Our story
Welcome to Contemporancient Theatre CIC
A professional theatre company bringing contemporary theatre, exploring the history of Wales, to small venues around South Wales, engaging communities in exploring their own stories, past and present.
Croeso i Contemporancient Theatre CIC
Cwmni theatr yw Contemporancient Theatre Company, wedi ei ffurfio gan ddramodydd, actor a chyfarwyddwr Vic Mills a bardd, nofelydd ac athro academaidd Kevin Mills. Pwrpas Contemporancient Theatre yw i ddod â theatr gyfoes i leoliadau bach ar draws De Cymru, gan ymgysylltu gyda’r gymuned i archwilio hanesion Cymru yn ogystal â’i straeon lleol, o’r gorffennol i’r presennol.
Behind the Scenes: Our Work & Values
Since being formed in 2019, the company has worked with Local Authorities in Wales and with Universities, Arts bodies, community funding bodies and local community based organisations to create and perform new pieces of theatrical work, with a unique blend of theatre, film, new music and poetry, telling stories from the history of the communities within which we perform.
We seek to educate about our own past in exciting and challenging ways; to engage people of South Wales, from school children to the elderly, with their own shared history, in ways which develop a sense of community through pride in a shared past and a shared sense of identity.
We perform for schools, colleges and the public across South Wales and beyond. Our company directors are volunteers in terms of running the company and are:
- Vic Mills – playwright, actor
- Professor Kevin Mills – academic, poet and lyricist
- Jemima Nicholas – actor, choreographer
- Sara Masry – actor, social media
- Dave Lowson – company chair and adviser
- Neil Maidman – dramaturg, director, technical director
- Stephen J Preston – musical director, composer
- Chris Lloyd – photographer, film-maker
- Olivia Dickeson – marketing
