Acclaimed theatre company Forest Forge embarks on a UK tour this autumn with the world premiere of a brand new play – Kaite O’Reilly’s Woman of Flowers, an innovative retelling of an ancient story from The Mabinogion.

Woman of Flowers will be performed at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on October 29 as part of the tour.

A story of desire, duty, deceit and revenge, Woman of Flowers explores the lengths someone will go to in order to escape the life chosen for them. The production of Woman of Flowers is presented in association with Lighthouse, Poole’s Centre for the Arts and features live music, dance, video, surtitles throughout and sections of theatricalised sign created in a collaboration between Kaite O’Reilly, Sophie Stone and BSL expert and visual language director Jean St Clair.

Rose cannot remember what came before the house at the edge of the isolated forest. Gwynne says he magicked her out of the flowers, but she's not so sure. She plays the part of the perfect farmer’s wife for Lewis, who is kept firmly in place by his uncle Gwynne, and accepts her lonely existence, but when a captivating stranger is seen in the forest, Rose must decide on where her future really lies. The cast includes Thomas Brownlee and Andrew Wheaton and is led by Deaf actress Sophie Stone, the first ever Deaf student to win a place at RADA.

Kaite O’Reilly is a prolific multi-award winning writer whose work has been extensively performed in the UK and internationally.

She said: “Inspired by the ancient Welsh treasure, The Mabinogion, and the myth of the ‘ideal woman’ created out of flowers, I wanted to plait together a domestic drama with intervals of heightened poetic theatricality, exploring different forms of storytelling, creating a world out of both spoken and signed language, between Deaf and hearing cultures. Woman of Flowers represents a culmination of a long process of bringing together accessible theatre with a Deaf culture aesthetic.”

The show is suitable for anyone aged 12 and upwards.

To book contact Aberystwyth Arts Centre on 01970 62 32 32 or visit www.aber.ac.uk/artscentre.