A Shape of Things to Come production, created and performed by ANGHARAD MATTHEWS.

29 – 31  OCTOBER 2026

If You Had Wings is the final performance in the 2026 season of THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME – a programme of new, original solo performances by independent actors and theatre-makers. All of this year’s six shows will take place in the Volcano window on Swansea High Street.  CHECK OUT THE WHOLE PROGRAMME!

If you had wings, what would you do to change the future? Inspired by the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire, an angel emerges from the rubble of a war-torn future High Street, where she once listened to the thoughts of its inhabitants and comforted them in their distress. Isolated and frozen in time, she seeks new human connections for whom to build a peaceful future.

ANGHARAD MATTHEWS is a theatre maker, designer and performer who is returning to live in Wales after almost a decade in Berlin, where she studied devised theatre and performance practices at LISPA (now Arthaus Berlin) under the guidance of Thomas Prattki, former pedagogical director of the École Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

Performance Times
Thursday 29 October 6pm
Friday 30 October 6pm
Friday 30 October 8pm
Saturday 31 October 3pm
Saturday 31 October 5pm

THE SHAPE OF THINGS TO COME 2026

This is the fifth year of this freelance commission series, which began in 2022 as Solo Duets for the Future. The idea is to champion new modes of performance and to make work that looks toward the future.

Each artist creates a brand new original piece in just a fortnight and performs it over three days. All of the shows are short (less than 45 minutes) – designed to fit into busy urban lives and nights out – and we have a range of ticket prices to include everyone.

This year’s performances will all take place in The Window – a prominent and visible space on Swansea High Street, which is more often used as an art gallery.  We have chosen work that plays with this location in imaginative ways. You might see shows that venture out into the street and interact with passers-by, shows that use the window like a picture frame, or shows that invite you inside and draw the curtains.

Please note that performance times vary between the different shows.

MULTI SHOW 20% DISCOUNT
Book tickets for two or more shows in the programme* via our Ticketsource page in the same transaction and you will receive an automatic 20% discount.
*excluding Pay-What-You-Can tickets under £5