Sketty & Killay Mummers Tour

The Gower Mummers Play, Sketty & Killay Tues 30th December

Last night was our final tour for 2025 of the Gower Mummers Play. We visited The Vivian at Sketty, where we were bought ale by a young guy who really enjoyed our play, and was keen for us to keep the old tradition alive. So good to get positive feedback like that. Means a lot! We moved on to the Village Inn at Killay where we encountered Chris (new guy who has joined our side) and his family. They enjoyed the play too, as more ale was bought by Chris’ dad, Mark! 

The last pub, The Railway, presents a snug area for the Valiant Knight & King George to enact their sword fight, but it has the benefit of comfy carpet for the valiant Knight to ‘die’ upon!

We ended the 2025 Mummers Tour, singing a few songs with Nige singing I’ll Drink One, and Paul singing a Welsh sea shanty Hob a Derri Dando, with local singer Hermione Wild joining us singing The Wild Rover and playing her fiddle along with Sian, Di, and Keith. 

Sweyns Ey Morris always collect for charity when performing the old Gower Mummers Play, & the Crwmpyn John Play which we performed at the beginning of our tour season. This year we have collected a total of £546 for Maggies Swansea Cancer Charity so we would like to say a huge ‘Thank You’ to all the landlords/ladies who allowed us to perform in their pubs, and to all their customers who donated money to our collecting buckets.

Now we can put our feet up, enjoy a beer or a glass of wine before our next outing at the Gower Wassail on Sat 10th January, being held at the Gower Heritage Centre at Parkmill.

The cast for the Play: Narrator Nigel Haworth, Old Father Xmas Alistair Dixon, Beelzebub Di Clark, Valiant Knight Alex Heney, King George Paul Tarrant, Ten Pound Doctor Keith Lascelles.

Here are some photos of last night’s tour, taken by Andrea.