PROGRAMME2013 Summer

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On 14 May 1953, the first full stageperformance of Under Milk Wood tookplace in New York, the cast comprisingDylan Thomas and five Americanactors. We mark the sixtieth anniversaryof this night with our Under Milk WoodDays in May, and we continue ourcelebration of Dylan and others duringthe autumn’s Dylan Thomas Festival,which will include a Doctor Who Day,an event on The Killing with EmmaKennedy and David Hewson and astaging of Dylan’s Rebecca’sDaughters. “Love the words”, as Dylansaid to his New York cast, and wehope that you will join us throughout theyear to do the same.

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Wednesday 8 and Thursday 9 May, 7.30pmROUGH DIAMONDS #1 AND #2Ambitious new drama drawn from thework of students on Swansea University’sprestigious Creative Writing programme.The performances are introduced anddirected by playwright D.J.Britton,Associate Professor in Dramatic Writingat Swansea University. The works will beperformed by Swansea’s outstandingFluellen Theatre Company.Writers include: Teresa Chambers,Joe Downes, Sabiha Hussain, JeanJames, Elli Martin, Jan Newton,Benjamin Palmer, Glynn Scott,Tobin Snelling, James Taylor,A.M. Lassessen and Ricky Stevenson.ALL TICKETS: £4

Thursday 9 May, 10am – 5.30pmWRITERS’ DAYThe annual jamboree of words, advice anddiscussion includes readings and conversationfrom Menna Elfyn, Stevie Davies, Jo Bell,Bethany Pope , Nigel Jenkins and DaveOprava. John Lavin, Gary Raymond andRhys Milsom discuss online editing with JonGower, and Jeni Williams examines the futureof publishing with Welsh Books Council bossElwyn Jones and Parthian’s Richard Davies.We conclude with a centenary celebration ofR.S. Thomas. Organised in partnership withUniversity of Wales Trinity Saint David andSwansea University, with the kind support ofthe H’mm Poetry Foundation.

TICKETS: Free, but please reserve a ticketfrom the Centre

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Friday, 10am – 4.30pm UNDER MILK WOODTWITTER EXCHANGE #2After the success of last year’sexcerpts, we present furtherconversations betweenLlareggub’s inhabitants.Follow us @DTCSwanseato join in.

Saturday, 10amYOUNG WRITERS’ SQUADWORKSHOP A Milk Wood themed session(fully booked)

Saturday, 1pmMILK WAKING WOODFluellen present entertainmentto celebrate the second“Under Milk Wood” Dayby casting a look at some of the residents of Llareggub and how they,

and the play, have influenced other writersthrough the years.

ALL TICKETS: £5

Friday 10 May and Saturday 11 MayUNDER MILK WOOD DAYSCelebrate the 60th anniversary of the first stage performanceof Dylan’s ‘play for voices’ with a series of special events.

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Wednesday 15 May, 7.30pmSEX AND POWER ATTHE BEAU RIVAGE

BY LEWIS DAVIESA gripping and emotionally chargedproduction exploring the dilemmasfacing two writers who have soughtrefuge in the fading glamour of aFrench resort.

The writers are D. H. Lawrence andRhys Davies, and the catalyst for theirencounter is the volatile figure ofFrieda Lawrence.ALL TICKETS: £4

Thursday 16 May, 7pm

STEVIE DAVIESAND DAI SMITHStevie Davies launches her latest book,Awakening. One year after Darwin’sexplosive publication of The Origin ofSpecies, sisters Anna and BeatricePentecost awaken to a world shatteredby science, radicalism and the stirrings offeminist rebellion. Library of Wales serieseditor Dai Smith discusses his fictiondebut, Dream On, a part black comedyand flashlight noir thriller, part meditationon the business of living. He also introduces the latest title in theLibrary of Wales series, James Hanley’sA Kingdom. Free entry and wine.

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Thursday 23 May, 7.30pmPETER LORD:RELATIONSHIPSWITH PICTURESPeter Lorddiscusses hisnew book fromParthian.It describes, viafifteen pictures,the evolution ofhis own sense ofself; from post-War childhood,art college in the1960s, throughthe tension between incomers andlocal people in Wales in the 1970sand 80s, and finally through hisexploration of the influence theyhave had in the lives of the artistswho created them.TICKETS:

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Thursday 30 May, 7.30pm POETS AT THE DTC WITHKATHRYN MARISKathryn Maris, a poet from New YorkCity who now lives in London, hasrecently released her second collection,God Loves You (Seren, 2013). She haswon a Pushcart Prize, and an Academyof American Poets award, and herpoems have appeared in severalanthologies including Best BritishPoetry 2012 and the Oxford PoetsAnthology. She teaches creative writingat Morley College and the PoetrySchool. Includes open mic.TICKETS: £4 £2.80 £1.60

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THEATRE PRESENT F. SCOTTFITZGERALD’SPORCELAIN AND PINK Julie and Lois are sisters wholook and sound alike, but are,in fact, very different. F. ScottFitgerald`s beautifully observed1920s play cleverly defines theseismic shifts that the JazzAge brought to society.

All Theatre-In-Focuspresentations are script-in-hand and preceded by a talkabout the playwright.

ALL TICKETS: £5

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Sunday 9 June, 10.30am RETURN JOURNEY Lighthouse Theatre Ltd, with the Dylan ThomasCentre, Gower Walking Festival and DT100,present a promenade production of ReturnJourney, enacted on the streets that inspired it,and intertwined with snippets of history. It starts inCastle Street and ends in Cwmdonkin Park. TICKETS: £4.00, call 01792 363392 or visitwww.gowerwalkingfestival.org

Friday 14 June, 7.30pm

‘WHAT WE SHOULD HAVE SAID…’An entertaining, enlightening, innovative andunpredictable event, featuring Bafta-nominatedspoken word artist Stuart Silver, whose ownvery special brand of philosophy and humour willspar with the poetry of Ian Gregson, TiffanyAtkinson and Richard Douglas Pennant andthe improvised music of keyboard master HuwWarren. Experience a rich interweaving of ideas,explorations, characters and instrumentationwhich has been received with great excitement atthe Troubadour and the Ledbury Poetry Festival. TICKETS: £4 £2.80 £1.60

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Friday 21 June, 7pmTERRY HETHERINGTON AWARDCelebrate the achievements of this year’sentrants into the £1000 Terry HetheringtonAward for writers under 30. Winners JoaoMorais (first), Natalie Holborow and SionTomos Owen (joint second) will be amongthose who read. Their work will again bepublished by Parthian in the latest volume ofCheval which will be launched on the night.

Free entry.

Thursday June 27, 7.30pmPOETS AT THE DTC WITHJEMMA KINGJemma King reads from hernew collection from Parthian,The Shape of a Forest.Haunting, distinctive andsensual, this sophisticateddebut offers a powerful surveyof life and the humanexperience. Winner of the2011 Terry HetheringtonAward, Jemma teachesliterature and creative writingat Aberystwyth University. Includes open mic.TICKETS:

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Saturday 6 July

JOE DUNTHORNE ANDCRAIG ROBERTS IN

SUBMARINE SWANSEA Film and Tour presented by LiteratureWales, The Dylan Thomas Centre and

the Film Agency for Wales Film screening: 11.00 am – 1.00 pm

Tour: 2.00 pm – 6.00 pmJoe Dunthorne’s debut Submarine was aninstant hit, leading to its adaptation to film

by Joe and Richard Ayoade in 2010.Starring Craig Roberts, filming took place

across south west Wales. Join Joe andCraig in exploring some of these

places by coach and on foot, finishingwith drinks in the forest from the film.

A screening, introduced by Joe and Craig,will precede the tour – come along as

part of, or instead of the tour.

TICKETS:Film screening: £5 £4via Dylan Thomas CentreTour only: £11 £9 via Literature Wales 02920 472266Film screening & tour: £15 £13

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Saturday 13 July, 1pmTHEATRE PRESENT

ALAN BENNETT’S A VISITFROM MISS PROTHERORetired and sitting at home, MrDodsworth contemplates his life andachievements with quiet satisfaction.But his reverie is suddenly shattered bythe arrival of his former secretary, andlife will never be the same again. AlanBennett’s superb play skilfully weavescomedy and pathos to great effect.All Theatre-In-Focus presentations arescript-in-hand and preceded by a talkabout the playwright.ALL TICKETS: £5

Thursday 25 July, 7.30pmPOETS AT THE DTC WITHCHRISTOPHER MEREDITHChristopher Meredith’s latestcollection, Air Histories, starts in theStone Age and ends in the future,examining a range of subjects, with thepersonal alongside the impersonal andthe experimental alongside well-knownforms. He is the author of four novelsand three previous collections of poetryand is Professor of Creative Writing atthe University of Glamorgan. Includes open mic. TICKETS: £4 £2.80 £1.60

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Saturday 3 August, 1pmTHEATRE PRESENT

AUGUST STRINDBERG’SPARIAHA traveller from America is staying atthe simple home of a Swedisharchaeologist. But who exactly is heand what is he doing there, and can wetrust what he says? Strindberg’ssuperbly structured drama brilliantlycharts a tense battle of wits. All Theatre-In-Focus presentations arescript-in-hand and preceded by a talkabout the playwright.ALL TICKETS: £5

Saturday 10 and Saturday 24 August,2pm – 4pmGUIDED TOUR: DYLAN’S SWANSEAFluellen Theatre Company present alively and entertaining performance-based guided tour of Dylan’s centralSwansea, starting from the DylanThomas Centre and including TheThree Lamps, the site of theKardomah, Castle Square and endingin the No Sign Wine Bar. TICKETS: £10 £7

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EXHIBITION5 July to 28 August25/25 VISION: WELSHHORIZONS ACROSS 50YEARS PHOTOGRAPHS BYJOHN BRIGGSA photographic exhibition featuring someof Wales’ leading contemporary writers,including Zoe Skoulding, Owen Sheers, JohnWilliams, Rhian Edwards, Catrin Dafydd andPatrick McGuinness. It forms part of a projectto celebrate the Institute of Welsh Affairs’ 25thanniversary by examining writers’ experiencesover the past quarter of a century, and lookingahead to the next 25 years.

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Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the details of this programme are accurate,the City & County of Swansea reserve the right to alter any part of the programmewithout notice.

Photo credits: Joe Dunthorne by AngusMuir. Stevie Davies byStephen Howell. MilkWood Day by John Fry.Menna Elfyn and IWAimages by John Briggs

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