Theatr Fawr Felinfach

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-We all like celebrating a birthday.	0:00:01	0:00:03
-Any birthday.	0:00:03	0:00:05
-Especially when that birthday -is a surprise.	0:00:05	0:00:08
-This year, this theatre...	0:00:20	0:00:22
-..Theatr Felinfach...	0:00:23	0:00:25
-..is celebrating its 40th birthday.	0:00:25	0:00:28
-Look!	0:00:29	0:00:30
-So, a celebration is needed.	0:00:31	0:00:33
-And a surprise.	0:00:36	0:00:38
-And who is this surprise for?	0:00:41	0:00:43
-You.	0:00:45	0:00:47
-# Off we go in the charabanc	0:00:56	0:00:57
-# Off we go now	0:00:58	0:01:00
-# Let's all go together	0:01:00	0:01:02
-# Off we go now to the Aeron Valley	0:01:02	0:01:07
-# Off we go in the charabanc	0:01:24	0:01:26
-# Off we go now	0:01:27	0:01:28
-# Hold on to your seats -as we turn the corners	0:01:29	0:01:31
-# Off we go now in the charabanc, -off we go now in the charabanc	0:01:31	0:01:35
-# In the chara...	0:01:35	0:01:40
-# Bang, bang! #	0:01:42	0:01:44
-Heaven bananas!	0:01:49	0:01:51
-If these walls could talk.	0:01:51	0:01:54
-How do you create a theatre?	0:01:55	0:01:58
-How do you create activities -to hold in a theatre?	0:01:58	0:02:01
-Pantomimes, musicals, -youth films, a soap opera.	0:02:01	0:02:05
-How do you produce a TV programme -to celebrate 40 years of creativity?	0:02:05	0:02:11
-By bringing people together. -Tegwen!	0:02:12	0:02:14
-Any word, any words -that come into your mind...	0:02:16	0:02:20
-..to describe Theatr Felinfach.	0:02:20	0:02:23
-Stage.	0:02:23	0:02:25
-Stage. - -Stage.	0:02:25	0:02:26
-Community.	0:02:26	0:02:27
-Enjoyment.	0:02:29	0:02:30
-The way we started to plan -this programme...	0:02:30	0:02:33
-..is the way everything -is created in this theatre.	0:02:33	0:02:36
-Discovery.	0:02:37	0:02:38
-Discovery. - -Belonging.	0:02:38	0:02:40
-Years ago, I was part -of the same process myself.	0:02:40	0:02:43
-So, to whom -does Theatr Felinfach belong?	0:02:45	0:02:49
-What is the history -of this unique centre?	0:02:49	0:02:52
-In the middle of the 20th century, -between the two World wars...	0:02:53	0:02:58
-..there were close to 150 -drama groups in Ceredigion.	0:02:58	0:03:02
-Central to that -was finding a home for the drama.	0:03:02	0:03:05
-The village halls, as old-fashioned -as they appear to us now...	0:03:06	0:03:11
-..they were great homes -for Welsh drama.	0:03:11	0:03:15
-Two things were prevalent in rural -Ceredigion in the 1940s and 1950s.	0:03:16	0:03:21
-Dairy cattle and drama companies.	0:03:21	0:03:23
-They were everywhere.	0:03:24	0:03:26
-In the Llangeitho Drama Festival, -Llanddewi-Brefi had three companies.	0:03:26	0:03:31
-Three companies -from the same village.	0:03:31	0:03:34
-The producer was usually the local -headmaster, vicar or minister...	0:03:34	0:03:38
-..but Tyngwndwn's producer -was gardener Tom Owen.	0:03:39	0:03:42
-The MMB milk factory in Llanio -formed a company from the workers.	0:03:42	0:03:46
-Felinfach Hall, -on Christmas night...	0:03:47	0:03:51
-..would host an audience of 400-500.	0:03:51	0:03:55
-Some would walk for miles.	0:03:55	0:03:57
-They'd stand behind the stage. -There was no room in the front.	0:03:57	0:04:01
-They would climb up -to the windows outside to look in.	0:04:02	0:04:05
-I remember that.	0:04:06	0:04:07
-That enthusiasm continued -until the mid-1960s.	0:04:07	0:04:11
-Across Wales, -the picture then starts to change...	0:04:12	0:04:15
-..not primarily because of the -growing popularity of television...	0:04:15	0:04:19
-..but the number of drama group -leaders started to dwindle.	0:04:20	0:04:24
-There were fewer ministers and -headmasters no longer lived locally.	0:04:24	0:04:29
-In general, across Wales...	0:04:30	0:04:32
-..dramatic theatre -was losing its foothold.	0:04:32	0:04:36
-However, -Ceredigion survived the changes.	0:04:36	0:04:39
-Dramatic theatre was losing its -foothold but survived in Ceredigion.	0:04:40	0:04:45
-How come? What was that, Idwal?	0:04:45	0:04:48
-Because of you and your sort?	0:04:50	0:04:53
-From the 1930s, -Ceredigion developed...	0:04:53	0:04:56
-..after the appointment -of Idwal Jones...	0:04:56	0:04:59
-..to the University of Wales, -Aberystwyth.	0:04:59	0:05:02
-He was a dramatist appointed to -teach night classes in Ceredigion.	0:05:02	0:05:07
-He passed away at a young age -and a void was left behind.	0:05:08	0:05:12
-Stepping into that void -in the 1940s...	0:05:12	0:05:15
-..was a woman from Llanllwni.	0:05:16	0:05:18
-She married into the Lewis family -that ran the Gomer press.	0:05:18	0:05:23
-Mary Lewis formed a company -in Llandysul...	0:05:23	0:05:26
-..which continued the work Idwal -Jones had started in his classes.	0:05:27	0:05:31
-As her era came to an end, -once again through illness...	0:05:32	0:05:36
-..the county council, the former -Cardiganshire Education Committee...	0:05:36	0:05:41
-..appointed a drama coordinator.	0:05:41	0:05:44
-It was one of the first counties -to appoint a drama coordinator...	0:05:44	0:05:49
-..throughout the whole -of Great Britain.	0:05:49	0:05:52
-His name was Gwyn Hughes Jones.	0:05:52	0:05:54
-By the end of the 1960s...	0:05:55	0:05:57
-..it became clear that something was -being formed, something was growing.	0:05:57	0:06:02
-Ceredigion in the 1960s -was an exciting place.	0:06:02	0:06:05
-The county's education committee -supported one of its headmasters...	0:06:06	0:06:10
-..JR Evans, as he resurrected -Twm Sion Cati in a Welsh pantomime.	0:06:11	0:06:17
-After we performed the pageant -in the Royal Welsh Show...	0:06:18	0:06:23
-..JR Evans and I felt -it was time to give children...	0:06:23	0:06:29
-..the opportunity -to watch live theatre.	0:06:29	0:06:33
-Entertaining children in a theatre -at a young age.	0:06:33	0:06:39
-It all started -around a year earlier...	0:06:40	0:06:44
-..with Caerwedros -Young Farmers' Club.	0:06:44	0:06:47
-We were very lucky at the time - -we had two excellent leaders...	0:06:48	0:06:52
-..Tydfor Gaerwen, -one of the sons of Cilie...	0:06:52	0:06:55
-..and Bernard Evans, -the parish vicar.	0:06:56	0:06:58
-They came up with the idea...	0:06:59	0:07:01
-..of performing a panto -in the hall in Caerwedros.	0:07:01	0:07:04
-It was a Welsh translation -of Cinderella...	0:07:04	0:07:07
-..with a lot of local references -in the script.	0:07:08	0:07:11
-The hall was packed out -for two nights.	0:07:11	0:07:15
-On the second night, -Gwyn Jones was present.	0:07:15	0:07:18
-I think he enjoyed the idea.	0:07:18	0:07:20
-A few weeks later, -he contacted four of us...	0:07:21	0:07:24
-..and asked us if we'd be willing -to perform in Felinfach...	0:07:25	0:07:30
-..the following year in the panto -he and JR were producing.	0:07:30	0:07:34
-The theatre in -the farmers' college was small...	0:07:35	0:07:38
-..with a small stage -and room for only 100 people...	0:07:38	0:07:42
-..but it was right in the middle -of the county.	0:07:42	0:07:45
-Audiences would flock from far -and wide to Felinfach Memorial Hall.	0:07:46	0:07:51
-They now flocked -to Coleg Bro Aeron's hall...	0:07:51	0:07:54
-..to see a show that added -"pantomeim" to the Welsh vocabulary.	0:07:54	0:07:58
-I'm Cati, Twm Sion Cati's mother.	0:07:59	0:08:02
-What happens to you?	0:08:02	0:08:05
-Well, at the start...	0:08:05	0:08:06
-..I organize a school in -the kitchen of Llidiard y Ffynnon.	0:08:07	0:08:11
-I can't read or write.	0:08:12	0:08:14
-It appears that Twm Sion Cati's -mother did organize a school.	0:08:14	0:08:19
-With the help -of the pantomime's popularity...	0:08:20	0:08:23
-..there was excitement -and growth across the land.	0:08:23	0:08:27
-Enough excitement and growth...	0:08:27	0:08:29
-..for the education committee -to build a new theatre.	0:08:29	0:08:32
-Where? In Aberystwyth? No.	0:08:33	0:08:35
-In Aberaeron or Lampeter? Oh, no!	0:08:36	0:08:38
-Here. In the Aeron Valley.	0:08:40	0:08:41
-At the centre of the county's -enthusiasm for drama.	0:08:42	0:08:45
-In the middle of a field!	0:08:45	0:08:47
-After leaving school, -I'd go on day release to Felinfach!	0:08:47	0:08:51
-It makes me sound -like a prison inmate.	0:08:52	0:08:55
-In other words, -I was released from farm work...	0:08:55	0:08:59
-..to learn how to farm in Felinfach.	0:08:59	0:09:02
-In those days, there was a shed -where the theatre now stands.	0:09:02	0:09:06
-It was packed out with tractors.	0:09:06	0:09:09
-I'd cycle over with my friends...	0:09:09	0:09:12
-..from the milk factory site -where we lived.	0:09:12	0:09:15
-We'd cycle into the shed -and ride our bikes inside the shed.	0:09:15	0:09:19
-The roof was falling apart, -it was an old shed.	0:09:19	0:09:22
-Then, the shed was adapted -and was transformed into a theatre.	0:09:23	0:09:29
-I remember entering -the auditorium for the first time.	0:09:29	0:09:34
-Oh, I was gobsmacked.	0:09:34	0:09:37
-I'd never seen such a place.	0:09:37	0:09:39
-Only an audience of 120 people -could enjoy performances...	0:09:40	0:09:44
-..in Felinfach's small theatre -between Lampeter and Aberaeron.	0:09:44	0:09:48
-The county's education -committee soon realized...	0:09:48	0:09:52
-..that a larger theatre was needed -to entertain the county's residents.	0:09:52	0:09:57
-After removing the zinc roof -from the tractor shed...	0:09:57	0:10:01
-..they kept the steel structure -as the frame for the new theatre.	0:10:01	0:10:06
-They saved -tens of thousands of pounds.	0:10:06	0:10:09
-The tens of thousands -could then be spent on the interior.	0:10:09	0:10:14
-The inside was so plush -and the technical equipment...	0:10:14	0:10:17
-..the lights and sound in -particular, was second to none.	0:10:17	0:10:23
-From an old school in Aberaeron...	0:10:23	0:10:25
-..and a theatre that was dwarfed -by most village halls...	0:10:26	0:10:30
-..Gwyn Hughes Jones -and the actors from Ceredigion...	0:10:31	0:10:34
-..now had a wonderful theatre -with cutting-edge technology.	0:10:34	0:10:39
-The most important resource...	0:10:39	0:10:41
-..was this - the wide, deep stage.	0:10:42	0:10:46
-The stage was four times the size -of the stage in the college theatre.	0:10:47	0:10:52
-It had an auditorium with -comfortable seating for 260 people.	0:10:53	0:10:59
-The only thing missing -was the audience.	0:11:00	0:11:03
-Drama was very popular in Ceredigion -throughout the year...	0:11:03	0:11:07
-..and the annual pantomimes -were a huge success...	0:11:08	0:11:11
-..so attracting an audience -would be easy.	0:11:11	0:11:14
-Or would it?	0:11:15	0:11:16
-Gwyn Jones wanted the male -theatre stewards to wear bow ties...	0:11:16	0:11:23
-..and the female stewards -in their long dresses.	0:11:23	0:11:26
-He was very strict.	0:11:28	0:11:30
-Oh, yes, there was no messing.	0:11:30	0:11:33
-I wasn't sure how to take it.	0:11:33	0:11:36
-You'd seen all that -in large, civic theatres.	0:11:36	0:11:41
-In London, -you wouldn't think twice about it...	0:11:41	0:11:44
-..but to see it in rural Wales...	0:11:44	0:11:47
-..as a youngster, I didn't know -how to take this official uniform.	0:11:47	0:11:53
-The vision was trying to recreate -the West End in Ceredigion.	0:11:53	0:11:59
-But it didn't work.	0:11:59	0:12:01
-Local residents didn't come -anywhere near the place.	0:12:01	0:12:06
-Was Gwyn Hughes Jones about to -destroy the theatre of his dreams?	0:12:06	0:12:10
-Would the curtain come down -before it'd had time to go up?	0:12:11	0:12:14
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-Theatr Felinfach is 40 years old.	0:12:26	0:12:30
-When it was opened, -it was a state-of-the-art theatre.	0:12:30	0:12:34
-But Gwyn Hughes Jones, -the man in charge of the arts...	0:12:34	0:12:37
-..was in quite a state.	0:12:37	0:12:39
-The dicky bows and long dresses -hadn't gone down well.	0:12:39	0:12:43
-What was all the fuss about? -I wear one every day.	0:12:43	0:12:47
-But not long -after the theatre opened...	0:12:48	0:12:53
-..tension was very evident.	0:12:53	0:12:57
-It arose from the fact -that the man in charge of drama...	0:12:58	0:13:02
-..saw himself as head -of the theatre, Theatr Felinfach...	0:13:02	0:13:08
-..after its formation...	0:13:08	0:13:10
-..but in truth, the theatre was part -of the further education college...	0:13:10	0:13:16
-..Coleg Bro Aeron.	0:13:16	0:13:17
-There was a lot of tension evident.	0:13:18	0:13:20
-It grew into a battle about -who was in charge of the place.	0:13:20	0:13:24
-The college won.	0:13:25	0:13:28
-Gwyn, and the love of his life, -Theatr Felinfach...	0:13:28	0:13:32
-..went their separate ways.	0:13:32	0:13:34
-The next head came from Cardiff.	0:13:35	0:13:37
-Could the city slicker -rescue the situation?	0:13:37	0:13:39
-It was a deliberate move...	0:13:40	0:13:42
-..to get as far away as we possibly -could from the bow ties.	0:13:42	0:13:47
-One decision we made...	0:13:48	0:13:51
-..was that half the people who came -through the door would do something.	0:13:51	0:13:56
-Can you see him smiling?	0:13:56	0:13:58
-That's precisely what -the old Idwal Jones used to do...	0:13:58	0:14:02
-..in his drama classes across -Ceredigion back in the 1930s.	0:14:02	0:14:07
-In the first half, he would talk -about the history of European drama.	0:14:07	0:14:12
-The second half would be spent -creating and rehearsing dramas.	0:14:12	0:14:18
-We needed to do something quickly.	0:14:20	0:14:23
-That's not your part!	0:14:23	0:14:24
-Something quick, something we had to -hand, was one of Wil Sam's dramas.	0:14:25	0:14:30
-The first act -of Gymerwch Chi Sigaret?	0:14:31	0:14:34
-And a Welsh translation -of Krapp's Last Tape by Beckett.	0:14:36	0:14:40
-It only consists of one person -and some tapes.	0:14:40	0:14:43
-You'd expect that to be rather -strange, but it wasn't at all.	0:14:43	0:14:48
-From there, it grew rapidly.	0:14:49	0:14:51
-This exciting combination -of salaried leaders...	0:14:52	0:14:55
-..and local, -unsalaried performers...	0:14:55	0:14:58
-..staged plays by Beckett, Joe -Orton, Saunders Lewis and Wil Sam.	0:14:58	0:15:03
-There was also a new-found respect -for old plays.	0:15:03	0:15:06
-My first part was in Yr Anfarwol -Ifan Harris, playing Bertie.	0:15:06	0:15:11
-Gret Jenkins played the part of Mam.	0:15:11	0:15:14
-I enjoyed that one immensely.	0:15:15	0:15:17
-I enjoyed playing the part.	0:15:17	0:15:21
-She was feisty.	0:15:21	0:15:22
-I remember them acting -with the Tyngwndwn drama company.	0:15:23	0:15:28
-I was acting with the creme de la -creme. That's what they were to me.	0:15:28	0:15:33
-One person who helped sustain -the excitement and creativity...	0:15:33	0:15:38
-..was a man who normally -kept himself to himself.	0:15:38	0:15:42
-This must be a rather grand theatre -because it has its own author.	0:15:42	0:15:46
-You are that dramatist.	0:15:47	0:15:48
-How many plays have you written -for the theatre?	0:15:48	0:15:52
-I've written seven plays so far.	0:15:52	0:15:55
-I think Jezebel was the first...	0:15:55	0:15:58
-..and, of course, -it was a classic play.	0:15:58	0:16:02
-After that, gradually, -he wrote another play...	0:16:05	0:16:09
-..and another.	0:16:09	0:16:11
-The relationship was fantastic.	0:16:11	0:16:14
-He enriched -this flow of work directly.	0:16:14	0:16:18
-As well as writing plays, -Elfyn led a small group...	0:16:19	0:16:22
-..which met weekly to develop -scripts for radio plays.	0:16:23	0:16:27
-They recorded parts of it in here, -because it sounded like a cave.	0:16:28	0:16:33
-Right, who's hiding in here?	0:16:33	0:16:35
-Twm Sion Cati? Sion Cwilt?	0:16:36	0:16:38
-Ooh! Sorry.	0:16:38	0:16:40
-I'll never forget Elfyn...	0:16:40	0:16:42
-..and the way -he got the best out of everybody.	0:16:42	0:16:46
-He had a sense of humour.	0:16:46	0:16:48
-He'd puff on his pipe.	0:16:48	0:16:51
-We learnt a lot from Elfyn.	0:16:52	0:16:54
-Creating radio drama -before the advent of Radio Cymru?	0:16:54	0:16:58
-What was that all about?	0:16:58	0:17:01
-Where did that come from? -I don't know.	0:17:01	0:17:04
-When Theatr Felinfach -celebrated its second birthday...	0:17:04	0:17:07
-..there was no talk of the West End.	0:17:08	0:17:10
-But within a year or two, the West -End was talking about Felinfach.	0:17:11	0:17:16
-Elfyn Jenkins wrote a play...	0:17:16	0:17:19
-..specifically -for the theatre's actors.	0:17:19	0:17:22
-It was a well-crafted play...	0:17:22	0:17:26
-..which posed more questions -than it answered.	0:17:26	0:17:30
-It was an interesting play. It was -performed many times in Felinfach.	0:17:30	0:17:36
-Outside Wales...	0:17:36	0:17:38
-..it was performed in the -Royal Court Theatre in the West End.	0:17:38	0:17:43
-Well, how ironic.	0:17:43	0:17:45
-Or, as the pantomime crew would say, -how Aeronic!	0:17:45	0:17:50
-This place was a hotbed -of creativity.	0:17:52	0:17:55
-Around Christmas 1974, -there was even more excitement.	0:17:55	0:17:59
-The first panto of the new theatre -was close to being staged.	0:17:59	0:18:03
-A lot of actors from the old company -were part of the new company...	0:18:04	0:18:08
-..but Hywel made one change.	0:18:08	0:18:10
-He allowed some of the actors -to devise the show.	0:18:10	0:18:14
-Goodness me, -things are taking off now.	0:18:14	0:18:17
-But when it was moved -from its old home...	0:18:17	0:18:20
-..the panto from the college's -little theatre became too big.	0:18:20	0:18:24
-It broke away from the stage -and charged out through the doors.	0:18:24	0:18:28
-How are you? I'm from the BBC.	0:18:28	0:18:32
-Out of my way. -Oh, I beg your pardon.	0:18:34	0:18:36
-The bad characters -are always the losers.	0:18:37	0:18:39
-It's high time we were winners.	0:18:40	0:18:42
-The problems weren't limited -to the theatre.	0:18:43	0:18:47
-The Welsh language -was constantly under threat.	0:18:47	0:18:50
-The shadows of real-life baddies...	0:18:50	0:18:53
-..were cast over it -from every direction.	0:18:53	0:18:56
-Felinfach was a theatre -for the whole of rural Ceredigion...	0:18:56	0:19:01
-..but for three weeks in 1976, -it gave its full attention...	0:19:02	0:19:06
-..to its home patch.	0:19:07	0:19:09
-Well, to this field to be precise.	0:19:09	0:19:12
-There was enough room on this pitch -for 100 houses...	0:19:12	0:19:16
-..until a group of locals used -the theatre to pose a question.	0:19:18	0:19:23
-Whose villages -are the villages of Ceredigion?	0:19:24	0:19:29
-What is the point of this play?	0:19:29	0:19:31
-Two points - -first, the planning issue.	0:19:31	0:19:34
-We're asking a question.	0:19:34	0:19:36
-Is the planning policy -suitable for Ceredigion?	0:19:36	0:19:41
-Secondly, and ultimately...	0:19:41	0:19:43
-..we're offering the theatre -to local people.	0:19:44	0:19:48
-If they want to use the theatre...	0:19:48	0:19:53
-..as a place to air views -and share ideas...	0:19:53	0:19:58
-..please use it.	0:19:58	0:20:00
-We're offering the theatre -as a platform to the people.	0:20:00	0:20:04
-I'd only been a staff member here -for a couple of months.	0:20:04	0:20:08
-I was dragged in -to the excitement...	0:20:08	0:20:11
-..of creating Pentrefi Pwy? -(Whose Villages?)	0:20:11	0:20:15
-It was a baptism of fire.	0:20:15	0:20:17
-The show was quickly written, -rehearsed and performed...	0:20:17	0:20:22
-..and an audience -was gathered together	0:20:22	0:20:24
-It all happened within a week.	0:20:25	0:20:26
-Before the performance, -nothing could be done.	0:20:27	0:20:29
-A week or two later, -the application was rejected.	0:20:30	0:20:33
-The field was secure.	0:20:33	0:20:36
-As the 1970s came to an end, -Hywel headed off to pastures new.	0:20:36	0:20:43
-Cleif Harpwood, -Edward H's lead singer...	0:20:43	0:20:46
-..became the lecturer -in charge of the theatre...	0:20:46	0:20:49
-..but Euros Lewis -was responsible for the panto.	0:20:49	0:20:52
-He wanted to implement changes.	0:20:52	0:20:54
-New characters and new scenarios -were sought for the pantomime.	0:20:56	0:21:02
-We sat down one night in the theatre -and devised a few new characters.	0:21:03	0:21:08
-A-ha! Move along!	0:21:10	0:21:12
-Ianto, never fear, Penwag is here.	0:21:12	0:21:14
-Friends, it's my pleasure -to announce...	0:21:15	0:21:18
-..that on December 1, 1980, -PC Penwag was born.	0:21:18	0:21:24
-Along with the vicar...	0:21:25	0:21:28
-..Deina Davies...	0:21:28	0:21:30
-..the squire, the curate...	0:21:31	0:21:34
-..Tegwen Fawr...	0:21:37	0:21:39
-..and Tegwen Fach.	0:21:40	0:21:43
-Idwal Jones and Mary Lewis's -grandchildren...	0:21:43	0:21:47
-..and Felinfach's -best-loved children.	0:21:47	0:21:50
-Who exactly was their father? -Nobody's quite sure.	0:21:50	0:21:54
-Don't worry - it's a false alarm.	0:21:58	0:22:00
-Who fathered these characters? -The actors themselves.	0:22:01	0:22:04
-Anyone and everyone -who contributed to the creativity.	0:22:04	0:22:10
-The pantomime is created -in response to current issues...	0:22:10	0:22:15
-..and to address current problems.	0:22:15	0:22:19
-That is its main aim.	0:22:19	0:22:21
-Every performance has to be -of that moment, of that night.	0:22:21	0:22:25
-This is an exciting place now, -no messing.	0:22:31	0:22:34
-The new characters, -the new energy...	0:22:34	0:22:38
-..breaking the barriers, -the boundaries and the rules.	0:22:38	0:22:42
-Since the drama -of Pentrefi Pwy?...	0:22:43	0:22:46
-..more questions were being asked.	0:22:46	0:22:48
-Is the theatre, like the panto, -in danger of losing control?	0:22:49	0:22:53
-Mami? Mami?	0:22:53	0:22:55
-You're Deina, are you?	0:22:58	0:23:00
-Yes. Who are you then?	0:23:00	0:23:02
-I've come to see the pantomime.	0:23:02	0:23:05
-What about the part you play?	0:23:05	0:23:07
-It's an important part.	0:23:07	0:23:09
-I like men, you know.	0:23:09	0:23:11
-Tell me more about the pantomime.	0:23:12	0:23:14
-You're heavy!	0:23:16	0:23:18
-Uh, yeah...	0:23:18	0:23:20
-Ianto Ffwl Pelt, Y Dydd, -in Felinfach.	0:23:20	0:23:23
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-Subtitles - -Subtitles	0:23:31	0:23:33
-Theatr Felinfach -has reached middle age...	0:23:35	0:23:39
-..but like many adults, -it's still a child at heart.	0:23:40	0:23:44
-A child that learns through play.	0:23:44	0:23:48
-The greatest joy derived from -playing is performing the new panto.	0:23:48	0:23:53
-Going to see the first panto. -Being inspired.	0:23:54	0:23:59
-Before school or the YFC, coming to -see the panto and being so scared.	0:24:00	0:24:05
-It was just above me.	0:24:06	0:24:07
-Do you remember, Aeron?	0:24:08	0:24:09
-Do you remember, Aeron? - -I was in the first one.	0:24:09	0:24:11
-Were you on stage?	0:24:11	0:24:13
-I was back and forth.	0:24:13	0:24:15
-Here's an interesting fact.	0:24:16	0:24:18
-As popular as the vicar, -the curate and Deina Davies were...	0:24:18	0:24:23
-..the most important creations...	0:24:24	0:24:26
-..were Menna Men, Ben Ake -and Sleibyn, the baddie!	0:24:26	0:24:33
-Ha, ha, ha, ha!	0:24:36	0:24:37
-I avoided them and you. Yes indeed.	0:24:37	0:24:41
-All I have to do now is hide here...	0:24:41	0:24:43
-..until Bryn O'Dalent comes by -with his script.	0:24:44	0:24:47
-It was difficult getting that -first line out sometimes.	0:24:47	0:24:51
-They made such a racket -before I'd even appeared.	0:24:51	0:24:55
-A lot of them -would stamp their feet.	0:24:55	0:24:58
-I had to stand there, waiting, -looking as evil as I could.	0:24:58	0:25:04
-There was no point saying the line -because nobody would hear it.	0:25:05	0:25:10
-There was one instance...	0:25:10	0:25:12
-..when the audience took -great exception to the baddies...	0:25:12	0:25:17
-..and we had to stop the show -for a few minutes...	0:25:17	0:25:20
-..and calm the audience down.	0:25:21	0:25:23
-We had to explain to them -that this wasn't real...	0:25:23	0:25:26
-..and asked them -to keep their voices down.	0:25:27	0:25:30
-That's an example of the boundaries -that were involved.	0:25:30	0:25:34
-If a baddie does succeed...	0:25:34	0:25:36
-..the important message is that -their success threatens society.	0:25:36	0:25:41
-I'm so glad you're here. I'm so glad -you're here to see the end.	0:25:41	0:25:46
-We were never in the curtain call.	0:25:46	0:25:48
-We were never in the curtain call. - -Never.	0:25:48	0:25:49
-In the grand scheme of things, -we'd lost.	0:25:49	0:25:53
-Evil had been conquered.	0:25:53	0:25:55
-That victory is as much -a victory for the audience...	0:25:55	0:26:01
-..as it is for the characters...	0:26:01	0:26:03
-..and for the actors -that portray the good characters.	0:26:04	0:26:09
-Here's another strange fact.	0:26:09	0:26:11
-The more the stories in the panto...	0:26:11	0:26:14
-..reflected a local story -or community...	0:26:14	0:26:18
-..the wider the appeal of the show.	0:26:18	0:26:20
-The first pantos were watched -by people from rural Ceredigion...	0:26:21	0:26:25
-..but by now, buses were coming from -Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire...	0:26:25	0:26:31
-..Powys and even Gwynedd.	0:26:31	0:26:33
-As the song goes, -"Who let the Gogs out!"	0:26:34	0:26:38
-I have a ticket, yes indeed.	0:26:38	0:26:40
-No, not a ticket for the -Wales v England rugby match.	0:26:41	0:26:45
-This is far more precious.	0:26:45	0:26:47
-One of these is rarer than gold -in the Aeron Valley.	0:26:47	0:26:51
-This is a ticket -for the annual panto in Felinfach.	0:26:51	0:26:54
-2,700 were printed.	0:26:55	0:26:57
-They were all sold within a day and -before the script had been written.	0:26:57	0:27:02
-A tenth performance was booked -and 300 tickets were sold in a day.	0:27:02	0:27:07
-400 people are on the waiting list, -waiting for a ticket.	0:27:07	0:27:11
-Is the Felinfach pantomime -the only one in Wales...	0:27:12	0:27:15
-..which doesn't need -to be advertised?	0:27:15	0:27:18
-The panto wasn't the only aspect -of Felinfach's work...	0:27:20	0:27:23
-..that was growing and evolving.	0:27:23	0:27:25
-By the 1980s, -the theatre's drama club...	0:27:25	0:27:28
-..had over 100 members.	0:27:29	0:27:31
-It's been a few years -since I was part of a drama club...	0:27:31	0:27:35
-..but today, I can start again.	0:27:35	0:27:37
-Like any other drama club, -I have no idea what'll happen.	0:27:37	0:27:41
-Are you going to learn Welsh?	0:27:46	0:27:47
-Are you going to learn Welsh? - -Yeah.	0:27:47	0:27:49
-In the Mabinogion stories...	0:27:53	0:27:55
-..there are places -where strange things happen.	0:27:55	0:27:59
-Magical things.	0:27:59	0:28:01
-That's what Felinfach is like.	0:28:03	0:28:05
-On the outside, it's a shed, -and always will be.	0:28:05	0:28:09
-But inside, well...	0:28:09	0:28:12
-..something new and different -always happens.	0:28:12	0:28:17
-In the early 1980s, it was a film.	0:28:18	0:28:20
-Who do you think -produced the film?	0:28:21	0:28:23
-Yes, you're starting to get the -picture. The children themselves.	0:28:23	0:28:28
-When the panto's big children -saw the little children's videos...	0:28:32	0:28:35
-..they wanted to produce a film too.	0:28:36	0:28:38
-What's going on here then?	0:28:38	0:28:40
-They told me seven o'clock -and dress up as Deina!	0:28:43	0:28:47
-Why haven't you changed?	0:28:48	0:28:50
-Before long, a panto wasn't a panto -unless it contained a film.	0:28:50	0:28:55
-Silent movies!	0:28:55	0:28:57
-I WANT A WEE-WEE	0:28:58	0:28:59
-WE'VE CAUGHT Y BRODYR BACH!	0:29:10	0:29:12
-Locations varied greatly...	0:29:13	0:29:15
-..from running around Lampeter -dressed up...	0:29:15	0:29:19
-Cars were passing -and I was chasing a Morris Minor.	0:29:19	0:29:24
-The vicar was driving -the Morris Minor.	0:29:24	0:29:27
-Euros shouted, -"Run across the road.	0:29:27	0:29:30
-"Just go, just go!"	0:29:31	0:29:32
-Driving the wrong way around -New Quay in a beach buggy.	0:29:33	0:29:37
-We hadn't notified the police!	0:29:37	0:29:39
-We had a caravan. -We had to tow the caravan.	0:29:44	0:29:47
-Rhys ap Hywel was in the caravan.	0:29:47	0:29:50
-He always popped up as a drunk.	0:29:51	0:29:54
-I was walking along the street. -The caravan went past.	0:29:55	0:29:59
-The caravan took my clothes with it!	0:30:00	0:30:03
-It was the middle of winter, -in December.	0:30:04	0:30:06
-Do you remember the horse, -riding the horse?	0:30:07	0:30:09
-We needed a stunt double to ride -the horse wearing a cloak and hat.	0:30:11	0:30:17
-I had to sit on the horse...	0:30:18	0:30:19
-..for the opening shot, -to show I was riding it.	0:30:20	0:30:23
-It was so big, I froze!	0:30:23	0:30:25
-It was flippin' freezing, -the field was frozen.	0:30:25	0:30:29
-Euros said, "All you have to do -is lie down there.	0:30:30	0:30:33
-"It won't touch you!"	0:30:34	0:30:36
-I lay down there and prayed.	0:30:37	0:30:39
-The horse just jumped over me.	0:30:40	0:30:43
-In one of the films, -we were on the ferry to Rosslare.	0:30:46	0:30:52
-In a storm.	0:30:54	0:30:56
-A raging storm.	0:30:56	0:30:58
-When I went down below, -I was so ill, so ill.	0:30:58	0:31:02
-She turned green.	0:31:03	0:31:05
-She had a look around -for somewhere to be sick.	0:31:07	0:31:10
-There were no buckets, -no toilets and no sick bags.	0:31:11	0:31:15
-I told her to lift her apron up -and vomit into it.	0:31:15	0:31:19
-She walked to the nearest exit -and shook the vomit off her apron.	0:31:19	0:31:24
-Go on, get changed.	0:31:35	0:31:37
-Go on, get changed. - -It won't take long for me.	0:31:37	0:31:39
-There you are.	0:31:39	0:31:41
-Here she comes.	0:31:41	0:31:43
-I haven't seen that for years!	0:31:46	0:31:48
-Might as well...	0:31:55	0:31:56
-No film was produced...	0:31:58	0:32:00
-..when the National Eisteddfod -visited Lampeter in 1984.	0:32:00	0:32:04
-After all, everyone was too busy.	0:32:04	0:32:07
-From the children's pageant -to Dewrach Rhain - the musical...	0:32:07	0:32:11
-..and Elfyn Jenkins's -commissioned drama.	0:32:12	0:32:15
-The theatre's actors and technicians -were everywhere.	0:32:15	0:32:19
-When the circus left, -did everything die down? Oh, no!	0:32:20	0:32:23
-Not in the Aeron Valley.	0:32:24	0:32:25
-Look what you've done now.	0:32:28	0:32:30
-To maintain the enthusiasm, -a new festival was founded.	0:32:30	0:32:34
-Three of us were asked for Aerwyl...	0:32:34	0:32:37
-..to write short plays -for the first time.	0:32:38	0:32:43
-A night was organized -in the theatre during Aerwyl.	0:32:43	0:32:47
-My play, Trimins, -was one of three plays performed.	0:32:48	0:32:51
-If you're involved -with the theatre...	0:32:51	0:32:54
-..it's not always -a comfortable experience.	0:32:55	0:32:58
-They push you, -and I'm glad they do.	0:32:58	0:33:00
-That's the Felinfach ethos.	0:33:00	0:33:02
-A society -that challenges and creates.	0:33:02	0:33:05
-But at the beginning of the 1980s...	0:33:05	0:33:07
-..that also brought -with it its problems.	0:33:08	0:33:10
-The Prime Minister, Maggie Thatcher, -was rather challenging herself.	0:33:10	0:33:15
-Her only aim was to make money.	0:33:15	0:33:18
-She didn't like the word "society".	0:33:18	0:33:21
-How Theatr Felinfach -avoided her educational cuts...	0:33:22	0:33:27
-..only God, -and John Emrys Jones, know.	0:33:27	0:33:32
-But Maggie had -another destructive arsenal...	0:33:34	0:33:37
-..and it was about to explode in -the field next-door to the theatre.	0:33:37	0:33:43
-The Welsh flag flew -at half-mast in Felinfach today.	0:33:43	0:33:46
-The dairy factory -closed down at midday.	0:33:47	0:33:49
-Closing the dairy factory -was a massive blow...	0:33:52	0:33:55
-..not only for the Aeron Valley...	0:33:55	0:33:57
-..but for the rural community -across West Wales.	0:33:57	0:34:01
-"Whose villages?" -was no longer the question...	0:34:03	0:34:06
-..but whose milk?	0:34:07	0:34:09
-Whose jobs? Whose future?	0:34:09	0:34:11
-Could the theatre offer anything -to such a hopeless situation?	0:34:12	0:34:16
-More importantly...	0:34:17	0:34:18
-..did it have the right -to interfere in the first place?	0:34:18	0:34:22
-It has every right, every right.	0:34:22	0:34:24
-Since Pentrefi Pwy?, it has -developed that right for itself...	0:34:25	0:34:29
-..through the themes discussed -in the annual pantomime...	0:34:29	0:34:33
-..through the fact that it leads -the discussion and makes it happen.	0:34:33	0:34:38
-Ultimately, -the community is the theatre.	0:34:39	0:34:41
-In this case, the factory workers -who were losing their jobs...	0:34:42	0:34:45
-..they were the theatre.	0:34:46	0:34:48
-It was up to them -to use the theatre...	0:34:48	0:34:51
-..and for the theatre -to be used by them.	0:34:51	0:34:54
-The dairy farmers -and the rural neighbourhood...	0:34:54	0:34:57
-..are an integral part -of the ecology and system...	0:34:58	0:35:01
-..of local economy, -culture and language.	0:35:01	0:35:04
-The situation progressed with -young people utilizing the theatre.	0:35:05	0:35:09
-We opened our doors to young people -to gather together.	0:35:10	0:35:13
-During that first meeting...	0:35:14	0:35:17
-..they formed a drama society -just for them....	0:35:17	0:35:21
-..called Cwmni Theatr -Ieuenctid Ceredigion...	0:35:21	0:35:25
-..or as the acronym suggests...	0:35:25	0:35:27
-CIC! Cwmni Ieuenctid Ceredigion.	0:35:28	0:35:31
-Right then, Felinfach, watch out.	0:35:31	0:35:34
-This is where I come in.	0:35:34	0:35:35
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-Subtitles - -Subtitles	0:35:43	0:35:45
-Goodness me, there's so much -to say on this momentous occasion.	0:35:47	0:35:51
-As we said goodbye -to the 20th century...	0:35:51	0:35:54
-..Felinfach became -an important centre...	0:35:54	0:35:58
-..for filming TV dramas and shows.	0:35:58	0:36:01
-What do we have? -What's your first memory of CIC?	0:36:03	0:36:06
-Oh, dear me. Clod Y Cledd -was the first one I appeared in.	0:36:06	0:36:11
-Ryland was in that. -Lowri Steffan was in it.	0:36:11	0:36:14
-I was in that!	0:36:16	0:36:18
-Yes, Felinfach's stage.	0:36:20	0:36:22
-I'd been here numerous times before -to watch the panto...	0:36:22	0:36:27
-..but being part of Gareth Ioan's -play, Clod Y Cledd...	0:36:27	0:36:31
-..that's when I really -started to belong.	0:36:31	0:36:34
-Well, it was our stage.	0:36:34	0:36:36
-The ideas and creative energy...	0:36:36	0:36:40
-..behind this show were inspired -by the young people themselves.	0:36:40	0:36:44
-I'd catch the bus at 9.00am on -Sunday mornings, as a 15-year-old.	0:36:45	0:36:49
-A large gang -travelled down from Penweddig.	0:36:49	0:36:52
-Travelling on the bus was more -than an ordinary bus journey.	0:36:53	0:36:57
-We'd meet friends and the journey -was part of the experience.	0:36:57	0:37:01
-One of the main strengths -is building confidence.	0:37:02	0:37:05
-We were outside the confines -of the school, in a different place.	0:37:05	0:37:10
-You met different people.	0:37:10	0:37:12
-Personal development...	0:37:12	0:37:14
-..is more important than -anything you gain from education.	0:37:15	0:37:19
-Once again, the doors of -Theatr Felinfach were opened wide...	0:37:20	0:37:24
-..and a new generation -of creativity was born.	0:37:25	0:37:28
-At the beginning of the 1990s...	0:37:28	0:37:30
-..the theatre capitalized -on this creativity.	0:37:30	0:37:33
-The pioneering Cardis -formed their own radio station...	0:37:33	0:37:38
-..Radio Ceredigion.	0:37:38	0:37:39
-During the early years, the radio -workshop produced radio plays...	0:37:40	0:37:44
-..that were heard -by very few people.	0:37:44	0:37:47
-Now, here they were, along -with the enthusiasm of youth...	0:37:47	0:37:51
-..creating a daily soap opera...	0:37:51	0:37:53
-..for an audience -from Machynlleth to Preseli.	0:37:53	0:37:56
-Over there, Dad.	0:37:57	0:37:58
-Over there, Dad. - -Do you have to be so noisy?	0:37:58	0:38:00
-Oh, Dad!	0:38:00	0:38:02
-In contrast to The Archers...	0:38:02	0:38:04
-..Bontlwyd was written and performed -by the rural community...	0:38:04	0:38:09
-..people from across Ceredigion.	0:38:09	0:38:11
-The modern, -multi-cultural Ceredigion.	0:38:11	0:38:14
-By facing and adapting to reality...	0:38:14	0:38:18
-..Theatr Felinfach could offer -opportunities to everyone...	0:38:18	0:38:23
-..whether they were raised locally -or not.	0:38:24	0:38:26
-I was born in London -and raised in a village in Kent.	0:38:27	0:38:32
-We moved to Wales -just before Christmas 1987.	0:38:32	0:38:37
-I was raised for a second time -in Theatr Felinfach!	0:38:38	0:38:41
-I could feel the welcome -of the local community.	0:38:41	0:38:44
-Had I not felt it...	0:38:45	0:38:46
-..I wouldn't have gone on -to do what I've done...	0:38:46	0:38:50
-..but I was welcomed -by just about everyone.	0:38:50	0:38:53
-Amazing!	0:38:53	0:38:54
-The theatre developed a partnership -with the Welsh Development Agency...	0:38:55	0:39:00
-..the Urdd and S4C.	0:39:01	0:39:04
-The partnership allowed the theatre -to employ its first youth officer.	0:39:04	0:39:11
-One of the most important aspects -was ensuring that the door was open.	0:39:11	0:39:16
-We tried to attract youngsters -from all linguistic backgrounds...	0:39:16	0:39:22
-..with different backgrounds -and abilities.	0:39:22	0:39:25
-We started with the theatre's -cultural strength...	0:39:25	0:39:30
-..and then branched out and welcomed -people who'd moved into the area.	0:39:30	0:39:35
-We gave them opportunities -to produce and create something...	0:39:36	0:39:41
-..that was intrinsically Welsh.	0:39:41	0:39:44
-It would have been easier -just to work with Welsh speakers...	0:39:44	0:39:48
-..but that would have been -irresponsible.	0:39:48	0:39:51
-There are other languages -and cultures.	0:39:52	0:39:54
-When the Urdd Eisteddfod -visited Lampeter in 1999...	0:39:55	0:40:00
-..everyone expected CIC -to perform a musical drama.	0:40:00	0:40:05
-Welcome to the world's backside.	0:40:05	0:40:07
-But they wanted to produce a film, -a real cinematic film.	0:40:08	0:40:12
-A lot of incomers -have moved into this area.	0:40:18	0:40:22
-They sometimes feel trapped here, -that they have nothing.	0:40:22	0:40:27
-The Hambons project -managed to integrate them.	0:40:27	0:40:31
-Have you seen the notices Emma -and Marged put up about the show?	0:40:31	0:40:34
-What's so funny?	0:40:36	0:40:37
-What's so funny? - -I've seen them, but...	0:40:37	0:40:39
-They're in Welsh, is it?	0:40:39	0:40:41
-I know that "gitar" means guitar.	0:40:41	0:40:42
-I know that "gitar" means guitar. - -Come to the next practice.	0:40:42	0:40:44
-I don't fancy it.	0:40:45	0:40:46
-I don't fancy it. - -Why not?	0:40:46	0:40:47
-I'm English. I don't speak Welsh.	0:40:47	0:40:50
-Two different things.	0:40:50	0:40:52
-The energy cascaded.	0:40:52	0:40:54
-It just didn't stop.	0:40:55	0:40:58
-It actually built from week to week.	0:40:59	0:41:01
-You felt as though you were on fire.	0:41:02	0:41:04
-We were so energetic -because it was ours.	0:41:04	0:41:07
-We'd created it -right from the start.	0:41:07	0:41:10
-I remember reading the script for -the first time, the actual script.	0:41:10	0:41:15
-They'd kept everything in it.	0:41:15	0:41:17
-I thought they would cut -a lot of it.	0:41:17	0:41:19
-It was great. It was the same -enthusiasm I'd seen when CIC began.	0:41:20	0:41:27
-Be quiet!	0:41:27	0:41:29
-Theatr Felinfach has always -put its faith in youngsters...	0:41:29	0:41:33
-..and that's why it's succeeded.	0:41:33	0:41:35
-It's trusted them.	0:41:35	0:41:37
-It knows the ideas -will flourish and work.	0:41:38	0:41:41
-It doesn't take over.	0:41:42	0:41:45
-# Will be heard over everything	0:41:46	0:41:49
-# From day to day #	0:41:49	0:41:54
-It was a pleasure to work with them.	0:41:54	0:41:57
-It was their idea, -they were responsible for it.	0:41:57	0:42:00
-It was their little baby.	0:42:00	0:42:04
-They gave it 100%.	0:42:05	0:42:08
-# Birds of a feather #	0:42:09	0:42:12
-Hey, whoa, whoa, whoa! -That girl in the chorus.	0:42:14	0:42:17
-That's the one. -We've seen here before. Tegwen?	0:42:18	0:42:21
-Are you going to learn Welsh?	0:42:23	0:42:25
-Are you going to learn Welsh? - -Yes.	0:42:25	0:42:26
-# Who made the stars above, -the stars above, the stars above	0:42:27	0:42:31
-# Who made the stars above? -The Lord our God #	0:42:31	0:42:34
-The schools, the education system, -formal education in school...	0:42:35	0:42:39
-..are responsible for teaching -Welsh to children...	0:42:40	0:42:44
-.. but the work of drama clubs, -Cadw Swn and CIC...	0:42:44	0:42:47
-..is to provide a context -and culture from where it can grow.	0:42:47	0:42:52
-A daily radio soap opera, -a cinematic film...	0:42:52	0:42:57
-..and at the beginning of -the millennium, a series on S4C.	0:42:57	0:43:02
-No tree felling, no tree felling.	0:43:02	0:43:05
-While the children -of the Marinogion...	0:43:15	0:43:18
-..had the help -of the Mabinogion's heroes...	0:43:18	0:43:21
-..Theatr Felinfach used magic -and every possible medium...	0:43:21	0:43:26
-..to create and sustain -a confident, creative community.	0:43:26	0:43:31
-Just as Hywel had done -at the beginning of our story...	0:43:32	0:43:36
-..Felinfach now offered -new opportunities and challenges...	0:43:36	0:43:41
-..for performers young and old.	0:43:41	0:43:43
-It would be obvious.	0:43:45	0:43:46
-It would be obvious. - -Obvious.	0:43:46	0:43:48
-There was nothing on the other side, -the stupid girl. The stupid girl!	0:43:54	0:44:00
-The new partnerships -helped the theatre...	0:44:00	0:44:04
-..move its stage out of the theatre.	0:44:04	0:44:07
-It's a show inspired by the dairy -and beef industry in Ceredigion...	0:44:07	0:44:11
-..a show about the place -where I was raised.	0:44:12	0:44:14
-One upstairs to fetch a blanket...	0:44:15	0:44:17
-..another off in the car to prepare -a statement for the radio.	0:44:17	0:44:22
-Finally, around the farms...	0:44:22	0:44:24
-In the panto, heroes never manage -to eradicate the baddies completely.	0:44:24	0:44:28
-They flee, -only to return the following year.	0:44:29	0:44:32
-They return to threaten again.	0:44:32	0:44:34
-Theatr Felinfach has faced different -threats over the decades.	0:44:34	0:44:39
-Ceredigion's rural communities -have battled continuously.	0:44:39	0:44:43
-Be quiet!	0:44:43	0:44:45
-The Minister for Rural Affairs...	0:44:45	0:44:48
-..will meet representatives -from Dairygold...	0:44:48	0:44:51
-..to discuss the future -of its factory in Felinfach.	0:44:51	0:44:55
-But by turning every crisis -into a drama...	0:44:55	0:44:59
-..from Pentrefi Pwy? -to Drwg Yn Y Caws...	0:44:59	0:45:02
-..over the past 40 years...	0:45:03	0:45:05
-..it has made sure that -the positive and creative mind...	0:45:05	0:45:09
-..is always ready -to face every negative blow.	0:45:09	0:45:13
-# We are the strong beat of the drum	0:45:13	0:45:18
-# We are the excitement... #	0:45:19	0:45:23
-By the end of another -powerful production...	0:45:23	0:45:26
-..a united audience and crew...	0:45:26	0:45:28
-..helped turn the machine cogs -in an empty factory once more.	0:45:28	0:45:32
-The machinery of the theatre -continues to work.	0:45:33	0:45:36
-The drama clubs, pantomime...	0:45:37	0:45:39
-..and a scheme to link culture -to language in local schools.	0:45:40	0:45:43
-There's also a strong bond with -young farmers' clubs in West Wales.	0:45:43	0:45:48
-Yes, 40 years later...	0:45:48	0:45:51
-..Theatr Felinfach continues -to create, challenge and invest.	0:45:51	0:45:55
-Talking of investment, -what about CIC...	0:45:56	0:45:59
-..the company that invested -its faith in me?	0:45:59	0:46:02
-What are they up to nowadays?	0:46:02	0:46:04
-What are they up to nowadays? - -CIC has just visited Ireland.	0:46:04	0:46:06
-There were numerous aims -for that project...	0:46:06	0:46:09
-..but the main aim was -to provide opportunities...	0:46:10	0:46:13
-..to work with people with -similar linguistic, geographical...	0:46:13	0:46:17
-..and cultural backgrounds.	0:46:17	0:46:19
-It was also a creative -theatrical experience.	0:46:19	0:46:22
-They staged a show within a week.	0:46:22	0:46:24
-The skills learnt when acting...	0:46:24	0:46:27
-..such as meeting others -and learning how to socialize...	0:46:27	0:46:32
-..will help whatever plans -a person has for the future.	0:46:32	0:46:36
-I've developed as a person -through this.	0:46:37	0:46:40
-I feel more confident.	0:46:40	0:46:42
-Well, that was some journey.	0:46:44	0:46:46
-If anyone asked me -to sum up Theatr Felinfach...	0:46:48	0:46:52
-..and what it meant, -what would I say?	0:46:52	0:46:55
-Local. -Belonging.	0:46:55	0:46:57
-Experiences. -Society.	0:46:57	0:46:59
-Freedom.	0:47:00	0:47:01
-Company. -Fun.	0:47:01	0:47:03
-Passion.	0:47:03	0:47:04
-Learning without being aware of it.	0:47:05	0:47:07
-If you had -15-20 theatres like Felinfach...	0:47:07	0:47:12
-..all together, what kind of thing -would we be discussing now?	0:47:13	0:47:18
-I have a question for you now.	0:47:22	0:47:24
-Could you benefit from something -like this on your area?	0:47:25	0:47:29
-And the truth is...	0:47:30	0:47:31
-And the truth is... - -Ding, ding, ding.	0:47:31	0:47:32
-Correct!	0:47:32	0:47:33
-# Off we go in the charabanc, -off we go now	0:47:33	0:47:37
-# Let's all go together, -off we go now to the Aeron Valley	0:47:38	0:47:45
-# Off we go in the charabanc	0:47:46	0:47:49
-# Off we go now	0:47:49	0:47:51
-# Hold on to your seats -as we turn the corners	0:47:51	0:47:53
-# Off we go now in the charabanc	0:47:54	0:47:56
-# Off we go now in the charabanc	0:47:56	0:47:58
-# In the chara...	0:47:58	0:48:02
-# Bang, bang! #	0:48:05	0:48:07
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