Theatr Clwyd unveils 50th anniversary season for 2026

Theatr Clwyd will mark its 50th year with a spring 2026 season that brings together Welsh classics, Shakespeare, and new writing.

Artistic director Kate Wasserberg has announced three productions to launch the anniversary year: Dylan Thomas’s Under Milk Wood, a glitter-filled staging of Twelfth Night, and Emily White’s climate drama Atlantis.

Under Milk Wood runs in Mold from 16 March to 4 April before touring to Cardiff’s Sherman Theatre, Milford Haven’s Torch Theatre and Bangor’s Pontio Arts Centre. Directed by Wasserberg, the production integrates BSL, captioning and audio description into every performance and is staged in partnership with Craidd, a consortium working to improve representation of Deaf and disabled people across Welsh theatre.

Juliette Manon, a recipient of Theatr Clwyd’s Carne Traineeship for Directors in Wales, directs Twelfth Night, which plays from 25 April to 16 May before transferring to the Sherman.

Closing the season is Atlantis by Emily White, winner of the George Devine Award. Running from 6 June to 4 July and directed by Guy Meirion Jones, the play follows a Welsh coastal town faced with becoming Britain’s first climate refugees. A co-production with Chichester Festival Theatre, it explores family bonds against the backdrop of the climate crisis.