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March 2011 Blog Posts (70)

Gypsy & Traveller Art Project (GTAP) brings Urban Youth Group to Shirenewton site

As part of an ongoing strategy we are delighted to confirm a grant from Awards for All to bring Gypsies, Travellers and young people from other backgrounds together in the name of breaking down barriers and building bridges, the Romani Cultural and Arts Company’s latest project will combine hip-hop, street dance and the youth work skills of Newport’s Urban…

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Added by Isaac Blake on March 31, 2011 at 21:00 — No Comments

ryan's fanta win

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8XO2FBi5Uw

competition prize - cold bottle of fanta for the first person to make a movie in 5 minutes at the Media Suite tonight... Ryan won!!!

Added by Jan Miller on March 31, 2011 at 8:43 — No Comments

In rehearsals with Blackwood Musical Theatre Society

Good luck with Guys & Dolls - Blackwood Miners' Institute, 12th -16th… Continue

Added by Devinda De Silva on March 31, 2011 at 6:38 — 1 Comment

See what these guys think about National Theatre Wales TEAM!

Here are Tom, John, Jake and Laura. They are part of Aberystwyth TEAM. Here, they are meeting people on the streets of Aberystwyth to find the Aberystwyth Assembly question. I asked them what they thought of being part of TEAM and here's what they had to…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on March 31, 2011 at 4:30 — 1 Comment

Aber TEAM find the Aberystwyth Assembly question

For the Aberystwyth Assembly, which happened up Constitution Hill at the start of March, Tom, Jake, Laura, John, Ashley and other members of Aberystwyth TEAM, walked the streets of Aberystwyth to find the question for The Aberystwyth Assembly.

They went in shops, cafes, colleges, university, libraries, chip shops... trying to find out what matters to the people of Aberystwyth.

They had loads of questions for the town and one overall…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on March 30, 2011 at 9:00 — No Comments

Job Opportunity,Performing Arts Academy Co-ordinator,Coleg Powys.

http://www.coleg-powys.ac.uk/about/job-opportunities/

Added by Guy O'Donnell on March 30, 2011 at 4:30 — No Comments

Death and the Maiden Review

South Wales Theatre Collective’s Adaptation of Death and the Maiden

Chapter Arts Cardiff

24^th March 2011

"The time is the present and the place, a country that is probably Chile but could be any country that has given itself a democratic government just after a long period of dictatorship."

What struck me were the stark similarities between events 20 years ago and those of the present day, the play’s content is as…

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Added by Rachel Williams on March 30, 2011 at 1:01 — 1 Comment

The adieu et à bientot temperature check

Added by Mathilde Lopez on March 29, 2011 at 8:58 — 4 Comments

Transformation and Revelation - Performance Design Exhibition Now Open at RWCMD

Photo: Sam Heath

The UK Design For Performance exhibition is now open.

Until April 16th you can view over 200 exhibits from UK designers, including the scale model and drawings for Birmingham Royal Ballet's production of Cinderella by John Macfarlane,…

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Added by SBTD on March 29, 2011 at 1:30 — No Comments

Serious Money, Rehearsal Day 1

Rapper Ruffstylz joined the cast of Serious Money at Chapter for the first day of…

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Added by Iain Goosey on March 29, 2011 at 0:44 — No Comments

Get involved with Open Fire! Bristol Thursday 31st March 7pm

IDST! Are holding an open meeting at The Parlour, 31 College Green Bristol this Thursday at 7pm for artists and performers interested in taking part in our upcoming project, Open Fire!

Open Fire! will be a series of performances based around fire, woven together to make a whole event, to be performed in mid-April. We are looking for people who want to be involved, and collaborate with others. It'd be…

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Added by Neil Puttick on March 28, 2011 at 4:30 — No Comments

The Milford Haven Assembly - see what happened!

Last Friday 18 March, the last National Theatre Wales Assembly (in its current incarnation) happened at the Three Crowns pub, Hubberston. The Milford Haven Assembly featured a Save Our Coastguard campaigner, Pennysows, boat building, Ginger Elvis (who also ran the Bingo), young musicians and the biggest raffle known to National Theatre Wales.

Huge thanks to…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on March 28, 2011 at 1:56 — No Comments

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Added by Henriette Baker on March 28, 2011 at 1:09 — No Comments

TEAM Prestatyn Winner!

congratulations to Megan Williams, one of our young film-makers at Ffilm Scala - winner of the National Theatre Wales 1 minute "Weather" video competition! She's absolutely over the moon with her flip camera prize... and so are we!

Added by Jan Miller on March 26, 2011 at 4:30 — 1 Comment

e-trailer for Citrus Arts' new show

Directed by Philip Mackenzie

Devised by a cast of Cardiff's Finest

Produced by Citrus Arts & Wales Millennium Centre

Realised with generous help from Arts Wales, Sherman Cymru & NofitState

"#Fly on The Wall" e-trailer

Added by James Doyle-Roberts on March 25, 2011 at 12:17 — No Comments

Sheikh Said Hassan Ismail

It is with great sadness that we learnt of the passing of Sheikh Said Hassan Ismail, Imam at Cardiff Mosque. A foremost scholar and religious leader in Cardiff, the reach of his wisdom and generosity of spirit went much further than Muslims and Cardiff.

His work in uniting people of different faiths to build shared communities will live on, and his willingness to engage with people of all different walks of life and give time to listen and share experiences will always be remembered…

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Added by Mathilde Lopez on March 25, 2011 at 5:30 — No Comments

Kaite O'Reilly wins the The Ted Hughes Prize for The Persians

Kaite O'Reilly has won the Ted Hughes Prize for Poetry for her extraordinary new version of Aeschylus's The Persians. The sixth show in NTW's much lauded launch year has already won huge plaudits, including TMA best design award for Mike Brookes and Simon Banham, and enormous praise for Mike Pearson; but what a truly wonderful achievement for Kaite, to take on this difficult and complex text, often argued and worried over, and to create such a vibrantly living version that Britain's best poets… Continue

Added by National Theatre Wales on March 24, 2011 at 12:30 — 9 Comments

Swansea Actors wanted for Exeter Fringe project

Currently seeking Actors to cast two original one act plays ('Clown Cafe' and 'Blood and Thunder) which we are taking to the Exeter Fringe Festival at the end of June. 'Clown Cafe' was performed at the Swansea Grand Arts Wing last year in coalition with the Graduate Theatre Company to a great response. This a profit share production with each Actor playing a dual role in both plays which would offer a great showcase for all involved.

Auditions to be held at the Dylan Thomas…

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Added by Max Rockatansky on March 24, 2011 at 8:10 — No Comments

A Year of TEAM

Attempting to pin down and describe the TEAM Experience is a very hard task indeed: In my voluntary role as Assembly Production Assistant, I've had the chance to tour Wales' communities,…

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Added by Amelia Forsbrook on March 24, 2011 at 8:00 — 1 Comment