# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Aberfan – Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm (+01:00)
- **Event Description**: * Scroll down for English *

Chwe deg mlynedd wedi trychineb Aberfan, mae digwyddiad byw arbennig yn Theatr Soar yn mynd a ni nol at ddigwyddiadau 1966 — ac at rai o'r straeon, y cwestiynau a'r atgofion.

Ar Hydref 21ain 1966, lladdwyd 116 o blant a 28 o oedolion pan gwympodd sbwriel pwll glo uwchben Aberfan, gan amlyncu Ysgol Iau Pantglas a chartrefi cyfagos.
Chwe deg mlynedd yn ddiweddarach, beth ydyn ni'n ei gofio?
Y tip. Y rhybuddion. Yr achubwyr. Y Bwrdd Glo Cenedlaethol. Y Tribiwnlys. Y Gronfa Trychineb. Y newyddiadurwyr a'r camerâu teledu. Y bobl a ddaeth i helpu. Y straeon a adroddwyd ar y pryd - a'r rhai a adroddwyd yn y blynyddoedd ers hynny.
Beth oedd yn hysbys cyn y drychineb? Beth oedd yn cael ei ddeall? Beth ddigwyddodd wedyn? Beth oedd pobl a oedd yn byw trwy'r digwyddiadau hynny yn ei weld a'i glywed - a beth na allent fod wedi'i wybod eto?

A beth sy'n digwydd pan fydd digwyddiad yn pasio o brofiad byw i'r cof?

Wedi'i chyflwyno gan Neil Anthony Docking, awdur The Revlon Girl, a enwebwyd am wobr Olivier, mae'rnoson yn defnyddio golygfeydd o'r ddrama fel porth i stori ehangach. Mae perfformwyr a chyfranwyr yn dwyn ynghyd dystiolaethau, dogfennau, ffotograffau, deunydd archif, cerddoriaeth a lleisiau eraill o bob rhan o'r blynyddoedd.
Bydd rhai yn gyfarwydd.
Eraill, efallai, yn llai felly.
Gyda'i gilydd, maent yn mynd â ni yn ôl i Aberfan — cyn, yn ystod ac ar ôl Hydref 21ain 1966 — ac at y bobl a oedd yn byw, gweithio, a welodd, yn cofio ac am adrodd ei stori.

Beth ydyn ni'n ei gofio?
A pham ydyn ni'n ei gofio yn y ffordd hyn?

£5
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Sixty years after the Aberfan disaster, a special live event at Theatr Soar returns to the events of 1966 — and to some of the stories, questions and memories that have followed them.

On 21 October 1966, 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a colliery spoil tip collapsed above Aberfan, engulfing Pantglas Junior School and nearby homes.
Sixty years later, what do we remember?
The tip. The warnings. The rescuers. The National Coal Board. The Tribunal. The Disaster Fund. The journalists and television cameras. The people who came to help. The stories told at the time — and those told in the years since.
What was known before the disaster? What was understood? What happened afterwards? What did people living through those events see and hear — and what could they not yet have known?

And what happens when an event passes from living experience into memory?

Hosted by Neil Anthony Docking, writer of the Olivier-nominated The Revlon Girl, the evening uses scenes from the play as a doorway into a wider story. Performers and contributors bring together testimony, documents, photographs, archive material, music and other voices from across the years.
Some will be familiar.
Others, perhaps, less so.
Together, they take us back to Aberfan — before, during and after 21 October 1966 — and to the people who lived, worked, witnessed, remembered and told its story.

What do we remember?
And why do we remember it that way?

£5
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/merthyr-tydfil/aberfan-special-memorial-event-digwyddiad-coffa-arbennig/200030803450802
- **Event Categories**: performances, Art, literary-art, Entertainment
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Merthyr Tydfil
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United Kingdom
- **location**: Canolfan a Theatr Soar
- **lat**: 51.748686314641
- **long**: -3.3780226771887
- **full address**: Canolfan a Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom

## Event gallery

- **Alt text**: Aberfan – Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Aberfan - Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig being held?
  - **A:** Aberfan - Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig takes place on Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Tue, 13 Oct, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Canolfan a Theatr Soar, Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Aberfan - Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig?
  - **A:** Aberfan - Special Memorial Event / Digwyddiad Coffa Arbennig is organized by Canolfan a Theatr Soar.

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