Mr Jones

144 lives. 10% of this total shared a surname: Jones. Aberfan, 1966. As self-proclaimed rugby prodigy Stephen revels in his greatest kick, 150,000 tonnes of coal careen down the hillside towards Pantglas Junior School. Following sold-out, critically acclaimed performances at the Union Theatre, London, and on tour, Liam Holmes' powerful new play comes to the Edinburgh Fringe – blending drama, poetry, verbatim, and first-hand accounts of the 1966 Welsh mining disaster and its devastating aftermath. Exploring the complexities of grief, Mr Jones offers a poignant and honest portrait of a community irrevocably changed by tragedy.