Grand Ambition
@grandambition.bsky.social
“We tell Swansea stories”. The resident production & community interest company at Swansea Grand Theatre.
@richardmylan.bsky.social
Steve Balsamo @michellemcternan.bsky.social
& Christian Patterson www.swanseagrand.co.uk/GrandAmbition__
@richardmylan.bsky.social
Steve Balsamo @michellemcternan.bsky.social
& Christian Patterson www.swanseagrand.co.uk/GrandAmbition__
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Penlan, Swansea, Now.
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality…but at what price?
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality…but at what price?
We are shortlisted for The Arts, Business & Health Award for our engagement with partners Cerebra & Swansea Carers Centre. Ahead of tomorrows awards we would like to say a huge thankyou to Swansea Council Creative Swansea Swansea Grand Theatre for all their support to date. 💥#MadeINSwansea
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June 18, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We are shortlisted for The Arts, Business & Health Award for our engagement with partners Cerebra & Swansea Carers Centre. Ahead of tomorrows awards we would like to say a huge thankyou to Swansea Council Creative Swansea Swansea Grand Theatre for all their support to date. 💥#MadeINSwansea
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Delighted to be shortlisted in the Arts, Business and Health Category for our work in partnership on 'MumFighter' by Tracy Harris with @cerebracharity.bsky.social & #SwanseaCarersCentre for the #aandbcymru Awards 2025. https://aandb.cymru/ab-cymru-awards-2025/ @SwanseaCouncil @SwanseaGrandTheatre
April 30, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Delighted to be shortlisted in the Arts, Business and Health Category for our work in partnership on 'MumFighter' by Tracy Harris with @cerebracharity.bsky.social & #SwanseaCarersCentre for the #aandbcymru Awards 2025. https://aandb.cymru/ab-cymru-awards-2025/ @SwanseaCouncil @SwanseaGrandTheatre
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hard-hitting theatre with heart is becoming Grand Ambition’s faultless MO...this latest work... is up there with Netflix’s frequently lauded Adolescence as a must-watch show for both parents and teenagers"
Full review:
https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/hot-chicks-stage-review-grand-theatre-swansea/
Full review:
https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/hot-chicks-stage-review-grand-theatre-swansea/
April 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Hard-hitting theatre with heart is becoming Grand Ambition’s faultless MO...this latest work... is up there with Netflix’s frequently lauded Adolescence as a must-watch show for both parents and teenagers"
Full review:
https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/hot-chicks-stage-review-grand-theatre-swansea/
Full review:
https://www.buzzmag.co.uk/hot-chicks-stage-review-grand-theatre-swansea/
The very lovely Michelle Perez will be leading touch tours and audio describing Hot Chicks for tonight's 7.30pm performance at Swansea Grand Theatre. Touch tours and audio description are brilliant tools for making theatre performances accessible for Blind and partially sighted audiences.
April 24, 2025 at 9:25 AM
The very lovely Michelle Perez will be leading touch tours and audio describing Hot Chicks for tonight's 7.30pm performance at Swansea Grand Theatre. Touch tours and audio description are brilliant tools for making theatre performances accessible for Blind and partially sighted audiences.
We have two performances of Hot Chicks today - 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
Tonight's performance at Swansea Grand Theatre will be BSL interpreted- interpreter Julie Doyle.
There will also be audio description from Michelle Perez.
All performances are captioned.
Tonight's performance at Swansea Grand Theatre will be BSL interpreted- interpreter Julie Doyle.
There will also be audio description from Michelle Perez.
All performances are captioned.
Hot Chicks BSL Trailer
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April 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We have two performances of Hot Chicks today - 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
Tonight's performance at Swansea Grand Theatre will be BSL interpreted- interpreter Julie Doyle.
There will also be audio description from Michelle Perez.
All performances are captioned.
Tonight's performance at Swansea Grand Theatre will be BSL interpreted- interpreter Julie Doyle.
There will also be audio description from Michelle Perez.
All performances are captioned.
"This is a must see production, for practitioners working with vulnerable young people, for teachers, for parents of adolescents, and importantly for young people themselves to become aware of the temptation and traps of exploitation" Dr Nina Maxwell, leading expert on Child Criminal Exploitation.
April 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"This is a must see production, for practitioners working with vulnerable young people, for teachers, for parents of adolescents, and importantly for young people themselves to become aware of the temptation and traps of exploitation" Dr Nina Maxwell, leading expert on Child Criminal Exploitation.
LATEST AVAILABILITY: Final tickets remain for Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond, our co-production with Sherman Theatre, for the following performances only: Today (22/04) 7.30pm, tomorrow (23/04) 6.30pm, Thursday (24/04) 2.30pm & 7.30pm (BSL/AD) and Friday (25/04) 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
April 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
LATEST AVAILABILITY: Final tickets remain for Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond, our co-production with Sherman Theatre, for the following performances only: Today (22/04) 7.30pm, tomorrow (23/04) 6.30pm, Thursday (24/04) 2.30pm & 7.30pm (BSL/AD) and Friday (25/04) 2.30pm & 7.30pm.
The feedback wall has become a bit of a regular feature at GA productions, and now Hot Chicks, our coproduction with Sherman Theatre, has landed at Swanse Grand Theatre, the comments are beginning to roll in. Here's a selection from last week.
Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk
Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk
April 21, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The feedback wall has become a bit of a regular feature at GA productions, and now Hot Chicks, our coproduction with Sherman Theatre, has landed at Swanse Grand Theatre, the comments are beginning to roll in. Here's a selection from last week.
Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk
Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk
Reposted by Grand Ambition
Morriston Comprehensive Performing Arts Tutors discuss @grandambition.bsky.social & Sherman Theatre's coproduction HOT CHICKS by Rebecca Jade Hammond, directed by Hannah Noone.
Catch HOT CHICKS at Swansea Grand Theatre April 16 - 25 - get your tickets now!
amam.cymru/grand-ambiti...
Catch HOT CHICKS at Swansea Grand Theatre April 16 - 25 - get your tickets now!
amam.cymru/grand-ambiti...
April 14, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Morriston Comprehensive Performing Arts Tutors discuss @grandambition.bsky.social & Sherman Theatre's coproduction HOT CHICKS by Rebecca Jade Hammond, directed by Hannah Noone.
Catch HOT CHICKS at Swansea Grand Theatre April 16 - 25 - get your tickets now!
amam.cymru/grand-ambiti...
Catch HOT CHICKS at Swansea Grand Theatre April 16 - 25 - get your tickets now!
amam.cymru/grand-ambiti...
Reposted by Grand Ambition
Lovely to see this Swansea story in the Grand today. 4 actors, wonderful story telling, the only unbelievable thing about it was the high scoring hygiene rating on the chicken shop window. Catch it this week. Another triumph for the team at @grandambition.bsky.social
Penlan, Swansea, Now.
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality…but at what price?
Teenagers Ruby and Kyla spend their evenings hanging at Cheney’s chicken shop dreaming of moving to Vegas and going viral. A chance encounter with older, cooler Sadie, means their dreams of pool parties and showering in dollars could become a reality…but at what price?
April 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Lovely to see this Swansea story in the Grand today. 4 actors, wonderful story telling, the only unbelievable thing about it was the high scoring hygiene rating on the chicken shop window. Catch it this week. Another triumph for the team at @grandambition.bsky.social
"funny, witty, touching and horrifying in equal measure"
Swansea author Richard E. Rock, came along to see Hot Chicks at Swansea Grand last week. Here's his review
Swansea author Richard E. Rock, came along to see Hot Chicks at Swansea Grand last week. Here's his review
Review Hot Chicks, Sherman Theatre, Grand Ambition by Richard E Rock - Get The Chance
When I was a kid (which was a very long time ago), ask any schoolboy what he wanted to be when he grew up and he would reply, ‘a footballer’. What any schoolgirl at that time might have answered I never discovered, as such social mixing was kept very much to a minimum. A pop … Continue reading Review Hot Chicks, Sherman Theatre, Grand Ambition by Richard E Rock →
getthechance.wales
April 20, 2025 at 6:31 PM
"funny, witty, touching and horrifying in equal measure"
Swansea author Richard E. Rock, came along to see Hot Chicks at Swansea Grand last week. Here's his review
Swansea author Richard E. Rock, came along to see Hot Chicks at Swansea Grand last week. Here's his review
Fantastic feedback from Swansea legendary production designer Ed Thomas (Dr Who, Da Vinci's Demons, Last Voyage of the Demeter). This means the world to us. Diolch Ed!
📍Swansea Grand
🗓️ Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
📍Swansea Grand
🗓️ Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
April 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Fantastic feedback from Swansea legendary production designer Ed Thomas (Dr Who, Da Vinci's Demons, Last Voyage of the Demeter). This means the world to us. Diolch Ed!
📍Swansea Grand
🗓️ Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
📍Swansea Grand
🗓️ Until 25th April
🎟️ www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
Swansea! This weather is grim, right? Whilst the beach is off the cards for all but the most determined of you, we have a nice (dry) alternative to being cooped up at home all holidays!
Book online today.
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Book online today.
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April 18, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Swansea! This weather is grim, right? Whilst the beach is off the cards for all but the most determined of you, we have a nice (dry) alternative to being cooped up at home all holidays!
Book online today.
(Video has no dialogue)
Book online today.
(Video has no dialogue)
The feedback wall has become a bit of a regular feature at GA productions, and now Hot Chicks, our coproduction with Sherman Theatre, has landed at Swanse Grand Theatre, the comments are beginning to roll in. Here's a selection from last's night's packed preview...
April 17, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The feedback wall has become a bit of a regular feature at GA productions, and now Hot Chicks, our coproduction with Sherman Theatre, has landed at Swanse Grand Theatre, the comments are beginning to roll in. Here's a selection from last's night's packed preview...
"Bold and Ambitious"
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers Sherman Theatre
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers Sherman Theatre
April 15, 2025 at 1:05 PM
"Bold and Ambitious"
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers Sherman Theatre
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers Sherman Theatre
Hot Chicks opens at Swansea Grand tomorrow!
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's "never safe, often funny" new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers, Sherman Theatre.
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's "never safe, often funny" new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers, Sherman Theatre.
April 15, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Hot Chicks opens at Swansea Grand tomorrow!
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's "never safe, often funny" new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers, Sherman Theatre.
With just one day to go until our Swansea preview, the brilliant people over at Plays to See have shared a blazing review of Rebecca Jade Hammond's "never safe, often funny" new drama, from it's premiere run with our coproducers, Sherman Theatre.
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Check out this wonderful new play that opens at Swansea Grand Theatre on 16th April - more information www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks
@grandambition.bsky.social #theatre #swansea #arts
@grandambition.bsky.social #theatre #swansea #arts
April 9, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Check out this wonderful new play that opens at Swansea Grand Theatre on 16th April - more information www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks
@grandambition.bsky.social #theatre #swansea #arts
@grandambition.bsky.social #theatre #swansea #arts
Who fancies a game of where are we?? We've got Hot Chicks posters here there and everywhere, but can you tell where in Swansea we filmed this mystery bus stop? Let us know in the comments and add any that you've spotted yourself: 🚏Ble mae'r safle bws hwn?🚏
April 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Who fancies a game of where are we?? We've got Hot Chicks posters here there and everywhere, but can you tell where in Swansea we filmed this mystery bus stop? Let us know in the comments and add any that you've spotted yourself: 🚏Ble mae'r safle bws hwn?🚏
Here's what audiences at Sherman Theatre thought of Hot Chicks. Book now to see the show right here in Swansea!
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
April 8, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Here's what audiences at Sherman Theatre thought of Hot Chicks. Book now to see the show right here in Swansea!
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
www.swanseagrand.co.uk/hotchicks
Thanks to Wales Online for this interview with Hot Chicks writer Rebecca Jade Hammond, explaining more about how she came to write the play, which is a coproduction between ourselves and Sherman Theatre.
Parents in Wales warned of 'very real danger' to children in powerful message
A critically-acclaimed play explores how 'chicken shop gangs' are recruiting children to deal drugs and be part of organised crime gangs, with the offer of free food
www.walesonline.co.uk
April 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thanks to Wales Online for this interview with Hot Chicks writer Rebecca Jade Hammond, explaining more about how she came to write the play, which is a coproduction between ourselves and Sherman Theatre.
Our last Cardiff review for Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond has landed. Penned by the author of ACW's English Language Theatre in Wales Review, this Nation Cymru review gives a few clues as to why we had so many sell out shows in Cardiff.
Theatre review: Hot Chicks
Jon Gower Grand Ambition, the Swansea-based theatre company has been around since 2021 which is long enough to see a pattern in their work. There is the energy to begin with – high octane performances are pretty much de rigeur. Then there is the deeply rooted sense of place, in the writing, the actors and […]
nation.cymru
April 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Our last Cardiff review for Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond has landed. Penned by the author of ACW's English Language Theatre in Wales Review, this Nation Cymru review gives a few clues as to why we had so many sell out shows in Cardiff.
Well, what a ride! Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond, directed by Hannah Noone has now finished it's run at Sherman Theatre. Just ten days to go until we open this beauty of a coprodcution a Swansea Grand Theatre.
Get your tickets now before it's too late!
https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks
Get your tickets now before it's too late!
https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks
April 6, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Well, what a ride! Hot Chicks by Rebecca Jade Hammond, directed by Hannah Noone has now finished it's run at Sherman Theatre. Just ten days to go until we open this beauty of a coprodcution a Swansea Grand Theatre.
Get your tickets now before it's too late!
https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks
Get your tickets now before it's too late!
https://www.swanseagrand.co.uk/HotChicks