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Wales Millennium Centre | Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru

We are a home for the arts in Wales, a cauldron of creativity for the nation. We fire imaginations by creating our own theatre productions, festivals and digital experiences – as well as curating world-class, critically acclaimed touring productions – from musical theatre and comedy to dance and cabaret. We kindle emerging talents with our own fresh, […]

⭐ HIJINX UNITY FESTIVAL | GŴYL UNDOD HIJINX ⭐ 2022 Trailer

Hijinx’s Unity Festival is one of Europe’s largest inclusive disability arts festivals and the only one of its kind in Wales…and for our 10th edition we’ve put together a bumper programme! There will be 12 days of performances, bringing together some of the best inclusive and disability arts and theatre from around the world to showcase right here in Wales.

3 Welsh locations | 7 venues | 150+ performances | Including 40+ film screenings

For the first time, this year Hijinx’s Unity Festival will feature a Film Festival, showcasing some of the best recent inclusive film work from Wales, the UK, Europe and beyond. Plus, you can join us online via our new digital platform, Hijinx Mobile, built in partnership with Escena Mobile and the British Council. Get ready for lots of exciting theatre, dance, comedy, film, street theatre pop-ups and a new hybrid production!

Cardiff: 16 – 26 June
Bangor: 28 – 29 June
Llanelli: 1 – 2 July

Explore the What’s On page for the full programme; browse by genre or by location to see what’s happening where you are

Maniffest / Hijinx

Members of Hijinx Academy and National Youth Theatre of Wales (NYTW) recently returned to live in-person theatre devising, as they co-created a new inclusive work in partnership. Coming together in-person for the first time since the start of social distancing restrictions, the 8 young people took part in a four-day project full of creativity and stagecraft. Under the guidance of Ben Pettit-Wade (Creative Director, Hijinx), cast members developed an original piece of theatre based upon the ideas and stories suggested by the members themselves.


Read more about the project: https: //www.nyaw.org.uk/news/new-collaboration-between-national-youth-theatre-wales-and-hijinx-academy-as-part-of-maniffest-season

VIEWING COPY – Matinee/Perfformiad Prynhawn : How To Be Well In A World That Is Sick? | Sut i Fod Yn Iach Mewn Byd Sydd Yn Sâl? –

TRIGGER WARNING:

Some of the content of this show may be distressing, uncomfortable and or triggering. Please be aware there is reference to sexual and domestic violence, depression, flash backs, suicide, PTSD, trauma, and other mental health struggles. If you want more specific information, please get in touch and ask us.

If you need further support in relation to any of these issues, there is help and supportive information available at the following places: –

www.newpathways.org.uk by phone on 01685 379 310
Live Fear Free Helpline 0808 8010 800 (for sufferers of domestic and sexual abuse in Wales) 
www.samaritans.org by phone on 08457 90 90 90 
www.mentalhealth.org.uk



Matinee/Perfformiad Prynhawn : How To Be Well In A World That Is Sick? | Sut i Fod Yn Iach Mewn Byd Sydd Yn Sâl?

TRIGGER WARNING:

Some of the content of this show may be distressing, uncomfortable and or triggering. Please be aware there is reference to sexual and domestic violence, depression, flash backs, suicide, PTSD, trauma, and other mental health struggles. If you want more specific information, please get in touch and ask us.

If you need further support in relation to any of these issues, there is help and supportive information available at the following places: –


www.newpathways.org.uk by phone on 01685 379 310
Live Fear Free Helpline 0808 8010 800 (for sufferers of domestic and sexual abuse in Wales)

www.samaritans.org by phone on 08457 90 90 90

www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Podlediad Ar y Dibyn Podcast

Welsh language podcast to raise awareness of the ‘Ar y Dibyn’ creative project supporting those affected by addiction.

Milky Peaks (Trailer)

In the bosom of Snowdonia nestles the town of Milky Peaks: charmingly Welsh and gleamingly pebble-dashed. It’s a great place to live. Mostly.

Dewi, the fabulous hotel receptionist, just came out and yearns to be special. The Mother loves Wales and her family, if only they knew she was there. Drag queen Pariah Carey’s drowning her past in absinthe with a swarfega chaser; while Linda runs the Arts Centre with an iron fist, terrified of putting on something weird. And Alun John, rugby club legend and corrupt millionaire landowner? He just wants everyone to be happy.

It’s a normal Welsh town.

But when it’s nominated as “Britain’s Best Town” by a dark, shadowy organisation, everything it stands for risks being lost. Can its soul be saved?

A dazzling new musical written by and starring acclaimed Welsh writer/composer Seiriol Davies, reuniting with the team from How To Win Against History. Expect fast-paced humour, power ballads, sharp choreography and catchy numbers that will stick right in your head.

The perfect night out for the musicals or comedy fan!

Theatr Troed-y-rhiw

A co-operative theatre company based in Welsh drama’s heartlands in the west of Wales.

CULT Cymru

CULT Cymru is a learning project led by BECTU in partnership with Equity, the Musicians’ Union and the Writers’ Guild. We work with industry workers, employers and other organisations to arrange learning activities and networking events throughout Wales.   Types of learning activities include:   Business Skills (e.g. Becoming freelance, Marketing & Promotion, Bid Writing, […]

Moyo // Bywyd

National Youth Theatre of Wales and Solomonic Peacocks Theatre in Malawi have collaborated for the past year exploring ways of co-creation across digital platforms.
Following a research and development phase young performers wrote, filmed and performed a spoken word poem using mobile phones as their creative tool.

Facilitated by emerging directors in Wales and Malawi the group have worked with animators, voice coaches, choreographers and filmmakers and their final piece Moyo- Bywyd is a Chichewa/Welsh/English short film that explores and celebrates youth voice through cultural exchange.

The project was part of British Council Wales’ Go Digital Initiative.

The final piece along with a film documenting the process will be shown live in Malawi as part of Solomonic Peacock’s Easter Theatre Festival in Blantyre and will be available to watch here April 8th

Tocynnau/Tickets: How To Be Well In A World That Is Sick? | Sut i Fod Yn Iach Mewn Byd Sydd Yn Sâl?

How To Be Well In A World That Is Sick?
Devised, Written and Performed by Bethan Dear
Music composed by Gwilym Morus-Baird
Projected image by Heledd Wyn

Thursday 28th April @ 2:30pm

TICKETS AVAILABLE NOW: HERE


TRIGGER WARNING:

Some of the content of this show may be distressing, uncomfortable and or triggering. Please be aware there is reference to sexual and domestic violence, depression, flash backs, suicide, PTSD, trauma, and other mental health struggles. If you want more specific information, please get in touch and ask us.

If you need further support in relation to any of these issues, there is help and supportive information available at the following places: –


www.newpathways.org.uk by phone on 01685 379 310
Live Fear Free Helpline 0808 8010 800 (for sufferers of domestic and sexual abuse in Wales)

www.samaritans.org by phone on 08457 90 90 90

www.mentalhealth.org.uk

Tremolo

Drama bodlediad yw Tremolo wedi’i chynhyrchu gan Theatr Illumine mewn partneriaeth â Pharc Geneteg Cymru a Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, gyda chefnogaeth y Gymdeithas Geneteg. Wedi’i hysgrifennu gan y dramodydd Lisa Parry o Gaerdydd, sydd hefyd yn Gyd-gyfarwyddwr Theatr Illumine. Mae’r podlediad pwerus hwn yn rhoi mewnwelediad clir i’r cwestiwn a ddylid cael profion geneteg ai peidio, a sut mae un teulu’n ymdopi â’r diagnosis allai fod yn cuddio yn eu genynnau.

Meddai Lisa Parry; “Mae teuluoedd ledled ein cymunedau’n gorfod gwneud penderfyniadau tebyg i’r rhai mae ‘Harri’, sef prif gymeriad y ddrama (sydd yn ei arddegau), a’i deulu, yn gorfod eu gwneud ond anaml iawn rydyn ni’n clywed amdanyn nhw. Rwy’n gobeithio’n fawr y bydd Tremolo yn helpu teuluoedd sy’n ystyried opsiynau profion geneteg, ac yn gwneud y broses o ddeall y dewisiadau hyn yn fwy hygyrch i’r cyhoedd yn gyffredinol.”

Roedd y fformat podlediad yn apelio at Lisa oherwydd ei fod yn golygu y gallai cynulleidfaoedd ifanc gael profiad o Tremolo mewn ffordd agos atoch, uniongyrchol. Gydag un actor yn cyflwyno’r stori, mae hi’n gobeithio y bydd yn brofiad pwerus i’r gwrandawyr:

“Roedd agosatrwydd fformat y podlediad yn apelio’n fawr ataf i – mae’r ddrama’n glanio yn ymennydd y gwrandäwr fel y gallant roi eu delweddau eu hunain i’r yr hyn sy’n digwydd. Mae’r gerddoriaeth yn gwbl ganolog i’r ddrama, ac mae’r ffaith bod y podlediad yn cael ei drosglwyddo drwy wasanaethau ffrydio poblogaidd hefyd yn apelio’n fawr ataf. Ro’n i’n awyddus i freuder Harri ddod drwyddo, a gyda’r fformat hwn mae’n siarad un-wrth-un gyda’r gwrandawyr, fel petai.”

National Theatre Wales

These are uncertain times for us all. As a national company, we are deeply aware of our role in supporting, enabling and nurturing the performance sector around us as well as offering the people of Wales the chance to connect to the stories that can unite us in shared experiences while we are kept apart. We know this is a hard time for many of us, but if you are able to consider making a donation to help us continue our work, it would be hugely appreciated. Click HERE to be added to our e-newsletter.

The nation of Wales is our stage.
We collaborate with people and places to make extraordinary theatre that inspires change. From the intimate to the epic, our work is powerful, brave and unexpected. Rooted in Wales, with a global outlook, we are the English-language national theatre of Wales.
National Theatre Wales has staged more than 80 inspirational productions in locations all over Wales, the UK, internationally and online since March 2010.
We usually operate from a small base in Cardiff’s city centre, but we work all over the country and beyond, using Wales’ rich and diverse landscape, its towns, cities and villages, its incredible stories and rich talent as our inspiration.

Shirley Valentine – Rhagflas/Trailer

By Willy Russell

The hit comedy by the writer of Blood Brothers and Educating Rita is back. And this time it’s in Welsh.
Cool Cymru has landed in Merthyr and for the youngsters life has never been so good; it’s Stereophonics, Catatonia and alcopops all the way for them.

Not for our Shirl. Shirley’s a girl who thinks her best days might be behind her, the years of drudgery and chips and egg have taken their toll. But Shirley’s about to take a leap into the unknown that will rock her world. Join her as she leaves her home for a fun-filled fortnight in Greece that will change her life forever.

Starring Shelley Rees (BBC Radio Cymru, Pobol Y Cwm), Shirley Valentine is the life-enhancing, feelgood comedy that we all need right now. Suitable for learners, fluent Welsh speakers and anyone in between. Bring yourself, bring your friends, but above all bring your sense of humour and join Shirley Valentine on the holiday of a lifetime.

Arolwg Hygyrchedd | Accessibility Survey

AM is a website and app for the arts in Wales – www.amam.cymru. As part of our commitment to increasing audience and accessibility to the arts in Wales, we are conducting this survey amongst companies and organisations creating theatrical or performance work to discover the current situation and which obstacles remain to improving accessibility. A […]

Hijinx Social Impact Report – We are the Change Makers

We are the change makers! Our work changes the lives of our actors and participants. Over the course of a year our researchers unearthed some key themes that make Hijinx so important as the national inclusive theatre company of Wales.

Light from the Past

Hijinx’s South based young people’s theatre group Telemachus present Light from the Past, inspired by the ‘ancestors’ in Hijinx Odyssey’s production of Pinocchio and The Northern Lights. Directed by Sophia Karpaty. Filmmaker Chris Lloyd.

Y’n Ni Bron Yna? – Drama Radio

Radio drama by Mared Llywelyn Williams and AGwedd drama club members. During the 2020 lockdown, a family ventures out in the car… Was there really something “essential” about this journey?

Y Stiwdio – Drama Radio

Radio comedy drama by Carwyn Blayney, Catrin Daniel, Caitlin Meredith and Lleucu Sion with input and ideas from all AGwedd drama club members. Who knows what you’ll hear in this old, creep, abandoned recording studio?

Monologau’r Maes: John Ogwen

Our final monologue is Llywelyn’s heart-wrenching speech, which again comes from Saunders Lewis’ Siwan, performed by John Ogwen in Dolbadarn Castle, Llanberis.

Monologau’r Maes: Lemfreck

Lemfreck takes on one of the world’s greatest soliloquies from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, adapted into Welsh by JT Jones. This performance was filmed on the roof of the Globe Theatre in London, and we’re grateful to the Theatre for allowing us to film here.

Monologau’r Maes: Lauren Connelly

Liberty’s speech from Catrin Dafydd’s play, Merched Caerdydd, will be performed by Lauren Connelly. This play was created as part of the 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod programme, before going on a Wales-wide tour with Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru.

Monologau’r Maes: Siân Phillips

Staring Dame Siân Phillips, performing Siwan’s famous soliloquy from Act lll in Saunders Lewis’ iconic drama, Siwan.

The first of a series of four monologues from the National Eisteddfod 2021.

Cinematographer: Griff Lynch
Director: Steffan Donnelly
Co-produced with Cwmni Theatr Invertigo.
More about the Plays of Wales project

Panto 2021 – ‘Ni Nôl a Ni Mlan’

4 – 11 December 2021

There is great excitement afoot…

Al y Ci, Mami and the Vicar have been working on a project – the history of Wales from a whole new perspective. Hanes Ci-mru is about to be launched in the ‘Drwm’ at the National Library of Wales.

But the Baddies are up to their tricks again and have a multi-layered plan that will stop a Million Welsh Speakers, culture, the transmission of stories and history from generation to generation …. it’s an AMAZING plan!

Who will win the day and ensure our legacy is safe ???

TICKETS: 01570 470697

Cân y Ffordd Euraidd / The Song of the Golden Road

Cân y Ffordd Euraidd / The Song of the Golden Road is a radio ballad created in response to the  Preseli Heartlands from Crymych to Cwm Gwaun. The project has taken the form of  a series of workshops and walks from the communities that reside at the foot of the Preselis. These sessions were an […]

The Tigerface Show

The TigerFace Show is a wild + wonderful comedy performance that asks us to re-think what it was we wanted to be when we grew up in the hopes of finding some child-like happiness in adulthood! As the central character attempts to re-create the last ever episode of his old kid’s tv serial The TigerFace […]

Music Theatre Wales

Music Theatre Wales is changing the way opera and music theatre is made and perceived by addressing who makes it and who it is for: Reaching out to new and more diverse audiences; Responding to and reflecting society; Celebrating opera as a multidisciplinary form.

Cyfweliad Bethan Ellis Owen (Ani) Interview | Anfamol

A chance to hear from Bethan Ellis Owen who plays ‘Ani’ in Anfamol.

”I would say be prepared to ride the rollercoaster with her!”

On tour around Wales 29/9/2021 – 2/10/2021

In association with Sherman Theatre

FIO

Fio exists to create positive change in the arts and cultural sector in Wales. We are a theatre and arts company based in Cardiff founded in 2016.   Our vision is that Global Majority people are embedded and thriving in all aspects of theatre and arts in Wales. We support Global Majority people of all […]

Y Teimlad | That Feeling

Join the National Youth Theatre of Wales 2021 cast on an epic music-fuelled journey, where the world of ancient Love Gods collides with the reality of love in present day Wales. Written by Hanna Jarman and inspired by the ensemble cast, this vibrant, bilingual mash-up of film and theatre (with a smattering of psychedelic zoom) […]

Landing Bolts

A behind the scenes documentary film of Fio’s summer project, Landing Bolts. The project was part of Cardiff Council’s Summer of Smiles and saw young black, Asian and global majority people coming together to explore skateboarding, music, fashion, dance, spoken word, acting and film.

Meet Hayleyann Price, ISW’s Navigations Officer. /// Cyfarfod a HP, swyddog Llywio

Meet Hayleyann Price, ISW’s Navigations Officer. /// Cyfarfod a HP, swyddog Llywio. Here he shows us where Elin is currently housed in quarantine. You too can watch Elin in quarantine LIVE on our website: www.iswales.com///Yma mae’n dangos I ni lle mae Elin ar hyn o bryd mewn cwarantin. Gallwch hefyd wylio cwarantin Elin yn fyw […]