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New version of Peace Child musical to premiere in Llangollen
The show will be part of a gala concert to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the United Nations' founding on July 9, 2025, at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod.
The concert, Uniting Nations: One World, will also include composer and conductor Sir Karl Jenkins.
The revamped Peace Child musical will start the evening and have a climate emergency theme.
It imagines how young people from China, France, Russia, the UK, and the USA might change the UN to create a peaceful, sustainable world.
The story was developed at the Perth and Hay Literary Festivals.
North Wales singer Shea Ferron, winner of the International Voice of Musical Theatre at the 2024 Llangollen International Eisteddfod, will play a key role in the production.
David Woollcombe, president of Peace Child International, said: "This is an audacious undertaking in turbulent times, but for over 40 years, young people have never failed to offer compelling solutions where leaders have faltered.
"I am confident that our talented cast will rise to the challenge and deliver once again in Llangollen.
"I am so thrilled that we shall be bringing young people from Russia, China, the United States, Britain, and France, the P5 as they are known, to perform a new version of Peace Child in the Eisteddfod's Uniting Nations Concert."
After its premiere, Peace Child will go to the Ljubljana Festival in Slovenia on August 23, before ending with a gala performance at the United Nations in New York on October 24, 2025, to mark UN Day.
The second half of the concert features Welsh composer Sir Karl Jenkins conducting his choral work One World, performed by a global choir and orchestra.
This piece calls for peace, justice, and unity.
This concert is expected to be a major highlight of the 2025 Llangollen International Eisteddfod.
For more information and to book your tickets, visit the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod website.
