The NT’s Olivier Theatre space has reopened its doors for the first time this year with a revival of Dylan Thomas’ classic radio play, directed by Lyndsey Turner. For those unfamiliar, Under Milk Wood is far from a conventional play.
Originally written for BBC Radio, it has subsequently been adapted for the stage. In the original, a narrator invites the audience to listen to the dreams and innermost thoughts of the residents of a fictional Welsh village called Llareggub.
Here there is a change – set in a care home, Owain Jenkins (Michael Sheen) is visiting his father Richard Jenkins (Karl Johnson) who we assume has dementia.