National Theatre Wales presents:

Storm.2:

THINGS COME APART

National Theatre Wales

THE STORM CYCLE
Created by Mike Pearson & Mike Brookes

A series of six productions conceived, designed and directed by Pearson and Brookes, creators of some of the company’s most critically-acclaimed work to date (The Persians, Coriolan/us, Iliad). These multimedia works will be performed at different locations across Wales, at a variety of scales and sizes, exploring two key themes; truth and testimony. They will culminate in 2020 with the creation of a major, new, large-scale production for our 10th anniversary programme.

There is a storm coming…
We live in tempestuous times: an era of climatic and environmental 
uncertainty and of
social and political upheaval. Perhaps it was always so.
But what new forms can theatre develop and adopt: to engage with and to reflect the
temper of our times?
An urgent theatre: fit for purpose, addressing and expressing our present realities
Of living in the eye of the storm

STORM.2: THINGS COME APART

In June 1919, Cardiff city centre was the scene of four days and nights of vicious riots. The root causes were a long-standing, complex knot of post-war frustrations following demobilisation, but the spark that finally ignited the worst of the violence was racial tension.

No full narrative of the riots exists. A new text, specially compiled for STORM.2: Things Come Apart, creates a running account using only the reports in local, period newspapers – as well as the Chief Constable’s assessment. Inevitably partial, they expose the attitudes and prejudices of that era.

This verbatim material will be narrated live by a cast of three professional actors (Ali Goolyad, Aisling Groves-McKeown and John Rowley), alongside period maps, commercial directories and photographs of the city.

At a time of global political and social instability, this hard-hitting production will be a reminder of the value of compassion and of hard-won civil rights, and the risks we take when we neglect them.

The Tabernacl Church, The Hayes, Cardiff CF10 1AJ
21-24 March 2018, 8pm (plus 3pm matinee on 24 March)

Tickets
£10 / £7.50 (concessions)  
£5 (preview, 21 March) 
Hynt scheme applies to all Disabled tickets - bookable on 029 2037 1689

Age guidance: 14+

Accessible Performances
All performances are wheelchair accessible.
Further access provision to be confirmed, Please contact boxoffice@nationaltheatrewales.org if you have any questions.

Show Dates:

21 - 24 March 2018

Location:

Cardiff

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Box Office:

https://www.nationaltheatrewales.org/storm2/storm2-tickets