Kevin Dyer

A Story from the North

Overview

Mynydd Eithinen is the Mountain of Spikes. For thousands of years people have left their marks here. Ditches and dykes, circles of earth, mounds filled with bones and jewellery. It is known, too, they scrambled up here in all weathers and left objects or rags of clothing as sacrifices. Since the beginning of the Chapel movement, however, when paganism was pushed into the corners and people sat in rows in oblong buildings, it is no longer animal furs or brooches made of feathers. Now this is where people come to hang their old funeral weeds. People rip shreds off their shawls or black arm bands, or a button from their black cardigan, and then hang them on a pike or a gorse bush or a barbed wire fence. The scraps of rags rot and perish. It is believed that when they are gone, so is the pain.

Authors

Kevin Dyer
Kevin lives in Rhuthun. Before this he lived in Pentrellyncymer, before that Cardiff. He has a particular interest in how location and landscape shape our lives. He is Associate Artist for Farnham Maltings, Associate Writer for ATT and Lead Artist for Storm in the North Theatre. He was recently digital writer in residence for ‘Writing on the Wall’.He works as a dramaturg and writing mentor, and has won or been shortlisted for many playwriting prizes. These include:Winner: International Inspirational Playwright Award. Presented by Assitej International at their World Congress in Cape Town.Winner: UK Theatre Awards. Best Play. ‘The Hobbit’, adapted by Kevin Dyer.Winner: Writers’ Guild of GB. Best Play for Young Audiences, ‘The Monster Under the Bed’.Twice winner, Olwen Wymark Award for supporting other writers.He has just finished his first novel, ‘Marion’. It’s about a cow.www.kevindyer.co.uk Through the From Now On project, Kevin received mentoring support and critical feedback from Durre Shahwar, Co-founder of Where I’m Coming From.
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