Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
Speaker
Fran Wen / GALWAD
19 October
15:25
Citizens of Imagination: Creative technology and the civic role of storytelling
Mr Gethin Evans
Fran Wen / GALWAD
Artistic Director / Artistic Direcor (LIVE)
Speaker Biography
Gethin is Artistic Director of Frân Wen – a Welsh language theatre company creating multi-disciplinary live experiences that elevate the voices of young people in contemporary Wales. Working with communities over long periods of time, their work brings together participatory and professional arts practice, movement, bi-lingual text and music. Fran Wen are a founding partner of Collective Cymru and Gethin was Artistic Director (Live) for GALWAD.
Gethin’s portfolio includes touring theatre, site-specific performance and large-scale multi site projects.
Gethin was previously Project Associate/Assistant Director on the Public Acts programme at The National Theatre and Associate Director at Sherman Theatre. In 2011, Gethin co-founded Cwmni Pluen, which produced the acclaimed Mags at Sherman Theatre
As theatre director, credits include: GALWAD (Collective Cymru), Ynys Alys, 120960, Faust & Greta (Frân Wen), Yr Hugan Fach Goch / Little Red Riding Hood, Woof (Sherman Theatre), Mags, Ti.Me (Cwmni Pluen), The Last Ambulance (Sherman Theatre + Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama)
As associate director: We’re Here Because We’re Here (National Theatre Wales), Mold Riots (Theatr Clwyd)
As assistant director: Plenty (Chichester Festival Theatre), Pericles (National Theatre), Mametz (National Theatre Wales)