Almost anyone with the temerity to mount a new version of "Peer Gynt" Henrik Ibsen's (or Edvard Grieg's, or Ibsen's-plus-Grieg's) immense, all-over-the-map epic drama with music has to make major changes from the original 1876 production.
Between the forest and the building is a pond on which sits a massive 19th-century Noh stage, the setting for outdoor presentations of classical drama and music several times a year.
The 63-year-old, who trained as what is now the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff has taught instrumental music and choral proficiency to children and adults for 40 years or so.