| A Lament for Moths by Patrick Jones |
| First presented in 2009 by Gwent Young People�s Theatre (formerly Gwent Theatre) |
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synopsis: Poet and playwright Patrick Jones has written a new drama for Gwent Theatre directed by Gary Meredith, performed by Jain Boon, Lizzie Rogan and Daniel Wallace with design by Georgina Miles. A Lament for Moths is a roller-coaster ride through the journey of two children growing up in a world where the moths (gentle, sensitive people) are trampled by mammoths (the brazen and manipulative). It is told through the eyes of Joe and looks at what and who creates violence and its effect on young people. He and his young friend Ruby are friends since childhood and the action follows their lives against a background of family breakdown and how adults can, unwittingly, scar their children by the effects of their own emotional conflict. Patrick says: “The title is from a Tennessee Williams’ poem and one of the earliest poems I loved. When we talked about the development of the play its metaphor seemed perfect.” Patrick says the style of the drama is expressionistic with musical montages from James Dean Bradfield of Manic Street Preachers providing beautiful sound tracks to the quickly changing scenes. |
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