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Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru is the Welsh language national theatre of Wales, founded in 2003. It has a counterpart in National Theatre Wales, the English language English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the is ... national theatre company of Wales, founded in 2009. Together the two theatre companies provide a national platform for drama in Wales. Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru attempts to shape a distinctive identity for drama in Welsh while also opening it up to outside linguistic and dramatic influences. Artistic Directors * Cefin Roberts (2003-2010) * Arwel Gruffydd (2011-2022) * Steffan Donnelly References National theatres Theatre companies in Wales {{UK-theat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Language
Welsh ( or ) is a Celtic language family, Celtic language of the Brittonic languages, Brittonic subgroup that is native to the Welsh people. Welsh is spoken natively in Wales, by some in England, and in Y Wladfa (the Welsh colony in Chubut Province, Argentina). Historically, it has also been known in English as "British", "Cambrian", "Cambric" and "Cymric". The Welsh Language (Wales) Measure 2011 gave the Welsh language official status in Wales. Both the Welsh and English languages are ''de jure'' official languages of the Welsh Parliament, the Senedd. According to the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, the Welsh-speaking population of Wales aged three or older was 17.8% (538,300 people) and nearly three quarters of the population in Wales said they had no Welsh language skills. Other estimates suggest that 29.7% (899,500) of people aged three or older in Wales could speak Welsh in June 2022. Almost half of all Welsh speakers consider themselves fluent Welsh speakers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatre Wales
National Theatre Wales (NTW) is a theatre company known for its large-scale site-specific productions and its grassroots work with diverse Welsh communities. It is the English-language national theatre of Wales, and refers to Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, the Welsh-language national theatre of Wales founded in 2003, as its sister company. NTW's current artistic director is Lorne Campbell, and its executive producer is Lisa Maguire. Its previous artistic directors are John E. McGrath and Kully Thiarai. Notable productions Among the company’s productions are: * ''The Persians'' (2010) by Kaite O’Reilly, Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes. A reimagining of one of Europe’s earliest recorded plays on a military training range in the Brecon Beacons, which won the 2010 Ted Hughes Award. * ''The Passion'' (2011). A 72-hour secular passion play created by Michael Sheen, which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Director. * ''The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning'' (2012) by Tim Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8th and 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arwel Gruffydd
Arwel (pronounced ) is a Welsh given name. Notable persons with this name include: *Arwel Hughes (1909–1988), Welsh orchestral conductor and composer * Arwel Richards (born 1982), Welsh polo administrator and columnist * Arwel Robson (born 1997), Welsh rugby union player *Arwel Thomas Arwel Camber Thomas (born 8 November 1974) is a native of Trebanos in Swansea Valley. He is a former Wales international rugby union player. An outside-half, he played his club rugby for Swansea RFC. Career Arwel Thomas won his first of his 23 ... (born 1974), Wales international rugby union player * Owain Arwel Hughes (born 1942), Welsh orchestral conductor Welsh masculine given names {{given name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steffan Donnelly
Steffan may refer to: Surname: *Dan Steffan, American cartoonist and writer *Johann Gottfried Steffan (1815–1905), Swiss landscapist *Joseph Anton Steffan (1726–1797), or Josef Antonín Štěpán, a composer originally from Bohemia *Joseph Steffan (born 1964), American lawyer and gay activist Given name: * Steffan Cravos (born 1975), Welsh rap and hip hop artist * Steffan Danielsen (1922–1976), Faroese painter * Steffan Hughes English-born Welsh rugby league footballer * Steffan Jones (born 1974), Welsh cricketer who plays for Somerset * Steffan O'Sullivan, the author of several role-playing game books * Steffan Piolet (born 1988), English cricketer *Steffan Rhodri, Welsh film actor, who has also worked frequently in television * Steffan Sondermark Fallesen (born 1981), Internet entrepreneur *Steffan Tubbs, radio host on Denver, Colorado's KOA, host of Colorado's Morning News See also *Stephen Stephen or Steven is a common English first name. It is particularly significant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Theatres
National Theatre or National Theater may refer to: Africa *Ethiopian National Theatre, Addis Ababa *National Theatre of Ghana, Accra *Kenya National Theatre, Nairobi *National Arts Theatre, Lagos, Nigeria *National Theatre of Somalia, Mogadishu *National Theatre (Sudan), Omdurman *National Theatre of Tunisia, Tunis *National Theatre of Uganda, Kampala Asia Japan *National Theatre of Japan, Tokyo *New National Theatre Tokyo *National Noh Theatre, Tokyo *National Bunraku Theatre, Osaka *National Theater Okinawa, Urasoe, designed by Shin Takamatsu Other Asian countries *National Theatre of Yangon, Burma *Preah Suramarit National Theatre, Phnom Penh, Cambodia *Habima Theatre, Tel Aviv, Israel *Palestinian National Theatre, Jerusalem *National Theater and Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan *National Theatre, Singapore *National Theater of Korea, Seoul, South Korea *National Theatre (Thailand) Oceania *National Theatre, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia *National Theatre, Melbourne, Victoria, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
