I wrote a review of Frantic Assembly's  Lovesong, currently on at Sherman Cymru, for Buzz Magazine. You can read it here > > >

http://www.buzzmag.co.uk/uncategorized/lovesong-stage-review/

We are a group of Youth Theatre practioners who have gathered together to look at the needs of the sector in an informal setting. We want to share practice together. The first of these sharings will be hosted at Sherman Cymru on March 3rd from 11am - 5.30pm.

We only have 40 places available so please RSVP on here as soon as possible. We are trying to organise this with very little capacity and are using on-line bookings to…

CASTING BREAKDOWN

LIVEARTSHOW is currently looking for actors to be part of workshops to develop their new project... RHINEGOLD.

RHINEGOLD is the first part of liveartshow’s plan to adapt, interpret and transform Wagner’s RING CYCLE and will be performed at THE YARD this summer.

workshops: 20 – 23 February 2012 / working 10.30am – 5.30pm

venue: Hoxton and The Yard Theatre, East London, www.the-yard.co.uk

fee:…

Hi all!

So I've just been to see Frantic Assembly's production of Lovesong written by Abi Morgan (most know for her films at the moment- 'Iron Lady' and 'Shame'). I was very excited to see it as I LOVED the writing for both these films, and I've been a bit of a follower of Frantic Assembly for a while.

So when I came out of the theatre I didn't know what was going on? I expected to come out with a blotchy face, runny nose and blurred vision and needing some 'down-time'…

Well today was again an early morning start and the location once again London, to vist Cosprop where we would be having our costume fittings for NTW17 A Provincial Life and as the title says i was transformed, gone was the twenty year old current generation student and what appeared was a man from 1890s russia - TRANFORMATION. The precise deatail of each costume was amazing to see, it was a new experience from someone who expects to find a costume from their own clothes when normally in a…

National Theatre Wales are launching an exciting competition to win a pair of tickets to the social night of A Provincial Life on March 2^nd.

The night includes:

•  Spoken word, poetry readings and performance in response to underlying themes

• Music from guest DJ’s

• Meet up and chat with fellow members of the NTW community

• Meet key members of the NTW staff and creative…

Bridging the Gaps & Taliesin Arts Centre

Artist in Residence - Unexpected Collaborations

Have you ever thought about the connections and collaborations that might exist across academic disciplines? How could glaciologists and Egyptologists work together? What’s the link between gerontology, nano-health and cultural and political studies?

With a…

At NTW we've always got one eye on the future, thinking about how we make work and how we could make work.

For a while now we've been adding to the tools we use to make and develop work, but without any time to explore what these new tools mean or are capable of. That's about to change.

In 1998 I had a 56k dial-up modem and a mac clone, and was introduced to Google. The way this search engine worked change the way I did. In 1999 I was sending zip-disk back & forth to San…

3. WHATS ON

I promised that I would deliver weekly bog posts about the changes to the Community 2.0 weeks turned into months but I promise over these next two weeks I will post two blogs about changes to the 'Whats On' section and changes to the 'Groups' as promised. 

This week’s blog is all about the…

Out of nearly 162,000 charities throughout the UK, a select number of those were invited to No 10 Downing street as an appreciation of the Charitable work done with Children in the countries regions.

Isaac Blake, Director of the Romani Arts Company was one of the select delegates that had the opportunity to meet with the Prime Minister and his wife at Number…

In the Deep South of America a deranged precher terrorises a young family to find where their fortune is hidden.

This is the World Premier of Davis Grubb's classic Southern Gothic novel, presented by Cardiff University's drama society: Act One.

14th - 18th Feb, doors at 7pm, at The YMCA theatre, The Walk, Cardiff, CF24 3AG.

Follow this link to see the trailer:…

Following the methods of director and teacher Stanford Meisner, "Working With Actors" is a short course, designed to provide practical tools to actors and directors to collaboratively create truthful, in-the-moment performances for film and stage. The course covers many aspect of Meisner technique, from forging a connection via repetition to the process of personalising text to prepare for a scene.

The course is taught by Stephen Bayly, who brings over thirty years…

Hi all just a quick overview from me on the workshop that took place with the 5 poets working on the De Gabay project. This was a week long workshop organised by Gavin Porter who as you might know as the Creative Associate for National Theatre Wales and directed by Mathilde Lopez.

In my opinion this was a real success in terms of community engagement, interaction and participation as the community had a direct experience of the POETS and NTW through them…

Only Connect Lab is an opportunity for artists in all artforms to create work and develop skills in the latest video and sound live technology. Led by a team of international specialists, Lab members will have access to equipment, skills and ideas to progress their own practise into new cutting-edge areas of sound and vision technology.

Who is…

Powys Arts Service

Theatre Development Programme

Will be touring through the spring with a new production of

Home

by Lizzie Allen

A play for young people aged 3-7

Wanted

Two actors

1 male 1 female

Ability to work in the Welsh and English language essential

Age range 20 – 35

Todd and Florrie have travelled across the seas, up and over mountains and through deserts, until they arrived……here. But…

As the cold weather continues my mind is turning to summer.

This June we'll be taking around twenty artists away on our first WalesLab summer camp; as the national lottery says IT COULD BE YOU. We'll let people know how to apply shortly but before we do, we want to know what you'd like it to be?

There are many diferent residency programmes & workshop schemes but what should this one look and feel like?

Here's the basics:

2 weeks residential (in…

Likely Story are looking for an experienced, creative, senior theatre professional to work with us for two days to enable us to plan how to realise our exciting ideas over the next two years.  For more information please email Anne Langford at info@likelystory.org.uk.  The deadline for applications is Friday 16^th  February 2012.

So this week I'm finally getting to grips with the National Theatre Wales Community, in the hopes of promoting my Writing Group: Scribblers.

Running once a month, from numerous local venues in Bridgend, the group has been going for just under a year now, and I've met with many new and experienced writers, and more of those 'in-between'…