Sleep came and locked my eyes
And then I dreamed a marvellous world
A dance theatre performance on Harlech beach.
Margaret Morris was a dancer, and she came to Harlech in 1919 to hold a summer school. Others join her in the beach-dream, amongst them film director Roman Polanski, who shot Macbeth on Black Rock sands; Meibion Glyndŵr’s incendiaries; the archangel Michael and other flying objects; and Ellis Wynne, the sleeping poet himself.
From the sands, you will see a new world, with the help of headphones and…a spying glass.
Culture Colony Footage
History
Croesi Traeth / Crossing A Beach was commissioned by and created for the Gregynog Festival 2017 in Harlech.
It was a large scale research and development project culminating in a unique site specific performance, devised and performed on Harlech beach.
CAST & CREATIVES
Directed and written by Eddie Ladd
Co-directed and movement directed by Gwyn Emberton
Dramaturg/additional researched by Deborah Light
Performers Tim Bromage, Rosalind Hâf Brooks, Gwyn Emberton, Matthew Harries & Lara Ward
Additional site based movement researched by Joanna Young
Voice Over by Llion Williams
Music/sound by Siôn Orgon
Archive sound by Lisa Heledd Jones
Designed by Becky Davies
Production manager Jane Lalljee
Produced by Laura H Drane
Assistant producer (placement): Claire Bottomley
Thanks to Margaret Morris Movement.
FUNDED & SUPPORTED BY:
Arts Council Wales
National Lottery
Welsh Government
Creu Cymru
Ty Cerdd
Gregynog Festival
Theatr Harlech
Future opportunities still available for touring and reimagining.
Please contact: lightladdemberton@gmail.com