Gwanwyn is a month-long national festival held across Wales in May each year celebrating creativity in older age. The festival began in 2007 and is supported by Arts Council of Wales and Welsh Government.

Gwanwyn, which means spring in Welsh, celebrates older age as a time of opportunity for renewal, growth and creativity. Our…

Open Space – no agenda, no plans, no boundaries… You decide the discussion.

‘How do we build on the recent momentum and successes for Dance in Wales?’

Hi everyone - National Dance Company Wales are performing their final Autumn Tour dates at Dance House Cardiff next week (14-17 Nov). This is the last chance to see 'Folk' which is a beautiful piece by Caroline Finn.

To celebrate the end of the tour, we're putting on a special 2 hour workshop on Thurs 24 Nov which will be taught by the Company dancers! So you can…

My name is Nerida Bradley; I’m a 18 year old student from Scotland. I’ve moved down from Edinburgh to study Theatre and Drama at the University of South Wales. I’m really interested in new devised and written theatre, especially visual theatre and performance that approaches difficult issues in a more light-hearted manner.

My role in Light…

My name is Nerida Bradley; I’m a 18 year old student from Scotland. I’ve moved down from Edinburgh to study Theatre and Drama at the University of South Wales. I’m really interested in new devised and written theatre, especially visual theatre and performance that approaches difficult issues in a more light-hearted manner.

My role in Light…

The design process for Light Waves Dark Skies, like the overall devising process, was in two distinct parts. First of all, there was a very open research and development period, where we worked with Gabriel García Márquez’s short story Light is Like Water. This was effectively a starting point for a series of experiments and investigations into a set of themes including light and water, and what they have in common, as well as how the childhood imagination intersects with scientific reality……

New writing company Invisible Ink, have spent the past two years carefully collecting personal stories for their new show The Terrible Things I’ve Done. Audiences in Bristol’s The Wardrobe Theatre and Chapter, Cardiff will enjoy stories that range from the toe-curlingly awkward to the downright heart-breaking, as the production navigates our fallible nature.

Invisible Ink thrust their audience to the front and centre of their productions. The audience’s experiences are integral to…

Did you know that you can watch, photograph and draw our dancers in class for free whilst we're on tour! 

It's a great opportunity to observe live, moving bodies to hone and enhance your skills. We also love to see what you have created during this open and informal session. 

You can come along to:

Pontio, Bangor, on Friday 16th September - 12.45pm - 2.15pm.

The Hafren, Newtown, on Thursday 10th November - 12.45pm -…

Maddy Costa will be running a Theatre Club, after the 4.30pm Matinee of Opera for the Unknown Woman, on Saturday 11th June, at Wales Millennium Centre. 

More about Theatre Club: 

Inspired by the classic book club format, Theatre Clubs are a new way to experience unusual…

Last Tuesday, at about 4.15pm, I left Eastern High School in Cardiff, feeling properly invigorated. Thanks to Eastern Chatter, a Full Circle initiative, I got to chat to a dozen or so girls of High School age, and I was blown away by their insight, experiences and bravery. 

I am currently working as Local Engagement Specialist for Melanie Wilson and Fuel Theatre, who are bringing Opera to the Unknown Woman to Wales Millennium Centre in June, as part of Festival of Voice. I…

On the 8th and 9th of April, Jem & Ella will be performed at The Sherman. It received its first public performance on that same stage two years ago. It feels like a good time to take stock and reflect personally on the process of making Jem & Ella.

In Jem & Ella we now dance the same material that we danced 2 years ago so the work has…

Y gwanwyn hwn bydd cynhyrchiad Run Ragged Jem & Ella yn teithio o gwmpas theatrau ledled Cymru. Y perfformiad a’r coreograffi gan y tad a’r ferch, Jem Treays ac Ella Treays. Cyfarwyddwyd gan Paula Crutchlow.

Mae Ella wth ei bodd gyda bale ac mae Jem yn ddawnsiwr cyfoes a gwneuthurwr theatr proffesiynol.

Mae Jem and Ella yn sioe am newid: mae Ella yn…

This Spring Run Ragged’s Jem & Ella will tour theatres around Wales. Performed and choreographed by father and daughter Jem Treays and Ella Treays. Directed by Paula Crutchlow.

Ella is mad on ballet and Jem is a professional contemporary dancer and theatre maker.

Jem and Ella is a show about change: Ella is a 12 year old but will soon be a…

This Spring we are embarking on one of our biggest creative projects to date and a new phase in Melanie’s career, Opera for the Unknown Woman. This ground-breaking work will champion a new female voice for opera, exploring leading female figures whose pioneering work has been omitted from…

In the summer of 1989, a farmer’s wife gave birth to a baby girl. In this moment Buddug James Jones became heir to her family’s three hundred year old farming dynasty. Now as a modern young woman, Bud is desperate to change her destiny.

Leaving five generations of tradition behind, she sets out alone into the big smoke encountering…