Theatr Iolo

The full series in one place

Mia lives in Cardiff with her unconventional, free-spirited mum. It’s the two of them against the world. When the pandemic forces the city into lockdown, Mia and her mum cope better than most, their flat becoming a cosy, safe refuge.  

When lockdown ends, Mia is eager to get back to normal life. But her mum has trouble readapting - the city that seemed lively and busy and exciting now feels threatening and dangerous.  

And so Mia’s mum moves them to a caravan in the countryside, surrounded by fields and forests. It’s tranquil and beautiful - but by night there are screams, and strange figures lurking in the forest.  

Mia and her mum are caught in a battle between two factions of the people we call the Tylwyth Teg. Most of the Tylwyth Teg fled Earth after the industrial revolution, taking refuge in Annwn, a dreamworld where anything is possible. But some of the Tylwyth Teg stayed on Earth to try and protect nature - and were gradually driven insane by the noise, pollution and chaos of the modern world.  

Mia flees to Annwn to escape the battle. But when the bridges between the two worlds close, Mia has to decide - stay in the perfect dreamworld of Annwn? Or return to Earth, with all its chaos and danger?  

A thrilling tale of survival, adventure and magic, Annwn is a Welsh-language audio drama for pre-teens. It’s been specifically written to be accessible to second language Welsh speakers, and Welsh learners.

Mia has to make a huge decision – will she stay in Annwn forever, or go back to Earth alone?

Mae rhaid i Mia gwneud penderfyniad enfawr – fydd hi’n aros yn Annwn am byth, neu dychwelyd at y Ddaear ar ei phen ei hun?

Geirfa | Glossary

anialwch – desert

gwenyn – bees

anwesu – to pet, to tousle

yn fwriadol – deliberately 

celwydd – a lie

bwythyn – a cottage

cyfeillgar – friendly

cysylltiad – connection

yn perthyn i – to be related to

bydysawd – universe

blinedig – tired

ymlacio – to relax

ymestyn – to stretch

ysgwydd – shoulder

Mae Mia a Madog yn dychwelyd at y Ddaear. 

Mia and Madog return to Earth.

Geirfa | Glossary

arian-wyrdd – silver-green

hedyn – a seed

llongau – ships

gwerthfawr – precious

diolchgar – grateful

bydysawd – universe

dail – leaves

atgoffa – to remind

planhigion – plants

ail-fywio – to come back to life

troedio – to tread

ymyl – edge

pridd – soil

gwreiddiau – roots

Mia and Madog return to Annwn, and Braith decides to cut Annwn free of the Earth forever.  

Mae Mia a Madog yn dychwelyd at Annwn, ac mae Braith yn penderfynu torri Annwn yn rhydd o’r Ddaear am byth.

Geirfa | Glossary 

dail – leaves

tristwch – sadness

colled – loss

prydferth – beautiful

ysgwydd – shoulder

bodoli – to exist

ffon – a stick

pridd - soil

glaswellt -  meadow

hadau - seeds

anialwch – desert

gwerthfawr – precious

peryglus – dangerous

salwch – sickness

gwallgofrwydd - madness

gwenwyno – to poison

effeithio – to affect

crynu – to shake

teithio – to travel

Rhywle does neb wedi bod o’r blaen, mae Mia yn ffeindio rhywbeth oedd hi’n meddwl oedd ar goll.  

Somewhere no-one has ever been before, Mia finds something she thought she had lost.  

Geirfa | Glossary

persawr – perfume

gwenynen – a bee

ogof – a cave

rhaff – rope

esblygu – to evolve

madarch – mushrooms

gorffwys – rest

cawr – a giant

cysglyd – sleepy

diffyg – a lack

atseinio – to echo

gwenwyn – poison

gwrthod – to refuse

tywyllwch – darkness

pryder – worry

seren wib – shooting star

datgan – to reveal, to state

Mâs i’r môr – ac wedyn lan.  

Out to sea – and then up.  

Geirfa | Glossary

cwch – boat

hwylio – to sail

hwyliau – sails

rhwyfo – to row

rhwyf – an oar

tonnau – waves

machlud – sunset

adain – wings

Mae Mia a’i mum yn ffeindio cartref newydd mewn dinas newydd.  Ac yn cwrdd â brenhines y bydysawd.  

Mia and her mum find a new home in a new city.  And meet the queen of the universe. 

Geirfa | Glossary 

gwenwyn – poison

ymlith – among

llenwi – to fill

potshan – to potter about

llawenydd – happiness, joy

nenffwd – ceiling

Mia a’i mum yn darganfod haf sydd byth yn dod i ben.  Ond nid yw pawb yn Annwn yn hapus i weld Mia yno...

Mia and her mum discover a summer that never ends.  But not everyone in Annwn is happy to see Mia there...

Geirfa | Glossary 

gwair – grass

glaswellt – pasture, grass so deep green it’s almost blue

gwenynen – a bee

dant-y-llew – dandelions

rheadr – waterfall

ymgasglu – to collect

gwyrddni – greenery

tyrrau – towers

copa – summit 

bodoli – to exist

llithrio – to slide

sglefrio – to skate

hofran – to hover

fflachio – to flash

melltith – lightning

milltiroedd – miles

gawlach – a mess

gwallgof – mad

llosgi – to burn

I ddianc, mae rhaid i Mia gadael popeth ar ei hol hi...

To escape, Mia has to leave everything behind...

Geirfa | Glossary

chwys – sweat

talcen – forehead

sibrwd – to whisper

dioddef – to suffer

brathu – to bite

lewys – sleeve

lledr – leather

ymateb – to react

asgwrn – bone

cropian – to crawl

casineb – hatred

rhewi – to freeze

ffiaidd – hateful

gwallgofrwydd – madness

sgerbwd – skeleton

boncyff – trunk

canghennau – branches

y ddaear – the earth

bydysawd – universe

llyfn – sharp

trywanu – to stab

ffyrnig – furious

clymu – to tie

Mae Mia, ei mam, a Madog yn rasio i ddianc y Gwylltion.

Mia, her mum, and Madog race to escape the Gwylltion.

Geirfa | Glossary

porffor – purple

angredadwy – unbelievable

presenoldeb – presence

achub – to save

ffraeo – to fight, to fall out

gwahanu – to separate

croesfan – crossing place

gwacter – emptiness

meysydd – fields

allanfa – exit, way out

peiriannau – machines 

anwastad – uneven

swyn – charm, magic spell

mesur – to measure

coeden derw, derwen – an oak tree

brig – ridge