'The Lady Speaks in Welsh.' - Henry IV, Part 1.
The Welsh Lady exists only in stage directions... but what if she had her own voice? What would she say?
The Welsh Lxdies is a bilingual, episodic gig-theatre show intertwining poetry and music to represent a linguistic map of the Womxn of Wales, exploring a reclamation of their sense of Womxnhood, Welshness, sexuality and identity. It’s a conversation across the centuries, with an exploration into the blending of music genres like Welsh folk with Lo-Fi beats. Featuring the voices of over 100 Welsh Womxn – from historical poet Gwerful Mechain who wrote an ode to her vagina in the Middle Ages, to verbatim voicenotes from contemporary Welsh Womxn about vibrators and Tom Jones – you won’t want to miss this!
‘A brave and dynamic production’, The Play’s The Thing UK
‘A fun and authentic take on Welshness, womanhood and all the messy areas in between.’, Alice Yarr (Creative Development Producer, National Theatre Wales)
Writer: Grace O'Brien featuring a monologue by Rebecca Wilson.
Director: Rebecca Wilson
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A gyflwynir gan Purple String Productions wedi'i hysgrifennu gan Grace O'Brien, mae THE WELSH LXDIES yn sioe gig-theatr episodig ddwyieithog sy'n cydblethu barddoniaeth a cherddoriaeth i gynrychioli map ieithyddol o fenywod Cymru, gan adennill eu Cymreictod, Rhywioldeb a Hunaniaeth. Sgwrs ar hyd y canrifoedd, yn archwilio clymu cerddoriaeth wahanol fel gwerin Cymreig gyda churiadau Lo-Fi. Yn cynnwys lleisiau Womxn Cymreig ar draws hanes, mae THE WELSH LXDIES yn olrhain barddonol, o Gwerful Mechain a ysgrifennodd awdl i’w c**t, i nodiadau llais gan fenywod Cymraeg cyfoes am ryw a Tom Jones…dyw hon ddim yn un i’w golli!
‘Cynhyrchiad dewr a deinamig’, The Play’s The Thing UK ‘Golwg hwyliog a dilys ar Gymreictod, gwraig a’r holl feysydd blêr rhyngddynt.’, Alice Yarr (Cynhyrchydd Datblygu Creadigol, National Theatre Wales)
'Mae’r bob dydd wedi’i wneud yn epig, cymysg ffantastig o elfennau clasurol a bywyd modern’, (Gwobr Phoebe Francis Brown ar gyfer Ysgrifennu Drama)</pre>
Awdur: Grace O'Brien yn cynnwys monologue gan Rebecca Wilson
Cyfarwyddwr: Rebecca Wilson
Theatr Soar, CF47 8UB