Cysur y Sêr
Cysur y Sêr is a national-focused, Welsh-led and bilingual project that is about developing stories in Welsh, environmental respect and leaving an impactful legacy for future generations, leading up to the performances of Stars and their Consolations tour across Wales in March- April 2026.
Telling stories of the night sky helps make sense of constellation patterns in ways which connect us to our deep and recent past, and which orientate us, in geography, time, the seasonal year and culture. Stories are one of our most adaptable and reliable ways of passing on knowledge between generations.
For many of us it may seem that the world has never felt so divided. Things seem to be happening at an almighty pace, like we are ricocheting, faster and faster, into an uncontrollable storm. It’s overwhelming…. There is nothing like standing in the universe, under the immensity of the night sky, to be reminded about how out of our control all of this really is. Taking in the sights and sounds of the night, with thousands of stars suspended in the darkness overhead is incredibly grounding.
Dani Robertson, Project Nos Dark Sky Officer, All Through The Night (Harper North, 2023)
While working on the R&D and speaking to Welsh storytellers and audiences, we realised there is a danger that stories inspired by the night sky might be lost due to:
- increasing light pollution
- less people sharing stories of the stars in daily life
We were also excited to discover
- possible knowledge of Welsh myths of star constellations
- what happens when Greek myths of the stars are told in Welsh.
We will be working with 10 venues across Wales, their communities and collaborating with experienced and emerging storytellers to explore these themes and ways of working together in ways which are accessible and climate conscious.
We are celebrating Wales’s distinct and diverse identity as a nation protecting its Dark Skies and culture, embracing stories in many languages and different heritages.
We will be focusing on three areas of work over the next year:
Funders
