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April 2010 Blog Posts (97)

Teflonstage new theatre in education project

South Wales-based Teflonstage has been asked to run a theatre in education project at international junior centres in England and Scotland in July/August this year. This forms part of a fresh approach to language learning. There are further plans to take workshops and performances to conferences in Europe from early 2011. Teflonstage is looking for actors-workshop leaders-animateurs. Contact me for more information.

Added by Anthony Childs-Cutler on April 14, 2010 at 22:42 — No Comments

Day 46 - Monitoring 1st draft - Online Aberystwyth

I set my 1st draft up on Google Docs. There are three sections. The first is an outline of the project to date, the second contains a draft structure and the third part is a rough timetable for the completion of the project. I was also able to construct a number of different research questions. I need to hand it in on Friday if I am to head off to cardiff in the evening. That means completing the work tomorrow and then tweaking on Friday.

Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 14, 2010 at 10:15 — No Comments

Puns to be left on the shelf.

That good old fellow Oscar Wilde once said that the only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.

With this philosophy in mind, I want to go wild with a puntastic celebration of Shelf Life before go and see it on Friday. I'm hoping as many people as possible can join in the fun times. What, with this being a fully booked show in an empty library (get it, yeah?) the cheesier the comments the better.

Dominic Cavendish from The Telegraph has already unwittingly joined in the game… Continue

Added by Amelia Forsbrook on April 14, 2010 at 5:45 — No Comments

Over The Rainbow Live Event, St. David's Hall, Cardiff

Date: 9 May 2010

Address: St. David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, CF10 1SH

Morning event: 11am-1pm

Afternoon event: 3pm-5pm

This May, fans of BBC One’s Over the Rainbow are invited to have a go at singing at a series of free events around the country, including two sessions at St David’s Hall, Cardiff.

The Over the Rainbow Live Events will give thousands of participants the chance to take part in their own musical theatre masterclass, with help from the…

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Added by Sing on April 14, 2010 at 5:00 — No Comments

REMIX @ The BAC on the 8th of May 2010

An innovative multi-disciplinary experience combining theatre, visual art, virtual media, fashion, music and poetry.

REMIX brings together a creative team of exciting emerging practitioners who have never created a piece of theatre before: photographer Mike Chalmers, filmmaker Harriet Fleuriot, jazz musician Dom James, performance poet Sabrina Mahfouz, stylist Lewis Smith, theatre director Natalie Ibu and some of London's hottest acting talent.

Taking a poem as a starting… Continue

Added by Matthew Raymond on April 14, 2010 at 2:22 — 1 Comment

Devil Inside Him week 3!...

So it’s the beginning of week 3 and I thought it was about time I introduced myself and let you know a bit about what we are up too.I’m Sita Calvert – Ennals the grateful recipient of one of N. T. W’s emergent director bursaries. I‘m very happy to be assisting Elen Bowman and a fantastic cast on The Devil Inside him.

The play is set in 1950 in a small village about half an hour away from Swansea. So the first week was about getting into the world. Myself and Sarah…

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Added by Sita Calvert - Ennals on April 13, 2010 at 11:45 — 1 Comment

Day 45 - Spinning - Aberystwyth

Spinning. Walking. Lots of sunshine. More Running. Spinning. No labels on the wine in co-op. Forgot my wallet. Spinning. More spinning. New plan of action tomorrow. And first draft of monitoring document.

Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 13, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments

Procrastination

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Added by Robert Harper on April 13, 2010 at 2:05 — No Comments

Day 44 - All around and up and down - Aberystwyth

I went running three times today. Progressively shorter distances each time. I also did more thinking. I decided to return to John's article, Rapid Response to find some answers to yesterdays questions. The last time I read it the first show hadn't happened. Neither had the assembly project. It was interesting to reflect upon the aims with reference to the work so far.

I have pulled out a number of quotes that seemed relevant. In what way I'm not yet sure. But…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 12, 2010 at 10:22 — No Comments

Shakespeare has logged on to Twitter!

www.suchsweetsorrow.com

In this ground-breaking experiment, Romeo and Juliet is coming to life across and through a social network, Twitter.

Throughout the five weeks of this performance, you will see and read the “tweets” - Twitter updates which may be thoughts, messages, links or confessions - of Romeo, Juliet and four other characters .

They are being brought to your Twitter-stream by six actors from the Royal… Continue

Added by Bethan Marlow on April 12, 2010 at 7:30 — 3 Comments

The Devil Inside Him campaign has hit the street

Added by Matt the Hat on April 12, 2010 at 3:49 — 2 Comments

Hot Tears The Grand Theatre, Arts Wing , Swansea 24th April 12.30 p.m.

Hi everyone just wanted to let you of a performance I am doing on the 24th April at The Grand Theatre, Arts Wing in Swansea. It's a new play called 'Hot Tears' by Caerphilly writer Alun Howells. Based on Squaddies on their tour of Iraq before their withdrawl, it tells their stories, one of many but a universal story of how serving, living & death affects us all. It's only about 30 - 40 mins but should be thought provoking & give an insight into the thoughts & lives of those who… Continue

Added by Edward Llewelyn on April 12, 2010 at 3:16 — No Comments

Hay on Wye Festival

Anyone needing easy transport to the Hay on Wye festival this year, we are running a trip on Saturday 29th May. Please check out the website for more details:

http://www.classicaleducationforum.co.uk

or join us on facebook to keep updated:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Classical-Education-Forum/207781558455

Added by Classical Education Forum on April 12, 2010 at 0:36 — No Comments

Day 43 - Sitting out on the step - Mill St. Aberystwyth

The intersection of Mill Street and Bridge Street in Aberystwyth is not the first place that one would think to have picnic on a bright Sunday afternoon, but that is what I did. A number of questions are beginning to bubble up...

What is the National Theatre trying to do? What is it seeking to achieve with the work that has been created so far? What is the relationship between the PR, marketing, online community and the actual work? We live in a media saturated…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 11, 2010 at 11:42 — No Comments

Shelf Life: A Night At The Library

Some thoughts about Shelf Life, and libraries:

http://www.dylanmoore.co.uk/thesecondwave/Home/Entries/2010/4/11_THE_LIBRARY_AT_NIGHT.html

Added by Dylan Moore on April 11, 2010 at 8:54 — No Comments

Day 42 - All along the cliff top - Aberystwyth to Borth

It was extremely sunny yesterday. I therefore forgot to write the blog and drank wine with friends instead. The good weather seems to change things. The way people behave and interact shifts. It's as if all the collective concerns held by people are put aside, released as a consequence of the weather.

I am censoring myself. Something has to give at some point soon. The blog has to find form and begin saying what it is here to say. Is it the very nature of an online…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 10, 2010 at 21:31 — No Comments

Day 41 - Shelflife - Swansea Old Library

I've just returned from Swansea where I saw the second production Shelflife. The Swansea Old Library building is extraordinary. The stacks at the base of the building lie empty all but for the stacks themselves and the red strip lights on the ceilings. The performers took us through the stacks into the reading rooms above where we ate cheese and the performers filled the vacuum left by the absence of the books.…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 9, 2010 at 12:00 — No Comments

Play Hell Tetris

I hope your week has been better than this!

You can attempt Hell Tetris here.

It's an interesting contribution to the art and science of game design. A bit like Les Dawson's contributions to piano playing maybe.

Image from… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on April 9, 2010 at 7:54 — No Comments

The Directors' Forum blog goes live!

The Centre for Performance Research have invited some of the most exciting and diverse Wales based and international theatre directors to Aberystwyth for an intensive participatory project that offers a

rare opportunity for both experienced and emerging directors to gather and share the methods, approaches and skills of professional directing practice via laboratories and presentations,…

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Added by Siu-lin Rawlinson on April 8, 2010 at 23:30 — No Comments

Day 40 - Not going anywhere - Aberystwyth

So I set myself the task of blogging everyday for a year and the chances are that no one is reading this and when I have the courage to make a full vlog rather than a blog I won't know what to say or what to talk about. Writing about the National theatre on the National Theatre site is difficult. Am I writing to myself? Potentially i am writing something that is accessible to the entire web using world but equally most of this may never even be seen again. Even by myself. Regardless I… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 8, 2010 at 14:07 — No Comments