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We have information on 7 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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Mae Cwmni Theatr Bara Caws yn falch o gael cyflwyno ‘100’ fel ein cynhyrchiad nesaf, Tachwedd/Rhagfyr 2010.
Addaswyd y gwaith arloesol yma i’r Gymraeg gan Elin Jones, merch y nid anenwog Wil Sam Jones o’r darn a greuwyd gyntaf gan Neil Monaghan, Diene Petterle a Christopher Heimann. Mae’r ddrama sydd yn gymysgedd rithiol o symud a syniadau yn rhoi ail gyfle i’r cwmni fwynhau ei berthynas a Cai Tomos y coreograffydd a chwaraeodd ran mor bwysig yn llwyddiant ‘Llyfr Mawr y Plant’. Bydd 5 actor yng nghynhyrchiad ‘100’ a’r cyfarwyddwr yw Tony Llewelyn.
Dychmygwch fod yn rhaid i chi ddewis un atgof yn unig o’ch bywyd – bydd y gweddill yn diflannu am byth. Dychmygwch mai’r atgof hwnnw yw’r unig beth fydd yn gwmni i chi’n dragywydd. Dychmygwch mai dim ond awr sydd gennych i’w ddewis …. 100….99….98
Dewiswch rywbeth o blith y cyfan a wnaethoch ac a brofoch, a feddylioch ac a deimloch …. pa beth yw’r trysor drytaf?
Mae’r cymeriadau yn ‘100’ yn cael eu gorfodi i ddewis ac i ail fyw'r eiliadau hynny o atgof gan ddefnyddio dim ond eu cyrff a’u cyd actorion. Cludir ni o swyddfa yn Llundain, i ras feiciau modur, o ddyfnder coedwigoedd yr Amazon i ymyl dibyn bodolaeth wrth i’r unigolion geisio cipio un gêm werthfawr o flerwch eu byw a’u bod.
Performances: 09 November 2010 to 04 December 2010
A half-day Theatre in Education programme for Years 1 & 2Rhaglen hanner diwrnod o Theatr Mewn Addysg ar gyfer Blynyddoedd 1 a 2
An exhausted polar bear, ancient, palaeo in memory, slips beneath the surface. As he drowns, he sings his song to a child on a far distant shore.
That child was Billie. She heard the song first from way down deep inside of her, like a drum. As the days passed the song grew. Sitting in class her schoolbook seemed to be singing. High in the branches of her favourite tree she could hear the song echoing and the day she skipped school and ran to the woods, the whole world seemed to be singing.
Soon she didn’t know who she was. She was all song.
But what did the song mean. Billie needed help.
Arc is a newly devised Theatre in Education programme for Powys primary schools exploring concepts of fragility, interdependence, stewardship and the future. The programme is a warm and very human story in drama that will allow involvement, high levels of listening, committed self-expression and a deep collective act of the imagination.
Mercher 8 Medi Whitton A (pm)
Wednesday 8 September
Gwener 10 Medi Castle Caereinion CW
Friday 10 September
Llun 13 Medi Irfon Valley CP
Monday 13 September
Mawrth 14 Medi Machynlleth CP
Tuesday 14 September
Mercher 15 Medi Gladestry CW (pm) + Noson Agored/Open Evening 6pm
Wednesday 15 September
Gwener 17 Medi Priory CW, Brecon
Friday 17 September
Llun 20 Medi Gungrog CW, Welshpool
Monday 20 September + Noson Agored/Open Evening 6pm
Mawrth 21 Medi Arddleen CP, Llanymynech
Tuesday 21 September
Mercher 22 Medi Llansantffraid CW
Wednesday 22 September
Gwener 24 Medi Berriew CP
Friday 24 September
Llun 27 Medi Llanbedr CW, Crickhowell (pm)
Monday 27 September + Noson Agored/Open Evening 6pm
Mawrth 28 Medi Caehopkin CP
Tuesday 28 September
Mercher 29 Medi Coelbren CP (am)
Wednesday 29 September
Mawrth 5 Hydref Ysgol Cynlais, Ystradgynlais
Tuesday 5 October
Mercher 6 Hydref Glanrhyd CP, Ystradgynlais (pm)
Wednesday 6 October
Gwener 8 Hydref Talgarth CP
Friday 8 October
Llun 11 Hydref Crossgates CP
Monday 11 October
Mawrth 12 Hydref Llanfechain CW (am)
Tuesday 12 October
Mercher 13 Hydref Llanrhaeadr ym Mochnant CP (am)
Wednesday 13 October
Gwener 15 Hydref Carno CP (am)
Friday 15 October
Llun 18 Hydref Llangors CW + Noson Agored/Open Evening 6.15pm
Monday 18 October
Mawrth 19 Hydref Bronllys CP
Tuesday 19 October
Mercher 20 Hydref Abermule CP
Wednesday 20 October
Gwener 22 Hydref Forden CW
Friday 22 October
Yn perfformio/Performed by: Chris Batten, Danie Croft & Naomi Doyle
Directed by/Cyfarwyddo: Ian Yeoman
Designed by/Cynllunio: Jill Rolfe
Production Manager/Rheolwr Cynhyrchu: Nick Johnson Walker
Music and Sound /Cerddoriaeth a Sain: James Williams
Production Assistants/Cynorthwywyr Cynhyrchu: Tia Swan and Julia Curtis
General Manager/Prif Reolwraig: Nikki Leopold
Administrator/Gweinyddwraig: Sue Early
Artwork & Teachers’ resource
/Arlunwaith ac Adnodd Athrawon Athrawon: Danie Croft
If you would like to see Arc in school, please call Sue Early on 01597 824444 to reserve a place. The programmes start in schools at approximately 9.30am and 1.15pm respectively. Four places are usually available for visitors to see the programme at each session.
Theatr Powys
Y Ganolfan Ddrama/The Drama Centre
Ffordd Tremont/Tremont Road
Llandrindod,
Powys LD1 5EB
01597 824444
01597 824381
theatr.powys@powys.gov.uk
www.theatrpowys.co.uk
Performances: 08 September 2010 to 22 October 2010
Earthfall’s new production tours this Autumn across Wales and the UK. The Factory is an explosion of hedonism and bacchanalian revelry from the 60’s Warholian lifestyle, reflected in the movement image and music of Earthfall’s talented cast. DYNAMIC DANCE MUSIC AND FILM
Opening in Brecon at Theatr Brycheiniog, this new show based around Andy Warhol’s Silver Factory, explores the icons and identity of the sixties delving into the protest, creativity and dynamism that flowed from The Factory and its cultural explorations. Earthfall’s last production was described as:
“... wild, raw, outrageously sexy, utterly inebriated and remarkable ...”
The Independent (review of 2010 production, GIG)
This new production will follow in its footsteps, promising to be a thrilling and mesmerizing depiction of the ideas, icons and identities of life on East 47th Street, the home of The Silver Factory. The show will tour into Cardiff, WMC on the 22nd and 23rd November, before ending in Galeri, Caernarvon on the 27th.
‘I never wanted to be an artist, I wanted to be a Tap-Dancer’
Andy Warhol
The production studies the myths surrounding Andy Warhol and his alluring cast of friends. Warhol’s interest in dance and music was prevalent throughout his work and his relationships. This is reflected in the piece which explores these relationships through dynamic dance, music and film.
The show will tour the UK with performances throughout Wales and England in November before a further tour in the Spring. Choreographed by the company with Earthfall’s Artistic Directors Jessica Cohen and Jim Ennis and composed by two of the performers Sion Orgon and Frank Naughton.
UNIQUE DANCE SCREENING
This September, Cardiff will see the first of a series of unique one night screenings of Dance Shorts from Wales and the South West.
Earthfall will host an evening of 6 shorts at Chapter Cinema 2 on Wednesday 22nd September, featuring films from Earthfall and Chris Forster, Chris Lewis Smith (Bath Spa), and Ruth Way and Russell Frampton (Plymouth Uni). The event will start at 6:15 with a post-screening discussion with the directors and producers. The series of Dance nights will then go on to Bath Spa in October and Plymouth in the new year.
For further information on The Factory, The Dance Screenings or on Earthfall, please go to www.earthfall.org.uk, email earthfall@earthfall.org.uk or call 02920 221314.
Performances: 05 November 2010 to 27 November 2010
Nicholas Cleobury, the eminent conductor and Mid Wales Opera’sbrand new Artistic Director, presents Verdi’s Falstaff with a fine
ensemble of talented singers, blending experience with youth,
accompanied by the Mid Wales Opera Chamber Orchestra.
Martin Lloyd-Evans and Bridget Kimak return (La Bohème 2007,
The Marriage of Figaro 2009) to direct and design Falstaff in our
new and exciting production.
Full of boisterous vulgarity, yet nobly magnificent Falstaff
inspires the passionate admiration of opera lovers everywhere.
Shakespeare’s Sir John, now very short of cash, pursues two
wealthy wives of Windsor for their money, but does not bank on
their determination to foil him. Their merry tricks lead to his
come-uppance, and to the chastisement of their own, too jealous,
husbands. Intertwined in all is a tender love story. Featuring one of the world’s greatest stage characters, Verdi created in his last opera a brilliant and joyful drama of young love and old foolishness, vividly underlined by a scintillating musical score.
Performances: 14 September 2010 to 13 November 2010
Gwlad yr Addewid - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru yn cyflwyno 'Gwlad yr Addewid' gan Ed Thomas. Cyfieithiad Sharon Morgan o 'House of America'.Dydd Iau 09 Medi 2010 - Theatr Y Lyric, Caerfyrddin 7:30pm 0845 226 3510
Dydd Gwener 10 Medi 2010 - Theatr Y Lyric Caerfyrddin 7:30pm 0845 226 3510
Dydd Mawrth 14 Medi - Galeri Caernarfon 7:30pm 01286 685222
Dydd Mercher 15 Medi - Galeri Caernarfon 7:30pm 01286 685222
Dydd Iau 16 Medi - Galeri Caernarfon 7:30pm 01286 685222
Dydd Mawrth 21 Medi - Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth 7:30pm 01970 623232
Dydd Mercher 22 Medi - Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth 7:30pm 01970 623232
Dydd Sadwrn 25 Medi - Canolfan Y Celfyddydau taliesin, Abertawe 7:30pm 01792 602060
Dydd Iau 30 Medi - Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug 7:45pm 0845 330 3565
Dydd Gwener 01 Hydref - Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug 7:45pm 0845 330 3565
Dydd Sadwrn 02 Hydref - Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug 7:45pm 0845 330 3565
Dydd Mercher 06 Hydref - Theatr Mwldan Aberteifi 7:30pm 01239 621200
Dydd Iau 07 Hydref - Theatr Mwldan Aberteifi 7:30pm 01239 621200
Dydd Iau 14 Hydref - Stiwdio Weston, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Caerdydd 8pm 029 2063 6464
Dydd Gwener 15 Hydref - Stiwdio Weston, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Caerdydd 8pm 029 2063 6464
Dydd Sadwrn 16 Hydref - Stiwdio Weston, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, Caerdydd 8pm 029 2063 6464
Performances: 09 September 2010 to 16 October 2010
GWLAD YR ADDEWID - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Cyflwr economaidd enbyd Cymoedd y De a’i effaith ar fywyd teulu a chymuned sydd heb waith, gobaith na moesoldeb yw cynhyrchiad Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru yn Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Blaenau Gwent fis nesaf.Cyfieithiad o ddrama angerddol Ed Thomas House of America yw Gwlad yr Addewid – drama dderbyniodd gydnabyddiaeth ryngwladol pan gafodd ei llwyfannu gyntaf yn ôl yn 1988. Gwaith Sharon Morgan yw’r cyfieithiad ac roedd yr actores amlwg hefyd ag un o brif rannau’r ddrama yn y cynhyrchiad gwreddiol.
“O ganlyniad iddi actio un o’r prif gymeriadau ar lwyfan mae gwybodaeth Sharon o’r ddrama heb ei ail ac roedd hynny’n ei gwneud yn gyfieithydd perffaith,” meddai Rheolwr Marchnata Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Elin Angharad Williams.
“Hwn yw cynhyrchiad proffesiynol cyntaf Gwlad yr Addewid,” ychwanegodd.
Cyfarwyddir Gwlad yr Addewid gan Tim Baker sy’n dychwelyd at Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru am y tro cyntaf ers ei lwyddiant ysgubol yn 2008 yn cyfarwyddo Porth y Byddar sef drama Manon Eames ar foddi Tryweryn yn y 1960au.
“Rwy’n eithriadol o falch bod yn ôl gyda Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru wrth i’r cwmni barhau i adeiladu ar gynulleidfa craidd ffyddlon,” meddai.
“Er i House of America weld golau dydd gyntaf dros 20 mlynedd yn ôl y mae’n parhau i fod a’i harwyddocâd i ni heddiw ac rwy’n edrych ymlaen i ddod â’r ddrama eiconaidd hon yn fyw i ddilynwyr y ddrama Gymraeg,” ychwanegodd.
Mae pump aelod o gast y ddrama’n cynnwys wynebau cyfarwydd i’r llwyfan a theledu megis Rhodri Meilir, Sarah Harris-Davies, Alun ap Brinley, Elin Phillips a wyneb cymharol newydd i fyd y theatr, Siôn Young.
Llwyfannir Gwlad yr Addewid yn Theatr y Met, Abertyleri, ar nosweithiau Mawrth, Mercher, Iau a Gwener, Awst 3-6, 2010. Bydd pob perfformiad yn dechrau am 7.30 o’r gloch am mae’r tocynnau ar gael yn Theatr Fach y Maes ac o’r Met (Ffôn: 01495 544600). Darperir bysiau i gludo’r gynulleidfa o Faes yr Eisteddfod ac o’r Maes Carafanau i’r perfformiadau yn Abertyleri.
Yn dilyn y perfformiadau yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol bydd Gwlad yr Addewid yn teithio’n yr hydref o gwmpas rhai o brif prif theatrau Cymru gan ddechrau yn Theatr y Lyric, Caerfyrddin ar nosweithiau Iau a Gwener, Medi 9-10, 2010, cyn mynd ymlaen i:
·
Galeri, Caernarfon, ar nosweithiau Mawrth, Mercher a Iau, Medi 14-16, 2010;
· Canolfan Celfyddydau Aberystwyth, ar nosweithau Mawrth a Mercher, Medi 21-22, 2010;
· Canolfan Celfyddydau Taliesin, Abertawe, ar nos Sadwrn, Medi 25, 2010;
· Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug, ar nos Iau, Medi 30, a nosweithiau Gwener a Sadwrn, Hydref 1-2, 2010;
· Theatr Mwldan, Aberteifi, ar nosweithiau Mercher a Iau, Hydref 6-7, 2010; a
· Stowdio Weston yng Nghanolfan y Mileniwm, Caerdydd, ar nosweithiau Iau, Gwener a Sadwrn, Hydref 14-15, 2010.
Cefnogir Theatr Genedlaethiol Cymru gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru.
Performances: 14 September 2010 to 15 October 2010
drama newydd gan Aled Jones WilliamsMERCHED EIRA
Ar daith: MEDI 6 – MEDI 25, 2010
Actorion: Gaynor Morgan Rees, Martin Thomas ac Olwen Rees
Cyfarwyddwr: Bryn Fôn
Tyda ni ddim wedi ein gwneud ar gyfar paradwys…’ ar draeth euraidd yr oedden nhw i fod, nid yn crwydro mewn diffaethwch o eira. Mae’r cwbl yn ddryswch i Edith ac Edna - pam fan hyn a pham fel hyn? Ond gyda ‘hanas yn cyfarth fel hen gi pan ma’ hi’n nosi’ daw ambell i beth yn fwy eglur a gyda’r dadmar, y dadrithiad.
Henaint, unigrwydd a brad cyfrinachau bod sydd wrth galon drama ddiweddaraf Aled Jones-Williams. Unwaith eto ma’ ei huodledd cyhyrog yn ein harwain i fannau tywyll yn y ffyrdd mwya’ difyr, yn dal llusern gynnes ar ymyl y dibyn oeraf un.
Hon yw’r diweddaraf o ddramâu Aled i gael ei chyflwyno gan Gwmni Theatr Bara Caws ac fel ‘Beth Oedd Enw Ci Tin Tin’, ‘Lysh’ a ‘Sundance’ mae addewid o ddrama sy’n berwi o syniadau, o ddeialog disglair ac o weledigaeth eofn a digyfaddawd.
Wedi perfformio yn Theatr Beaufort (Glyn Ebwy) yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol yng Nglyn Ebwy (Awst 2010) fe fydd y cwmni’n teithio’r ddrama o amgylch cymunedau Cymru o’r 6ed o Fedi hyd at 25 o Fedi, 2010
THEATR BARA CAWS
presents a new play by Aled Jones Williams
‘MERCHED EIRA’
(Director: Bryn Fôn)
‘We were not made for Paradise…’ They were headed for miles of sun drenched beaches, so how did they end up in this snow bound wilderness? Edith and Edna struggle to make sense of their predicament – why here and why like this? But with the past barking like an old dog at dusk, when the thaw comes what will they see?
Senility, loneliness and the casual treachery of everyday life drive this latest play by Aled Jones-Williams. Once again he leads us to the darkest places in the lightest way possible and swings a warm bright lantern over the edge of the coldest cliff of all.
The latest in a distinguished list of plays Aled has written for Bara Caws – ‘Merched Eira’ like ‘Lysh’,
‘Be Oedd Enw Ci Tin Tin’ and ‘Sundance’ before it, offers the same heady mix of sparkling dialogue, eternal themes and a uniquely uncompromising vision.
Following performances the Beaufort Theatre in Ebbw Vale (National Eisteddfod Week) Bara Caws will be touring communities throughout Wales from 6th September to 25th September, 2010.
Performances: 06 September 2010 to 25 September 2010