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Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru tour new production, Hollti, October 2017 |
HolltiTheatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s powerful new drama, Hollti goes on tour across Wales from Thursday 5 until Friday 20 October 2017. Based on an original idea by Sarah Bickerton and Marred Glynn Jones, Hollti is a bold, new verbatim play by Manon Wyn Williams, about the rights of our communities to decide their own future. It opened during the week of the National Eisteddfod, Anglesey to a to warm praise by the critics and audiences alike. The story of Hollti In response to plans to build a new nuclear power station on Anglesey, Hollti looks at the hopes and fears of some of the island’s residents, including the nearest neighbours to the proposed site of Wylfa Newydd, the family of Caerdegog, a working farm near Cemaes. With a script created from interviews with real-life people, the cast – including Siw Hughes, Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Dafydd Emyr, Sion Pritchard, Iwan Charles, Steffan Harri and Lowri Gwynne – bring the arguments for and against a new nuclear power station to life on the stage. Sarah Bickerton (director of Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru) directs Hollti. Members of the creative team include Luned Gwawr Evans (Designer), Elanor Higgins (Lighting Designer), Gareth Brierley (Sound Designer) and Jason Lye-Phylips (AV Designer). The Tour Galeri, Caernarfon (5 + 6 October 19:30) Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan (9 + 10 October 19:30) The Lyric, Carmarthen (12 + 13 October 19:30) Aberystwyth Arts Centre (16 + 17 October 19:30) ATRiuM, University of South Wales, Cardiff (19 + 20 October 19:30). * * * “Cafwyd felly, mewn awr a hanner, gipolwg aml-haenog ar sefyllfa gymhleth iawn, wedi’i blethu â drama afaelgar am etifeddiaeth.” Lowri Cooke Bydd Hollti, cynhyrchiad pwerus diweddaraf Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, yn mynd ar daith ledled Cymru rhwng nos Iau 5 Hydref a nos Wener 20 Hydref. Yn seiliedig ar syniad gwreiddiol gan Sarah Bickerton a Marred Glynn Jones, mae Hollti yn ddrama air-am-air newydd a beiddgar gan Manon Wyn Williams am hawl ein cymunedau i lunio’u dyfodol eu hunain. Agorodd y cynhyrchiad yn ystod wythnos Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Ynys Môn ym mis Awst eleni. Cafwyd adolygiadau canmoladwy, ac ymateb dirdynnol gan y gynulleidfa. Stori Hollti Mewn ymateb i gynlluniau i adeiladu atomfa newydd ar Ynys Môn, mae Hollti yn archwilio pryderon a gobeithion rhai o bobl yr ynys, gan gynnwys cymdogion agosaf safle arfaethedig Wylfa Newydd, sef teulu fferm Caerdegog, ger Cemaes. Gyda sgript wedi’i chreu o gyfweliadau gyda phobl go iawn, daw’r cast – sy’n cynnwys Siw Hughes, Gwyn Vaughan Jones, Dafydd Emyr, Sion Pritchard, Iwan Charles, Steffan Harri a Lowri Gwynne – â’r dadleuon o blaid ac yn erbyn gorsaf bŵer niwclear newydd yn fyw ar y llwyfan. Sarah Bickerton (cyfarwyddwr Nansi, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru) sydd yn cyfarwyddo Hollti. Ymhlith y tîm creadigol mae Luned Gwawr Evans (Cynllunydd), Elanor Higgins (Cynllunydd Goleuo), Gareth Brierley (Cynllunydd Sain) a Jason Lye-Phylips (Cynllunydd Fideo). Taith Hollti Galeri, Caernarfon (5 + 6 Hydref 19:30) Theatr Mwldan, Aberteifi (9 + 10 Hydref 19:30) Theatr y Lyric, Caerfyrddin (12 + 13 Hydref 19:30) Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth (16 + 17 Hydref 19:30) ATRiuM, Prifysgol De Cymru, Caerdydd (19 + 20 Hydref 19:30). |
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Monday, September 18, 2017 |
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