The Weather Factory - Media Release

Release Date: Wednesday 1 September 2010

THE WEATHER FACTORY
In partnership with Fevered Sleep
Directed and designed by David Harradine
Tuesday 7th - Tuesday 21st December 2010
Penygroes, Gwynedd

Where does all the weather in Wales come from? This festive season, National Theatre Wales and Fevered Sleep invite you to visit the Weather Factory to discover the real drama of the elements.

You get all sorts round for Christmas. Guests you welcome with open arms, some who seem to stay forever and those dressed in red who arrive bearing gifts. But this Christmas, National Theatre Wales and Fevered Sleep’s David Harradine have invited a very unusual guest to a house in Penygroes.

Step through the front door to join a midwinter gathering, and discover what might happen if the weather came to visit. As you walk through the house, a series of exquisite installations and performances recreate the four seasons, all on one winter’s night in North Wales.
Created entirely on location in a house in Penygroes, The Weather Factory transforms an ordinary house into a place of magic, using local people’s stories about the weather, the conversations we all have about it, and the science behind the seasons to celebrate the natural geography that makes Snowdonia the engine room of the Welsh climate.

This is the ninth show in the launch year for National Theatre Wales, the new English-language company making world class work in diverse places and unique spaces across Wales.

The Weather Factory is designed for adults and children aged 9 and up, and will approach the timeless question of the weather with a lively and magical curiosity.

Director and designer David Harradine is Artistic Director of the company Fevered Sleep, working across the UK and internationally, the company makes exquisite work for children and curious adults.

An associate company of the Young Vic, Fevered Sleep has built an international reputation for devising bold and experimental work that is both playful and profound. Recent projects include commissions from Brighton Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Siobhan Davies Dance and the Young Vic.

NOTES TO EDITORS
National Theatre Wales
The establishment of an English language national theatre company for Wales was a commitment in the Welsh Assembly Government's One Wales programme. The Welsh Assembly Government and The Arts Council of Wales are supporting National Theatre Wales with funding of £3 million over three years. National Theatre Wales creates invigorating theatre in the English language, rooted in Wales, with an international reach.
nationaltheatrewales.org

An associate company of the Young Vic, Fevered Sleep has built an international reputation for devising bold and experimental work that is both playful and profound. Recent projects include commissions from Brighton Festival, Sadler’s Wells, Siobhan Davies Dance and the Young Vic. Their new show On Ageing, co-produced with the Young Vic and performed by children for an audience of adults, opens this month in London.

LISTINGS INFORMATION

THE WEATHER FACTORY
In partnership with Fevered Sleep
Directed and designed by David Harradine
Tuesday 7th - Tuesday 21st December 2010
Penygroes
Gwynedd

Tickets
Galeri Caernarfon
Victoria Dock

Caernarfon

Gwynedd
LL55 1SQ
Tel. 01286 685222
www.galericaernarfon.com

Booking opens: 8 November

Age guidance: recommended for 9+
Please note: This production’s location is a three-storey domestic house. For audience members who use wheelchairs and are unable to access the basement and upstairs rooms, we will provide a video of the events in those rooms. The experience is chiefly visual, and will be accessible for people with hearing difficulties. For those with sight difficulties, we will be scheduling a guided touch tour performance during the run. Please contact the box office for more information.

For more information about National Theatre Wales or any of its forthcoming shows, contact Catrin Rogers: 029 20 353 070 / 07540 686 725 / catrinrogers@nationaltheatrewales.org