Billy Elliot the Musical has won the hearts of millions since it opened in London’s West End in 2005.

Set in a northern mining town, against the background of the 1984/85 miners’ strike, Billy’s journey takes him out of the boxing ring and into a ballet class where he discovers a passion for dance that inspires his family and whole community and changes his life forever.

Starring Elliott Hanna as Billy, Ruthie Henshall as Mrs. Wilkinson, and Deka Walmsley, Ann Emery, and Chris Grahamson as Billy's father, grandmother, and older brother, respectively.

Includes an interval.

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Mae Billy Elliot the Musical wedi ennill calonnau miliynau ers iddi agor yn West End Llundain yn 2005.

Wedi’i gosod mewn tref lofaol yn y gogledd, yn erbyn cefndir streic y glowyr 1984/85, mae taith Billy yn mynd ag ef allan o’r cylch bocsio ac i mewn i ddosbarth bale lle mae’n darganfod teimlo dau angerddol am ddawns sy’n ysbrydoli ei deulu a’i gymuned gyfan ac yn newid ei fywyd am byth.

Yn serennu Elliott Hanna fel Billy, Ruthie Henshall fel Mrs Wilkinson, a Deka Walmsley, Ann Emery, a Chris Grahamson fel tad, nain, a brawd hŷn Billy, yn y drefn honno.

I gynnwys egwyl.

Starring Tony nominee Jeremy Jordan and Olivier nominee Frances Mayli McCann, this award-winning production (including Best New Musical - What’s On Stage Awards 2023) re-tells the unbelievable true story of America's most infamous couple, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.

Recorded live at London’s Theatre Royal Drury Lane, discover the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.

Includes an interval.

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Gyda Jeremy Jordan, a enwebwyd am wobrau Tony ac Olivier, a Frances Mayli McCann, mae’r cynhyrchiad arobryn hwn (Sioe Gerdd Newydd Orau - Gwobrau What’s On Stage 2023) yn ail adrodd stori wir anghredadwy cwpl mwyaf gwaradwyddus America, Bonnie Parker a Clyde Barrow.

Wedi’i recordio’n fyw yn y Theatre Royal Drury Lane yn Llundain, darganfyddwch stori gariad, antur a throsedd drydanol a ddaliodd sylw cenedl gyfan.

I gynnwys egwyl.

Director: Marc Webb/2024/USA/109mins  

Magic mirror on the wall, take us back to the story that started it all.  Disney revisit their first animated feature with a magical live-action reimagining of the original 1937 classic.

Rachel Zegler stars as the titular Snow White, a princess who joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the Evil Queen, played by Gal Gadot.  Emilia Faucher plays the young Snow White.

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Cyfarwddwr: Marc Webb/2024/USA/109munud

Ddrych hud ar y wal, ewch â ni yn ôl at y stori a ddechreuodd y cyfan. Mae Disney yn ailedrych ar eu ffilm animeiddiedig gyntaf gydag ail-ddychmygiad bywiog a hudol o glasur gwreiddiol 1937.

Mae Rachel Zegler yn serennu fel Snow White, tywysoges sy'n ymuno â saith corrach i ryddhau ei theyrnas oddi wrth ei llysfam greulon y Frenhines Ddrwg, a chwaraeir gan Gal Gadot. Emilia Faucher sy'n chwarae rhan y Snow White ifanc.

HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT … AND SPEECH but how on earth did that come about?!

In this illustrated presentation (in English), our local speaker, Boyd Williams will answer the question citing evidence from several sources, including archaeology, DNA studies, English place-names and historical documents.

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WEDI'I GUDDIO MEWN GOLWG PLAEN ... A LLEFARU ond sut ar y ddaear ddaeth hynny?!

Yn y cyflwyniad darluniadol hwn (yn Saesneg), bydd ein siaradwr lleol, Boyd Williams yn ateb y cwestiwn gan nodi tystiolaeth o sawl ffynhonnell, gan gynnwys archaeoleg, astudiaethau DNA, enwau lleoedd Saesneg a dogfennau hanesyddol.

CELEBRATING DAVID LYNCH (1946 – 2025)

Please join us for a special double bill to celebrate the work of the renowned American filmmaker who died on 16th January, aged 78 with The Straight Story at 6:30pm followed by Blue Velvet at 8:45pm.

Tickets are available for each film separately or as a special saver ticket valid for both (see Theatr Gwaun website, https://theatrgwaun.com/ for details).

WHY NOT PURCHASE A COMBO TICKET FOR THE STRAIGHT STORY' AND 'BLUE VELVET' WHICH ENTITLES YOU TO A DISCOUNT OF £1.00 PER SCREENING.

TO BENEFIT FROM THIS OFFER, ENTER DISCOUNT CODE 'LYNCH2025' AT THE CHECKOUT.

Blue Velvet 8.45pm (18)

(Drama, Thriller)

Director: David Lynch/1986/USA/120mins

Possibly Lynch’s best-known film and widely considered his masterpiece.  Blue Velvet ‘an intensely 80s movie with an intensely 40s noir template’ (Peter Bradshaw), paints a disturbing portrait of how true evil can hide beneath suburban banality.  

After clean-cut college student Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) discovers a severed ear near his home, his investigation leads him to singer Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) and he soon finds himself dragged into a sadistic criminal world.

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DATHLU DAVID LYNCH (1946 – 2025)

Ymunwch â ni am rhaglen ddwbl arbennig i ddathlu gwaith y gwneuthurwr ffilmiau Americanaidd enwog a fu farw ar 16eg Ionawr, yn 78 oed gyda The Straight Story am 6:30yh ac yna Blue Velvet am 8:45yh.

Mae tocynnau ar gael ar gyfer pob ffilm ar wahân neu fel tocyn arbed arbennig sy’n ddilys ar gyfer y ddwy (gweler gwefan Theatr Gwaun, https://theatrgwaun.com/ am fanylion).

BETH AM BRYNU TOCYN COMBO AR GYFER 'THE STRAIGHT STORY' A 'BLUE VELVET' SY'N RHOI HAWL I CHI GAEL GOSTYNGIAD O £1.00 Y SGRINIO.

ER MWYN ELWA O'R CYNNIG HWN, NODWCH GOD DISGOWNT 'LYNCH2025' WRTH Y DDESG DALU.

Blue Velvet 8.45yh (18)

(Drama, Cyffro)

Cyfarwyddwr: David Lynch/1986/UDA/120munud

Ffilm fwyaf adnabyddus Lynch o bosibl ac a ystyriwyd yn gampwaith.  Mae Blue Velvet ‘ffilm ddwys o’r 80au gyda thempled noir dwys o’r 40au’ (Peter Bradshaw), yn paentio portread annifyr o sut y gall gwir ddrygioni guddio o dan banality maestrefol.  

Ar ôl i fyfyriwr coleg glân Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) ddarganfod clust wedi torri ger ei gartref, mae ei ymchwiliad yn ei arwain at y gantores Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini) a buan y caiff ei lusgo i fyd troseddol sadistaidd.

CELEBRATING DAVID LYNCH (1946 – 2025)

Please join us for a special double bill to celebrate the work of the renowned American filmmaker who died on 16th January, aged 78 with The Straight Story at 6:30pm followed by Blue Velvet at 8:45pm.  

Tickets are available for each film separately or as a special saver ticket valid for both (see Theatr Gwaun website, https://theatrgwaun.com/ for details).

WHY NOT PURCHASE A COMBO TICKET FOR THE STRAIGHT STORY' AND 'BLUE VELVET' WHICH ENTITLES YOU TO A DISCOUNT OF £1.00 PER SCREENING.

TO BENEFIT FROM THIS OFFER, ENTER DISCOUNT CODE 'LYNCH2025' AT THE CHECKOUT.

The Straight Story 6:30pm (U)

(Drama)

Director: David Lynch/1999/USA/111mins

Based on the true story of 73 year old Alvin Straight who, after learning that his estranged brother, Lyle, is critically ill, takes to his 5mph ride-on mower to travel 240 miles from his home in Iowa to reunite with Lyle in Mount Zion. This story of forgiveness and endurance 'plays like a beautiful elegy for an America that no longer exists' (Christian Holub).

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DATHLU DAVID LYNCH (1946 – 2025)

Ymunwch â ni am raglen ddwbl arbennig i ddathlu gwaith y gwneuthurwr ffilmiau Americanaidd enwog a fu farw ar 16eg Ionawr, yn 78 oed gyda The Straight Story am 6:30yh ac yna Blue Velvet am 8:45yh.

Mae tocynnau ar gael ar gyfer pob ffilm ar wahân neu fel tocyn arbed arbennig sy’n ddilys ar gyfer y ddwy (gweler gwefan Theatr Gwaun, https://theatrgwaun.com/ am fanylion).

BETH AM BRYNU TOCYN COMBO AR GYFER 'THE STRAIGHT STORY' A 'BLUE VELVET' SY'N RHOI HAWL I CHI GAEL GOSTYNGIAD O £1.00 Y SGRINIO.

ER MWYN ELWA O'R CYNNIG HWN, NODWCH GOD DISGOWNT 'LYNCH2025' WRTH Y DDESG DALU.

The Straight Story 6:30yh (U)

(Drama)

Cyfarwyddwr: David Lynch/1999/UDA/111munud

Yn seiliedig ar stori wir Alvin Straight, 73 oed, sydd, ar ôl dysgu bod ei frawd, Lyle, sydd wedi ymddieithrio, yn ddifrifol wael, yn mynd â'i beiriant torri gwair 5mya i deithio 240 milltir o'i gartref yn Iowa i aduno â Lyle yn Mount Zion. Mae'r stori hon am faddeuant a dygnwch 'yn chwarae fel marwnad hardd i America nad yw'n bodoli mwyach' (Christian Holub).

Director: Gints Zilbalodis/2024/Latvia,Belgium/France/85mins  

Winner of Best Animated Feature at the 2025 Oscars, this simple and beautiful animated tale features no dialogue and follows a solitary, but courageous, cat whose home is devastated by a great flood.

Finding refuge on a boat populated by various other animals, they must work together despite their differences in order to survive.    

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Cyfarwyddwr: Gints Zilbalodis/2024/Latvia,Belgium/France/85munud

Enillydd y Ffilm Animeiddiedig Orau yn Oscars 2025. Nid yw’r stori animeiddiedig syml a hardd hon yn cynnwys unrhyw ddeialog. Mae’n dilyn cath unig, ddewr, y mae ei chartref wedi’i ddifrodi gan lifogydd mawr.

Gan ddod o hyd i loches ar gwch sy'n cael ei phoblogi gan anifeiliaid amrywiol eraill, rhaid iddynt weithio gyda'i gilydd er gwaethaf eu gwahaniaethau er mwyn goroesi.

Director: Gonzalo Gutiérrez/2024/Argentina,Germany,Spain/88mins

11-year-old Alfonso, heir of the legendary Don Quixote, enlists his friends Pancho and Victoria, along with his three imaginary and musical rabbits, to help save their beloved town of La Mancha from a huge storm and the nefarious plans of an evil corporation.

An extraordinary and adventurous journey for the whole family to enjoy.  

Starring Karol Sevilla, Carla Peterson and Facundo Reyes.

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Cyfarwyddwr: Gonzalo Gutiérrez/2024/Argentina,Germany,Spain/88munud

Mae Alfonso, 11 oed, yn etifedd i’r chwedlonol Don Quixote. Gyda’i ffrindiau Pancho a Victoria, ynghyd â'i dri chwningen dychmygol a cherddorol, mae’n helpu i achub eu tref annwyl La Mancha rhag storm enfawr a chynlluniau erchyll corfforaeth ddrwg.

Taith ryfeddol ac anturus i’r teulu cyfan ei mwynhau.

Starring Karol Sevilla, Carla Peterson and Facundo Reyes.

Director: Laurent Tirard/2022/France/87mins/Subtitles  

Mother Veronique and the four eccentric sisters of the convent of St. Benedict set out to save the dilapidated local nursing home by entering the local bicycle race and winning the €25,000 cash prize. The only hitch? None of them can ride a bicycle.

Laurent Tirard’s hilariously absurd comedy is pure chuckle-inducing silliness.

Starring Valérie Bonneton, Camille Chamoux and Claire Nadeau.

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Cyfarwyddwr: Laurent Tirard/2022/France/87munud/Is-deitlau

Mae y Fam Veronique a phedair chwaer ecsentrig o leiandy St Benedict yn cynllunio i achub y cartref nyrsio lleol adfeiliedig trwy gymryd rhan mewn ras feiciau leol ac ennill y wobr ariannol o €25,000. Yr unig broblem? Ni all yr un ohonynt reidio beic.

Mae comedi hynod ddoniol Laurent Tirard yn siwr o wneud i chi chwerthin.

Yn serennu Valérie Bonneton, Camille Chamoux and Claire Nadeau.

Director: Margy Kinmonth/2025/UK/90mins  

From British film director Margy Kinmonth, this feature documentary shines a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines around the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking the question: when it’s life or death, what do women see that men don’t?

Starring Assis Dias, Maggi Hambling and Marcella Hanselaar. 

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Cyfarwyddwr: Margy Kinmonth/2025/UK/90munud

Gan y cyfarwyddwr ffilm o Brydain, Margy Kinmonth, mae’r rhaglen ddogfen hon yn taflu goleuni ar rôl arloesol artistiaid rhyfel benywaidd. Ar y rheng flaen o gwmpas y byd, yn hyrwyddo persbectif benywaidd ar wrthdaro trwy gelf, maent yn gofyn y cwestiwn: pan fydd bywyd yn y fantol , beth mae menywod yn ei weld nad yw dynion yn ei weld?

Yn serennu Assis Dias, Maggi Hambling a Marcella Hanselaar.