The Winter’s Tale – Royal Shakespeare Company Summer 2025
Photo (c) Marc Brenner
This Summer I’ve been away playing and singing in a fantastic production of Shakespeare’s play The Winter’s Tale with the RSC, directed by the wonderful Yaël Farber. What an honour! 8 shows a week from mid July to the end of August – phew! I’m back home in mid Wales now and landing into Autumn slowly – taking necessary time to rest and refocus, and see what wants to come next in my creative realm…
Photo (c) Marc Brenner
My EP Mesolithic Mermaid is OUT NOW!!!
Find it on bandcamp here to listen / download:
https://thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com/album/mesolithic-mermaid
…and join me and others for an online Listening Party this eve at 7pm, also on my bandcamp…
https://thefairytalecellist.bandcamp.com/…/mesolithic…
Hope you enjoy – let me know what you think!
Thanks to Help Musicians for supporting me to release this into the world…
…thanks to Mike West for recording, mixing, mastering and co-producing the tracks…
…thanks to Celyn Adar Telyn for adding sublime duduk and clarinet..
…thanks to Ben Porter for the recording of Enlli’s singing seals featured on the title track…
…and huuuuge thanks to Peter Stevenson for inspiring the title and songs with his work on Welsh Folk Tales of Coast and Sea (check out his awesome, newly published book by the History Press). Watch this space (and follow me on social media) for mine and Pete’s series of joint launch events coming up over the Summer…
I’ve been busy this Winter recording my new EP Mesolithic Mermaid with Mike West in Our Lady Studio in Borth, gratefully supported by Help Musicians. Got some exciting launch plans for later in the Spring, so watch this space!
More music for your ears…
I did a fair bit of session work (on cello, viola da gamba and voice) in 2024. Here are some recent releases by other artists that I’m playing a small part in:
Album Shimli by Cynefin (Guardian Folk Album of the Month)
https://cynefinwales.bandcamp.com/album/shimli
Album Aden by Gwilym Bowen Rhys
https://gwilymbowenrhys.bandcamp.com/album/aden
Single Tra Bo Dau by Cerys Hafana
https://ceryshafana.bandcamp.com/track/tra-bo-dau
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