1348, Pentreufargirec. A new chaos has arrived – Plague. God has betrayed the people, and a frenzy of finger-pointing, cat-hunting and heretic-burning has drowned the village in the toilet. To con-artist Twm, everything is ripe for the picking. With people dying, there’s a social ladder to climb. But under the rule of a Tax Collector desperately searching for love, and a revolutionary manure-seller spreading free-thinking amongst the peasantry, Twm will realise that the climb to power has its obstacles.
A mischievous, black (death) comedy of crisis and corruption. Welcome to the Black Death – there’s nothing funnier.
Written and directed by Chris Harris, this is a Theatrau Sir Gâr Production, funded by the Arts Council of Wales, and supported by Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru.
This is a Welsh language production, suitable for ages 14+ (contains strong language, themes of death, illness, comic gore, sarcastic humour and very fluffy puppets). Sibrwd, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru's Welsh language access app, will be available at every performance.
In each performance, Sibrwd – Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru's language access app – will be available to guide the audience through the story, whatever their level of fluency in Welsh. Through captions which appear on the user’s phone, the app conveys in English what is being said on the stage. The app is available for the audience to use with their own mobile phone and it’s completely free.
Performance dates
-
04 May 202319:30Live theatreFfwrnes, Llanelli
-
05 May 202319:30Live theatreFfwrnes, Llanelli
-
10 May 202319:30Live theatreTheatr Borough, Y Fenni
-
11 May 202319:30Live theatreY Parc A’r Dâr, Treorci
-
12 May 202319:30Live theatrePafiliwn y Grand, Porthcawl
-
16 May 202319:30Live theatreTheatr Brycheiniog, Aberhonddu
-
17 May 202319:30Live theatreCanolfan Celfyddydau Pontardawe
-
18 May 202319:30Live theatreSefydliad y Glowyr Coed Duon
-
19 May 202319:30Live theatreBarry Memo, Y Barri
-
23 May 202319:30Live theatrePontio, Bangor
-
24 May 202319:30Live theatreNeuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli
-
25 May 202319:30Live theatreMwldan, Aberteifi
-
26 May 202319:30Live theatreLyric, Caerfyrddin
Iwan Charles
Anni Dafydd
Alis Wyn Davies
Berwyn Pearce
Writer & Director Chris Harris
Designer Luned Gwawr Evans
Composer Lynwen Haf Roberts
Producers Ffion Glyn & Sharon Casey
Marketing Kate Boucher & Heulwen Davies
Illustration Matilda Southcott