‘I’m bursting with ideas’: Michael Sheen launches new national theatre for Wales

Welsh star promises big, bold plays that bring vital ‘under-explored’ stories about Wales to life

Michael Sheen, a global star of screen and stage, is spearheading a new national theatre for Wales, promising to create big, bold plays that bring vital stories about his homeland to life.

Sheen said he was bursting with ideas and promised to appear in the newly forged Welsh National Theatre’s first production, a “foundation” story about Wales staged at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff.