What's On

The 2025 exhibition programme at Plas Glyn-y-Weddw has begun with an exhibition showcasing Welsh printmaking talent, by artists working across a variety of subjects, styles and media.

The Eirian Llwyd Memorial Award is the latest exhibition celebrating the work of the printer Eirian Llwyd together with a selection of previous winners of the Memorial Award and work by the 7 shortlisted artists for this year's 10th Anniversary Award. We are pleased to congratulate Flora McLachlan as the winner of the competition this year and Jonah Jones who was highly commended for his work.

Eirian Llwyd, originally from Prion near Denbigh, was a skilled and talented printer who perfected her craft under Tom Piper at the famous UWIC Art School which is now part of Cardiff Metropolitan University. 

During her life Eirian exhibited in galleries throughout Wales, and following her untimely death in 2014, her works were shown in the Senedd in Cardiff and Oriel Môn. She was a dedicated and passionate advocate for original prints as an artform and promoted the work of Welsh printmakers internationally in Brussels and Amsterdam. 

The works in the exhibition represent a breadth of her work, including some early watercolours, her print work during her student days and later mature work as she developed and perfected her craft.

To coincide with the Eirian Llwyd Memorial Award exhibition, we will be holding various events and creative sessions to celebrate printing here at the Plas. See below for dates. 

PLEASE NOTE THAT CHILDREN ARE TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT IN ALL THE WORKSHOPS

February 8 - Karen Owen - Creative writing workshop in response to artwork for adults

February 15 - Karen Owen - Creative writing workshop in response to artwork for adults

February 15-  Rhi Moxon - Printmaking session for younger children- screen-printing  + mono print

February 15- Rhi Moxon - Printmaking session for teens - screen-printing  + mono print

February 16 - Nigel Morris - Printmaking session for adults - dry point etching

February 22 - Karen Owen - Creative writing workshop in response to artwork for adults

February 22 - Rebecca F Hardy - Printmaking session for young adults 14+ - screen-printing 

February 27 - Casia Wiliam - Llên mewn Llun - Creative writing session for children - using the artwork as catalyst for story ideas

February 27 - Zoe Lewthwaite - Printmaking session for children- 'Print, Mark Making & Collage'

Dr Meinir Moncreiffe - lecture on early modern domestic violence - 'Silent Abuse of the Welsh Gentry Wives'

Bragod - Robert Evans & Mary-Anne Roberts - Duo giving historically informed performances of medieval Welsh music.

Mole yearns for adventure, Rat adores boats and Badger likes peace and quiet. Into their lives bursts Toad who loves very fast cars and just can’t seem to help getting into trouble. But can the animals reform Toad’s character and evict the squatters from his ancestral home to restore justice to the world? Kenneth Grahame’s perennial classic is brought to the stage in Illyria’s inimitable style.

Running time (approx): 1hr 40mins (inc 20 minute interval)

Suitable for ages 5+ 

Set on board the warship HMS Pinafore, the opera cheerfully mocks such Great British institutions as Class, Patriotism and the Royal Navy. Josephine, the captain's daughter, is in love with Ralph a common sailor; but her father wants her to marry Sir Joseph Porter, First Lord of the Admiralty. The couple are caught as they elope from the ship and Ralph is locked in the ship's dungeon. Only when certain revelations are made by Buttercup, a dockside vendor, can everyone end up freely marrying their true hearts' loves.​ This comic opera gets the complete Illyria treatment, faithfully performed by a reduced cast on a beautiful nautical set.

Running time (approx): 2hrs (inc 20 minute interval)

Suitable for all ages.

Falstaff is skint. He decides his only option is to seduce the wives of two wealthy merchants. But the women are best friends, and of course they spill their hearts to each other every day... Scandalised not just that Falstaff wrote to them but that he sent them identical love-letters, they vow to play tricks on him when he comes calling. Finally, with the help of their husbands and friends, the merry wives lure him to a haunted forest and teach him a lesson he won't forget! Illyria is an intrepid band of five actors who perform Shakespeare’s plays direct from the First Folio, the most authoritative edition of Shakespeare’s plays. It’s fast, it’s polished and it’s spoken beautifully. Illyria last performed this hilarious play in 2008 and we can't wait to bring it back!

Running time (approx): 2hrs 20mins (inc 20 minute interval)

Suitable for all ages.