events and theatre News

Fluellen Theatre Company present Harold Pinter’s A Slight Ache at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Saturday, 18 February at 1pm.

Robin Hood, The Musical, continues successful run at Yucaipa Little Theatre.

San Antonio Theatre Announces Summer Show Schedule

The Chamber Philharmonic Europe orchestra is visiting The George Bernard Shaw Theatre in Carlow on May 13th.

tickets.co.uk, a new niche website that allows users to experience fun and exciting things to do in and around London without breaking the bank was launched on 21st March 2011.

FanFound will announce the launch of its innovative member’s only platform that makes it easy and affordable for everyday consumers to experience live entertainment. FanFound will offer its members exclusive deals to the country’s biggest events.

2/11/11 -- FEET OF CLAY, a new play by Stephen Louis Grush and directed by David Perez will premiere at the Royal George Gallery Theatre. The new work is being produced by LASTmatch Theatre Company, a thriving newcomer on Chicago's theatre scene.

Theatre goers who attended the first of this summer’s Outdoor Theatre events, not only enjoyed the good weather, but the performance was hailed as a great success too.

Dawna Lee Heising of EOE on Time Warner Cable Interviews Playwright John DiFusco, Artistic Director Christina Howard and TRACERS’ Stars Tucker Smallwood, Adam Chambers and Sean Durrie about the Critically Acclaimed Play at the L.A. Fringe Theatre

A fascinating photographic exhibition offering unique portraits of Welsh football grounds goes on display at the Dylan Thomas Centre from 18 May – 13 June 2010.

The Dylan Thomas Centre presents ‘The Joy of Battered Seaweed – a good laugh is the best pesticide’: an evening with Malcolm Parr on Thursday, 13 May at 7.30pm.

Urban theatre enthusiasts around the country are all abuzz about the highly anticipated tour of Church Girl. This no holds barred musical stage play runs in Houston May 12 – 16, 2010 at the Verizon Wireless Theatre.

On the Edge presents Deadlier than the Male, Michael Kelligan’s new season of superb and varied script-held performances features plays from Welsh women writers based in Wales.

Hafan Books presents the launch and a reading of John Goodby's Wine Night White on Thursday, 22 April at 7pm.

The Dylan Thomas Centre and Hafan Books launch Childe Roland’s Ham & Jam and A Pearl: Two One-act Plays on Thursday, 15 April at 7pm.

Adam Powell of Swansea University delivers this month’s Science Café talk at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Wednesday, 31 March at 7.30pm.

You and your guests are invited to the launch of the latest Corridor Gallery exhibition, Lyndon Mably’s ‘Burning – a random event’, at the Dylan Thomas Centre from 1.30pm on Saturday 27th March. Refreshments will be available.

Award-winning writer Carol Rumens headlines Poets in the Bookshop at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Thursday, 25 March at 7.30pm.

No-No Boy, presented by Timescape Artists, will have its world premiere on March 27, 2010 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403.

Fluellen Theatre Company present Vaclav Havel’s Unveiling on Saturday, 20 March at 1pm.

The Dylan Thomas Centre launches Byron Beynon’s latest collection, Nocturne in Blue, on Friday, 19 March at 7pm.

Jen Wilson gives a lunchtime talk on How African American Music Came to Wales, on Friday, 19 March at 1pm.

The Dylan Thomas Centre hosts the launch of an exciting new exchange project, Dylan Thomas in Wales, on Sunday, 14 March at 7pm.

Michael Kelligan’s new season of drama by women writers based in Wales, ‘On the Edge – Deadlier than the Male!’, continues with Lucy Gough’s Gryfhead on Wednesday, 10 March at 7.30pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

"Who Killed Uncle Pete?" A Comedy Murder Mystery - Tour Starts With Writer's Hometown Being the First Stop

Fluellen Theatre Company present March by Alberto Adellach on Saturday, 20 February at 1pm.

Swansea’s annual Latin American Festival takes place in the Dylan Thomas Centre on Friday, 12 February and Saturday, 13 February.

Anne Price Owen discusses the work of David Jones at Art for Lunch on Friday, 12 February at 1pm.

Archbishop Stepinac High School’s Drama Club will present the regional premiere of “The Drowsy Chaperone” during the spring season, April 23-May 2, marking the 98th production in the club’s history.

Michael Kelligan’s new season of drama from Wales, ‘On the Edge’, opens with Gwenno Dafydd’s Paying the Full Whack on Wednesday, 10 February at 7.30pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre.

Two recent graduates of the Trinity College Carmarthen MA in Creative Writing launch their first books in tandem on Thursday, 4 February at 7pm.

David Greenslade launches The Dark Fairground at Poets in the Bookshop on Thursday, 28 January at 7.30pm.

A GROUP of top American academics was given a treat at Swansea's Dylan Thomas Centre during a visit to the UK.

David Benton, Professor of Psychology at Swansea University, discusses ‘Diet and Behaviour Throughout Life’ at this month’s Science Café on Wednesday, 27 January at 7.30pm.

Mel Kohlke of Swansea University runs a free Holocaust Memorial Reading Workshop at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Saturday, 23 January from 10am to 4pm.

Artist Cherry Pickles discusses her work at this month’s ‘Art for Lunch’ session on Friday, January 15th at 1pm.

A Marriage of Convenience plays at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Wednesday, 9 December at 7.30pm.

The Dylan Thomas Centre hosts a poetry and music event to launch Dylan Thomas in Wales, a new and exciting project on Friday, 4 December at 7pm.

The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture will hold a fundraising event at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Thursday, 3 December at 7.30pm

Anna Lewis is this month’s guest poet at the Dylan Thomas Centre’s Poets in the Bookshop on Thursday, 26 November at 7.30pm.

This month’s Science Café takes place at the Dylan Thomas Centre on Wednesday, 25th November at 7.30pm.

Holiday Horror Night features horror films, contests, giveaways and holiday gift drive to benefit non-profit children’s agency

ONE of the most famous poems ever written by Swansea's Dylan Thomas is being celebrated in woollen words.

The Dylan Thomas Centre continues its programme of lunchtime talks with Malcolm Parr discussing Stanley Spencer on Friday, 13 November at 1pm.

Join us for the rest of this week’s Dylan Thomas Festival events:

There are lots of events to enjoy as part of the Dylan Thomas Festival.

There are lots of events to enjoy as part of the Dylan Thomas Festival.

2009 is the centenary of the birth of Lynette Roberts (1909-1995), the modernist war poet who produced her most important work in West Wales.

The Dylan Thomas Centre’s Poets in the Bookshop takes place a little earlier than usual this month, on Thursday 22 October at 7.30pm. Our guest reader is Paul Henry.

Dr John Emsley of Cambridge University presents this month’s Science Café discussion on Wednesday, 21 October at 7.30pm at the Dylan Thomas Centre in Swansea.