Tickets: £16
A personal journey into the life, soul and creative genius of Dylan Thomas – a delicious biographical odyssey.
In 2014, for the centenary of Dylan Thomas’s birth, Thomas’s granddaughter Hannah Ellis, and Guy Masterson (globally acclaimed exponent of Thomas’s works including Under Milk Wood and A Child’s Christmas in Wales), created a very personal illustrated biography.
Celebrating the life and work of the revered Welsh writer, Guy Masterson tells the inside story of Hannah’s grandfather, illustrated with slides and excerpts from Thomas’s poems, stories and letters, and revealing the truth behind the myths about Thomas’s tragic and untimely death in New York in 1953 at just 39 years old…
Dylan Thomas – The Man, The Myth
Words by Dylan Thomas, Hannah Ellis and Guy Masterson
Performed by Guy Masterson
Original music and sound by Matt Clifford
Image of Guy Masterson by Nux Photography
Duration: approximately 70 minutes straight through
Recommended age : tbc
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Throughout the show you could had have heard a pin drop. This was theatre that was engrossing and delivered with an assured and considered tone.
FringeReview
A perfect show for anyone who loves (or wants to love) Dylan Thomas.
British Theatre Guide
There’s something alchemical to the Welsh poet’s self-inventing language, and this is channelled by Masterson, who doesn’t ‘enact’ poetry but inhabits, possesses, is possessed. A treat of music, honey, impishness – in supernova-brief appearances.
Three Weeks
Creatives
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Guy Masterson
Director & Performer
Guy Masterson is an actor, theatre director and Olivier Award winning producer based in London. Born in…
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Hannah Ellis
Writer
Hannah Ellis is the granddaughter of Dylan Thomas. After studying at Oxford Brookes University she worked for…
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Dylan Thomas
Author
Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, South Wales on October 27th 1914, the son of the English…