Musical telling true stories from women in welsh Valleys factory floor
ALL-FEMALE BILINGUAL MUSICAL PRESENTS A SLICE OF WELSH HISTORY: TIC TOC CELEBRATES TRUE TALES OF HEROISM, FRIENDSHIP & A FIGHT FOR EQUALITY FROM THE FACTORY FLOOR; WITH A LIVE BAND TRANSPORTING AUDIENCES TO THE FEEL-GOOD, SWINGING SIXTIES
Pan-Wales Tour February 23 – March 25, 2023
Writer and director Valmai Jones
Composer & musical director Catrin Edwards
A formidable female cast of Wales’ highly-respected actresses star in TIC TOC; an uplifting musical in both Welsh and English that transports audiences to the south Wales Valleys in the 1960s and 70s, telling the true stories of our mothers and grandmothers – the factory workers and their inspiring fight for justice and equality.
Featuring feel-good laughter, singing and dancing with a live band providing a brilliant and nostalgic soundtrack from the 60s, the stories of the tight-knit friendship group share their struggles against misogyny, discrimination and adversity as the Equal Pay Act 1970 sparked widespread strikes and closures. They sang, laughed and danced together and found strength in friendship. But their battle for fair pay and treatment remains pertinent today.
TIC TOC presents the story of a close-knit friendship group that battled through the adversity of the time but resulted in a devastating split. When a reunion is planned… one of them hasn’t been invited! There’s bitterness, hurt and tension. What if she turns up anyway? Where is she after all these years? There’s a longing to see her but also a dread. Gradually the past that brought the women to this point in time unfolds. Will enmity prevail or the bonds of re-kindled love and friendship?
Come and join us in the reunion with Gillian Elisa, Lowri-Ann Richards, Clare Hingott, Olwen Rees, Mary-Anne Roberts and Carys Gwilym.
TIC TOC pays homage to the strength, heroism and joie de vivre of factory women – celebrating their lives in a show that’s based on their stories and reminiscences. Join them to re-live those memories as they gather to re-create the good times and become young ‘jivers’ again in this joyful, uplifting show!
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CAST
Gillian Elisa Billy Eliot West End, Alys S4C, 35 Diwrnod S4C, Stella Sky TV,
Sherlock BBC, Gavin & Stacey BBC, A Mind to Kill S4C /
Channel 5
Lowri-Ann Richards New Romantic singer/cantor, alter ego LaLa Shockette,
cabaret artist and star of one woman shows / Seren cabaret a
sioeau un fenyw, Pobl y Cwm BBC Cymru
Clare Hingott Tourist Trap BBC Cymru, Stella Sky TV, The Indian Doctor BBC Cymru, 2 Dŷ a Ni S4C
Olwen Rees Stella Sky TV, 35 Diwrnod S4C, The Lifeboat BBC, Jack of
Hearts BBC, The Life & Times of Lloyd George BBC, Poems & Pints BBC Cymru
Mary-Anne Roberts Experimental theatr work / gwaith theatrig arbrofol, Chapter,
Member of folk band /aelod o fand gwerin Bragod
Carys Gwilym Rybish S4C, Nyrsys Theatr Genedlaethol, Bankrupt Bride Theatr na nÓg
THE TOUR / Y DAITH
Chapter – Cardiff / Caerdydd
Thurs/Iau 23 – Fri/Gwe 24 February/Chwefror @ 7.30 pm
Fri/Gwe 24 February/Chwefror @ 2.30 pm
Sat/Sad 25 February/Chwefror @ 5.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 029 2030 4400
Miners’ Institute – Blackwood | Sefydliad y Glöwyr – Coed-duon
Wed/Merch 1 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 01495 227206
Stiwdio 1 Park & Dare / Parc a Dâr | Treorchy / Treorci
Fri/Gwe 3 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 03000 040 444 / 01443 570030
Theatr Soar | Merthyr Tudful
Sat/Sad 4 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 01685 722176
Theatr y Ffwrnes | Llanelli
Tues/Mawrth 7 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 0345 226 3510
Theatr Hafren | Newtown / Drenewydd
Thurs/Iau 9 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 01686 948100
Theatr y Stiwt |Rhosllannerchrugog
Fri/Gwe 10 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 01978 841300
Theatr Twm o’r Nant | Denbigh / Dinbych
Sat/Sad 11 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau 01745 812349
Neuadd Goffa Cricieth Memorial Hall
Tues/Mawrth 14 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 01766 523672
Galeri | Caernarfon
Wed/Merch 15 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Thurs/Iau 16 March / Mawrth @ 2.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 01286 685222
Canolfan y Celfyddydau Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Fri/Gwe 17 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Sat/Sad 18 March / Mawrth @ 2.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 01970 623232
Theatr y Lyric | Carmarthen / Caerfyrddin
Wed/Merch 22 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 0345 226 3510
Torch Theatre | Milford Haven / Aberdaugleddau
Thurs/Iau 23 March / Mawrth @ 7.30 pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 01646 695267
The Welfare/Neuadd Lês | Ystradgynlais
Sat/Sad 25 March / Mawrth @ 7.30pm
Tickets/tocynnau: 01639 843163
