At Sgript Cymru |
| Sgript Cymru- Amdani , Sherman Theatre, Cardiff , September 18, 2003 |
| Many good restaurants don’t play background music; they rely on the customers to provide the ambient sound. They even design the floor and tables to emphasise this. There was this same exciting anticipatory chatter throughout the Sherman auditorium. It’s a good sound – the sound of a full theatre! It is of course impossible for me to write a detailed and fully informed account of this production because of my limited understanding of the Welsh Language. However based on the little knowledge I do have and assisted by the sur-titles and an English synopsis and my own arrogant presumption, I offer my impression of the play. It most certainly lived up to its provenance, having previously been a very successful novel and TV series. This was clear in the confidence of the writing and the mature and thoroughly captivating and entertaining slice of Welsh life the evening proved to be. It was good to look at and great to hear the banter of ‘normal life’ so expertly delivered by this excellent cast. It was the high degree of professionalism and togetherness of the whole production that particularly excited me. This was no outstanding drama of great human emotion although there was a very real, sensitively performed, human dilemma at the heart of the story. It was a fine example of an interesting and absorbing story celebrated through the medium of theatre. The girls are having a night in and a sparky group of girls they prove to be! The five actresses, who became the core of the Tre-Ddôll woman’s rugby team, all interacted so well with each other that clearly under the coaching of ‘the men’ they were going to be a match for anyone! Lead by ‘captain’ Ffion Dafis who with Rebecca Harries, Sara Lloyd, Catrin Mara and Karen Wynne not only succeeded in painting their characters so vividly but also interacted off one another in such a joyful and girlie way. Wayne is Llinos’ chauvinistic, loutish insensitive husband – dinner on the table, no responsibility for his kids. This was a demanding role for Huw Garmon. At first I thought he was not quite unpleasant enough to send Llinos into the arms and other bits of Gareth, a strong performance by Dafydd Emyr, but he did show his good side in the end and I guess the actor needed to take this into consideration. It was certainly an extremely believable performance. As was the warm hearted good humorous playing of Jac Stiward by Ieuan Rhys. We left the theatre knowing that his marriage to Beryl was going to be a good one made right there on the penalty spot. Do try and catch this play on tour, You’ll have a great night out! Amdani will be touching down in – Mold, Aberystwyth, Pwllheli, Rhyl, Swansea, Carmarthen, Harlech, Bangor, Crymych and Felinfach. Once again Simon Harries’ Sgript Cymru proves that it is one of the leading producing companies in Wales today |
Reviewed by: Michael Kelligan |
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