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What makes people leave their home town, and what makes them come back? What happens to them in the meantime? For National Theatre Wales' fifth production this July, three leading young Welsh artists will create a unique outdoor game in Prestatyn, north Wales, with serious issues at its heart.

What makes people leave their home town, and what makes them come back? What happens to them in the meantime? For National Theatre Wales' fifth production this July, three leading young Welsh artists will create a unique outdoor game in Prestatyn, north Wales, with serious issues at its heart.

A cast of six actors - all originally from the Welsh Valleys - has been confirmed for National Theatre Wales' first production, A Good Night Out in the Valleys. They start rehearsing today (Monday 1st February) in Blackwood, South Wales.

Gwen Taylor is to join Matt Lucas and Chris New in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears, a new play by Simon Bent. Inspired exclusively by the John Lahr biography and the diaries of Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears examines the private lives of these two extraordinary men.

Gwen Taylor is to join Matt Lucas and Chris New in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears

John Barrowman is set to join the cast of Menier Chocolate Factory's La Cage aux Folles, stepping into the roll of Albin on 9/14. The roll is currently being played by Roger Allam.

Gwen Taylor is to join Matt Lucas and Chris New in Daniel Kramer's production of Prick Up Your Ears, a new play by Simon Bent. Inspired exclusively by the John Lahr biography and the diaries of Joe Orton, Prick Up Your Ears examines the private lives of these two extraordinary men.

John Barrowman is set to join the cast of Menier Chocolate Factory's La Cage aux Folles, stepping into the roll of Albin on 9/14. The roll is currently being played by Roger Allam.

From the misty opening on the Essex marshes to the bittersweet denouement of Dickens' compelling story, Clwyd Theatr Cymru's new musical adaptation of Great Expectations charms, delights and grips its audience throughout. Faithfully yet innovatively adapted and directed by Tim Baker, cleverly enhanced by Mark Bailey's design and seamlessly woven together by a tuneful and atmospheric score of music and songs by Dyfan Jones, the production currently playing at Cardiff's Sherman Theatre during a nationwide tour is a truly thrilling theatrical experience.