Under Milk Wood 2021
by Dylan Thomas
additional material by Siân Owen
Booking and details
A community is sleeping. If you listen closely, you can hear their dreams.
The retired sea captain yearning for his lost love.
The landlady living in terror of her guests.
A father who can no longer access his memories.
A son in search of redemption.
As they awake to boiled eggs and the postman, the residents of a small Welsh village juggle old secrets and new realities.
Michael Sheen, Karl Johnson and Siân Philips lead the acting company breathing new life into Dylan Thomas’s poetic masterpiece. Lyndsey Turner directs.
Performed in the Olivier Theatre from 16 June to 24 July 2021
These were the first performances in the Olivier Theatre following the January-May 2021 Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Performed in the round.
Performed 16 June — 24 July 2021 in the Olivier Theatre.
Cast
Mrs Ogmore-Pritchard / Gossamer Beynon / Mra Dai Bread 2
Susan Brown
Mr Waldo / Organ Morgan / Dai bRead / Butcher Beynon
Ifan Huw Dafydd
Mr Pritchard / Mr Pugh
Alan David
Mrs Willy Nilly / Mary Ann Sailors / Mrs Dai BRead 1 / Bessie Bighead
Gillian Elisa
Mr Edwards / Mt Ogmore / Lord Cutglass
Michael Elwyn
Rosie Probert / Mrs Cherry Owen
Kezrena James
Richard Jenkins
Karl Johnson
Nogood Boyo / Willy Nilly / Jack Black
Lee Mengo
Evans the Death / Utah Watkins / Sinbad
Andrew MacBean
Miss Price / Lily Smalls / Mrs Organ Morgan
Gaynor Morgan Rees
Captain Cat / Preacher
Anthony O'Donnell
Mrs Utah Watkins / Polly Garter / Mrs Benyon
Sian Phillips
Owain Jenkins
Michael Sheen
Mae Rose Cottage / Mrs Pugh
Cleo Sylvestre
Other parts
Members of the Company
Production team
Additional material
Sian Owen
Director
Lyndsey Turner
Set and Costume Designer
Merle Hensel
Lighting Designer
Tim Lutkin
Sound Designer and Additional Compositions
Donato Wharton
Songs Composed by
Edward-Rhys Harry
Movement
Imogen Knight
Casting
Alastair Coomer
Dialect Coach
Hazel Holder
Dramaturg for Additional Material
Stewart Pringle
Newsreader
Antony Aris-Osula
Company Voice Work
Simon Money
Foley Artist
Ruth Sullivan
Staff Director
Tom Bellerby