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Unveiling The Riverfront's hilarious comedy season lineup

The laughter is coming to Newport as The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre announce its upcoming comedy season. The season promised to feature an...

15.02.2024 4

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Newport theatre school has been shortlisted for two awards

Newport Music & Theatre School has been named as finalists for two awards, The Best Of Welsh and Business Growth. The school is also setting up and...

14.02.2024 3

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Rude Science is coming to Gwent next week

BRACE yourselves for TV Gastronaut Stefan Gates’ revolutionary, hi-tech, highly-explosive new show, packed with outrageous science stunts. On the...

10.02.2024 3

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Newport Art College students and tutors get together for exhibition 40 years on

A GROUP of former students and staff from the internationally renowned Newport College of Art are hosting an exhibition bringing them together for...

10.02.2024 3

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Newport theatre company secures funding to protect future

NEWPORT-BASED Tin Shed Theatre Co has secured financial support from the Shared Prosperity Fund. This crucial support has enabled Tin Shed to secure...

06.02.2024 6

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City theatre group gets £12,500 funding from society

NEWPORT'S Reality Theatre has won funding of £12,500 from the Principality Building Society. The money will go towards its Creative Pathways...

05.02.2024 4

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Newport artist Christopher Langley presents exhibition in Cardiff

NEWPORT artist Christopher Langley has recently launched a new exhibition hosted at one of Cardiff's most exclusive venues, A Welsh Secret, in St...

03.02.2024 5

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Cult horror story Pontypool to be staged by Wales Millennium Centre

Don’t. Breathe. A word. A stage adaptation of an iconic horror story is Wales Millennium Centre’s newest production – arriving just in time for...

30.01.2024 3

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'We’re calling for a cap on council tax rises'

As a former council leader, I know how difficult it is when the time comes to set the budget for the year. There are huge pressure on local budgets,...

25.01.2024 4

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Full cast announced for Nye, starring Newport's Michael Sheen

A SHOW celebrating Nye Bevan and starring Newport-born actor Michael Sheen is heading to Cardiff this year - and the full cast has been announced. ...

14.01.2024 3

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Get ready for Spot's birthday party at the Riverfront

Fans of Spot the dog should put the date February 8 in their diary. Because that is the date he is coming to the Newport Riverfront Theatre for the...

13.01.2024 3

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Message from New Zealand turns into a night out for Gwent man

A message all the way from New Zealand to a Gwent male voice choir turned into an evening out for a house-bound man living in the Croesyceiliog area. ...

11.01.2024 2

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Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to Cardiff this month

HIT musical Jesus Christ Superstar is coming to the Wales Millennium Centre later this month. The show will be on stage from January 29 to February...

03.01.2024 4

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Britain's Got Talent finalist comedian heads to Newport

MALAWIAN-BORN stand up Daliso Chaponda has announced a UK tour for 2024 - and he will be in Newport as part of it. Entitled Feed This Black Man...

21.12.2023 6

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Photographs, artwork, poems and songs depicting nature on show at the Cwtsh

A COLOURFUL display of photographs, artwork, poems and songs at the Cwtsh Gallery, Stow Hill, showcases the city’s newest green space project. ...

17.12.2023 5

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As Dr Who returns to our screens, we remember the day an Ood came to Newport

IN 2012 shoppers in Newport were joined by an iconic Doctor Who monster - an Ood. The Ood was spotted around Newport Indoor Market browsing the...

25.11.2023 2

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'Newport has a lot to shout about': Art gallery and shop celebrating first birthday

NEWPORT city centre business Gallery 57 celebrates its first birthday this weekend. Owned by former Argus editor Nicole Garnon, the gallery and shop...

25.11.2023 2

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Not just Tredegar House: Pictures of when Dr Who has been filmed in Newport

THIS week marks the 60th anniversary of the first-ever episode of Doctor Who airing on TV. Thursday, November 23 - known by fans as Doctor Who Day -...

25.11.2023 2

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Opinion: 'I was proud to be one of those voting for a ceasefire'

I WAS proud to be among those who voted for the Plaid Cymru motion in the Senedd last week calling for a ceasefire. The motion would not have...

18.11.2023 2

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Festival celebrates all things potatoes with lots of fun and games

CHEPSTOW'S inaugural SpudFest proved a huge hit with people of all ages enjoying a day of potato-based sports events, activities, talks and cookery...

27.10.2023 3

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John Lennon at 83: memories & photos of The Beatles in Gwent 60 years ago

JOHN Lennon would have been 83 this week and to mark this occasion we've dipped into our archive to share with you photos and memories of when The...

16.10.2023 4

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Relive the disco fever of the 1970s with this hit musical

EXPERIENCE the best that disco has to offer as Disco Inferno makes its way to The Blackwood Miners Institute on Saturday, November 11. Set in the...

02.10.2023 2

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Award-winning play The Father set for the Dolman

FLORIAN Zeller’s award-winning play The Father takes us in to the confused world of an elderly man with dementia. It has been called “the most...

01.10.2023 2

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Entertainment for the whole family in Newport this autumn

THE Riverfront in Newport is bringing fantastic entertainment to families this autumn of wonderful theatre shows which are perfect for all ages. ...

28.09.2023 2

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Review: Ainadamar, Wales Millennium Centre

ONLY in June we were treated to the delightful and inventive production of Leonard Bernstein’s Candide, and now comes Ainadamar by Osvaldo Golijov. ...

27.09.2023 2

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Beer tasting and painting go down a storm at city arts centre

IT'S back to business as usual after the summer break at Cwtsh Community and Arts Centre, on Stow Hill. For its September First Friday event, Stuart...

12.09.2023 6

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Win tickets to The Festival of Comedy at ICC Wales

AFTER a packed-out show in the summer sunshine in Tredegar Park, the Giggling Goat is returning to the city in November with a star-studded line up. ...

09.09.2023 5

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