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The Torch Theatre: A Look-back & Guide

At the Torch

The Torch , Milford Haven, Touring, London, Edinburgh Fringe, New York City , December 8, 2023
At the Torch by The Torch The Torch is producer of the longest-running play in Wales' theatre. “Grav” with, Gareth John Bale, pictured in the title role, reached out in a unique way to new audiences.

The Torch was to be seen touring, often in co-production with Mappa Mundi, across Wales and with its own productions at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The Torch, led for a quarter-century by Peter Doran, achieved a successful generational shift with its appointment of Chelsey Gillard as Artistic Director.

Productions in the era of Chelsey Gillard below:

02 May 2024: Kill Thy Neighbour

07 December 2023: Private Lives

Previous productions by the Torch:

"Aladdin": 9 December 2013

"Bedroom Farce": 21 October 2004: 23 October 2004

"Belonging": 10 May 2018

"Blue Remembered Hills": 21 October 2000

"Brief Encounter": 13 October 2015

"The Caretaker": 28 February 2002: 21 February 2002 15 February 2002: 13 February 2002

"Carwyn" : 24 March 2022

"Cinderella": 12 December 2008

"Conversation With A Cupboard Man": 09 August 2001: 26 March 2002: 28 February 2002

"Danny and the Donkey Man": 06 December 2002

"Dead Funny": 10 October 2005: 20 July 2006

"Dick Whittington": 04 December 2017: 03 December 2012

"Educating Rita": 06 February 2004

“Figures in the Landscape”: 01 September 2001

"Flowers from Tunisia": 14 May 2011: 09 June 2011

"Grav": 26 March 2019: 04 March 2016: 17 March 2015

"Grav" in New York: 03 April 2018

“The Hired Man”: 05 2008

"The History of Milford Haven": 03 August 2012

“Hobson's Choice”: 13 March 2013

“An Inspector Calls”: 11 October 2010

"Jack and the Beanstalk": 15 December 2010: 07 December 2001: 05 December 2001

"Little Shop of Horrors": 26 October 2001

"Living Together": 4 August 2009

"A Midsummer Night’s Dream": 10 November 2012: 15 October 2012: 08 October 2012: 05 October 2012

"Noises Off": 25 October 2006

"Oh, Hello": 20 July 2016: 10 March 2004: 02 August 2002: 20 August 2016

"One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest": 18 October 2017: 13 October 2017

"One for the Road": 10 February 2003: 31 January 2003: 06 February 2003

‘A One Man Protest’ and ‘A Pageant”: 19 August 2010

"One Man, Two Guv'nors": 4 October 2018

“Only A Matter of Time”: 9 March 2006; 12 February 2006

"A Prayer for Wings": 10 March 2001: 03 March 2001: 15 February 2001: 14 February 2001: 08 February 2001: 03 March 2001 28 February 2001

"Round and Round the Garden": 7 August 2009

"She Stoops to Conquer": 26 April 2009

"The Snow Queen": 04 December 2006

“Table Manners”: 13 August 2009

“Who's Afraid of Rachel Roberts?": 27 April 2012: 16 May 2012: 10 May 2012

"The Wood": 12 March 2018: 20 February 2018

Reviewed by: Adam Somerset

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