Sgript Cymru
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Sgript Cymru is a Welsh theatre company that specialises in new writing in Welsh
or English
by Welsh and Wales-based playwrights.
The company was created in 2000 and is based in the Chapter Arts Centre
in Cardiff
. It receives its main funding from The Arts Council of Wales, and its raison d’être is to be the national and strategic organisation for new stage writing in both Welsh and English.
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
or English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
by Welsh and Wales-based playwrights.
The company was created in 2000 and is based in the Chapter Arts Centre
Chapter Arts Centre
Chapter Arts Centre is an arts centre in Canton, Cardiff, Wales. It hosts films, plays, performance art and live music, and includes a free art gallery, café and bars. There are also over 60 work spaces, used for an eclectic range of purposes including Chapter's own training courses.Income for...
in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
. It receives its main funding from The Arts Council of Wales, and its raison d’être is to be the national and strategic organisation for new stage writing in both Welsh and English.
Examples of work
- Diwedd y Byd / Yr Hen Blant - Meic Povey
- Crazy Gary's Mobile DiscoCrazy Gary's Mobile DiscoCrazy Gary's Mobile Disco is a play by Gary Owen that was first presented by Sgript Cymru in 2001. The play is set on a Saturday night in a small town in Wales and focus's on three lads in their mid-twenties stuck with their school reputations, of the gimp, the geek and the bully...
- Gary OwenGary OwenGary Owen may refer to:* Gary Owen , Welsh snooker player* Gary Owen , English footballer* Gary Owen , Welsh playwright* Gary Owens , American disc jockey and voice actor... - Art and Guff - Catherine Treganna
- Ysbryd Beca – Geraint LewisGeraint LewisGeraint Lewis is a former Wales international rugby union player.A back row forward, he played club rugby for Pontypridd RFC, Rotherham Titans, Bristol and Bath before returning to Pontypridd at the start of the 2007/08 season....
- Franco's Bastard - Dic EdwardsDic EdwardsDic Edwards is a British playwright and poet with more than 20 productions to his name. Born in Cardiff Edwards has often found himself at odds with his Welsh background...
- Dosbarth - Geraint LewisGeraint LewisGeraint Lewis is a former Wales international rugby union player.A back row forward, he played club rugby for Pontypridd RFC, Rotherham Titans, Bristol and Bath before returning to Pontypridd at the start of the 2007/08 season....
- Past Away - Tracy HarrisTracy HarrisTracy Harris is an American artist. She was born in Lawton, Oklahoma and grew up in Dallas, Texas, later moving to Long Island, New York in 1992, upon her marriage to American minimalist artist, Dan Flavin....
- Indian Country - Meic Povey
- Orange - Alan HarrisAlan HarrisAlan Harris is a Welsh playwright. His play A Good Night Out in the Valleys launched the new National Theatre Wales in March 2010 and he has worked with theatre companies throughout the United Kingdom....
- Amdani - Bethan GwanasBethan GwanasBethan Gwanas is a popular contemporary Welsh author, who publishes exclusively in the Welsh language. A prolific writer, she has had 17 titles published in the last decade...