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ARKade Empty Shop: Day 2

The first day of the ARKADE Empty Shop Project not only brought new life to the Castle Arcade but also to a lot of old shoes as well!

What with workshops a plenty both crafty and socially design based we couldn't have anticipated the amount of support and enthusiasm shown to the project.

Although day one saw us addressing some of the more serious issues of the recession and how it has…

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Added by Mathilde Lopez on July 3, 2010 at 0:50 — No Comments

4-star review in the Telegraph - For Mountain Sand and Sea

We woke up to beautiful sunshine and a 4-star review in the Telegraph today!

Added by Catrin Rogers on July 2, 2010 at 23:08 — No Comments

Day 124 - On the Road with Pearson and Yang - The Hugh Owen Library, Aberystwyth

A middle aged man with steel rimmed glasses stands facing away from me in the far corner, clattering the photocopier lid repeatedly, his repetitive action encouraging the hulking grey machine to cast an ominous green light across his blue Marks and Spencer's shirt at regular intervals. The young girl behind me is playing her music through headphones at the special volume normally reserved for members of Spinal Tap and ignorant train passengers. I am half expecting a…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 2, 2010 at 1:30 — No Comments

The Sadlers Wells Global Online Contest - She Walks in Beauty by The Ophelia Project

Please watch our short 3 min film of The Ophelia Project which is an entry in the Sadlers Wells Global Online Contest .

http://www.globaldancecontest.com/video.html?id=1193

Enjoy!

Added by Rhiannon Brace on July 1, 2010 at 2:38 — No Comments

Living Willow Theatre Family Shakespeare Festival selling fast The Factory, Tim Caroll, Germaine Greer and much, much more. THIS WEEKEND *****

The Family Shakespeare Festival takes place at the Living Willow Theatre this weekend from the 2nd to the 4th July – a weekend about families forfamilies using dance, drama, music, workshops and talks to explore this current hot topic. The festival features workshops and talks from Tim Caroll, Andrew St George and many more.

The Factory Theatre Company will be giving a full weekend contribution with 'The… Continue

Added by The Living Willow Theatre on July 1, 2010 at 2:30 — No Comments

What's Going On

Overheard from a Barmouth local, as the For Mountain, Sand & Sea audience walked past him yesterday:

"What's going on? I feel left out!"

Spend just on hour in Barmouth between now and 10th July, and you'll see exactly what he meant - Marc and the team have made a huge impression on the town, as it has on them.

We had a glorious day for it, and the performance was a triumph. Lovely in particular to meet so many local residents, who added to the atmosphere (and the… Continue

Added by Catrin Rogers on July 1, 2010 at 0:00 — 1 Comment

Juan Blanco´s pics of "For Mountain Sand and Sea"

Added by Guillermo Weickert on June 30, 2010 at 11:43 — 1 Comment

Devising for Writers

Script is running a programme of writer development activity over the next couple of months and there’s still time to apply for a place on the forthcoming 3-day workshop in collaboration with…

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Added by Catherine Edwards on June 30, 2010 at 5:46 — No Comments

YOU could be a winner too!

So, the games have begun!

I put up a challenge last week to all in the community- how to explain the game of Tetris in a dramatic script. We had some great suggestions and our lucky winner was Mick Greenway! A bottle of red is on it's way to him.

Here's the link if you want to have a read-…

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Added by Bethan Marlow on June 30, 2010 at 5:17 — 1 Comment

Day 121 - Murder on the streets of London - on the floor of my office, Aberystwyth

With his gothic descriptions of London in the grip of fog, locations dis-connected, a haze, a dreamlike sense of place, Robert Louis Stevenson may have been the first psychogeographer. A year after the publication of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jack the ripper may have been the first 'psycho' geographer. I wonder whether my new reading position on the floor of my office might be a cause for concern for anyone that were to pass by and peer through the window to see… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 29, 2010 at 12:16 — No Comments

Day 120 - The abandoned farm - Esgair Fraith

Trust the map in your mind. Trust it when it tells you to turn right even when the OS map said to turn left. Trust the map in your mind when it says that somewhere on the left you will find a parking place, and that after that it will only be a short walk to your destination. Trust the map in your mind... unless of course you didn't trust yourself on the first… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 28, 2010 at 12:30 — No Comments

ARKADE Empty Shop Project - THE UPDATED SCHEDULE!

Hello, this is the updated schedule for the ARKADE empty shop project and now includes information about the Friday lunchtime event and further details about what's happening on Saturday. So if you're around the city centre next Friday, Saturday and Sunday come in and visit!

http://thinkark.blogspot.com/…

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Added by Laura Howe on June 28, 2010 at 11:48 — 1 Comment

Life's a beach

Did NOT expect to be in front of the camera when I went to film National Theatre Wales at the beginning of the Prestatyn games on the beach but me and my daughter Holly had great fun filming AND taking part - see you 30th June xx jan xx

Added by Jan Miller on June 28, 2010 at 4:09 — 1 Comment

From Barmouth to Kosovo

On Friday morning, after the excitement of the first public performance of For Mountain, Sand and Sea on Thursday, I set off from a deliciously sunny Barmouth, via Manchester and Zurich, to Pristina,Kosovo. I’d been invited to talk at an event at the National Theatre of Kosovo, which seemed too interesting a proposition to miss.

I arrived in Kosovo after midnight. The arrival hall of the airport resembled an old aircraft hangar… Continue

Added by National Theatre Wales on June 28, 2010 at 1:00 — 3 Comments

Day 119 - The Speckled Ridge - Somewhere near Tregaron

Esgair Fraith, a ruined farm in west Wales, was the site for a series of deep mapping projects between Mike Pearson and Michael Shanks. This included the large scale site-specific work Tri Bywyd. More info on the project and deep maps can be found at http://documents.stanford.edu/michaelshanks/95.

This morning Sam and I are going to try and find the farm so that I can practice a few different mapping…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 27, 2010 at 20:35 — No Comments

Day 118 - destructive british media - Bloemfontein, South Africa

Regardless of how much I was paid I am not sure that I would cope with the enormous pressure that was placed upon English players during this world cup. A 1-1 draw with the USA was apparently a disaster, the beginning of the end for Capello's men, and a 1-0 win over Slovenia was apparently a sign that we were now ready to go on and win the cup. Neither of these assumptions were correct. It seems that the English fear of taking penalties has now seeped into their football playing at a national… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 27, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments

Marilyn's Shadow

Since last Monday The Graduate Theatre Company has been rehearsing at Swansea Met for its latest project.…

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Added by GradCo on June 27, 2010 at 8:59 — No Comments

Game Testing in Prestatyn

As you can see its great fun! You'll get the chance to test out ideas for the show and meet our team of staff and volunteers.

If you want to get involved we are game testing on the 28/29/30 June, 6pm-8pm. Meet us on the seafront outside Cafe Cymru. If you can, let us know you are coming by contacting us at thebeach@nationaltheatrewales.org, otherwise just turn up!…