Polyphony - Wales
25th - 29th September
Brangwyn Hall, Swansea
Nawr Yr Awr /Now The Hero - An Immersive Requiem
Nawr yr Arwr/Now the Hero will be performed across a number of sites around Swansea Bay. The wider project blends three periods of war: Celtic - represented by the epic War poem ‘Y Gododdin'. WWI - represented by Brangwyn’s British Empire Panels and the Contemporary - represented by a serving soldier from Swansea who provides the narrative arc for the performance.
A musical element forms the core of this site-responsive theatre project. This will be an immersive requiem, scored by twice Oscar-nominated Icelandic composer Johann Jóhannsson (‘The Theory of Everything’, ‘Sicario' and ‘Arrival’) in collaboration with budding Welsh composer Owen Morgan Roberts. The libretto will be written by BAFTA Cymru winning writer Owen Sheers (‘Mametz’ and 'The Passion') and sung by Polyphony – Stephen Layton’s world famous Grammy winning choir.
www.nowthehero.wales
www.1418now.org.uk/commissions/nawr-yr-arwr-now-the-hero/