Solo performer Guy Masterson will celebrate the 70th anniversary of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood with a week of shows at Wilton’s Music Hall.
Inspired by his uncle, Richard Burton, who led the first broadcast on the BBC World Service in January 1954, Olivier Award winner Masterson has brought the entirety of Thomas’ work to vivid life on stage, by himself, more than 2,000 times all over the world over the past 30 years.
All 69 of Thomas’ wonderfully quirky inhabitants of the fictional Welsh village Llareggub, from Blind Captain Cat, to Rosie Probert and the Reverend Eli Jenkins, are assiduously recreated in an amazing feat of memory and physical virtuosity.
Presented by Masterson and Theatre Tours International, the show is directed by Tony Boncza (with original direction by George Dillon), with original music and soundscape by Matt Clifford.
Under Milk Wood plays from May 9-13.