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cwmnipluen-blog · 6 years ago
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Blog - Cyfarwyddwr / Director, Gethin Evans
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Mae cyfarwyddwr Mags Gethin Evans yn nôl yng Nghaerdydd wedi iddo dreulio amser yn y National Theatre, yn gweithio ar yr anhygoel Pericles.
Dyma rai geiriau ganddo am Mags: Y bobl, y broses, y llawenydd, y bisgedi a beth y gall y gynulleidfa ddisgwyl ei weld.
Mags director Gethin Evans is back in Cardiff after his time at the National Theatre, working on the incredible Pericles.
Here are some of his words about Mags: The people, the process, the joy, the biscuits and what our audiences can expect to see.
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Gydag ymarferion ein sioe newydd Mags yn dechrau ar ddydd Llun (!), rydyn ni wedi bod yn brysur yn paratoi hefo’n tîm anhygoel – Elgan Rhys (Cyd-Gyfarwyddwr Artistig Pluen) yn ddramatwrg, Cadi Lane yn dylunio, cerddoriaeth wreiddiol a sain gan CASI ac Eddy Bailhache a Ceri James yn goleuo…yn ogystal â chwestiynnu a datblygu stori a ffurf gyda’n mentoriaid hynod fedrus Cai Tomos a Hannah McPake.
Yn ystod yr ymarferion byddwn yn dod nôl ynghyd â’n perfformwyr - Anna ap Robert, Matteo Marfoglia a Seren Vickers i rannu stori menyw o’r enw Mags a’i pherthynas hefo’i chymuned a’i theulu.
Mae’r tîm yn ysbrydoledig ac yn ddeinamig, a bu ein cyfnod datblygu yn 2017 ymlith un o’r ystafelloedd ymarfer mwyaf brwdfrydig, egniol ac ymrwymedig y bum i’n ffodus i gael bod ynddi. Fedra i ddim aros i gael bod nol yn yr ystafell honno!
Yn ogystal â gyda’r tîm hwn, mae Mags wedi cael ei datblygu gyda chymuned gyfan o artistiaid ysbrydoledig – unigolion a wnaeth ymateb i’n galwad agored ar gyfer trafodaethau a thrwy weithio gyda’n partneriaid DadsCan, CAIN a Traws*Newid Cymru.
Mae’r sgyrsiau wedi bod yn llon, yn lleddf, yn ysbrydoledig, yn onest ac ar y cyd rydym wedi archwilio cwestiynnau ynglyn â chymdeithas – beth yw hi i fod yn ran o gymuned? O deulu? I fod yn ran o rywbeth mwy na ni ein hunain? Ym mha lwythi y canfyddwn ni ein hunain ynddynt – boed i ni fod eisiau bod ynddynt ai peidio? Sut mae hyn yn effeithio ar pwy ydyn ni a’r penderfyniadau a wnawn?
Bydd y sioe y caiff ein cynulleidfaoedd ei weld yn blethiad o symudiad, testun dwyieithog a cherddoriaeth fyw wrth i ni ddilyn stori Mags – ei gorffennol, ei phresennol a’i dyfodol yn y pentref bach Cymreig y mae hi’n ei garu a’i gasau ill dau. Ysbrydolwyd ei stori gan y bobl y bu i ni eu cyfarfod.
Nid yw byd Mags yn bodoli heb bob paned o dê, bisged, peint, cyfweliad a gweithdy (yn ogystal ag amal i ginio gwych – o gaffi yn Cathays gyda Trans*Form i bicnic ar lanau’r Fenai gyda CAIN). Mae hi’n gynnyrch o’r Byd y cafodd ei ffurfio ynddi, fel y mae pob un ohonom. Felly, wrth i ni ymlwybro tuag at y cam nesaf yn y broses hon, hoffwn estyn diolch anferthol i’r gymuned sydd wedi creu Mags hyd yn hyn. Rwy’n gobeithio y gwnewch chi ymuno â ni yn y Sherman 25ain – 28ain Medi ac yn Galeri 3ydd & 4ydd Hydref.
Theatr Sherman -  25-28 Medi 
Galeri Caernarfon - 3-4 Hydref
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With rehearsals for our new show Mags starting on Monday (!), we have been busy preparing with our amazing team – Elgan Rhys (Pluen co-Artistic Director) as dramaturg, Cadi Lane designing, original music & sound by CASI and Eddy Bailhache and Ceri James lighting… as well as questioning and developing story and form with our incredibly skilled mentors Cai Tomos and Hannah McPake.
Rehearsals will bring us back together with our performers – Anna ap Robert, Matteo Marfoglia and Seren Vickers to share the story of a woman called Mags and her relationship to her community and family.
The team are inspiring and dynamic, our development period in 2017 was one of the most vibrant, energized and committed rehearsal rooms I have been lucky enough to be in. I cannot wait to be back in that room!
As well as this team, Mags has been developed with a whole community of inspiring artists – individuals who responded to an open call out for discussion and through working with our partners DadsCan, CAIN & TransForm Cymru.
The exchanges have been joyful, harrowing, inspiring, truthful and we have collectively explored questions on society - what is it to be part of a community? A family? To be part of something greater than ourselves? Which tribes do we find ourselves a part of – whether we want to be or not? How does this affect who we are and the choices we make?
The show our audiences will see is a fusion of movement, bilingual text and live music as we follow Mags’ story - her past, present and future in the small Welsh village she both loves and loathes. Her story is inspired by the people we have met.
Mags and her world does not exist without every cup of tea, biscuit, pint, interview and workshop (including many an amazing lunch – from a café in Cathays with Trans*Form to a picnic on the Menai Strait with CAIN). She is a product of the World she was formed in, like any one of us is.  So, as we head into the next phase of this process, I would like to extend an enormous thank you to the community who has made Mags so far. I hope you come and join us at Sherman and Galeri:
Sherman Theatre - 25-28 September
Galeri Caernarfon -  3-4 October 
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rogueangelhasthephonebox · 6 years ago
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so so thankful to have been able to see Mags tonight @shermantheatre with @cwmnipluen such a beautiful piece // also amazing to see my photography in their programme representing @youth_cymru #TransForm (at Sherman Theatre) https://www.instagram.com/p/BoPqqCKAx0q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17i6z2afplni
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