Theatr Gen Eto
[Theatr Gen Again]
As theatres across Wales are closed at the moment, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru has launched Theatr Gen Eto to offer opportunities for audiences to enjoy some of the company’s productions on screen. By releasing content from its extensive archive, the company will share a number of its previous productions on its YouTube channel and also on the new digital platform AM online at amam.cymru or by downloading the app on amam.cymru/ambobdim) in order to reach a wide and varied audience, ensuring that Welsh-language content is available online, alongside the ever-growing repertoire and opportunities to see English-language theatre in this way. Closed captions in Welsh and English will be available on some of this archive material.
CC Instructions on how to use Closed Captions available here.
Since April 2020, many Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru productions have been released as part of our Theatr Gen Eto programme. The programme included the productions Llygoden yr Eira; Nos Sadwrn o Hyd by Roger Williams, Mrs Reynolds a’r Cena Bach by Gary Owen, trranslated by Meic Povey; Bachu by Melangell Dolma; Estron by Hefin Robinson; Milwr yn y Meddwl by Heiddwen Tomos; and X by Rhydian Gwyn Lewis.
Keep an eye on this page for information regarding further productions to be released online in the near future!
Y Tŵr
by Guto Puw
Libretto by Gwyneth Glyn
Based on the play by Gwenlyn Parry
Available from 14 April 2021
A Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production originally presented by Sherman Theatre and the Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2017
Y Tŵr is an intimate story of love and life based on the work of one of Wales’ most prolific playwrights. Exploring the extremes of emotion experienced by two lovers over the course of a lifetime together, Gwenlyn Parry’s acclaimed play is brought to new life in the form of a touching and lyrical original opera by composer Guto Puw and singer-songwriter-playwright, Gwyneth Glyn.
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English
Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch Y Tŵr on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 14 April 2021.
Blodeuwedd
by Saunders Lewis
Available from 3 March 2021
A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production, in association with CADW and Snowdonia National Park.
Blodeuwedd is frustrated, and Llew discontent. After overcoming his mother’s spell by marrying a woman made of flowers, Llew is desperate for an heir. Blodeuwedd’s wild nature is making her feel imprisoned in her own home. When Gronw Pebr falls in love with her, they at last have an opportunity to escape. But first of all, they must kill Llew.
An opportunity to watch this open-air production performed in Tomen y Mur, the legendary home of the play’s heroine.
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English, using the excellent translation by the late Siôn Eirian, Blodeuwedd, The Woman of Flowers (1992).
Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch Blodeuwedd on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 3 March 2021.
Macbeth
Shakespeare’s classic play translated by Gwyn Thomas
Available from 27 January 2021
A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production, in partnership with CADW with support from Chapter
A Scottish king has generously rewarded his brightest warrior. But supernatural beings have predicted a far greater honour for Macbeth. When his merciless wife is captivated by the promise of infinite power, fuelling her husband’s fiendish ambition, he is doomed, and their devilish plans turn to bloody massacre.
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English. Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch Macbeth on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 27 January 2021.
New Digital Commissions
During Lockdown, together with the team at National Theatre Wales, and in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts, we commissioned the theatre artists of Wales to make live theatre in digital spaces. The theatre artists of Wales were invited to come up with innovative, exciting and human responses to this challenge and help audiences, communities and their theatre makers to come together whilst we are all kept apart.
We’re pleased to offer you another opportunity to watch our New Digital Commissions – innovative productions created under social distancing conditions, in response to the current crisis.
Fy Ynys Las
by Eddie Ladd
Available from 21 October 2020
A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts
There’s no place like home. But how well do we really know this special place?
During the lockdown, acclaimed artist and performer Eddie Ladd has moved home to live with her mam on the farm where she grew up – Maesglas. In every nook and cranny of this wonderful spot – the farmhouse, the cowshed, the farmyard and the potato shed – Eddie revisits her family history, stories from the local community and memories of her own long and varied career.
Join Eddie on a virtual tour as she breathes new life to her past. From Eddie’s home to yours, this is a unique glimpse into life in rural Wales during a pandemic.
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English. Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch Fy Ynys Las on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 21 October 2020.
Er Cofid 19
by Er Cof
Available from 21 October 2020
A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production, in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts
4 Friends. 6 Hours. 100s of Words. This is Er Cofid 19.
From Zoom quizzes to on-line fitness workouts, from spare room offices to ‘alternative’ versions of Calon Lân – this is our new normal.
In the first Welsh-language digital performance of its kind, join four friends in lockdown, messing around and shooting the breeze in the name of killing time. Come and go (and come back again!) – whilst sitting in the garden, cooking tea or filling the bath. The four will be there for you, providing six hours of entertainment and banality in this theatrical marathon.
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English. Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch Er Cofid 19 on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 21 October 2020.
O Ben’groes at Droed Amser
by Karen Owen
with Maggie Ogunbanwo
Available from 21 October 2020
A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts
Two friends, a half-hour journey, a world of memories – all from behind masks during a global pandemic.
Join author and poet Karen Owen as she boards a bus and sets out on a journey from her home, and the street where she grew up, to the clock in Bangor city centre. Maggie Ogunbanwo will join Karen on her personal pilgrimage; originally from Lagos, Nigeria, Maggie runs her successful food business from The Red Lion in Penygroes.
The journey itself only takes about half an hour, but it encompasses Karen’s whole life – from early childhood to her university years, passing the hospital and pubs – all speeding past as Karen and Maggie discuss their different roots and life experiences… about love, belonging, racism and forgiveness.
Artist Karen Owen, Maggie Ogunbanwo
Director Beca Brown
CC Closed Captions available in Welsh and English. Instructions on how to set Closed Captions on YouTube available here.
You can watch O Ben’groes at Droed Amser on our YouTube channel and on the AM website and app (amam.cymru) from 21 October 2020.
