Two of Mess Up The Mess’ Young people are part of National Theatre Wales’ Iliad: epic storytelling for the age of the box-set

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THE CAST FOR THE NATIONAL THEATRE WALES NEXT PRODUCTION, PERFORMED AT THE FFWRNES, LLANELLI SEPT-OCT 2015, WILL INCLUDE 10 LOCAL TEENAGERS INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN CARMEN SMITH AND MADDI THOMAS. 

Iliad

Tickets are now on sale for Iliad, the third production in National Theatre Wales’ fifth season, which will be performed at The Ffwrnes in Llanelli. There will be four parts, performed individually on week nights, and in two marathon performances – one all day, and one overnight.

“In the beginning there was no Beginning,
And in the end, no End…”

Renowned theatre-makers Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes, celebrated for their recent, large-scale interpretations of Aeschylus’ The Persians and Shakespeare’s and Brecht’s Coriolan/us with National Theatre Wales, will bring their trademark vision to this multimedia staging of Christopher Logue’s filmic poem, War Music, derived from Homer’s account of the last years of the Trojan War.

The audience will be cast into a world both ancient and modern, a world created by a group of eminent Welsh actors, a troupe of teenage gods, a stage shaped around them, and vast cinematic landscapes. Each of the four parts can be viewed individually, while bolder audience members can choose to see all four in one of two marathon performances – either all day or overnight.

Classic Greek, epic storytelling meets box-set theatre.

Dates: 21 September-3 October 2015

Venue: The Ffwrnes, Park Street, Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA15 3YE

Iliad is in four parts: Iliad: Kings, Iliad: The Husbands, Iliad: Red/Cold, Iliad: War Music. The running time for all four parts is approx. 2hrs each. The four parts can be seen separately, or in one of two marathon performances.

Performance schedule

  • Mon 21 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: Kings
  • Tue 22 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: The Husbands
  • Wed 23 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: Red/Cold
  • Thurs 24 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: War Music
  • Sat 26 Sept: all-day marathon (Iliad: Kings at 10.30am, Iliad: The Husbands at 1.30pm, Iliad: Red/Cold at 5pm and Iliad: War Music at 8pm)
  • Mon 28 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: Kings
  • Tue 29 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: The Husbands
  • Wed 30 Sept, 7.30pm: Iliad: Red/Cold
  • Thurs 1 Oct, 7.30pm: Iliad: War Music
  • Sat 3 Oct: all-night marathon (Iliad: Kings at 6.30pm, Iliad: The Husbands at 9.30pm, Iliad: Red/Cold at 1am on Sun 4 Oct and Iliad: War Music at 4am)

Box Office:  www.nationaltheatrewales.org/iliad or 029 2037 1689

Ticket Prices

  • Single performance (each): £20 (£15 conc)
  • 4 x single performances: £70 (£50 conc)
  • Marathon performance: £60 (£45 conc)
  • Local adult (within Carms): £10*
  • Local under-25 (inc. schools and colleges within Carms): £7.50 (single performances only)
  • Schools Ticket prices:
    • Single performance: £10
    • Marathon performance: £40