ARDDANGOSFA | EXHIBITION
ZEPUR AGOP
Abertawe, Cymru / Sydney, De Cymru Newydd, Awstralia
Swansea, Wales /Sydney, NSW. Australia
NADOLIG YN Y GANOLFAN
Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru
Rhagfyr 2019
DYLUNYDD Y SET: Ruth Stringer
GWNEUTHURWR Y PROPIAU: Zepur Agopyan
DYLUNYDD CYNORTHWYOL: Louise Worrall
CHRISTMAS AT THE CENTRE
Wales Millennium Centre
December 2019
SET DESIGNER: Ruth Stringer
PROP MAKER: Zepur Agopyan
ASSISTANT DESIGNER: Louise Worrall
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Cafodd Addurniadau Nadolig Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru eu dylunio i arddangos yr holl wahanol fathau o Nadoligau sy’n cael eu dathlu. Ymddangosodd 24 o flychau o wahanol feintiau a siapiau drwy’r Ganolfan – pob un â Nadolig gwahanol y tu mewn iddo, ac yn atgoffa rhywun o galendr adfent anferth, rhyngweithiol. Roedd y Krampus yn ymddangos yn y blwch Nadolig Dychrynllyd, i’n hatgoffa o’r ellyll corniog o ganol a dwyrain Ewrop sy’n ymweld â phlant drwg.
Cafodd dwylo, wyneb a chyrn y Krampus eu creu â llaw drwy ddefnyddio Milliput ar fodel bychan, gan drin a thrafod y pwti tra’r oedd yn wlyb, a’i baentio ar ôl iddo sychu. Gwnaed patrwm manwl ar ei gôt, a dorrwyd o ffwr wedi’i ailddefnyddio.
BYWGRAFFIAD YR ARTIST
Mae Zepur Agopyan yn byw yn y de ac mae’n dylunio ac yn creu ar gyfer y theatr, perfformiadau, ffilmiau a theledu
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Wales Millennium Centre’s Christmas Decorations were designed to showcase all the different kinds of Christmas that are celebrated. 24 boxes of differing sizes and shapes appeared across the Centre - each with a different Christmas inside, reminiscent of a giant, interactive advent calendar. The Krampus appeared within the Scary Christmas box, paying homage to the horned demon from Central and Eastern Europe who visits naughty children.
The Krampus’ hands, face and horns were hand-crafted by applying Milliput to a minature maquette, manipulating and shaping the putty whilst it was wet, and painting once dry. A tiny pattern was made for his coat, which was cut from repurposed fur.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Zepur Agopyan, a South Wales based designer and maker for Theatre, Performance, film, and Television.
PATRICK NILS CONNELLAN
Doc Penfro, Sir Benfro, Cymru / Llundain
Pembroke Dock, Pembrokeshire, Wales / London
THE INCIDIENT ROOM
Theatr y New Diorama
11 Chwefror - 14 Mawrth 2020
DRAMODYDD: Olivia Hurst a David Byrne
DYLUNYDD SET: Patrick Connellan
DYLUNYDD GWISGOEDD: Ronnie Dorsey
DYLUNYDD GOLEUO: Greg Cebula
DYLUNYDD TAFLUNIO: Zakk Hein
DYLUNYDD SAIN / CYFANSODDWR: Yaiza Varona
CYFARWYDDWR: Beth Flintoff a David Byrne
PAENTIO GOLYGFEYDD: Tin Shed Scenery
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: The Other Richard
THE INCIDENT ROOM
New Diorama Theatre
11 February - 14 March 2020
PLAYWRIGHT: Olivia Hurst and David Byrne
SET DESIGNER: Patrick Connellan
COSTUME DESIGNER: Ronnie Dorsey
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Greg Cebula
PROJECTION DESIGNER: Zakk Hein
SOUND DESIGNER / COMPOSER: Yaiza Varona
DIRECTOR: Beth Flintoff and David Byrne
SCENIC ARTIST: Tin Shed Scenery
PHOTOGRAPHER: The Other Richard
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Cafodd The Incident Room ei hysgrifennu a’i llunio yng ngwanwyn 2019 a chafodd ei llwyfannu am y tro cyntaf yn theatr y New Diorama yr haf hwnnw cyn symud i Ŵyl Fringe Caeredin, lle cafodd dderbyniad gwresog iawn. Atgyfodwyd y ddrama yn 2020 yn theatr y New Diorama, â dyluniad rhannol newydd, yna symudodd i Theatr Greenwich cyn rhediad yn Off Broadwy 59E59 Theaters. Enillodd Offie am ddyluniad y set yn 2021.
Mae’r cynhyrchiad wedi’i osod yn 1975 yn Leeds, ac Ystafell Ddigwyddiadau Millgarth yw canolbwynt yr ymchwiliad mwyaf yn hanes heddlu Prydain.
Dilynwn Sarjant Megan Winterburn wrth iddi ymuno â channoedd o swyddogion sy’n gweithio ddydd a nos i geisio dod o hyd i’r dyn sy’n cael ei adnabod fel y Yorkshire Ripper. Mae miloedd o ddatganiadau a darnau o dystiolaeth yn cael eu casglu a’u storio yn Ystafell Ddigwyddiadau Millgarth, ond heb gyfrifiaduron mae cysylltiadau hanfodol rhwng cliwiau yn cael eu methu.
Wrth i’r pwysau gan y cyhoedd gynyddu, mae’r ymchwiliad yn troi at ffyrdd mwy beiddgar o geisio dal un o lofruddion cyfresol gwaethaf Prydain.
BYWGRAFFIAD YR ARTIST
Fel Dylunydd. Yn cynnwys:
Fighting Irish (Theatr Belgrade 2022); Educating Rita (teithiau cenedlaethol 2019/20/21); The Incident Room (Theatr y New Diorama/Gŵyl Fringe Caeredin 2019); Read All About It (safle penodol theatr Belgrade); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Perm, Rwsia); The Red Lion (enwebwyd ar gyfer Gwobr Olivier – Live Theatre/Trafalgar Studios); The Baraem Play (Al Jazeera Media, Qatar); The Hook (Theatre Royal, Northampton/Everyman, Lerpwl); Edward III (RSC/West End); A Passionate Woman (West End/taith).
Fel Cyfarwyddwr/Dylunydd:
This Lime Tree Bower (Theatr Belgrade/Gŵyl Fringe Caeredin); Popcorn (Octagon); Abigail’s Party (New Vic).
Mae Patrick wedi ennill Gwobr Linbury am Ddylunio Llwyfan.
Bu’n Arweinydd Cyrsiau ar gyfer Dylunio Theatr ym Mhrifysgol Nottingham Trent, ac erbyn hyn mae’n ddarlithydd yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru.
Gwobr Offie Dylunio Set 2021 i The Incident Room.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The Incident Room was written and devised in the Spring of 2019 and first staged at the New Diorama Theatre that Summer before transferring to the Edinburgh Fringe, where it was very well received. The play was revived in 2020 at The New Diorama Theatre, with a partially new design, and then transferred to Greenwich Theatre before a run at 59E59 Theaters, Off Broadway. The set design was awarded an Offie in 2021.
Set in 1975 in Leeds, the Millgarth Incident Room is the epicentre of the biggest manhunt in British police history.
We follow Sergeant Megan Winterburn as she joins hundreds of officers working around the clock to find the man known as the Yorkshire Ripper. Thousands of statements and scraps of evidence are collected and stored in the Millgarth Incident Room, but without computers vital connections between clues are missed.
With public pressure mounting, the investigation resorts to increasingly audacious attempts to catch one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
As Designer. Includes:
Fighting Irish (Belgrade Theatre 2022); Educating Rita (National tours 2019/20/21); The Incident Room (New Diorama Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe 2019); Read All About It (Belgrade theatre site-specific); The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Perm, Russia); The Red Lion (Olivier Award nominated – Live Theatre/Trafalgar Studios); The Baraem Play (Al Jazeera Media, Qatar); The Hook (Theatre Royal, Northampton/Liverpool Everyman); Edward III (RSC/West End); A Passionate Woman (West End/tour).
As Director/Designer:
This Lime Tree Bower (Belgrade Theatre/Edinburgh Fringe); Popcorn (Octagon); Abigail’s Party (New Vic).
Patrick won the Linbury Prize for Stage Design.
Patrick was Course Leader for Theatre Design at NTU and is now a lecturer at the RWCMD.
2021 Set Design Offie Award for The Incident Room.
LUNED GWAWR Cardiff, Wales
PRYD MAE'R HAF
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
05 Ion - Chwe 15 2020
DRAMODWR: Chloe Moss. Cyfieithwyd gan Gwawr LoaderTic Ashfield
DYLUNYDD: Luned Gwawr Evans
CYNLLUNYDD GOLEUO: Elanor Higgins
DYLUNIO SAIN: Tic Ashfield
ARTISTIAID GOLYGFEYDD AC ADEILADU: Telgwen
CYFARWYDDWR: Sion Pritchard
CYFARWYDDWR SYMUD: Eddie Ladd
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Jorge Lizalde
PRYD MAE'R HAF
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
05 Jan - Feb 15 2020
PLAYWRIGHT: Chloe Moss
Translated by Gwawr Loader
DESIGNER: Luned Gwawr Evans
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Elanor Higgins
SOUND DESIGNER: Tic Ashfield
SCENIC ARTISTS & CONSTRUCTION: Telgwen
DIRECTOR: Sion Pritchard
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: Eddie Ladd
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jorge Lizalde
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Mae Luke a Christie yn ffrindiau gorau sy’n hoffi mynd i wersylla, yfed lager a siarad am Julie Bridges. Ond wrth adael yr ysgol a haf hir o’u blaenau, a fydd Luke, Christie a Julie yn dilyn eu trywydd eu hunain?
Mae Pryd Mae’r Haf yn gyfieithiad Cymraeg newydd o ‘When Christmas Was Miles Away’ gan Chloe Moss. Wedi ei leoli yng nghymoedd y de yn 1989, mae hon yn ddrama deimladwy am gyfeillgarwch a gobeithion ac ofnau pobl ifanc.
Gyda rhag-ddangosiadau yn Theatr Soar, Merthyr a The other Room yng Nghaerdydd, roedd disgwyl i’r sioe deithio o gwmpas lleoliadau ledled Cymru, ond oherwydd COVID-19, penderfynodd y cwmni na fyddai’r sioe yn dychwelyd ac mai dim ond nifer fach o gynulleidfaoedd a’i gwelodd.
BYWGRAFFIAD YR ARTIST
Graddiodd mewn Dylunio ar gyfer Perfformio yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru, 2016.
Dylunydd Set a Gwisgoedd: Arandora Star, Just Jump (Theatr na nÓg), The Precious Thing (Inverted Theatre) Llygoden yr Eira (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru/Theatr Iolo); Anarchist Mobile Library, Perfect (Tessa Bide Productions); Pryd Mae’r Haf, X, Milwr yn Y Meddwl, Hollti, Rhith Gân (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru); Penblwydd Poenus Pete (Theatr Iolo).
Cynorthwyydd Dylunio: GALWAD (Unboxed and NTW), The Famous Five (Chichester and Clwyd Theatre), Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse), Romeo and Julie (National Theatre+ The Sherman); Oliver (Leeds Playhouse); A Midsummer Nights Dream (Regents Park Theatre); Pinocchio, A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel (Citz Theatre).
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Luke and Christie are best mates who like to go camping, drink lager and talk about Julie Bridges. But when they leave school and a long summer lies ahead, will Luke, Christie and Julie go their separate ways?
Pryd Mae’r Haf is a new Welsh-language translation of ‘When Christmas Was Miles Away’ by Chloe Moss. Set in the south Wales valleys in 1989, this is a touching play about friendship and the hopes and fears of young people.
Previewed at Theatr Soar, Merthyr and The Other Room in Cardiff, the show was expected to tour venues across Wales, but due to COVID19 the company decided that the show wouldn’t make its return and was only seen by a small number of audiences.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Graduated in Design for Performance at RWCMD, 2016.
Set and Costume Designer: Arandora Star, Just Jump (Theatr na nÓg), The Precious Thing (Inverted Theatre) Llygoden yr Eira (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru/Theatr Iolo); Anarchist Mobile Library, Perfect (Tessa Bide Productions); Pryd Mae’r Haf, X, Milwr yn Y Meddwl, Hollti, Rhith Gân (Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru); Penblwydd Poenus Pete (Theatr Iolo).
Design Assistant: GALWAD (Unboxed and NTW), The Famous Five (Chichester and Clwyd Theatre), Macbeth (Leeds Playhouse), Romeo and Julie (National Theatre+ The Sherman); Oliver (Leeds Playhouse); A Midsummer Nights Dream (Regents Park Theatre); Pinocchio, A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel (Citz Theatre).
HAYLEY GRINDLE
Cardiff, Wales / Forest of Dean, England
PRYD MAE'R HAF
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
05 Jan - Feb 15 2020
PLAYWRIGHT: Chloe Moss
Translated by Gwawr Loader
DESIGNER: Luned Gwawr Evans
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Elanor Higgins
SOUND DESIGNER: Tic Ashfield
SCENIC ARTISTS & CONSTRUCTION: Telgwen
DIRECTOR: Sion Pritchard
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: Eddie Ladd
PHOTOGRAPHER: Jorge Lizalde
MACBETH
Leeds Playhouse
March 2022
PLAYWRIGHT: William Shakespeare
DESIGNER: Hayley Grindle
ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER: Toots Butcher
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Chris Davey
SOUND DESIGNER/COMPOSER: Nicola T.Chang
ASSISTANT DESIGNER: Warda Abbasi
COSTUME SUPERVISOR: Kirsty Blades
DIRECTOR / ADAPTER: Amy leach
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR: Benjamin Wilson
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: Georgina Lamb
ASSISTANT MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: Bakani Pick-up
FIGHT DIRECTOR: Claire Llewelyn
CASTING: Lucy Casson
BSL CONSULTANTS: Charlotte Arrowsmith and Adam Bassett
COSTUME & SET BUILD: Leeds Playhouse
PHOTOGRAPHER: Kirsten McTernan
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Dylunio Macbeth ar gyfer Leeds Playhouse yn 2022. Ein huchelgais oedd creu cynhyrchiad atyniadol, cynhwysol ac angerddol, a hynny’n bennaf i gynulleidfa o bobl yn eu harddegau. Rydw i ac Amy Leach, y cyfarwyddwr, yn agor y cynhyrchiad o waith Shakespeare gyda thrac mawr a darn gweledol sy’n adrodd stori i gyflwyno’r cymeriadau a’r plot ar ddechrau’r ddrama. Y nod yw gwneud Shakespeare yn hygyrch i bawb. Cafodd y cynhyrchiad a’r sgript eu dylunio ar gyfer cynulleidfa a pherfformiwr sydd â nam ar y golwg. Mae’r strwythur canolog amlwg yn cael ei ddefnyddio fel angor yn y gofod i’n perfformiwr sydd â nam ar y golwg, i’w ddefnyddio i symud o amgylch o gofod. At hynny, fe wnaethon ni ddefnyddio gweadau ar y llawr i’w helpu i symud i wahanol rannau o’r llawr. Fan hyn, fe wnaethon ni geisio defnyddio golau mewn mannau tywyll i amlinellu’r gofod i gynulleidfa sydd â nam ar y golwg. Roedd Macbeth hefyd yn cynnwys dehongliad BSL.
BYWGRAFFIAD YR ARTIST
Graddiodd Hayley o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru ac mae’n artist cyswllt yn Theatr y Sherman. Ymhlith ei gwaith yn y theatr mae: Romeo and Juliet i'r National Theatre/Theatr y Sherman; Iphigenia in Splott i Lyric Hammersmith, a grëwyd yn wreiddiol gan Theatr y Sherman; Caeredin, y National Theatre a 59E59 New York; Oliver Twist i Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon; The Boy With Two Hearts i Ganolfan Mileniwm Cymru/National Theatre; Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet a Macbeth i Leeds Playhouse.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Macbeth designed for Leeds Playhouse 2022. Our ambition was to create a visceral engaging and inclusive production primarily for a teenage audience. Amy leach director and I open a Shakespeare production with a huge track and piece of visual story telling to introduce characters and plot at the beginning of play with the hope to enable Shakespeare to be accessible for everyone. The production and script were designed for a visual impaired audience and performer. The bold central structure is used as an anchor in the space for our performer with Visual impairment to navigate themselves around the space , In addition we used textures in the floor to navigate different areas. Here we explored the use of light in dark spaces to delineate space for a Vi audience. Macbeth also included BSL.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Hayley graduated from The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and is associate artist at The Sherman Theatre. Work in theatre includes- Romeo and Julie at the National Theatre/Sherman Theatre; Iphigenia in Splott at Lyric Hammersmith originally created by Sherman Theatre; Edinburgh, the National Theatre and 59E59 New York; Oliver Twist for Leeds Playhouse/Ramps on the Moon; The Boy With Two Hearts at Wales Millennium Centre /National Theatre ; Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet and Macbeth at Leeds Playhouse.
JACOB HUGHES
Caerdydd, Cymru / Prestatyn, Cymru
Cardiff, Wales / Prestatyn, Wales
ROMEO A JULIET
Glôb Shakespeare
1 Gorffennaf – 17 Hydref 2021
DRAMODWR: William Shakespeare Max Perryment
DYLUNYDD: Jacob Hughes
CYFARWYDDWR: Ola Ince
CYFARWYDDWR Y GERDDORIAETH: Richard Henry
CYFARWYDDWR SYMUD: Aline David
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Marc Brenner
ROMEO & JULIET
Shakespeare's Globe
1 July - 17 October 2021
PLAYWRIGHT: William Shakespeare Max Perryment
DESIGNER: Jacob Hughes
DIRECTOR: Ola Ince
MUSIC DIRECTOR: Richard Henry
MOVEMENT DIRECTOR: Aline David
PHOTOGRAPHER: Marc Brenner
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Cafodd Romeo a Juliet, a oedd wedi ei gynllunio’n wreiddiol ar gyfer Tymor yr Haf 2020, ei ohirio tan fis Gorffennaf 2021. Agorodd Globe Shakespeare ei ddrysau ychydig yn gynharach na lleoliadau eraill felly roedd cyfyngiadau enfawr o hyd ar sut gallem lwyfannu’r ddrama. Roedd yn rhaid cadw pellter cymdeithasol ar y llwyfan, roedd yn rhaid i berfformwyr wisgo masgiau wyneb cyn gynted ag oedden nhw’n gadael y llwyfan ac nid oedd Romeo a Juliet yn cael cusanu na mynd at ei gilydd am fwy nag ychydig eiliadau. Er gwaethaf y cyfyngiadau, daethom o hyd i ffordd o ailadrodd y stori gariad drasig yn ffres ac yn fodern. Roedd sgrin ddigidol enfawr wedi ei gosod uwchben y llwyfan, gan ail-fframio golygfeydd ar gyfer cynulleidfa fodern, rhannu ffeithiau ac ystadegau am droseddau gyda chyllyll, iechyd meddwl a hunanladdiad.
BYWGRAFFIAD YR ARTIST
Graddiodd Jacob o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yn 2011 a chyrhaeddodd rownd derfynol Gwobr Linbury am Ddylunio llwyfan yr un flwyddyn. Ers hynny, mae wedi cael ei enwebu am wobr Dylunydd Set Gorau yng ngwobrau Off West End, ac mae wedi arddangos ei waith yn arddangosfa Cymdeithas Dylunwyr Theatr Prydain, Make:Believe. Yn 2016, cafodd Jacob Fwrsari Dylunio Max Rayne ar gyfer Artistiaid Newydd gan y Theatr Genedlaethol. Mae’r credydau dylunio’n cynnwys Broad Shadow, Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre; Start Swimming, The Young Vic; Poet in da Corner, Royal Court; Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare’s Globe.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Originally planned for the 2020 Summer Season Romeo & Juliet was postponed until July 2021. Shakespeare’s Globe opened its doors a little earlier than other venues so there were still huge restrictions on how we could stage the play. The performers all had to be socially distanced on stage, they had to wear face masks as soon as they left the stage and Romeo and Juliet weren’t allowed to kiss or go near each other for longer than a few seconds. Despite the restrictions we found a way to make a fresh, modern retelling of the tragic love story. A huge digital screen hung above the stage, reframing scenes for a modern audience, sharing facts and statistics about knife crime, mental health and suicide.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Jacob graduated from the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in 2011 and was a finalist in the Linbury Prize for Stage Design that same year. He has since been nominated for Best Set Designer in the Off West End awards, Wales Theatre awards and has exhibited his work in the Society of British Theatre Designers exhibition Make:Believe. In 2016 Jacob was awarded the National Theatre's Max Rayne Design Bursary for Emerging Artists. Design credits include Broad Shadow, Dorfman Theatre, National Theatre; Start Swimming, The Young Vic; Poet in da Corner, Royal Court; Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare's Globe.
BRAD CALEB LEE
Caerdydd, Cymru / Wilsonville, Alabama, USA
Cardiff, Wales / Wilsonville, Alabama
TWO REMAIN: OUT OF DARKNESS
Chicago Fringe Opera (yn The Edge Theatre)
Mawrth 2022
CYFANSODDWR: Jake Heggie
LIBRETYDD: Gene Sheer
DYLUNYDD: Brad Caleb Lee
CYNLLUNYDD GOLEUO: David Goodman-Edberg
RHEOLWR TECHNEGOL: Theodore Nazarowski
CYFARWYDDWR: Derek Van Barham a Sophia Sinsheimer
ARWEINYDD: Catherine O'Shaughnessy
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Vin Reed
TWO REMAIN: OUT OF DARKNESS
Chicago Fringe Opera (at The Edge Theatre)
March 2022
COMPOSER: Jake Heggie
LIBRETTIST: Gene Sheer
DESIGNER: Brad Caleb Lee
LIGHTING DESIGNER: David Goodman-Edberg
TECHNICAL MANAGER: Theodore Nazarowski
DIRECTOR: Derek Van Barham & Sophia Sinsheimer
CONDUCTOR: Catherine O'Shaughnessy
PHOTOGRAPHER: Vin Reed
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“Roedd o bob amser yn fy mhen ond wnes i erioed ddod o hyd i’r geiriau...”
Y bwriad gwreiddiol oedd perfformio yng ngwanwyn 2020, ac roedden ni yng nghanol ymarferion pan ddaeth y pandemig. Opera dwy act, y naill a’r llall yn dilyn goroeswr gwahanol o’r Holocost wrth iddynt ymgodymu ag atgofion a bwganod sydd wedi eu cloi o’r golwg ers amser maith. Mae’r darn yn archwilio’r syniad “nad yw goroeswyr yn arwyr”. Wedi ei greu’n wreiddiol ar gyfer gwthiad, roedd y dyluniad yn cynnwys llwyfannau du â drychau a oedd yn codi o’r môr o eiddo’r rhai a laddwyd yn y gyflafan. Wrth ailymweld â’r darn ddwy flynedd yn ddiweddarach, sydd bellach wedi ei lwyfannu mewn proseniwm, arweiniodd ein hymateb gwreiddiol o ganolbwyntio’r cynhyrchiad ar y gerddoriaeth ei hun a’r papurau (llythyrau a chyfnodolion y protagonyddion) at diriogaeth weledol ffres, gan dynnu’r gofod a chanolbwyntio ar y gwrthrychau hyn ar yr un pryd â dewis lens i’r rhai sy’n dyst i drais yn hytrach nag ar y trais ei hun.
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Mae Brad Caleb Lee yn ddylunydd theatr rhyngwladol, yn ogystal â chyfarwyddwr, cynhyrchydd, curadur, dylunydd arddangosfeydd, golygydd ac athro sy’n hyrwyddo cydweithio gwirioneddol i greu profiadau cysylltiol â chynulleidfaoedd. Mae’r cydweithwyr yn cynnwys Theatr Kings Head, St. George’s Bryste, Elan Frontoio, Opera Sonic, Opera'r Ddraig, Theatr East Riding, Opera Cenedlaethol Cymru, Cwmni Shakespeare Prag, Theatr Tuscaloosa, Hell in a Handbag, Theatr Filament, Bros Do Prose, Theatr Haf New Canaan, a Theatr Monomoy. Bu’n cyd-ddylunio Make/Believe, y Pafiliwn Prydeinig sydd wedi ennill gwobrau ar gyfer Dathliad Pedeirblynyddol Prag 2015 a’i gyfnod preswyl yn Amgueddfa Victoria ac Albert. Cafodd ei waith ei gynnwys yn World Stage Design 2017 yn Taipei. Ar gyfer Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru, mae wedi dylunio BOCS, theatr bwrpasol ar gyfer profiadau digidol ac wedi curadu/dylunio arddangosfa EICH LLAIS CHI, gan gynnwys 400 darn o waith a wnaed gan bobl ledled Cymru. Ef yw golygydd gwreiddiol ASCENDING, cylchgrawn digidol sy’n rhoi llais i’r genhedlaeth nesaf o ddylunwyr.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
“It was always in my head but I never found the words…”
Originally planned for spring 2020, we were mid-rehearsals when the pandemic hit. A two-act opera, each following a different survivor of the Holocaust as they wrestle with memories and demons long since locked away, the piece explores the idea that “survivors are not always heroes”. Originally conceived for a thrust, the design featured mirrored black platforms rising out of a sea of possessions of those massacred. In revisiting the piece two years later, now staged in a proscenium, our original reaction of centring the production around the music itself and the papers (letters and journals of the protagonists) led us to fresh visual territory, stripping back the space and focusing on these objects while choosing a lens of those witness to violence rather than on the violence itself.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Brad Caleb Lee is an international designer for theatre, as well as a director, producer, curator, exhibition designer, editor, and teacher championing true collaboration to create connective audience experiences. Collaborators include Kings Head Theatre, St. George’s Bristol, Elan Frontoio, Opera Sonic, Opera'r Ddraig, East Riding Theatre, Welsh National Opera, Prague Shakespeare Company, Theatre Tuscaloosa, Hell in a Handbag, Filament Theatre, Bros Do Prose, the Summer Theatre of New Canaan, and The Monomoy Theatre. He co-designed Make/Believe, the award-winning British Pavilion for The Prague Quadrennial 2015 and its residency at the Victoria & Albert Museum. His work was included in World Stage Design 2017 Taipei. For the Wales Millennium Centre he has designed BOCS, a custom theatre for digital experiences and curated/designed the exhibition YOUR VOICE, including 400 pieces of work made by people across Wales. He is the founding editor of ASCENDING, a digital magazine giving voice to the next generation of designers.
RHIANNON MATHEWS
Casnewydd, Cymru
Newport, Wales
GALWAD
National Theatre of Wales
26 Medi - 02 Hydref 2022
DYLUNYDD Y GWISGOEDD: Rhiannon Matthews
GWNEUTHURWYR Y GWISGOEDD: Oskar Howells a Bryony Black
GALWAD
National Theatre of Wales
26 September - 02 October 2022
COSTUME DESIGNER: Rhiannon Matthews
COSTUME MAKERS: Oskar Howells & Bryony Black
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Mae GALWAD, a gomisiynwyd gan Cymru Greadigol fel rhan o UNBOXED: Creadigrwydd yn y DU, yn dod â thîm o 200 o ddoniau creadigol mwyaf beiddgar Cymru at ei gilydd i adrodd stori drwy ffrydio a darlledu byw o Abertawe, Merthyr Tudful a Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Roedd y prosiect yn manteisio ar arbenigedd Cymru yn y byd darlledu a’r cyfryngau digidol, ac ym maes y theatr a chynaliadwyedd, ac wedi’i seilio ar brofiadau bywyd pobl ym Merthyr Tudful, Abertawe a Blaenau Ffestiniog. Roedd yn defnyddio’r doniau creadigol hynny i ofyn un o gwestiynau pwysicaf ein hoes: sut gallwn ni adrodd straeon mwy grymus i greu cysylltiad emosiynol â’r dyfodol?
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Dylunydd Gwisgoedd o Gymru yw Rhi Mathews, ac fe astudiodd Ddylunio Theatr yng Ngholeg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru. Ers graddio yn 2000, mae hi wedi gweithio’n helaeth ym meysydd y theatr, dawns, syrcas a ffilm, ac wedi teithio’r byd gydag amryw o wahanol gwmnïau.
Mae ei gwaith hi’n cyflwyno dyluniadau sy’n amrywio o ran eu maint a’u cyllidebau. Mae hi hefyd wedi gweithio gyda chastiau ac ynddyn nhw rhwng
3 a 1000 o bobl. Ymhlith y sioeau y mae hi wedi’u dylunio mae:
National Theatre Wales - Galwad, Hail Cremation, Mission Control.
Cwmni Dawns Cenedlaethol Cymru - Parade
Walk the Plank – AWEN, sioe awyr agored fawreddog i ddathlu dengmlwyddiant Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru.
Nofitstate Circus - Sabotage, Lexicon, Tabu, Labyrinth, Bianco ac Immortal.
14-18 NOW, comisiwn celfyddydol y Deyrnas Unedig i nodi canmlwyddiant y Rhyfel Mawr – Nawr yr Arwr.
Cirkus Xanti - As A Tiger In the Jungle.
Circolombia - Urban, Acelere
Tommy Now - Rock Circus, Tommy Hilfiger London Fashion Week.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
GALWAD, commissioned by Creative Wales as part of UNBOXED: Creativity in the UK, brings together a 200-strong team of Wales’ boldest creative talent to tell a story through live streaming and live broadcast from Swansea, Merthyr Tydfil and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
The project harnessed Wales’ expertise in broadcast and digital media, theatre and sustainability and the lived experience of communities in Merthyr Tydfil, Swansea and Blaenau Ffestiniog, and brought those creative talents to bear on one of the most urgent questions of our age: how might we tell more powerful stories to create an emotional connection to the future?
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Rhi Mathews is a Costume Designer from Wales, she studied Theatre Design at The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Since graduating in 2000 she has worked extensively in theatre, dance, circus and film touring the world with a variety of different companies.
Her work encompasses designs of varying scales and budgets. Working with casts from
3-1000. Shows designed include:
National Theatre Wales - Galwad, Hail Cremation, Mission Control.
National Dance Company Wales- Parade
Walk the Plank- AWEN 10 years celebrating the WMC large outdoor spectacular.
Nofitstate Circus- Sabotage, Lexicon, Tabu, Labyrinth, Bianco and Immortal.
14-18 NOW, the UK’s arts commission for the First World War centenary - Now The Hero.
Cirkus Xanti- As A Tiger In the Jungle.
Circolombia- Urban, Acelere
Tommy Now- Rock Circus, Tommy Hilfiger London Fashion Week.
ALISON NEIGHBOUR
Casnewydd, Cymru
Newport, Wales
THE (FUTURE) WALES COAST PATH
Alison Neighbour
Drwy gydol 2022
PRIF ARTIST: Alison Neighbour
CYD-GYNHYRCHYDD: Elen Roberts
CYDLYNYDD GWYDDONIAETH: Dr Emma McKinley
TECHNOLEGYDD: Steve Symons
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Alison Neighbour a Tess Seymour
THE (FUTURE) WALES COAST PATH
Alison Neighbour
Throughout 2022
LEAD ARTIST: Alison Neighbour
CO-PRODUCER: Elen Roberts
SCIENCE COLLBORATOR: Dr Emma McKinley
TECHNOLOGIST: Steve Symons
PHOTOGRAPHER: Alison Neighbour & Tess Seymour
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Roedd Llwybr Arfordir Cymru (y Dyfodol) yn archwiliad tymhorol dros gyfnod o flwyddyn o ofod rhynglanwol ar Wastadeddau Gwent a Sundarbans India, wedi ei ysbrydoli gan yr angen i fynd i’r afael â’r heriau sy’n codi oherwydd lefelau’r môr a dadleoli. Ymddangosodd Goleudy yn y dirwedd ar arfordir posibl y dyfodol (sawl milltir i mewn i’r tir), a sbardunwyd ei oleuni gan ddata llanw a gafwyd o fwi ym Mae Bengal. Y gwahoddiad oedd cerdded, ynghyd â’n efeilliaid llanwol yn Sundarbans India, o’r goleudy at y draethlin bresennol. Dros amser, daeth y daith yn ddefod, a berfformiwyd gan bwy bynnag a ddewisodd gymryd rhan, gan fynd yn ôl a blaen fel y llanw. Yn y pen draw, bydd y daith yn fyrrach, ond gall y sgyrsiau mae’n eu hysgogi gael eu cyfoethogi a dod yn fater â mwy o frys.
https://futurecoastpath.org/about/
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Mae Alison yn artist ac yn senograffydd o Gymru. Mae’n gweithio ar draws byd y theatr, dawns, gosodiadau rhyngweithiol a gwaith celf cyhoeddus, yn lleol ac yn rhyngwladol. Mae gan Alison arferion sy’n ymateb i’r safle ac sy’n tyfu’n organig o’r lle a’r gymuned y gwneir pob gwaith gyda nhw ac ar eu cyfer, ac mae ei gwaith yn deillio’n bennaf o’r amgylchedd naturiol a’r môr, sy’n cael ei yrru gan awydd i gysylltu’n ddyfnach â’n lle yn yr ecosystem. Mae hi wedi creu math o senograffi cyfranogol lle mae’r gynulleidfa eu hunain yn rhan annatod o’r senograffi a’r ddramäwriaeth ehangach, ac yn chwarae rhan hanfodol yn esblygiad y profiad.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
The (Future) Wales Coast Path was a year long seasonal exploration of intertidal space on the Gwent Levels and the Indian Sundarbans, inspired by the need to confront the challenges posed by rising sea levels and displacement. A Lighthouse appeared in the landscape on the possible future coastline (several miles inland), its light triggered by tidal data received from a buoy in the Bay of Bengal. The invitation was to walk, together with our tidal twins in the Indian Sundarbans, from the lighthouse to the current shoreline. Over time the walk became a ritual, performed by whoever chose to take part, ebbing and flowing like the tide. Eventually the walk will get shorter, but the conversations it provokes may get richer and more urgent.
https://futurecoastpath.org/about/
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Alison is a Welsh artist and scenographer. She works across theatre, dance, interactive installations and public artworks, locally and internationally. Alison has a site responsive practice that grows organically from the place and community each work is made with and for, and her work most often stems from the natural environment and the sea, driven by a desire to connect more deeply with our place in the ecosystem. She has created a form of participatory scenography where the audience themselves are integral to the scenography and wider dramaturgy, and play an essential role in the evolution of the experience.
LOUIS SMITH
Caerdydd, Cymru / Hythe, Caint
Cardiff, Wales / Hythe, Kent
THE JABBERWOCKY
ldsmithcreative
Mawrth 2021
DYLUNYDD/GWNEUTHURWR: Louis Smith
AWDUR: Lewis Carol
THE JABBERWOCKY
ldsmithcreative
March 2021
DESINGER/MAKER: Louis Smith
AUTHOR: Lewis Carol
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Mae llyfrau â delweddau naid yn arteffactau diddorol sy’n mynnu llawer o’r gwylwyr. Mae gan lawer ohonom atgofion plentyndod ohonyn nhw, yn troi’r tudalennau’n araf deg wrth wyro ein pennau i gyfeiriadau doniol i gael cipolwg ar sut mae’r delweddau’n neidio oddi ar y dudalen. Cafodd y llyfr hwn ei greu i ddechrau fel adnodd dysgu rhyngweithiol a pherfformiadol i’w integreiddio i ystafelloedd dosbarth. Bwriad y llyfr hwn oedd cyflwyno barddoniaeth yn greadigol i blant. Yn naturiol, difethodd COVID-19 y cynllun i greu’r llyfr ar sail cerdd enwog Lewis Carol. Gan fod llyfrau â delweddau naid yn eitemau i’w cyffwrdd, mae’r llyfr wedi bod yn segur ers hynny. Gyda chymorth yr arddangosfa hon, bydd modd rhyngweithio â’r llyfr yn awr fel dylid ei wneud, ac y byddai wedi cael ei wneud oni bai am Covid. Ac rwy’n gobeithio y byddwch chi’n mwynhau edrych arno gymaint ag y gwnes i fwynhau ei greu.
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Cerflunydd a gwneuthurwr ydw i, sy’n teimlo ar ei fwyaf cartrefol yn gweithio ar rywbeth mor fawr fel na allwch ddweud beth ydyw nes eich bod chi’n sefyll ymhell oddi wrtho. Creu cerfluniau mawr a gwrthrychau wedi’u gwneud â llaw ar gyfer cwmnïau yn ne Cymru a’r cyffiniau, yn amrywio o bypedau bach iawn i hetiau enfawr. Mae gen i ddiddordeb mewn celf a gweithdai cymunedol sy’n gweithio ochr yn ochr â chwmnïau i greu celf hygyrch mewn cymunedau lleol i bawb ei gweld. Mae fy ngwaith yn rhywbeth i’w gyffwrdd ac i ryngweithio ag ef, ac mae’n ceisio cael gwared ar y meddylfryd ‘peidiwch â chyffwrdd’ sydd wedi’i wreiddio’n ddwfn ynom ni o oedran ifanc wrth edrych ar gelf.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
Pop-up books are fascinating artefacts that demand a lot of the viewer. Many of us have childhood memories of them, turning the pages agonisingly slowly while tilting our heads in amusing directions to catch a glimpse of how the images jump off the page. Initially created as a performative and interactive learning tool to be integrated into classrooms, this book was intended to creatively introduce poetry to children. Naturally, COVID-19 foiled the plan to create the book based on a well-known Lewis Carol poem. Since pop-up books are tactile items, the book has been dormant ever since. With the help of this exhibition, the book can now be interacted with in the way that it should be, and would have been if not for covid. And I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I did making it.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
I am a sculptor and maker, most at home working on something so big you cannot tell what it is until you are standing far away from it. Creating large sculptures and handcrafted objects for companies in and around South Wales ranging from, tiny puppets to enormous hats. I am interested in community-based art and workshops working alongside companies to create accessible art within local communities for everyone to see. Made to be touched and interacted with, my work attempts to remove that ‘do not touch’ mentality that is ingrained in us from an early age when viewing art.
JESSICA STATON
Caerdydd, Cymru / Colne, y Deyrnas Unedig
Cardiff, Wales / Colne, UK
CODI ICARUS
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / The Barber Institute
28-30 Ebrill 2022
DRAMODWR: Michael Zev GordonStephen Plaice
CYNLLUNYDD Y SET: Madeleine Boyd
CYNLLUNYDD GWISGOEDD: Madeleine Boyd
CYNLLUNYDD GOLEUO: Matt Haskins
DYLUNYDD CELFI: Madeleine Boyd
DYLUNYDD PYPEDAU: Jessica Staton a Madeleine Boyd
GWNEUTHURWR PYPEDAU: Jessica Staton
CYFARWYDDWR: Orpha Phelan
Arweinydd: Natalie Murray Beale
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Matthew Williams-Ellis
RAISING ICARUS
Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / The Barber Institute
28-30 April 2022
PLAYWRIGHT: Michael Zev GordonStephen Plaice
SET DESIGNER: Madeleine Boyd
COSTUME DESIGNER: Madeleine Boyd
LIGHTING DESIGNER: Matt Haskins
PROPS DESIGNER: Madeleine Boyd
PUPPET DESIGNER: Jessica Staton & Madeleine Boyd
PUPPET MAKER: Jessica Staton
DIRECTOR: Orpha Phelan
Conductor: Natalie Murray Beale
PHOTOGRAPHER: Matthew Williams-Ellis
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Mae Raising Icarus’ yn opera siambr newydd sy’n torri’r myth hynafol i ddatgelu ei chalon gyfoes, seicolegol – sut mae disgwyliadau a dyhead rhieni yn gwneud niwed i’n plant.
Cyd-luniais dri phyped – Icarus, Dedalus a Talus – gyda’r Dylunydd Setiau a Gwisgoedd, Madeleine Boyd, a gwneud y pypedau hefyd. Cawsom ein hysbrydoli gan ddefnyddiau diwydiannol y set a’r peiriannau hedfan ysgafn mae Talus yn eu creu. Roedd y pypedau yn rhai gweadog ac yn canolbwyntio ar y deunydd - calico, papur rhacs, pren haenog, metel, lledr. Roedd y pypedau’n rhoi'r modd i’r cymeriadau hedfan a syrthio, a hynny heb niweidio’r un canwr.
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Mae Jessica yn ddylunydd setiau a gwisgoedd, gan raddio o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru yn 2016 gyda gradd Dosbarth Cyntaf (Anrh) mewn Dylunio ar gyfer Perfformio. Mae ei chredydau dylunio yn cynnwys: Tryst (fel dylunydd, a enwebwyd ar gyfer Gwobr Dylunio Set Off West End 2020, gyda’r cynhyrchiad yn ennill y ‘Standing Ovation Award for Outstanding Theatricality’ 2020 yng Ngwobrau London Pub Theatre); The Kaspar Hauser Experiment (ar daith, gan gynnwys The Lowry Studio); Raising Icarus (cyd-ddylunydd a gwneuthurwr pypedau); Extra Yarn (a enwebwyd am Wobr Dylunio Llwyfan am y tro Cyntaf, The Tree Orange Theatre). Ochr yn ochr â’i gwaith dylunio, mae Jessica yn ddylunydd pypedau ac yn wneuthurwr modelau.
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Raising Icarus' is a new chamber opera which breaks open the ancient myth to reveal its contemporary, psychological heart - how parental expectation and aspiration risk doing harm to our children.
I co-designed three puppets - Icarus, Dedalus and Talus - with the Set and Costume Designer, Madeleine Boyd, and also made them. We took inspiration from the industrial materials of the set and the delicate flying machines that Talus creates. The puppets were textural and material-focussed - calico, rag paper, ply wood, metal, leather. The puppets allowed the characters to fly and fall, all without damaging a single singer.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Jessica is a set and costume designer, graduating from the RWCMD in 2016 with a First Class (Hons) degree in Design for Performance. Her design credits include: Tryst (as designer, nominated for an Off West End Set Design Award 2020, with the production winning the Standing Ovation Award for Outstanding Theatricality 2020 from the London Pub Theatre Awards); The Kaspar Hauser Experiment (touring, including The Lowry Studio); Raising Icarus (puppet co-designer & maker); Extra Yarn (nominated for The Stage Debut Design Award, The Orange Tree Theatre). Alongside her design work, Jessica is a puppet designer and maker, and model maker.
RUTH STRINGER
Caerdydd, Cymru / Wellington, Swydd Amwythig
Cardiff, Wales / Wellington, Shropshire
SEEDLING
Carbon Theatre (Cynhyrchydd Courtenay Johnson)
25-30 Mai 2021
DRAMODWR: Helen Crevel (a pherfformiwr)
DYLUNYDD: Ruth Stringer
DYLUNIO SAIN: Alice Boyd
ARTISTIAID GOLYGFEYDD AC ADEILADU: Tîm Gweithdy’r Royal & Derngate
CYNLLUNYDD CYNORTHWYOL: Lauren Connolly
CYFARWYDDWR: Anne Langford (fel Cydweithiwr Creadigol)
CYNHYRCHYDD EFFAITH FYD-EANG: Penny Babakhani
RHEOLWR CYNYRCHIADAU: Claire Humphries
YMGYNGHORYDD YMGYSYLLTU Â’R GYMUNED: Tom Briggs
FFOTOGRAFFYDD: Christian Sinibaldi
SEEDLING
cCarbon Theatre (Producer Courtenay Johnson)
25-30 May 2021
PLAYWRIGHT: Helen Crevel (and performer)
DESIGNER: Ruth Stringer
SOUND DESIGNER: Alice Boyd
SCENIC ARTISTS & CONSTRUCTION: The Royal & Derngate Workshop Team
ASSISTANT DESIGNER: Lauren Connolly
DIRECTOR: Anne Langford (as Creative Collaborator)
GLOBAL IMPACT PRODUCER: Penny Babakhani
PRODUCTION MANAGER: Claire Humphries
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CONSULTANT: Tom Briggs
PHOTOGRAPHER: Christian Sinibaldi
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Gosodiad sain oedd Seedling a oedd yn canolbwyntio ar famolaeth bosibl, cyfrifoldeb amgylcheddol a phrynwriaeth. Wedi ei leoli mewn uned wag mewn canolfan siopa yn Northampton, a oedd unwaith yn gadarnle i nwyddau traul newydd sbon, gwahoddwyd y cyfranogwyr i oedi a gofyn iddynt eu hunain ‘sut ydyn ni’n byw gyda gobaith?’
Ysbrydolodd y gosodiad gwrs am famolaeth a’r amgylchedd, cysylltu treftadaeth ddaearyddol a diwylliannol, a chymynroddion teuluol. Roedd y gosodiad sain wedi ei leoli mewn ‘pod’ wedi ei ddylunio’n arbennig – ei siâp cromen wedi ei orchuddio mewn ffabrigau domestig wedi eu haddasu, gan atgoffa rhywun o flanced glytwaith enfawr, gyda sgwariau o batrymau cwilt wedi eu hysbrydoli gan wledydd yr oedd aelodau’r tîm yn teimlo cysylltiad â nhw. Roedd y berthynas hon rhwng eitemau gwerthfawr a threftadaeth gwaith crefft yn atgyfnerthu’r syniad o gyfrifoldeb rhwng y cenedlaethau, a’r etifeddiaeth rydyn ni’n dewis ei throsglwyddo.
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Mae Ruth yn ddylunydd set a gwisgoedd yn ne Cymru. Mae hi'n dylunio ar gyfer theatr, opera, dawns a gosodiadau - mae ei hoff brosiectau’n chwilio am fannau anarferol ac yn yr awyr agored, yn gwreiddio’r gymuned, ac yn dathlu arferion gwyrdd o ran eu dylunio a’u gwireddu.
Mae Ruth yn eiriolwr cryf dros weithio’n gynaliadwy yn y diwydiant perfformio. Yn 2019, cymerodd ran yng nhymor preswyl National Theatre Wales, Egin, a oedd yn edrych ar ymatebion artistig i newid yn yr hinsawdd; thema y mae’n ei datblygu mewn prosiectau yn y dyfodol. Mae Ruth yn aelod craidd o dîm Ecostage (ecostage.online), ac o Weithgor Cynaliadwyedd Cymdeithas Dylunwyr Theatr Prydain.
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Seedling was an audio installation that focused on potential motherhood, environmental responsibility, and consumerism. Located in an empty shopping centre unit in Northampton, once a bastion of brand-new consumer goods, participants were instead invited to pause and ask themselves ‘how do we live with hope?’
The installation inspired conversation around motherhood and the environment, connecting geographical and cultural heritage, and family legacies. The audio installation was housed in a specially designed ‘pod’ – its dome-like shape covered in repurposed domestic fabrics, reminiscent of a gigantic patchwork blanket, with squares of quilt patterns inspired by countries that members of the team felt a connection to. This relationship between treasured items and craftwork heritage reinforced the notion of intergenerational responsibility, and the legacy we choose to pass on.
ARIST BIOGRAPHY
Ruth is a set and costume designer based in South Wales. She designs for theatre, opera, dance and installation - her favourite projects seek out unusual and outdoor spaces, embed the community, and celebrate green practice in their design and realisation.
Ruth is a strong advocate for working sustainably in the performance industry. In 2019 she took part in National Theatre Wales’ residency, Egin, which explored artistic responses to climate change; a theme she is developing in future projects. Ruth is a core member of the Ecostage team (ecostage.online), and of the Society of British Theatre Designers Sustainability Working Group.
HAIL CREMATION!
National Theatre Wales
23 Mawrth 2020 - 4 Ebrill 2020 yn Newbridge Memo (Canslwyd oherwydd COVID)
DRAMODYDD: Jon Tregenna
GWNEUTHURWYR GWISGOEDD: Oskar Howells, Bryony Black
CYNORTHWYWYR GWISGOEDD: Oskar Howells, Bryony Black
GWNEUTHURWYR GWISGOEDD (BRENHINOEDD): Cath Embleton, Blaze Tarsha, Nikita Verboon
GWNEUTHURWR CELFI A PHEN: Cath Jenkins (cathjenkins-creations.com)
GWNEUTHURWR CELFI, HETIAU A LLYFRAU: Alfie Setch Wise (www.bestboyelectricdesigns.com)
DYLUNYDD: Rhiannon Matthews
DYLUNYDD CYNORTHWYOL: Laura Martin
CYFARWYDDWR: ADELE THOMAS
CYFARWYDDWR CERDD: Richard Melkonian
COREOGRAFFI: Emma Woods
DYLUNYDD FIDEO: Nic Finch.
23 March 2020- 4 April 2020 @ Newbridge Memo (Cancelled Due to COVID)
PLAYWRIGHT: John Tregenna
COSTUME MAKERS: Oskar Howells, Bryony Black
COSTUME ASSISTANTS: Oskar Howells, Bryony Black
COSTUME MAKERS (KINGS): Cath Embleton, Blaze Tarsha, Nikita Verboon
PROP & HEAD MAKER: Cath Jenkins (cathjenkins-creations.com)
PROP HAT & BOOK MAKER: Alfie Setch Wise (www.bestboyelectricdesigns.com)
DESIGNER: Rhiannon Matthews
ASSIST DESIGNER: Laura Martin
VIDEO DESIGN: Nic Finch.
DIRECTOR: ADELE THOMAS
MUSICAL DIRECTION: Richard Melkonian
CHOREOGRAPHY: Emma Woods and
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Sioe gerdd newydd yn dathlu bywyd Dr William Price, radical Cymreig ac arloeswr amlosgi, sy’n cael ei disgrifio fel cyfuniad seicedelig o gerddoriaeth fyw, dawns a fideo. Treuliwyd misoedd yn gwneud y gwisgoedd ar gyfer y sioe hon, ond does neb wedi’u gweld erioed.
Bu Rhiannon Matthews yn gweithio gyda Laura Martin gan ddod â myfyrwyr o Goleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru at ei gilydd i helpu i wireddu’r dyluniadau. Mae’r arddangosfa hon yn gyfle i bobl weld gwaith y dylunwyr a mwynhau’r holl waith gafodd ei wneud yn ystod y cyfnod hwn.
Roedd Price (1800-1893) yn byw yn ne Cymru ac roedd yn un o’r llawfeddygon ieuengaf erioed i gymhwyso o Goleg Brenhinol y Llawfeddygon. Roedd yn gymeriad ecsentrig, yn figan ac yn ffeminydd, ac yn adnabyddus am wisgo’n wahanol a theithio mewn cert yn cael ei dynnu gan eifr.
Yn 82 oed daeth yn dad i blentyn gyda’i gymar 22 oed, ac arweiniodd hyn at ei weithred enwocaf. Pan fu farw ei fab pum mis oed o achosion naturiol, llosgodd Price gorff y babi ar ochr bryn ger Llantrisant ar ddydd Sul pan oedd pobl yn dod allan o’r capeli gan achosi cryn gythrwfl. Cafodd ei arestio a chynhaliwyd achos llys enwog yn dilyn hynny lle dadleuodd yn llwyddiannus nad oedd y gyfraith yn gwahardd llosgi cyrff. Arweiniodd hyn yn y pen draw at Ddeddf Amlosgi 1902.
Mae’n cael ei gofio fel Cymro angerddol, anarchydd bwystfilaidd, llawfeddyg chwedlonol, arloeswr amlosgi modern, radical Cymreig o oes Fictoria, athrylith ymfflamychol ei wisg, gweledydd, twyllwr…
PROJECT DESCRIPTION
A new musical celebrating the life of Welsh radical cremation pioneer Dr William Price, described as a psychedelic fusion of live music, dance and video. All the costumes produced over months of work for this show were never seen.
Rhiannon Matthews worked with Laura Martin bringing students together from The Royal Welsh college of Music and Drama to help realise the designs. This exhibition gives the designers a chance for people to see their work and enjoy the efforts made during this time.
Price lived from 1800-1893 in South Wales and was one of the youngest ever surgeons to qualify from the Royal College of Surgeons. He was known for his eccentricities from his unusual attire, his mode of travel of a cart pulled by goats, veganism and for being a feminist.
Famously, he fathered a child when he was 82 with his 22 year old partner, which led to his most famous act. When his five-month old son died of natural causes, Price burnt the baby’s body on a hill outside LLantrisant on a Sunday when the chapels were emptying which caused an outrage. He was arrested and a famous trial followed where he successfully argues that law did not prohibit the burning of corpses, which paved the way for the 1902 Cremation Act.
Passionate Welshman, brutish anarchist, legendary surgeon, father of modern cremation, Welsh radical Victorian, sartorial genius, visionary, charlatan…