Wales
Cardiff
1 Oct - 31 Oct
Beyond the Barrage (transformation, not extinction)
Photographic & film exhibition looking at Tiger Bay, a Cardiff community where all peoples were made welcome, that has been slowly destroyed over the last 50 years.
The Workshop Gallery, Mon-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-3pm, tel: 029 2078 8334 Organisered by Leon Charles: 07837 048 583
charles_leon@hotmail.com
Swansea
6 Oct
African Community Centre Youth Forum presents ACCís Got Talent!
An evening of the very best Music, Dance and Performance from the African and African Caribbean community and Friends. Organized and Judged by the Young
People themselves.
Dylan Thomas Centre, £3, £2 Children/young People/Concessions, Contact Emily Robertson on 01792 470298 for more information, African Partnership Events(Contact Sue James at National Waterfront Museum on 01792 638960/50 or Emily Robertson 01792 470298)
Swansea
10 Oct - 11 Oct
Public and Community banner Weekend
National Waterfront Museum. Swansea. Theme - Famous Black Historical Figures in Welsh and British History
National Waterfront Museum, All day, Free, tel: 01792 470298
Swansea
17 Oct
Black History Event at National Waterfront Museum Swansea.
Including Drumming and Dancing performance and workshops, Capoeira Performance, Banner Parade, Art and Craft workshops plus awareness stalls. Participants will also be invited to attend the Wales wide Black History Event which will take place at the Millennium Centre, Cardiff on Saturday.
31st Oct. Transport/Coach to this event will be provided - FREE OF CHARGE from Swansea. National Waterfront Museum, Swansea. All day, tel: 01792 470298
Cardiff
20 Oct
Letters Of A Love Betrayed
ROH2 and Music Theatre Wales present a new opera by Eleanor Alberga, a story of passion and deceit, set in the Andes. In the foothills of the Andes an orphaned child is abandoned to a lonely, convent upbringing. She emerges a vibrant, young woman – spirited, defiant and hungry for life, determined to return to the land of her birth where she believes she will find the love she yearns for. Her dreams are dashed away by a brutal betrayal…until the day her son unwittingly presents her with the key that will unlock her heart and give her the courage to hope once again. Set against the hard, sun-dried landscape of South America, Letters of a Love Betrayed, is a captivating new opera that unashamedly touches the heartstrings.Jamaican-born composer, Eleanor Alberga's vivid, exotic rhythms and rich orchestral pallet brilliantly evoke the boldly drawn characters. Together, drama and music leave no human emotion untouched: there is lust and greed, passion and pain, but also humour and kindness – and throughout it all runs the simple longing of the human heart for love.
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff 7.45pm, £14, Reductions £12 Under 19s £8, FREE Pre Performance Talk 6.45pm, tel: 029 2064 6900
www.shermancymru.co.uk
Swansea
21 Oct - 24 Oct
CAPE TOWN OPERA FIRST EVER UK TOUR
South Africa’s only repertory opera company, Cape Town Opera (CTO), makes its UK debut in Oct 2009 with nine fully-staged and two semi-staged concert performances (Royal Festival Hall) of the Gershwins’ landmark opera Porgy and Bess. The opera will be conducted by American-born maestro David Charles Abell, one of Bernstein’s last protégés and widely acclaimed for his authoritative and lively readings of musical theatre as well as opera and concert works. The production is directed by CTO’s artistic manager, Christine Crouse with designs by Peter Cazalet and Michael Mitchell and lighting by Kobus Rossouw.
Wales Millennium Centre, 7.30pm daily, 2pm on Thur and Sat, £18 to £32, free pre-show talks 22-24 Oct, tel: 08700 40 2000
www.wmc.org.uk
Swansea
31 Oct
Black History Event
Wales-wide Black History Month event. Transport/Coach to this event will be provided - FREE OF CHARGE from Swansea.
Millennium Centre, All day, Free.
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