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Anthem

A Wales Millennium Centre Production

20 – 30 July 2022

Weston Studio

Four regions. Four songs. One prize. With the land of song judging from their sofas, who will come out on top?

Join us in the studio for the live final of Anthem, the nation’s biggest TV singing competition. There will be wind machines. There will be key changes. There will be plenty of arguments on Twitter.

Watch the drama and hilarity unfold – both on and off air – as the finalists from every corner of Wales get ready to compete to bring the title home. Are they longing for fame? Acceptance? Or just another trophy for Mam’s dresser?

This new Welsh language musical comedy will leave a smile on your face long after the last note has been sung.

Written by Llinos Mai and composed by Llinos Mai and Dan Lawrence

Performed and creatively captioned in Welsh with English surtitles. Suitable for Welsh learners.

THE TEAM

Written by Llinos Mai and composed by Llinos Mai and Dan Lawrence

Director: Alice Eklund

Set Designer: Jacob Hughes

Costume Designer: Delyth Evans

Lighting Designer: Katy Morison
Video Designer: Zsolt Balogh

Sound Designer: Tic Ashfield 

Movement Director: Sundeep Saini
Video Editor: Gino Ricardo Green
Assistant Director & Assistant Musical Director: Juliette Manon

Costume Design Assistant: Aled Wyn Williams

Dramaturg: Roger Williams

Production Manager: Tom Naylor
Company Stage Manager: Emily Walls
Deputy Stage Manager: Alys Robinson
Assistant Stage Manager: Eilir Gwyn
Wardrobe Supervisor: Katie Helen Unwin
Fight Director: Kev McCurdy
Accent Coach: Nia Lynn
Caption Operators: Daniel Aguirre Evans, Siân Owens & Hedd Thomas
Audio Describer: Ioan Gwyn

CAST

Iestyn Arwel
Lily Beau Conway
Gareth Elis
Leilah Hughes
Rhian Morgan
Gwydion Rhys
Rhys ap Trefor

Blog: Meet the Cast

FILM TEAM

VT Production Team

VT Director: Carys Lewis
VT Director of Photography: Aled Jenkins
VT Additional Camera & Editor: Aled Wyn Thomas
VT Assistant Director: Amelia Mundy
VT Assistant Camera: Gruff Edwards
VT Costume Designer: Delyth Evans
VT Costume Assistant: Aled Wyn Williams
VT Art Director: Cerys Lewis
VT Assistant Production Designer: Lauren Pate
VT Lighting: Firebug Lighting
VT Gaffer: Jonathan McLaughlin & David Ozkoidi
VT Spark: Oliver Biggs
VT Lighting Trainee: Josh Stone
VT Sound Mixer: Deian Humphreys
VT Boom Operator: Chris Goding
VT Head of Makeup and Wigs: Julie Fox
VT Makeup and Wigs Assistant: Poppy Staples & Sara Dale

VT Actors

Emily Carpenter
Sera Cracroft
Manon Eames
Morgan Elwy
Sam Harding
Ioan Hefin
Siw Hughes
Eben James
Carwyn Jones
Liberty Jones
Rory Sean Kelleher
Victoria Pugh

THANK YOU

Barbara Castle
Antonia Collins
Joey Cornish
Kira Davies
Rhodri Davies and Carl Edwards
Hayley Egan
Ffion Rebecca Evans
Osian Gwynedd
Mike Higgs
Carolyn and David Lewis
Joel Rees
Natalie Riegel
Luisa de Oliveira
Joan and Gareth Price
Penny Skuse
Dan Trenchard
Nikita Verboon
Amy Wildgoose
Sacha Van Zutphen

Cardiff Council
Dŵr Cymru
Everyman Cinema
Fabulous Welsh Cakes
Pavers Shoes
Plas Dolygaer
Rodney Parade Stadium

All performances from 30 March – 10 April were postponed until 20 – 30 July 2022.

Original ticket holders have been contacted directly by our Ticket Office with further information. To check the dates of your new tickets, simply log in to your account.

Start time: Wed – Sat 8pm, Sat + Sun 2.30pm

Preview: Wed 20 July 8pm £10

Running time: 90 minutes, no interval

Age guidance: 14+
Contains strong language

Accessible performances:

All performances creatively captioned in Welsh
All performances surtitled in English
Thu 28 July audio described in Welsh

Groups offer

Groups 10+ £3 off (excluding preview). Organise a group visit.

Students + unwaged

£12

HYNT SCHEME

Available for this production. Find out more.

All offers subject to allocations and availability.

We are extremely grateful to Peter and Janet Swinburn and Dr Carol Bell for supporting Anthem, and to Garfield Weston Foundation and Arts Council of Wales for supporting our productions through 2021/22.

Find out more about supporting our productions and creative work across Wales through becoming a member of our Chair’s Circle.

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Audio Described

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