Saturday 25th October
A Cackle with Cawl: An Evening with Boyd Clack, Kirsten Jones & Friends… at Clyne Farm Centre, Mayals, Swansea.
Join Welsh icons Boyd Clack and Kirsten Jones as they bring their unique brand of song and storytelling to life on top of the hill overlooking Mumbles! They’ll also be performing a Dylan Thomas classic story in-keeping with ‘The Last Bus to Porthcawl’ a song title from Boyd’s 2009 album ‘Welsh Bitter’ They will also be fielding questions about their lives on-screen and off as creators of cult 90s sitcoms ‘Satellite City’ and ‘High Hopes’ (which they co-wrote) as well as appearances in ‘Twin Town’ and Boyd’s his latest role in Kevin Allen’s vision of ‘Under Milk Wood’ with Rhys Ifans among many others! Kirsten will also be reading from ‘Kisses Sweeter Than Wine’ Boyd’s funny, honest and moving 2010 autobiography.
If that wasn’t enough there’ll also be poetry and storytelling from Mark Montinaro. Described as “Often silly,sometimes serious, always pretentious!” (His Mum). Mark’s work as a performer has taken him the West End to Covent Garden (Street Theatre) as well as National and International touring. He will be performing some of his own work in addition to the poetry and stories of Dylan Thomas.
A Bit More About Boyd & Kirsten….
Actor, writer, singer-songwriter with extensive career in theatre, TV and film. Best known in Wales as creator, co writer, leading actor in long running TV sitcoms Satellite City and High Hopes. Stage includes The National Theatre of Canada, London, and Wales. Recent TV: Being Human, New Tricks, Baker Boys (2 series). Film includes Twin Town, Risen (International Film Awards : Best Supporting Actor (2010);/ Action On Film Nominee (California) (2011) for Howard Winstone Senior and soon to be seen as Mr Pugh in Kevin Allen’s Under Milkwood (2014). CD’s include: Last Bus to Porthcawl; Welsh Bitter; Labourer of Love. Boyd is Patron of New Horizons Mental Health Charity; Co Patron with Kirsten Jones for Royal Commonwealth Society (Wales) and Cardiff Mini Film Festival; Ambassador for Royal Variety Club Children’s Charity. Boyd and co writer Kirsten will be back in Swansea soon for Dylan Thomas’s Centenary – a celebration of writing, poetry and song including extracts from Boyd’s autobiography ‘Kisses Sweeter than Wine’.
Perhaps best known as co-writer of the highly successful six series sitcom High Hopes for BBC Wales. She is also an actress, director and producer. Theatre Acting includes: In Camera, Tout Va Bien; May ‘68 (Bristol Old Vic ); The Erpingham Camp (NSTC Fringe First); Gimme Shelter;(Sherman Theatre) ; Othello (ShermanTheatre / Oxford Playhouse); Origins of a Sexual Impulse , No Judgement; Windemere -Ophelia (Reflex Action) ; Decade, Mabinogi, (Moving Being); The Killjoys (SagaTheatre) ; Collcott Colliery (Arcadia); Whose World is it Anyway (Redgrave Theatre) ; Return to Oz ; Under Milk Wood (SGI); The Master Madam (National Theatre of Wales & Wing and Prayer) and very recently played Nancy – Dylan Thomas’s sister in Chelsea Dreaming (Taliesin Theatre). TV includes : 60 Years of Broadcasting (BBC Wales) Coleg; Bowen A’i Bartner, Inside Outside II (S4C) ; Casualty, Losing Track, (BBC) ; Overland, High Hopes, Thick Cut (BBC Wales) ; Burn Hollywood Burn (ITV). Feature Films include : Flick, Masterpiece, The Reverend , Double Top , Benny and Jolene. Radio includes: We’ll keep a comic welcome in the hillsides (Radio 4). Kirsten has recently appeared in the Manic Street Preachers Music video ‘Anthem for a lost cause’ directed by Bafta winner Kieron Evans. Kirsten was Voice Director for Boyd Clack Dylan Thomas readings :A Child’s Christmas in Wales CD for Music Wales and Executive Producer: Last Bus to Porthcawl (Boyd Clack) ; Welsh Bitter and Labourer of Love CD’s (Music Wales). Her Producing credits include Up the Creek Series (ITV) Thick Cut (BBC Wales (also co –writer); Documentary : Desmond Tutu in Wales and recently co-directed I am Angela Brazil (Welsh Fargo Stage Co); directed and produced light comedy Two Men and a Shed for Crew Regeneration Wales. Kirsten is Patron of The Royal Commonwealth Society (Wales) and Cardiff Mini Film Festival. She will be returning to Swansea to appear in Michael Bogdanov’s Dylathon at Swansea Grand and at Dylan Thomas’s Birthplace, 5 Cwmdonkin Drive and Clyne Farm in October.
Time – 7.30pm
Tickets – £15 includes homemade cawl with bread and cheese
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For more information contact Dylan Thomas Birthplace on 01792 472555 or email info@dylanthomasbirthplace.com
