First image released of Michael Sheen as Owain Glyndŵr

The primary picture of Michael Sheen as Owain Glyndŵr has been launched to mark the annual day honouring the final Welsh-born Prince of Wales.Owain & Henry, a brand new play exploring Glyndŵr’s fifteenth Century rise up towards English rule, is among the first productions introduced by Welsh Nationwide Theatre, Sheen’s personal firm.Glyndŵr, a logo of Welsh nationalism, is remembered in statues, monuments and place names throughout Wales.Sheen, who has beforehand stated the Royal Household ought to hand over the Prince of Wales title, stated he would painting Glyndŵr as “the enduring Welsh prince”.Sheen, who as an actor is greatest recognized for remodeling into characters together with Prince Andrew, David Frost and Tony Blair, beforehand stated he was “extremely excited”.”It is the play that tells the precise story that I would like this nationwide theatre firm to have the ability to inform, on the second largest stage in Europe,” he added. Born in Port Talbot, Sheen defined how Owain & Henry was “one of many origin tales of our nation, as related in immediately’s complicated world because it was when Glyndŵr declared Wales an impartial nation 600 years in the past”. An audio launch was additionally posted on social media which exhibits Sheen talking as Glyndŵr for the primary time. The play by Welsh playwright Gary Owen is believed to be the primary time the story of Glyndŵr has been tackled by a dramatist for a large-scale manufacturing, with the prince as the primary character.Will probably be carried out at Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff in November 2026.