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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DISGRIFIAD O’R PROSIECT
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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DISGRIFIAD O’R PROSIECT
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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DISGRIFIAD O'R PROSIECT
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