Further to my last blog 'Like Water for Chocolate' 'Call for Female Performers' I have been able to schedule a writer/theatre collaborator/actor day this friday at The Sony Theatre, Bridgend College 10-3pm. Its short notice but if you would like to contribute to a new play in development Jam & Chutney in any form, shape or way, please come along,

If you can only come for part of the day no matter, your presence and involvement will be warmly…

I am Producing three Site Specific Projects in Swansea in May 2013.  They will be pieces about the creation and development of Swansea through it's defining physical features.  I am particularly looking for, at this stage, a Production Manager who would like to work with me on it.  If you are interested, and would like to know more about it then please email me at gemma.moses@ntlworld.com.  Indeed if you are interested in becoming involved in the project in some other way do please contact…

Come and read my new blog post at Blogspot as part of my journey in writing my new production Fusion Inspire, funded by The Arts Council of Wales.

Here's the link:

http://fusioninspire.blogspot.com/2012/03/musicians-smoke-screen-has-mab-jones.html

If you would like to find out about Calls for Actors, Dancers, Singers etc as part of Fusion Inspire…

A Provincial Life

National Theatre Wales

Sherman Cymru

Stars ***

National Theatre Wales have once again worked their magic to bring legendary director Peter Gill back to his home city of Cardiff to direct for the very first time. This re-working of Gill’s 1966 adaptation of Chekov’s short story gently tells the tale of Misail (Nicholas Shaw), a bourgeois young man, who wants to labour for his bread despite his…

Come and have a read of today's Blog for Fusion Inspire: Journey Through the Creative Mind at Blogspot: see link

'Keeping up with the Poetry Joneses'

http://fusioninspire.blogspot.com/2012/03/fusion-inspire-keeping-up-with-poetry.html

Keep up to date with Fusion Inspire film shoots and creative oppotunites by joining me at Blogspot ... click on…

NTW17 A PROVINCIAL LIFE

Sherman Cymru

5 March 2012

A Provincial Life see’s the return of National Theatre Wales for their…

Am off to New Quay Beach West Wales this afternoon to watch the full moon rise with a gathering of kindreds around a camp fire;  the tide will rush in to join our celebrations for International Women's Day, the wind will carry our song into the night and thank those who have come before us for making us strong enough to continue to make in-roads for those ahead of us ...

I'm going to film the moon rising, the tide and the bonfire to use as part of the projection visuals for…

Please come and follow my new blog Fusion Inspire: Journey through the Creative Mind at Blogspot. It will give you a personal and up close insight into my world since having been awarded an Individual Mainline Grant for my new Production, releasing me for 2 days a week for a whole year!

The Blog will also include opportunity calls for actors and dancers for film work, welsh language recording, singing groups etc in wierd and wonderful locations along the West Wales Coast…

Hello all,

After a very successful press night at Sherman Cymru on Monday, the reviews of A Provincial Life are emerging.

Paul Taylor at The Independent gives it four stars, and calls it "a…

Last month with the support of national theatre Wales I was able to travel up to Birmingham to be able to perform at “Speak Up” an event run by Jodi Ann Bickley. A person who it would be pretty safe to say is one of the reasons I got into writing and performing spoken word.

So I set off looking forward to a long day of trains, but all the time I thought I would use to practise my poems seemed to fade fast as all I could think about is how much of a step up this would be for me as a…

A literary gathering in an informal setting, the Uplands Literary Salon sees top writers read or perform their work, and discuss their practice with 'notable bohemian' Susie Wild. Questions are then opened up to the audience for discussion and good conversation. After the talk the revellers can enjoy the relaxed, informed but informal environment to meet with publishers, writers, agents and fellow book lovers to discuss writing, culture and ideas. Quarterly at Noah's Yard, Uplands,…

A literary gathering in an informal setting, the Cardiff Literary Salon sees top writers read or perform their work, and discuss their practice with 'notable bohemian' Susie Wild. Questions are then opened up to the audience for discussion and good conversation. After the talk the revellers can enjoy the relaxed, informed but informal environment to meet with publishers, writers, agents and fellow book lovers to discuss writing, culture and ideas.

2012 programme to be…

You may wonder how the advertised raffle, clairvoyant and ‘orgy of blood’ would come together in National Theatre Wales’s first musical. I must say I was apprehensive to see how these seemingly haphazard activities would complement each other harmoniously.

But harmony is what I got. Every cast member sung with such preciseness, yet succeeded in preserving a roughness in the finished product. This complimented the performance of ostensibly innocent, ‘normal’ residents of Cae…

The wizard, the goat and the man who won the war

Richard Burton Theatre, RWCMD

2^nd March 2012

Stars: ****

To create a one man show about a politician who has been dead for 67 years that is still relevant to a modern audience would be a challenge to any writer or director. Thankfully D.J. Britton took David Lloyd George as his inspiration; the only Welsh speaking prime minister (although he was born in Manchester)…

Anna and a group of brilliant TEAM volunteers ran a pop-up shop in the St David's Centre last week to tell people about A Provincial Life, give them free tea and generally have a chat. They've had some great conversations by…

Involved in the Arts in any way? We Need Your Help!

The Drama Association of Wales is no longer funded by the Arts Council of Wales, so we are on the look out for funding from elsewhere to keep this worthwhile organisation going.  In order to apply for funding we need to show that the services we provide are valued by our members and are of interest to the wider community so, we are launching an online questionnaire.  Please take…

Wow do I feel like the country cousin now! I've been living in the sticks too long--how else do you explain why I was counting the number of people on stage on Friday night at the marvelous production of "A provincial life" at the Sherman-- I'm used to touring theatre where the actors  / scenery shifters/ technicians are one and the same & all have to fit in a single transit van with the props-- It took a while to realise that Friday nights production was not going to up sticks and…

Second Helping of Mayhem with Cwtch Cabaret