Y Tŵr
Music Theatre Wales a Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Gan Guto Puw a Gwyneth Glyn
Yn seiliedig ar y ddrama gan Gwenlyn Parry
Drama yw’r Tŵr a lwyfanir mewn cydweithrediad creadigol newydd gyda Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru. Mae’n dilyn rhychwant byr ac ymdrech bywyd, o ieuenctid i henaint, o gariad i anobaith, o serch i ddadrithiad.
Yn seiliedig ar waith un o ddramodwyr pwsicaf Cymru, mae’r awdures Gwyneth Glyn a’r cyfansoddwr Guto Puw yn dod â bywyd newydd i ddrama cythryblus a herfeiddiol Gwenlyn Parry, gan greu opera siambr newydd dwys a threiddgar.
Personol a chyffredinol. Penodol a digyfnewid.
Caiff y cynhyrchiad ei ganu yn y Gymraeg gydag uwchdeitlau Saesneg
Y Stori
Y Tŵr explores the extremes of human emotion experienced by two lovers over the course of a lifetime. It is abundant in the depth and intensity of feeling that opera demands. Y Tŵr is at once an intimate story of betrayal and disillusionment, and at the same time a metaphor for any male-female relationship with all its complexities and paradox. Its dual nature, personal and universal, particular and timeless, lends itself naturally to opera. The tension that drives the original play is that between fantasy and reality; between what is and what might have been. I believe the medium of opera could explore and expose this tension to its full capacity.
– Gwyneth Glyn, Librettist
Y Cynhyrchiad
The basic premise of the work is to follow two people as they move through life together, exploring their relationship as they move from youthful urgings to coming to terms with the end of life. Working with designer Samal Blak, we have decided to embrace the physical aspect of aging as the overarching approach to the production. We will provide the performers with dressing tables and watch them go through the process of becoming older as the opera advances, thus bringing the audience into the inner world of the characters as they age by encouraging them to accept the theatrical device that demonstrates it. Our other starting point has been to look at contemporary versions of vanitas paintings – still lifes especially popular in 17th century Dutch painting which explored the idea of portraying a mortal life in a single image.
– Michael McCarthy, Director
Credydau
Tîm Creadigol
Guto Puw Cyfansoddwr
Gwyneth Glyn Libretydd
Richard Baker Arweinydd
Michael McCarthy Cyfarwyddwr
Samal Blak Dylunudd/Cynllunydd
Ace McCarron Cynllunydd Golau
Cast & Performers
Caryl Hughes Y Fenyw
Gwion Thomas Y Dyn
Ensemble Music Theatre Wales
Dyddiadau
THEATR Y SHERMAN, CAERDYDD
Dydd Gwener, Mai 19 & Dydd Sadwrn, Mai 20
CANOLFAN GELFYDDYDAU ABERYSTWYTH
Dydd Mawrth, Mai 23
PONTIO, BANGOR
Dydd Iau, Mai 25
CLWYD THEATR CYMRU, YR WYDDGRUG
Dydd Llun, Mehefin 5
CANOLFAN CELFYDDYDAU TALIESIN, ABERTAWE
Dydd Iau, Mehefin 15
GŴYL BUXTON
Dydd Llun, Gorffennaf 17
