"a spell-binding visual treat"
The Times
"Cyflwyniad theatr arbennig - y
grwpio a'r patrymau, y sinistr a'r pathos, y props, yr elfennau
o ffars a ffantasi - atgofion o'r abswrd a swrealaeth a phantomeim
- sy ddim yn newydd wrth gwrs. Roedd llwyth o symbolau, a'r
cyfan yn rhoi i ni gyflwyniad theatr a noson i'w chofio...
Ond beth oedd gan Edward Thomas i'w ddweud? Fe gafwyd sôn
am arwyr cenedl fach: pobl wedi eu siomi, - y tiwniwr piano
, y briodferch, ei chariad yn dal yn y rhyfel yn y byd ffantasi.....Yr
oedd y sgript yn ddoniol fywiog yn nhafodiaeth y De - yn byrlymu
o gymariaethau a dywediadau.
Sonnir gan yr awdur am iaith i gyflwyno theatr fyw - yn Iwerddon
mae yna theatr fyw ond yn yr iaith Saesneg. A allwn ni godi
adwaith ac ymateb yng Nghymru? Efallai mae arnom ni y Cymry
byw mae'r bai. Ai Cymru sy farw neu'r Cymry eu hunain?"
Y Faner 16/6/1989
"A motely crew of Welsh people - from Dan, the one-eyed
piano teacher, to the captain who has lost his past, his language
and his trousers - create a spell-binding visual treat exploring
themes of belief and belonging. The Welsh language contributes
to the sense of magical disorientation, and Dalier Sylw's plot
synopsis fills in the gaps admirably"
The Times, festival listings
"Thomas's challenging new play in Welsh...will cause a
stir.
Against a background of fields and rolling hills, they subvert
all cliches and stereotypes of Wales.
If there is a message in this play it is that identity has
to be built out of the present, whatever the origin, vulnerability
and seeming oddness of the material. The aggressive, vivid performances
which give the play its feeling of logic and conviction, state
that these Welsh people, at least, know who they are and where
they are coming from"
John Fairley, The Guardian
30/8/1989
"Adar Heb Adenydd both revels in and mocks the conventions.
In an aggressively anti-naturalistic production, the characters
are out of Beckett, a mercenary struggling to learn Welsh and
whose uniform has been stolen by a Fool, a guru-cum-piano tuner
, a spurned bride complete with wedding dress, an escaped prisoner
and a pregnant girl who gives birth to a beach ball. A skeleton
taken to be the remains of a national hero turns out to be a
railway worker."
David Adams, The Guardian
20/6/1989
