Grandramodi

Grandramodi is a collaboration between both Cymdithas Drama Gymraeg Abertawe & Grand Ambition. We are both equally excited to launch The Welsh Playwriting Competition.

Cymdeithas Drama Gymraeg Abertawe and the Grand Theatre share a creative history. In its heyday the Grand hosted CDGA's drama festival, twice a year, usually consisting of three separate plays performed over the space of a week to full houses. Times have changed and CDGA has changed direction, becoming a sponsoring rather than performing entity, but still in keeping with its mission to foster Welsh-language drama in the Swansea area. Over the last ten years the society has awarded a total of 21 bursaries to drama students and sponsored a number of theatrical events in the area. The new Grandramodi project brings things around full circle by teaming up with Grand Ambition with the specific aims of fostering and promoting Welsh-language writing and hopefully reaching out to a new audience in Swansea. We are requesting that all applicants submit 10 pages of an original play for theatre written in the Welsh language. The script must have no more than 4 characters and must not have been produced elsewhere or received any other awards or prizes.

The winner will initially receive £2,500. Then, on completion of the script, and in agreement with the competition judges and Grandramodi team, a further £2,500 will be awarded. Making the overall prize money £5000!

DEADLINE for Submissions - 5th November 2024

All entries must be sent to post@dramabertawe.com by midnight November 5th 2024.

We are looking forward to hearing from you, we wish you all the best of luck.