What's on Now
We have information on 5 productions that are currently, or will be in the near future, showing or on tour in
Wales by welsh companies. Not included here are productions by visiting companies.
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Theatr Tandem (mewn cydweithrediad a Theatr Bara Caws)yn cyflwynoC H W I L Y S gan Aled Jones Williams
Actorion: Owain Arwyn a Martin Thomas
Cyfarwyddwraig: Falmai Jones
Stori am frad lofrudd proffesiynol wedi ei gyflogi i dargedu darlithydd prifysgol yw ‘Chwilys’. Daw cyfrinachau’ i’r golwg a datgelir fod perthynas gymhleth rhyngddynt. Y mae’r ddrama yngl_n â chyflwr y byd a’r eithafiaeth paranoid sy’n bodoli a lle Cymru fach yn y darlun mawr. Bwriad yr awdur yw gadael i’r actorion benderfynu ar ddiwedd y ddrama yn ystod y perfformiad bob nos.
Bydd yr actorion yn ffeirio rhannau yn ystod y daith ac er bod sgript dynn, gwarchodir elfennau byrfyfyrio o fewn y cynhyrchiad i gadw ffresni a thyndra.
Comisiynwyd Aled Jones Williams (awdur ‘Iesu’, ‘Be’ O’dd Enw Ci Tin Tin’, ‘Sundance’, ‘Pêl Goch’, ‘Lysh’ i ysgrifennu ei ddrama ddiweddaraf ‘Chwilys’ gan Gwmni Tandem
Performances: 20 March 2010 to 10 April 2010
From the Horse's Mouth - Spectacle Theatre
‘From The Horse’s Mouth’ is a sensitive and passionate story of three children involved in the historic events of Tonypandy 1910.The story begins today on the side of a Valley’s hill, and the characters literally step into the past.
“A can of worms kind of day, where time doesn’t make sense, moments stretch and hours fly like swallows returning from where they came.
The kind of day when you question who you are and why you are here…
A going backwards kind of day where photographs speak and history refuses to sit in the past but bursts out all around you like thunder in the summer.”
Especially created for children over 7, ‘From The Horse’s Mouth’ is a new Spectacle Theatre touring production directed by Steve Davis, with a cast of Carys Parry, Carlton Bunce and Aled Herbert.
‘From The Horse’s Mouth’ explores identity, friendship, family and the importance of history.
The play will tour schools throughout Wales between 8th February and 26th March 2010, and a public performance will be held at Coleg Morgannwg Rhondda on Thursday 11th March.
For further information please contact Elaine Lord, Marketing Manager on 01443 430700.
For full tour details please go to www.spectacletheatre.co.uk
Performances: 08 February 2010 to 26 March 2010
Look Back in Anger - Bold Productions
Bold Productions & Aberystwyth Arts CentrePresent
LOOK BACK IN ANGER
By John Osborne
Director - Richard Hogger
First performed in May 1956, ‘Look Back in Anger’ quickly became one of those few plays that have changed the future of theatre. Never before had relationships been subject to such microscopic examination on stage. Osborne, as the ‘angry young man’, relating to the angry young people of that moment. It divided audiences, damned as ‘kitchen sink’, praised as ‘theatre of reality’.
The complex relationships within the family and marriage are expressed through funny, tragic, violent emotion against the background of particular political and social comment. However the play is not just a classic to be revived to remind us of its historic importance. In this exciting new production Bold Productions has revisited the script and presents a performance true to the aims of the original but relevant to now – touching the nerve of contemporary audiences. It is as relevant today as at the time of its first production.
Performance Dates and Venues
Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Thursday 11th – Saturday 13th March 2010
www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre
01970 623232
Swansea Grand Theatre Arts Wing
Thursday 18th - Friday 19th March
www.swanseagrand.co.uk
01792 475715
Bridgnorth Theatre On The Steps
Saturday 20th March
www.theatreonthesteps.co.uk
01746 763257
Performances: 11 March 2010 to 20 March 2010
Under Artistic Director Sean Tuan John, Bombastic has a growing reputation for creating magical dance theatre and new media performances for young audiences that tap into their imaginativepowers and transport them to fantastical worlds. My Shadows and Me is devised for 4— 7 olds.
Matt Wright’s delightful animations combines with live performance where two dancers chase and tease imaginary friends and real shadows transform into strange and cheeky creatures
Performances are programmed as part of residencies in
each region. Young people receive a workshop at their
school and attend a performance at their local theatre.
Memorial Hall Theatre, Barry
Tues 13 April 6pm public premier
Schools performances:
Tues 13 April 10.30am & 1.30pm
Wed 14 April 10.30am & 1.30pm
Thurs 15 April 10.30am
Weston Studio, WMC, Cardiff
Sunday 18 April 3pm
(a public ‘family’ performance)
Stiwt, Wrexham
Fri 7 May 10.30am & 1.30pm
Studio, Torch Theatre, Milford Haven
Thurs 13 May 10.30am & 1.30pm
Fri 14 May 10.30am & 1.30pm
Lyric Theatre, Carmarthen
Mon 17 May 10am & 1pm
Pontardawe Arts Centre
Fri 28 May 10.30am & 1.30pm
Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd
Fri 11 June 10am & 1pm
Blackwood Miners Institute, Blackwood
Fri 18 June 10.30am & 1.30pm
Harpenden Public Halls, Herts.
Thurs 24 June 10.30am & 1.30pm
Performances: 13 April 2010 to 24 June 2010
Y Gofalwr - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
'Y Gofalwr', gan Harold PinterCyfieithiad i'r gymraeg gan Elis Gwyn
Stori glasurol Pinter o densiwn, pwer a chynllwynio.
Trwy ddilyn stori dau frawd a thrempyn, mae Y Gofalwr yn ymdrin a'r pellter rhwng realaeth a ffantasi, perthynas teulu a'r ymdrechion am bwer. Mae'n llawn o nodweddion amlycaf Pinter - cynildeb, tensiwn a comedi. mae cymhlethdod y ddrama, defnydd meistrolgar Pinter o ddeialog a dyfnder y themau i gyd yn cyfrannu at y farn fod Y Gofalwr yn glasur modern sydd yn ennyn ymateb gref gan y gynulleidfa.
Taith: (sydd yn weddill)
12 Chwefror 2010 - Canolfan Celfyddydau Pontardawe 7:30pm 01792 863722
18 Chwefror 2010 - Theatr Glan yr Afon, Casnewydd 8pm 01633 656757
24-27 Chwefror 2010 - Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli 7:30pm 01758 704088
02-03 Mawrth 2010 - Theatr John Ambrose, Rhuthun 7:30pm 01824 702575
05-06 Mawrth 2010 - Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth 01970 623232
09-10 mawrth 2010 - Theatr Felin-fach 01570 470697
12-13 Mawrth 2010 - Stiwdio Weston, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru
Pinter's classis tale of tension, power and conspiracy
Following the story of two brothers and a tramp, Y Gofalwr deals with the distance between reality and fantasy, family relationships and the struggle for power. The play is full of Pinter's trademarks - tension, frugality and comedy.
Tour:
12 February 2010 - Canolfan Celfyddydau Pontardawe 7:30pm 01792 863722
18 February 2010 - Theatr Glan yr Afon, Casnewydd 8pm 01633 656757
24-27 February 2010 - Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli 7:30pm 01758 704088
02-03 March 2010 - Theatr John Ambrose, Rhuthun 7:30pm 01824 702575
05-06 March 2010 - Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth 01970 623232
09-10 march 2010 - Theatr Felin-fach 01570 470697
12-13 March 2010 - Stiwdio Weston, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru 08700 40 2000
Performances: 12 February 2010 to 13 March 2010