LLYFR GLAS NEBO
Various venues across Wales
Mon 10-Thurs 27 Feb
Manon Steffan Ros adapts her own novel, Llyfr Glas Nebo, bringing it to the stage with Frân Wen and Galeri. The bestseller won the Prose Medal at the 2018 Cardiff National Eisteddfod and, in 2019, triumphed in three categories at the Wales Book Of The Year Awards, including Welsh-language Overall Winner.
The tale follows Rowenna, her son Siôn, and baby daughter Dwynwen as the family try to survive in a post-apocalyptic village in north-west Wales. Following a nuclear disaster, Nebo is left abandoned and destroyed, with any signs of life left fading fast. Living without electricity and modern technology, Rowenna and Siôn record their experience of living off the land in a little blue book. Llyfr Glas Nebo explores the human ability to adapt when faced with the need to survive, while questioning the structures and norms of the contemporary world.
Directed by Elgan Rhys with music from R. Seiliog and choreography by Matt Gough, Llyfr Glas Nebo will be performed in Welsh with selected performances accompanied by English surtitles. It visits Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre on Mon 10 and Tue 11 Feb; Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon on Thurs 13; Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Mon 17 and Tue 18; the Lyric Theatre in Carmarthen on Tue 25 and Pontardawe Arts Centre on Thurs 27.
Tickets: £10-£12. Info: www.franwen.com (EH)
