In the summer of 1989, a local farmer's wife gave birth to a girl, and at that moment in time Buddug James Jones became an heir to her family's three hundred year old farming dynasty. Now, as a modern young woman, Buddug is desperate to change her destinty, leaving five generations of tradition behind at her family home at Blaengwyddon Fawr, she sets out alone into the big smoke, encountering men, heartbreak, drama and hilarity along the way, accompanied by live music and Welsh cakes.

'Hiraeth' is a Welsh word with no direct English translation - its a mix of longing, yearning, nostalgia, wistfulness and desire - a pride you feel for your roots and a sadness for the loss of a way of life. The show rejoices in the universal emotion with which everyone can empathise even as Buddug wrestles with the knowledge that her departure marks a time of change, and sounds the death knell for the family farm at Newcastle Emlyn. Through one woman's struggle to escape and let go, Hiraeth explores the decline of Welsh identity and tradition.

The show is a personal reflection on the wider contemporary issues currently affecting the U.K. countryside, as the younger generations leave behind rural life for more secure urban futures, and feel the burden of the impact this has on the people and places they leave behind.

The show has already received rave reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival last August, and is due to appear at the Donald Gordon Theatre at the Wales Millennium Centre at Cardiff on the 26th and 27th October, followed on the 28th at Rhayader, 30th at the Arts Centre at Aberystwyth, 31st at the Torch Theatre at Milford Haven, 1st November at Garnswllt, 3rd at Wells Little Theatre, 5th at Wrexham, 6th at Merthyr Tydfil, 7th at Neuadd Bro Fana, Ffarmers, 8th at Gwynfe Community Hall, 12th at Barmouth, 13th at Tywyn and, finally, on the 15th at Brecon. "Hiraeth follows Buddug's story, retelling her life with honesty, humour and integrity, and Aberystwyth Arts Centre's Artistic Director, Gareth Lloyd Roberts writes "Hiraeth is a warm, comforting, cwtsh of a show, where nostalgia, poignancy and laughter sit side by side".

Hiraeth is a winner of the 'Ideas Tap Underbelly Award 2014'.

Buddug trained as a performance designer at Wimbledon College of Art, and during her studies, she worked with Bear Trap Theatre Company debut production 'Bound' in 2010. Buddug has since worked as a designer for National Theatre Wales, Wales Millennium Centre's Blysh Festival and independent Welsh companies August013 and Crashmat Collective as a designer. She is a member of NTW TEAM panel, and is working with 'Team' to develop future National Theatre Wales community projects in Rhayader alongside Carad.