{"id":5699,"date":"2026-04-15T15:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T14:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/?p=5699"},"modified":"2026-04-16T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T13:51:34","slug":"taking-flight-awarded-major-productions-grant-from-arts-council-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/taking-flight-awarded-major-productions-grant-from-arts-council-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Flight Awarded Major Productions Grant from Arts Council Wales\u200b"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5699\" class=\"elementor elementor-5699\" data-elementor-settings=\"{&quot;ha_cmc_init_switcher&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b93b97 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" 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Flight<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f718237 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f718237\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-98709cf\" data-id=\"98709cf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df87aa7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"df87aa7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/The-Mab-Announcement-Header.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6ced65b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6ced65b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bef1374\" data-id=\"bef1374\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dfe04a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dfe04a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ni mor hapus ein bod wedi derbyn Grant Cynyrchiadau Mawr gan Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru i gefnogi ein cynhyrchiad o\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0a fydd yn teithio canolfannau yn Gwanwyn 2027. Llongyfarchiadau i Theatr Cymru a Welsh National Theatre ar ei gwobrau, ni'n edrych ymlaen i weld eu cynyrchiadau.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mae'r wobr sylweddol yma i lwyfannu\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">'The Mab'<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0sy'n cynnwys dros \u00a340,000 o gostau hygyrchedd personol.\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mab\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wedi'iw cyd-sgwennu gan Eloise Williams a Matt Brown, yn meincnod arwyddocaol yn ein siwne hyd hyn. Mae'r wobr yma yn ein ymbweru i gryfhau safon y cynhyrchiad ar raddfa uchelgeisiol, ac yn ein caniat\u00e2u i greu effaith gryfach a cyraedd gynulleidfaoedd ehangach.<\/span><\/p><p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0yn ail-ddychmygu chwedlau'r\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mabinogi <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sydd yn gyfarwydd a ni oll. Trwy'r ceinciau gwahanol, mae'n archwilio themau o alar, derbyn dy hun ac ymbweru menywod.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mae'r llenor amryddawn Branwen Davies a'r dylunydd Ruth Stringer wedi bod yn ganolog i'r broses datblygu, gan ddarparu dramatwrgaeth a mewnbwn i greu dyluniad eco-gyfeillgar. Ni'n edrych ymlaen gyd-weithio efo nhw yn y camau nesaf.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fel bob prosiect Taking Flight, rydym yn gosod hygyrchedd yn ganolog i'n prosesau, wrth gastio yn gynhwysol rydym yn sicrhau bod ein straeon yn cael ei adrodd gan bobl Byddar, anabl a niwrowahanol. Mae ein techneg hygyrchedd creadigol yn sicrhau bod ein cynulleidfaoedd yn medru mwynhau ein gwaith heb rhwystrau, ac rydym yn edrych ymlaen i <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0ddod a'r cynhyrchiad yn fyw i'n cynulleidfaoedd i gyd. I gyd fynd a'r daith, fydd yna rhaglen ymgysylltu mewn cyd-weithrediad a Llyfrgell Cenedlaethol Cymru i gyflwyno hanesion llawysgrifau y Mabinogi i genhedlaeth newydd o bobl ifanc.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dywedodd Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Taking Flight, Elise Davison\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dwi wrth fy modd fod Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru wedi gwobrwyo Taking Flight efo grant Cynyrchiadau Mawr. Ar \u00f4l bron i 20 mlynedd o weithio yn gynhwysol, yn creu gwaith gyda artistiaid Byddar, anabl a niwrowahanol, ac yn arwain y g\u00e2d yn y defnydd o hygyrchedd creadigol wedi'w integreiddio, dwi mor gyffrous i rhoi y platfform mae'r gwaith yma'n haeddu\"<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dywedodd sgwennwyr Matt Brown ac Eloise Williams \u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Rydym wedi gwario'r 3 mlynedd diwethaf yn gweithio efo Taking Flight ac rydym wrth ein boddau bod cyllid nawr yn ei le. Ni methu aros i gynulleidfaoedd i gwympo mewn cariad efo'n stori.\"<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mae'r cynhyrchiad yma wedi'i ddatblygu ar y c\u0177d a'n cyd-gynhyrchwyr, Theatrau Sir G\u00e2r a Chanolfan Celfyddydau Glan yr Afon. Dechreuon ni ddatblygu\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Mab<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a03 mlynedd yn \u00f4l gyda cefnogaeth Sharon Casey yn Theatr y Ffwrnes. Ni'n edrych ymlaen i ddatblygu'r berthynas yn bellach gyda Ben Lloyd yn Theatrau Sir G\u00e2r a Sharon Casey yn Glan yr Afon.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ychwanegodd Pennaeth Theatr, Celfyddydau a Diwylliant Newport Live Sharon Casey\u00a0<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Dwi'n falch iawn i weld y cynhyrchiad arwyddocaol yn dod i lwyfan, dwi wedi bod yn rhan o ddatblygiad y darn dros y dair mlynedd diwethaf. Mae Glan yr Afon yn falch iawn i rhoi platfform i theatr teulu sy'n gynhwysol ac yn hygyrch, ac yn falch o allu croesawu Taking Flight i'n prif lwyfan an y tro cyntaf. Yn dilyn ei llwyddiannau yn ein stiwdio ac yn ein digwyddiadau awyr agored, mae'r cyllid yma yn agor y drws i mwy o gynulleidfaoedd i brofi ei gwaith anhygoel.\"<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dywedodd Ben Lloyd o Theatrau Sir G\u00e2r<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Rydym ni yn Theatrau Sir G\u00e2r yn hynod o gyffrous i weld The Mab yn dod yn fyw gyda ffrwydrad o greadigrwydd ac uchelgais, ac yn falch iawn ei fod yn gynhyrchiad sydd wedi'i ddatblygu yma yn Sir G\u00e2r yn cael ei weld ar lwyfannau mawr ar draws Cymru. Gyda chefnogaeth Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru, rydym yn croesawu'r cyfle i ddangos ymarfer cynhwysol ar raddfa mwy. Fel partner hir dymor i Taking Flight ar ei prosiect 'Torri'r Bocs', rydym yn edrych ymlaen i ddechrau perthynas ffrwythlon efo Canolfan Glan yr Afon. Ni wir methu aros i rhannu;r gwaith hynod o arwyddocaol efo'n cynulleidfa yn 2027.\"<\/span><\/i><\/p><p style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I sicrhau y newyddion diweddara ac am gyhoeddiadau pellach, cadwch lygaid ar ein cyfryngau cymdeithasol a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/takingflighttheatre\/signup-to-our-newsletter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tanysgrifwch i ein cylchlythr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0am newyddion yn syth i'ch ebost.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b02bbbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b02bbbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"370\" src=\"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Logo-Strip-The-Mab-funding-Announcement-v3-scaled.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5730\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taking Flight Awarded Major Productions Grant from Arts Council Wales We are so thrilled that we have been awarded a Major Productions Grant from Arts Council Wales to support our production of\u00a0The Mab\u00a0that will tour venues in Wales in Spring 2027. Congratulations to Theatr Cymru and Welsh National Theatre on their awards; we\u2019re excited to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5699"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5750,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5699\/revisions\/5750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.takingflighttheatre.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}