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Come see a rehearsed reading of my new play "MOIST" at The Other Room, Cardiff this Sunday 12th June at 4pm. Featuring the brilliant Christian Patterson and Nicola Reynolds and directed by the amazing Chelsey Gillard.

And join us after for a Q&A where you get to decide if the play is spared, or fed to the lions. All for just £5. 

Tickets and further details here:…

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Hi All, 

Have a performance this Friday the 10th at Carnegie House, Bridgend,  7-8.30 if you can come along,

Its based on true historical account from my Grandfathers memoirs of his time flying the Lancaster Bombers.

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I know creatives tend to keep their ideas to themselves for fear of someone else nicking the idea and running with it. And I know you can't copyright ideas, which is scary when you've come up with something really exciting.

But I went to my first NTW TEAM Workout session yesterday, and in discussing other people's projects and ideas I came away with loads of ideas of my own. These weren't nabbed from other people, they just grew out of conversations about other people's work. And I…

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On Friday, we ventured up to Aber to film different shots for the promo of the show. The weather was absolutely fabulous - perfect for Patagonia Day...The sort of day that would make Eeyore worry for Esmerelda's well-being on the beach, and the sort of day that would make Sospan a VERY wealthy man indeed...

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for us this week - what…

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Minimini ma minimini ma mini ma

There is a moment before every performance which is almost my favourite.  The whole cast come together on stage to do vocal warm-ups.  For me it is fifteen minutes where any distinction between principals and community chorus fades away. We get our tongues, lips and vocal chords round the sounds, consonants and vowels and a strangely marvellous noise fills the empty auditorium.  NTW sets out to create a community, and this is a time where I can…

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Our lovely director Matthew Dunster left us after the Previews, his job done, and now ours really starts. 

The mood in the wings has lightened as the lines, moves, reactions and exchanges become embedded.  I know what is coming up and am ready.  In the first Preview I hovered anxiously, pages too early.  Now I wait discretely, tucked away but alert and ready.  The oiled machine, company and stage management, technical crew, actors and singers move smoothly into action.  There…

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We are looking for volunteers to help at this year's Hijinx Unity Festival. from publicity to design, stewarding to front of house, we need help with a huge variety of tasks and have opportunities to suit all time availabilities - whether you can give an hour or a week, we'd love to hear from you. More information on the voluntary roles can be found here:

http://www.hijinx.org.uk/volunteers/

We are in particular need of…

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What a brilliant production! Congratulations to NTW and Patrick Jones for such an entertaining play. Patrick has tapped into so many issues arising out of the subject matter of Dementia. He definitely got the inner voice of all those affected. Though Welsh based this play has definitely got a universal appeal. While the play is truly entertaining I feel Augusto Boal would have been proud of Patrick subtly raising potential political issues i.e. the empathy / no empathy and cutbacks to…

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Hello,

 

I am looking for a mixed ethnic actor (confident to look and play a middle eastern/mediterranean character) preferably aged 30s or playing age; for a script in hand reading of 'The Work Programme' an anti government comedy debuting at Cardiff Fringe Theatre Festival's scratch night on the 23rd June at the…

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What is my purpose?

What am I doing?



Those are questions I have found myself pondering over the last few months. As I suspect many others will ask themselves those questions too at some point.

Is it ok to not know what you're doing in life? Damn right it is!

As my nan always says 'Rome wasn't built in a day' and neither will our journeys. It takes time.



That being said I've chosen a quote from George Bernanrd Shaw this week







'Life isn't… Continue

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Newport Playgoers Society

present

EIGHT MINUTES [Press Release]

--A New Play by Chris Harris--

8th - 10th June (7.15pm) The Studio, Dolman Theatre Newport

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'...I'm looking, Staring right into the heart of Friday night. It's pulsating, oozing, bleeding out into…

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LIVING PICTURES : SUMMER RETREAT 2016

Join us for our first theatre makers retreat at Coed Dylan this Summer. Explore your ideas, grow as part of an ensemble and reflect your finding to an invited audience. Using Shakespeare’s themes of existentialism and authenticity as provocation led by Michael Attenborough and voice work with Morwenna Rowe…

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