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Blues Echoes

Blues Echoes

19/01/26 7:30pm

Bill Taylor-Beales and Phil Okwedy are long standing singer-song writer and story- teller friends with a passion for weaving - song and words together to explore the human condition.

Ayan Cymru Presents - Celtic Darbar

Ayan Cymru Presents - Celtic Darbar

19/01/26 5pm

Celtic Darbar is a vibrant, family-friendly musical theatre production that brings together community performers, dancers from Ballet Cymru, local artists, and acclaimed musicians from London, led by Cardiff-based artist Amruta Garud (Ayan Cymru). Trained as an Indian classical vocalist, Amruta has developed a distinctive artistic practice that bridges cultures and genres, blending Indian classical and folk traditions with Welsh and Western musical forms a fusion audiences experience throughout the production.

City of Ladies

City of Ladies

26/02/26 7:30pm

Medieval French romance, told through music and storytelling, with a contemporary twist.

Ladies of the Workhouse: One Culture, Two Worlds

Ladies of the Workhouse: One Culture, Two Worlds

24/03/26 7:30pm

It’s 1955, the age of the new NHS, but the workhouse still stands and some of its residents have been prisoners of poverty for more than half a century.

Addysgu Rita

Addysgu Rita

15/05/2026 & 16/05/2026 at 19:30

May 15 & 16pm
Y Consortiwm Cymraeg presents the comedy Addysgu Rita ( Educating Rita) by Willy Russell, translated by Gwawr Loader The Olivier Award Winning play, in Welsh for the very first time When Rita, a married girl who works as a hairdresser, enrolls in a university course in order to broaden her horizons, she has no idea what the end of the journey will be. Her cynical tutor, Frank, the frustrated poet, brilliant academic and committed drinker, is not very enthusiastic about taking Rita under his wing. But they both come to realize how much they have to learn from each other. This funny and warm comedy will delight audiences throughout Wales. “At the heart of the play is a human being who hungers for something better, and that is a basic and primitive experience.”

Emma Winter - Swn Adre

Emma Winter - Swn Adre

18/07/26 6:30pm

Emma Winter, a bilingual singer-songwriter from Merthyr Tydfil and proud member of ‘Team Bronwen Lewis’ on the first series of Y Llais, brings her signature blend of heartfelt storytelling and song to the stage.

 

Get in Touch...

01685 722176 | swyddfasoar@merthyrtudful.org

Theatr Soar, Canolfan Soar, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tudful, CF47 8UB

Lisbeth McLean, Chief Officer, lis@merthyrtudful.org
Phyl Griffiths, Development Officer phyl@merthyrtudful.org


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