‘An antidote to the darkness and fear’

National Theatre Wales, Lifted By Beauty: Adventures In Dreaming, Rhyl

NATIONAL Theatre Wales’ first production of 2017 will be inspired by and performed in Rhyl this March/April, in the company’s tradition of making theatre productions with and for local communities.

Lifted By Beauty: Adventures In Dreaming will be created by artist Mark Storor, and performed in locations across the town centre.

National Theatre Wales has been getting to know Rhyl and many of its residents over several months; from coffee shops to council offices, from book groups to foodbanks, from the high street to the beach, staff have been gathering stories from those who know the town best. This new production will be inspired by some of the people they’ve met along the way, making Lifted By Beauty: Adventures In Dreaming a vivid portrait of the real Rhyl, a town on the cusp of regeneration.

National Theatre Wales’ artistic director Kully Thiarai said: “At a time of great uncertainty, when it would be easy to shut ourselves behind closed doors, the act of coming together in a shared experience seems more important than ever. This production will, we hope, serve as an act of collective defiance – a celebration of the human spirit made with the multitude of voices in Rhyl, harnessing our capacity to imagine and dream.”

Mark added: “This is an odyssey, an antidote to the darkness and the fear. A hymn to the unremarkable, daily acts of heroism made by people who offer a lifeline to others who may have lost their way. We consider the fragility of resilience, the generosity of the human spirit and the power of hope and possibility.”

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