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Gresford: Up From Underground
Fri, Mar 06
|The Welfare, Ystradgynlais
The Ivors Academy Award nominated opera Gresford, Up From Underground, is a dramatic retelling of the Gresford Mining Disaster - one of the worst coal mining disasters in UK history.
Time & Location
Mar 06, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
The Welfare, Ystradgynlais, Brecon Rd, Ystradgynlais, Swansea SA9 1JJ, UK
About the Event
“But here's a wonder for you, the biggest of them all,
how could our mine disaster have gone beyond recall.
It's the story of injustice the world has never heard.
It should have been remembered, should have been a household word.”
The Ivors Academy Award nominated opera Gresford, Up From Underground, is a dramatic retelling of the Gresford Mining Disaster - one of the worst coal mining disasters in UK history.
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