Details

Stars of stage, screen, politics, sport, media and the arts join Swansea school children, youth and community groups in the epic climactic event of The Dylan Thomas 100 Festival in aid of The Prince's Foundation for Children & the Arts. Olivier Award-winning stage director Michael Bogdanov will stage 36 hours of non-stop Dylan, creating twelve elegantly crafted 3 hour 'chapters' from the poems, short stories, letters, broadcasts (including Under Milk Wood) and film scripts plus some rare and unpublished materials. Fully devised and curated, with over 200 pieces of material read by literally hundreds of voices. The event is designed by multi-award winning Ed 'Dr Who' Thomas and literary consultant is the international Dylan Thomas expert Jeff Towns. It will be a fitting tribute to Wales' most potent cultural icon, an audacious centenary celebration in the city of his birth, his beloved Ugly, Lovely Swansea. For the final chapter of the Dylathon 'The Thin Night Darkens', President Michael D Higgins, Dylan Thomas 100 stakeholders international dignitaries and guests will join the audience for the climactic minutes leading up to 11pm on Monday 27th. With guest of honour Irish President Michael D Higgins, Ian McKellen, Jonathan Pryce, Katherine Jenkins and Sian Phillips. The Dylathon website.

Creatives/Company

Presented by(s): Wales Theatre Company, Swansea Grand Theatre, Dylan 100, The Welsh Assembly Government, Homer Simpson Productions
Director: Michael Bogdanov
Design: Ed Thomas
Other: Jeff Towns (literary consultant)