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Welsh Fargo Stage Company

J O Francis, Caradoc Evans, Gwyn Thomas & Others Revisited , Cardiff, Swansea, Newport, Milford Haven , May 21, 2025
Welsh Fargo Stage Company by J O Francis, Caradoc Evans, Gwyn Thomas & Others Revisited Welsh Fargo Stage Company was formed in the 1990s by Michael Kelligan to present "The Spirit of Enniskillen". Based on "Marie. A story from Enniskillen” by Gordon Wilson and Alf McCreary it was performed at Chapter and the St Donats Art Centre.

Michael Kelligan's adaptation of Emlyn Williams' “Dylan Thomas Growing Up” was performed at Chapter Arts Centre and the Torch Theatre.

In September 2004 Welsh Fargo began to present On The Edge, a series of rehearsed readings of mainly revivals of work by Welsh writers. The company uniquely reached back to present theatre by Caradoc Evans, J O Francis, Emlyn Williams, Gwyn Thomas, Alan Osborne.

Contemporary dramatists included Frank Vickery, Patrick Jones, Ed Thomas, Mark Jenkins, Lewis Davies, Ian Rowlands, Lucy Gough, Othniel Smith, Dic Edwards, Charles Way, Kaite O'Reilly, Alan Harris.

The reviews below are:

30 September 2014: Downtown Paradise

30 September 2014: Downtown Paradise

15 September 2014: Downtown Paradise

5 October 2013: Dandelion

1 October 2013: Dandelion

18 February 2012: The Custom House & Love in Plastic

28 November 2011: Orange

27 November 2011: Orange

17 February 2011: Night Must Fall

19 December 2008: The Dumb Waiter

20 September 2008: Paper Flowers

17 December 2007: Howie the Rookie

9 November 2007: Cargo

17 October 2007: Cargo

9 September 2007: The Mercy Seat

26 May 2007: Paradise Drive

15 April 2007: Franco's Bastard

1 March 2007: In Sunshine and in Shadow

21 October 2006: Change

22 September 2006: Taffy

29 May 2006: Yard

22 April 2006: Look Back in Anger

18 February 2006: Blink

25 November 2005: Gas Station Angel

19 November 2005: House of Broken Love

28 October 2005: Birthmarks

30 September 2005: Absents

1 June 2005: Utah Blue

6 May 2005: Two of Me Now & Tossers

7 April 2005: Burned

11 March 2005: Crossing the Bar

25 February 2005: Wild Merthyr Skies

18 February 2005: Music You Don't Normally Hear

Ilustrated: Downtown Paradise

Reviewed by: Adam Somerset

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