The 1900 – 1903 Great Strike of Penrhyn Quarry is still the longest running industrial dispute in UK history. It tore apart a community, bringing untold hardship and suffering. But through it all there was brotherhood, a coming together in the name of justice and fairness, and remarkably, there was laughter and song.
This adaptation of T Rowland Hughes’ famous novel put the quarrymen – who gave from their meagre wages so that their children would not suffer as they did – centre stage to celebrate the opening of a great new theatre at the foot of the very centre of learning that they built.
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru in partnership with Pontio and Cwmni Frân Wen. Gareth Miles's adaptation of ‘Chwalfa’ by T Rowland Hughes.
17 – 27 February, 2016
Lisa Jên Brown
Sion Emyr
Dyfrig Evans
Mark Flanagan
Robin Griffith
Gwenno Hodgkins
Morfudd Hughes
Elain Lloyd
Ceri Murphy
Emyr Roberts
Rhodri Trefor
Llion Williams
Based on the novel by T Rowland Hughes
Adapted by Gareth Miles
Director Arwel Gruffydd
Designer Cai Dyfan
Composer, Sound Designer and Musical Director Dyfan Jones
Lighting Designer Elanor Higgins
Video Designer Louise Rhoades-Brown
