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Stiwt

The Stiwt, an amazing Family Venue filled with a wide variety of events from Arts events to Popular Culture as well as Live Sports. Perfect for everyone!
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Theatre Stiwt is an Arts Centre dedicated to delivering a quality, innovative, and culturally encompassing programme of events and community led arts based projects. We exisit to unite generations from all parts of the local and wider community.

27/05/2026

Tonight the Stiwt is proudly lighting up in support of Rupert’s Rainbow and to help raise awareness of AHC (Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood) on Rupert’s 1st birthday 🌈💜

The Stiwt joins landmarks, theatres, castles, cathedrals and civic buildings across the UK — and even Canada — in showing support for Rupert and families affected by AHC.

Every light represents hope, awareness, love and community 💛

Happy 1st Birthday Rupert 🌈

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Heno mae’r Stiwt yn goleuo’n falch i gefnogi Enfys Rupert ac i helpu godi ymwybyddiaeth o AHC (Alternating Hemiplegia of Childhood) ar ben-blwydd cyntaf Rupert 🌈💜

Mae’r Stiwt yn ymuno â thirnodau, theatrau, cestyll, cadeirlannau ac adeiladau dinesig ledled y DU — a hyd yn oed yng Nghanada — i ddangos cefnogaeth i Rupert a theuluoedd sy’n cael eu heffeithio gan AHC.

Mae pob goleuni yn cynrychioli gobaith, ymwybyddiaeth, cariad a chymuned 💛

Pen-blwydd Hapus yn 1 oed Rupert 🌈

25/05/2026

🎭✨ Share Your Stiwt Story! ✨🎭

As we celebrate 100 incredible years of The Stiwt, we’re inviting our community to help us tell the story of our theatre through the memories kept in your homes. ❤️

Do you have: 📸 Old photographs
🎟️ Tickets or programmes
📰 Posters or memorabilia
🎭 Stories connected to The Stiwt

We’d love for you to share them with us as part of our centenary exhibition and archive project.

Simply scan the QR code on the poster or upload
dropbox.com/request/ubqxc7rdun5ttrrsird3

Together, we can preserve the history of The Stiwt for future generations. 🏛️✨

🎭✨ Rhannwch Eich Stori Stiwt! ✨🎭

Wrth i’r Stiwt ddathlu 100 mlynedd anhygoel, rydym yn gwahodd ein cymuned i helpu adrodd hanes ein theatr drwy’r atgofion sydd wedi’u cadw yn eich cartrefi. ❤️

Oes gennych chi: 📸 Hen ffotograffau
🎟️ Tocynnau neu raglenni
📰 Posteri neu gofroddion
🎭 Straeon sy’n gysylltiedig â’r Stiwt

Byddem wrth ein bodd yn eu gweld fel rhan o’n harddangosfa ac archif canmlwyddiant.

Sganiwch y cod QR ar y poster neu uwchlwythwch yn uniongyrchol yma:

dropbox.com/request/ubqxc7rdun5ttrrsird3

Gyda’n gilydd, gallwn ddiogelu hanes y Stiwt ar gyfer cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. 🏛️✨

#🎭✨ Rhannwch Eich Stori Stiwt! ✨🎭

Wrth i’r Stiwt ddathlu 100 mlynedd anhygoel, rydym yn gwahodd ein cymuned i helpu adrodd hanes ein theatr drwy’r atgofion sydd wedi’u cadw yn eich cartrefi. ❤️

Oes gennych chi: 📸 Hen ffotograffau
🎟️ Tocynnau neu raglenni
📰 Posteri neu gofroddion
🎭 Straeon sy’n gysylltiedig â’r Stiwt

Byddem wrth ein bodd yn eu gweld fel rhan o’n harddangosfa ac archif canmlwyddiant.

Sganiwch y cod QR ar y poster neu uwchlwythwch yn uniongyrchol yma:

dropbox.com/request/ubqxc7rdun5ttrrsird3

Gyda’n gilydd, gallwn ddiogelu hanes y Stiwt ar gyfer cenedlaethau’r dyfodol. 🏛️✨

21/05/2026

🏛️ Sometimes the smallest changes make the biggest difference.

These two photographs, taken years apart, show an important but often overlooked improvement made during the Stiwt’s restoration.

Photo 1 shows the original flat roof running alongside the auditorium. While it may not have looked dramatic, it caused a constant problem — rainwater would collect on the flat surface and find its way into the building, creating ongoing maintenance headaches and water damage concerns.

Photo 2 shows the same area today following an important redesign. The flat roof was replaced with a pitched slate roof, allowing rainwater to run naturally into gutters, down drainpipes and safely away from the building.

It’s a reminder that restoring the Stiwt wasn’t only about the visible features audiences notice inside the auditorium. Behind the scenes, countless practical improvements were needed to protect the building and secure its future for generations to come.

The difference between these two photographs may seem simple — but sometimes the survival of a historic building depends on getting the basics right.

21/05/2026

🏛️ These remarkable black-and-white photographs capture the Stiwt restoration project at a stage when the building was still very much a construction site rather than a theatre.

Photo 1 shows restoration work taking place inside the auditorium itself, with walls stripped back and scaffolding in place as volunteers and contractors worked to bring the building back to life.

Photo 2 reveals something many audience members today probably never realise exists beneath their feet — the opening up of the area under the stage to create the Stiwt’s hydraulic apron.

This was one of the major engineering elements of the restoration. The new hydraulic stage extension transformed what the theatre could do technically, allowing the apron to be raised and lowered depending on the needs of productions and performances. Creating that space involved substantial structural work beneath the original stage area, as these photographs clearly show.

It’s easy today to walk into the Stiwt and simply see a finished theatre. These images are a reminder of just how much work, vision, determination — and quite literally brick-by-brick effort — went into saving it during the 1990s.

Every week, more photographs, programmes and memories are helping us piece together the hidden story behind the restoration. A huge thank you again to everyone contributing to the Stiwt Centenary archive project and helping preserve these moments for future generations through the People’s Collection Wales archive.

21/05/2026

🏛️ More wonderful discoveries arriving at the Stiwt Centenary archive project this morning — including these fascinating photographs of Bryn Maelor, the neighbouring building that played a hugely important part in the Stiwt’s restoration story.

Many local people will remember Bryn Maelor not just as a building beside the theatre, but as the sweet shop run by Vilda — a familiar and much-loved figure to generations in Rhos. For many of our senior citizens, a visit there for sweets was simply part of growing up in the village.

But Bryn Maelor would later become important for another reason.

As plans were being developed to modernise and restore the Stiwt during the 1990s, one major challenge quickly became clear: there simply wasn’t enough room behind the original stage for the improvements needed for a modern theatre.

Then an opportunity appeared.

When Bryn Maelor was put up for sale, the Stiwt Arts Trust stepped in to buy it. That decision proved crucial. Owning the building created the space needed for the construction of the Stiwt’s fly tower and the extension of the stage area — developments that helped transform the theatre into the fully functioning performance venue we know today.

Without that purchase, many of the productions and performances audiences now take for granted simply would not have been possible.

These photographs are a wonderful reminder that saving the Stiwt wasn’t just about restoring an old building — it involved vision, determination, and countless practical decisions that shaped its future behind the scenes.

A huge thank you again to everyone continuing to bring in photographs, programmes, newspaper cuttings and memories. Every item helps piece together another part of the Stiwt story before it is digitally preserved through the People’s Collection Wales archive.

18/05/2026

📚🔎 A lesson from today’s Stiwt archive project… never trust tired historians with exciting posters and too little time! 😄

Earlier today we shared this wonderful 1952 Eisteddfod poster and confidently announced that it was from the National Eisteddfod of Wales in Rhosllannerchrugog.

There was just one small problem…

It wasn’t. 🤦‍♂️

After taking a closer look (and actually reading the poster properly!), we discovered it was for the Rhosllannerchrugog Chair Eisteddfod of 1952 — not the National Eisteddfod, which visited Rhos in 1945 and again in 1961.

It’s a perfect example of the dangers of making assumptions when dealing with local history. When you spend a day surrounded by old programmes, tickets, posters and memories, it’s very easy for enthusiasm to run slightly ahead of research!

That said, the poster is still a fascinating piece of history. It refers to “Plas Mwynwyr” — the original name of the Stiwt — and shows just how important eisteddfod culture was to the area during the post-war years.

The good news is that thanks to the Stiwt Centenary archive project, these items are now being carefully preserved and digitised for future generations through the People’s Collection Wales archive. And occasionally, they also help keep volunteer historians humble… 😅

A huge thank you again to everyone bringing material in. Keep checking those drawers, lofts and old photo albums — clearly there are still plenty of discoveries (and surprises!) waiting to be found.

18/05/2026

🏛️ Another remarkable glimpse into the Stiwt’s history…

This large poster advertises the 1952 National Eisteddfod of Wales in Rhosllannerchrugog — and it reveals something many people today may find hard to imagine.

When the National Eisteddfod came to Rhos in 1952, there was no giant modern pavilion like the one seen at last year’s Wrexham Eisteddfod. Instead, the maes was at Ponciau, and the Stiwt itself became the Eisteddfod pavilion, hosting competitions and major events at the heart of one of the biggest cultural festivals in Wales.

The poster advertises the Gorsedd ceremony at Parc y Ponciau and the main Eisteddfod events held at Plas Mwynwyr — the Stiwt’s original name.

One of the most fascinating legacies of those older Eisteddfodau is that the Gorsedd stones were traditionally left behind as a permanent marker of the event. More than 70 years later, the 1952 stones can still be seen in Ponciau today — a lasting reminder that the National Eisteddfod once came to Rhos.

Times have changed. The huge cost of quarrying, transporting and installing real stone circles means that modern Eisteddfodau now use specially made fibreglass replica stones which travel from festival to festival each year.

But in 1952, the Eisteddfod quite literally left its mark on the landscape.

These amazing items continue to appear during our Stiwt Centenary collection project. Thank you to everyone bringing in posters, programmes, photographs and memories so they can be preserved digitally for future generations through the People’s Collection Wales archive. ❤️

18/05/2026

🕰️ Another incredible discovery from today’s Stiwt Drop-Off Day…

Among the programmes, posters and treasured memories brought into the Stiwt was this remarkable original set of Revenue Accounts for Plas Mwnwyr (the Stiwt) from 1945 — over 80 years old.

Just think about that for a moment. This single sheet of paper survived the final months of World War II, decades of changing fashions, countless performances, meetings, concerts, films and community events… and somehow found its way safely back to the Stiwt in 2026.

The document offers a fascinating glimpse into life at the Stiwt in 1945, listing income from cinema screenings, room hire, to***co sales and even billiards, alongside wages, lighting, heating and maintenance costs. It’s a snapshot of a building already at the heart of community life all those years ago.

These are exactly the kind of memories and historic treasures we are hoping to preserve as part of the Stiwt Centenary project. Items are being carefully scanned and uploaded to the People’s Collection Wales archive in Aberystwyth so that future generations can discover the story of the Stiwt and Rhos.

If you have old programmes, tickets, posters, photographs, newspaper cuttings — or even stories and memories — please bring them along to the Hafod Bar at the Stiwt. You never know what piece of history might turn up next. ❤️

18/05/2026

🎭✨ A wonderful piece of Stiwt history dropped off this morning at today’s Stiwt Memory & Archive Day in the Hafod Bar — a vintage Palace Theatre Rhos Christmas poster featuring children’s entertainers, puppets, Punch & Judy, magic acts and variety performances from years gone by.

It’s just one of many fascinating items already brought in by local people, helping to tell the story not only of the Stiwt, but of Rhos itself.

Do you have old programmes, posters, tickets, photographs, newspaper cuttings or memories connected to the Stiwt or village life in Rhosllannerchrugog? We’d love to see them.

Items will be carefully scanned and digitally preserved before being uploaded to the People’s Collection Wales archive in Aberystwyth, helping safeguard these memories for future generations.

Every ticket stub, faded photograph and handwritten note helps build a richer picture of our community’s cultural history.

📍 Hafod Bar, The Stiwt
☕ Drop in, share memories, and help preserve the story of the Stiwt.

Please feel free to share this post — there may still be treasures hidden away in drawers, attics and old photo albums waiting to be rediscovered.

08/05/2026

Missed Made In Tennessee? You won’t want to miss this as the drums test the integrity of our roof, the guitars blow the speakers off the wall while you are wildly guided through THE HISTORY OF ROCK next Saturday 16 May (doors: 18.30)

Who’s ready to ROCK???

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Friday	10am - 4pm

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