Under Milk Wood
by Dylan Thomas
Newcastle
People’s Theatre
Tuesday
13th to Saturday 17th June 2017
"To begin at
the beginning…"
An opening line which all lovers of theatre can
quote.
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Paula Smart
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It is 1954. A group of actors assemble in a BBC radio theatre to make a
recording of Under Milk Wood - Dylan
Thomas’s bawdy, touching tale of a day in the life of a mythical Welsh village.
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Paula Smart
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The thoughts, dreams and desires of Llareggub's
extraordinary inhabitants burst into life through the voices of the actors.
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Paula Smart
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Thomas's acute eye and ear combine with his rhythmic
and glorious poetry to seduce and absorb the audience into this unforgettable
community.
Accompanied by the original musical setting of
Daniel Jones, along with more recent additions played live on stage, our
production of Under Milk Wood is performed as originally intended.
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Paula Smart
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World famous as a writer, Thomas was also an avid
performer in his youth, cutting his dramatic teeth on the stage of Swansea
Little Theatre. Now regarded as crucial to his artistic development, his early
days as an amateur actor helped to shape his unique ear for dialogue and
idiosyncratic eye for character.
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Paula Smart
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If you think you know Wales, think again. The land of Thomas’s fathers is celebrated
and satirised through a lens of barbed irreverence, a whimsical fever dream
featuring a parade of oddball locals brought to life by our cast of eleven who
play multiple roles.
Under Milk Wood opens on Tuesday 13 June and is one
not to be missed!
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Paula Smart
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Also this month we are delighted to announce our new
partnership with Ouseburn-based gallery The Biscuit Factory that will see us
support one another and members of the local arts scene in Newcastle. The first exhibition under the new relationship will be New Perspectives in the gallery in our
new foyer from Tuesday 13 June – Saturday 29 July.
Tickets:
Tickets cost £13.50 (Concessions £11) and are
available for the box office on 0191 265 5020 or via the website www.peoplestheatre.co.uk
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