DIRTY Protest heads into hyperspace with a play inspired by Wales’s claim to ‘Star Wars’ fame coming to two Mid Wales venues this week.

‘Lightspeed from Pembroke Dock’, a co-production between Wales’ acclaimed new writing company, Dirty Protest, Chapter and the Torch Theatre,will be at Aberystwyth Arts Centre this Saturday, April 28; and at Theatr Brycheiniog, Brecon, on Wednesday, May 2.

Taking the 1979 Pembroke Dock building of a full-scale Millennium Falcon spaceship as its inspiration. Mark Williams’ new play features a cast of four Keiron Self, known to many for his appearances as dentist Roger Bailey in the long-running BBC comedy ‘My Family’; Dick Bradman, from TV’s ‘High Hopes’, Sian Davies, known from ‘Pobol y Cwm’, and Jack Hammett.

Producer Jennifer Lunn said: “Set in Pembroke Dock in 1979 and 2014, our hero Sam is a ‘Star Wars’ obsessed teen in 1979 and a single father in 2014. His father is a redundant shipwright, employed to build the Millennium Falcon. Incredibly, the ship featured in the second film in the ‘Star Wars’ saga was constructed by a small army of tradesmen in the Pembrokeshire town’s Western Hangar. All were sworn to secrecy as the ship came together far from prying eyes.”

Dirty Protest brings Mark’s story to the stage in a production that combines the thrill of 1980s adventure movies with an intergenerational family saga all of its own. When ‘Star Wars’ superfan Sam discovers that the Millennium Falcon is being built in his home town, his life is turned upside down. Determined to get inside the cockpit; his only obstacle is his stepdad Mike, guardian of the secret hangar where the legendary ship is being built in Pembroke Dock. Fast forward to 2014. Sam’s daughter Lizzie goes missing, forcing him into a desperate hunt to bring her back to safety before it’s too late.

The show is billed as a story of hope, courage, and how to be a family when it seems the universe is against you.

Dirty Protest is Wales’ award winning new writing theatre company dedicated to producing, developing and promoting new writing and the writers of Wales, already having produced more than 300 new plays by over 200 established and emerging writers.

Tickets for Aberystwyth can be had from the box office on 01970 623232; and for Brecon on 01874 611622.