We are happy to have received multi-year support from Arts Council of Wales to enable us to continue our mission to re-imagine opera as a more widely available and expressive form of storytelling in music for all.

PWSH have been commissioned by Music Theatre Wales to create a new public mural at Spit & Sawdust to respond to the climate crisis.

We are thrilled to announce that Violet has been nominated for the Opera award in the 2023 Southbank Sky Arts Awards.

We are delighted to announce that Music Theatre Wales has received Atsain funding from Anthem Music Fund Wales for 2023 to support our project Future Directions.

Music Theatre Wales and Britten Pears Arts production of Violet has received a second award nomination in the space of a week. Violet has been nominated in the World Premiere category for the 2022 International Opera Awards.

Composed by Tom Coult with the libretto by Alice Birch, the production was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but when it finally reached the stage it received rave reviews across the UK press.

Two new productions of Violet have been announced within one year of the work being premiered – in Ulm, Germany and in Paris.

Our first Future Directions project has concluded with the completion of the second residency in Cardiff. The young people involved have created an insightful, imaginative piece called ‘The Things That Go Unnoticed’ which we look forward to sharing with you.

Two works commissioned by Music Theatre Wales have won awards this week: The Jollof House Party Opera by Tumi Wiliams and Sita Thomas & AMAZON by Alex Ho and Elayce Ismail.

Harrison Birtwistle, who died on 18th April 2022, was THE towering figure in new music in the UK for over 50 years and the composer who best understood and most challenged what music drama could be in the 20th and 21st centuries.