07-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Western Telegraph
Play on Banksy artwork in Port Talbot at Torch Theatre
The Sherman Theatre's co-production with Theatr3, Port Talbot's Gotta Banksy, will be performed at the Milford Haven theatre on May 20.
The show will examine the effect of Banksy's 2018 mural Season's Greetings, which appeared on a Port Talbot steelworker's garage, on the community.
The script is based on more than 100 hours of interviews with residents, conducted over six years, and tells the story of the Port Talbot Banksy in the community's own words.
Paul Jenkins and Tracy Harris, artistic directors of Theatr3, wrote the play, with Mr Jenkins directing.
Mr Jenkins said: "This will be the first time the story of the impact of a Banksy on a community has been told on stage, and the people whose remarkable stories we gathered have plenty to say.
"It's been an extraordinary process, generating a script full of anger but also incredible resilience and laugh-out-loud humour."
The play will be performed by Jalisa Andrews, Matthew Bulgo, Holly Carpenter, Ioan Hefin, Simon Nehan, and Kerry Joy Stewart.
Sherman Theatre's chief executive, Julia Barry, said: "This is truly a south Wales story that speaks to the world; one that made global headlines, unfolded in a town with a huge artistic reach and whose community's voices demand to be heard.
"We're delighted to bring this new play to audiences in Wales."
The play will be performed at the Torch Theatre on Tuesday, May 20, at 7.30pm.
Tickets are £22, £20 for concessions, and £15 for under 26s.
For more information, visit the Torch Theatre website or call the box office on 01646 695267.
