A very ancient tale of love, betrayal and retribution is being brought to the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven, by Theatr Pena, next month.

Woman of Flowers, the company’s first co-production with Taliesin Arts Centre, is a strikingly poetic reimagining of the Mabinogi myth of Blodeuwedd by award-winning Welsh writer Siôn Eirian in which he skilfully combines Saunders Lewis’s Welsh language verse drama, Blodeuwedd, with original material to create a captivating dark fantasy set in a supernatural world.

At the centre of the action is a heroine reminiscent of the great female characters of Greek myth and tragedy.

Together they have created a production which imaginatively fuses poetic text, film, movement and music to create what promises to be a dynamic and visually rich performance experience.

The cast includes Theatr Pena company members, the BAFTA award-winning actresses Betsan Llwyd as the goddess Arianrhod and Eiry Thomas (Keeping Faith/Un Bore Mercher (BBC Wales/S4C)) as the wizard Gwydion and veteran Welsh actress and singer Olwen Rees as Blodeuwedd’s loyal maid Rhagnell. They are joined by Sara Gregory as the woman of flowers Blodeuwedd, Sion Daniel Young as the warrior prince Llew and, returning to the Torch after playing Arthur Kipps in the Torch Theatre Company’s acclaimed 2016 production of The Woman In Black, Rhys Meredith as the hunter Gronw.

This is an opportunity for audiences to experience something of the Mabinogi (internationally recognised as the world’s finest arc of Celtic mythology and the earliest prose literature of Britain); the poetry of renowned Welsh poet, dramatist, historian and literary critic, Saunders Lewis; and to hear the voice of multi award-winning established Welsh writer Siôn Eirian who, in 2018, celebrates 40 years as a professional writer.

It comes to the Torch Theatre on Tuesday, February, 6, at 7.30 pm.