THE VILLAGE SOCIAL
About the show
October-November 2011 / In Village Halls across Wales
THE VILLAGE SOCIAL
In October and November 2011, National Theatre Wales took its first musical on the road to village halls across Wales.
The village hall played host to a much-needed fundraising evening of fun and jollity as the winter nights drew in. Music and entertainment from local talent preceded the main attraction: a clairvoyant who promised to put the villagers in touch with spirits from beyond the grave.
Loosely inspired by Euripides’ The Bacchae, the evening’s delights included entry into the raffle, a refreshment of your choice and a depraved orgy of blood.
Creative Team
Dafydd James
Ben Lewis
Story & Lyrics
Dafydd James
Music
Ben Lewis
Script
Ben Lewis
Director
Dafydd James
Musical Director & Arrangements
Elena Peña and Lucy Rivers
Additional Musical Arrangements
Cai Dyfan
Designer
Colin Grenfell
Lighting Designer
Elena Peña
Sound Designer
