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Feb 19, 2013

Acting the part in Rhyl

The UK's first theatre built specially for children has shaped the future of a Hollywood director, university professors ...

three Royal Shakespeare Company actors and many others. The Little Theatre, south of Rhyl rail station, opened in 1963 as the new base of Rhyl Children's Theatre Club, founded in 1944. Poet Adrian Henri was one of the club's early members. Film director Sara Sugarman attended Saturday sessions at the Little Theatre. To read more, scan the QR codes by the theatre entrance. Or click here

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Towyn floods illustrated

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Porthgain's steam railway

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