A new adaptation of the iconic story of Nia Ben Aur was the large-scale show at the Rhondda Cynon Taf Eisteddfod Pavilion 2024. Angharad Lee, the prominent director, who has worked on several major Eisteddfod projects over the past few years, is bringing the new-look show to the stage. The screenplay was developed in its new form by Bardd Plant Cymru, Nia Morais, and the musical...
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Nine the Musical
Presented by the students at Wales Academy of Voice and Dramatic Arts, the spectacular musical adaptation of Fellini's 8 ½ features one man and the dozens of women in his life. Celebrated but impetuous film director Guido Contini, succumbing to the pressures of filming his latest film epic, suffers a midlife crisis. One by one, women from his past and present – including his...
Read MoreThe Wild Tenant
What does it mean to love someone struggling with addiction and chaotic behaviour? In this visceral and deeply personal play by award-winning writer Lucy Gough, we delve into the coercive and violent interactions between married couple Heledd & Hunter (played by Bella Merlin & Jams Thomas), exploring their tempestuous relationship as Hunter battles with his inner demons. Inspired by Anne Bronte’s novel THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL...
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A cast of well-known professional actors will join a community team and the Festival choir to present an otherworldly show on the Pavilion stage. The story tells the story of the astronaut Lleuwen Jones who has realised a lifelong dream of being the first girl on the moon. Having returned back to earth she is an icon in the world of astronomy while her husband, Gwyn, is...
Read MoreDeffro’r Gwanwyn for Y Cwmni
The Urdd National Youth Theatre Company present the rock musical
DEFFRO’R GWANWYN (Spring Awakening)
Book and lyrics Steven Sater
Music Duncan Sheik
Welsh translation Dafydd James
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Miss Littlewood by Sam Kenyon
Joan Littlewood was the anarchic revolutionary of 20th century theatre. Her unique Theatre Workshop was responsible for a raft of successes including Oh, What A Lovely War!, and breathed new life into the Theatre Royal Stratford East.
Anti-establishment, visionary, rude and glorious, Joan Littlewood fired the imagination of a generation. Based...
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Welsh National Youth Opera:
A thrilling double-bill, with a promise at its heart
Revel in the blended sound of over 80 young voices as WNO Youth Opera present their latest showcase.
With a touch of the supernatural, a sprinkle of satire and a load of mayhem, follow the light-hearted story of The Pied Piper of Hamelin as he uses his...
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Godspell at Cardiff Castle
Conceived and originally directed by John-Michael Tebelak / Music and new lyrics by Stephen Schwartz This immensely successful rock opera needs little introduction, but when it was first produced on Broadway in 1971 it broke new ground in its stage treatment of the historical Jesus Christ. Bring your own picnic blankets or folding chairs to watch this wonderful production based on the Gospel according to St...
Read MoreY Tylwyth
The legends of the Conwy Valley explode on stage in a contemporary musical circus. https://eisteddfod.wales/y-tylwyth It's summer, and Jac of the Ropes and a strange clan of acrobats have landed in the meadow. It's May too in the heart of Elen, daughter of the mansion. But clouds are gathering over the young lovers' path, and as light is shed on the legends, dark characters step into...
Read MoreThe Last Five Years
Leeway Productions supported by Wales Millennium Centre, and in partnership with Blackwood Miners Institute. This was a Welsh premier of this International hit, The Last Five Years is a funny and poignant show, featuring catchy and memorable tunes. In this ground-breaking production from director Angharad Lee, the emotionally powerful score is coupled with sign language and beautiful movement by award-winning choreographer Mark Smith, who is Deaf....
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