Tom Beardshaw's Posts - National Theatre Wales Community2024-03-28T13:55:30ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshawhttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2986184277?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=1dlqsz2iym72o&xn_auth=noOpportunity for a freelance digital communications producer - A2:Connecttag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-01-30:3152760:BlogPost:2626602017-01-30T14:10:22.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<p>A great opportunity for anyone wanting to work in arts and education in Central South Wales. We need a freelancer (you'll need to have other clients) to work on producing communications content. <a href="http://a2connect.org/work-opportunity-join-team-build-arts-education-networking-south-wales/" target="_blank">All the information you need is here, on our website.</a></p>
<p>A great opportunity for anyone wanting to work in arts and education in Central South Wales. We need a freelancer (you'll need to have other clients) to work on producing communications content. <a href="http://a2connect.org/work-opportunity-join-team-build-arts-education-networking-south-wales/" target="_blank">All the information you need is here, on our website.</a></p>BBC carries photographs of Welsh performance buildingstag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2012-02-23:3152760:BlogPost:1126792012-02-23T10:07:02.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<p>Just spotted this and I thought it would be good to share here: Architect Rob Firman, who worked on the Millenium centre in Cardiff has travelled around Wales exploring all the theatres and performance buildings in Wales.</p>
<p>Expecting to to find around 30, he eventually documented 111 still standing, and another 46 which had been demolished!!</p>
<p>The BBC have published a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17112500">series of photographs on their website</a> - I recommend a…</p>
<p>Just spotted this and I thought it would be good to share here: Architect Rob Firman, who worked on the Millenium centre in Cardiff has travelled around Wales exploring all the theatres and performance buildings in Wales.</p>
<p>Expecting to to find around 30, he eventually documented 111 still standing, and another 46 which had been demolished!!</p>
<p>The BBC have published a <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17112500">series of photographs on their website</a> - I recommend a visit to take a look. What a rich heritage!</p>This community featured in the Guardiantag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2012-01-18:3152760:BlogPost:1085842012-01-18T11:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<p>Hello folks. I penned an article for the Guardian - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/jan/18/social-network-arts-wales-theatre">The next step to social networking is building your own online community: Guardian Culture Professionals Network</a> - it's about this online community and how it has helped to develop National Theatre Wales as a company - please take a look. They don't have comments enabled but you can always respond to…</p>
<p>Hello folks. I penned an article for the Guardian - <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture-professionals-network/culture-professionals-blog/2012/jan/18/social-network-arts-wales-theatre">The next step to social networking is building your own online community: Guardian Culture Professionals Network</a> - it's about this online community and how it has helped to develop National Theatre Wales as a company - please take a look. They don't have comments enabled but you can always respond to the article here if you like :)</p>
<p></p>Bradley Manning's trial and birthdaytag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2011-12-15:3152760:BlogPost:1057282011-12-15T15:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
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<p>Bradley Manning goes on trial tomorrow accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US military history. The next day is his birthday. Just as we start work on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw18">The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning - NTW18</a>, the shape of the case against him and his defence will get…</p>
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<p>Bradley Manning goes on trial tomorrow accused of the biggest leak of classified information in US military history. The next day is his birthday. Just as we start work on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw18">The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning - NTW18</a>, the shape of the case against him and his defence will get clearer.</p>
<p>While we read the first drafts of <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TimPrice">Tim Price</a>'s script and work on how we're going to create the play, Bradley's situation and the whirlwind of political change his alleged actions have brought about are unfolding all around us. Tomorrow, the world will focus on him.</p>
<p>There'll be a torrent of information in the media and public conversations about Bradley and his story in the next couple of days. If you're new to the story, check out this video. </p>
<p>I'm multiplatform designer for the play, and have been doing a lot of thinking about what we can do as part of the show to bring Bradley's case and our story about his time in Wales to a wider audience using online platforms.</p>
<p>I'll be sharing more of this journey in the months to come, as will Tim, <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JohnMcGrath">John McGrath</a> (Directing) and others working on the show, but to start, I thought, let's just really think about Bradley Manning himself - his life and his actions, how the world has reacted and what the the US military will do to him.</p>
<p>I wonder how he's feeling today?</p>A Welsh Alternative Reality experience in San Franciscotag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2011-09-13:3152760:BlogPost:836462011-09-13T09:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<p><a href="http://invested.in/P1536/zoetrap-a-transmedia-experience" target="_blank"><img class="align-right" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999359296?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300"></img></a> Hi all. I'd like to share some work I've been doing on an Alternative Reality Game which a group of Welsh based creatives are taking to the <a href="http://www.storyworldconference.com/">Storyworld Conference</a> in San Francisco at the end of October.</p>
<p>The conference is a meeting point for industry peeps from films, TV and interactive media and we are creating a ghost story which will play…</p>
<p><a href="http://invested.in/P1536/zoetrap-a-transmedia-experience" target="_blank"><img width="300" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999359296?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="300" class="align-right"/></a>Hi all. I'd like to share some work I've been doing on an Alternative Reality Game which a group of Welsh based creatives are taking to the <a href="http://www.storyworldconference.com/">Storyworld Conference</a> in San Francisco at the end of October.</p>
<p>The conference is a meeting point for industry peeps from films, TV and interactive media and we are creating a ghost story which will play out in the hotel the conference is taking place in. It's a real showcase for Welsh talent at the heart of the industry.</p>
<p>We're looking for support for the production, as we have no budget (!), so if you'd like to find out more, and pretty please, bung a couple of quid into our pot, please follow this link and find out more about <a href="http://invested.in/P1536/zoetrap-a-transmedia-experience">Zoetrap - an alternative reality experience</a>.</p>Social media training next weektag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2011-07-22:3152760:BlogPost:673402011-07-22T13:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<p>Places available at social media training that is run in Cardiff and Caernarfon next week by our company NativeHQ, which often works with NTW.</p>
<p><strong>Caernarfon (in Cymraeg, with Carl Morris): Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cardiff (in English, with Tom Beardshaw): Thursday 28th & Friday 29th</strong></p>
<p><a href="http://cyfle.co.uk/training-and-skills/professional-development/short-courses/social-media" target="_blank">Full details of the…</a></p>
<p>Places available at social media training that is run in Cardiff and Caernarfon next week by our company NativeHQ, which often works with NTW.</p>
<p><strong>Caernarfon (in Cymraeg, with Carl Morris): Tuesday 26th & Wednesday 27th</strong></p>
<p><strong>Cardiff (in English, with Tom Beardshaw): Thursday 28th & Friday 29th</strong></p>
<p><a target="_blank" href="http://cyfle.co.uk/training-and-skills/professional-development/short-courses/social-media">Full details of the course</a></p>
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<p>Cost: £250 (discounts for freelancers and people working for TV production companies areavailable)</p>
<p> </p>Bridgend Assembly asks "Is love dangerous?"tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-10-15:3152760:BlogPost:431392010-10-15T13:33:26.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
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<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6CWX-DrBq48?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6CWX-DrBq48?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false" width="480" height="385"></embed> </object>One Minute with... Nick Allsop, Head of Production and Operationstag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-09-28:3152760:BlogPost:419002010-09-28T15:30:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Nick is in charge of transforming <a href="One%20Minute%20with...%20Nick%20Allsop,%20Head%20of%20Production%20and%20Operations">Hobo's rock club in Bridgend</a> into the setting for Love Steals Us from Lonelines. I caught up with him for a minute to tell us what he's doing on the…
Nick is in charge of transforming <a href="One%20Minute%20with...%20Nick%20Allsop,%20Head%20of%20Production%20and%20Operations">Hobo's rock club in Bridgend</a> into the setting for Love Steals Us from Lonelines. I caught up with him for a minute to tell us what he's doing on the show.<br/><br/>
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Another in the "one minute with" series... this time with Sarah Thomas, who is the Deputy Stage Manager on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw07">Love Steals Us from Loneliness</a>. You can see all the "One Minute With" series by <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/list?tag=oneminutewith">running a search for the tag "oneminutewith"</a>.…
Another in the "one minute with" series... this time with Sarah Thomas, who is the Deputy Stage Manager on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw07">Love Steals Us from Loneliness</a>. You can see all the "One Minute With" series by <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/list?tag=oneminutewith">running a search for the tag "oneminutewith"</a>. <br/><object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD-K6p3fOIg?fs=1&hl=en_US"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TD-K6p3fOIg?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allowfullscreen="false" height="385" width="640"></embed> </object>One minute with... Elise Davison, Emerging Directortag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-09-24:3152760:BlogPost:417542010-09-24T15:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
I managed to grab a minute with <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/EliseDavison">Elise Davison</a>, who is Assistant Director/Emerging Director on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw07#lovestealsusfromloneliness">Love Steals Us from Loneliness</a>. Elise is writing and videoing about the rehearsal process as it goes - just take a look at <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/list?user=2lnk6sxq0xhqs">Elise's blog…</a>
I managed to grab a minute with <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/EliseDavison">Elise Davison</a>, who is Assistant Director/Emerging Director on <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/whatson/performance/ntw07#lovestealsusfromloneliness">Love Steals Us from Loneliness</a>. Elise is writing and videoing about the rehearsal process as it goes - just take a look at <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/list?user=2lnk6sxq0xhqs">Elise's blog posts</a>.<br/>
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We have developed an exciting new website as part of our work around Love Steals Us from Loneliness, the seventh of National Theatre Wales' new play, which opens in Hobo's Rock Club in Bridgend on the 7th October. The site can be found at <a href="http://ourbridgend.com">ourbridgend.com</a><br></br><br></br><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourbridgend.com"><img alt="" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999346485?profile=original"></img></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Our Bridgend is based on Google Maps, and enables…</p>
We have developed an exciting new website as part of our work around Love Steals Us from Loneliness, the seventh of National Theatre Wales' new play, which opens in Hobo's Rock Club in Bridgend on the 7th October. The site can be found at <a href="http://ourbridgend.com">ourbridgend.com</a><br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://ourbridgend.com"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999346485?profile=original" alt=""/></a></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">Our Bridgend is based on Google Maps, and enables anyone to add a flag to the map, and share their feelings about and experiences of that place using words, pictures or video. There are six 'themes' you can choose from... love or hate, light or dark, us or them. <br/></p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">We've already had nearly a hundred people share an experience about a place in Bridgend, and it's fun to just take a look around the map and see what people have shared. Places where they fell in love, places that had a special meaning to them in their lives, places that have scared them and places that had a special meaning for them as a group, or a family. Just click on the icons in the map to see what people have said about that place.</p>
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<p style="text-align: left;">We'd love your help in getting a link to anyone you know from Bridgend, and if you're on Facebook or Twitter, please click on the sharing buttons at the top of the site! <br/></p>
<p style="text-align: left;"><br/></p>Writer Gary Owen visits the Love Steals Us from Loneliness rehersalstag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-09-15:3152760:BlogPost:411382010-09-15T17:30:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
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I popped into visit the rehearsals for Love Steals Us from Loneliness today, and was lucky to find playwright <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/GaryOwen">Gary Owen</a> was visiting the cast and working with Director <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JohnMcGrath">John McGrath</a>. I took a few photos, and managed to steal a few minutes of his time for him to say a few things about the play, and about Bridgend, where it's set. I…
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I popped into visit the rehearsals for Love Steals Us from Loneliness today, and was lucky to find playwright <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/GaryOwen">Gary Owen</a> was visiting the cast and working with Director <a href="http://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JohnMcGrath">John McGrath</a>. I took a few photos, and managed to steal a few minutes of his time for him to say a few things about the play, and about Bridgend, where it's set. I also managed to capture a few photos of Gary, John and the cast reading through some scenes in the play.<br/><br/>Congrats are due not only for the script (which is great!), but Gary has also recently become a dad - today was his son's second month old birthday! If you'd like to find out more about what he's up to, check out <a href="http://gary-owen.tumblr.com/">Gary's Tumblr Blog</a>. <br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999346565?profile=original" alt=""/></p>
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<br/>TEAM Cardiff get together to plan their work on "The Devil Inside Him"tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-04-29:3152760:BlogPost:309102010-04-29T20:30:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Had a really interesting session with the TEAM in Cardiff this evening - we spent a bit of time going through what NTW is doing online and how they can help spread info and links about Devil Inside Him to their networks. We had a brainstorm about how they could create a buzz around the show, and came up with ideas around live performances, audio and video resources they can create. <a href="/profile/DevindaDeSilva">Devinda</a> has made <a href="/group/teamcardiff">a Group for TEAM Cardiff…</a>
Had a really interesting session with the TEAM in Cardiff this evening - we spent a bit of time going through what NTW is doing online and how they can help spread info and links about Devil Inside Him to their networks. We had a brainstorm about how they could create a buzz around the show, and came up with ideas around live performances, audio and video resources they can create. <a href="/profile/DevindaDeSilva">Devinda</a> has made <a href="/group/teamcardiff">a Group for TEAM Cardiff</a> where they'll be doing all their planning and organising. <br/><br/>I took a couple of photos and as I was walking home, I passed the New Theatre, so I took a couple of snaps of that. <br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999355303?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/>Information R/evolutiontag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-04-07:3152760:BlogPost:291862010-04-07T15:48:53.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
To mark the start of Shelf Life, I thought you might enjoy this video about how the task of the librarian - managing information - is being transformed by the web.…
To mark the start of Shelf Life, I thought you might enjoy this video about how the task of the librarian - managing information - is being transformed by the web. <br/><br/><object width="960" height="745"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4CV05HyAbM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-4CV05HyAbM&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="960" height="745"></embed></object>Spam on National Theatre Wales Communitytag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-04-06:3152760:BlogPost:290312010-04-06T16:38:01.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Some of you may have noticed a recent spate of spam blog posts here on the community site. This is a common problem with open social networks, as anyone can join, and spammers are looking for cheap link hits for their products from high value websites. <br></br><br></br>We are dealing with it by instantly suspending the members when they join/post, deleting their content and reporting them as spammers to Ning, who run the software that powers this website.<br></br><br></br>The time it takes us to delete a…
Some of you may have noticed a recent spate of spam blog posts here on the community site. This is a common problem with open social networks, as anyone can join, and spammers are looking for cheap link hits for their products from high value websites. <br/><br/>We are dealing with it by instantly suspending the members when they join/post, deleting their content and reporting them as spammers to Ning, who run the software that powers this website.<br/><br/>The time it takes us to delete a spammer is a fraction of the time they spend setting up accounts an posting, so it is a battle we will win when they get tired of doing it or when Ning finds a way to stop it. But it is a battle we will win. <br/><br/>So please be patient with this... these things come and go...<br/>Excerpts from "The Devil Inside Him" on the Times websitetag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-03-23:3152760:BlogPost:279652010-03-23T16:30:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6391147.ece">Read the excerpts here</a>.
<a href="http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article6391147.ece">Read the excerpts here</a>.Shall we change the site font? Your views please.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-03-13:3152760:BlogPost:271522010-03-13T01:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Several people have mentioned to us that they find the font on this site rather difficult to read, so we have decided to offer some alternatives, and ask for your views. <br></br><br></br>We've come up with two alternatives - ARIAL, the second VERDANA. There is an image of what the site would look like with each of these fonts below.<br></br><br></br>Please let us know if you would like us to change the font or keep the existing one, and if so, which one - <a href="http://poll.fm/1ozp2">VOTE…</a>
Several people have mentioned to us that they find the font on this site rather difficult to read, so we have decided to offer some alternatives, and ask for your views. <br/><br/>We've come up with two alternatives - ARIAL, the second VERDANA. There is an image of what the site would look like with each of these fonts below.<br/><br/>Please let us know if you would like us to change the font or keep the existing one, and if so, which one - <a href="http://poll.fm/1ozp2">VOTE HERE</a><br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">ARIAL</span><br/><br/><p style="text-align: left;"><img width="721" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999342843?profile=RESIZE_1024x1024" alt=""/></p>
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<br/><br/><br/>Talking about National Theatre Wales on the webtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2010-02-10:3152760:BlogPost:250622010-02-10T17:43:38.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Hey everyone - some news. We've set up some systems that will monitor any content on the web relating to National Theatre Wales and its productions. It starts with <a href="http://netvibes.com/nationaltheatrewales">NTW's monitoring webpage on Netvibes</a> which will give you links to any mention of the company in the news, on blogs, Twitter and blog posts here on the community site, as well as videos on YouTube and photos on Flickr. <br></br><br></br>We've also added a news feed to the groups for each…
Hey everyone - some news. We've set up some systems that will monitor any content on the web relating to National Theatre Wales and its productions. It starts with <a href="http://netvibes.com/nationaltheatrewales">NTW's monitoring webpage on Netvibes</a> which will give you links to any mention of the company in the news, on blogs, Twitter and blog posts here on the community site, as well as videos on YouTube and photos on Flickr. <br/><br/>We've also added a news feed to the groups for each performance - so if you go to the <a href="/group/ntw1">NTW01 group</a>, you'll find a feed with live results from the web for any mention of the show, and so on. <br/><br/>Don't forget - each show has a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tag_%28metadata%29">tag</a>, so if you're posting on this site or your own blog, Twitter, YouTube or Flickr, make sure you tag it and your work will find its way into this site and further around the web. <br/>All the world's a stage... anthropology of YouTubetag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-12-03:3152760:BlogPost:217562009-12-03T23:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Thought some of you might be interested in this...<br />
It's an hour long... so grab a cuppa.<br />
Mike Wesch, an anthropologist from Kansas on the culture of YouTube.<br />
I noticed a lot of the language we use to talk about it is theatrical... hope it inspires some people...<br />
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Here's "The Machine is Us/ing Us" that he was talking…
Thought some of you might be interested in this...<br />
It's an hour long... so grab a cuppa.<br />
Mike Wesch, an anthropologist from Kansas on the culture of YouTube.<br />
I noticed a lot of the language we use to talk about it is theatrical... hope it inspires some people...<br />
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Here's "The Machine is Us/ing Us" that he was talking about:<br />
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<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/NLlGopyXT_g&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NLlGopyXT_g&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>The first year's launch video!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-11-12:3152760:BlogPost:202542009-11-12T21:31:58.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
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<object width="720" height="405"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7575736&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1"></param><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7575736&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="720" height="405"></embed></object>Your reactions to the first year's programme!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-11-05:3152760:BlogPost:194652009-11-05T14:05:44.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
We'd love to hear your reactions to the first year's programme - so please get a-blogging! Just one small request - please include the official tag in the "Tags" field of the blog form (just under the content area) - this will help us keep all the conversations together.<br />
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If you're involved in a production, a local, or just really interested, please join the groups - where you'll find a discussion board dedicated to that show, and we will make sure that all new related blog posts and web…
We'd love to hear your reactions to the first year's programme - so please get a-blogging! Just one small request - please include the official tag in the "Tags" field of the blog form (just under the content area) - this will help us keep all the conversations together.<br />
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If you're involved in a production, a local, or just really interested, please join the groups - where you'll find a discussion board dedicated to that show, and we will make sure that all new related blog posts and web content are sent into the group.Launch week on the NTW community (take 5!)tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-11-03:3152760:BlogPost:192162009-11-03T10:56:15.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
<object width="640" height="424"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="false"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7410885&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1"></param><embed wmode="opaque" src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7410885&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="640" height="424"></embed> <param name="wmode" value="opaque"></param></object>
<object width="640" height="424"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="never"></param><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7410885&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1"></param><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7410885&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&color=FF7700&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" width="640" height="424"></embed></object>Site maintenance: may be some glitchestag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-10-13:3152760:BlogPost:182162009-10-13T16:03:31.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Hi everyone. Just a quick note to say we're tinkering under the hood here at nationaltheatrewales.org - and you may find the site goes offline now and again - please bear with us!
Hi everyone. Just a quick note to say we're tinkering under the hood here at nationaltheatrewales.org - and you may find the site goes offline now and again - please bear with us!Join NTW on Twitter today at 7pm!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-09-18:3152760:BlogPost:172182009-09-18T15:30:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Are you on Twitter?<br />
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Tonight National Theatre Wales is <a href="/profiles/blogs/the-first-respond-try-out-week" target="_blank">testing the Respond programme</a>. Over the past 5 days, a performance in response to the Twitter discussion topic <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=welovethenhs" target="_blank">#WeLoveTheNHS</a> has been created by 5 artists.<br />
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If you aren't coming to the Respond Try Out tonight, you can take part through Twitter! You can be a central part of this Respond even if…
Are you on Twitter?<br />
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Tonight National Theatre Wales is <a href="/profiles/blogs/the-first-respond-try-out-week" target="_blank">testing the Respond programme</a>. Over the past 5 days, a performance in response to the Twitter discussion topic <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=welovethenhs" target="_blank">#WeLoveTheNHS</a> has been created by 5 artists.<br />
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If you aren't coming to the Respond Try Out tonight, you can take part through Twitter! You can be a central part of this Respond even if you're not in the room.<br />
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From 7pm, the audience at the performance will be able to post messages on Twitter using the <a href="http://twitter.com/ntwpeople">"NTWpeople" account</a>. We'll be using the #welovethenhs hashtag, and you can <a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=welovethenhs">follow all the tweets here</a>.<br />
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So please join in the conversation by <a href="http://twitter.com?status=%20%23ntw%20%23welovethenhs">posting a message on Twitter using the #welovethenhs and #ntw tags</a>.<br />
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If you're not on Twitter and want to join in, it's really easy to sign up to the service, so just <a href="https://twitter.com/signup">create an account and get involved</a> :)Shape the future of National Theatre Wales Community!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-09-16:3152760:BlogPost:171472009-09-16T17:37:15.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Native (that's <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/CarlMorris" target="_blank">Carl</a> and me) are organising a meeting on SATURDAY 10th October at NTW's offices in Castle Arcade to explore how the community will develop in the future, and we'd like to invite you to join us.<br />
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We'd like you to come along between 10 and 3pm to explore how NTW can help the community grow. We'll be looking at how people feel about the community site's early development - what's cool, what's not - and…
Native (that's <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/CarlMorris" target="_blank">Carl</a> and me) are organising a meeting on SATURDAY 10th October at NTW's offices in Castle Arcade to explore how the community will develop in the future, and we'd like to invite you to join us.<br />
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We'd like you to come along between 10 and 3pm to explore how NTW can help the community grow. We'll be looking at how people feel about the community site's early development - what's cool, what's not - and how we can make it even more useful to you whether you're an actor, director, writer or just a curious bystander.<br />
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We'll be providing lunch and having some fun brainstorming ideas about how we can make this the best online theatre community website in the world, so come along and help shape the future!<br />
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Places are limited! If you'd like to be a part of this event, post a comment here to book your place and I'll be in touch with more details. If you've got any questions about the event, please ask below.Launching... Groups!tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-06-18:3152760:BlogPost:69242009-06-18T22:51:18.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
We're launching a new feature called <a href="/groups">groups</a> on the National Theatre Wales site today. Here's some of our thinking behind it.<br />
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This community now has nearly 500 members from all over Wales and the world. We're a diverse bunch in the theatre scene - we have <a href="/group/writers">writers</a>, <a href="/group/actors">actors</a>, directors, enthusiasts, musicians, other companies, people "formerly known as the audience" and more.<br />
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Our aim with this site is to encourage good…
We're launching a new feature called <a href="/groups">groups</a> on the National Theatre Wales site today. Here's some of our thinking behind it.<br />
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This community now has nearly 500 members from all over Wales and the world. We're a diverse bunch in the theatre scene - we have <a href="/group/writers">writers</a>, <a href="/group/actors">actors</a>, directors, enthusiasts, musicians, other companies, people "formerly known as the audience" and more.<br />
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Our aim with this site is to encourage good conversation among likeminded people. With only the one central place for all discussions, it could start to get a bit noisy. So we think it would serve us well to have smaller communities within the larger network.<br />
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You can still do everything that was possible before. For instance, we are still using the <a href="/forum">main forum</a> for general interest discussions. But now, joining a group is a way to focus your interest and conversation down to something more detailed and specific. You can think of a group as being like a room at a party. If you're familiar with Facebook groups, the groups on this site behave in a similar way.<br />
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Do you run your own theatre company? If you want a presence for your company on this network, starting a group is the best way. One benefit is you can also message everyone in your group with news and upcoming events. People who see your group can join immediately without needing any extra admin from you. Alternatively you can invite people to join your group.<br />
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If you have any questions or queries about creating and running a group, get in touch with myself or <a href="/profile/CarlMorris">Carl</a>.<br />
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Enjoy!Pointers and requeststag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-05-20:3152760:BlogPost:11382009-05-20T10:00:00.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
Hi everyone. I've written <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/page/getting-started-in-the">some ideas on how to get started on this site</a> - please take a look. A couple of requests - please can you make sure you've uploaded a photo to your profile and entered some basic info about yourself under "A little about me"? - <a href="/profiles/settings/editProfileInfo">edit your profile</a> to do this. Many thanks!
Hi everyone. I've written <a href="http://nationaltheatrewales.org/page/getting-started-in-the">some ideas on how to get started on this site</a> - please take a look. A couple of requests - please can you make sure you've uploaded a photo to your profile and entered some basic info about yourself under "A little about me"? - <a href="/profiles/settings/editProfileInfo">edit your profile</a> to do this. Many thanks!Learning to Blog at the National Theatre Walestag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2009-05-18:3152760:BlogPost:7522009-05-18T10:15:50.000ZTom Beardshawhttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/TomBeardshaw
What's exciting about the National Theatre's approach is their openness to the community around them. This morning we're learning about blogging - getting thoughts up onto the web, responding and debating each other's ideas.<br />
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It's great to be present at the birth of something new, and it'll fascinating to see how the conversation evolves over time here. With so many passionate and creative people involved in the Theatre scene in Wales and beyond, I'm sure there will be some awesome content to…
What's exciting about the National Theatre's approach is their openness to the community around them. This morning we're learning about blogging - getting thoughts up onto the web, responding and debating each other's ideas.<br />
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It's great to be present at the birth of something new, and it'll fascinating to see how the conversation evolves over time here. With so many passionate and creative people involved in the Theatre scene in Wales and beyond, I'm sure there will be some awesome content to come on this site in the years to come. I'm excited!