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Show times: 13:00 and 19:30 Where: Y The Lab, Eagles Meadow, Wrexham LL13 8DG
Date: October 16th 2026
The Silent Volunteer (Aberfan)
In a moving tribute to all those affected by the Aberfan disaster, The Silent Volunteer asks the question, “Have we learnt from our mistakes?” Lovingly performed by a cast affected by what happened that Friday morning 60 years ago, the play explores the enormous role volunteers played in the aftermath, and how the events of 1966 have continued to shape mining communities ever since.The Silent Volunteer is a play about voices that have not yet found the words to speak — but who want the world to know the Aberfan disaster was not “an act of God”, and that future disasters in former mining areas can and must be prevented.Avant Cymru presents The Silent Volunteer, a play by Sue Bevan, alongside an exhibition and Q&A in partnership with Coalfield Regeneration.To mark the 60th anniversary of the Aberfan Disaster, the descendants of the volunteers are opening up a conversation about how this history continues to shape mining communities today — and why remembering, listening and learning still matters.
The Silent Volunteer (Aberfan)
Mewn teyrnged deimladwy i bawb yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan drychineb Aberfan, mae The Silent Volunteer yn gofyn y cwestiwn, "Ydyn ni wedi dysgu o'n camgymeriadau?" Wedi'i pherfformio â chariad gan gast yr effeithiwyd arnynt gan yr hyn a ddigwyddodd y bore Gwener hwnnw 60 mlynedd yn ôl, mae'r ddrama yn edrych ar y rôl enfawr a chwaraeodd gwirfoddolwyr yn dilyn hynny, a sut mae digwyddiadau 1966 wedi parhau i siapio cymunedau glofaol byth ers hynny.Mae The Silent Volunteer yn ddrama am leisiau nad ydynt wedi dod o hyd i'r geiriau i'w siarad eto - ond sydd eisiau i'r byd wybod nad oedd trychineb Aberfan yn "weithred Duw", a bod modd a bod rhaid atal trychinebau yn y dyfodol mewn hen ardaloedd glofaol.Mae Avant Cymru yn cyflwyno The Silent Volunteer, drama gan Sue Bevan, ochr yn ochr ag arddangosfa a sesiwn holi ac ateb mewn partneriaeth â Coalfield Regeneration.I nodi 60 mlynedd ers Trychineb Aberfan, mae disgynyddion y gwirfoddolwyr yn agor sgwrs am sut mae'r hanes hwn yn parhau i ffurfio cymunedau glofaol heddiw — a pham mae cofio, gwrando a dysgu yn dal i fod yn bwysig.
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Eagles Meadow, LL13 8DG Wrexham, United Kingdom, PIZZA EXPRESS, Smithfield Road, Wrexham, LL13 8, United Kingdom
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