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New show to tell tales of the race
CHAINSWORKS Produc- tions in association with RCT Theatres will present and tour a brand new production based on the story of the first racing bike The Gladiator. This story will premiere at the Coliseum Aberdare on April 23 and 24 before em- barking on a Wales wide tour. Before the Tour de France
and before Sir Bradley Wig- gins, there was Arthur Lin- ton from Aberdare in South Wales. A world cycling cham- pion in 1895 who took on some of the best cycling and left behind the first racing bike The Gladiator. The show will fast forward
to modern day and the audi- ence will meet 18 year old Jimmy, who stumbles upon the Gladiator in his garage – along with the ghost of trainer Choppy Warburton, who has returned in search of ‘honour and dignity’. This event is coming to Newbridge Memo on May 6. Call 01495 243252 or visit
newbridgememo.co.uk.
Searchers in town
Musical classic heads to stage
THE Blackwood Musical Theatre Soci- ety will be performing Me and My Girl this week. The show will be performed every
evening until Friday, April 24. It is is set in the late 1930’s and follows
the unapologetic, unrefined cockney gentleman Bill Snibson, who learns that he is the 14th heir to the Earl of Har- eford. The show features songs, including
The Lambeth Walk, The Sun Has Got His Hat On and Leaning On A Lamp Post. The musical will be performed every
evening this week at 7.15pm, and on Sat- urday, April 25 at 2.30pm, at the Black- wood Miner’s Institute. Tickets cost £10 (£9 concession) and
can be purchased from the box office on 01495 227206 or online at blackwoodmin-
ersinstitute.com.
Players take on Bronte classic
Members of The Searchers from Left to Right Frank Allen, John McNally, Simon Ottaway and Spencer James
DON’T miss The Searchers at the Blackwood Miners In- stitute next month. The Searchers have a tour- ing schedule of two hun- dred plus shows a year and a career that has now ex- ceeded five decades. In a professional career
that has spanned 52 years they have performed for both The Queen and Prin- cess Margaret, headlined over such Motown luminar- ies as Marvin Gaye, The Supremes, Martha and The Vandellas and The Tempta- tions, entertained British troops in The Falklands, Bosnia and Belfast, toured Australia and New Zealand with The Rolling Stones and played infront of 80,000 peo- ple at Wembley Stadium as special guests of Cliff Rich- ard. As recently as 2014 they appeared, in Las Vegas, to great acclaim. As well as The Ramones
they can count Bruce Springsteen, TomPetty, The Byrds, Marshall Crenshaw
and others as musicians who came under their influ- ence. The association with Cliff Richard provided them with their largest audience. In the summer of 1989 Britain`s first pop knight requested their presence to help him celebrate his thir- ty years as a star and the au- dience numbered 80,000 on not one but on each of two days at the giant football stadium. Their presentation has changed radically over the years. In the first flush of chart success a top of the bill spot consisted of a mere twenty minutes giving them barely enough time for half a doz- en songs. Nowadays they occupy the stage for the entire evening presenting what is essen- tially a history of the band in music and anecdotes last- ing for a full two hours. They will be coming to Blackwood Miners institute on Saturday May 2.
Castle hall set to stage big fundraising event
DON’T miss a fundraising evening at The Great Hall in Caerphilly Castle. Guest speakers will be at
the event. Jeff Cuthbert AM will be opening the evening, followed by talks from in- ternational speaker Gelong Thubten, Phil Chick (NHS) and TV’s Alistair Appleton. Vin Harris from The Mind-
THE Caerphilly Players amateur dra- matics society are taking on a play ad- aptation of the gothic classic Wuthering Heights. The play has been adapted from Emi-
ly Brontë’s only and bestselling novel which features the love story of Heath- cliff and Catherine set in the Victorian era.
The performances take place at Caer- philly Workmen’s Hall, Castle Street, at 7.30pm starting tonight to Friday, April 24.
Doors open at 7pm. Tickets cost £8 and
£6 for students. Tickets can be bought at the door or by contacting the Caerphilly Players via email on caerphillyplayers@
gmail.com or visiting
www.thelittlebox- office/caerphillyplayers. For more infor- mation contact Louise Elliot 07570791332.
‘King’ gig is set
AN ELVIS tribute act is taking place at Llancaiach Fawr Manor this June. The event will be on Saturday, June 20
from 7pm to 11.30pm. Tickets cost £14.50 per person which in- cludes chicken and chips on arrival. Bar will be open to purchase drinks.
BUILTH WELLS ANTIQUESFAIR
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fulness Association will be delivering a short mindful- ness workshop. In the inter- val, they will serve vegetar- ian curry and rice. This event is taking place
on April 23 from 7pm to 11pm. Tickets cost £25. To book,
visit
www.bemindfulshop. com/health-and-wellbeing-
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