Whimsy

Created by: Krystal S. Lowe

Based on the illustrated children’s book written by Krystal S. Lowe

Whimsy is the story of a young girl who sees beauty in everything but herself. Through her love of nature, and her adventures flying with birds, running with squirrels, and gliding with ducks, Whimsy comes to see the beauty that has been inside her all along.

Mae Whimsy yn stori am ferch ifanc sy’n gweld prydferthwch ym mhopeth heblaw amdani hi ei hun. Drwy ei chariad at natur, a’i hanturiaethau, mae Whimsy o’r diwedd yn dod i weld y prydferthwch sydd wedi bod y tu mewn iddi drwy gydol yr amser.

Whimsy is a multilingual dance theatre work that sparks young audiences’ imaginations through storytelling and dance through the mediums of British Sign Language, Welsh and English.

Mae Whimsy yn waith theatr-ddawns amlieithog sy’n tanio dychymyg cynulleidfaoedd ifanc drwy adrodd straeon a dawns drwy gyfrwng Iaith Arwyddion Prydain, Cymraeg a Saesneg.

Whimsy 2022 Tour Dates

Grange Pavilion

Whimsy’s Family Fun Day

Sunday, 31st July, 11am + 2pm

07534 418688

grangepavilion.wales

Eisteddfod 2022

Tuesday 2nd & Wednesday 3rd August, 12pm + 3pm

eisteddfod.cymru

Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff

Tuesday 16th August, 10:30am + 1pm + 3:30pm

029 2031 1050

chapter.org

The Riverfront, Newport

Wednesday 17th August, 11am + 2pm + 4pm

01633 656757

newportlive.co.uk

Green Man Festival

Friday 19th, 12pm + 3pm & Saturday 20th August, 12pm + 3:15pm

greenman.net

Butetown Carnival

Sunday 28th August 1:30pm + 3pm

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“Whimsy was really good, I loved the part where they did the cartwheels!”

— Audience member, age 7

“The impact on my daughter and other children in the audience was beautiful. They were captivated! Inspirational and heart warming - Thank you”

— Audience member

Creative Team

The three Whimsy performers: Krystal, Sarah, and Kizzy smiling around the 2ft by 2ft Whimsy book. — Photo: Jonathan Dunn

Krystal S. Lowe

Writer/Director/Welsh-speaking Performer

Krystal S.Lowe is a Bermuda-born, Wales-based dancer, choreographer, writer, and director performing and creating dance theatre works for stage, public space, and film that explore themes of intersectional identity, mental health and wellbeing, and empowerment to challenge herself and audiences toward introspection and social change.

Recently, Krystal has performed in ‘Baby, Bird and Bee’ by Sarah Argent and Theatr Iolo, received a short film commission from Ffilm Cymru’s BEACONS (Writer/Director), funded by BFI Network Wales, Ffilm Cymru, and National Lottery; choreographed for Sherman Theatre, Neon Candle and Ceriann Williams’ production ‘Dance to the Bone' and Solo performer at the National Gallery for 'HOME zero' created by: Love Ssega, commissioned by Nesta and National Gallery X.

Kizzy Crawford

Bilingual (Welsh and English) Performer

A Welsh speaker with Bajan heritage, 26 year old Kizzy Crawford has already achieved a great deal of success as a singer-songwriter and actress. Over the last few years, Kizzy has performed at many festivals including Cambridge Folk Festival, Glastonbury, Cheltenham Jazz, London Jazz Festival, Festival No 6, Womex, L’Orient, Celtic Connections, Cornbury Hay Festival, How The Light Gets In and she has performed as guest artist with BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Sinfonia Cymru. Kizzy’s unique style of writing fuses bilingual soul-folk jazz and her music has regular airplay on BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 2, BBC 6Music, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio Wales, BBC Radio Cymru & Jazz FM.In 2016, five of Kizzy's songs were selected as set works as part of the WJEC 2016 A Level Music syllabus, she sat in the contemporary music section alongside Gruff Rhys, The Manic Street Preachers and the Super Furry Animals.

Theatre shows include Petula for National Theatre Wales, A Christmas Carol for Sherman Cymru as well as playing a supporting part in Season 1 of ‘Keeping Faith’ for BBC 1 Wales and ‘Tipini’ for S4C.

Sarah Adedeji

Performer and Assistant Choreographer

Sarah is a Black British Deaf Woman; born and raised in London by Nigerian parents. She is a creative {dancer, poet, writer}, a digital content creator {Instagram and Tiktok}, and an Audiologist {graduated July 2022].

Sarah grew up dancing - teaching herself through dedicated time watching and learning from other dancers online. Her main styles are Hip Hop and Afrobeats and she also enjoys contemporary dance. In the summer of 2021 Sarah began formal dance training in Hip Hop and Afrobeats to further equip her to step into the dance scene as a Deaf dancer.

When Sarah isn’t in the studio training her knees, she is online advocating for her needs; officially since 2019. Sarah is co-founder of Socially Sound - a social justice collective discussing all things Deaf through Instagram to educate and empower.

Her recent credits include Deaf Rave, for whom she is a regular Sign Song artist and dancer; Arachne press, publisher of a Deaf anthology: ‘What Meets the Eye? The Deaf Perspective’ in which Sarah has three poems; Deaffest, an initiative that celebrates Deaf Talent in the media for which Sarah has performed for; Empowerment, a black-run initiative that celebrates Black Talent for which Sarah was invited to perform a Sign Song and a Spoken Word; and drawing from her experience as a Deaf Audiologist, Sarah is Content Creator for Language First, an organisation that promotes language acquisition.

Donna Mullings

British Sign Language Director

Donna is an actress who has worked with both Deaf and Integrated mainstream theatre companies. Her Deafinitely Theatre work includes Something Else (UK tour), Love Labour’s Lost (Shakespeare’s Globe), Children of the Greater God (Jackson’s Lane Theatre) and Vagina Monologues (Cochrane Theatre).

Her other theatre work includes: Treasure Island (Derby Theatre), Macbrew and Pulse (Derby Theatre), The Who’s Tommy (Ramps on the Moon), Baa Moo Yellow Dog (Half Moon Theatre), Cinderella’s Sister and The Crane (Red Earth Theatre, Derby), Beauty and the Beast, A Christmas Carol, Hansel and Gretel, Murder Mystery (Real Life) and An Unfortunate Pregnancy (3D Drama Pantomime, Derby).

Dance work includes Def Motion (Reims Clin d’Oeil Festival, France), Incloodu Festival (London) and WoW Festival (Black Country).

Ffion Bowen

Text Director

Ar ôl gweithio fel actores ers dros 25 mlynedd, yn 2018 cafodd ei dewis i fod yn rhan o gynllun ‘Awenau’ Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, cynllun hyfforddi cyfarwyddwyr. Ers mynychu’r cwrs cafodd sawl profiad o gyfarwyddo gyda’r Theatr Genedlaethol, Theatr Iolo a’r Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Yn ddiweddar penodwyd Ffion yn Gyfarwyddwr Artistig Cynorthwyol i Gwmni Theatr Arad Goch, mi fydd yn dechrau ar y gwaith ddiwedd yr haf.

Ffion has worked as an actress for over 25 years, in 2018 she was chosen to be part of ‘Awenau’ Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, a mentoring scheme for directors. This opportunity has allowed her to work and develop as a director working for Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Theatr Iolo and the National Eisteddfod. Ffion has been appointed Assistant Artistic Director for Arad Goch Theatre Company, and will be starting on the work in September.

Alys Robinson

Stage Manager

Mae Alys yn rheolwr llwyfan Cymraeg sy’n byw yng Nghaerdydd. Fel siaradwr Cymraeg a Ffrangeg, mae Alys yn mwynhau gweithio ar gynhyrchiadau Cymraeg ac aml-ieithog. Yn ddiweddar mae hi wedi gweithio ar Anthem yng Nghalfon y Mileniwm, a Petula, cyd-gynhyrchiad rhwng NTW, Theatr Genedlaethol ac August012. Mae Alys hefyd yn frwdfrydig am wneud theatr yn hygyrch i bawb, ar y llwyfan ac yn yr ystafell ymarfer, felly mae hi wir wedi gwerthfawrogi bod yn ran o’r proses o greu Whimsy.

Alys is a Welsh, Cardiff-based stage manager. As a Welsh and French speaker Alys enjoys working on Welsh language and multilingual productions. Some of her most recent credits include Anthem at the WMC and Petula, a coproduction between NTW, Theatr Genedlaethol and August012. Alys is also passionate about making theatre accessible, in the rehearsal room and on stage, so she has loved being a part of bringing Whimsy to life.