NATIONAL THEATRE WALES

In The Brecon Beacons

The Persians

August 2010

By
AESCHYLUS

In a new version by
KAITE O’REILLY

Directed by
MIKE PEARSON

Conceptual design by
MIKE BROOKES

Designed by
SIMON BANHAM

Music by
JOHN HARDY

One of Wales’s most celebrated directors takes the first ever European play to the heart of the Brecon Military Range, in an area rarely seen by civilians.

‘The front of the house is cut away, you can see the action on all four floors’

Chris Sernberg, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant

The Persians booking information

One of Wales’s most celebrated directors, Mike Pearson will bring the first ever European play to shocking new life in the heart of the Brecon Military Range, an area rarely seen by civilians.

Mike Pearson, best known for his work with the groundbreaking and inspirational theatre company Brith Gof will direct The Persians in the village and in the house in the military range. Audiences will be taken on a completely unique and never to be repeated journey into the heart of the Welsh countryside where ancient and modern worlds will collide.

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Booking

Cilieni Village, Brecon Beacons

11 – 21 August
Tickets: from £10:00

Chris Sernberg, Lieutenant Colonel Commandant

‘I command and run all the Army training areas in Wales and here at Sennybridge is the largest one at about 31,000 acres. The scenery is tremendous. This training village was built in 1982 and is a very typical North-German replica village. We cannot let the public come up here all that often, because of all the training that happens. One of the houses we use as a demonstration facility here in the village will be used by National Theatre Wales as a stage set. The front of the house is cut away so that you can see the action on all four floors: down in the cellar, the ground floor, the first floor and then up in the attic and the roof space. We use it to demonstrate how to clear a house, how to clear a room and the problems you will find to those sat in the seats opposite. National Theatre Wales will use it for their show.’

The Persians: Brecon Beacons Military Range

An evocative journey through Cilieni Village, Ministry of Defence, Brecon Beacons, Powys, an area rarely seen by civilians.