Ble Mae Fy Nghartref
Based on a true story by ERIC NGALLE CHARLES
Adapted and Directed by PAUL DAVIES
Cast
MOHAMMED ARWEN ABDULLAH
LOIS ELENID
CHRISTOPHER FREDERICK
MOHAMAD FATEH ZAKARIA
Movement Director: CATHERINE BENNETT
Film and Photography: CONNOR CHARLES
Sound/Lighting/AV: RYAN SAMUEL DAVIES
Interview Team: CONNOR CHARLES and SHARON GRACE RUBEN
Set: BOURDON BRINDILLE
DIOLCH!
Khushbu Agrawal; Awder Ahmed; Hadeel Alfaraj; Jonathan Arndell; Mohammed Alsaba; Nazma Begum; Eileen Bowen; Tom Cheesman; Giulia Cianciarula; Ian Curtis; Sian Denty; Jill Duarte; Jo Furber; Ahmed Hamid; Fatima Hamili; Mary Hayman; Weixin Liu; Edith Melendez; Malgozata Ragosko; Elin Roberts; Sameh; Moomal Shah; Dr Tinn Sreekanth; Jennifer Stoves; Dionysia Stefania Sourtzinou; Dylan Thomas Centre
BLE MAE FY NGHARTREF (Where is My Home?)
is a new collaboration between ERIC NGALLE CHARLES and VOLCANO
In the summer of 2001, as he entered his house at 212A Clive Street in Grangetown, Cardiff, writer Eric Ngalle was subjected to a racist attack by six people—two white, two black and two mixed-race men. When he regained consciousness, his nose was patched up, and the nurse, Miss Papodopoulis, welcomed him and said, “We are lucky to have you. it was touch and go.” He had been under anaesthesia for five days. This traumatic event, along with a more recent incident on the 11th of November 2023 while returning from his event at the Hay Castle, has deeply influenced his understanding of racism, identity, and home.
These two incidents form the seed of this new collaboration between Eric and Volcano Theatre.
The work has been developed over a fortnight in April 2026 with the support of ARTS COUNCIL OF WALES.
We shared two work-in-progress performances with a Swansea audience on April 24 and 25. Documentation and further info about the project will be posted here shortly.
Where is my home? Who owns the narrative in travel writing? What does Britishness mean? Through stories, memories, and memory triggers,we will explore these questions, encourage discussions on racial integration and diversity, and pour waters on the flames and bile of hatred that seems to be possessing our cities and streets. “When two elephants fight, it is genuinely the grass that suffers.’’ Politicians are stoking these flames of hatred. We must meet their vitriol head-on.
