Y Seren
The Star
Annette Aubrey-Bradshaw
Annette is a choreographer, having choreographed and directed performances for Wembley Stadium, Wembley Arena, television, runway, internationally for leading brands/with dancers from first line, A list artists/West End talent. She Loves to blend multi media with all techniques, including aerial art, for all abilities to create unusual, unique pieces that reflect faith through social issues.
Following a life changing car accident, Annette relocated from London to Wales and is now excited to be stepping forwards to re engage with the Performing Arts.
Y Seren will be an intimate but powerful one night performance featuring Clyde Melville – Bain – Annette’s dance partner since 1999. They will work with the St Mary’s/Top Church team to help bring an evening of performance at Christmas with a small group of local talent, rounded off with Christmas Carols and drinks.
Some of her images with Pneumata with Clyde and others are at the foot of this page.
Christ of Saint John of The Cross by Salvador Dali
Visual Art at St Mary's
We believe in God as our creator and the ultimate in creativity. As such, St Mary’s loves to celebrate the Arts and however diverse – from intimate to large – scale, we always embrace the opportunity to do so.
St Mary’s held the Virgin Art Exhibitions for many years and to this day, local artists and the community have been impacted. The stained glass windows, wood carvings and architecture also remain a source of beauty for us to admire.
Buried at St Mary’s, is the renowned landscape artist, Richard Wilson. Celebrated for his ‘manly’ depictions of landscapes and generally considered to be Wales’ and one of the UK’s finest painters, Richard Wilson was a founder member of the Royal Academy of Arts. A window in the church is also dedicated to him.
Performance Art at St Mary's
At St Mary’s we love to appreciate and help further the Performing Arts, whether through music, song, dance or drama. Over the years, we’ve held numerous productions – both secular and Christian.
Our latest guest physical drama with music was by Riding Lights and we celebrated Christmas with a service lit alternately with candles, lights and projections.
We also hosted Extreme from the US, as seen on our Home and Youth pages.
We have talented artists in our congregation and enjoy the extra life this brings to our church family.
