UNDER MILK WOOD, A PLAY FOR VOICES

by Dylan Thomas

Broadbent Theatre, Wickenby
22nd to 24th October 2026

Our production is set on the night of 28th July 1965, the 100th anniversary of Welsh settlers arriving in Patagonia on the clipper Mimosa.

These good people went on to found the towns of Gaiman, Dolavon, Trelew and Trevelin and a host of other settlements. Today there are upward of 5,000 Welsh speakers in Patagonia, and it is estimated that there are 70,000 inhabitants of Welsh descent. The inhabitants even hold Eisteddfodau that are bilingual, in both Patagonian Welsh and Argentine Spanish, and include poetry, prose, literary translations (Welsh, Spanish, English, Italian, and French), musical performances, arts, folk dances, photography, and filmmaking among others. The Eisteddfod de la Juventud is held every September at Gaiman. The main Eisteddfod del Chubut is held every October at Trelew. Other annual eisteddfodau are held at Trevelin, in the Andes and at Puerto Madryn along the south Atlantic coast.

This will be a celebratory performance of Dylan Thomas’s iconic comic story of a close Welsh community performed as a live radio play, broadcast from the BBC’s Maida Vale studio, complete with microphones and Foley artists using 1960s radio techniques. 

The play will feature an ensemble of around a dozen actors and original live music and songs composed and performed by Hannah Borrill.

Tickets will go on sale over the summer – watch this space!

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