Water Wars

Water Wars

Company Of Sirens Presents Water Wars By Ian Rowlands | Directed by Chris Durnall | Original Score by John Meirion Rea Cast : Arwel Gruffydd, Luke Molloy , Siwan Morris a Jâms Thomas

WHO OWNS THE RAIN? “WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THAT WE WOULD WILLINGLY THIRST TO DEATH, SO THAT YOU CAN WATER THE GREEN LAWNS OF SURBITON?”

The forced damming of the Tryweryn river by the English city of Liverpool in the 1960s reawakened the desire for self-determination within the Welsh. Forty years on, it arguably led directly to devolution.

In Water Wars, England invades Wales in order to appropriate its resources and in order to sustain its own ecology. Water Wars is an eco-thriller with great relevance for the communities of Wales both now and in the past.

Ian Rowlands is an internationally known playwright from Carmarthen. His plays include Marriage of Convenience, Troyanne, Love in Plastic, Blue Heron in the Womb, The Sin Eaters, Glissando on an Empty Harp and Aurora Borealis.

The production is fully bi-lingual .

“YOU WANT OUR WATER BECAUSE YOUR ECO SYSTEM’S BROKEN; AND WE FEEL SORRY FOR YOU, WE DO.
BUT WE ARE TIRED OF BEING SCREWED OVER FOR YOUR DESIRES, ENGLISH.
OUR WATER SUSTAINS OUR OWN NEEDS. WITHOUT IT, OUR OWN ABILITY TO SURVIVE DIMINISHES”

 

Originally commissioned by National Theatre Wales and developed by the author and Cymru Theatr Pen in 2020

Contains strong language and scenes of violence.

General Admission £15 Concession £12
29/03/25 7:30pm

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01685 722176 | swyddfasoar@merthyrtudful.org

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Lisbeth McLean, Prif Swyddog, lis@merthyrtudful.org
Eleri Walters, Swyddog Datblygu, eleri@merthyrtudful.cymru


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