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4 unusual facts about Sherman Cymru


Annie Castledine

1990 The Caretaker, Sherman Theatre — this was the first-ever production to have the title part played by a woman (Miriam Karlin.

La chanson de Fortunio

In 1979 the opera was revived in an English translation by Michael Geliot, by Welsh National Opera, who staged it at the Teatr y Werin in Aberystwyth, the Sir Thomas Picton School in Haverfordwest, the Teatr Gwynedd in Bangor, the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff, the Haymarket Theatre in Leicester, the Astra Theatre in Llandudno, and the Playhouse Theatre in Cheltenham.

Sherman Cymru

The theatre won the Edinburgh Fringe First award and a Herald Angel Award in 2008 for their touring play Deep Cut, which dramatised the real-life deaths of four trainees at Deepcut Army Barracks.

The Magician Trilogy

A stage production of The Snow Spider, adapted by Mike Kenny and directed by Phil Clark (director) ran 1990/1991 at the Sherman Theatre, Cardiff and then toured to Theatr Clwyd, Mold and Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor.



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