Set eight months following the death of 116 children during the Aberfan Disaster of 1966, The Revlon Girl tells the real life story of a group of bereaved mothers who met every week above a local hotel to talk, cry and even laugh without feeling guilty.  At one of their meetings, the women looked at each other and admitted how much they felt they’d let themselves go. So afraid that people would think them frivolous, they secretly arranged for a representative from Revlon to come and…

Script Slam 2017 from Wales based writers.

Twelve scripts will be selected and performed in three heats during the autumn season in front of an audience and a panel of judges.  The judges (Elen Bowman and Derek Cobley) will give feedback on all the pieces and select one script to be…

Thanks to funding from the Arts Council of Wales Pontardawe Arts Centre is delighted to announce The Chrysalis Programme –a developmental programme to support the creative development of two individual artists or Associate Companies living in Wales.

Experienced theatre maker Louise Osborn has been identified as the Creative   Co-ordinator to drive the Chrysalis programme.  An award winning writer and director, Louise will bring her broad range of skills to this…

Pontardawe Arts Centre’s Young Director Development Programme

Thanks to funding from the Arts Council of Wales Pontardawe Arts Centre is delighted to announce the creation of The Pontardawe Young Director’s Award with a bursary of £5,000 for the successful candidate.  We are looking to recruit a young director who will work at the Arts Centre on three projects produced by Pontardawe Arts Centre within an eight month period.

(This is a trainee…