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What an incredible day celebrating the very best of British LGBTQ+ filmmaking!

From brilliant Best British short films and a fabulous lunch at the Clayton Hotel, featuring a special performance by Heather Small, to our Best British Awards ceremony, an amazing performance by Liam J Edwards and so much more! 🏆🎤💙

📸 @nathanielp_photography

Our full collection of festival photography will be uploaded to the Iris Prize Flickr throughout the week, so keep an eye out for more!

🔗 https://www.flickr.com/photos/irisprize/albums/

#Iris20 #IrisPrize #BestBritish #Film4 #PinewoodStudios #Channel4 #LGBTQFilm #Cardiff

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Rydym yn falch o weld pedair o gyfrolau Cyhoeddiadau'r Stamp yn cael lle ar silff lyfrau Cyfnewidfa Lên Cymru ar gyfer Hydref 2026 – casgliad o deitlau o Gymru a argymhellir i farchnadoedd rhyngwladol ar gyfer eu cyfieithu i ieithoedd eraill:

Non Prys Ifans a Steff ap Carys am eu pamffledi cyntaf o gerddi – Crocodeil yn Berwi Tegell a Sgwâr; Leo Drayton gyda'i ddrama – Dynolwaith; a Diffwys Criafol gyda'i chyfrol o ysgrifau – Ni Allwn-Allwn Ni. Llongyfarchiadau stampus iddyn nhw i gyd ar gael eu cydnabod fel hyn.

Mae'r llyfrau oll ar gael o'n gwefan, ystamp.cymru, ac o'ch siopau stampus lleol – gan obeithio y gwelwn ni ambell un ohonyn nhw'n teithio y tu hwnt i'r Gymraeg cyn bo hir 📚

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My production shots of Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd for @cwmnifranwen at @galericaernarfon

Writer: @mareallywelyn

Director: @gethinlloydevans

Designer: @elinsteele

Choreographer: @anthony_matsena

Composer: @gwilymgold

Sound Designer: @_sam_sain

Lighting Designer: Bretta Gerecke

Cast:

@garmonrhys
@loiselenidj
@sion_eifion
@sampreeves
@hughesmorfudd

Dramaturg: @lowrimorgan04

Assistant Director: @leo.drayton

Lighting Programmer & Associate
Lighting Designer: @misterjacobgowler

Fight Director: @owaingwynn

Intimacy Director: @lisajenbrown

Stage Manager: @alf_robinson

Deputy Stage Manager: @nia_james

Assistant Stage Manager: @lleucuelenidwilliams

Assistant Stage Manager & Scenic Artist: @belsburydesign

Sound Technician: @_.georgee._

LX #1 & Relighter: @jf_baxter_creative

Costume Design Intern: @mared_elan_jones

Captioner: @sophieeleri

BSL Interpreter: mcshanekouyate

Audio Description Writer: @i_gwyn

Production Managers:

@lewiswms
@deryncochcyf

Touring:

@galericaernarfon
@theatrausirgar
@aberystwytharts
@pontio_bangor
@shermantheatre
@theatrclwyd

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My production shots of Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd for @cwmnifranwen at @galericaernarfon

Writer: @mareallywelyn

Director: @gethinlloydevans

Designer: @elinsteele

Choreographer: @anthony_matsena

Composer: @gwilymgold

Sound Designer: @_sam_sain

Lighting Designer: Bretta Gerecke

Cast:

@garmonrhys
@loiselenidj
@sion_eifion
@sampreeves
@hughesmorfudd

Dramaturg: @lowrimorgan04

Assistant Director: @leo.drayton

Lighting Programmer & Associate
Lighting Designer: @misterjacobgowler

Fight Director: @owaingwynn

Intimacy Director: @lisajenbrown

Stage Manager: @alf_robinson

Deputy Stage Manager: @nia_james

Assistant Stage Manager: @lleucuelenidwilliams

Assistant Stage Manager & Scenic Artist: @belsburydesign

Sound Technician: @_.georgee._

LX #1 & Relighter: @jf_baxter_creative

Costume Design Intern: @mared_elan_jones

Captioner: @sophieeleri

BSL Interpreter: mcshanekouyate

Audio Description Writer: @i_gwyn

Production Managers:

@lewiswms
@deryncochcyf

Touring:

@galericaernarfon
@theatrausirgar
@aberystwytharts
@pontio_bangor
@shermantheatre
@theatrclwyd

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Last year @taylabatesofficial interviewed @leo.drayton on our @irisprize podcast.

The conversation explored “Dynolwaith” (@cwmnifranwen @shermantheatre ), “Teth” (@beastlymedia ), representation, and the privilege/responsibilities of being able to share your stories with audiences.

🎤 @taylabatesofficial
📹 💻 @abi_grace_creative

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Dathlu dau sgwennwr cyffrous penwsos yma. Rhagddangosiad Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd gan @maredllywelyn ac enwebiad @leo.drayton fel y sgwennwr gorau yng ngwobrau @thestageuk am Dynolwaith. Sgwennu newydd, gwreiddiol a beiddgar yn y Gymraeg. Ein braint yw cydweithio gyda’r ddau ⭐️

Celebrating two exciting writers this week: first preview of Wythnos yng Nghymru Fydd by Mared Llywelyn, and Leo Drayton’s nomination for Best Writer at The Stage awards for Dynolwaith. New, original, and bold writing in Welsh. It’s our privilege to collaborate with both of them ⭐️

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🤩 Sêr Cymreig yng Ngwobrau @thestageuk Debut Awards' Welsh stars

Pob lwc i’r talentau creadigol o Gymru sydd wedi’u henwebu yng ngwobrau @thestageuk Debut Awards y penwythnos hwn. Mewn cydweithrediad â @netflix, mae’r gwobrau’n dathlu artistiaid theatr y dyfodol.

Mae @leo.drayton wedi’i enwebu am Ysgrifennu Gorau gyda Dynolwaith, cynhyrchiad @shermantheatre a @cwmnifranwen. Mae’r monolog pwerus a phersonol, a berfformir gan Leo, yn archwilio ei daith fel dyn traws.

Hefyd yn y categori yma mae Chris Ashowrth-Bennion am The Red Rogue of Bala gan @theatrclwyd, comedi tanllyd yn llawn chwedloniaeth Gymreig.

Mae'r actor ifanc @dylanmalyn wedi’i enwebu am wobr Perfformiad Gorau am ei berfformiad 'hyfryd o wirion' fel Dill yn To Kill a Mockingbird @leedsplayhouse.

Ac mae @michellemcternan wedi’i henwebu am ei gwaith ar HOP — The Hopeful Hare @swanseagrandinsta, lle camodd i rôl y cyfarwyddwr am y tro cyntaf.

Pob lwc i bawb 🏆

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Best of luck to all the creative talent from Wales nominated at @thestageuk Debut Awards this weekend. In association with @netflix, the awards celebrate the theatre creatives of the future.

@leo.drayton is nominated for Best Writer for Dynolwaith, a @shermantheatre and @cwmnifran production. Performed by Leo, the powerful and deeply personal monologue explores his journey as a trans man.

Also nominated in this category is Chris Ashowrth-Bennion for his play The Red Rogue of Bala at @theatrclwyd, a fiery comedy full of Welsh mythology.

Actor @dylanmalyn is nominated for his 'goofily gorgeous' performance as Dill in the celebrated production To Kill a Mockingbird @leedsplayhouse.

And @michellemcternan is nominated for her work on HOP — The Hopeful Hare @swanseagrandinsta, which marked her directorial debut.

Best of luck to everyone 🏆

#TheStage #Nomination #TheatreAwards #TheStageDebutAwards A dark stage with bright spotlights reveals silhouettes dotted around, while white text on top reads Good Luck to the Welsh nominees at
The Stage Debut Awards this weekend

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Described by Folding Rock Magazine as "a riotous, textured collection of local voices", The Book of Cardiff takes us from the Papal visit of 1982, to the slayer of the mythical Llanishen Bear (famed from an early Facebook hoax), to a future in which the city no longer exists! This anthology mixes some of Cardiff's most exciting contemporary writing with classic short stories from Dannie Abse and Leonora Brito.

"This anthology proves that Cardiff's greatest strength is its people. Messy, imaginative, defiant, and endless worth writing about." – The Edit Wales

Edited by Isabella Barber and Martha O'Brien
Featuring: Dannie Abse, Declan Andrews, Hanan Issa, Martha O'Brien, John L. Williams, Leonora Brito, Leo Drayton (translated by Magred Elen Wiliam), Emma Harney, Jon Blake, Deborah Kay Davies and Alistair Reynolds.

"Essential reading for anyone wishing to understand the modern heart of Wales." – Buzz Magazine

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🌍We’re celebrating this Friday’s European Day of Languages with our first table read of the academic year🌍

The Five follows a year in the interconnected lives of five very different teenagers who forge a singular bond at their secondary school in north-West Wales.

Edited by Elgan Rhys and adapted by Mared Roberts, this collection of co-created stories was originally published as a Welsh-language series called “Y Pump.”

Check out our other fantastic recommendations from across Europe & borrow them from our library today!

#europeandayoflanguages #bookrecs #booksbooksbooks #schoollibrary

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Congratulations to this year’s phenomenal Best Writer nominees, sponsored by@sfpofficial at The Stage Debut Awards 2026, in association with Netflix

✨Chris Ashworth-Bennion for The Red Rogue of Bala at @theatrclwyd
✨@georgiedettmer for Are You Watching? at @royalcourttheatre
✨@_hannahpd for The Meat Kings! (Inc.) of Brooklyn Heights at @parktheatrelondon
✨@leo.drayton for Dynolwaith at @shermantheatre
✨@instafrankranz for Mass at @donmarwarehouse
✨John Morton for Eclipse at @chichesterft
✨@jacknicholls1000 for The Shitheads at @royalcourttheatre
✨@daniellee.phillips for Children of the Night at @castindoncaster

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Cyfle arbennig i bobl ifanc rhwng 16 a 25 oed ddatblygu dy lais ochr yn ochr â rhai o ddramodwyr mwyaf cyffrous Cymru.

An excellent opportunity for young people between 16 and 25 years old to develop alongside some of Wales’ most exciting playwrights.

🔗 franwen.com/cifw/cwmn-ifanc-sgwennu

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Here is another brilliant conversation in our @yabookprize interview series recorded last week at @edbookfest!

Noah and Daisy from @readingcafepod spoke to @elganrhys and @xmaredrobertsx about their groundbreaking multi-author novel, The Five.

This unique novel follows five Welsh teenagers over the course of a year which both challenges and shapes them as individuals.

#elganrhys #maredroberts #yabookprize #britishpodcastawards #scottishpodcastawards

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