Magical tales of dark past

From: South Wales Evening Post | Date: September 27, 2007 | Copyright information

Vortigern's Kingdom

Pontardawe Arts Centre, Wednesday

TALES from Wales's past get a darkly comic makeover in a new show, fresh from Edinburgh Fringe.

Vortigern's Kingdom, at Pontardawe Arts Centre on Wednesday, provides a new take on some of the best known Welsh myths in an effort to make them more accessible.

The approach by writer Owen Staton combines drama and comedy as Teilo, a wandering bard whose mission is to keep alive the myths of Wales, happens upon two ar...

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