Astudiaethau Theatr, Ffilm a Theledu / Theatre, Film & Television Studies

Abstract:	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.
Description:	The Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 is part of the Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7716

Abstract:	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.
Description:	The Blaenau Ffestiniog Residency 1981 is part of the Cardiff Laboratory Theatre collection held at the Centre for Performance Research, Aberystwyth University
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7715

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Description:	Photographs from the professional and personal life of Ram Gopal (b.1917, d.2003), a classical Indian dancer.
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/2160/7828