When Dylan Thomas first visited Laugharne in 1934, he described it in a letter as ‘the strangest town in Wales’, and later in a radio broadcast, as “this timeless, beautiful, barmy (both spellings) town…a legendary lazy little black-magical bedlam by… Read More ›
Here’s the latest instalment in the adventures of the theatre students of John Abbott College, who are taking their production of Dylan Thomas’ play Under Milk Wood to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2013. We invited them to write a blog… Read More ›
Welcome to the latest monthly round up of news and events relating to the poet Dylan Thomas. Latest DT100 Centenary Plans An updated leaflet has been issued by the Dylan Thomas centenary project (DT100) giving further details of some of… Read More ›
Here’s the first in an occasional series of guest postings on our blog. The theatre students of John Abbott College, located in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada, will be taking their production of Dylan Thomas’ play Under Milk Wood to the Edinburgh… Read More ›
Under Milk Wood 60th Anniversary May 2013 marked the 60th anniversary of the first cast performance of Under Milk Wood, which took place at the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center in New York, with Dylan reading the parts of first… Read More ›
To celebrate 60 years since the completion of Under Milk Wood, here is our selection of 20 milestones in the life of Dylan Thomas’ classic play for voices. 1. Perhaps the first seeds of Under Milk Wood were sown in… Read More ›
Laugharne Weekend The annual Laugharne Festival took place over the weekend of the 5th-7th April in the town that was the last home of Dylan Thomas. The line-up included the legendary pop artist Sir Peter Blake who gave a talk… Read More ›
Laugharne Pilgrimage For Poet’s Granddaughter Dylan Thomas’s granddaughter Hannah Ellis visited the Boathouse at Laugharne on 3rd March to mark what would have been the 70th birthday of her late mother Aeronwy. Hannah, who has followed in her late mother’s… Read More ›
It would be easy to walk down the seemingly unremarkable Cwmdonkin Drive in the Uplands area of Swansea without realising that you’d walked past a house of international importance. Only an understated blue plaque on the front of the house,… Read More ›
Swansea High Street Gets Dylan Thomas Inspired Mural A derelict nightclub opposite Swansea railway station has been transformed by artist Pete Fowler‘s mural Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Octopus, which celebrates Dylan Thomas and features other symbols… Read More ›
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