community Centre next Thursday, 10th December at 7pm. Funny Business is a comedy circus show for all the family by Circus Berzercus: A sequel to the hit show 'A Komedy of Errors', which came to Trelewis Community Centre last year. The main character Gerald, despite misgivings, has decided to take on Wallace, the hapless circus trainee, as a permanent juggling partner. Has he made a mistake? Expect a show full of hilarious misunderstandings, a fantastic new illusion and a magical glow in the dark section. Entry is only £3, with a £2 concessionary rate for OAPs and children. For further information, please contact: 01443 413657.
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