EventSATORU: Catrin Finch & Lee HouseThis immersive performance blends harp with electronic manipulation and spoken word to guide you through a deeply personal.
EventTheatre Re: MomentsOne of the UK’s leading visual theatre companies, Theatre Re recombines original live music with striking visual performance to create world class, deeply moving non-verbal productions about universal human challenges and the fragility of life.
EventThe Paper Cinema: Short tales of other worldsShort tales of other worlds; ghosts, dreams and the supernatural. Fascinating and imaginative storytellers, The Paper Cinema, create extraordinary, magical worlds with vivid pen and ink drawings, puppetry, and a treasure trove of acoustic and electronic sounds.
EventBlackRAT: Dai Cula Prince of the ValleysBlack RAT Productions and Blackwood Miners’ Institute present a new comedy by Richard Tunley. After binge-watching Who Do You Think You Are? Count Dracula becomes convinced he’s got royal blood—thanks to a dubious link between Vlad the Impaler and the Prince of Wales. So, he orders a flat-pack coffin off Temu, books himself an Airbnb, and sets off for the Black Forest… only to land in Blackwood in the South Wales Valleys!
EventNova Music Opera: Scenes from Under Milk WoodNova Music Opera presents a brand new music-theatre work by Ninfea Cruttwell-Reade. Based on Dylan Thomas’ masterpiece, Cruttwell-Reade has devised an innovative blend of aria, recitative, patter song and spoken word, which creatively bring Thomas’ vivid characters to life. Directed by Harvey Evans, the cast includes Rebecca Afonwy-Jones, Thomas Humphreys and David Prince with Nova Music Ensemble, conductor George Vass.
EventMartha MastersDescribed by The New York Times as "Dynamically supple...vivid and assured", American guitarist Martha Masters' playing has a fluidity and warmth which leaves the listener wanting more. From fugue and flamenco to a little touch of Bossa Nova, this programme shows off the guitar in all its greatness.
EventAnt Law 'Unified Theories'Leading guitarist Ant Law is “a game changer” and “an innovator” as described by The Guardian. Unified Theories is Law's ambitious new album marking the start of a brand new lineup. Featuring Will Vinson (alto sax) who returns to Britain after decades at the forefront of the New York jazz scene, one of Europe’s most versatile and in demand bassists, Niklas Lukassen, and Cuban Ernesto Simpson (drums) known for his work with Dizzy Gillespie, Michael Brecker and many more.