Wasan wasan kwaikwayo na mace ɗaya Iphigenia in Splott ya fara fitowa a shekara ta 2015. Shekaru goma sha ɗaya bayan haka, sabon salon Gary Owen na wani bala’i na Girka—wanda aka saita a unguwar ma’aikata ta Splott, Cardiff—ya zama wani zamani na zamani. Ya sake tunanin jarumar tatsuniya Iphigenia a matsayin Effie, wata budurwa da ke ciyar da kwanakinta tana shan vodka daga mug yayin da take cikin rigar bacci. Wasan yana magance talauci, rashin daidaiton zamantakewa, rufewa, yanke, da ayyukan jama’a da ke lalacewa ta hanyar tsaurin matakai. Wani bita mai tauraro biyar daga The Guardian a 2022 ya bukaci: “Kowa ya kamata ya ga wannan.”
Mutum ɗaya da ya yi hakan ita ce Leisa Gwenllian, ɗalibar wasan kwaikwayo ta shekara ta ƙarshe daga arewacin Wales. “Ina kan layin gaba tare da abokina,” in ji Gwenllian, yanzu mai shekaru 24, tana shan shayin mint a wani otal a London. “Ina tunawa ina tunani: wow! Wata mace ‘yar Wales mai ƙarfin lafazin Cardiff a kan mataki a Lyric [a Hammersmith, London]—abin da ake nufi ke nan.” A Makarantar Wasan Kwaikwayo ta Oxford, ta yi karatun al’adu na gargajiya galibi tare da mutane masu lafuzza da asali daban-daban daga nata. “Ganin kanki a kan mataki yana da ƙarfi sosai.”
Shekaru huɗu bayan haka, ta yi tauraro a wani fim ɗin harshen Welsh na wasan, Effi o Blaenau. Mai ban dariya, mai ƙarfin hali, kuma mai rauni, ta ba da wani wasan kwaikwayo na ci gaba wanda ya sa ka ji kamar ka fara ganinta. Ko da lokacin da Effi—an cire “e” ta ƙarshe daga sunanta don fim ɗin don dacewa da ka’idojin rubutun Welsh—ta yi ihu ga kakarta mai haƙuri, gaskiyarta da bayyanar ta sa ba zai yiwu ba a yi mata murna. Sa’an nan, bayan wani babban dare a Llandudno, ta yi ciki, kuma komai ya canza. Fim ɗin ya jagoranci Marc Evans, wanda ya rubuta rubutun tare da Owen, yana motsa wurin daga Cardiff zuwa Blaenau Ffestiniog, wani tsohon garin hakar slate a arewa-maso-yammacin Wales.
Ta hanyar kiran bidiyo, Owen ya ce tsammanin Iphigenia in Splott ya yi ƙasa lokacin da aka buɗe shi a Sherman Theatre a Cardiff a 2015: “Sun tsara shi na mako biyu da rabi kawai kuma suna damuwa game da siyar da tikiti.” Lokacin da ya rubuta wasan a 2014, yana zaune a Splott a lokacin tsananin tsaurin matakai. “An gaya mana cewa dole ne mu yarda da waɗannan yanke saboda duk muna tare.” Amma duban Splott—ga mutanen da ke dogaro da cibiyoyin al’umma da Flying Start (sigar Wales na shirin tallafin farkon shekaru Sure Start) don rayuwa—ba ya ji kamar kowa yana shan wahala daidai. “A bayyane yake cewa yanke ayyukan jama’a zai shafi mafi rauni, waɗanda suka dogara da su sosai, mafi tsanani.” Effie ta sami wahayi daga maƙwabtansa a gefen titi, waɗanda ke zaune a gidajen tallafi—“ba koyaushe maƙwabta mafi sauƙi ba,” in ji shi da murmushi.
Kwarewarsa kanta ta tsara wasan. Lokacin da aka haifi ɗansa na biyu, matar Owen ta fara haihuwa da wuri—kamar yadda Effie ta yi. Babu gado a sashin kula da jariri na musamman na Cardiff, don haka suka kira asibitoci a Newport da Swansea. Babu wanda ke da gado. Mafi kusa shine a Abergavenny, tafiyar awa ɗaya daga arewa, amma dusar ƙanƙara tana sauka kuma hanyar takan rufe a yanayi mara kyau. Yaron yanzu yana da shekaru 13. “Amma makonni bayan an haife shi, ina zaune ina ba shi kwalba, kuma dusar ƙanƙara tana kan tsaunuka. Ya buƙaci a saka masa bututun numfashi bayan haihuwa. Idan wani abu ya yi kuskure, da wuya ya mutu. Yana ɗaya daga cikin lokutan da na yi tunani: oh, wannan ya faru saboda yanke ayyuka.”
Wasan da ya rubuta a 2014 har yanzu yana jin dacewa da zafi—kuma ana ci gaba da yin shi. Menene wannan ya ce game da inda muke yanzu? Owen ya yi huci. “Tsaurin matakai ya zama al’ada. Ayyuka suna rushewa, kuma rayuwa tana da wuya sosai ga mutane da yawa.” Ba na jin abubuwa sun inganta—ina jin sun yi muni.
Iphigenia in Splott an fassara shi zuwa Faransanci da Sifen. Tunanin fim ɗin harshen Welsh ya fito daga mai shirya fina-finai Branwen Cennard a S4C, tashar talabijin ta kyauta ga masu jin Welsh. Yin fim ɗin a cikin Welsh tare da rubutun ƙasa ba za a iya sasantawa ba, in ji ta: “Da ban yi la’akari da yin shi ta wata hanya ba.”
Me yasa motsi daga Cardiff, na tambayi Evans? “Blaenau gari ne inda mutane ke rayuwa a cikin Welsh. Idan da gaske kana son fahimtar al’adun ma’aikata na harshen Welsh, dole ne ka je arewa. A can ne yara suke zagi da faɗa a cikin Welsh, a faɗi a sarari.” Yanayin garin, kewaye da manyan tsaunukan da mutum ya yi na sharar slate, shi ma kyauta ne. “Blaenau yana da ban mamaki domin kawai ka duba shi kuma yana ihu ‘bayan masana’antu.’”
Ba wai yana son jagorantar fim ɗin ba, Evans ya ce. Shirinsa shine ya ɗauki darakta mace, ya ja baya, kuma ya ɗauki lambar yabo na mai gabatarwa. “Ina sane sosai da batun kallon namiji.” Me ya faru? “Ban sani ba—da alama akwai ƙarancin daraktoci mata a nan Wales a yanzu, aƙalla a cikin harshen Welsh.” Ya rama ta hanyar ɗaukar mata a matsayin shugabannin sassan da manyan matsayi a cikin ma’aikatan, ciki har da, mahimmanci, mai daukar hoto Eira Wyn Jones. “Na san akwai wasu wuraren da gaske ya zo ga ruwan tabarau da Leisa, don haka ina jin hakan ya daidaita abubuwa kaɗan.”
Lokacin da ya zo ga zaɓar ’yan wasa, Evans ya ɗauka cewa za su sami ’yan wasa matasa suna yin layi a kusa da shingen don yin gwaji. “Al’adar wasan kwaikwayo tana da ƙarfi sosai a Wales,” in ji shi. (Fim ɗinsa na ƙarshe, Mr Burton, ya ba da labarin wani matashi Richard Burton.) Amma akwai ƙananan masu nema fiye da yadda ya zata, wanda yake tunanin yana iya kasancewa da alaƙa da raguwar tafki na hazaka daga asalin marasa gata. “Wasan kwaikwayo ya zama fage mai wuya idan kai ma’aikaci ne ko ba za ka iya biyan kuɗin zuwa kwaleji ba. Da gaske kana yin caca da wasan kwaikwayo, wanda ba shi da kwanciyar hankali,” in ji shi.
Gwenllian ta girma a ƙasa daga Blaenau Ffestiniog. “Ba na jin na fahimci yadda yankina yake da Welsh har sai da na ƙaura. Muna iya yin watanni ba mu jin Turanci kwata-kwata, sai a waya. Kana iya zuwa McDonald’s na gida kuma ka yi oda a cikin Welsh. Yana da ɗan kumfa.” A gaskiya, lokacin tana shekara 12 kuma wani mai zaɓar ’yan wasa na BBC ya zo wa ƙungiyar waƙarta don neman yarinya da za ta fito a cikin shirin yara Rocket’s Island, ta ji tsoro game da yin gwaji a Turanci. “Ina tuna gaya wa mahaifiyata: Ba zan yi ba saboda yana cikin Turanci. Ba ka fara darussan Turanci a makaranta sai kana da shekara bakwai ko takwas.”
Bayan Rocket’s Island, Gwenllian ta sami wani bangare a cikin wasan opera na sabulu na harshen Welsh mai tsawo Rownd a Rownd: “Na yi hakan har na kai shekara 19.” Kuɗin da ta samu daga wasan kwaikwayo ya biya makarantar wasan kwaikwayo: “Ya buɗe kofofi da dama da dama waɗanda mahaifiyata ba za ta iya biya ba.” Lokacin da ta yi gwaji don wuri a Makarantar Wasan Kwaikwayo ta Oxford, dole ne ta karanta wani sashi daga Iphigenia in Splott. “Malamina na wasan kwaikwayo ya gabatar da ni ga wasan lokacin ina shekara 15 ko 16. Na haɗu da shi sosai.”
Dole ne ya ji kamar kaddara lokacin da ta ji ana yin fim a yankinta na arewacin Wales, na ce. “A gaskiya, ina jin ciwon kai a gwajin. Mun yi babban dare a daren da ya gabata.” Idan muna duban baya, hakan bai cutar da damarta ba. “Yana da ɗan Effi.”
Wasan kwaikwayonta shine zuciyar fim ɗin. Tana cikin kusan kowane wuri—kuma waɗanne wurare ne. Tana shan manyan adadin vodka, tana yin rawa mai banƙyama musamman a gidan rawa, tana yin jima’i, tana haihuwa, kuma tana rayuwa ta hanyar wani mummunan bala’i.
Shin tana da wata hanya don shiga cikin hali? “A’a. Ba na jin akwai wani sirrin girke-girke. Na karanta shi sau miliyan kuma na yi tunani sosai game da shi da labarin. Na gan ta a matsayin mutum na gaske, domin akwai Effis na gaske da yawa a waje.” Samun kayan wasan kwaikwayo ya taimaka kuma: “Da zarar na sa lashes da eyeliner, na ji kamar Effi.” Effi o Blaenau za a fitar da shi a Burtaniya a ranar 19 ga Yuni.
Tambayoyin da Aka Yi Yawa
Anan akwai jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da labarin Jima’i wahala da mugs na vodka yadda tatsuniyar Girka ta Iphigenia ta zama fim ɗin harshen Welsh mai nasara
Tambayoyin Matakin Farko
1 Menene wannan fim yake game da
Fim ɗin harshen Welsh na zamani ne mai suna Y Gwyll wanda ya sake tunanin tatsuniyar Girka ta Iphigenia Maimakon gimbiya da aka sadaukar don rundunar yaƙi, labarin ya biyo bayan wata budurwa a wani bakin teku mai duhu na zamani a Wales tana ma’amala da sirrin iyali, talauci, da zaɓe masu wuya
2 Me yasa take ya ambaci jima’i wahala da mugs na vodka
Waɗannan su ne manyan jigogi a fim ɗin Jima’i yana nufin dangantaka mara kyau, wahala ita ce matsanancin talauci da gwagwarmayar iyali, kuma mugs na vodka hoto ne na zahiri daga fim ɗin da ke nuna yadda jarumai ke jure wa rayuwarsu mara kyau
3 Shin wannan fim ɗin da gaske ya yi nasara
Ee Ya zama nasara mai ban mamaki a Wales, yana jawo hankalin masu kallo da yawa da yabo mai mahimmanci don gaskiyarsa da wasan kwaikwayo mai ƙarfi duk da kasancewa a cikin Welsh da kuma ƙarancin kuɗi
4 Shin ina buƙatar sanin tatsuniyar Girka don fahimtar fim ɗin
A’a Fim ɗin yana aiki a matsayin wasan kwaikwayo mai zaman kansa Sanin tatsuniya yana ƙara zurfi amma labarin an ba da shi ta hanya mai ƙasa da zamani wacce kowa zai iya bi
5 Shin fim ɗin yana cikin Welsh kawai
Ee tattaunawar tana cikin Welsh galibi amma yawanci yana da rubutun ƙasa na Turanci ga waɗanda ba masu jin Welsh ba
Tambayoyin Matakin Tsaka-tsaki
6 Ta yaya fim ɗin ya sabunta tatsuniyar Iphigenia
A cikin tatsuniya ta asali, Sarki Agamemnon ya sadaukar da ’yarsa Iphigenia don iska don tafiya yaƙi A cikin Y Gwyll, sadaukarwar ta fi na tunani da zamantakewa—ana matsa wa wata budurwa zuwa rayuwar cin zarafi da shiru don kare sunan iyalinta da rayuwa a cikin al’umma mara gata
7 Me yasa ake ɗaukar fim ɗin a matsayin mai ƙazanta ko danye
Yana amfani da salon kamar takardu, kyamarori na hannu, da haske na halitta Wurin shine wani gari na bakin teku da ya lalace kuma jaruman suna zagi, suna shan giya sosai, kuma suna fuskantar tashin hankalin gida da talauci Ba ya kyautata komai
8 Wace rawa ce harshen Welsh ya taka a nasarar fim ɗin
