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2008 Tour
Thursday 10th April
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Saturday 17th May
The Importance of Being Earnest
by Oscar Wilde
“A trivial play for serious people”
CYD-GYNHYRCHIAD MAPPA MUNDI / THEATR MWLDAN / CREU CYMRU CO-PRODUCTION
This, the most popular and razor witted of Oscar Wilde’s social comedies is a brilliant demonstration of the dramatic diamond cutter’s art. Mappa Mundi’s brand new and perfectly honed production allows a modern audience to be dazzled by that brilliance.
Jack and Algy are in love with Gwendolen and Cecily, who both believe themselves to be in love with the non-existent Ernest. Add a handbag, an absent minded nanny and the redoubtable Lady Bracknell into the wonderful lunacy and symmetry of the plot and you have the ultimate satirical farce. Wilde’s sparkling one-liners shine through to skewer the manners and morals of the pretentious and those to the manor born.

Mappa Mundi’s set, costume, music, and lighting display all the mechanics of theatre with an elaborate perfection. Audiences can look forward to a high quality and unique rendition of this, the most dazzling of comedies, from a company at the forefront of theatre in Wales. Make sure you catch them – this is a real gem!
Mae’r comedi cymdeithasol mwyaf poblogaidd a ffraeth hwn o waith Oscar Wilde, yn esiampl wych o ddawn finiog tu hwnt yr awdur. Mae cynhyrchiad newydd sbon Mappa Mundi, sydd wedi’i siapio i berffeithrwydd yn caniatáu cynulleidfa fodern i werthfawrogi’r disgleirdeb hwnnw’n llawn.
Mae Jack ac Algy mewn cariad gyda Gwendolyn a Cecily, ac mae’r ddwy yn credu eu bod mewn cariad gyda Ernest, nad yw serch hynny’n bodoli. Ychwanegwch fag llaw, nani anghofus a’r Lady Bracknell anorthrech i wiriondeb hyfryd a chymesuredd y plot, a bydd gennych y ffars dychanol pennaf. Mae ymadroddion bachog Wilde yn ennill y dydd ac yn cwestiynu moesau yr ymhongar a’r rhai o dras uchel.
Mae set, gwisgoedd, cerddoriaeth a goleuadau Mappa Mundi yn amlygu mecanweithiau theatr gyda pherffeithrwydd manwl. Gall y gynulleidfa edrych ymlaen at berfformiad unigryw o safon uchel o’r comedi mwyaf aruthrol, gan gwmni sydd ar flaen theatr yng Nghymru. Byddwch yn siwr o ddal y sioe neilltuol hon.
“I hope you will enjoy my ‘trivial’ play. It is written by a butterfly for butterflies. [The play] has its philosophy . . . that we should treat all the trivial things seriously, and the serious things in life with sincere and studied triviality.” Oscar Wilde
“unashamedly populist, cleverly conceived and riotously funny” Western Mail on Mappa Mundi’s Canterbury Tales
| Thursday 10th April | Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan / Aberteifi | 7.30pm/yh | 01239 621200 |
| Friday 11th April | Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan / Aberteifi | 7.30pm/yh | 01239 621200 |
| Saturday 12th April | Theatr Mwldan, Cardigan / Aberteifi | 7.30pm/yh | 01239 621200 |
| Monday 14th April | |||
| Tuesday 15th April | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | 7.30pm/yh | 01646 695267 |
| Wednesday 16th April | Torch Theatre, Milford Haven | 7.30pm/yh | 01646 695267 |
| Thursday 17th April | |||
| Friday 18th April | The Grand Pavilion, Porthcawl | 7.30pm/yh | 01656 815995 |
| Saturday 19th April | The Welfare, Ystradgynlais | 7.30pm/yh | 01639 843163 |
| Monday 21st April | |||
| Tuesday 22nd April | Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor | 7.30pm/yh | 01248 351708 |
| Wednesday 23rd April | Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor | 7.30pm/yh | 01248 351708 |
| Thursday 24th April | Neuadd Dwyfor, Pwllheli | 7.30pm/yh | 01758 704088 |
| Friday 25th April | Theatr Hafren, Newtown | 8.00pm/yh | 01686 625007 |
| Saturday 26th April | Beaufort Theatre, Ebbw Vale | 7.30pm/yh | 01495 355800 |
| Monday 28th April | |||
| Tuesday 29th April | Blackwood Miners’ Institute, Blackwood | 7.30pm/yh | 01495 227206 |
| Wednesday 30th April | Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts Centre | 7.30pm/yh | 01970 623232 |
| Thursday 1st May | Coliseum, Aberdare | 7.30pm/yh | 01685 881188 |
| Friday 2nd May | Borough Theatre, Abergavenny | 7.30pm/yh | 01873 850805 |
| Saturday 3rd May | |||
| Monday 5th May | |||
| Tuesday 6th May | Congress Theatre, Cwmbran | 7.30pm/yh | 01633 868239 |
| Wednesday 7th May | Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon | 7.30pm/yh | 01874 611622 |
| Thursday 8th May | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | 7.30pm/yh | 01792 602060 |
| Friday 9th May | Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea | 7.30pm/yh | 01792 602060 |
| Saturday 10th May | The Courtyard, Hereford | 7.30pm/yh | 08701 122330 |
| Monday 12th May | |||
| Tuesday 13th May | Theatr Stiwt, Rhosllanerchrugog | 7.30pm/yh | 01978 841300 |
| Wednesday 14th May | Sherman, Cardiff | 7.30pm/yh | 02920 649600 |
| Thursday 15th May | Sherman, Cardiff | 7.30pm/yh | 02920 649600 |
| Friday 16th May | Memorial Hall and Theatre, Barry | 7.30pm/yh | 01639 843163 |
| Saturday 17th May | Wyeside Arts Centre, Builth Wells | 7.30pm/yh | 01639 843163 |