The electrifying presence of Dylan Thomas's last lecture tour, the last before the White Horse Pub and the legendary seventeenth whiskey, is re-incarnated in Bob Kingdom's portrayal of our bardic countryman in DylanThomas: Return Journey at Milford Haven’s Torch Theatre on December 9th.Tangibly heartfelt and without an inkling of ‘actorliness’, audiences could swear it was the poet himself on stage as Kingdom blends the stories and the poetry with incisive comments on the nature of performing, of audiences, and of the American touring circuit. Thomas (through Kingdom) takes his audience through Wales, past and present, through the natural world, to the one that lies after. Under Anthony Hopkins' minimalist direction, the conduit between the stage and the seating opens like a lock gate, bringing both performer and audience together in appreciation of the beauty, the humour, the passion and wit of the words of this writer. Few people who saw an early incarnation of Bob Kingdom's Dylan Thomas at the Chelsea Arts Club would have realised the international critical acclaim which would follow, to demand that the show should run seemingly for ever and everywhere. It has been seen in Britain, the United States, Australia and the Republic of Ireland. Indeed it has gone beyond the English speaking world to France, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. On Christmas Day 1990 the Sky satellite network brought Kingdom's Dylan into numerous parlours. Eighteen years later he is brought to you, live, at the Torch Theatre… DylanThomas: Return Journey, can be seen at the Torch Theatre on Tuesday December 9th. Tickets may be reserved by calling the Torch Box Office on 01646 695267 or by visiting their website at www.torchtheatre.co.uk. |
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