The play is a monologue in verses that reminds the metric structure of Italian melodramatic texts. Two characters are in the scene, two young women, of whom only one speaks. She speaks to her companion, to the spectators and to herself.

in Welsh! Siwan: daughter to the king of England, and wife to the prince of Wales. Set in the 13th century Welsh royal household, this is an enthralling tale of a Princess's love and passion, and of the power of forgiveness. A contemporary production, in Welsh, by the Welsh Language National Theatre Company of one of the best-known Welsh-language plays.

Spring 1787, and the exceptional empress, Catherine the Great, is making a royal progress, inspecting her New Russia. Prince Potemkin, her former lover, needs to impress. He is pouring his fortune into building towns along the route, but how can he do it fast enough?

Feydor, “Little Father”, the Prince’s former campaign advisor, finds himself overseeing the works. He now has a small army of theatrical set builders! Potemkin wants scale and grandeur, and as more and more men, materials and gold arrive, the canvas buildings gradually take on a deceptive permanence. Soon the sham disguises the real, while the real hides the sham.

The enigmatic young stowaway, Lida, has hidden herself in Feydor’s quarters. She is very ambitious to exploit the situation. Is she a child of betrayal, or its mistress? For here in the Crimean hinterland, all is not as it seems.

Two protagonists, Marco Gambino and Ernesto Tomasini, ask themselves: Can a simple gesture exist without a word? Camurria in Sicilian dialect means: nuisance, bother, bore. Most of the time, this word is used together with intense fretting and gesturing to stress its meaning. Whilst pondering on this, the two protagonists, Marco Gambino and Ernesto Tomasini, have asked themselves: Can a simple gesture exist without a word? Is it possible to tell a story without words? Sing a song without text? In the end, everything originates in gestures. Words have been added and are often the cause of complicating if not even altering the true meaning of things.

“I said I wanted to expand my mind, to explore the far shores of my consciousness and to develop myself as a complete and unconditional sexual being. He said it sounded good to him”.

The Time Out Critics’ choice original production transfers to the Riverside Studios. Spanning the ages of Jazz, Rock’n’roll and Techno, six women meditate on the highs and ‘highs’ of being married to counter-culture revolutionary and psychedelic messiah, Timothy Leary.

Marianne wants to sing. Mary wants to remember. Nena wants to forget. Rosemary wants a revolution. Joanna wants a baby. Barbara wants to say goodbye.