Open Platform

Date: 4th February 2013, 6pm

Venue: National Theatre Wales Warehouse, Industrial Unit  Browning Jones and Morris Ltd, Dumballs Road, Cardiff CF10 5FE

A £1 million initiative for new site-specific commissions across the UK

An Open event hosted by National Theatre Wales with…

"The Scarlet Woman" by Fenton Johnson from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

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I'd emailed The Fringe in November 2011 asking what the chances were of them doing a roadshow in Cardiff and sending details of potentially interested parties. Response was friendly but "don't have the budget" Then an email in Nov 2012 said a Roadshow was coming to Cardiff! Just had an email in from Edinburgh Fringe with the following info... Isn't it great to know they sat up and…

Every summer It’s My Shout Productions makes six, ten-minute films with communities and partners across Wales which are then broadcast on BBC Wales

This year, a new training opportunity made possible by support from Creative Skillset, will give six emerging producers the chance to be attached to the latest 'Made in Wales' series of short films in order to develop the skills and expertise necessary to be successful creative producers in an ever-competitive and thriving industry.  Each…

It's that time of year again and It's My Shout want to hear from you!

We want YOUR SCRIPTS for the latest series of short films to be made as part of the Made in Wales series for BBC Wales.

Every summer It’s My Shout Productions takes six new scripts from writers across Wales and produces them to make 10-minute short films for broadcast on BBC…

We are currently looking for two male black actors for a musical theatre production that will take place at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in February.

The project, written and directed by British jazz singer Brigida Melly, will star students from the Jazz course at the college, and the cast and production team also includes students and alumni from the Drama and Design departments as well as external actors and directors. It will be presented at the college by…

One Down

I took the tram to the library today, as I do every day except on Sundays when the library is closed. It cost the usual two dollars for a return ticket.

There were my usual, silent ‘friends’ on board. We have never spoken or have even asked each other our names but we are friends nonetheless. If one of us is absent then the loss is like a gaping wound felt by all, a tear in the fabric of the familiar. We grieve.

As a body we look sharply up should…

Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club is holding auditions for a professional circus performer with a strong singing ability or a professional singer with some circus skills or circus skills training. All must have devising ability/experience. Ability to play an instrument is a bonus. 

Bring a song that you consider cabaret appropriate. There will be no accompanist. If you are able to accompany yourself on your own instrument, please do. 

Mary Bijou Cabaret and Social Club…

The BBC Wales Charity Message for July 2012 was on behalf of Romani Arts. There was a broadcast in the week beginning Monday 23 July 2012 on BBC Radio Wales.

About the Charity

The Romani Cultural and Arts Company was established in 2009 by Isaac Blake (a Romany Gypsy himself). Isaac trained as a dancer at Laban in London and…

Yfory yw'r dyddiad cau ar gyfer swydd newydd o fewn Theatr Ieuenctid Cymru - cofiwch gysylltu os oes gennych ddiddordeb mewn cydweithio rhwybryd yn y dyfodol - hyd yn oed os nad yw'r swydd yma'n gyfleus.

Tomorrow is the closing date for applications for new post of National Youth Theatre Wales Critical Activist. Please spread the word! Please get in touch to register any possible interest of working with NYTW even if this post isn't suitable!…

Just had this through from the organisers (below) - anyone else interested in seeing a Cardiff/ Wales conversation get going? 

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Dear colleagues,

Thanks so much for signing up for the What Next? Conference in London.

An extremely large number of people have agreed to come together to share innovative ways in which we can champion art and…

Hi everyone,

We all love theatre which pushes boundaries...! Can I introduce you to: Cerebellium, a fusion of neuroscience & labyrinth theatre. Hosted at Bangor - a partnership between the School of Psychology & Pontio - in a disused Chemistry laboratory.... There are just over 100 tickets up for grabs, must be experienced to be believed, all set to go super quickly. Audiences experience Cerebellium one by one and experience all manner of sensory illusions,…

Have you got a story to tell?

Have you always wanted to know how to get it on paper? Don't know where to start? Not sure what story to develop? Keep starting ideas and never finish? Don't know how to get to the end page? Want to have the confidence to get your work out there? Fed up with attending…

Ideas Fund Edinburgh 2013

Do you want to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival?

For the second year running, Ideas Tap are working with Underbelly and partners ­ including the Roundhouse, HighTide and the Bush Theatre to take a season of young companies' work to the Fringe. What's more, they'll'll be giving away £25,000 of cash plus in-kind support from Underbelly to help between two and six productions.

This opportunity is open to anyone aged…

The Cardiff International Poetry Competition is now open and accepting entries. 

The first prize is £5,000, with £500 for second place, £250 for third plus five runners up will receive £50 each. The competition is accessible to all; it doesn’t matter if you are an established poet or just dabble with verse now and then. All entries to the competition will be judged anonymously, so this is a great opportunity to have your poetry judged on its own merits.

This year the…

Date: 21 June – 13 July 2013

Venue: The Riverfront, Bristol Packet Wharf, Newport NP20 1HG

Admission: FREE

Organisers – The Romani Cultural & Arts Company

The aim of the exhibition is to stimulate discussion and participation amongst the Gypsy, Roma,…

What Next? is a growing collective of arts and cultural organisations that meets to promote engagement with and support of the brilliant cultural work that happens day-in day-out up and down the country.  We know many other colleagues are doing the same.

The Olympics and Paralympics gave us a great opportunity to showcase what we all do. Now is the time for us to join together to ensure that arts, culture and creativity continue to be valued and supported by the…

For anyone who didn't see the nomination shortlist for the inaugural Theatre Critics of Wales Awards in yesterdays Western Mail, the nominations are as follows:

*Please note an adjustment due to an error (mine!) in the 'Best Production in the English' Language category.

Best production in the Welsh language:

Mae Bilin Bwrw’r Bronco – Theatr na n’Og/Wales Millennium Centre

Y Storm – Theatr Genedlaethol…

29th November 2012

It's raining. I'm sitting in the car outside the Scala in Prestatyn waiting for Euan to come out of Film Club. It's been dark since 4pm and only one pub has their Christmas lights on - It's been a sorrowful time for this little town recently and the world does not feel merry and bright. Not yet.

I wait and wait, start thinking what I'm going to write for my definition of Team - it seems like a huge task and I don't know where to begin.  Then I see Brad and…