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‘Hiraeth’ is a delightful Welsh play, coming to Luggate fresh from the Christchurch Arts Festival on a national tour. Hiraeth (pronounced Here-ath) has no direct English translation. It means longing or homesickness for a place you can never return to. It is a mix of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness, or an earnest desire for the Wales of the past. With live music, welsh cakes and a ‘twmpath’ (Welsh ‘Ceilidh), ‘Hiraeth’ explores the decline of Welsh tradition and identity through the story of one woman’s struggle to escape and let go.

“Funny and poignant, Hiraeth strikes a chord which will resonate beyond Wales with anyone who has felt the need to escape, or responsibility for those left behind.” Matt Ball – National Theatre Wales

"Sweetly hilarious low-fi comedy" Time Out "Laughs and tears both on and off stage" British Theatre Guide

Check out this clip for a taster of Hiraeth. In the summer of 1989, in a quiet corner of Glan Gwili hospital, a farmer's wife gives birth to a baby girl named Buddug James Jones. In this moment she became heir to the families three hundred year old farming dynasty. 22 years later, and Bud is restless. Desperate to leave the James Jones historic home - Blaengwyddon Fawr - she wrestles with the knowledge that her departure will sound the death knoll for the family business. Leaving generations of James Jones tradition behind her as she sets out alone into the big smoke... Luggate Hall Friday 25 September and Saturday 26 September Tickets $38 available at www.festivalofcolour.co.nz

Dates:

• Fri, 25 September 2015 @ 7.30pm
  Friday
• Sat, 26 September 2015 @ 7.30pm
  Saturday

Location

Luggate Hall