Jac Ifan Moore's Posts - National Theatre Wales Community2024-03-28T21:43:11ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoorehttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2986241003?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profiles/blog/feed?user=3jxupuyewbre5&xn_auth=noWE NEED YOU. Callout for Performers for Unique Opportunity. NOW THE HERO / NAWR YR ARWR.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2018-09-10:3152760:BlogPost:2788382018-09-10T13:00:00.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>WE NEED YOU </strong></p>
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<p>A Unique Performance Opportunity in <strong>Swansea</strong>.</p>
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<p>Marc Rees is searching for performers of all ages (18-80) to take part in his upcoming epic production NOW THE HERO.</p>
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<p>Rehearsals will be:</p>
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<li>Sat/Sun 15/16 September 14.00-18.00, Dylan Thomas…</li>
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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>WE NEED YOU </strong></p>
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<p>A Unique Performance Opportunity in <strong>Swansea</strong>.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Marc Rees is searching for performers of all ages (18-80) to take part in his upcoming epic production NOW THE HERO.</p>
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<p>Rehearsals will be:</p>
<ul>
<li>Sat/Sun 15/16 September 14.00-18.00, Dylan Thomas Theatre</li>
</ul>
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<li>Sat 22 September Full day, Brangwyn Hall </li>
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<li>Mon 24 September Technical / Dress rehearsal, Brangwyn Hall (Time tbc)</li>
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<li>September 25 -29, 5 Performances, Brangwyn Hall 18.30-21.00</li>
</ul>
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<p>Further details about the project <a href="https://www.nowthehero.wales/">https://www.nowthehero.wales/</a></p>
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<p><strong>If you’d like to participate please contact, Ami Marsden for further details: community@nowthehero.wales</strong></p>
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<p>We are able to pay <strong>travel/ subsistence expenses of £10 per rehearsal and performance</strong>. We can also offer <strong>2 free tickets for the preview show</strong> and a reduced price rate for another performance.</p>
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<p></p>Callout for Devisor / Performers. Paid project.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2017-03-06:3152760:BlogPost:2639802017-03-06T18:00:00.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-4">New Welsh company, Powder House are looking for 4 x devisor-performers to take part in a week-long R&D of their first project. </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b><i>Saethu Cwningod / Shooting Rabbits.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Wedi ei ddatblygu mewn cydgynhyrchiad gyda Theatr Genedlaethol a Sherman Theatre.…</i></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-4">New Welsh company, Powder House are looking for 4 x devisor-performers to take part in a week-long R&D of their first project. </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b><i>Saethu Cwningod / Shooting Rabbits.</i></b></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Wedi ei ddatblygu mewn cydgynhyrchiad gyda Theatr Genedlaethol a Sherman Theatre.</i></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">Developed in coproduction with Theatr Genedlaethol and Sherman Theatre.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Saethu Cwningod / Shooting Rabbits bydd y prosiect cyntaf gan gwmni newydd Cymraeg, Powder House. Trwy lygaid rhyw 200 o wirfyddolwyr Cymraeg aeth i ymladd fel rhan o’r Brigadau Rhyngwladol yn ystod y Rhyfel Cartref yn Sbaen 1936-1939, mi fydd y prosiect yn ymchwilio’r cynnydd mewn cydymdeimlad tuag at wleidyddiaeth asgell dde, ymynysol yn lleol ac ar draws Ewrop, trwy adroddiadau hanesyddol a chyfoes. Mae’r prosiect yn annelu i gwestiynnu perthynas Cymru gyda’r gymuned Ewropeaidd a sut mae gweithredau rhyngwladol yn effeithio’r wlad a’r bobol adref. </i></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Saethu Cwningod / Shooting Rabbits</i> will be the first project by new Welsh company, Powder House. Through the eyes of the 200 or so Welsh volunteers who fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939, the project will investigate the rise of right-wing, isolationist sentiment at home and across Europe, in historical and contemporary accounts. The project aims to question Wales’ relationship with the European community and how international actions shape the country and people at home. </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Mi gyflwynwyd y darn drwy storïo corfforol a gweledol, gyda arddull amlieithog gan gynnwys y Gymraeg, Saesneg, Sbaeneg, Basgeg a Chatalaneg.</i></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">The piece will employ physical, visual storytelling, with a multilingual approach to text in Welsh, English, Spanish, Basque and Catalan.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">Necessary skills:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="li1"><span class="font-size-2">Experience of devising performance through physical work.</span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="font-size-2">Ability to play generously.</span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">Desired skills:</span></p>
<ul>
<li class="li1"><span class="font-size-2">Ability to speak languages listed above. </span></li>
<li class="li1"><span class="font-size-2">Musical ability, instrumental and voice.</span></li>
</ul>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b>This is a paid role offering MRSL grade 2 rate: £455 for the week. Please note that we are unable to contribute additional support towards travel and accommodation. </b></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b>Workshop-auditions to take place 23 March in Cardiff.</b></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b>Work to take place 17 - 21 April in Cardiff.</b></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b>To apply, please send a statement of interest along with CV to:</b> <a href="mailto:powderhousetheatre@gmail.com"><b>powderhousetheatre@gmail.com</b></a></span></p>
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<p class="p2"><strong>Deadline for applications: 6pm, 17 March. </strong></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><b>About the company:</b></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><i>Mae Powder House yn gwmni theatr o Gaerdydd sydd yn anelu i greu gwaith cyfoes rhyngwladol gyda llais unigryw Gymreig. Powder House yw Chelsey Gillard & Jac Ifan Moore.</i></span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">Powder House is a Cardiff-based theatre company aiming to create contemporary international theatre with a distinctly Welsh voice. Powder House is Chelsey Gillard & Jac Ifan Moore.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2"><a href="mailto:powderhousetheatre@gmail.com">powderhousetheatre@gmail.com</a></span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="font-size-2">@powder_house</span></p>Thoughts on 'Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me'tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2016-04-09:3152760:BlogPost:2492542016-04-09T09:00:00.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1"><i>Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me</i></p>
<p class="p2">Made In China</p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We tell stories to make sense of our lives. We fictionalise our experiences, package them and present them to others as our truth, all without thinking. Our relationships come with their own origin myths and cautionary tales. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Truth and fiction, like lovers, intertwine in <i>Made In China</i>’s latest production.…</span></p>
<p class="p1"><i>Tonight I’m Gonna Be The New Me</i></p>
<p class="p2">Made In China</p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We tell stories to make sense of our lives. We fictionalise our experiences, package them and present them to others as our truth, all without thinking. Our relationships come with their own origin myths and cautionary tales. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Truth and fiction, like lovers, intertwine in <i>Made In China</i>’s latest production. Presented somewhere in between the worlds of play and live-art, styles clash for control of the narrative between Latowicki’s performance and Cowbury’s text. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Those with experience of creating as a couple will find their own stories within the production’s layers, but this does always feels like a fictionalised version of their relationship. We never truly feel like we’re peering voyeuristically in to their lives; this argument has been on tour for a while now.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Why do we care about this couple then? Latowicki struggles in her acts of physical endurance, her “dances”, but we never actually fear for her safety. Cowbury too is safe. He has written his own heroic death scene, but we know that it’s a fiction. He watches it performed every night. The piece moves from one narrative voice to another constantly shifting and searching for it’s authenticity. </span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Conversely, the production finds its truth in the fiction. As Latowicki movingly delivers her partner’s eulogy; the eulogy for the man sitting in the tech box, we finally see her truth. Her true pain, her true fear of the mortality of the man she loves.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">In <i>Made In China</i>’s interesting experiment on authorship, we’re affirmed that sometimes, stories can be a lot more true than real life. </span></p>The Drowned Girl, Critical Chinwagtag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-10-15:3152760:BlogPost:2370462015-10-15T14:29:28.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
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<p>There is a universality in <em>The Drowned Girl</em>, Kelly Jones' personal tribute to her grandmother. The hour long monolog, seemingly written from her younger self, is peppered with pop culture references, supermarket isle clashes and cornflakes. One of Jones' strengths as a playwright is tapping in to these cultural memories, using these shared experiences as anchors for audience members; dead end jobs, gossiping neighbours et al. </p>
<p>Presented simply, this was storytelling…</p>
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<p>There is a universality in <em>The Drowned Girl</em>, Kelly Jones' personal tribute to her grandmother. The hour long monolog, seemingly written from her younger self, is peppered with pop culture references, supermarket isle clashes and cornflakes. One of Jones' strengths as a playwright is tapping in to these cultural memories, using these shared experiences as anchors for audience members; dead end jobs, gossiping neighbours et al. </p>
<p>Presented simply, this was storytelling theatre, with the focus very much on telling the audience over showing us. For my own tastes, some visual distinctions between sequences would have aided me in illustrating the narrative. There is further work too to be explored with the inclusion of the technician on stage as an interactive party. Though this is an interesting idea, I was unable to find justification for his presence. </p>
<p>That being said, the piece is distinctive in it's voice, and Jones weaves a story that connects to us all. </p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 10tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-30:3152760:BlogPost:2317772015-07-30T13:19:59.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1">Day 10</p>
<p class="p1">A day of sticking things together and striving forward, with appropriately slow, spacey steps.</p>
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<p class="p1">“You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you to hell!”</p>
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<p class="p1">Spent the morning in town gathering classic sicfi clips and making a space helmet. </p>
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<p class="p1">Found the smallest shop in Powys.</p>
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<p class="p1">After a lunch off base (fancy) and using…</p>
<p class="p1">Day 10</p>
<p class="p1">A day of sticking things together and striving forward, with appropriately slow, spacey steps.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">“You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you to hell!”</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">Spent the morning in town gathering classic sicfi clips and making a space helmet. </p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">Found the smallest shop in Powys.</p>
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<p class="p1">After a lunch off base (fancy) and using up all of Llani’s bandwidth for a month, returned to our chapel.</p>
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<p class="p1">Began assembling our audio work and messing around with performance. Making each other laugh.</p>
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<p class="p1">After a good day’s work, we celebrated by watching Withnail & I; a film about two artists who escape to the country only to be plagued by the spectre of their city lives.</p>
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<p class="p1">Kirsty (“I’m not a performer”) Harris is very pleased to be cast as Withnail. </p>
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<p class="p1">Yours,</p>
<p class="p1">Millennial Withnail & I</p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 9tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-28:3152760:BlogPost:2319142015-07-28T17:10:46.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
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<p class="p1">What a fine day. </p>
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<p class="p1">Breakthroughs have been made. </p>
<p class="p1">Don’t worry everyone, we’ve made it through the dark.</p>
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<p class="p1">A temporary space (bike) helmet has been found. </p>
<p class="p1">Earth is looking fabulous. And our research rolls out in front of…</p>
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<p class="p1">What a fine day. </p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">Breakthroughs have been made. </p>
<p class="p1">Don’t worry everyone, we’ve made it through the dark.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">A temporary space (bike) helmet has been found. </p>
<p class="p1">Earth is looking fabulous. And our research rolls out in front of us, setting a clear path forward.</p>
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<p class="p1">We’ve remembered how we make work. Which involved necessary breaks of solitude, interspersed with pissing about in wellies and a crash helmet. </p>
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<p class="p1">It’s been a good day. And the sun is actually shining. </p>
<p class="p1">We’re even projected some clear skies tomorrow night. </p>
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<p class="p1">All the best from the farm-cum-space-station </p>
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<p class="p1">K & J</p>
<p class="p1">(still friends - just)</p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 8tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-28:3152760:BlogPost:2319072015-07-28T11:34:17.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p>Today has been a bit tricky. </p>
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<p>We've worked through all the material we've generated from our interviews and other things we've picked up on the way.</p>
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<p>We accidentally found ourselves trying to fit all the material together and us around it rather than make it fit around what we wanted to make. </p>
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<p>We've realised this. </p>
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<p>We also realised we weren't doing our separate things that we both need to do to make work.</p>
<p>Kirsty needs to think…</p>
<p>Today has been a bit tricky. </p>
<p></p>
<p>We've worked through all the material we've generated from our interviews and other things we've picked up on the way.</p>
<p></p>
<p>We accidentally found ourselves trying to fit all the material together and us around it rather than make it fit around what we wanted to make. </p>
<p></p>
<p>We've realised this. </p>
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<p>We also realised we weren't doing our separate things that we both need to do to make work.</p>
<p>Kirsty needs to think and draw.</p>
<p>Jac needs to walk and talk.</p>
<p>Kirsty's a Wonderer.</p>
<p>Jac's a Wanderer. </p>
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<p>We've realised this & looking forward to tomorrow with this in mind,</p>
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<p class="p1">Today we did loads and we’re tired now.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">We went for a walk. </p>
<p class="p1">We listened to tapes. Edited tapes.</p>
<p class="p1">Played with number 1s of the space race past.</p>
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<p class="p1">A proper discussion was had about process, and practicing practice. Kirsty called Jac diplomatic, and solutions were reached.</p>
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<p class="p1">Kirsty bought Jac fish & chips.…</p>
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<p class="p1">Today we did loads and we’re tired now.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">We went for a walk. </p>
<p class="p1">We listened to tapes. Edited tapes.</p>
<p class="p1">Played with number 1s of the space race past.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">A proper discussion was had about process, and practicing practice. Kirsty called Jac diplomatic, and solutions were reached.</p>
<p class="p2"></p>
<p class="p1">Kirsty bought Jac fish & chips.</p>
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<p class="p1">Jac is happy.</p>
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<p class="p1">We've a day off tomorrow. Which we're looking forward to.</p>
<p class="p1">Then week 2. And it's going to be crackin'.</p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 5tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-24:3152760:BlogPost:2315372015-07-24T17:33:46.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p>No stars last night. Classic. Long term forecast; not good.</p>
<p>But we won't be defeated, in the face of the wonderful Welsh weather.</p>
<p>The stars are there, we just need to be more creative about finding them.</p>
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<p>Today we have listened to planets rotate, children's accusations of weirdness, and thrown every idea at the wall both metaphorically and physically. </p>
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<p>To Jac's (and the Nation's) delight, Tom Jones features on a list that has been drawn up of…</p>
<p>No stars last night. Classic. Long term forecast; not good.</p>
<p>But we won't be defeated, in the face of the wonderful Welsh weather.</p>
<p>The stars are there, we just need to be more creative about finding them.</p>
<p></p>
<p>Today we have listened to planets rotate, children's accusations of weirdness, and thrown every idea at the wall both metaphorically and physically. </p>
<p></p>
<p>To Jac's (and the Nation's) delight, Tom Jones features on a list that has been drawn up of singles that were no.1 during important astronautical events. </p>
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<p>Still no word from Buzz. </p>
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<p>Huge venue booked for showing. No pressure.</p>
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<p>We've set good targets and are happy with today. 10 mins by tomorrow. Argh!</p>
<p></p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 4tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-23:3152760:BlogPost:2313662015-07-23T17:43:15.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
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<p>Woke up in Derby, Drove to Old Chapel Farm, in the hills around Llanidloes.</p>
<p>Yet another stellar set of playlists; today we had, boats, economics and boundless optimism. </p>
<p>We failed to find an astronaut mascot, so the search continues. Kirsty…</p>
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<p>Woke up in Derby, Drove to Old Chapel Farm, in the hills around Llanidloes.</p>
<p>Yet another stellar set of playlists; today we had, boats, economics and boundless optimism. </p>
<p>We failed to find an astronaut mascot, so the search continues. Kirsty has made us a (rudimentary) mascot in its stead.</p>
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<p>The farm is full to bursting of helpers and visitors, and smells of lavender. </p>
<p>We're set up our workshop for the next week and a half in the 17th(ish) Century Chapel that gives our current home it's name. We've got aims and tasks.</p>
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<p>And we successfully erected a bell-tent!</p>
<p>Yet to be tested in great Welsh weather. </p>
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<p>Signed,</p>
<p>Wonderers towards the bell-tent. Kirsty & Jac</p>New North Stars WalesLab: Day 2tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-07-22:3152760:BlogPost:2311872015-07-22T06:19:43.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Day 2. London. Sunshine.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Clare Weedon/Alison/Styx</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">First day interviewing the Mars One explorers and Kirsty has really come round to the idea.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"I think it's opened my eyes to the idea that what they're doing is a selfless act."</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Clare likes…</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Day 2. London. Sunshine.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Clare Weedon/Alison/Styx</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">First day interviewing the Mars One explorers and Kirsty has really come round to the idea.</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">"I think it's opened my eyes to the idea that what they're doing is a selfless act."</span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">Clare likes chasing storms. Alison thinks about building a new culture. </span></p>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1">We've crossed London several times, on trams & trains, and now we're about to cross the river Styx in a small, partly-submerged coffin on wheels.</span></p>Crossing the Prairie & Other Rehearsal Metaphors.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-06-17:3152760:BlogPost:2291412015-06-17T15:12:34.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=original" target="_self"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="241"></img></a></p>
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<p class="p1">The Patagonian steppe of 1865 seemed a pretty desolate place.</p>
<p class="p1">Dry, flat and forever. Even now, left & right turns are a novelty as you drive inland from the Atlantic.…</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=original" target="_self"></a></p>
<p class="p1"><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=original" target="_self"><img width="241" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999431685?profile=RESIZE_320x320" width="241" class="align-left"/></a></p>
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<p class="p1">The Patagonian steppe of 1865 seemed a pretty desolate place.</p>
<p class="p1">Dry, flat and forever. Even now, left & right turns are a novelty as you drive inland from the Atlantic.</p>
<p class="p1">It’s a place more akin to Mars than Merthyr. </p>
<p class="p1">A daunting journey, fraught with dangers, failures, and <i>guanacos</i>. Our one-and-a-bit weeks in 2015 Splott hardly compare. </p>
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<p class="p1">They worked for survival. We work to remember. Their tools were clever women with irrigation systems, and a generous native people. Ours are performance, music, and a great big warehouse in Abercwmboi. </p>
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<p class="p1">But we’ve made strides of our own, as we try to make sense of this remarkable story of pipe-dreams, struggles, conflicts and kindness. As we hit the half way mark of rehearsals - which have thankfully been more fertile than our subject matter once was - I find myself exited by the scale of the thing. </p>
<p class="p1">'Epic' is a word that’s being banded about, which is fitting. An epic impression of an epic place. </p>
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<p class="p1"><em>{150}</em> runs from 27 June - 11 July</p>
<p class="p1"><a href="https://www.wmc.org.uk/Productions/2015-2016/NTW2015/NTW150/" target="_blank">Tickets available now.</a></p>{150} Notes from the warehouse.tag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2015-06-08:3152760:BlogPost:2285552015-06-08T15:55:31.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>D</i></span><span class="s2"><i>í</i></span><i>a Uno</i>. The sunbathed Argentine Steppe takes over a warehouse in Splott.</p>
<p class="p1">We can’t move for Frontiers<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">men</span>women, all shaking hands. </p>
<p class="p1">Pioneer-Performers, <i>Tehuelche</i>-Techies, & <i>Caballero-</i>Choreographers, have met & gret.</p>
<p class="p1">Megaphone’d preachers on pallets War with Horses in pink-threaded…</p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>D</i></span><span class="s2"><i>í</i></span><i>a Uno</i>. The sunbathed Argentine Steppe takes over a warehouse in Splott.</p>
<p class="p1">We can’t move for Frontiers<span style="text-decoration: line-through;">men</span>women, all shaking hands. </p>
<p class="p1">Pioneer-Performers, <i>Tehuelche</i>-Techies, & <i>Caballero-</i>Choreographers, have met & gret.</p>
<p class="p1">Megaphone’d preachers on pallets War with Horses in pink-threaded saddles.</p>
<p class="p1">Puma attacks, pack horses, packed lunches,</p>
<p class="p1">An outpost of Argentina in Wales.</p>
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<p class="p1"></p>I've written a blog. It's a reflexiontag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-08-18:3152760:BlogPost:2038382014-08-18T13:40:15.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p class="p1">My life is a little darker without Summercamp. </p>
<p class="p1">It must have been before Summercamp too but I hadn’t realised. </p>
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<p class="p1">Making art is hard. </p>
<p class="p1">Being an artist is hard. </p>
<p class="p1">Making good art and being a good artist are even harder. </p>
<p class="p1">Doing ‘whatever it takes to support your art’ is a great way to end an ideastap blog but when you’re working six or seven nights a week to support a few hours’…</p>
<p class="p1">My life is a little darker without Summercamp. </p>
<p class="p1">It must have been before Summercamp too but I hadn’t realised. </p>
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<p class="p1">Making art is hard. </p>
<p class="p1">Being an artist is hard. </p>
<p class="p1">Making good art and being a good artist are even harder. </p>
<p class="p1">Doing ‘whatever it takes to support your art’ is a great way to end an ideastap blog but when you’re working six or seven nights a week to support a few hours’ rehearsal towards no gig in particular, you can start to forget. Your head is down, grinding, and you rarely get the chance to look up; to do the thing your supposedly supporting and take stock. </p>
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<p class="p1">Summercamp can do stock-takes.</p>
<p class="p1">Did the weather help? Hell yes.</p>
<p class="p1">But thanks to safe spaces, the passion of others, good & bad food, ammunition dumps, jetty jumps, check-ins and outs, and crisp azure waters;</p>
<p class="p1">My compass points truer than before. </p>
<p class="p1">I know where I am now. And I have an idea of where I’m going. </p>
<p class="p1">We did make maps after all.</p>
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<p class="p1">Whilst the world outside Dale is slightly less colourful, slightly less kind, slightly less tolerant, and slightly more drizzly, the horizons shine far brighter than they had before I made the journey to the back end of Cardiff Central Station, 10am sharp.</p>Summercamp Introduction Videotag:community.nationaltheatrewales.org,2014-06-23:3152760:BlogPost:1986112014-06-23T14:48:44.000ZJac Ifan Moorehttps://community.nationaltheatrewales.org/profile/JacIfanMoore
<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999402001?profile=original" target="_self">introNTW.mp4</a></p>
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<p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2999402001?profile=original" target="_self">introNTW.mp4</a></p>
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