The Wales Millennium Centre Welsh language production Ma’ Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco (Bili does a Bronco) by Douglas Maxwell opens in Cardiff on July 31 before touring Wales in August.

Adapted by Jeremi Cockram, this site -specific production, which takes place in a playground, was premiered by Grid Iron at the 2000 Edinburgh Festival and completed a three month tour of Scotland and England in 2010.

Ma’ Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco tells a powerful and vivid tale of childhood innocence and the perilous passage into adulthood.

Set on a housing estate in the Swansea Valley, five boys spend the summer of 1983 acting out their dreams and fears in their local park.

It’s a summer of play-fighting, Star Wars and their new obsession with bronco’ing, but when their playful banter and bickering is cut short by an unimaginable event, their lives are changed forever.

Ma’ Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco is directed by Geinor Styles, artistic director of Theatr na n’Óg, whose recent credits include Salsa, Aesop’s Fables and You Should Ask Wallace, which will be performed in Singapore in 2013.

Geinor said: “To be such an integral part of Wales Millennium Centre’s first national tour is an exciting prospect to say the least, especially in light of the powerful and emotive nature of Ma’ Bili’’n Bwrw’r Bronco. It is a privilege to be working with such a talented Welsh cast and crew on a play which will enthral audiences.”

Ma Bili’n Bwrw’r Bronco will be staged in Cardiff from July 31 to August 4 at the The Marl, Grangetown, Cardiff, before performances at the National Eisteddfod, Ystradgynlais, Swansea, Clwyd, Caernarfon, Llanelli and Aberystwyth. Tickets range from £6 - £12. The production has an age guidance of over 11s. To book tickets visit wmc.org