The Other Room, Cardiff
Tue 14 Mar – Sat 1 Apr
Seanmhair is the latest production to come to Cardiff’s the Other Room theatre. This unique pub-theatre venue specialises in presenting plays from the second half of the 20th century onward and producing new, young, Welsh talent. Although, at 36, playwright Hywel John is no spring chicken, he has all the fire of a young writer combined with the finesse of an experienced dramatist.
Pronounced Shen-a-var, Seanmhair is Scots Gaelic for grandmother, an enigmatic clue to the familial themes of this earthy epic. The play follows the story of Tommy and Jenny, two children who meet on the streets of Edinburgh. A perfect setting for a production, which will follow John’s previous work Rose in transferring to the Edinburgh Festival the summer after its Welsh premiere.
Directed by Kate Wasserberg, Seanmhair will benefit from a director who knows the space well. Wasserberg is Artistic Director at the Other Room, which opened in 2014. Resident in Porter’s, Cardiff’s theatre pub, the Other Room lives in an intimate, 44 seat, space. A small venue with big ideas. A Welsh production house with global ambitions.
The Welsh theatre scene is often keen to pick up the little names that made it big in Edinburgh the previous year. Take this chance to see big names in a small space. A little piece of Edinburgh in Wales.
Tickets: £5-£12 Info: 02921 280189/otherroomtheatre.com