http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7705 Cardiff Laboratory Theatre Residency Fri, 24 May 2013 08:57:59 GMT 2013-05-24T08:57:59Z http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7716 The Widow's Dream Gough, Richard This production took place in the Llechwedd Caverns. The performance journeyed down through the caverns stopping to tell the tale at each location. The lighting from the attraction was supplemented to highlight features specific to the performance. The story tells the tale of a woman widowed by a mining accident. She journeys into the mine and strikes a deal to free the body of her husband so that she can ensure he receives a fitting funeral. The Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 is part of the Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7716 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7715 The Dragons Wedding Gough, Richard The performance started some days before the wedding ceremony with the Town Dragon, made by the children of Blaenau Ffestiniog, sitting and waiting under a canopy for a suitable dragon to arrive in the town. In the morning a New Dragon came down from the mountain above the town and made its way to the Miners Institute. There a ceremony took place where the New Dragon proved them self worthy of the Town Dragon the characters on stilts. At the end of the ceremony the stilted characters paraded the New Dragon around the town. The Town Dragon (with eight children inside) then processed around the town in the afternoon on the way to the ‘wedding’ ceremony. The ‘wedding’ took place on the town football pitch after which there was a celebration outside the town hall and a meal. The Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 is part of the Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7715 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7714 The Dragon Procession Gough, Richard Cardiff Laboratory Theatre took The Dragon Procession to a variety of Welsh Towns during the Summer of 1981. Many of these images are from the performance in Llandysul. In general the processions started on the edge of a town and processed to the centre gathering followers on the way. Once they had reached the centre there was a short performance that involved the crowd that had gathered. Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 forms part of the Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7714 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7712 Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 Gough, Richard As part of the Residency a series of workshops that explored many skills associated with the Performing Arts were organised. At the end of the time there were two performances one that involved mainly children and another for adults. The Dragons’ Wedding was the childrens production. The adults requested a cabaret. The images in this section show some of the workshops, preparations for the cabaret and the performance. Part of Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University Mon, 12 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7712 2011-12-12T00:00:00Z