Aberystwyth Arts
Aberystwyth Comedy Festival 2025
Aberystwyth Comedy Festival returns Friday 3rd October to Sunday 5th October, bringing big hitters from across the UK comedy scene and beyond to the coastal town. This year’s event will all be set within a centralised festival hub at Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Names include: James Acaster, Stewart Lee, Sophie Duker, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Mark Steel, Celya […]
Romeo a Juliet
A Theatr Cymru production in association with Shakespeare’s Globe Romeo a Juliet By William Shakespeare Based on the Welsh translation by J. T. Jones “Did my heart love til now?” Two families, two languages and a young couple who are prepared to risk it all. Profound passion meets total chaos, as a clashing society is […]
Martin Decker: DAD
Age Guidance: 14+ years Running Time: 80 minutes no interval By Keiron Self and Kevin Jones What makes a great dad? Martin thinks he knows. Martin Decker is a hapless comedy character on a mission to explain fatherhood, armed with a projector, a few dodgy Harrison Ford impressions, some surprise on-screen guests, and a lot to prove. […]
Birth (3 Shows)
Age Guidance: 12+ years Running Time: 75 minutes (no interval) After the success of its critically acclaimed international hit The Nature of Forgetting, Theatre Re returns with ‘a rich tapestry of ongoing humanity’ (The Scotsman) about motherhood, life and love. Emily is eight months pregnant when she reads her grandmother’s journal. As she delves into the depths […]
Gŵyl Eye Festival 2025
www.theeyefestival.com Fri 17 – Sun 19 October 2025 If you need accessible seating, please contact the Box Office on 01970 623232. Created in 2012 and now in its twelfth year, the biannual EYE International Photography Festival is the longest-running in photography event in Wales and one of the largest independent photography festivals in the UK, […]
Stories from an Invisible Town
Age Guidancer: 14+ years Running Time: 75 minutes no interval Let me tell you about the imaginary town I lived in as a boy…” This collection of dark comic stories woven together by BBC award-winning writer, “the great Welsh storyteller” (The Stage), Shôn Dale-Jones is as much about the imagination as it is about innocence and not knowing what […]
Horrible Histories – Gorgeous Georgians & Vile Victorians (3 Shows)
Age Guidance: 5+ oed Running Time: 65 minutes – no interval We all want to meet people from history! The trouble is everyone is dead! So it’s time to prepare for Horrible Histories live on stage with the acclaimed production of Gorgeous Georgians and Vile Victorians! Are you ready to swing with a Georgian king? Does the Duke of Wellington […]
The ELO Tribute Show
Age Restriction : STRICTLY 12+ years Running Time: 60 minutes / 20 minute interval / 60 minutes THE ELO SHOW – The World’s Greatest tribute to Jeff Lynne and E.L.O are back on the road in 2024 with a stunning new stage production, featuring a band of amazing musicians complimented by a female string section and playing hit after […]
Cerys Hafana
Age Guidance: All Welcome Running Order: 30 minutes Support – Me Lost Me / 20 minute interval / 70 minutes – Cerys Hafana Cerys Hafana is a composer and multi-instrumentalist who mangles, mutates, and transforms traditional music. She explores the creative possibilities and unique qualities of the triple harp, and is also interested in found sounds, archival materials […]
Making a Killing
Age Guidance: 12+ years – show contains mature themes, not suitable for young children Running Time: 55 minutes/20 minute interval/50 minutes + Post Show Talk 1590, Nuremberg. Europe teeters on the edge of modernity but, in the shadow of the gallows, executioner Frantz Schmidt has more immediate concerns. Torturer, hangman and—most unusually—a meticulous diarist, Frantz wrestles with […]
Only Men Aloud – 25 Years Celebration
Age Guidance: Suitable for all (Under 16s must be accompanied by an adult 18+) Running Time: 3 hours including interval 6:15pm – VIP Check In 6:30pm – 7:00pm – VIP Soundcheck 8:00pm – Show Start 11:00pm – Show End They performed for the Queen at two Royal Variety Performances and at the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony […]
A Visit
Age Guidance: 12+ years Running Time: 75 minutes no interval followed by a post-show talk (in the studio) A Visit is about crime, justice and childcare and who takes care of the kids when a mum gets sent to prison. Papertrail and Siân Owen have created a gripping piece of theatre inspired by the real life stories of […]
Queenz: Drag Me to the Disco (2 Shows)
Age Restriction :STRICTLY 14+ years Running Time: 55 minutes/20 minute interval/55 minutes Not just another drag show – QUEENZ is a TRAILBLAZING LIVE VOCAL Drag Sensation that has taken the world by storm! Direct from London’s West End and following their sensational Las Vegas debut, these fearless and fabulous Queenz are bringing their electrifying live vocal […]
Gwyl storiwyr Ifainc Cymru / Young Storytellers Festival of Wales
Age Guidance: 7 – 20 years Running Time: 12pm – 4pm ( Schedule to follow ) A fabulous story-filled festival for young storytellers of all ages. Whether you’re just dipping your toes into the Sea of Stories or already know it’s your Dream Job, this is for you! Get tips from professional storytellers, try out new things, […]
Top Secret – The Magic of Science
Age Guidance: Suitable for all Running Time: 40 minutes / 20 minute interval / 40 minutes IS IT MAGIC… OR IS IT SCIENCE Fusing the mystery of magic with wondrous and miraculous feats of science. Hang on to your seats and experience a non-stop action packed interactive magical science show with experiments and magic that will capture […]
Bwci Be?!
Age Guidance: 5+ years Running Time: 70 minutes no interval Bwci Be?! – The third in OPRA Cymru’s series of new operas for young people and families. Claire Victoria Roberts’ opera celebrates the legend of Gwyn ap Nudd and Calan Gaeaf in a fresh vision of the story for modern audiences with a Welsh libretto by Gwyneth […]
The Window From Wales
Age Guidance: Suitable for all Running Time: 60 minutes no interval Take a journey across continents and through time to uncover the powerful story of how a horrific act of murder in 1963 Alabama ignited a quiet flame of compassion in the heart of a Welsh artist. Rallying together a small nation to offer a symbol of […]
The Three Little Pigs (3 Shows)
Age Guidance: Suitable for all the family (recommended 3-10 years) Running Time: 60 minutes no interval There’s a wolf coming… but for now, the Three Little Pigs have tricked him onto a bus. If he catches them, he’ll huff and he’llpuff and we all know how that ends… On the run and with the need to build a […]