Events by month
Savoy Theatre - Frankie Titters On
Event Date: 02-Feb-2011
Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3BU
phone: 01600 772467
Walking in their footsteps - Talk in Gelligaer
Event Date: 03-Feb-2011
The Harp Inn, St Cattwg's Avenue Gelligaer Caerphilly CF82 8FE
phone: 01873 850496
Sponsored by Can Do Team, Consultants to the Gelligaer Roman Fort Project at The Harp Inn, Gelligaer. Contact Kim Colebrook on 01873 850496 or email Click to email to book your place.
Nursing Lives
Event Date: 03-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
Vamos Theatre brings together a number of ex-Trestle Theatre members to create Nursing Lives, a full-mask theatre production alive with visual inventiveness, evocative music and song, physical theatre and 1940s dance sequences.
Hells Bells Hellrazor
Event Date: 04-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
World-famous and ready to rock, Hell's Bells are the world's leading AC/DC show, blowing all who come to see them away, all around the world.
King Lear
Event Date: 05-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
An aging monarch. A kingdom divided. A child's love rejected. As Lear's world descends into chaos, all that he once believed is brought into question. One of the greatest works in western literature, King Lear explores the very nature of human existence: love and duty, power and loss, good and evil.
Countryside Walk: Clytha
Event Date: 05-Feb-2011
Clytha Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 9BW
phone: 01291 691237
Join Monmouthshire Countryside Service for a 6 mile (9.5km) walk passing Clytha Castle, an Iron Age hill fort, a secluded church and a section of the Usk Valley Walk. Bring a packed lunch and a drink. Wear boots or stout shoes and bring a waterproof coat. Dogs on short leads permitted. One very steep slope and lots of stiles.
Art Galleries and Exhibitions in Erwood and the Northern Beacons
Event Date: 09-Feb-2011 - 01-Feb-2012
Llandeilo Graban Builth Wells Powys LD2 3SJ
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Erwood Art Exhibitions and Events We update the exhibitions and event details on a regular basis, so come back again for further information.
more about Art Galleries and Exhibitions in Erwood and the Northern Beacons
Savoy Theatre - Under Milk Wood
Event Date: 11-Feb-2011
Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3BU
phone: 01600 772467
Met Opera: Nixon in China
Event Date: 12-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
John Adams conducts the Met premiere of his most famous opera. "The meeting of Nixon and Mao is a mythological moment in world history, particularly American history," he says. Baritone James Maddalena stars in the title role.
Who Shot the Sheriff?
Event Date: 12-Feb-2011
Dingestow Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 4BE
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When the Sheriff of Bodge City is mysteriously shot and killed, Deputy Rusty Crotch is promoted to Sheriff and forms a posse to set out on the trail of the killer. Can Rusty and the posse discover 'Who Shot the Sheriff?'
St Valentine's Day
Event Date: 14-Feb-2011
Tintern Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6SE
phone: 01291 689228
Home cooked locally produced specialities with a free glass of wine.
Merlin Music: Joglaresa: Dancing in Tetuan
Event Date: 15-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
From Arabic songs to Sephardic wedding music and Moorish romances; from Andalusia to the Maghreb (Arabic for land of "the West") - the five countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and Mauritania.
Chepstow Society Talk
Event Date: 16-Feb-2011
Lower Church Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5HJ
phone:
Toby Jones of the Newport Ship Project. A great deal of work has been done, with the latest technology making great strides in the attempt to understand the ship and its structure. The latest triumph is the scale model made of the wreck as it is now, each timber element reproduced with astonishing exactitude.
Savoy Theatre - Comedy at the Savoy
Event Date: 17-Feb-2011
Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3BU
phone: 01600 772467
Whatever the Apollo can do, the Savoy can do better. Hosted by Anna Keirle `Cornwall's comedy goddess', you are guaranteed an evening of great comedy which includes something a bit different.
Newport Students of the Wye Tour
Event Date: 18-Feb-2011 - 20-Mar-2011
Bridge Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5EZ
phone: 01291 625981
hayley danaher • marc hughes • natalie stewart • tracey watkins • brady knight • matthew powell • rhiannon ballinger • marina brierley • kieran lyons • andreas rüthi The exhibition is of recent work from first year students and staff from the Fine Art Programme of the School of Art and Photography, Univerity of Wales, Newport, made in response to the exhibition The Wye Tour and its Artists shown at the Chepstow Museum in 2010.
Craft Demonstrations
Event Date: 19-Feb-2011 - 27-Feb-2011
Tintern Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6SE
phone: 01291 689228
Learn a new skill. Come and watch members of the Wye Valley Craft Association demonstrate their crafts.
Reminiscences of Childhood
Event Date: 19-Feb-2011
Lower Church Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5HJ
phone:
Following its award-winning debut at the Edinburgh Festival, Adrian Metcalfe has performed this one-man show all over the world to considerable critical acclaim.
Puzzlewood Grand Opening 2011
Event Date: 19-Feb-2011 - 27-Feb-2011
Coleford Monmouthshire GL16 8QB
phone: 01594 833187
Puzzlewood opens for the season, with pony rides during half term week.
Countryside Walk: Llandenny
Event Date: 20-Feb-2011
Raglan Usk Monmouthshire NP15 1DN
phone: 01291 691237
Join Monmouthshire Countryside Service for a 5 mile (8km) walk through undulating countryside and country lanes, passing an ancient hill fort. Assistance dogs only please. Wear boots or stout shoes and bring a waterproof coat. Lots of stiles, one medium slope on route.
Wedding Fayre
Event Date: 20-Feb-2011
Piercefield Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6BE
phone: 01291 622260
All you need to plan your perfect day…. A range of exhibitors for ideas and inspiration. Racecourse suites open for viewing. Café open throughout.
Farmer's Markets across the National Park
Event Date: 22-Feb-2011 - 31-Dec-2011
Brecon Powys
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Farmer's Markets are an opportunity to buy local produce direct from the producer. There is always a wide range of produce available depending on the season including: apple juice, pork, charcoal, smoked meats and fish. Eggs cheese, sausages, cakes, pottery, bread, mayonnaise, bacon, herbs, preserves, cottage plants, organic fruit and vegetables, organic chutneys and more !
Chepstow Drill Hall - Half Term Craft Sessions
Event Date: 24-Feb-2011
Lower Church Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5HJ
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Chepstow Museum's popular half term craft sessions, suitable for children of all ages (must be accompanied by an adult, maximum three children per adult).
Savoy Theatre - Showaddywaddy
Event Date: 25-Feb-2011
Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3BU
phone: 01600 772467
Met Opera: Iphigenie en Tauride
Event Date: 26-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
Susan Graham and Placido Domingo reprise their starring roles in Gluck's nuanced and elegant interpretation of this primal Greek myth. Tenor Paul Groves also returns to Stephen Wadsworth's insightful production, first seen in 2007. Patrick Summers conducts.
Countryside Raceday (Jumps)
Event Date: 26-Feb-2011
Piercefield Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 6BE
phone: 01291 622260
A celebration of the countryside with displays and activities throughout the afternoon including a National Hunt Parade, Duck Herding display and Pony Rides.
Who Shot the Sheriff?
Event Date: 26-Feb-2011
Lower Church Street Chepstow Monmouthshire NP16 5HJ
phone: 01291 625981
When the Sheriff of Bodge City is mysteriously shot and killed, Deputy Rusty Crotch is promoted to Sheriff and forms a posse to set out on the trail of the killer. Can Rusty and the posse discover 'Who Shot the Sheriff?'
Water, Wood & Meadow
Event Date: 26-Feb-2011 - 03-Apr-2011
Lydney Glocester Monmouthshire GL15 6BU
phone: 01594 844841
Anthony Skates is exhibiting his work at Taurus Crafts, Lydney in their Water, Wood & Meadow: Impressions of The Forest of Dean & The Wye Valley.
Black Mountain Jazz
Event Date: 27-Feb-2011
Abergavenny Monmouthshire NP7 5AA
phone:
John Law Trio.
St David's Day Open Day
Event Date: 27-Feb-2011
Church Road Caldicot Monmouthshire NP26 4HU
phone: 01291 420241
Caldicot Castle's pre-season open day. This year's attractions include traditional Welsh recipes, living history and re-enactment. The Freemen of Gwent (talks, demos and have-a-go sessions), Meibion y Ddraig ~ Sons of the Dragon (talks on medieval Welsh archers with demonstrations).
The Trial
Event Date: 28-Feb-2011
Almshouse Street Monmouth Monmouthshire NP25 3XP
phone: 01600 719401
You are advised not to book Splendid Productions' new adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Trial. The Authorities have pronounced it unsuitable for young minds, and the company have a dangerous reputation for unacceptably free-thinking political theatre - influenced by proven communists such as Bertolt Brecht and radical insurgents like Steven Berkoff, Jerzy Grotowski and Augusto Boal.