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Tim Baker celebrates securing the rights to adapt “SKY HAWK”, the award-winning novel by Gill Lewis. |
Tim Baker, Associate Director of Clwyd Theatr Cymru, has succeeded in obtaining the rights to adapt Gill Lewis’ novel Sky Hawk for the stage, as a musical for young people. It will play at Clwyd Theatr Cymru in a specially created installation, designed by Ruth Hall. School performances are available from 12 June – 5 July, evening performances on 27 June & 4 July. This project will also be working closely with The Dyfi Osprey Team at Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust. Tim Baker said: “Sky Hawk has already won many awards and I am thrilled to be able to bring it to Clwyd’s stage and pleased to be working with Musical Director and Composer, Dyfan Jones, to create a new musical adaptation of this wonderful story.” Sky Hawk is Gill Lewis’ debut novel and was published to critical acclaim by Oxford University Press in 2011. It has been nominated for a total of 23 awards to date, including the Waterstones Children’s Book Prize, the Red House Book Award and CILIP Carnegie Medal. Sky Hawk has been published in 25 languages. Gill Lewis said: “I'm absolutely thrilled that Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre for Young People are taking Sky Hawk to a wider audience. It feels especially fitting as conservation efforts have encouraged more ospreys to nest in Wales.” The story revolves around two characters, Callum and Iona, who discover that a rare bird, an osprey, is nesting in their farmland. They make attempts to protect it but the bird becomes injured just before its annual migration to Gambia. However, they succeed in placing a tracking device on the bird, and so begins a natural and electronic adventure as they follow the bird on its migration. When the bird’s signal disappears in Gambia, a frantic internet search reveals a companion to them in the character of Jenaba, a Gambian girl. In a wonderful parallel story twist the bird is found, revived, and flies back to Britain just as Callum succeeds in collecting enough money to bring Jeneba to Britain for surgery to save her legs, broken in a car accident. Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre for Young People is and Arts Council of Wales Revenue Funded Organisation. |
| Clwyd Theatr Cymru Theatre for Young People web site: www.ctctyp.co.uk |
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Monday, April 15, 2013 |
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