NTW18 - The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning

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Bradley Manning is the 24-year-old US soldier accused of the release of thousands of US embassy emails to Wikileaks. On Friday 16th December 2011, his pre-trial hearing opened in Fort Meade in Maryland. Manning faces a maximum sentence of life in custody with no chance of parole. But just a few years ago, he was a teenager in west Wales. How does his story impact on the people he left behind, and who is responsible for his ‘radicalisation’?

Website: http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw18
Location: Haverfordwest and beyond
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This group is here for people interested in, involved in and affected by the play The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning. Feel free to join up and contribute as we develop an artistic response to Bradley, his story, and his relationship with Wales.

We're just getting started - so join up and feel free to post and discuss links, comments, questions, thoughts or reactions. The team creating the show will all pitch in too.

You can read a blog by TIm Price on why he's wanting to tell this story here.

We have also been curating Tweets and other content around the development of this production using Storify. You can view the story here.

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This play is a fictional account which has been inspired by a true story. The incidents, characters and time lines have been changed for dramatic purposes. In some cases fictitious characters and incidents have been added to the plot, and the words are those imagined by the author. The play should not be understood as a biography or any other factual account.

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Comment by Catrin Rogers on Monday: There's a fantastic audio interview on TheatreVOICE here with John McGrath and Tom Beardshaw on the experience of live-streaming the show - well worth a listen!

Comment by Catrin Rogers on May 4, 2012 at 15:19: If you've no plans on Monday evening, and access to Sky Arts, check out Sky Arts at National Theatre Wales on Sky Arts 1, 7pm-7.30pm - it promises to be a fantastic behind-the-scenes look at the development and production of the show.

Comment by Tim Price on April 30, 2012 at 9:58: That is so brilliant Abdul.

Comment by abdul shayek on April 29, 2012 at 14:57: Yesterday I spoke to someone who was plastered with Bradley Manning stickers - on his bike, in his cap, jacket etc. So I asked if he had seen the show and he replied

'Yeah, it was brill. We watched online, on big screen at the squat.'

Brilliant.

Well done everyone.

Comment by Tim Price on April 25, 2012 at 22:19: Motion hearings: June 6-8, July 16-20, Aug 27-31, Sept 19-20. TRIAL: Sept 21-Oct 12. Dates might change if necessary.

Comment by Ashleigh Haddad on April 25, 2012 at 22:16: Found this article today, relevant to the show...

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Comment by Tim Price on April 25, 2012 at 15:11: After 701 days in prison, Bradley is finally given a date for his trial - September 21st 2012.

Comment by John McGrath on April 24, 2012 at 23:00: Forgot to link this into the group before - but I've written a blog on some of the debates around the show's mix of fact and fiction here. Would love your comments.

Comment by John McGrath on April 24, 2012 at 22:59: Sarah, Tom will be a better guide than me, but it seems from feedback that Firefox is a better browser to watch the livestream on than Safari, so if you haven't tried Firefox yet, you might want to try it. Also if you hit refresh in your menu bar, that often works. Sometimes though, it's simply that there isn't a good enough internet connection to download live video. We are definitely pumping it out at our end (except the night the generator broke down and we were half an hour late!!) however, the experience is a bit dependant on your connection at home. Do keep trying though, we've had great feedback for the online showings. It's very different from seeing the show in the live theatre version - but exciting in its own right. We're on Wed to Sat 7.30pm BST this week and also 2.30 on Sat. Good luck! John

Comment by Tim Price on April 24, 2012 at 9:38: Hi Sarah, Tom will be able to explain about this but I think it might be something to do with Adobe flash player.