Rhiannon White's Posts - National Theatre Wales Community2024-03-29T13:43:57ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhitehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2986231507?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=0x3bia6yoq8kk&xn_auth=noWRITER’S COMMISSIONtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2022-05-20:3152760:BlogPost:3398782022-05-20T14:30:28.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<li>Are interested in the power of art to act as a catalyst for social change?</li>
<li>Do you like meeting people and chatting to them to find out what they think?</li>
<li>Do you want to develop your skills as a writer?</li>
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<p>Common Wealth has a commission for a local writer (based in South Wales) two create 2 articles that reflect on the social impact of 2…</p>
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<li>Are interested in the power of art to act as a catalyst for social change?</li>
<li>Do you like meeting people and chatting to them to find out what they think?</li>
<li>Do you want to develop your skills as a writer?</li>
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<p>Common Wealth has a commission for a local writer (based in South Wales) two create 2 articles that reflect on the social impact of 2 co-created shows, coming to East Cardiff as part of the <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/projects/moving-roots-touring-network-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Moving Roots Touring Network</a> (MRTN).</p>
<p>The first article will be about <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/shows/epic-fail/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Epic Fail</a> – a show co-created by musician Kid Carpet, Year 5 pupils at Glan-Yr-Afon Primary School in Llanrumney, and other pupils Kid Carpet worked with in Stoke, Wigan and Peterborough as part of MRTN. The show celebrates the joy of useless inventions and unexpected discoveries, embracing failure as an important part of everyday life.</p>
<p>We want to know what the impact of embracing failure has been on pupils, teachers and parents. Research for your article will involve seeing the show and interviewing these groups and Kid Carpet using a set of questions co- designed by Leila Jancovich (Failspace) which are being asked in all 4 MRTN locations.</p>
<p>The second article will be about a show we are in the process of commissioning, which will take place towards the end of 2022 or beginning of 2023.</p>
<p>Your commission will be supported by the Common Wealth team in East Cardiff and through a series of online mentoring sessions with Maddy Costa to develop your writing skills and to consider how and why we write about a creative process. We are open to the finished pieces being conventional articles or something a bit different – a comic strip, a poem, a short story, a spoken word piece performed to camera….</p>
<p><strong>THE IMPORTANT BITS</strong></p>
<p>• The commission will take place between June 2022 – March 2023.<br/> • There is a fee of £1,000 for your time based on £100 a day<br/> • We anticipate you will spend 6 days researching and writing<br/> • We anticipate you will spend 4 days working with Maddy Costa (these days won’t be in whole day blocks and will be worked out at a time convenient for you)<br/> • Epic Fail performances are taking place at 1.30pm on 15 & 16 June. You must be available to attend at least 1 performance<br/> • You must have had a DBS check within the past 2 years</p>
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<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY </strong><br/> Please email <a href="mailto:chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk">chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</a> :</p>
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<li> your CV</li>
<li>an expression of interest in the commission (no more than 2 sides of A4 or a 3 minute video) outlining why you are interested in this opportunity, how you will approach it and how you have learnt something through failure.</li>
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<p><strong>Deadline for applications:</strong> 5pm, 1 June 2022</p>
<p>If you have any questions about the commission, please email <a href="mailto:rhiannon@commonweaththeatre.co.uk">rhiannon@commonweaththeatre.co.uk</a></p>
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<div class="field field--deadline-date field--label-hidden type-datetime field__item"><span>Closing date:</span><span> </span>01/06/2022</div>
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<p>Join Common Wealth and Gabin Kongolo for a workshop looking at our innerselves to create monologues. We will be sharing our thoughts, feelings & views on life and turning them into monologues. This workshop is here to emphasis that everyone, is an artist.</p>
<p>Creating these monologues will show the artistic side of you and how…</p>
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<p>Join Common Wealth and Gabin Kongolo for a workshop looking at our innerselves to create monologues. We will be sharing our thoughts, feelings & views on life and turning them into monologues. This workshop is here to emphasis that everyone, is an artist.</p>
<p>Creating these monologues will show the artistic side of you and how creative you really are. These monologues can be done in any form, whether it be a rap, poem or just stream of consciousness of words, everything is accepted.</p>
<p>WHO: Participants aged 16+</p>
<p>WHEN: Wednesday 11 August, 11am-12:30pm</p>
<p>WHERE: Llanrumney Hall, Ball Road, CF3 4JJ</p>
<p>BOOK your FREE place by following this link:<span> </span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/164826776325">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/164826776325</a></p>
<p>ACCESS: To discuss any access requirements, please contact<span> </span><a href="mailto:camilla@commonwealththeatre.co.uk">camilla@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</a></p>
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<p>Please check out our website for more FREE workshops <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/cardiff/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/cardiff/</a></p>FREE - A workshop with Mark Storor making co-created theatre & visual arttag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2021-06-22:3152760:BlogPost:3358512021-06-22T09:57:49.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p><span>Common Wealth are delighted to be hosting Mark Storor in East Cardiff.</span></p>
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<p>Mark Storor is an award-winning artist with a rich and varied experience in visual arts and live performance. His work is devised, often site specific and always collaborative. Mark will be joining us to lead a creative workshop that promises to be an experience of discovery for all involved, drawing on his extensive toolkit of theatre and live art practices.</p>
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<p>We have limited…</p>
<p><span>Common Wealth are delighted to be hosting Mark Storor in East Cardiff.</span></p>
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<p>Mark Storor is an award-winning artist with a rich and varied experience in visual arts and live performance. His work is devised, often site specific and always collaborative. Mark will be joining us to lead a creative workshop that promises to be an experience of discovery for all involved, drawing on his extensive toolkit of theatre and live art practices.</p>
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<p>We have limited tickets left for Friday 2 July, 4pm-7pm</p>
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<p>Both sessions will take place in person at Llanrumney Hall, CF3 4JJ. </p>
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<p>More info here </p>
<p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-workshop-with-mark-storor-tickets-159591804383" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-workshop-with-mark-storor-tickets-159591804383</a></p>
<p></p>CARDIFF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR (Maternity Cover)tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-10-20:3152760:BlogPost:3060422020-10-20T10:41:52.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p>Common Wealth are recruiting an exceptional and ambitious artistic director to cover a period of maternity in their Cardiff office, whilst founding Co-Artistic Director, Rhiannon White is on leave.</p>
<p>We are looking for someone to lead the Cardiff creative programme part-time over a period of 7 months and line manage the Cardiff…</p>
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<p>Common Wealth are recruiting an exceptional and ambitious artistic director to cover a period of maternity in their Cardiff office, whilst founding Co-Artistic Director, Rhiannon White is on leave.</p>
<p>We are looking for someone to lead the Cardiff creative programme part-time over a period of 7 months and line manage the Cardiff team. Shaping, growing and developing the work in line with Common Wealth’s vision, mission and values.</p>
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<p><strong>DEADLINE 5pm on Monday 9th November. </strong></p>
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<p>For more information on how to apply visit our website <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/about/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/about/jobs/</a></p>
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<p></p>Job Opportunity: Cardiff Artistic Director (Maternity Cover)tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-10-20:3152760:BlogPost:3060432020-10-20T10:30:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p>Common Wealth are recruiting an exceptional and ambitious artistic director to cover a period of maternity in their Cardiff office, whilst founding Co-Artistic Director, Rhiannon White is on leave.</p>
<p>We are looking for someone to lead the Cardiff creative programme part-time over a period of 7 months and line manage the Cardiff…</p>
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<p>Common Wealth are recruiting an exceptional and ambitious artistic director to cover a period of maternity in their Cardiff office, whilst founding Co-Artistic Director, Rhiannon White is on leave.</p>
<p>We are looking for someone to lead the Cardiff creative programme part-time over a period of 7 months and line manage the Cardiff team. Shaping, growing and developing the work in line with Common Wealth’s vision, mission and values.</p>
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<p><strong>DEADLINE 5pm on Monday 9th November. </strong></p>
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<p>For more information on how to apply visit our website <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/about/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/about/jobs/</a></p>
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<p></p>Common Wealth - paid opportunity to join our sounding boardtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-10-05:3152760:BlogPost:2963332020-10-05T14:08:14.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><strong>Common Wealth are looking for people who live, work or love East Cardiff to join our sounding board.</strong></p>
<p><span>We are looking for people with a diverse range of skills and knowledge, views and backgrounds to help us make, shape and grow our work here. You might be a community leader, a…</span></p>
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<p><strong>Common Wealth are looking for people who live, work or love East Cardiff to join our sounding board.</strong></p>
<p><span>We are looking for people with a diverse range of skills and knowledge, views and backgrounds to help us make, shape and grow our work here. You might be a community leader, a passionate mother or father, nan or grandad, you might be young or old, curious about the arts and theatre, or a social change warrior or looking for something new and different to do with your community.</span></p>
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<p><b><i>Why?</i></b></p>
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<p><span>Common Wealth are working with a UK network called Moving Roots to bring 3 shows to CF3. Each show will be tailored to this place, star local people and create job opportunities. Now, all we need is you. We don’t want to decide how this work will work, without you.</span></p>
<p><span>This touring program uses co-creation as a method of making work. Co-creation means that with organisational support, members of communities have agency in creating. All voices are heard, leadership is shared and we all benefit from having the support of each other to help bring our creative vision to life. </span></p>
<p><span>We want to make a long-term difference. This starts with these important conversations and ends with high-quality performances that inspire, show what is possible and elevates expectations on what we expect to happen here and how we are seen.</span></p>
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<p><b><i>What to expect</i></b></p>
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<li><span>Common Wealth will meet with the Sounding Board for two hours </span><span>(with cake of course), 6 times a year to oversee Moving Roots. You will be an integral part of its development, we will build the future of this project with you. </span></li>
<li><span>Each person will be reimbursed £20 for their time at each meeting, regardless of personal circumstances. Feel free to ask us more about how this works. </span></li>
<li><span>There will be a ‘go see fund’ to go and see co-created live performance.</span></li>
<li><span>Paid opportunities to work on our shows</span></li>
<li><span>Training in areas you’re interested in. This could be: community leadership, storytelling, creative workshop leading, sign-language. You get to decide as a group. </span></li>
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<p><b><i>Why is this important?</i></b></p>
<p><span>Because we don’t want to make the decisions without you!</span></p>
<p><span>We want our work to not just be relevant, we want it to be yours.</span></p>
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<p><em><strong>How to get involved</strong></em></p>
<p><span>If you’d like to be part of the sounding board we’d LOVE to hear from you.</span></p>
<p><span>Please email </span><a href="mailto:chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk"><span>chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</span></a><span> with a paragraph or a short video filmed on your phone about you, your connection to East Cardiff and what interests you about being a part of the Sounding Board.</span></p>
<p><span><strong>DEADLINE</strong> – 9 October 2020 @ 5pm</span></p>
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<p>More info available on our <a href="https://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/about/jobs/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8m-tusj-8g&t=2s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Watch Common Wealth showreel</a></p>Performance and Protest Workshop - Doug Francisco - Common Wealthtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-02-25:3152760:BlogPost:2886232020-02-25T15:24:40.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><span>Join artist/activist Doug Francisco in a practical workshop exploring how we can use theatre and performance for powerful, political action! Doug will share his practice, tools and…</span></p>
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<p><span>Join artist/activist Doug Francisco in a practical workshop exploring how we can use theatre and performance for powerful, political action! Doug will share his practice, tools and energy in this collaborative workshop with direct action at its core. This is for anyone curious about coming together, speaking up and taking action - you might be new to performance, protest or in need of an inspiration boost. Everyone is welcome.</span> <br/><br/><span>Doug is the ringmaster of the Invisible Circus and one of the founding forces behind the International Red Rebel Brigades (Extinction Rebellion) which appears at protests around the world. Doug is a co-trustee at ArtSpace Lifespace, Artistic Advisor at Tropicana and Narrative Director at Boomtown Fair.</span></p>
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<p><span>DATE: 04/04/2020<br/>TIMES: 12:00 - 17:00 <br/>LOCATION: Llanrumney Hall, Ball Road. CF3 3JJ<br/>The workshop is open to 16+<br/>£ – PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE<br/><br/>Please email: chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk to register a place, limited places so please book in advance</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span>Common Wealth believe everyone is an artist. You might have been really creative as a kid or a teenager and then stopped for whatever reason or you might make & think about art and performance in your spare time. Everyone is an Artist is about unlocking or unleashing something in ourselves, about introducing us to new art forms and artists and thinking about the potential there is in ourselves and hopefully in turn, in our city. <br/><br/>We’re called Common Wealth because we believe in the riches there are of being common (as in poor), of having things in common and of sharing common ground. Everyone is an Artist will explore all of that and encourage us to tell stories and make art about our lives, the people we know and the city we live in.</span></p>
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<p><span>Join artist/activist Doug Francisco in a practical workshop exploring how we can use theatre and performance for powerful, political action! Doug will share his practice, tools and…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3926384544?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3926384544?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full" width="873" height="634"/></a><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3926380044?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></span></p>
<p><span>Join artist/activist Doug Francisco in a practical workshop exploring how we can use theatre and performance for powerful, political action! Doug will share his practice, tools and energy in this collaborative workshop with direct action at its core. This is for anyone curious about coming together, speaking up and taking action - you might be new to performance, protest or in need of an inspiration boost. Everyone is welcome.</span> <br/><br/><span>Doug is the ringmaster of the Invisible Circus and one of the founding forces behind the International Red Rebel Brigades (Extinction Rebellion) which appears at protests around the world. Doug is a co-trustee at ArtSpace Lifespace, Artistic Advisor at Tropicana and Narrative Director at Boomtown Fair.</span></p>
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<p><span>DATE: 04/04/2020<br/>TIMES: 12:00 - 17:00 <br/>LOCATION: Llanrumney Hall, Ball Road. CF3 3JJ<br/>The workshop is open to 16+<br/>£ – PAY WHAT YOU DECIDE<br/><br/>Please email: chantal@commonwealththeatre.co.uk to register a place, limited places so please book in advance</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;"><span>Common Wealth believe everyone is an artist. You might have been really creative as a kid or a teenager and then stopped for whatever reason or you might make & think about art and performance in your spare time. Everyone is an Artist is about unlocking or unleashing something in ourselves, about introducing us to new art forms and artists and thinking about the potential there is in ourselves and hopefully in turn, in our city. <br/><br/>We’re called Common Wealth because we believe in the riches there are of being common (as in poor), of having things in common and of sharing common ground. Everyone is an Artist will explore all of that and encourage us to tell stories and make art about our lives, the people we know and the city we live in.</span></p>
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<p><span><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/3926380044?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"></a></span></p>**Extended Deadline** Common Wealth - Producertag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-01-06:3152760:BlogPost:2878612020-01-06T15:05:12.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<h1 class="text-center">**EXTENDED DEADLINE**</h1>
<h1 class="text-center">WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER!</h1>
<p><strong>A BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND PASSIONATE PRODUCER TO JOIN US IN CARDIFF.</strong></p>
<p>We are interested in hearing from people with a diverse range of experience and talent – those who are producers and those who might not consider themselves a producer but have all the relevant skills. We recognise experience is gathered in many ways.</p>
<p>Working from…</p>
<h1 class="text-center">**EXTENDED DEADLINE**</h1>
<h1 class="text-center">WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER!</h1>
<p><strong>A BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND PASSIONATE PRODUCER TO JOIN US IN CARDIFF.</strong></p>
<p>We are interested in hearing from people with a diverse range of experience and talent – those who are producers and those who might not consider themselves a producer but have all the relevant skills. We recognise experience is gathered in many ways.</p>
<p>Working from our Cardiff base, you will support in the delivery of Common Wealth’s work – this will include producing site-specific performances and the supporting of co-created productions to take place in East Cardiff as part of the Moving Roots Touring Network.</p>
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<p>For further details on how to apply please visit our website </p>
<p><a href="http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/extended-deadline-we-are-looking-for-a-producer/">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/extended-deadline-we-are-looking-for-a-producer/</a></p>
<p></p>**Extended Deadline** Common Wealth - Producertag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2020-01-06:3152760:BlogPost:2877502020-01-06T15:05:11.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<h1 class="text-center">**EXTENDED DEADLINE**</h1>
<h1 class="text-center">WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER!</h1>
<p><strong>A BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND PASSIONATE PRODUCER TO JOIN US IN CARDIFF.</strong></p>
<p>We are interested in hearing from people with a diverse range of experience and talent – those who are producers and those who might not consider themselves a producer but have all the relevant skills. We recognise experience is gathered in many ways.</p>
<p>Working from…</p>
<h1 class="text-center">**EXTENDED DEADLINE**</h1>
<h1 class="text-center">WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PRODUCER!</h1>
<p><strong>A BRILLIANT OPPORTUNITY FOR AN AMBITIOUS AND PASSIONATE PRODUCER TO JOIN US IN CARDIFF.</strong></p>
<p>We are interested in hearing from people with a diverse range of experience and talent – those who are producers and those who might not consider themselves a producer but have all the relevant skills. We recognise experience is gathered in many ways.</p>
<p>Working from our Cardiff base, you will support in the delivery of Common Wealth’s work – this will include producing site-specific performances and the supporting of co-created productions to take place in East Cardiff as part of the Moving Roots Touring Network.</p>
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<p>For further details on how to apply please visit our website </p>
<p><a href="http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/extended-deadline-we-are-looking-for-a-producer/">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/extended-deadline-we-are-looking-for-a-producer/</a></p>
<p></p>Common Wealth - Producer - JOB!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2019-10-30:3152760:BlogPost:2874152019-10-30T12:56:05.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p><strong>We have a brilliant opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Producer to come and join us in Cardiff. </strong></p>
<p>Working from our Cardiff base you will support in the delivery of Common Wealth’s work – this will include producing site-specific performances and the supporting of co-created productions to take place in East Cardiff as part of the Moving Roots Touring Network.</p>
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<p><strong>Details on how to apply are available on our…</strong></p>
<p><strong>We have a brilliant opportunity for an experienced and ambitious Producer to come and join us in Cardiff. </strong></p>
<p>Working from our Cardiff base you will support in the delivery of Common Wealth’s work – this will include producing site-specific performances and the supporting of co-created productions to take place in East Cardiff as part of the Moving Roots Touring Network.</p>
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<p><strong>Details on how to apply are available on our website </strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/we-are-looking-for-a-producer-to-join-our-cardiff-team/">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/we-are-looking-for-a-producer-to-join-our-cardiff-team/</a></strong></p>
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<p>Please submit your application and completed equal opportunities form by email with ‘Cardiff Producer’ in the subject line to tracy@commonwealththeatre.co.uk by<span> </span><strong>10am</strong><span> </span>on<span> </span><strong>Monday 25<sup>th</sup><span> </span>November</strong></p>
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<p></p>COULD YOU BE A COMMON WEALTH TRUSTEE??tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2019-06-06:3152760:BlogPost:2852142019-06-06T09:23:44.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><strong>Common Wealth</strong> are looking for new trustees to join our board to help us change the world!</p>
<p>We are looking for individuals who might have the following experiences; and welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applicants who are usually under-represented in the theatre…</p>
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<p><strong>Common Wealth</strong> are looking for new trustees to join our board to help us change the world!</p>
<p>We are looking for individuals who might have the following experiences; and welcome applications from everyone and particularly encourage applicants who are usually under-represented in the theatre industry.</p>
<ul>
<li>Fundraising</li>
<li>Strategic Leadership</li>
<li>Media and Communications or PR</li>
<li>Arts</li>
<li>Social Change</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>A passion for the arts and social change is essential. </strong></p>
<p>For more information please check out our website</p>
<p><a href="http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/could-you-be-a-common-wealth-trustee/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/could-you-be-a-common-wealth-trustee/</a></p>
<p><strong>HOW TO APPLY</strong></p>
<p>To apply please send a letter of interest, outlining your experience and why you wish to become a Trustee of Common Wealth.</p>
<p>Please send to <a href="mailto:tracy@commonwealththeatre.co.uk"><strong>tracy@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</strong></a></p>
<p><strong>Deadline for receipt of applications is 22<sup>nd</sup>July at 5pm.</strong></p>
<p></p>Looking for a Former Soldiertag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2019-02-12:3152760:BlogPost:2821692019-02-12T08:48:12.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p>We are looking for a former soldier to work with us on our new show - I Have Met the Enemy (and the enemy is us).</p>
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<p>This person can be of any age, ethnicity and gender. We welcome applications from those with experience of acting and those without. The main thing is that you’re open to exploring your own personal experience and feelings towards war.</p>
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<p>The performance will include audience close to the action, loud music and working at heights. Fee will be in line…</p>
<p>We are looking for a former soldier to work with us on our new show - I Have Met the Enemy (and the enemy is us).</p>
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<p>This person can be of any age, ethnicity and gender. We welcome applications from those with experience of acting and those without. The main thing is that you’re open to exploring your own personal experience and feelings towards war.</p>
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<p>The performance will include audience close to the action, loud music and working at heights. Fee will be in line with Equity rates at £483 a week.</p>
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<div class="text_exposed_show"><p>If you’d like to be part of the casting please confirm by the following;</p>
<p>CARDIFF – 18th February</p>
<p>NEWCASTLE – 26th February</p>
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<p>We will be holding casting workshops on Thursday 21st February in Cardiff and 28th February in Newcastle. If you can’t make the casting call and are interested then still get in touch we can arrange an alternative date to meet. If successful in the first instance you would then be invited for a day long workshop sometime between the 11th – 14th March, to be confirmed – you would need to be available for one of those days.</p>
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<p>If you have the relevant skills and experience and are excited about this project, please send your CV, a recent photo and a little something about why you’d like to be involved in this project (no more than 100 words) to rhiannon@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</p>
</div>Common Wealth are Casting!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2019-01-11:3152760:BlogPost:2817092019-01-11T15:30:14.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><span>Common Wealth are making a new show I HAVE MET THE ENEMY about the UK's relationship with the arms trade.</span></p>
<p><span>We are looking for a former soldier who has served in war to work with us.</span></p>
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<p><strong>I HAVE MET THE ENEMY (and the enemy is us) Casting Breakdown</strong></p>
<p>I HAVE MET THE ENEMY (and the enemy is us) is a new play by Common Wealth that explores the arms trade and the UK’s complicity in conflict around the world. The production…</p>
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<p><span>Common Wealth are making a new show I HAVE MET THE ENEMY about the UK's relationship with the arms trade.</span></p>
<p><span>We are looking for a former soldier who has served in war to work with us.</span></p>
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<p><strong>I HAVE MET THE ENEMY (and the enemy is us) Casting Breakdown</strong></p>
<p>I HAVE MET THE ENEMY (and the enemy is us) is a new play by Common Wealth that explores the arms trade and the UK’s complicity in conflict around the world. The production will feature evocative soundscapes and visual feats and will be staged site-specific. There will be one performer who has experience of living in a war zone as a citizen and one actor who has experience of serving as a soldier in a war zone. The play will also feature a community cast of 7 and will explore the connections that we all have to war, through family, community and society. The play is a co-production with Northern Stage and will tour to Newcastle and Bradford in 2019 and Cardiff and Edinburgh festival in 2020.</p>
<p>We are looking for a person with experience of serving as a soldier in a war zone to perform in this show. This person can be of any age, ethnicity and gender. We welcome applications from those with experience of acting and those without. The main thing is that you’re open to exploring your own personal experience and feelings towards war.</p>
<p>The performance will include audience close to the action, loud music and working at heights.</p>
<p>Overall dates are:</p>
<p>27th May – 31st May 2019 (R&D in Newcastle)<br/>26th August – 28th September 2019 (Rehearsals and production in Bradford) 7th – 26th October 2019 (Production in Newcastle)</p>
<p>Fee will be in line with Equity rates at £483 a week.We are looking for an actor who has trained and served as a soldier for at least 2 years in any part of the world.</p>
<p>We’re available to meet people from the beginning of January 2019 and can travel to meet. We will be holding casting workshops on 6th February 2019 in London, Thursday 21st February in Cardiff and 28th February in Newcastle. In an ideal world the actor would be from Newcastle but that is not essential.</p>
<p>If you have the relevant skills and experience and are excited about this project, please send your CV, a recent photo and a little something about why you’d like to be involved in this project (no more than 100 words) to rhiannon@commonwealththeatre.co.uk</p>
<p>We are looking to confirm casting by the 31st March 2019</p>
<p></p>INCREDIBLE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY WITH WOW!!!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2018-06-04:3152760:BlogPost:2768422018-06-04T09:51:39.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><strong>About WOW – Women of the World</strong></p>
<p>WOW is a global festival where people of all ages and backgrounds celebrate the achievements of women and girls but also examine the obstacles that prevent them from achieving their full potential and contributing to the world. The festival is bold and broad-based in its approach, both…</p>
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<p><strong>About WOW – Women of the World</strong></p>
<p>WOW is a global festival where people of all ages and backgrounds celebrate the achievements of women and girls but also examine the obstacles that prevent them from achieving their full potential and contributing to the world. The festival is bold and broad-based in its approach, both lively and thoughtful, and feeds the demand to discuss anything and everything.</p>
<p><strong>The volunteer role at WOW Cardiff (18+)</strong></p>
<p>We’re offering <strong>10 people</strong> aged 18 and over the opportunity to take part in an 8-12 week training programme to volunteer as part of the WOW festival team in Cardiff. The training programmes will run for 2 hours each week in a city centre location. The sessions will equip the volunteer team with the <strong>festival production</strong>, <strong>event management</strong> and <strong>community engagement</strong> skills needed to ensure that the festival is a safe, well-run and successful event.</p>
<p> The support you’ll give as a volunteer is of huge benefit to your community and in turn, we aim to make sure that you enjoy a valuable and memorable experience at the WOW festival.</p>
<p>We can offer you: a chance to meet new people and make useful connections, new experiences and an opportunity to give something back to your community, an opportunity to develop new skills e.g. an introduction to British Sign Language (BSL) and an introduction to first aid and a chance to work on an internationally-renowned festival with a highly-skilled and experienced team.</p>
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<p><strong>Key Dates</strong></p>
<p><strong>DEADLINE FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST - 22<sup>nd</sup> June</strong></p>
<p><strong>Selection weekend – 14<sup>th</sup> & 15<sup>th</sup> July</strong></p>
<p><strong>Training Weeks- 24th Sept - 26th November 2018</strong></p>
<p><strong>WOW Cardiff - Friday 23rd - Sunday 25th November 2018</strong></p>
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<p><strong>How to apply</strong></p>
<p><strong>Please email a one page expression of interest to the team at WOW Cardiff:</strong></p>
<p><a href="mailto:charlotte.lewis@southbankcentre.co.uk">charlotte.lewis@southbankcentre.co.uk</a>/ <a href="mailto:Rhiannon.white@southbankcentre.co.uk">Rhiannon.white@southbankcentre.co.uk</a></p>WOW Cardiff!! Come and join us at our think ins!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2018-04-18:3152760:BlogPost:2760362018-04-18T20:47:42.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><strong>Will you come and help us plan WOW Cardiff 2018?</strong></p>
<p>WOW - Women of the World is a global festival that celebrates the incredible achievements of women and girls, takes a frank look at the obstacles they face, and creates a space to discuss new solutions together. Originating at Southbank Centre in London in 2011, it has…</p>
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<p><strong>Will you come and help us plan WOW Cardiff 2018?</strong></p>
<p>WOW - Women of the World is a global festival that celebrates the incredible achievements of women and girls, takes a frank look at the obstacles they face, and creates a space to discuss new solutions together. Originating at Southbank Centre in London in 2011, it has taken place in 23 cities across five countries – from New York to Sydney, and from Pakistan to Finland.</p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal">With support from Spirit of 2012, WOW is coming to Chapter in Cardiff on the 24th - 25th November 2018 - a local festival with a global outlook. Will you help us shape it?</p>
<p>Each WOW festival is made up of talks, discussions, music, activism, performance, mentoring and big ideas, and features women who are breaking the mould in science, entrepreneurship, the arts, sport, economics, health, and business. It is deliberately very diverse, with sessions on personal issues right through to those of national and international concern, including war and peacekeeping, body image, violence against women and girls, race, religion, the role of men in gender equality, older women’s voices, young women’s stories, and whether Beyoncé is a feminist icon.</p>
<p><strong>WE ARE HOLDING THINK INS AND WOULD LOVE YOU TO JOIN US!</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thinkins are an opportunity for local women and men, girls and boys to share their thoughts and ideas about what</span> <i><span style="font-weight: 400;">WOW</span></i> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Cardiff,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">taking place in the</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">city from Nov 23rd - 25th</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">will cover, from its themes to its events and performance. The Thinkins give as many people as possible a chance to be involved and to contribute their ideas and take place over four sessions at three locations:</span></p>
<p><b>Wednesday 2nd May</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Butetown Community Centre, Loudoun Square, Butetown, Cardiff,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">CF10 5UZ</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| 6pm – 8pm</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/></span><b>Thursday 3rd May:</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter Arts Centre, Market Rd, Canton, Cardiff CF5 1QE | 6pm – 8pm</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br/></span><b>Friday 4th May:</b> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Frolics Cafe, Tesco Precinct, St Mellons, Cardiff, CF3 0EF |</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">4pm - 6pm</span></p>
<p><b>Saturday 5th May</b><span style="font-weight: 400;">: STAR Hub, Muirton Rd, Cardiff, CF24 2SJ | 2pm – 4pm</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Booking in advance is required as spaces are limited. People can sign up to attend by the following:</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Butetown Community Centre:</span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-thinkin-session-butetown-community-centre-tickets-45107925018"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-thinkin-session-butetown-community-centre-tickets-45107925018</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Chapter Arts Centre: <a href="https://www.chapter.org/wow-think">https://www.chapter.org/wow-think</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Frolics Cafe:</span><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-cardiff-thinkin-session-frolics-cafe-tickets-45108002249"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-cardiff-thinkin-session-frolics-cafe-tickets-45108002249</span></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">STAR Hub:</span> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-cardiff-thinkin-session-star-hub-splott-bsl-tickets-45104756541?aff=es2"><span style="font-weight: 400;">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/wow-cardiff-thinkin-session-star-hub-splott-bsl-tickets-45104756541?aff=es2</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Spaces can also be reserved by emailing: r</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">hiannon.White@Southbankcentre.co.uk</span></p>
<p></p>Common Wealth - FREE YOUTH THEATRE LABtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2018-03-23:3152760:BlogPost:2752502018-03-23T18:03:28.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><b>We're starting a youth theatre lab in Cardiff. It's free! </b></p>
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<p><span>The aim of this youth theatre is not to play games or train to become an actor (although this might happen too.) The Youth Theatre Lab is about developing the skills to make theatre that has something to say. The YTL will be a place of experimentation – we will collaborate with highly experienced theatre practitioners, choreographers, visual artists and composers to develop important work by and…</span></p>
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<p><b>We're starting a youth theatre lab in Cardiff. It's free! </b></p>
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<p><span>The aim of this youth theatre is not to play games or train to become an actor (although this might happen too.) The Youth Theatre Lab is about developing the skills to make theatre that has something to say. The YTL will be a place of experimentation – we will collaborate with highly experienced theatre practitioners, choreographers, visual artists and composers to develop important work by and for young people.</span></p>
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<p>Please share far and wide! we're hoping this'll be the start of something brilliant</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.chapter.org/common-wealth-youth-theatre-lab">https://www.chapter.org/common-wealth-youth-theatre-lab</a></p>COMMON WEALTH are looking for a Company Manager!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-12-19:3152760:BlogPost:2737132017-12-19T12:00:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p><strong>Common Wealth are looking for a Company Manager to come and join us as we transition into a new Arts Council NPO and take on the world over the next few years and beyond.</strong></p>
<p>We’re looking to work with an exceptional person who can take us up a level: strengthen the company, embolden our practice and help us make the organisation more resilient.</p>
<p><strong>The role: </strong>You will be part of a small team that is delivering high-quality contemporary theatre to…</p>
<p><strong>Common Wealth are looking for a Company Manager to come and join us as we transition into a new Arts Council NPO and take on the world over the next few years and beyond.</strong></p>
<p>We’re looking to work with an exceptional person who can take us up a level: strengthen the company, embolden our practice and help us make the organisation more resilient.</p>
<p><strong>The role: </strong>You will be part of a small team that is delivering high-quality contemporary theatre to communities across the UK and internationally. In the current political context our work to bring people together, to champion radical ideas and challenge media narratives has never been more important and the successful applicant will help us to build and develop our work.</p>
<p>Our long-term plan is to develop a relationship with a Company Manager who can grow as we do; who is excited about working closely with an ambitious company and who will thrive on being hands-on in all aspects of our work. We want to work with someone who is organized, committed and tenacious, with an eye for detail and a passion for the work we make. We’re also often working outside Bradford, so the ability to work independently is vital, as is the confidence to deal with urgent matters decisively on the company’s behalf. A sensitivity to the creative process is essential, and the Company Manager will be crucial for protecting creative time for the company.</p>
<p>If the person we’re describing sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Download the application form from our website <a href="http://http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/opportunity-company-manager/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/opportunity-company-manager/</a></p>
<p><strong><span>The deadline for receipt of applications is</span> <span class="s1"><b>5pm, Monday 8th January 2018</b></span></strong></p>
<p><strong>Salary and Contract:</strong> £30,000 pro rata starting as soon as possible. Fixed term 2 year contract, with possibility of extension to April 2022.</p>
<p><strong>Working Hours: </strong>3 days per week, self-led and flexible hours. The job will include evening and weekend work, and some work away (incl. outside the UK).</p>
<p><strong>Interviews: </strong>Wednesday 17th January 2018. If you are unable to attend for any exceptional circumstances please let us know.</p>
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<p></p>Incredible the things they seetag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-04-18:3152760:BlogPost:2649682017-04-18T09:00:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p>Where we are in the world. Pilsen.</p>
<p>A place rich with a cultural resistance, walls of art adorn the streets gathered through the years, created by people who stay and those who get pushed to leave. Gentrification.</p>
<p>I never realized the true implications and the seriousness of gentrification until I visited the US. For Chicagoan it contributes to the sense of uncertainty that so many already have to live by.</p>
<p>Benjamin is explaining to the young people at ATPT about Pilsen…</p>
<p>Where we are in the world. Pilsen.</p>
<p>A place rich with a cultural resistance, walls of art adorn the streets gathered through the years, created by people who stay and those who get pushed to leave. Gentrification.</p>
<p>I never realized the true implications and the seriousness of gentrification until I visited the US. For Chicagoan it contributes to the sense of uncertainty that so many already have to live by.</p>
<p>Benjamin is explaining to the young people at ATPT about Pilsen an area of Chicago we’re going to explore today as part of a program to educate young people about their city.</p>
<p>He asks them what they think gentrification means</p>
<p>“Poor people getting pushed out of housing, condo’s getting built”</p>
<p>“Rich white people buying cheap housing and developing the area”</p>
<p>“You can’t have poor people living in rich places”</p>
<p>‘It usually begins with a wave of artists’ Benjamin chips in ‘they buy cheap apartments that they can have studios in, they move in and the companies follow. The bring resources, cafes, shops things that the artists might need but not things that the people who live there might need or afford.’</p>
<p>Pilsen has lost 20,000 Latino’s over the last 5 years; it has gained 15,000 white people. An attractive area close to Downtown and with excellent transport routes to the city – young professionals snap up cheap housing stock and are transforming the area brick by brick.</p>
<p>Benjamin is taking us on a tour of Pilsen. We’re exploring the murals of the past and making sense of what the word gentrification might mean for the future of Chicago.</p>
<p>We visit Aztec House; it’s a beautifully poetic ruin of a community center – empty – currently being turned into flats. The front a painted celebration of the Latino heroes who came before, a beautiful reminder of the ones that have fought – Che Guevera faces out watching, still standing.</p>
<p>A local man stops on his bike. My uncle painted this. He describes in detail the rooms the old community used to inhabit – ‘people came here to dance, to make art, to meet people. We didn’t talk about the street, we talked about this place. This neighbourhood’s changing, look at this it’s all bricked up, there’s no where left to go, everything’s closed.’</p>
<p>The young people write a postcard to Pilsen – to everything it was to everything it could be. We continue the journey, it feels sad that things are so drastic.</p>
<p>‘Incredibles las casas que se va sa'</p>
<p> ‘Incredible the things they see’</p>
<p>The words shine down on us from a mural on the high street a important reminder that in history we are not alone, that people have come before us shaping the world, fighting for freedom. Faces of mothers, doctors, teachers, children, workers, people migrating across borders – the old faces of Pilsen.</p>
<p>It’s about miracles one of the young people says.</p>
<p>Against all odds I think.</p>
<p>We leave Pilsen a gift – inspired by the murals and the colour splashed across the walls we give 33 young people coloured chalk and let them colour the sidewalk. They dance in the street, covering every surface with shapes, pictures and words of solidarity.</p>
<p>A beautiful resistance. WE ARE PILSEN.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1LBBlpy_o&feature=youtu.be" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tA1LBBlpy_o&feature=youtu.be</a></p>
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<p> </p>Who we are in the worldtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-04-16:3152760:BlogPost:2652302017-04-16T02:30:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p>Our first workshop at Albany Park Theatre project (APTP) is about who we are in the World.</p>
<p>APTP is a theatre housed in an old school in the Albany Park District of Chicago its home to 33 fired up young people and a fierce team of creatives. Albany Park is the third most diverse neighbourhood in the US with Latin American’s, Asian’s, Africans, and Eastern Europeans all living there. </p>
<p>The mission of APTP is similar to Common Wealth’s and National Theatre Wales and is built on a…</p>
<p>Our first workshop at Albany Park Theatre project (APTP) is about who we are in the World.</p>
<p>APTP is a theatre housed in an old school in the Albany Park District of Chicago its home to 33 fired up young people and a fierce team of creatives. Albany Park is the third most diverse neighbourhood in the US with Latin American’s, Asian’s, Africans, and Eastern Europeans all living there. </p>
<p>The mission of APTP is similar to Common Wealth’s and National Theatre Wales and is built on a mission to inspire young people through art to create social change.</p>
<p>If I was to create a youth theatre this would be what I’d model it on.</p>
<p>It’s the most holistic approach to running an organization I've ever seen. The doors are always open, kids hang out in the workshop space playing ball and listening to music. These young people recruited from local schools are welcome to come here anytime. The kitchen is full of food, snacks, drinks, healthy and some treats. They spend $50,000 a year on stocking the kitchen – the kids come and help themselves to what they need. After rehearsals/ workshops the young people are offered free tutoring and support. </p>
<p>When the session starts it’s amazing theres so much fire in the room - and power. When the APTP facilitators pass on the baton the young people run with it, catching rhythms, beats and words and transforming them into their own. </p>
<p>We introduce the young people to the mega ambitious idea thats been forming over the past 9 months one that has began to respond to the growing isolationism that we see creeping through the world. As artists we want to make sense of the drastic changing landscape we find ourselves in – the landscape that our young people will one day inherit. </p>
<p>The young people that join us are charged – their faces tell a thousand stories they resemble the iconic political heroes of Chicago’s radical past. They talk with wisdom about their changing landscape, gentrification, gun crime ad immigration. Its real for them. Between the heavy seriousness of making sense of it all we find moments of laughter and solidarity. We share stories from the UK, dance to grime and tell jokes.</p>
<p>We reflect on our names the stories behind them. We hear stories of being named after mothers, fathers, songs and messiahs – I learnt this exercise off Clean Break a theatre company in the UK who work in women’s prisons. Its one that reminds us that we all have a story, a name – that can’t be taken away.</p>
<p>We write our names on the wall – and each time someone joins us we add more to this homage to those in the room embarking on this crazy adventure with us. </p>
<p>Exploring what it means to take our place in the World I tell them about a guy I once met who’s mission in life was to get people to feel confident in taking there place in front of people. I told them stories of mum’s who would never make birthday cakes for the fear of having to hold the cake when the candles were getting blown out – fiancés who’d never proposed because they were scared of standing in front of an audience on their wedding day. The things that hold us back and how we should confront them.</p>
<p>In response to these stories we practice what it means to look at each other and what it feels like to truly be seen.</p>
<p>Standing in front of an audience one at a time we describe what it feels like to be watched by an audience, sweaty palms, racing heart, turning belly. Through all the fear we do it - we stand through all the applause and at the end we have a round of words from the young people. </p>
<p>Safe, inspired, strong, curious, proud - are some of what we here. A brave find on day one.</p>
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<p> </p>Life under Trumptag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-04-13:3152760:BlogPost:2652232017-04-13T17:00:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p> The young people at Albany Park Theatre describe what life's like under Trump.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszfkOisTF0&t=4s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszfkOisTF0&t=4s</a></p>
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<p> The young people at Albany Park Theatre describe what life's like under Trump.</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszfkOisTF0&t=4s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pszfkOisTF0&t=4s</a></p>From Cardiff to Chicago with lovetag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-04-11:3152760:BlogPost:2651022017-04-11T14:32:41.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p><b>Day one: The Wall of Respect</b></p>
<p>(The Cultural Centre, Downtown Chicago)</p>
<p>It's the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the wall of respect and we're here to see an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Centre that documents the Black Power movement. The exhibition displays photos, letters, books and poems. </p>
<p>The wall on 43rd Street that of a derelict tavern was painted in 1967 with a mural 20ft by 60ft. </p>
<p>In 1966 the slogan "Black Power" energised the Black…</p>
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<p><b>Day one: The Wall of Respect</b></p>
<p>(The Cultural Centre, Downtown Chicago)</p>
<p>It's the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the wall of respect and we're here to see an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Centre that documents the Black Power movement. The exhibition displays photos, letters, books and poems. </p>
<p>The wall on 43rd Street that of a derelict tavern was painted in 1967 with a mural 20ft by 60ft. </p>
<p>In 1966 the slogan "Black Power" energised the Black Liberation Movement. Chicagoans organised to advance a new Black aesthetic and promote black consciousness through the creation of art. One result was the Organisation of Black American Culture, or OBAC being born.</p>
<p>OBAC were a collective of multi disciplinary artists that set out to create a public mural that celebrated black heroes.</p>
<p>Created through a collaborative process the artists and the community would chose who would be painted on the wall by using OBAC’s definition - “any Black person who honestly reflects the beauty of black life and genius in his or her style” – and who demonstrated originality and social consciousness for other less fortunate black people.</p>
<p>The wall an act of self-determination - an act of celebration.</p>
<p>Discussions of art and politics spread throughout the city. The wall became a place for performance, debate, poetry and politics; it was where Chicago's Black Power movement came to celebrate. </p>
<p>This exhibition a place to reflect. </p>
<p>As we leave the exhibition we see the beauty of this incredible building - every piece of artwork displayed created by a local artists. It's a place that speaks to the people, about the people and one that feels very much a place for the people. Downstairs it's packed and it's bustling - there's a tabletop sale, people sat around tables chatting and free newspapers 'The People's Tribune.'</p>
<p>It blows me away. I've NEVER seen a Cultural Centre in the UK used like this. I can't even imagine - a building as grand at the National Museum - for the people and used by the people.</p>
<p>I'm in Chicago for the next week collaborating with an incredible youth theatre called Albany Park Theatre (APTP).</p>
<p>APTP are a company that share the mission and values of Common Wealth, working multi-disciplinary and in non-theatre spaces they create shows based on interviews that inspire and build social change. </p>
<p>David, the Co-Founder of APTP came across Common Wealth online - finding No Guts, No Heart, No Glory and emailing us out of curiosity and a need to connect. One year later after a Common Wealth workshop and a number of mega Skype calls and here we are, Chicago! working on a new play with a 30 strong ensemble surrounded by an incredible creative team with a hunger to push things forward. </p>
<p>Over the next couple of weeks I'll be documenting my time here - sharing experiences, stories and thoughts on the development of our new show and the city it's being created in. </p>
<p>Already I'm inspired by the wildness of this politically charged city. Albany Park where we're working is the United States' third most diverse neighbourhood, with people from Latin America, Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe. A wealth of culture and knowledge.</p>
<p>At Albany Park there's so much hope and I can't wait to share it with you. </p>
<p>Here's some links if you fancy digging deeper. </p>
<p><a href="http://aptpchicago.org/" target="_blank">http://aptpchicago.org/</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/08/chicago-wall-of-respect-collective-ownership-organisation-black-american-culture" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/dec/08/chicago-wall-of-respect-collective-ownership-organisation-black-american-culture</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html/" target="_blank">https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/chicago_culturalcenter.html/</a></p>
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<p>Over the past 6 months I've been writing a report for the AHRC on what it means to be working class and work within the creative industries.</p>
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<p>I've been up and down the Country interviewing people from young people, artists, activists, mps, creatives and educators. Asking them about their connection with art, who they thought art was for and finding out if anyone could become an artist regardless of social class. My mission to build a picture of how people are currently…</p>
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<p>Over the past 6 months I've been writing a report for the AHRC on what it means to be working class and work within the creative industries.</p>
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<p>I've been up and down the Country interviewing people from young people, artists, activists, mps, creatives and educators. Asking them about their connection with art, who they thought art was for and finding out if anyone could become an artist regardless of social class. My mission to build a picture of how people are currently feeling in the UK.</p>
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<p>This all started a year ago when I was on the Clore Fellowship. What that meant was that I spent a year learning about cultural leadership. Over the year we were introduced to so many different leaders from politicians, directors, publishers, the head of MI5. It was mad.</p>
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<p>What struck me over this year was how little of these people came from backgrounds like mine. Out of around 60 people I would say only a handful were educated in a state school. This bothered me.</p>
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<p>I wanted to write this report to capture the essence of what it means to be a working class artist working in an industry that is dominated and run by those that come from wealthier background.</p>
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<p>It's been a mad exploration, I've been questioning myself, my identity and the society I live in - a lot. </p>
<p>I go through stages of big questioning - thinking does any of this even matter. But of course it matters.</p>
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<p>It matters because people don't see themselves on stage, in politics, in leadership roles. </p>
<p>It matters because people feel like they can't step into a place that doesn't feel like it belongs to them</p>
<p>It matters because people feel like to do well they have to be middle class, to be better</p>
<p>It matters because we're missing out on a whole section of society that feel unable to enter the arts</p>
<p>It matters because the people who have power are the ones who have money.</p>
<p>It matters because the politicians haven't got a clue beyond the Westminster bubble. They make choices like we all live in Kensington and Chelsea</p>
<p>It matters because until we see somebody who's been on free school meals, who's never been on holiday, never been anywhere, who wouldn't know how to walk around a gallery, until we seen them get into a leadership role then how can we believe that social responsibility and diversifying the arts is something that is meant. </p>
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<p>I'll be sharing some of my findings tomorrow at Experimentica from 3:30pm with the support of Abbie Miola and Ali Goolyad. </p>
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<p>We'd love to see you there!!</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.experimentica17.org/whats-on/2017/2/13/rhiannon-white-class-the-elephant-in-the-room">https://www.experimentica17.org/whats-on/2017/2/13/rhiannon-white-class-the-elephant-in-the-room</a></p>
<p><a href="http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/">http://commonwealththeatre.co.uk/</a></p>
<p></p>Hello 2017! Hello TEAM Panel!!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-01-06:3152760:BlogPost:2613932017-01-06T13:00:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p>I’ve always wanted to be part of TEAM panel and I guess spiritually I have but now I can say that here I am – a proud TEAM member.</p>
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<p>I’m chuffed to bits to be part of this incredible crew – excited to be feeding into the future work of NTW and can’t wait to get cracking.</p>
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<p>It’s come at an incredibly important time for me both personally and politically. I feel like now more than ever its time to get our hands dirty, get amongst it and explore new ways of coming…</p>
<p>I’ve always wanted to be part of TEAM panel and I guess spiritually I have but now I can say that here I am – a proud TEAM member.</p>
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<p>I’m chuffed to bits to be part of this incredible crew – excited to be feeding into the future work of NTW and can’t wait to get cracking.</p>
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<p>It’s come at an incredibly important time for me both personally and politically. I feel like now more than ever its time to get our hands dirty, get amongst it and explore new ways of coming together, new ways of seeing, of feeling and build a future that's fit for everyone. </p>
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<p>I’m passionate about the arts and I know first hand the transformative power that the arts can have.</p>
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<p>I also know the role that TEAM has in making opportunities possible across Wales. It blows my mind. I can’t wait to get out and about with TEAM, start new conversations with people who don't feel like theatres for them. I can’t wait to see what grows!</p>
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<p>My work in the UK has seen me deeply connect to places that are deemed hard to reach. I hate the terms ‘hard to reach’ I feel like it’s often more fitting to deem the arts ‘hard to reach’ rather than people. From working with NTW on many incredible projects I know they share the same ideas, values and mission as me. New audiences are audiences regardless of where they come from. People are people. That gives me hope.</p>
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<p>I can’t wait for us to reclaim theatre and the way we work with audiences. I can’t wait for us to build something that is less about hierarchy and profit but more about a genuine exchange of creativity. I can't wait!</p>
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<p>Here’s to the New Year. 2017 it’s ours if we want it! </p>
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<p>Let's keep those fires burning!</p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntxE0w9CHTA&t=10s">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntxE0w9CHTA&t=10s</a></p>The People's Platform - SHOUT OUT FOR PEOPLEtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2016-04-13:3152760:BlogPost:2493242016-04-13T15:03:38.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><u>THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</u></strong></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">A unique and rare occasion that will see the people and those that represent them come together to discuss issues through theatre and debate.…</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><u>THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</u></strong></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">A unique and rare occasion that will see the people and those that represent them come together to discuss issues through theatre and debate.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">It will look at how political decisions that get made affect our health and wellbeing.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">It will celebrate the real Merthyr, championing the people that work and live there. </span></p>
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<p align="center">We’re looking for people from North Merthyr who’d like to get involved in The People’s Platform.</p>
<p align="center">We are looking for performers, builders, writers, educators, speakers and experts. </p>
<p align="center">We are looking for YOU!</p>
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<p align="center">We'd love to hear from you if you feel passionate about your community and are burning to have your say.</p>
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<p align="center">No acting experience is necessary, just an openness and willingness to try new things.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><b>We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ages (16+) English and Welsh speakers</b> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To find out more please come to our next meeting</p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Saturday 23rd April</b> </p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Theatr Soar, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8UB</b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>3pm - 4pm.</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The final show will be performed at Penydarren Social Club on the </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">16th June 2016 to an invited audience of policy makers & politicians.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> Please feel free to contact Rhiannon with any questions. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">t. 07895030922</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">e. rhi.commonwealth@gmail.com</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Peoples Platform is the result of a three year research project Representing Communities led by Cardiff University and POSSIB Arts project in collaboration with Rhiannon White (Common Wealth), Kelly Jones and National Theatre Wales TEAM.</p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><u>THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</u></strong></span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">A unique and rare occasion that will see the people and those that represent them come together to discuss issues through theatre and debate.…</span></p>
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<p align="center"><span class="font-size-5"><strong><u>THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</u></strong></span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. </span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">A unique and rare occasion that will see the people and those that represent them come together to discuss issues through theatre and debate.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">It will look at how political decisions that get made affect our health and wellbeing.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;">It will celebrate the real Merthyr, championing the people that work and live there. </span></p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">We’re looking for people from North Merthyr who’d like to get involved in The People’s Platform.</p>
<p align="center">We are looking for performers, builders, writers, educators, speakers and experts. </p>
<p align="center">We are looking for YOU!</p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p align="center">We'd love to hear from you if you feel passionate about your community and are burning to have your say.</p>
<p align="center"> </p>
<p align="center">No acting experience is necessary, just an openness and willingness to try new things.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><b>We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ages (16+) English and Welsh speakers</b> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">To find out more please come to our next meeting</p>
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<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Saturday 23rd April</b> </p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>Theatr Soar, Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8UB</b></p>
<p align="center" style="text-align: center;"><b>3pm - 4pm.</b></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The final show will be performed at Penydarren Social Club on the </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">16th June 2016 to an invited audience of policy makers & politicians.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"> Please feel free to contact Rhiannon with any questions. </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">t. 07895030922</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">e. rhi.commonwealth@gmail.com</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The Peoples Platform is the result of a three year research project Representing Communities led by Cardiff University and POSSIB Arts project in collaboration with Rhiannon White (Common Wealth), Kelly Jones and National Theatre Wales TEAM.</p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-decoration: underline;">THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. …</span></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong style="font-size: 16pt;"><span style="text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; text-decoration: underline;">THE PEOPLES PLATFORM</span></span></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00ff; font-family: helvetica; font-size: 10pt;">The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ff00ff;" class="font-size-2">A unique and rare occasion that will see the people and those that represent them come together to discuss issues through theatre and debate.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;" class="font-size-2">It will look at how political decisions that get made affect our health and wellbeing.</span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="color: #ff00ff;" class="font-size-2">It will celebrate the real Merthyr, championing the people that work and live there.</span> </p>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We are looking for professional performers/ devisors to join us in the creation and performing of this project. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong> The role will include facilitating and </strong><strong>devising alongside new actors & supporting debate and discussion. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Ideally you will have knowledge of local political issues and a desire to want change. </strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We are particularly interested in hearing from people from Merthyr and the South Wales Valleys.</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and ages (16+) English and Welsh speakers</strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>THIS IS A PAID POSITION</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">Auditions will take place on</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Saturday 23rd April</strong> </p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Theatr Soar, <span>Pontmorlais, Merthyr Tydfil CF47 8UB</span></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>1pm - 4pm.</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">If you'd like to get involved please send a CV along with a letter of interest to rhi.commonwealth@gmail.com</p>
<p style="text-align: center;">stating why you'd like to be involved and what you might bring to the development of the production.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>DEADLINE : 20th April @ 5pm</strong></p>
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<p style="text-align: center;">The final show will be performed at Penydarren Social Club on the </p>
<p align="center">16<sup>th</sup> June 2016 to an invited audience of policy makers & politicians.</p>
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<p align="center"> Please feel free to contact Rhiannon with any questions. </p>
<p align="center">t. 07895030922</p>
<p align="center">e. rhi.commonwealth@gmail.com</p>
<p align="center"></p>
<p>The Peoples Platform is the result of a three year research project Representing Communities led by Cardiff University and <span>POSSIB Arts project </span>in collaboration with Rhiannon White (Common Wealth), Kelly Jones and National Theatre Wales TEAM.</p>
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<p align="center"></p>Where am I going?tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2016-01-04:3152760:BlogPost:2417532016-01-04T21:30:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Sometimes the first day is like banging your head against the wall - today was different. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Today we started by painting our bodies with invisible paint, banging Oday's chest with clenched fists, breathing in and opening our arms to the world and shaking away the shit. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">We're getting to…</span></p>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Sometimes the first day is like banging your head against the wall - today was different. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Today we started by painting our bodies with invisible paint, banging Oday's chest with clenched fists, breathing in and opening our arms to the world and shaking away the shit. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">We're getting to know each other and we're getting to know the situation in Syria.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">We listen to Oday speak about the revolution, how it started, how it grows, how he left. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Oday reminisces “my father told me that when the Arab spring happened in Tunisia that it will happen in Syria too and when it happens in Syria we will be in blood up to our knees.’ </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We talk about Daraa, the place Oday calls home. It’s where the revolution began started by children who wrote on the wall of the school ‘Doctor (Assad) It’s your time to go’. </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Daraa is finished now, Assad has destroyed everything, there is no food, no electricity, no power, no school, no jobs, no life.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">This is where Oday feels he belongs.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">'Assad’s armies are like animals they take everything, people, food, houses, shops, land, everything.'</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Oday draws maps, tells us truths we don’t know, shares brave and courageous stories of how he escaped and survived unimaginable horror and control.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">He escaped and here we are in this room in Cardiff discussing how we can best tell this story, how we can create a show that will inspire, encourage, challenge and provoke. How we can celebrate the acts of humanity that Oday has received that have encouraged, ensured and supported him in his courageous journey to reach the UK.</span></p>
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<p><span style="color: #808080;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">We finish the day in true Syrian style, sharing coffee and eating cake with Othman from Syria in Petra restaurant on City Road.</span></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">We joke, we laugh, we smile we call each other habibi.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; color: #808080;">Tomorrow we will celebrate</span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">'I belong there' is a collaboration between three of us Oday Alkhalidi (actor) Matt Wright (artist) and Rhiannon White (director). Its a multilingual play about war, survival and hope. </span></p>
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<p><span class="font-size-3" style="color: #000000; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></p>Aged 18 - 24? Got something to say? WE NEED YOU!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-08-17:3152760:BlogPost:2327632015-08-17T17:30:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
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<p>Do you live in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Newbridge, Newport?</p>
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<p>We are looking for young people to get involved with our project 'Everything Must Go'.</p>
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<p>'Everything Must Go' is a political play written by Patrick Jones in 1999, still relevant today. </p>
<p>We want to adapt it for our time.</p>
<p>Challenge austerity</p>
<p>And celebrate what it means to be young and Welsh.</p>
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<p>We are looking for young people aged 18 - 24 years old from Blackwood and…</p>
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<p>Do you live in Blackwood, Caerphilly, Newbridge, Newport?</p>
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<p>We are looking for young people to get involved with our project 'Everything Must Go'.</p>
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<p>'Everything Must Go' is a political play written by Patrick Jones in 1999, still relevant today. </p>
<p>We want to adapt it for our time.</p>
<p>Challenge austerity</p>
<p>And celebrate what it means to be young and Welsh.</p>
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<p>We are looking for young people aged 18 - 24 years old from Blackwood and the surrounding area to perform in our play.</p>
<p>You don't need to have experience, just a willingness and a strong passion for the job.</p>
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<p>Auditions are: <strong>Friday 21st August</strong></p>
<p><strong> 2pm - 5pm</strong></p>
<p><strong> at the Woodbine Club, Woodbine Rd, Blackwood, Gwent NP12 1QJ</strong></p>
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<p>Rehearsals are 24th - 27th August (12pm - 5pm)</p>
<p> 1st - 4th September (12pm - 5pm)</p>
<p>Performance September 5th (5:30pm)</p>
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<p>This is a paid role.</p>
<p>Please get in touch for more information - rhi.commonwealth@gmail.com / 07895030922</p>
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<p></p>Meet our Chorus - Mother Couragetag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-04-19:3152760:BlogPost:2250672015-04-19T11:00:00.000ZRhiannon Whitehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/RhiannonWhite
<p><strong><span class="font-size-5">Meet our lovely Chorus</span></strong></p>
<p>On Thursday myself and Leah Crossley found out what it meant for the ladies of Merthyr to be involved in Mother Courage. After our two hour singing session of the raucous and the beautiful we interviewed some of our lovely cast to see why they've decided to get involved, what it means for Merthyr and why you should all come and see it.</p>
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<p><strong><span class="font-size-5">Meet our lovely Chorus</span></strong></p>
<p>On Thursday myself and Leah Crossley found out what it meant for the ladies of Merthyr to be involved in Mother Courage. After our two hour singing session of the raucous and the beautiful we interviewed some of our lovely cast to see why they've decided to get involved, what it means for Merthyr and why you should all come and see it.</p>
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<p><b>Name:</b> Lynett</p>
<p><b>What made you decide to get involved with the play?</b></p>
<p>It sounded really exciting to have something actually coming to the valleys rather than being in Cardiff and I wanted to be involved in it because it sounded really good.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important to you?</b></p>
<p>I just enjoy meeting new people, doing new things, I like a challenge and so far it’s been a brilliant challenge. I really love it, having a lot of fun and meeting some lovely new people.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important that it happens here in Merthyr?</b></p>
<p>Because everything ends up in the cities and I think it’s quite nice that something is going to come to the valleys, where valleys people will be able to see it and it’s going to be affordable as well.</p>
<p> <b>Why should people come to see the play?</b></p>
<p>Mother Courage is brilliant it’s really, really different. It’s a completely new staging of it and I think people will be very surprised it’s not what they think it’s going to be. It’s something really worth coming to.</p>
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<p><b>Name:</b> Rachel</p>
<p><b>What made you decide to get involved with the play?</b></p>
<p>I really want to get involved with National Theatre Wales because I really enjoy Site Specific plays and how they bring Theatre to life in so many different types of venues and the way they bring new audiences which breaks the conventions of normal theatre and how you just have to sit there. I think it’s really exciting and I think it brings theatre to a new life.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important to you?</b></p>
<p>For me I’ve just moved back to Wales because I’ve been living in Oxford for years, so it gives me an opportunity to get involved with what’s happening in my local area and it gives me an opportunity to meet new people. And I’m interested in Theatre as well.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important that it happens here in Merthyr?</b></p>
<p>I think it’s really important to have something positive happening here as you’ve probably seen recently there’s some negative publicity here as you’ve probably seen with Skint, loads of negative media and it’s nice to have positive influences from the arts to show how fantastic the valleys are.</p>
<p><b>What are the main messages in the play?</b></p>
<p>It’s about survival; a lot of the characters take on the role of survival. She just carries on even in the face of adversity, doesn’t matter what people think of her, you just carry on and succeed hopefully.</p>
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<p><b>Name</b>: Laura</p>
<p><b>What made you decide to get involved in this project?</b></p>
<p>I decided to get involved in this project to push me out of my comfort zone. I do quite a bit of speaking in public but as I’m getting older my confidence is drying up a little bit. So it was something that I really wanted to do to take me a little bit further into practicing with my confidence. In my everyday life I manage services for children of prisoners. I have never done anything like this before, I was involved in a television programmed a while ago but that was very much you could’ see what was on the other side. Who was watching you, it just very much focused on my family. So to be in a position where people are going to be watching you live is quite nerve raking but very exacting.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important that it happens here in Merthyr?</b></p>
<p>I am totally passionate about Merthyr and about the negative press that we constantly get. I’m also really pleased that it is coming to Merthyr, everything is Cardiff-centric, anything that has any kind of cultural value to it seems to be based in Cardiff, so for it to be based in Merthyr is really important to me and I just think that it goes along with the whole regeneration of the town.</p>
<p><b>What are the main messages in the play?</b></p>
<p>I think Mother Courage herself is a very resilient character and some of her traits that she displays resonate a lot with the women that I work with who’s husbands go into prison and the things that they do to survive and the things that they do to look after there children and that kind of fight or flight mentality really comes through and I think it’s really important.</p>
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<p><b>Name:</b> Louisa</p>
<p><b>What made you decide to get involved with the play?</b></p>
<p>I love the play, I love the story and because it’s something that I’ve always wanted to do to be involved with a group of women, doing our thing.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important to you?</b></p>
<p>Because I can sell myself and I can prove to myself that I am not past it. Somebody once said to me, oh Louisa your told old to be an actress, so I’m giving them two fingers.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important that we do it here in Merthyr?</b></p>
<p>If you look at the history of Merthyr it’s a town, despite all the rubbish, the nonsense they’ve been through, the joblessness, the heartache and everything it’s a town that is full of spirited people. The people of Merthyr are strong, strong willed and they don’t let anything put them down and I think the people of Merthyr are like Mother Courage they don’t let misfortune put them down instead they give thumbs up and carry on.</p>
<p><b>Why should people come and see the show?</b></p>
<p>Because they’ll love us!</p>
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<p><b>Name</b>: Alison Kirby</p>
<p><b>What made you decide to get involved with the play?</b></p>
<p>I saw it advertised and I thought it’d be something interesting to get involved in, gets me out of the house from sitting in front of the TV. I’m meeting lot of new people and it gives you a chance to see good Welsh Actresses.</p>
<p><b>Why’s it important to you?</b></p>
<p>Because, I think it resonates with our community, we all come from hard working backgrounds, mining backgrounds and a lot of the families of had it hard being brought up and I think this play is very similar. I think we’re very strong and resilient here in the valleys so I think it’s nice for us to have local people involved in it.</p>
<p><b>Why is it important that it happens here in Merthyr?</b></p>
<p>From what I just said, it fits in nicely with the play, that it’s a hardworking place. This town has had its bad times and now it’s being regenerated, it’s looking really nice here and to bring things in and people into this community to see what’s happening in Merthyr is really good.</p>
<p><b>What are the main messages in the play?</b></p>
<p>It shows if you try hard in life you’ll succeed with what your doing.</p>
<p><b>Why should people come and see it?</b></p>
<p>Because I think it’s going to be a goodnight out and everyone can get involved, it’s not your run of the mill play where you just sit down and watch, you can actually get involved.</p>
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