Dirty Protest

Wales' new writing theatre company

 

Come join us in Wrexham! /// Dewch i ymuno â ni yn Wrecsam!

Theatre and Music 101 Workshop with Hannah mcpake - 16 April

How To Grow: a script-in-hand performance of a new play in development featuring live music and DJ, with new short plays by Wrexham’s creative talent. Signed BSL by Hannah Wilson - 19 April

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Gweithdy Theatr a Cherddoriaeth 101 gyda hannah mcpake - 16 Ebrill

How To Grow: perfformiad sgript-mewn-llaw o ddrama newydd sy'n cael ei datblygu yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth fyw a DJ. signed bsl gan hannah wilson - 19 ebrill

Dirty Protest presents:

HOW TO GROW by Chris Ingram, in partnership with Dirty Protest and Ty Pawb with support from Incredible Edible and Grow Llangollen.

A script-in-hand performance of a new play in development featuring live music and DJ, with new short plays by Wrexham’s creative talent.

Signed event: BSL interpretation by Hannah Wilson.

Pay what you can (reserve your place in advance as spaces are limited)

Friday 19 April, 6:30pm – 8:30pm (Doors 6pm)

Ty Pawb Performance Space, Wrexham.

Gav is bursting with childhood memories. Painting miniature elf figurines. Hanging out in HMV. Killing and skinning rabbits to survive. Now Gav is about to be a father himself, does he want his son to have a childhood just like he had – or something a bit less… feral?

Featuring original music and songs you will know and love, performed by Andy Hickie, Hazel Sian and DJ Laura Leigh Dickenson.

Directed by Catherine Paskell

Come and be part of making new theatre in Wrexham by local artists!

This is a script-in-hand performance of a new play in development. This means the script is at an early stage of development for the stage and you, the audience, can help us create the play by attending this performance and letting us know what you think of it. You will see this play performed script-in-hand by the actors. After the performance, there will be a short Q&A conversation, so we can find out what you thought worked and what didn’t. Your feedback can be taken into the next stage of writing the script as we work towards making a fully realised production. We will love to know what you think, it honestly really helps us make our plays great!

Short plays written by the attendees of our Introduction to Gig Theatre Workshop led by gig-theatre artist Hannah McPake will also be performed before HOW TO GROW. See here for information on how to book to attend this free workshop with Hannah McPake and Dirty Protest on Tuesday 16 April.

Chris Ingram is a poet, musician and performer born in Scotland, based in Conwy, North Wales. Chris has created music and poetry performance for organisations including: Music in Hospitals and Calon FM and has toured and performed musical storytelling and performance poetry at festivals and live events including: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Conwy Feast, Festival No.6, Focus Wales, Deershed, Greenman, BBC Introducing and he has received multiple airplay on BBC 6 Music. Previous work with Dirty Protest includes performing in short play development events GWYL CYMRU for the Football World Cup and WALES IS DROWNING tour. Chris performed as lead character GUTO in a play that took over the streets of Wrexham: A PROPER ORDINARY MIRACLE created with the community and produced by National Theatre Wales TEAM. PA GUR was Chris’ first play and was developed with Dirty Protest and Ty Pawb in December 2023.

Dirty Protest is Wales’ new writing theatre company working across the nation and internationally. Creating theatrical tequila without the paraphernalia, all for the price of a pint, Dirty Protest stages new award-winning plays in theatres and alternative venues, from pubs and clubs to kebab shops, hairdressers, forests and bus stops. Dirty Protest’s productions Sugar Baby and How To Be Brave were each part of the British Council Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 and 2019, and Double Drop created with BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winners 9Bach was awarded the Wales in Edinburgh Showcase 2022.

Supported with funding from Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Government and National Lottery.

Pay what you can. Spaces strictly limited. To book your place please email info@dirtyprotesttheatre.co.uk or click this link to our Eventbrite booking page.



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HOW TO GROW gan Chris Ingram, mewn partneriaeth â Dirty Protest a Tŷ Pawb gyda chefnogaeth Incredible Edible a Grow Llangollen.

Perfformiad sgript-mewn-llaw o ddrama newydd sy'n cael ei datblygu yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth fyw a DJ.

Signed BSL gan Hannah Wilson

Talu’r hyn a allwch (cadwch eich lle ymlaen llaw gan fod lleoedd yn gyfyngedig)

Dydd Gwener 19 Ebrill, 6:30pm - 8:30pm (Drysau 6pm)

Gofod Perfformio Ty Pawb, Wrecsam

Mae Gav yn orlawn o atgofion plentyndod. Peintio ffigurynnau coblynnod bach. Hongian allan yn HMV. Lladd a blingo cwningod i oroesi. Nawr mae Gav ar fin bod yn dad ei hun, ydy e eisiau i'w fab gael plentyndod yn union fel y cafodd - neu rywbeth ychydig yn llai... gwylltio?

Yn cynnwys cerddoriaeth wreiddiol a chaneuon y byddwch chi'n eu hadnabod ac yn eu caru, wedi'u perfformio gan Andy Hickie, Hazel Sian a'r DJ Laura Leigh Dickenson.

Cyfarwyddwyd gan Catherine Paskell

Dewch i fod yn rhan o wneud theatr newydd yn Wrecsam gan artistiaid lleol!

Dyma berfformiad sgript-mewn-llaw o ddrama newydd sy'n cael ei datblygu. Mae hyn yn golygu bod y sgript mewn cyfnod cynnar o ddatblygiad ar gyfer y llwyfan a gallwch chi, y gynulleidfa, ein helpu i greu’r ddrama drwy fynychu’r perfformiad hwn a rhoi gwybod i ni beth yw eich barn amdani. Fe welwch y ddrama hon yn cael ei pherfformio sgript-mewn-llaw gan yr actorion. Ar ôl y perfformiad, bydd sgwrs Holi ac Ateb fer, fel y gallwn ddarganfod beth oedd yn eich barn chi a weithiodd a beth na wnaeth. Gellir mynd â'ch adborth i gam nesaf ysgrifennu'r sgript wrth i ni weithio tuag at wneud cynhyrchiad sydd wedi'i wireddu'n llawn. Byddwn wrth ein bodd yn gwybod beth yw eich barn, a dweud y gwir mae'n ein helpu i wneud ein dramâu yn wych!

Bydd dramâu byrion a ysgrifennwyd gan fynychwyr ein Gweithdy Cyflwyniad i Theatr Gig hefyd yn cael eu perfformio cyn SUT I TYFU.

Mae Chris Ingram yn fardd, cerddor a pherfformiwr a aned yn yr Alban, sydd wedi’i leoli yng Nghonwy, Gogledd Cymru. Mae Chris wedi creu perfformiadau cerdd a barddoniaeth ar gyfer sefydliadau gan gynnwys: Music in Hospitals a Calon FM ac wedi teithio a pherfformio adrodd straeon cerddorol a barddoniaeth perfformio mewn gwyliau a digwyddiadau byw gan gynnwys: Ymylol Gŵyl Caeredin, Gwledd Conwy, Gŵyl Rhif 6, Focus Wales, Deershed , Greenman, BBC Introducing ac mae wedi cael ei ddarlledu’n aml ar BBC 6 Music. Mae gwaith blaenorol gyda Dirty Protest yn cynnwys perfformio mewn digwyddiadau datblygu chwarae byr GWYL CYMRU ar gyfer Cwpan Pêl-droed y Byd a thaith WALES IS DROWNING. Perfformiodd Chris fel prif gymeriad GUTO mewn drama a gymerodd drosodd strydoedd Wrecsam: Gwyrth Gyffredin BRIODOL a grëwyd gyda’r gymuned ac a gynhyrchwyd gan TEAM National Theatre Wales. PA GUR oedd drama gyntaf Chris ac fe’i datblygwyd gyda Dirty Protest a Tŷ Pawb ym mis Rhagfyr 2023.

Dirty Protest yw cwmni theatr ysgrifennu newydd Cymru sy’n gweithio ar draws y wlad ac yn rhyngwladol. Gan greu tequila theatrig heb y paraffernalia, i gyd am bris peint, mae Dirty Protest yn llwyfannu dramâu arobryn newydd mewn theatrau a lleoliadau amgen, o dafarndai a chlybiau i siopau cebab, siopau trin gwallt, coedwigoedd ac arosfannau bysiau. Roedd cynyrchiadau Dirty Protest, Sugar Baby a How To Be Brave i gyd yn rhan o Sioe Arddangos y Cyngor Prydeinig yng Ngŵyl Ymylol Caeredin yn 2017 a 2019, a dyfarnwyd gwobr Wales in Edinburgh Showcase 2022 i Double Drop a grëwyd gydag enillwyr Gwobrau Gwerin BBC Radio 2 9Bach.

Cefnogir gyda chyllid gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru a’r Loteri Genedlaethol.

Theatre and Music 101 Workshop with hannah mcpake

Join Dirty Protest, Ty Pawb and leading gig-theatre artist Hannah McPake to explore music and theatre making.

Generating ideas, exploring genre and form, and negotiating imposter syndrome.

Date: Tuesday 16th April 2024
Starts: 10am arrival for 10.30am
Ends: 2.00pm

Where: Tŷ Pawb Performance Space, Wrexham

Tickets: Pay what you can but ticketed (please reserve your place in advance as spaces are limited)

Are you a musician/DJ/poet who thinks they might want to make a piece of theatre but have no idea where to start?

Do you make theatre but are interested to explore working with live music?

This workshop is for you!

A mix of theory, conversation, and practical techniques to help you on your theatre-making journey.

You might arrive with an idea you want to develop or you might arrive with nothing, but hopefully, you’ll leave feeling invigorated and empowered.

Hannah McPake is a performer, writer, and co-founder of multi-award-winning gig theatre company Gagglebabble.

There may be an opportunity to share extracts of your work on Friday 19th April as part of the script-in-hand performance of HOW TO GROW by Chris Ingram, a play in development. More information on that event and to get your pay-what-you-choose tickets can be found here.

Dirty Protest is Wales’ new writing theatre company working across the nation and internationally. Creating theatrical tequila without the paraphernalia, all for the price of a pint, Dirty Protest stages new award-winning plays in theatres and alternative venues, from pubs and clubs to kebab shops, hairdressers, forests and bus stops. Dirty Protest’s productions Sugar Baby and How To Be Brave were each part of the British Council Showcase at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2017 and 2019, and Double Drop created with BBC Radio 2 Folk Award-winners 9Bach was awarded the Wales in Edinburgh Showcase 2022.

Supported with funding from Arts Council of Wales, Welsh Government and National Lottery.

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Gweithdy Theatr a Cherddoriaeth 101 gyda hannah mcpake

Ymunwch â Dirty Protest, Ty Pawb a’r artist gig-theatr blaenllaw Hannah McPake i archwilio cerddoriaeth a chreu theatr.

Cynhyrchu syniadau, archwilio genre a ffurf, a thrafod syndrom imposter.

Dyddiad: Dydd Mawrth 16 Ebrill 2024
Dechrau: 10am cyrraedd am 10.30am
Diwedd: 2.00pm

Ble: Gofod Perfformio Tŷ Pawb , Wrecsam

Tocynnau: Am ddim ond tocyn (cadwch eich lle ymlaen llaw gan fod lleoedd yn gyfyngedig)

Ydych chi'n gerddor/DJ/bardd sy'n meddwl efallai eu bod eisiau gwneud darn o theatr ond heb syniad ble i ddechrau?

Ydych chi'n gwneud theatr ond â diddordeb mewn archwilio gweithio gyda cherddoriaeth fyw

Mae'r gweithdy hwn ar eich cyfer chi!

Cymysgedd o theori, sgwrs, a thechnegau ymarferol i'ch helpu ar eich taith i greu theatr.

Efallai y byddwch chi'n cyrraedd gyda syniad rydych chi am ei ddatblygu neu efallai y byddwch chi'n cyrraedd heb ddim, ond gobeithio, byddwch chi'n gadael yn teimlo'n fywiog ac wedi'ch grymuso.

Mae Hannah McPake yn berfformiwr, yn awdur ac yn gyd-sylfaenydd y cwmni theatr gig Gagglebabble sydd wedi ennill sawl gwobr.

Efallai y bydd cyfle i rannu detholiadau o’ch gwaith ar ddydd Gwener 19eg Ebrill fel rhan o’r perfformiad sgript-mewn-llaw o SUT I TYFU gan Chris Ingram, drama sy’n cael ei datblygu. Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am y digwyddiad hwnnw ac i gael eich tocynnau talu-beth-eich-dewis ar gael yma.

Dirty Protest yw cwmni theatr ysgrifennu newydd Cymru sy’n gweithio ar draws y wlad ac yn rhyngwladol. Gan greu tequila theatrig heb y paraffernalia, i gyd am bris peint, mae Dirty Protest yn llwyfannu dramâu arobryn newydd mewn theatrau a lleoliadau amgen, o dafarndai a chlybiau i siopau cebab, siopau trin gwallt, coedwigoedd ac arosfannau bysiau. Roedd cynyrchiadau Dirty Protest, Sugar Baby a How To Be Brave i gyd yn rhan o Sioe Arddangos y Cyngor Prydeinig yng Ngŵyl Ymylol Caeredin yn 2017 a 2019, a dyfarnwyd gwobr Wales in Edinburgh Showcase 2022 i Double Drop a grëwyd gydag enillwyr Gwobrau Gwerin BBC Radio 2 9Bach.

Cefnogir gyda chyllid gan Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru a’r Loteri Genedlaethol