Welcome to Llandovery Theatre
| Llandovery Theatre Company - founded by Simon and Jacky Barnes in 1976, - opened the Llandovery Theatre in 1978, and have written, produced and directed over 100 new plays and scripts, working with professional and community actors and hundreds of children, specialising also in literacy and drama workshops for children and young adults with special needs. |
Simon and Jacky Barnes |
Llandovery Theatre Company Trustees.
Amy Morgan, first joined the company as a child in 1986, performing in The Old Curiosity Shop. Later played Viola in Twelfth Night, Cinderella, and recently Petruchio in the youth film:The Taming of the Shrew. Recently she has directed for the company, taking drama workshops for youth and special needs young actors. She directed Cinderella in 2008, and performs in Company projects.
Appointed to the Trust - 2006
Janet Thomas, first performed with the company when ten years old, playing Mrs Bennet in Pride and Prejudice. Played in numerous pantomimes and Festival plays, even taking her holidays from working on 'Newsnight' to appear in Festival productions including: 'Swallow the Devil', 'Land of Cockaigne' and the long running 'radio on stage' saga of 'The Poisoned Boot' Simon's play about a penniless Repertory Company trying to survive in the Wild West!
Appointed to the Trust - 1997
Rhiannon Pugh, first performed with the LTC when she was 14 in a youth production of Romeo and Juliet, which also toured to the Sherman Cardiff. She trained as an actress at the Welsh College of Music and Drama, and later returned to the theatre to play little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop and tour with the professional company in 'The Little Bit the Boys Admire'.
Appointed to the Trust - October 2003
Robert Barnes has been associated with the company for many years. He is the brother of Simon Barnes. In 2004 he set up and sponsored the Theatre Web Page which he still supports and edits for the company. He is also one of the Llandovery Theatre Company team who are currently involved typing and printing onto disc the 100 plays, scripts and programmes written and produced by the Company from '76 onwards, in order to release them for performance. He has just completed work on DARKLY FLOWS THE TAFF, Simon's novel. It has long been our custom and tradition that trustees should have performed on stage at Llandovery Theatre. This tradition is happily maintained, for though Bob is not an actor, his voice was recorded by Simon for a voice-over for the play: Swallow the devil, Festival 1994.
He was appointed and welcomed to the Trust - 24 April 2010.
Jaqueline Harrison Barnes, actor, writer and director with Llandovery Theatre Company
since 1976. First festival performance - the Queen, in Who'll Feed the Horses by Simon Barnes. Directs drama workshops and performances with community actors and young people with special needs. Recent productions: Aladdin, Dick Whittington and his Cat, and In Praise of Love - a programme of songs, verse and drama.
Founder Trustee - 1976
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Llandovery is a small market town in the upper Towy valley, on the edge of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales, UK.