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Comment by carmen medway-stephens on February 4, 2013 at 22:58: Thanks Andy for posting that, next forum should be the first monday of March - will confirm date soon

Comment by Andy Evans on February 4, 2013 at 12:20: Good to meet those who attended the Playwright's Forum at Sherman Cymru tonight. I mentioned the two publishers who took on my work. I thought I would share their web addresses as they accept submissions from writers without representation. They publish, promote and handling licensing of productions. Its a different way of getting work out there and it didn't do me (or my CV) any harm.

In the UK http://www.schoolplayproductions.co.uk/

In the USA http://www.playscripts.com/

Comment by meredydd barker on February 3, 2013 at 9:38: @chandler. The playwright Fin Kennedy has been raising awareness of this issue. Worth Googling - you can't miss him - if you don't already know what he's been up to.

Comment by Matt Ball on February 1, 2013 at 0:27: The 2013 Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting is now open for entries till 5pm on 3rd June 2013.

For more details go to http://www.writeaplay.co.uk/

Comment by meredydd barker on January 29, 2013 at 1:34: This for everyone interested in language. Follow the + sign on the right hand side.

http://canopycanopycanopy.com/16/international_art_english

Comment by carmen medway-stephens on January 27, 2013 at 23:18: Forum @ Sherman is back for 2013. Monday 4th of Feb @ Sherman Cymru 7pm

Are you a new or established writer? Do you have something important to say that can help change the way Wales approaches its writers? Do you have a voice that you feel isn't being heard? Want to know how to get your work on or who to approach?

This session we ask writers to share work in a relaxed informal and supportive environment, please contact rodstephens@btinternet.com to show your interest.

Tomorrow night sees the next installment of the ten week writers course at Bridgend College, with qualification. Free to concessions who may qualify, or £118 full cost. Email for further details.

Comment by meredydd barker on January 25, 2013 at 6:25: "Our life is half natural and half technological. Half-and-half is good. You cannot deny that high-tech is progress. We need it for jobs. Yet if you make only high-tech, you make war. So we must have a strong human element to keep modesty and natural life."

Nam June Paik

Comment by meredydd barker on January 25, 2013 at 5:57: @Johnson. The visual arts got a grip on it. Visual artists predicted it. Read this-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nam_June_Paik

Theatre practitioners who behave as if they're at the forefront have got things back to front. Notice when Paik was doing this work. Look at it and think to yourself: where have I recently seen and heard this before; ripped off, ripped up but ever so familiar? Theatre is stealing notions from art forms that got to grip with the net years ago.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Clothes

@garyowen. Of course I'll go! Once to Watford equals twice to Mold!

Comment by Gary Owen on January 25, 2013 at 5:11: Med, please stay tuned for my new play 'Perfect Match' at the Watford Palace Theatre later this year (if they can find the money). Watford of course a mere fourteen hour round trip from your side of Narberth...

Comment by Kevin Johnson on January 22, 2013 at 2:39: Interesting article. I think the reason there hasn't been much written is the same reason that plays about WW2 were mostly written after the war. As was mentioned in the article, it's still impacting on our lives, nobody can quite get a grip on it yet.

Speaking of technology, last week I saw The Magistrate, not at the National but at a cinema in Neath. An excellent comedy, but perhaps the most interesting thing was that it 'played' in several countries to an estimated audience of 80,000.

With theatre capacities & runs finite, could this be an answer to generating extra income for mainstream plays and increasing audience for even very small shows?