Find out what’s coming up at the Congress Theatre in Cwmbran during January and Feburary 2025.
Scroll down to see the shows, a quick description and the link to get tickets. You can also give the box office a call on 01633 868239.
Tiny Toes Ballet Show 2025
Saturday 18 January: (12.30pm and 4pm) and Sunday 9 February (1pm and 4.30pm)
Twp and Tamping! by Theatre AdHoc
Monday 27 January at 7pm. Click here for tickets.
Everyone loves a wedding and the inhabitants of Ystrad Cwm Gelli are no exception.
There’s an excited buzz across the town as Angharad and Mostyn plan their impending nuptials, supported by their friends, family and an extremely cheap wedding planner. Things run smoothly at first but very soon our happy couple have to negotiate a series of downright ridiculous events that threaten to derail the whole affair.
How will the arrival of a long lost family member affect the bride and groom?
Who is Ystrad Cwm Gelli’s most famous male stripper?
And what exactly did happen with a wire coat hanger in Pontins in 1991?
The Freddie & QUEEN Experience 2025 tour
Saturday 1 February at 7.30pm. Click here for tickets.
Along with the many fans who mourn the loss of Freddie Mercury, The Freddie & The Queen Experience, aim to celebrate the wealth of talent that came together in Queen by recreating, with breath taking accuracy, the style and excitement of a LIVE Queen concert, which sadly, will never be seen with Freddie Mercury again.
The Freddie & QUEEN Experience are the UK’s Premier Queen & Freddie Mercury Tribute Band who are internationally & critically acclaimed.
The band performs all over the world with sell out shows in the UK & abroad, with most recently in UAE & Europe. They deliver a passionate & energy packed show full of all QUEEN’s greatest hits!
Ian as Freddie Mercury replicates Freddie Mercury’s live shows with the looks, mannerisms, vocals, charisma, passion, high energy & showmanship that Freddie was so loved, adored & famous for. The band is made up of some of the finest musicians in UK, including the well established & accomplished professional Brian May Tribute Andy Wills.
The fully live 5 piece band perform with replica outfits instruments & perform a full recreation of QUEEN’s Live shows, based around QUEEN at there very best, the 86 ‘Magic tour’. It’s simply a great show not to missed!
The Counterfeit Sixties Show
Sunday 2 February at 7.30pm. Click here for tickets.
Re-live the sounds of the swinging sixties, as Britain’s No. 1 tribute show brings alive the magic of the sixties, with their tribute to over twenty five bands of that era.
The show encompasses everything from that period, from the clothes that were worn, to flashbacks from television history, including: TV programmes, adverts and even clips from the original bands.
The Counterfeit Sixties presents a showcase of the great bands of this unforgettable time. The fantastic music of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Dave Clark Five, The Kinks and The Monkees – to name but a few – all recreated in this stunning show.
The band members have performed their unique tribute shows all over the UK and abroad, and have a wide range of experience in that field. The members of the band have individually worked with notable sixties’ artists such as The Searchers, The Ivy League, The Fortunes, The Tremeloes and many more. Join us for a night of sixties nostalgia.
Revival – Abba Tribute Band 2025 tour
Friday 14 February at 7.30pm. Click here for tickets.
Since the summer of 2006 Lisa (Anni Frid), John (Benny), Nina (Agnetha) and Marcus (Björn) have been pushing ABBA Revival™ to be the best it can be.
Triple Award winning ABBA Tribute Band REVIVAL™ have yet again been voted as the UK’s Official No.1 ABBA tribute act by the Agent’s Association of Great Britain.
Revival’s renowned ABBA stage show has proved a hit time and time again in the UK and the world over, wowing audiences from Europe to the Middle East.
REVIVAL™ takes their audience on a musical journey back to those heady pop-tastic disco days when ABBA ruled the dance floor!. They’ll guarantee to get everybody dancing – even the biggest party grouch will be throwing shapes in no time….
Sound & Vision- A tribute to David Bowie
Saturday 15 February at 7.30pm. Click here for tickets.
Fasten your seatbelts – the Starman is here!!
‘Sound & Vision – A tribute to David Bowie’ was launched on what would have been Bowie’s 75th birthday in 2022.
While his career spanned five decades, he maintained his relevance to both his long-term ardent fans and younger emerging audiences. There has never been an artist that has offered inspiration to so many people within the music industry.
His songs still have the ability to affect and influence music lovers across the world. What makes Sound & Vision so special, is their note-perfect recreation of the legend himself and the iconic musicians he loved to work with.
The 7-piece band offers audiences a chance to fully appreciate each complex nuance of his many, many songs. And they’re all there… Ziggy Stardust, Life on Mars, Starman, All the Young Dudes, Rebel-Rebel, China Girl… and so many more.
Chris Burke, has an unmatched vocal similarity to Bowie. His vocal ability allows you to enjoy each song being performed as you’d want them to be. Perfectly recreating his voice.
Close your eyes… you’d think he was in the room. But it’s not just about the vocals.
The musicianship and talent of the other band members is truly world class. The line-up includes Jeff John (Lead Guitar), John Wilmott (Bass), Colin Elward (Keyboards), Simon Harry (Rhythm Guitar), Gareth Addey (Drums) and Mike Davies (Saxophone). The show is mesmerising with lights and a wonderful soundscape, designed to stimulate all your senses… and it includes a few surprises too.
Suitable for all ages, and will have you dancing in the aisles.
Celebrate David Bowie’s amazing music with us. It’ll be a memorable rock experience with the UK’s best sound-alike Bowie show.
Beauty and the Beast – 2025 Panto Tour
Friday 21 February to Sunday 2 March. Various times. Click here for tickets.
A Prince changed into a hideous Beast by a curse.
A beautiful girl who holds within her heart the key that will free the Beast from his terrible fate.
A spooky castle.
A dark, scary forest where ferocious wolves roam.
And a fairy with the power to change Man into Beast.
These are just some of the magical ingredients that’s made Beauty And The Beast an eternal favourite with readers and audiences since the tale was told for the first time around 1740.
Which as you know is about twenty minutes to six!
Oh the jokes in this panto don’t get much wittier than that!
Rainbow Valley Productions version of Beauty and The Beast brings you all the story’s thrills, romance and excitement plus sensational singing & dancing.
And naturally it’s also packed with hilarious comedy – what else would expect when the star of the show is Wales’ Number One Comedian and BBC Radio Wales icon Mister Owen Money?
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