Entertainment in Swansea (Abertawe)
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Bar Creation & Club Eden
One of the biggest gay venues in Wales, this bar and club combo stages a packed programme of club nights, drag acts, film screenings and cabaret shows.
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Park Inn
The famous Mumbles Mile - a pub crawl through the bars between Newton Rd and Bracelet Bay - is not what it once was; most of the old pubs have succumbed to pumping house music and boisterous crowds of alcopop-fuelled teens. One place worth seeking out is the Park Inn, set a block inland from the promenade and away from the crowds. It's a friendly local serving real ale, where any music you hear will be knocked out on the pub piano.
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Dylan Thomas Theatre
Home to the Swansea Little Theatre Company, an amateur dramatics group of which DT was once a member, which puts on productions of classic plays by Shakespeare, Oscar Wilde and Arthur Miller, among others, as well as the occasional performance of your man's Under Milk Wood.
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No Sign Bar
Once frequented by Dylan Thomas (it appears as the Wine Vaults in his story The Followers), the No Sign stands out as the only vaguely traditional bar left on Wind St, a long narrow haven of dark wood panelling, friendly staff and decent beer. How long will it survive?
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Monkey Bar
An organic-vegetarian café-bar by day, with chunky tables, big sofas, modern art and cool tunes, this funky little venue transforms after dark into Swansea's best alternative club, with weekend DJs playing drum and bass, hip hop, dub, reggae, salsa and world music.
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Uplands Tavern
A classic student pub, big and brassy with reasonably priced beer (Greene King Abbott real ale), a pool room, and live music - folk, rock, blues, country - five nights a week, open-mic night on Tuesday. Yet another place where Dylan Thomas used to hang out.
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Wind Street
Swansea's main boozing strip is Wind Street (pronounced to rhyme with 'blind', as in drunk), and on Friday and Saturday nights it can be a bit of a zoo. However, there are one or two bars where you can have a conversation that doesn't require shouting.
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Queen's Hotel
An old-fashioned corner pub with polished mahogany and brass bar, old tiles and a range of cask-conditioned beers on tap, including Theakston's Old Peculier.
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Bryn-y-Mor
Another friendly local that's popular with students, the Bryn-y-Mor has cheap beer, pool tables, large-screen TV, a decent jukebox and service with a smile.
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Mambo
A Latin American-themed cocktail bar, serving margaritas (made with Patron tequila) by the glass or the pitcher, amid a swirl of mosaics and Latino music.
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Taliesin Arts Centre
Part of the University of Wales Swansea, this vibrant arts centre has a programme of contemporary, international music, theatre, dance and film.
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Brangwyn Hall
This handsome Art Deco hall, decorated with colourful painted panels by 1930s artist Frank Brangwyn, hosts choral and orchestral performances.
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Escape
This is Swansea's mainstream house club, with touring DJs pumping it up every Saturday. The venue occasionally stages live bands too.
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Swansea Grand Theatre
The town's largest theatre stages a mixed programme of ballet, opera, musicals, pantomimes, and a regular comedy club.
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