MERC’H AN EOG

2016

A Brittany and Wales co-production

For audiences from 13 years up
Breton, Welsh, Creole, English, French
Titling and audio translation

An innovative creation born of 4 years’ collaboration and interchange between Brittany, home to the Teatr Piba team and Wales, where Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Welsh-language national theatre of Wales) is based.

Mair, a Welsh womanwho has made a new life for herself in Brittany, has to go to a family funeral in Wales. The farm where she spent her childhood is to be sold. Mair beginsan inner journey which leads her to question her path in life. How much has she in fact chosen and how much is just going with the flow?

The first act opens on a cliff above the sea in Wales, the second in a spa which seems to be a sort of purgatory;in the third act we move to the flat she shares with her partner Loeiza in Brittany and her daily visit to the swimming pool. From one place to another, from one depth to another, Mair feelslike a fish carried against her will into the belly of a whale.

A strange man comes to the door to bring her something. Can this still her troubled soul? Can Mair come to an understanding of her journey? Will there ever be an end to thisjourney which forever spirals back to the beginning ?

Creative Team

Director – Sara Lloyd, Thomas Cloarec
Writer – Aziliz Bourgès, Owen Martell
Dramaturgy – Sian Summers, Armel Veilhan
Actors – Lleuwen Steffan,Loeiza Beauvir , Rhian Morgan, Mai Lincoln,Steeve Brudey, Dyfan Roberts, Dyfan Dwyfor,Tangi Daniel
Stage and Costume Designer – Nadège Renard
Lighting Designer – Steve Shehan
Sound Designer – Ceri James
AV Designer – Louise Rhoades-Brown
AV preparation – Ian Biscoe
Stills and Graphics in Brittany – Kirsten McTernan
Graphics in Brittany – Owen Poho

Touring Team

Technical Director – Angharad Davies
General Stage Manager Wales – Gareth Roberts
Stage Manager and Lighting Brittany – Sabine Hulin
Sound – Gwenole Peaudecerf
Floor Manager – Caryl McQuilling
Video Wales – Ben Stimpson
Video Brittany – Loic Le Cadre
Wardrobe – Erin Maddocks
Sibrwd Development – Derech Murdoch

Production Team

Production – Maiwenn Le Nedellec, Carys Ifan, Rhian Davies
Broadcast – Fflur Thomas, Maiwenn Le Nedellec
Production Administration – Angharad Leefe, Tony Foricheur
Production Assistant and Production Coordinator – Stéphanie Coquillon
Communication – Lowri Johnston, Maire Jones
Development Officer – Manon Riouat

Acknowledgements

Residencies : Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru (Carmarthen, Wales), L’Arvorik (Lesneven), La Chapelle Dérézo (Brest), La Maison du Théâtre (Brest), The Performance Centre of the University of Falmouth (Cornwall, UK), Aberystwyth Arts Centre (Wales).

With the support of : Brittany Region (Local Authority), DRAC-Bretagne, French Ministry for Culture and Communication, the CNC (French national centre for cinema), the DICRéAM (assistance for multimedia and digital artistic creation), the Spedidam (Society for the collection and distribution of performers rights), l’ADAMI(Collective management organisation for the rights of performers), L’Institut français (Brittany Region), FinistèreCouncil, La Maison du Théâtre (Brest), the town of Lesneven.Support for broadcast: Spectacle vivanten Bretagnefor the Welsh language shows at the Wales Millenium Centre,Cardiff.

UK support : L’Institut français UK, the ArtsCouncil of Wales, the WelshGovernment, theNational Lottery,Wales Arts International

MERC’H AN EOG

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