In June 1919, Cardiff city centre was the scene of four days and nights of vicious riots. The root causes were a long-standing, complex knot of post-war frustrations following demobilisation, but the spark that finally ignited the worst of the violence was racial tension.
No full narrative of the riots exists. A new text, specially compiled for STORM.2: Things Come Apart, creates a running account using only the reports in local, period newspapers – as well as the Chief Constable’s assessment.
At a time of global political and social instability, this hard-hitting production will be a reminder of the value of compassion and of hard-won civil rights, and the risks we take when we neglect them.
NTW_STORM2_Programme_ART-copy.pdf
Ali Goolyad
Aisling Groves-Mckeown
John Rowley
John Hardy
Co-creator: Mike Pearson
Co-creator: Mike Brookes
Emerging Director: Kyle Legall
