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Richard Mylan

@richardmylan.bsky.social
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Welsh creative. Co Director & co founder of Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social . Swansea Grand Theatre. 🦢🌊❤️

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Lee David Bowen @leedavidbowen.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Congratulations to one of Wales’ finest actors and theatre directors @richardmylan.bsky.social on his nomination in the @thestage.co.uk #DebutAwards www.thestage.co.uk/the-stage-de...
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Lee David Bowen @leedavidbowen.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Check out this wonderful new play that opens at Swansea Grand Theatre on 16th April - more information www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks @grandambition.bsky.social #theatre #swansea #arts
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
It's not just the critics who love Hot Chicks... 📍Sherman Theatre 🗓️ Until 5 April 📍Swansea Grand 🗓️ 16-25th April
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Hot Chicks review – scorching account of county lines exploitation
Rebecca Jade Hammond’s assured drama about two girls groomed for drug trafficking switches between humour and terror
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Tech week! Wythnos technegol yng Nghaerdydd. The Hot Chicks team are amazing. Making this brilliant show happen at Sherman Theatre & Swansea Grand from behind the scenes are: Creative Team / Tîm Creadigol Writer / Ysgrifennwr Rebecca Jade Hammond Director / Cyfarwyddwr Hannah Noone
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
It's Sign Language Week 2025! What better time to share Sarah Adedeji's #BSL flyer for Hot Chicks? Here in Swansea, we have a #BSL interpreted performance on Thursday 24th April - interpreter Julie Doyle.
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Hot Chicks BSL Trailer
This is "Hot Chicks BSL Trailer" by Sherman Theatre on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Here's BSL interpreter Julie Doyle to remind you that it's #SignLanguageWeek2025, and the perfect time to book to see Hot Chicks #BSL interpreted performances. Julie is interpreting performance in Cardiff and Swansea. We're really looking forward to welcoming her back to Swansea Grand on 24th April.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Thanks to all at Buzz Magazine for featuring Hot Chicks in their March edition. Have a look online or pick up a copy across South Wales, it's a great read. flickread.com/edition/html/index.ph…
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Tech day 1 of HOT CHICKS at Sherman Theatre complete. Hannah Wolfe’s set is 🔥 Katy Morison’s lighting is 🔥 Tic Ashfield’s sound is 🔥 Hannah Noone’s direction-🔥 Cast-🔥 I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS! 💥 @grandambition.bsky.social GET. BOOKING. SWANSEA! 16-25th Swansea Grand Theatre
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Hot Chicks - Swansea Grand Theatre
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A nice piece on our coproduction with Sherman Theatre of Rebecca Jade Hammond's Hot Chicks. It's a great read & gives some background on the development of the play.
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Grand Ambition Unveil Stage Drama in ‘Hot Chicks,’ Playing Cardiff and Swansea
Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and Swansea-based creative collective Grand Ambition are joining forces to stage a brand-new production exploring childhood criminal exploitation in Wales.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
💥Are you an unpaid carer living in Swansea? Claim your FREE limited tickets to our production of Hot Chicks @SwanseaGrandTheatre 16th-25th April for unpaid carers living in Swansea. To book or for more info call Runa 07399590628 or Email runa@swanseacarerscentre.org.uk
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Thanks to Gary Raymond for speaking with Rebecca Jade Hammond & Rachel Redford for a deep dive into the world of Hot Chicks and the research behind the story on Friday's BBC Radio Wales Arts Show. The programme aired on Friday & is available for 29 days. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028hxv
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
Last  of our Hot Chicks cast is Richard Elis. Richard plays Cheney, chicken shop owner, Penlan born and bred. The shop is getting a bit tired, but he's a proud man &keeps it spotless. He's protective of Kyla and Ruby, even though they try it on for freebies too often!
A headshot of Richard, he has thick dark hair, with flecks of grey. He has a grey beard and is around 50.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
The third of our Hot Chicks cast is Rachel Redford who plays Sadie. Sadie is a newcomer to Cheney's Chicken shop. She walks in looking 'a million dollars' and before long Kyla & Ruby are hanging off her every word. Rachel's theatre credits include The Jungle for the Young Vic. #TheatreSky
A headshot of Rachel, a woman in her early thirties with pale skin, dark hair and dark eyes. She wears a red top
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
More about our Hot Chicks cast this week. Alongside Izzi, you'll soon be spotting Port Talbot's Londiwe Mthembu all over Swansea & Cardiff! Londiwe plays Ruby in Hot Chicks:  a 15 yr old who's been let down by others all her short life,
A headshot of Londiwe, a young Global majority woman wearing a black polo neck with her braided hair pulled backTwo teenage girls, one stares defiantly down the camera lens. It is dusk, they stand with a row of shops and takeaways behind them. The girl in the background girl eats from a box of fried chicken.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
We promised to tell you more about our Hot Chicks cast this week. You'll be seeing this face a lot over the coming weeks as alongside Londiwe Mthembu, Izzi MCCormack is all over the poster for Hot Chicks! Izzi plays Kyla: 15, confident and cocky, with massive dreams and an attitude to match.
A headshot of Izzi, she has dark eyes and wavy long dark hair, she wears a blue shirt and a nose ringA teenage girl stares defiantly down the camera lens, her friend looks at her, box of chciken in hand. It is dusk, they stand a blue metal door that has seen better days
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
We're missing these lovely faces as they are rehearsing in Cardiff this week with our amazing coproduction partners Sherman Theatre. We'll be telling you a bit more about the Hot Chicks cast throughout the week, in between trailer editing, engagement work, poster printing and lots more.
The title Hot Chicks is written in bold white text, as if block printed on. Below it, against a black background are 4 headshots. A middle aged white man (Richard Elis) sports a greying beard and denim jacket. A young white woman with tousled brown hair (Izzi McCormack John). A young global majority woman with her hair tied back (Londiwe Mthembu). A white woman in her late twenties, with bangs looking defiantly at the camera (Rachel Redford).
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Our production Hot Chicks shines a light on child criminal exploitation in Wales, we hope that it can help to raise awareness of this widespread issue. Read more in this article about hopes that new laws being put in place will shift the blame away from the child victims onto those exploiting them.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
“Charges such as drug possession ignore the core truth; these are child abusers exploiting vulnerable young people,” he said. “This is how we break cycles of harm: punish the exploiters, prioritise the victims, and put child safety first.” Mark Russell, The Children’s Society
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New laws to protect children exploited by gangs in England and Wales ‘will save lives’
Ex-children’s commissioner welcomes crackdown on use of children for crimes such as running county lines
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
What a fantastic week we had at #SwanseaGrand with our Hot Chicks company! Lots of script work, a visit to meet the brilliant members of CMET's Young People's Panel and on Friday a rehearsed reading of Rebecca Jade Hammond's funny and gut wrenching script. #UnhealthyRelationships #Exploitation
The depot studio at Swansea Grand, actors sit at tables with scripts in front of them, whilst Rich, a pale skinned male stands, introducing them to a seated audience of mainly women. Some have their faces blurred.The depot studio at Swansea Grand, actors sit at tables with scripts in front of them, over their heads we see a seated audience of mainly women. Some have their faces blurred.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Diolch i/Thanks to The Edit for highlighting Hot Chicks over on their website! We really appreciate the support for this important new play
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The Sherman Theatre Cardiff brings New Production this Season — The Edit
Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and Swansea-based creative collective Grand Ambition are joining forces to stage a brand new production exploring childhood criminal exploitation in Wales. Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond is an unsettling and darkly comic new play tackling one of the most urgent
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
You probably know that #Eastenders turns 40 this week (it's been quite hard to miss!) But did you know that the lovely Richard Elis who plays Cheney in Hot Chicks, our new co-production with Sherman Theatre, played Huw, the first Welsh character in Eastenders back in 1996? #tbt #throwbackthursday
Richard as Huw in Albert Square, he is in his early twenties with long dark hair. A banner advertising Beales Car Dealership is visible in the background
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Here’s the brilliant cast for Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond, our co-pro with Sherman Theatre.   Richard Elis, Izzi McCormack John, Londiwe Mthembu & Rachel Redford. Hot Chicks is directed by Hannah Noone. Sherman Theatre: 21.03-05.05 Swansea Grand Theatre 16.04- 25.04 #NothingInLifeIsFree

The title Hot Chicks is written in bold white text, as if block printed on. Below it, against a black background are 4 headshots. A middle aged white man (Richard Elis) sports a greying beard and denim jacket. A young white woman with tousled brown hair (Izzi McCormack John). A young global majority woman with her hair tied back (Londiwe Mthembu). A white woman in her late twenties, with bangs looking defiantly at the camera (Rachel Redford).Two teenage girls stare defiantly down the camera lens. It is dusk, they stand against metal railings with a row of shops and takeaways behind them. One girl clutches a box of fried chicken.
The title Hot Chcks is written in bold white text, as if block printed on. The words nothing in life is free are written below the title in both English and Welsh
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
LETS GO!💥
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
A’r enillydd ydy....#NoniLewis! Llongyfarchiadau!! And the winner is....#Noni Lewis! Congratulations!! 💥💥💥💥💥💥
Grandramodi winner Noni Lewis holding her winners certificate at Swansea Grand Theatre
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 15/01/2025
A majority of councillors in Caerphilly have backed calls to devolve the Crown Estate – the land and holdings belonging to the monarch
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Council backs calls for Crown Estate to be devolved to Wales
Nicholas Thomas, local democracy reporter A majority of councillors in Caerphilly have backed calls to devolve the Crown Estate – the land and holdings belonging to the monarch. Supporters claim Wales...
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
Was very much looking forward to the 🎄holidays... Flu had other ideas. Took us all out. Horrendous. Hope you had/are having a better one. 🫶
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy holidays Bluesky from us in Swansea in South Wales. Huge thanks to the brilliant Dancing Daffodil for the festive flowers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿❤️ thedancingdaffodil.com
Boy wearing a Wales kit in front of a Christmas decorated doorway of festive flowers Another shot of the boy pointing up towards the flowers Close up of the Christmas wreath with deep & vibrant reds & green foliage Extreme close up of the same foliage… very festive!
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COLDFINGERZ @icecoldfingerz.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Flip a Beat Club is Back Baby!!!!
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
…SWANSEA!!!🦢🌊❤️
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
COME ON!…
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Cultural Highlights of 2024 in The Western Mail today! MumFighter by #TracyHarris “An important element in the show was its outreach and partnership work - more than 10 percent if its audience had lived experience of being a parent carer.” 🥊💥
Article: GRAND AMBITION'S MUMFIGHTER
In October, Swansea theatre company Grand Ambition, which is based at Swansea Grand Theatre, made waves with its visceral production
of Tracy Harris' one woman play, MumFighter.
Directed by Richard Mylan and designed by Elin Steele, with lighting design by Cara Hood, sound design by lan Barnard and Gergina Nobbs and music by Steve Balsamo and Dal Griff Productions, MumFighter starred Katie Payne as a mother fighting for support & services for her disabled child, highlighting the everyday battles faced in a world full of prejudice
An important element of the show was its outreach and partnership work - more than 10 percent of its audience had lived experience of being a parent carer.
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Daniel @dannydutch.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Sometimes this little island of ours can be a wonderful place.
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
“Grand Ambition has emerged as an important producer of urgent and moving human drama” The Stage. We are over the moon that our production of MUMFIGHTER written by #TracyHarris has made @thestage.bluesky.social top 50 shows of 2024 🥊💥
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Top 50 shows of 2024: Around the UK
This year brought us exciting, inspiring shows from all corners of the country, including stunning reinventions of 400-year-old plays, sharp new writing that shone a light on undiscovered stories, an...
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Ben Stiller @benstiller.redhour.com · 17/12/2024
One month til #SEVERANCE That time we watched the solar eclipse while filming in 1973. film still #7
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Great second half performance & a point on the road 🦢
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Lazarus Theatre Company @lazarustheatre.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
‘Transformational’: Scottish government boosts culture spend by £34m Story via @thestage.bsky.social www.thestage.co.uk/news/transfo...
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‘Transformational’: Scottish government boosts culture spend by £34m
SNP finance secretary Shona Robison said the increase – which is £9 million more than the government had promised – would be 'transformational for the sector'
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 03/12/2024
THIS IS HISTORY!!! Wales qualify for their first ever international tournament!!! Llongyfarchiadau Cymru!!!
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Welsh Fan Zone TV 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @welshfanzonetv.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
CYMRU HAVE DONE IT! Rhian Wilkinson’s side are heading to the Euros! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I’m not surprised. Vitamin G is essential. Everyone knows that. 🙄
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Geoff Norcott @geoffnorcott.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Massive away win for the little fella.
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David Owens @davidowensjourno.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Funniest line somebody has said about this story... 'Isn't 'Cyrmu' what Miss Piggy called Kermit The Frog'
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Sports retail giant misspells Cymru on bobble hat
The nights are closing in, the temperatures are plummeting and many people venturing out into the arctic wasteland beyond their front door are thinking of how they can best keep themselves warm. We’re...
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Joseph Fasano @josephfasano.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This wrecks me—every single time.
Sentimental Moment or Why Did the Baguette Cross the Road?

Don't fill up on bread
I say absent-mindedly
The servings here are huge

My son, whose hair may be
receding a bit, says
Did you really just
say that to me?

What he doesn't know
is that when we're walking
together, when we get
to the curb
I sometimes start to reach
for his hand

—Robert Hershon
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nicolasturgeon.bsky.social @nicolasturgeon.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
In one of those random coincidences the universe sometimes serves up, having been unable to make Janey’s Edinburgh send-off, I found myself behind her hearse all the way back west. ‘You better no crash intae the back as me’ I could hear her say. An honour to chum you home, pal. See you tomorrow 😢
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
A wins a win. 🦢
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
I’m beyond excited for this🦢🌊❤️
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Richard Mylan @richardmylan.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Let’s GO SWANSEA!!! 🦢🌊🎭❤️
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Grand Ambition @grandambition.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Today we are so excited to announce our spring production HOT CHICKS by Rebecca Jade Hammond, Directed by Hannah Noone in co-production with The Sherman Theatre, Cardiff.
A red neon sign reads ‘Hot Chicks’ surrounded by a square of 2 blue neon lines on a brick background (throwing a pinkish hue)
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