Learning Collection

This is a feel-good play to lift the spirits; a rom-com dealing with love, friendship and mixed-up emotions at the National Eisteddfod. A Melangell Dolma, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Theatr Clwyd production, supported by the National Eisteddfod of Wales via Cronfa Gari, and Wales Millennium Centre. AGE: 11+ by Melangell Dolma

by Saunders Lewis. A site-specific open air production of Saunders Lewis’s classic play staged at Tomen y Mur, Trawsfynydd. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production in association with CADW and Snowdonia National Park. AGE: 12+

by Elin Gwyn. With the lockdown restrictions keeping Carys and Andy apart, the couple turn to Zoom and and FaceTime to keep in touch. Carys ac Andy is one of BBC Cymru and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s Dramâu Micro [Micro Plays]. AGE: 14+

by Melangell Dolma. There are rainbows everywhere at the moment. Rainbows of thanks to our key workers and to the NHS. Enfys is one of BBC Cymru and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s Dramâu Micro [Micro Plays]. AGE: 12+

4 Friends. 6 Hours. 100s of Words. This is Er Cofid 19. 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. Part of Creu Ar-lein, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s new programme in response to the coronavirus emergency and the challenge of creating original dramatic work during lockdown. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts. AGE: 14+

by Hefin Robinson. An intriguing new play for the current generation; winner of the Drama Medal prize at the Monmouthshire and District National Eisteddfod, 2016. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with the National Eisteddfod of Wales and Carmarthenshire Theatres. AGE:11+

by Eddie Ladd. There’s no place like home. But how well do we really know this place? A digital production by the acclaimed artist Eddie Ladd created as part of Creu Ar-lein, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s new programme in response to the coronavirus emergency and the challenge of creating original dramatic work during lockdown. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts. AGE: 12+

Shakespeare’s classic play translated by Gwyn Thomas. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s site-specific production of Shakespeare’s brutal tragedy in a new Welsh translation by the late Gwyn Thomas. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership and with Cadw with support from Chapter AGE: 14+

by Heiddwen Tomos. Milwr yn y Meddwl explores matters arising from PTSD, and tells the story of Ned, who has returned home to west Wales after a tour of duty in Iraq. His recent experiences in the Iraq war have left deep scars; some visible, and others – the deepest – invisible. This is a new, heart-rending play examining the effects of traumatic events on a Welsh soldier, as he and his family try to come to terms with horrors from his past and the new challenges facing him. The winner of the Drama Medal Competition at the National Eisteddfod Anglesey 2017. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and Sherman Theatre, in partnership with the National Eisteddfod of Wales. AGE: 13+

Mrs Reynolds and the Ruffian by Gary Owen. Translated by Meic Povey. This contemporary play by the award-winning Gary Owen – one of our most audacious playwrights – offers new insights, witty and positive, into human nature and the relationship between two generations and two social classes in Wales today. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Frân Wen and Galeri Caernarfon. AGE: 12+

by Roger Williams. Nos Sadwrn o Hyd is a Welsh language adaptation by the playwright Roger Williams of his own popular play Saturday Night Forever. The original English version was well received from the start with audiences and reviewers alike. This adaptation was commissioned by the National Eisteddfod and Stonewall Cymru and was presented for the first time at this year’s Cardiff National Eisteddfod by the company OOMFF as part of the Mas ar y Maes programme – a new project arranged jointly between the Eisteddfod, Stonewall Cymru and the LGBTQ+ community. Nos Sadwrn o Hyd toured alongside Merched Caerdydd by Catrin Dafydd. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production in association with the National Eisteddfod of Wales, Mas ar y Maes, Stonewall Cymru and Oomff, supported by Theatr Clwyd. AGE:14+

by Karen Owen. 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. Part of Creu Ar-lein, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s new programme in response to the coronavirus emergency and the challenge of creating original dramatic work during lockdown. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru and National Theatre Wales production in partnership with BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Arts. AGE: 14+

by Mared Roberts. Sgidie, Sgidie, Sgidie by Mared Roberts – winner of the Drama Medal at the 2019 Cardiff and the Vale Urdd Eisteddfod – is an unlikely love story that puts homelessness, poverty and social inequality at the centre of a virtual stage. It’s brought to life in an on-line presentation, created in response to the challenges of making theatre during lockdown. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production in partnership with the Urdd Eisteddfod AGE: 12+

by Rhydian Gwyn Lewis. This thrilling new play is about a group of young Welsh terrorists on the eve of a referendum in the year 2039 in which the people must decide whether Wales should unite with England to create a new nation. Winner of the Drama Medal at Cardiff National Eisteddfod 2018. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production in association with the National Eisteddfod of Wales, with support from the Gwenlyn Parry Literary Estate and the Hugh Griffith Memorial Fund. AGE:11+

Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (The Caucasian Chalk Circle) by Bertolt Brecht. Translated by Mererid Hopwood with original live music by Gwenno. In a new Welsh-language translation by Mererid Hopwood with original music performed live by Gwenno, this twentieth-century classic bursts with music, dark humour and larger-than-life characters; an epic story of doing the right thing when the world goes wrong. AGE:11+

by Florian Zeller. Translated by Geraint Løvgreen. The father’s world is topsy-turvy. Who are these strangers in his house? Is it his house at all? A new Welsh translation of Le Père, winner of the Molière Award 2014 for the Best Play, and winner of the competition to Translate a Play into Welsh at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 2016. A Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production in association with Pontio AGE: 11+

by Guto Puw. Libretto by Gwyneth Glyn. Based on the play by Gwenlyn Parry. Gwenlyn Parry’s acclaimed play is brought to new life in the form of a touching and lyrical new opera. A Music Theatre Wales and Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru production originally presented by Sherman Theatre at the 2017 Glamorgan Festival. AGE: 14+

In a new Welsh-language translation set in the south Wales valleys in 1989, this is a touching play about friendship and the hopes and fears of young people.

Help(u). A short film by Rhiannon Williams exploring white privilege. Winner of the Drama Medal at the 2021 Urdd Eisteddfod.

Women’s rights are human rights. It’s time to smash the glass ceiling.

One night out. One chance meeting. A love story doomed from the start.

“Maybe I’m too fussy. But I just haven’t met ‘The One’. To be honest, I find men really, really annoying.”

Do you remember Nick’s story, who was on a journey to learn Welsh during the first lockdown in 2020? Do you remember his brave question to his tutor, Enfys? Want to know what happened next between the two?

Aneurin has been running away from his past, but – thanks to Grindr  – he unexpectedly finds love. When he and Dan decide to adopt, it seems their world is complete.

Because 2018 is a year of remembering a century since some women were denied the right to vote, Here are monologues about women who lived in Cardiff today and could speak Welsh. 14+