Hazel Anderson's Posts - National Theatre Wales Community2024-03-28T23:29:11ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAndersonhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2986199470?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=2aa42bguw7n8o&xn_auth=noCASTING CALL PAID 2 Roles: puppeteer/improviser to play Paper Bag Girl and a musician/improviser to play live in the show.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-04-19:3152760:BlogPost:2652482017-04-19T15:22:19.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
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<div class="c pg-1x1 pg-1y1 pg-1w0 pg-1h2"><div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x2 pg-1h3 pg-1y2 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs0 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span><strong>ALMOST ALWAYS MUDDY PRESENTS - PAPER BAG GIRL</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y3 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>Team Muddy are casting!</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h5 pg-1y4 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>We are looking for a <strong>puppeteer/improviser</strong><strong> </strong>to play Paper Bag Girl and a <strong>musician/improviser</strong> to live score the show. There is a 3 week devising period and an 8 week tour of ‘Almost Always Muddy’ <strong>Sep/Oct/Nov 2017.</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y7 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>This new piece of work for a family audience is an interactive, improvised instrument of chaos! We wanted</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y8 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>to look at Risk Aversion and Risk Benefit. In a society where children are over protected what is lost? There</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y9 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>is a gap between what people fear and what’s actually happening. In exploring these ideas we stumbled</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1ya pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>across an incredible place called ‘The Land’. A ‘Dangerous Playground with a raw, energised, untamed feel</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yb pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>about it. It was an overwhelmed, challenging and excited place to be, full of potential, possibility, story and</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yc pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>adventure. The idea of creating a world with pallets, tires, tubes, rope and mud that can be manipulated by</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yd pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>cast and audience was a very exciting possibility. Risk and adventure is slowly being designed out of</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1ye pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>children's lives. Can we use our theatre practice to design it back in?</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y10 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>Paper Bag girl is on a hunt to find ‘The Courage’ and its down to the audience to build all the places she</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y11 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>adventures to find it. In the first part of the event, the audience are invited in to a junkyard of building</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y12 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>materials to build the world of the story. Some structures and tools have been specially designed for the</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y14 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>In the second half , The ‘Story Yard Keepers’, an ensemble of 5 improvisers transform their creations into a</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y15 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>theatrical storytelling of Paper Bag Girl's Adventure, with live music and 'special' effects hidden in the ‘set’.</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y16 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>The Ensemble is made up of one narrator/story wrangler, one maker, one clown, one musician and one</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y17 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span>puppeteer. The story is lead by the young people; the world they have built and the suggestions they give</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y18 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0">Risk is the big word of the piece and the process. As well as exploring the risks our audience are taking with their creations and story telling, we are interested in exploring what risk means to us as performers and story tellers. What risks are we taking, during the process and with the show. </div>
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<li><span>be a skilled improviser and be comfortable working without a script.</span></li>
<li><span>be comfortable improvising with a puppet/with a musical instrumen<img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999445050?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="215" class="align-right" height="543"/>t (role dependent)</span></li>
<li><span>thrive on stage in a live and responsive environment.</span></li>
<li><span>have experience of devising in the rehearsal room.</span></li>
<li><span>have experience of working in an ensemble.</span></li>
<li><span>have some experience of clowning, physical theatre.</span></li>
<li><span>be used to the lifting and shifting required for the type of tour where everyone mucks in off stage as well as on.</span></li>
<li><span>have a passion for making work for a family audience.</span></li>
<li><span>Be comfortable working outdoors and all the challenging weather in the UK.</span></li>
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<p><span><strong>PUPPETEER/IMPROVISER DATES AND FEE</strong></span></p>
<p><span>You will be part of an Ensemble of 5. Main role will be puppeteering and voicing the protagonist of our adventure Paper Bag Girl.</span></p>
<span>Rehearsals: 31st - 2nd Sept, 4th-8th Sept, 11th-15th Sept, 19th - 24th Sept</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span>Tour: 27th - 1st October Wigan</span><br/><span>4th - 8th October Darlington</span><br/><span>11th - 15th October Gloucester</span><br/><span>18th - 22nd October Hull</span><br/><span>25th - 29th October Medway</span><br/><span>1st - 5th November Torbay</span><br/><span>7th - 12th November Peterborough</span><br/><span>15th - 19th November Thanet</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span>You will be part of an Ensemble of 5. Main role will be to support the piece with improvised underscore. We don't have a specific instrument in mind. </span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span>Rehearsals: 11th-15th Sept, 19th - 24th Sept</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span>Tour: 27th - 1st October Wigan</span><br/><span>4th - 8th October Darlington</span><br/><span>11th - 15th October Gloucester</span><br/><span>18th - 22nd October Hull</span><br/><span>25th - 29th October Medway</span><br/><span>1st - 5th November Torbay</span><br/><span>7th - 12th November Peterborough</span><br/><span>15th - 19th November Thanet</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span><strong>Fee: £5340</strong> Accommodation and travel provided.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span><strong>HOW TO APPLY</strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><br/><span>If you would like to attend an audition, please send your CV and a brief letter to</span><br/><span><strong>almostalwaysmuddy@gmail.com</strong>, <span class="pg-2ff1">detailing your relevant experience and why you would be interested in</span></span><br/><span>being part of the project. <span class="pg-2ff3">Please title the email <strong>Team Muddy Application Puppeteer</strong> or <strong>Team Muddy</strong></span></span><br/><span><strong>Application Musician</strong>. <span class="pg-2ff1">Include links to showreels/sound clips and websites where available.</span></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span><strong><span class="pg-2ff1">The closing </span>date for submissions is <span class="pg-2ff3">12 noon on Monday 24th April.</span></strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h3 pg-3y2 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span>If your application is successful you will be invited to attend an audition at either of the following venues:</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y4 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span><strong>16th May, Puppet Place, Bristol</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y7 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><strong><span>This project is supported by Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre & Oasis Play.</span></strong></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y7 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span>We are open to performers from all walks of life and from all backgrounds. We actively welcome performers who are from BAMER backgrounds, or have lived experience of disability and are open to supporting any access requirements. If you would prefer to apply or audition in a different format to take into account any access needs, please get in touch</span><strong><span>. </span></strong></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y7 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><strong><span><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999445812?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999445812?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="750" class="align-full"/></a></span></strong></div>CASTING CALL 15/16th MAY - Family Show touring UKtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-03-30:3152760:BlogPost:2647242017-03-30T07:07:42.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y3 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Team Muddy are casting!</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h5 pg-1y4 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are looking for a <strong>puppeteer/improviser</strong><strong> </strong>to play Paper Bag Girl and a <strong>musician/improviser</strong> to live score the show. There is a 3 week devising period and an 8 week tour of ‘Almost Always Muddy’ Sep/Oct/Nov 2017.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h6 pg-1y6 pg-1ff1 pg-1fs2 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>THE IDEA</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y7 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This new piece of work for a family audience is an interactive, improvised instrument of chaos! We wanted</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y8 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">to look at Risk Aversion and Risk Benefit. In a society where children are over protected what is lost? There</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y9 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">is a gap between what people fear and what’s actually happening. In exploring these ideas we stumbled</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1ya pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">across an incredible place called ‘The Land’. A ‘Dangerous Playground with a raw, energised, untamed feel</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yb pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">about it. It was an overwhelmed, challenging and excited place to be, full of potential, possibility, story and</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yc pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">adventure. The idea of creating a world with pallets, tires, tubes, rope and mud that can be manipulated by</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1yd pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">cast and audience was a very exciting possibility. Risk and adventure is slowly being designed out of</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1ye pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">children's lives. Can we use our theatre practice to design it back in?</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h6 pg-1yf pg-1ff1 pg-1fs2 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>THE SHOW</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y10 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Paper Bag girl is on a hunt to find ‘The Courage’ and its down to the audience to build all the places she</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y11 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">adventures to find it. In the first part of the event, the audience are invited in to a junkyard of building</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y12 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">materials to build the world of the story. Some structures and tools have been specially designed for the</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y13 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">challenge ahead.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y14 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">In the second half , The ‘Story Yard Keepers’, an ensemble of 5 improvisers transform their creations into a</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y15 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">theatrical storytelling of Paper Bag Girl's Adventure, with live music and 'special' effects hidden in the ‘set’.</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y16 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">The Ensemble is made up of one narrator/story wrangler, one maker, one clown, one musician and one</span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y17 pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">puppeteer. The story is lead by the young people; the world they have built and the suggestions they give</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h6 pg-1y1a pg-1ff1 pg-1fs2 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>THE ROLE’S</strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h6 pg-1y1a pg-1ff1 pg-1fs2 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><a href="http://www.almostalwaysmuddy.com" target="_blank" style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><img width="750" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999445050?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" width="215" class="align-right" height="543"/></a></div>
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<div class="t pg-1m0 pg-1x0 pg-1h4 pg-1y1b pg-1ff2 pg-1fs1 pg-1fc0 pg-1sc0 pg-1ls0 pg-1ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">To become part of team Muddy we require you to;</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">be a skilled improviser and be comfortable working without a script.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">be comfortable improvising with a puppet/with a musical instrument. (role dependent)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">thrive on stage in a live and responsive environment.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">have experience of devising in the rehearsal room.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">have experience of working in an ensemble.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">have some experience of clowning, physical theatre.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">be used to the lifting and shifting required for the type of tour where everyone mucks in off stage as well as on.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">have a passion for making work for a family audience.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Be comfortable working outdoors and all the challenging weather in the UK.</span></li>
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<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>PUPPETEER/IMPROVISER DATES AND FEE</strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You will be part of an Ensemble of 5. Main role will be puppeteering and voicing the protagonist of our adventure Paper Bag Girl.</span></p>
<span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rehearsals: 31st - 2nd Sept, 4th-8th Sept, 11th-15th Sept, 19th - 24th Sept</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tour: 27th - 1st October Wigan</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4th - 8th October Darlington</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">11th - 15th October Gloucester</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">18th - 22nd October Hull</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">25th - 29th October Medway</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1st - 5th November Torbay</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">7th - 12th November Peterborough</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">15th - 19th November Thanet</span></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fee: £6140</strong> Accommodation and travel provided.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>MUSICIAN/IMPROVISER DATES AND FEE</strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">You will be part of an Ensemble of 5. Main role will be to support the piece with improvised underscore. We don't have a specific instrument in mind. </span></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Rehearsals: 11th-15th Sept, 19th - 24th Sept</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Tour: 27th - 1st October Wigan</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">4th - 8th October Darlington</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">11th - 15th October Gloucester</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">18th - 22nd October Hull</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">25th - 29th October Medway</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">1st - 5th November Torbay</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">7th - 12th November Peterborough</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">15th - 19th November Thanet</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Fee: £5340</strong> Accommodation and travel provided.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>HOW TO APPLY</strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would like to attend an audition, please send your CV and a brief letter to</span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>almostalwaysmuddy@gmail.com</strong>, <span class="pg-2ff1">detailing your relevant experience and why you would be interested in</span></span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">being part of the project. <span class="pg-2ff3">Please title the email <strong>Team Muddy Application Puppeteer</strong> or <strong>Team Muddy</strong></span></span><br/><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Application Musician</strong>. <span class="pg-2ff1">Include links to showreels/sound clips and websites where available.</span></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-2m0 pg-2x0 pg-2h3 pg-2y5 pg-2ff1 pg-2fs0 pg-2fc0 pg-2sc0 pg-2ls0 pg-2ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong><span class="pg-2ff1">The closing </span>date for submissions is <span class="pg-2ff3">12 noon on Monday 24th April.</span></strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h3 pg-3y2 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0" style="display: inline !important;"></div>
<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h3 pg-3y2 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0" style="display: inline !important;"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If your application is successful you will be invited to attend an audition at either of the following venues:</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y3 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>15th May Battersea Arts Centre, London,</strong></span></div>
<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y4 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>16th May, Puppet Place, Bristol</strong></span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h3 pg-3y5 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">If you would prefer to apply or audition in a different format to take into account any access needs, please</span></div>
<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h3 pg-3y6 pg-3ff1 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">get in touch.</span></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y7 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><strong><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This project is supported by Arts Council England, Battersea Arts Centre & Oasis Play.</span></strong></div>
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<div class="t pg-3m0 pg-3x0 pg-3h4 pg-3y7 pg-3ff2 pg-3fs0 pg-3fc0 pg-3sc0 pg-3ls0 pg-3ws0"><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">We are open to performers from all walks of life and from all backgrounds. We actively welcome performers who are from BAMER backgrounds, or have lived experience of disability and are open to supporting any access requirements. If you would prefer to apply or audition in a different format to take into account any access needs, please get in touch</span><strong><span style="font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span>. </span></span></strong></div>THE LAND - Sometimes unkind, often daft and almost always muddytag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-05-07:3152760:BlogPost:2261932015-05-07T16:16:39.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
<h2 id="site-description">As part of Wales Lab four artists adventure into the wilds of North Wales for five days. We were exploring fear and courage in a risk adverse society and the importance of taking risks as a young person. This is an extract from our adventures. </h2>
<p><strong>The Land</strong></p>
<p><em>“Sometimes unkind, often daft and almost always muddy” Polly Morland, Risk Wise</em></p>
<p>‘The Land’ is a playground in North Wales, set up by Claire Griffiths. <span>The kids at…</span></p>
<h2 id="site-description">As part of Wales Lab four artists adventure into the wilds of North Wales for five days. We were exploring fear and courage in a risk adverse society and the importance of taking risks as a young person. This is an extract from our adventures. </h2>
<p><strong>The Land</strong></p>
<p><em>“Sometimes unkind, often daft and almost always muddy” Polly Morland, Risk Wise</em></p>
<p>‘The Land’ is a playground in North Wales, set up by Claire Griffiths. <span>The kids at ‘The Land’ are creators of their play space, they decide what g</span>oes up and what comes down. The space organically ebbs and flows to the beat of their drum. Because of this ‘The Land’ feels alive, dynamic and full of potential and possibility.</p>
<p><img src="https://almostalwaysmuddy.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/img_1658.jpg?w=150" width="150" height="100"/></p>
<p>We walked through the gates and the first thing we encounter is a young boy striding past, pick axe in hand. There is a huge fire blazing at the back of the playground, tended by a play-worker and young 9 year old girl. The place looks like a shanty town crossed with a skip. The kids acknowledge our existence but really aren’t that interested in us. They are far more interested in building dens, running up, over and through the maze of pallets and we don’t blame them, it looks like a lot of fun.</p>
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<p>There are normally no more than 3 play workers on duty at anyone time. They occur more like grounds keepers than land owners. They let the kids work out things for themselves and only ever step in if it looks like things are hazardous. They aren’t there to tell the kids off or tell them what to do. They remove hazardous nails and might help make a structure more secure. The rest is down to the kids. The four of us find this mind-blowing and very exciting! As a kid summersaults of a pile of tires , and one runs past with a hammer its hard to get one’s head around. ‘The Land’ has a raw, energised, untamed feel about it. The kids that are playing appear confident, loud and are having a blast. This is very much their kingdom.</p>
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<p>Since appearing in the Guardian article Claire has had what she described as ‘tourists’ visiting the playground. Parents bringing their children to ‘The Land’ because they want their child to experience risk. ‘The Land’ isn’t a theme park. This is a play scheme that these kids have grown up with. What happens when a child new to this type of play encounters this environment? What examples of play, adventure and exploration of risk taking can we take in to theatrical/immersive experience to families totally new to this type of environment.</p>
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<p>One 4 year old boy stands on the top of a concrete tube (you know the kind, the ones banned from playgrounds years ago for being to dangerous). He is about a meter off the ground. He’s looking down nervously at a mattress. His mum stands at the end of mattress not saying anything just watching. You can see by the look on his face that the drop for him looks like 100’s of meters. He asks ‘shall I’ to which his mum replies ‘it’s up to you’. He looks back down at the mattress. After a few more thoughtful moments he leaps off. His face lights up with a huge smile and he runs around to climb straight back up to jump again.</p>
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<p>The four of us were overwhelmed and excited by this place and our short time here. Its full of potential, possibility, story and adventure. The idea of creating a world with pallets, tires, tubes, rope and mud that can be manipulated by cast and audience is a very exciting possibility. The potential is there to have an interactive installation that grows over a week as kids play, build, create. How can a narrative be woven in to this? How do we capture what excites us about being here? The materials, the mud, the quickness and ease that dens are built up and destroyed, the freedom and physical confidence the kids exhibit in their play, the absence of ‘gown ups’! We defiantly have more questions than answers which is very exciting.</p>
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<p>with Kirsty Harris, Catrin Clarke, Gwen Scott.</p>Fear, Risk and a Small Suitcase.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-04-28:3152760:BlogPost:2257742015-04-28T21:00:00.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430211177392_23654"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430211177392_23653" lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;" xml:lang="EN-US">Having a little kitchen-cup-of-tea freak out. </span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430211177392_23658"><font face="trebuchet ms, geneva">I’ve just come back from a week's Wales Lab supported research and development of a new show with three…</font></p>
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<p id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430211177392_23658" class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><font face="trebuchet ms, geneva">I’ve just come back from a week's Wales Lab supported research and development of a new show with three brilliant artists and I feel totally overwhelmed. Don’t get me wrong the week was brilliant. It’s incredible how much one can cram in to a week and the ideas that came from the week are really exciting. </font><i id="yui_3_16_0_1_1430211177392_23661" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">You can read about what we got up to here. <a href="https://almostalwaysmuddy.wordpress.com/wp-admin/customize.php">https://almostalwaysmuddy.wordpress.com/about/</a></i></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I’m having a little mini freak out because I have an internal conflict going on. This isn’t unfamiliar territory. This is standard ‘starting a new project’ territory.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;" xml:lang="EN-US">I’m starting work on a project about courage, fear and taking risks. Ironically I find myself challenged by the very thing that i want to make work about. </span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">The original idea for this project was to make a small touring show that can fit in a small suitcase.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">After an amazing WalesLab week I’ve stumbled over and exploded in to, some really exciting possibilities for a totally different sort of show. </span><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">By the end of the week we were excitedly talking about creating an installation piece using pallets, tyres, rope, tubing and what ever we can salvage from local companies, to create, or rather facilitate young people in creating their own kingdom of dens, walkaways, slides, forests, whatever their imagination leads them to build. Within that creation time and play we weave a narrative about taking risks and finding ones courage. This can be something that grows over a few days or a week. Each performance building on, adapting or destroying what came before.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">This show definitely doesn’t fit in a small suitcase.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">I have an internal conflict between the desire to keep it super simple for myself and the desire to really go for it and see what this collaboration can create. What we are now talking about is really exciting and rich. The work involved in making this happen, whatever this is, seems unattainable, overwhelming and mystifying.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">The kitchen floor is paced and another cup of tea brewed.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">It’s the scale that breaks me out in a cold sweat. The bigger the scale the bigger the potential to totally fuck it up. With a solo show its only myself to let down. Says a lot about how I think things are going to go!</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"><span lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US">Building a team, looking after that team, nurturing a creative process that’s organic and open and gives space for ideas to breath and grow. Creating a process that doesn’t crush people’s creative input through inexperience is a lot of responsibility. </span>What if I am only capable of managing a small suitcase.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">The brilliant Simon Coates gave me some great advice, ‘be confident in your confusion’ I love this and carried this with me through the WalesLab week. Does the same apply to inexperience? Can I be confident in my inexperience and ask others to be confident in my inexperience, to take a risk on me, the project?</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">It all comes back to Fear. This is all fear talking. I really care about the themes we are exploring and I can’t make a show about taking risk without taking a few risks along the way! My suitcase is always going to be there waiting for me to pick it back up again. </span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">In my original short storytelling of ‘Paper Bag Girl’ she is given a book on how to find her confidence with 3 simple rules.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Breath deeply.</span></em></p>
<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><em><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Take one step at a time.</span></em></p>
<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;" xml:lang="EN-US">Face fear head on.</span></em></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;">Seems like good advice.</span></p>
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<p class="yiv5746012952MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva;"> </span></p>Room in a House in splotttag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-08-15:3152760:BlogPost:2038022014-08-15T23:07:23.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
<p>I have a lush double Room to rent in the awesome Splot. £375 all in. </p>
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<p>I have a lush double Room to rent in the awesome Splot. £375 all in. </p>
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<p></p>Fort Dale Family Summer Camp 14tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-08-03:3152760:BlogPost:2022892014-08-03T22:51:13.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
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<p>And then there is this :D</p>
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<p>And then there is this :D</p>Summer Camp 14' creation 'The Most Beautiful Girl in the World'tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-08-03:3152760:BlogPost:2024402014-08-03T14:24:32.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/102394042">https://vimeo.com/102394042</a></p>
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<p class="first">Take part in an all female skinny dip Sep 2014. visit happyinmyskin.co for more information.</p>
<p>I'm a theatre maker and artists and I'v started an investigation into woman's relationship to their body and what does 'being beautiful' mean to people.</p>
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<p>I was fortunate to be one of the Summer Campers this year and had the time and space to start talking to people and investigating…</p>
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<p class="first">Take part in an all female skinny dip Sep 2014. visit happyinmyskin.co for more information.</p>
<p>I'm a theatre maker and artists and I'v started an investigation into woman's relationship to their body and what does 'being beautiful' mean to people.</p>
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<p>I was fortunate to be one of the Summer Campers this year and had the time and space to start talking to people and investigating creatively what this topic means for me. Inspired by the Jetty at the fort I wanted to capture mermaids playing in the water. There is something about how Water supports the body and in water we forget about what the body looks like and we use the body to move us through the water and play. The water supports us. After a brilliant conversation about my investigation, with the talented writer Catrin Clarke, she wrote me this beautiful piece of writing.</p>
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<p></p>Made this on Summer Camp 14tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-08-03:3152760:BlogPost:2025092014-08-03T14:21:25.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
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<p>HX</p>Ahoy Summer Camptag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-06-23:3152760:BlogPost:1985882014-06-23T15:28:48.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
I sound like an excited 5 year old, Which I am :D<br />
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I sound like an excited 5 year old, Which I am :D<br />
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<p><a href="http://vimeo.com/98935750">NTW Hazel</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user10102092">Hazel Anderson</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>Likely Story looking for a stage manager for Christmas Tourtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2013-10-28:3152760:BlogPost:1791452013-10-28T18:47:11.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
<p>Likely Story Theatre are looking for a touring stage manager. 4 weeks. Equity Minimum. Touring Wales but based out of Cardiff. Fun show. Brilliant Company. 25th Nov - 23rd Dec. Must have full clean driving licence. Please visit our website likelystory.org.uk for more information on the company and email us for a full brief if your interested. email Hazel and Ellie @ info@likelystory.org.uk</p>
<p>Likely Story Theatre are looking for a touring stage manager. 4 weeks. Equity Minimum. Touring Wales but based out of Cardiff. Fun show. Brilliant Company. 25th Nov - 23rd Dec. Must have full clean driving licence. Please visit our website likelystory.org.uk for more information on the company and email us for a full brief if your interested. email Hazel and Ellie @ info@likelystory.org.uk</p>Looking for a Sound designertag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-11-26:3152760:BlogPost:211182009-11-26T14:08:18.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
Likely Story Theatre company are currently developing a new telling of the traditional Hans Christian Anderson tale 'Princess and the Pea'. It is shaping up to be something really special. The show is both physical and visual with a strong text written by Kit Lambert. Simon Harris is directing it and there are four fantastic performers.<br />
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The story so far: The traditional tale of the Queen and Prince’s search for a “real” Princess, using a humble garden pea, takes place in the background of our…
Likely Story Theatre company are currently developing a new telling of the traditional Hans Christian Anderson tale 'Princess and the Pea'. It is shaping up to be something really special. The show is both physical and visual with a strong text written by Kit Lambert. Simon Harris is directing it and there are four fantastic performers.<br />
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The story so far: The traditional tale of the Queen and Prince’s search for a “real” Princess, using a humble garden pea, takes place in the background of our story. Our story is set instead in the mud of the Palace Gardens , and the lives of the Royal Gardener’s two daughters, Mary and Sweet-pea. Mary is an ordinary teenager, trying to figure out what she wants from life. Her younger sister Sweet-pea thinks she knows exactly what her big sister needs. With the help of a big imagination, and a very lonely Prince, Sweet-pea sets about trying to turn Mary’s life into a fairy-tale...<br />
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After an initial development period and a couple of showings of the work to an audience the company are looking to develop further a couple of specific aspects of the piece. As part of the ensemble the actors create a soundscape for the show using voice, various objects and simple instruments. It is clearly something that can be developed further and has lots of exciting potential within the piece. To help us do this we are looking for a sound designer. We try to create as much of the soundscape live but are also interested in looking at mixing that in with recorded sound. The opportunity for a designer would be to collaborate with us to create a live soundscape for the show. The bad news is that there is no budget for this and no fee. However, it would be a good opportunity to get in early with the company and make a case to work on the show when they secure funding or, at the very least, to work on other shows further down the line.<br />
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The date of the development week is the 7th-11th of December. Please get in touch even if you are only available for one or two days. Your ideas and inspiration over the course of one day would be invaluable.<br />
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If there are some people interested, I would be happy to talk more to them.<br />
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Hazel Anderson<br />
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<a href="http://www.likelystory.org">www.likelystory.org</a>Likely Story Theatre company looking for Director/Writter/actortag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-07-22:3152760:BlogPost:111972009-07-22T10:57:20.000ZHazel Andersonhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/HazelAnderson
Cardiff Based theatre company Likely Story are looking for a Director, Writer/Dramaturge and an unconventional Prince Charming to help them devise a new adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. We are planning an innovative production, combining physical theatre, circus and live music.<br />
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The show will be aimed at children ages 7+ and the rehearsal period will include development workshops with 7-11 year olds. We have received funding from Arts Council Wales and John Thaw Foundation for an initial…
Cardiff Based theatre company Likely Story are looking for a Director, Writer/Dramaturge and an unconventional Prince Charming to help them devise a new adaptation of The Princess and the Pea. We are planning an innovative production, combining physical theatre, circus and live music.<br />
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The show will be aimed at children ages 7+ and the rehearsal period will include development workshops with 7-11 year olds. We have received funding from Arts Council Wales and John Thaw Foundation for an initial research and development period.<br />
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The development period will run between 1 September and 25 October for four weeks, final schedule to be confirmed. Rehearsals will take place in Cardiff, development workshops and performances in Cardiff and South Wales, you will need a base in the area. The fee for each role will be based on Equity minimum for 4 weeks, to be finalised according to available funding and in agreement with schedule.<br />
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Visit www.likelystory.org.uk for detailed information about each position.<br />
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