De Oscuro in association with Wales Millennium Centrepresent Mac//Beth at Aberystwyth Arts Centre Tuesday 26 November, 2013. 7.30pm Following sell out performances at the Linbury Studio in the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, De Oscuro's MAC//BETH tours to Beaumaris, Aberystwyth and Mold, performing at Aberystwyth Arts Centre Tuesday 26 November, 2013, 7.30pm. This radical adaptation of Shakespeare's tragic play weaves Mererid Hopwood’s new Welsh-language translation with English, Polish and Hebrew in a fusion of exhilarating dance and text. Welsh theatre director Judith Roberts directs renowned dance artist Eddie Ladd as Lady Macbeth and Gerald Tyler as Macbeth alongside Gwyn Emberton, Matthew Harries and Sean Palmer. Irish pianist and composer Conor Linehan’s haunting new score is performed by the Elysian Quartet. Mererid Hopwood is an acclaimed Welsh poet who made history in 2001 by becoming the first woman ever to win the bardic Chair at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. In 2003 she won the crown at the National Eisteddfod and in 2008 she was awarded the Eisteddfod's Prose Medal for her book O Ran. Judith Roberts is an experienced theatre director who has worked extensively in both the English and Welsh languages. Her many credits include national Welsh tours of La Casa de Bernarda Alba, Le Misanthrope and The Crucible for Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, where Judith was Associate Director from 2004-2009. Since graduating from Aberystwyth University, physical theatre performer Eddie Ladd has worked with Moving Being, Hijinx, Taliesin, Volcano, Theatrig and Brith Gof. She also makes her own work. Gerald Tyler has been a part of physical theatre company Earthfall for over ten years as a performer. He began creating his own work in 2006 and has participated in projects with both Brith Gof and Eddie Ladd. Gwyn Emberton has worked as a dancer with Matthew Bourne, Jasmin Vardimon and Scottish Dance Theatre amongst many others. He is an associate artist at Aberystwyth Arts Centre where he will create his first Wales based work in 2013/14. Matthew Harries graduated from Swansea Metropolitan University in 2013 and recently performed in Willi Dorner's Bodies in Urban Spaces as part of the Adain Avion event in Swansea. Sean Palmer graduated from Manchester Metropolitan University in 1999. He now lives in Poland and has performed extensively in Warsaw where credits include The Oresteia (directed by Michał Zadara), Tragedies of Princesses, and Echo. As a vocalist and a beat boxer he has worked with artists including Tomasz Stańko, Niewinni Czarodzieje, Chocolate Moose and Soul Service DJ Crew. Conor Linehan has composed music for concert, theatre, dance and film, working with companies including the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre and the Abbey Theatre in Dublin, where he has worked extensively on scores for King Lear, The Dead, and Translations amongst many others. In 2010 Conor won the Irish Times Theatre Award for Best Sound Design and was nominated in the Judges Special Award category 'for setting the standard for original composition in theatre'. To book please contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 01970 62 32 32 or go online www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre |
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