Gillian Elisa joins Belonging cast
Following her appearance in S4C's Craith/Hidden Gillian joins the Belonging cast, playing the role of Sheila as the production tours Wales again in 2018.
Following her recent appearance in S4C's Craith/Hidden Gillian joins the Belonging cast, playing the role of Sheila as the production tours Wales again in 2018.
Oh the last few days have been wonderful for me. This part has come out of the blue – and I feel really ready for it. I know a lot of companies are doing plays about dementia, but I felt so drawn to this script and especially the part that was offered.
My characters name is Sheila and she’s quite upbeat, she’s a survivor. She feels feisty!
Sion Pritchard and I are the two new people in the cast, even though the original cast have performed it before they’re starting their own processes from scratch with us. This is a a new set up, a new pattern and a new journey. I’m really impressed that Peter Doran won Best Director and Llion Williams won Best Actor. I’ll have to pull my socks up!
I think Belonging will help a lot of people. I hope people can find things in it that they can draw upon and connect to. I think it would have helped me if it had been on when I was still caring for my brother. My brother Alun died in November. He had dementia, but I somehow came through that. Two of my aunties also had it, so I’ve experienced the illness first hand. I thought ‘I can offer something here. I can help’. I like the humour in Belonging - humour is what kept my brother and I going. I think without humour this world wouldn’t be worth living in.
Sometimes you do get angry and frustrated when someone you love suddenly changes and you don’t know how you’re going to cope with it, but you do cope with it. You’re constantly learning, I even feel like I’m still learning now.
When I went through it with my family members I felt I was learning the hard way and I hope I can pass on my own experiences by doing this play to help other people.
Belonging is about to tour Wales from April 26. Please visit the Belonging page for venues and dates near you.
Mae Gillian Elisa yn ymuno â'r cast Perthyn
Yn dilyn ei ymddangosiad diweddar yn Craith / Hidden ar S4C, mae Gillian yn ymuno â'r cast Perthyn, gan chwarae rôl Sheila fel teithiau cynhyrchu Cymru eto yn 2018.
Mae’r ychydig ddiwrnodau diwethaf wedi bod yn wych i mi. Daeth y rhan hon allan o unman – ac rydw i wir yn teimlo’n barod ar ei gyfer. Rwy’n gwybod bod nifer o gwmnïau’n gwneud dramâu am ddementia, ond roedd rhywbeth deniadol iawn am y sgript yma ac yn enwedig am y rhan a gynigwyd i mi.
Enw fy nghymeriad yw Sheila ac mae hi’n berson go bositif, mae hi wedi goroesi llawer. Mae hi’n teimlo’n ewn! Rwy’n canfod ei chymeriad mwy a mwy wrth i ni ymarfer.
Sion Pritchard a finnau yw’r ddau berson newydd yn y cast, er bod y cast gwreiddiol wedi perfformio’r ddrama o’r blaen, maen nhw’n dechrau’r broses o’r dechrau gyda ni. Mae hwn yn drefniant newydd, yn batrwm newydd ac yn daith newydd. Rwy’n hynod falch bod Peter Doran wedi ennill Cyfarwyddwr Gorau a bod Llion Williams wedi ennill Actor Gorau. Bydd rhaid i mi weithio’n galetach!
Rwy’n credu bydd Perthyn yn helpu llawer o bobl. Rwy’n gobeithio bod pobl yn gallu gweld pethau yn y ddrama y gallant eu defnyddio a chysylltu â hwy. Rwy’n credu byddai hyn wedi fy helpu i pe byddai wedi bod ymlaen pan roeddwn dal i ofalu am fy mrawd. Bu fy mrawd Alun farw ym mis Tachwedd, roedd ganddo ddementia, ond rhywsut roeddwn i’n ffodus. Roedd gan ddwy o fy modrybedd y cyflwr hefyd, felly mae gennyf brofiad personol o’r cyflwr. Roeddwn i’n meddwl ‘Gallaf gynnig rhywbeth yma. Gallaf helpu’. Rwy’n hoffi’r hiwmor yn Perthyn – hiwmor oedd beth gadwodd fi a fy mrawd i fynd. Byddai dim gwerth byw yn y byd yma heb hiwmor yn fy marn i.
Weithiau rydych chi’n gwylltio neu gythruddo pan mae rhywun rydych yn ei garu yn newid yn sydyn a’ch bod ddim yn gwybod sut byddwch yn ymdopi gyda’r sefyllfa, ond rydych chi’n dysgu i ymdopi. Rydych chi’n dysgu o hyd, rydw i hyd yn oed yn teimlo fy mod yn dal i ddysgu nawr.
Pan es i drwy’r sefyllfa gydag aelodau o fy nheulu, roeddwn yn teimlo fy mod yn dysgu’r ffordd anodd ac rwyf yn gobeithio y gallaf basio fy mhrofiadau fy hun ymlaen trwy wneud y ddrama hon i helpu pobl eraill.
Mae Perthyn ar fin taith Cymru o fis Ebrill 26. Ewch i'r dudalen Perthyn am leoliadau a dyddiadau yn eich ardal chi.
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All Re-Lives Latest News on Shows and Training
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2018
- 4 Jun 2018 Clêr Stephens reprises the role of Mags in Belonging 2018
- 14 May 2018 Sion Pritchard joins Belonging for 2018 tour
- 9 May 2018 Gillian Elisa joins Belonging cast
- 23 Apr 2018 Llion Williams returns to Belonging
- 2017
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2016
- 18 Nov 2016 Coming Home Company perform @ Mental Health Arts Festival
- 9 Sep 2016 Invitation to Veterans and Family members of veterans
- 7 Sep 2016 Belonging/Perthyn connects with audiences across Wales!
- 11 Apr 2016 Belonging rehearsals underway!
- 11 Apr 2016 Winston Churchill Travel Fellowship: US research visit
- 3 Apr 2016 Memoria Project wins Age Cymru Community Award 2015
- 1 Apr 2016 New R&D collaboration will bring Earthfall and Geese Theatre into the Re-Live mix!
- 15 Mar 2016 Coming Home group members feature in Radio 4 documentary
- 23 Feb 2016 BELONGING - NATIONAL THEATRE TOUR MAY & JUNE 2016
- 28 Jan 2016 Coming Home Choir Launches at Chapter
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2015
- 17 Dec 2015 Belonging National Tour gets the go ahead!!
- 30 Nov 2015 Coming Home Work in Progress Performance
- 18 Nov 2015 Re-Live Goes International!
- 12 Nov 2015 Royal Society for Public Health
- 16 Oct 2015 Theatre and Trauma Blog Post
- 16 Oct 2015 Creative Groupwork Programme
- 15 Jun 2015 Coming Home
- 14 Jun 2015 Re-Live in Sydney - Autumn 2015
- 11 May 2015 People Living with Dementia
- 6 Apr 2015 Life Story Theatre Programme
- 9 Mar 2015 Home from Home
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2014
- 15 Dec 2014 Memoria
- 7 Apr 2014 Belonging
- 10 Feb 2014 Playback Theatre
- 13 Jan 2014 Busy with training
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2013
- 4 Nov 2013 Creative Wales journey
- 8 Apr 2013 New theatre project, Age.
- 11 Mar 2013 Culture, Health and Wellbeing International Conference
- 4 Feb 2013 Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales
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2012
- 9 Jul 2012 Abandoned Brothers
- 2 Jul 2012 Life Story Training
- 11 Jun 2012 A week to go till Abandoned Brothers opens at Chapter
- 19 Mar 2012 Training in Life Story Work 2012 Programme Launch
- 12 Mar 2012 Hearing the experiences of veterans in Wales
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2011
- 19 Oct 2011 Ageing Artfully Conference in Manchester October 2011
- 30 Sep 2011 Dementia Awareness Seminar in Cardiff September 2011 Experiential training workshop - 'Experiencing Dementia'
- 30 Sep 2011 New Publication - An Evidence Review of the Impact of Participatory Arts on Older People.
- 23 Aug 2011 Creative Homes
- 17 Jul 2011 Stories to Leave sells out Chapter
- 17 Jul 2011 Re-Live at Cork Opera House
- 6 Jul 2011 A Story To Call My Own has been touring Wales
- 14 Feb 2011 Arts Council of Wales grant of £25,000
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2010
- 26 Nov 2010 Weekly group at Chapter for older people
- 18 Nov 2010 Karin is now in Japan!
- 15 Nov 2010 "A Story To Call My Own" packed out Chapter's theatre this month
- 4 Sep 2010 "A Story to Call My Own" returns to Chapter Theatre
- 12 Aug 2010 3 year grant from the Baring Foundation
- 1 Aug 2010 Winston Churchill travel fellowship