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Taking time out this August? … Why not come along to our exciting live events planned for this August.
BURTON performed by Rhodri Miles
Ostreme Centre, Newton Road, Mumbles, Friday 12 August 7.30pm
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chance in Swansea to see this fascinating one-man show. The liflife of the late great Welsh actor Richard Bur
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b ought to life, from humble beginnings to Hollywood mega- stardom. Beautiful women (not least Liz
Taylor), alcohol, wealth, stage and screen are the threads woven into this sad, happy and exuberant show. Miles has been a professional actor for 15 years and collaborated with Gwynne Edwards and director Hugh Thomas to bring BURTON to the stage. It has received excellent reviews throughout Britain and was the winner of the ‘Best International Artist’ award at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.
DYLAN’S AMERICA performed by Peter Read
Ostreme Centre, Newton Road, Mumbles Saturday 13 August 7.30pm
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Peter Read has acted Dylan Thomas over one hundred times throughout Britain and America. He received fi ve-star reviews in 2004 and 2005 at the Edinburgh Festival for his depiction of Dylan.
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The play is at times tragic and at times comical, as we follow his success and ultimate demise in New York. Peter is well known in Swansea and throughout Wales as a poet and writer. He was awarded ‘The 2007 John Tripp Award’ for Spoken poetry and has had many of his poems published.
Tickets for one performance £8; £6 concessions. Ticket for both events £15; £10 concessions. For details and purchase of tickets, contact Cover to Cover on 01792 366363 or e-mail
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And for something completely different….
Writer Ian Vince will be visiting Newton Hall to talk about his latest book THE LIE OF THE LAND, voted one of the top outdoor books of the year. Ian began to suspect Britain’s landscape was positively exotic whilst travelling around the country in a milk fl oat! Since then, he has learnt to decipher the land that lies beneath us, peeling back the surface to explain the forces of nature. With a humorist’s wit and layman’s aversion to technical
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jargon, Ian will take us on a fascinating journey which will include our own local stunning landscape. Ian has talked in many festivals throughout Britain. He is a contributing editor to The Idler, writes for Channel 4’s Bremner, Bird and Fortune and has a regular column in The Daily Telegraph, Strange Days in which he travels around Britain seeking out curious local customs and odd occurrences. Ian will be at Newton Village Hall, Caswell Road, Thursday 18 August 3pm–4pm. Tickets £2, includes tea
Find details about all our future events on our website
www.cover-to-cover.co.uk.
Cover to Cover is brim-full of wonderful books to enjoy on holiday, plus some great local books to help you explore this wonderful area.
Happy Holidays!
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