Gig Alert: Roberto Pastore at Ponty Poetry

The first Ponty Poetry of 2026 is on Wednesday January 14th from 7.00 - 9.00pm in the Cwtch Café at the YMa Arts Centre in Pontypridd, with the usual open mic and featuring the excellent Cardiff poet Roberto Pastore as the special guest!

'There is a sense of imminent doom and ferocious hope, resplendent even in despair. His use of language is beautiful, elegiac, yet never overwrought' – Jenny White, Western Mail

'Bert’s poems make the reader aware of other worlds, other planes of existence; how heavy night hangs, whispers overheard in dreams and waiting rooms, what is sheltered within our bodies. Profound, darkly funny, and deeply human.’ – Joshua Jones

Come early if you would like to read - or you can just listen, of course.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME! Hope to see you there - https://www.ymaonline.wales/

Please “Pass It On!”

PS The Gas Road free car park is nearby CF37 4TH, the Bus Station is across the street, and Ponty Train Station is 10 mins away!

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