January 2016 Blog Posts (85)

Big Democracy: The Pierhead

What is the most pressing issue facing Wales?



NTW are taking over the Senedd and Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay as a part of the Big Democracy Project (BDP) on 19thMarch 2016. We are hosting a series of conversations and performances that will explore art/democracy.



A question we will be trying to answer throughout the day is ‘What is…

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Added by Gavin Porter on January 27, 2016 at 5:00 — No Comments

Let's talk about Japan and Korea....

"Cymru and I"

Artists: Yo Nakamura and Jorge Lizalde

Photography: Jorge Lizalde

Since…

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Added by Simon Coates on January 27, 2016 at 5:00 — 2 Comments

Call out for Creative Agents

Just to let everyone know that the Arts Council is looking for the next group of Creative Agents.  Please get involved if you feel you are able, and please spread the word if you know of the perfect person for the role!  All details outlined below:

‘Arts Council of Wales are recruiting Creative Agents for the next round of the Lead Creative Schools Scheme. The deadline is15th February. Further details about the scheme, the role and the application form can be…

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Added by Naomi Chiffi on January 27, 2016 at 1:15 — No Comments

NTW policy on casting & employing creative & production team

Just had some info passed on to me about NTW casting policy with preference given to Wales born, based or trained actors - can't find info as to whether that is correct and if so whether that support is given equally across all employment?  Can NTW pass info on as to whether that is an inclusive policy and applies to admin, creative & production team?

Added by kay denyer on January 26, 2016 at 23:29 — 1 Comment

Stories Of The Streets. Day #1 Rehearsals.

I have always been interested in stories and how important they are for many different reasons. So being my first experience of Stories Of The Streets (SOTS) I was intrigued to know where it all began and how it has evolved to where it is today and what better way than to be given the opportunity to blog about it.

So this blog will come from the words of a SOTS virgin! And I hope that for anyone who hasn’t experienced it and for people that have, this will give you an insight into the…

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Added by Diana Ford on January 26, 2016 at 9:30 — No Comments

NTW are Casting for Before I Leave

National Theatre Wales with / …

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Added by Mawgaine Tarrant-Cornish on January 26, 2016 at 1:30 — No Comments

Quick early Waleslab reflections

It's the final morning of the Louder is Not Always Clearer WalesLab week.  In my first blog, I promised further updates and alas, loyal reader, I have let you down.  So here's a very quick update as we head towards this afternoon's sharing.

R&D's are funny beasts.  As most of you will already know, it takes the first 2 or 3 days to…

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Added by Alan Humphreys on January 26, 2016 at 0:09 — No Comments

Amidst All the Melting Icebergs, A Ship Still Managed to Hit One: Dopplegangster’s TITANIC @ COP 21

Image | Sebastien Jamain

California based environmental activist/researcher Judee Burr talks about Doppelgangster's TITANIC at COP21. …

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on January 25, 2016 at 12:30 — No Comments

NTW WALESLAB 'FROZEN' The questions and the beginning of the process.

How can we create a piece of theatre around trauma? Does theatre have a place in examining trauma? How do we talk about trauma?

How can we create a piece of theatre that does not traumatise the audience and ourselves?…

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Added by Jain Boon on January 24, 2016 at 9:13 — 3 Comments

Dirty Gifted & Welsh, Dirty Protest and NTW's festival of new writing is back!

National Theatre Wales and Dirty Protest are teaming up for the third Dirty, Gifted & Welsh, and promise another jam-packed celebration of Welsh writers and writing for performance.

We have just announced the line up for Dirty, Gifted & Welsh 2015 and it's brilliant! All of this for only a fiver! 

Book tickets …

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Added by Catherine Paskell on January 24, 2016 at 8:30 — 1 Comment

Life in a Small-Scale Theatre Company - Aberystwyth Mon Amour

One of things that we are putting together in preparation for Aberywtyth Mon Amour in September is a downloadable MP3 walking tour called 'Louie Knight's Aberystwyth'.

We have finished the script and are looking forward to getting over to Chocolate Fox Audio to get the soundtrack down.

It really is happening....

Added by Adrian Metcalfe on January 24, 2016 at 5:48 — No Comments

NTW WALESLAB 'FROZEN' The beginnings of an idea

Some years ago I read a novel called Fugitive Pieces it follows the story of a young Polish boy who escaped the Nazis during the Second World War. He hides in a hole in the wall and witnesses the death of his parents. His sister disappears without trace.

He is discovered by an archeologist buried in earth in the middle of a wood.

For the rest of his life he is reminded…

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Added by Jain Boon on January 23, 2016 at 23:57 — 3 Comments

Volunteer actors wanted

The newly formed CAV Theatre Co, based at the University Hospital of Wales, is staging two one act plays for performance July 7th - 9th at the CMC Sports and Social Club. We are looking for a black male, aged 20-30, of West Indian/Caribbean origin, to play a male care home orderly. Possibly also a female aged 35-45 who can speak with a Northern England accent. Thirdly a middle-management family man aged 50-60.

Our plays are being staged on three evenings and all proceeds (minus hire…

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Added by Steve Masters on January 22, 2016 at 9:30 — No Comments

2x Workshop Assistants Required – project with primary schools pupils with Theatr Iolo and Parc & Dare

Theatr Iolo and Park & Dare are on the look-out for two workshop assistants to assist our Platfform artist, director Anna Poole in an ongoing series of workshops taking place in Treorchy Primary School and the Park & Dare with 10 – 11 year olds from the town. This is part of Anna's Platfform project which you can read about here: http://goo.gl/i2UP4c

 The role of the workshop assistants is to:

  • Contribute to the…
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Added by Olivia Harris on January 22, 2016 at 6:00 — No Comments

How can we make Wales a better place to be creative?

How can we make Wales a better place to be creative?

Culture lab is a leadership programme formed in the belief of the value of arts and culture to society. We want to harness the power of emerging cultural leaders here in Wales. By bringing together a cohort of up to twenty creative and cultural thinkers, influencers and activists, we believe Culture lab can enable a vision of leadership conceived around and embedded in a systemic understanding of the…

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Added by Simon Harris on January 22, 2016 at 5:33 — No Comments

Dissertation Theatre In Education Project

I am currently studying in Glyndwr university. I am creating a theatre in education show on teaching young children the welsh language. I was wondering if anyone would be interested to see the performance and if so please imbox me and I'll let you know more details. 

Added by Rosemary Anne Brown on January 21, 2016 at 23:15 — 1 Comment

Feel Good Friday

Before I start this week can I just say... Where has this week gone? Friday is here already and it seems like yesterday that I wrote my first 'feel good' (it was a whole 7 days ago :O)

Time needs to slow right down. I think my love and desire for a type 40 TARDIS has never been more needed than right now!



As I look back over the week and look forward to the next I have been looking for the right quote to sum up a feel good and I stumbled on this by author Joshua J… Continue

Added by Connor Allen on January 21, 2016 at 22:00 — No Comments

The First TEAM Panel Meeting

It seemed a lifetime ago since I ventured up to Cardiff for my TEAM panel interview, and before I knew it, I was back in the same room surrounded by an abundance of welsh cakes, smiling faces and the biggest tea pot I've ever seen! The first TEAM panel meeting was about to take place.

It all started with Devinda speaking about TEAM's vision, what it represented and what our roles and responsibilities would be. Once the introduction to TEAM had ended it was…

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Added by Diana Ford on January 21, 2016 at 10:30 — No Comments

Louder is not always clearer - Waleslab blog #1

As I write this, we’re one and half days into Jonny Cotsen’s WalesLab, “Louder is not always clearer”, and we’ve covered so much ground already.  I’m working on the project as an Emerging Producer, but everyone in the team is getting involved in the activities as we attempt to explore how a non-deaf person can get a feel for what a deaf person experiences.

We’ve looked at so many aspects: ensuring the approach is about…

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Added by Alan Humphreys on January 20, 2016 at 22:00 — 1 Comment

Baby by Doppelgangster | Vault Festival

I'm really excited to announce the premiere of Baby by Doppelgangster and MKA. It's on at Vault Festival, London, 27th January to 7th - Feb. 

Text-based, post-dramatic, political satire that is mostly as described in the image above; an audience with a polar bear; a victim of climate change, forced migration and globalisation. You are…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on January 20, 2016 at 8:44 — No Comments

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