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Lurking Truth Gwynfryn |
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| current production | past productions | |
| e-mail address | e-bost | davidianrabey@gmail.com |
| director cyfarwyddwr |
David Ian Rabey |
| administrator
gweinyddydd |
David Ian Rabey |
| artistic
policy polisi artistig |
To arrest, fascinate and seduce audiences beyond the current fear of art which is not defined by tourism and utilitarian community celebration (of what, for whom, at whose behest?). To demonstrate the self-renewing immediacy of theatrical performance in which language is a promise written in the air and physicality is the ballet of manifested courage. To achieve a production style that is appropriate to the uniqueness of the play rather than to the reassuring familiarities of theatrical convention To show how complexity can, in theatre as in other matters, actually be more enjoyable and exciting than predictability, and how theatre can be a living triumph of the artificial, which is what human beings do best. |
| brief history hanes cryno |
Presenting new work written by the Artistic Director or exhilerating re-evaluations of major works by modern dramatists neglected in a climate of theatrical cowardice. |
| selected
past productions rhai cynhyrchiadau'r gorffenol |
1986 Victory (Barker) Aberystwyth Barn Don't Exaggerate (Barker), Southside Centre Edinburgh, revived & twinned with The Castle (Barker), Aberystwyth Castle Theatre 1987 The Bewitched (Barnes), Aberystwyth Old College No Truth on the Cheap (Barker arr. Rabey), Aberystwyth Old College 1990 THE EARLY HOURS OF A REVILED MAN written by Howard Barker (stage premiere), directed by Roger Owen 1996 The Back of Beyond (Rabey), Aberystwyth Castle Theatre & Cardiff Chapter The Back of Beyond (Back with a Vengeance ReMix), Aberystwyth Castle Theatre 1997 AC/DC (Williams), Aberystwyth Bethseilun Bite or Suck (Rabey), Machynlleth Tabernacle & Aberystwyth Castle Theatre 1998 The Battle of the Crows (Rabey), Aberystwyth Castle , Theatre & Swansea Dylan Thomas Theatre 2001 The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo English-language premiere, written and directed by Howard Barker; co-production with Íomhá Ildánach), Dublin Project Theatre 2002 Revival of The Twelfth Battle of Isonzo, written and directed by Howard Barker, in a co-production with the Irish Touring Company, visiting the Triskel Arts Centre, Cork; Bute Auditorium, Welsh College of Music and Drama, Cardiff; Theatr Hafren, Newtown; Emily Williams Studio, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth. 2004 Lovefuries (The Contracting Sea and The Hanging Judge)(Rabey), Emily Williams Studio, Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Ss. Michael & St.John, Dublin Fringe Theatre Festival World premiere production of Letter to Myself by Arnold Wesker, accompanied by readings by the dramatist: Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Machynlleth Tabernacl and Hay-on-Wye Literary Festival 2005 LOVEFURIES: The Contracting Sea and The Hanging Judge written and directed by David Ian Rabey Wales Millennium Centre, Weston Studio, Cardiff 2009 A WOUNDED KNIFE written by Howard Barker (English-language premiere) directed by David Ian Rabey, assisted by Francesca Keeling Aberystwyth Arts Centre (in co-production with Bold Productions) 2011 VICTORY written by Howard Barker 25th anniversary rehearsed reading Aberystwyth University Emily Davies Studio 2012 I SAW MYSELF written by Howard Barker directed by Richard Lynch Cardiff Chapter 22, 23, 26-30 June 2013 MOJO by Jez Butterworth rehearsed reading directed by David Ian Rabey Aberystwyth Dept of Theatre, Film & Television Studies 2014 RED SUN by David Rudkin rehearsed reading, Feb 22nd directed by David Ian Rabey performed by Richard Lynch and Roger Owen Aberystwyth Dept of Theatre, Film & Television Studies Emily Davies Studio THE FORTY by Howard Barker 11 & 12 April directed by David Ian Rabey cast includes: Richard Lynch, Roger Owen Aberystwyth Dept of Theatre, Film & Television Studies Emily Davies Studio 2016 THE CASTLE by Howard Barker rehearsed reading 29 May cast includes: Aneirin Hughes, Eddie Ladd, Richard Lynch, Roger Owen, Eric Schneider Aberystwyth Dept of Theatre, Film & Television Studies Emily Davies Studio 2018 LAND OF MY FATHERS written and directed by David Ian Rabey 11 & 12 May 2018 Cast: Huw Blainey, Russell Gomer, Oliver Morgan-Thomas Aberystwyth Arts Centre at Theatr y Castell 2023 LAST DITCH (Anhrefn yn Nghymru) written by David Ian Rabey Co-directed by David Ian Rabey and Oliver Turner 28-30 September Aberystwyth Arts Centre at Theatr y Castell 'Behind The Last Ditch' is the title of Pete Telfer's 40 min documentary on LAST DITCH (ANHREFN YNG NGHYMRU) for Culture Colony. https://culturecolony.com/en/media/video/behind-last-ditch |
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