ST DONATS ARTS CENTRE

Visit one of Wales’ most beautiful arts venues located in the grounds of St Donats Castle on the spectacular Heritage Coast with stunning sea views.

  Nzinga
28 March 7.30pm
£10, £8



Lively and colourful, Nzinga are an African and Caribbean ensemble of dancers, drummers and singers who bring the history, culture and legends of Africa to life through vibrant music and dance.

High energy driven and completely engaging, their spectacular dancing and drumming will get you out of your seats and on the floor!

“the grins on the faces in the audience said it all.” Christian Aid

“the amazing Nzinga dancers – an incredible experience” Horniman Museum
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Stage Door 1 Youth Theatre presents Annie
1 - Fri 3 April 7pm
£5 adults, £4 concessions

Come along and enjoy the acting, singing and dancing talents of the children and young people who belong to our local youth theatre group based in Llantwit Major. With its fast-moving plot and exuberant characters, Annie is one of the most beloved musicals of all. Set in 1930s New York, Annie Junior tells the story of an orphan determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of an orphanage run by the evil Miss Hannigan.
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Great Choral Music for Passiontide
5 April 7pm
£12, £10

The intimate space of our Tythe Barn theatre makes the perfect setting for music for Holy Week - emotional music full of dramatic scenes and breathtaking melodies. The Welsh Sinfonia is making a welcome return after an outstanding performance of Messiah at Christmas.
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West End Music and Drama School
13 - 17 April 10am - 4pm
£75

Stage Door 1 Youth Theatre.

Lots of you have been asking us to host school holiday singing and acting courses. So we are delighted to introduce these new events at the arts centre - a fantastic opportunity to have great fun gaining acting and music skills, and then to create a show on stage for family and friends. This is the ultimate theatrical experience for 5 to 18 year olds.
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Stacey Kent
18 April 7.30pm
£23, £21.50



Stacey Kent’s rise to international fame reads like a Hollywood script. A young American music student becomes one of the world's foremost jazz singers. World concert halls sell-out, six bestselling albums are produced and a string of awards follow (2001 British Jazz Award, 2002 Best Vocalist BBC Jazz Award, 2004 Backstage Bistro Award and 2006 Album of
the Year).
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CINEMA AT ST DONATS

The bar is open beforehand, there’s free tea and cake for the matinees, we’ve improved the sound and you’ll enjoy 14th century surroundings! Evening films £5.30, £4.30. Matinees £4.30 includes free tea and cake!
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Waltz With Bashir (18)
Tuesday 24 March 7.30pm,
Wednesday 25 7.30pm

This critically acclaimed animated documentary centres around events in the early 1980s war between Israel and Lebanon. When an ex-soldier fails to recall his time in the war he decides to investigate and seek out old friends in order to piece together his memories.
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The Changeling (15)
Tuesday 7 April 7.30pm,
Wednesday 8 1.30pm, 7.30pm

Directed by Clint Eastwood, this heart wrenching drama is based on a true story set in Los Angeles in 1928 as Christine Collins’ son goes missing. When he is found, however, Christine begins to question if this child really is her son as she challenges the authorities to find out what really happened to him.
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Bunch of Amateurs (15)
Tuesday 14 April 7.30pm,
Wednesday 15 1.30pm, 7.30pm


In this raved about comedy starring Burt Reynolds, an ageing Hollywood star is tricked by his seedy agent to star as King Lear in what he thinks is a Globe Theatre performance.He quickly discovers, however, all is not quite what it seems.

St Donats Arts Centre
Box office 01446 799100
Minicom01446 799102
enquiries@stdonats.com

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