I wrote a blog post for the EFA Festival Bytes blog about my Atelier experience, asking myself (and others) 23 key questions that we've explored. http://www.festivalbytes.eu/what-will-be-different-now/

I can't recommend the week-long residential enough - if you work on/ in/ for festivals, do seek out the next editions and ask ACW or your employer to give you some training monies to attend! Next one is at…

Anticipation, excitement, fear.

The taste of sea salt on my lips as I speak. Sand beneath my toes grounding me to this place, this moment.

And John McGrath tap dancing with my daughter in my mum's living…

And with Louise comes a renewed sense of agency, energy and motivation. An outside eye bringing supportive, loving critical criticism. 

I am in awe of the way that she she is able to take my ramblings and turn them into concrete, tangible objects. To hear my vague words and offer up sound, lighting, action, set design. 

And I am chuffed to bits when she tells me she likes my writing.…

Actors/ Directors/ Writers/ Recent Graduates

To coincide with…

CREATIVE SPACES

Creative Live/Work Co-operative

'To bring people together to live and work creatively and ethically in a sustainable community.'

Creative Spaces is currently inviting applications for membership of this new and exciting housing cooperative.

Creative Spaces is a voluntary cooperative group that seeks to generate collaborative communities…

Recife is full of Stories. Walking around the city with any of the locals and you're absorbed by them, attracted to their charm and their sense of place. 

Most of the stories are located in a place within the city, for example there's this plaque (pictured above) which tells the story of an old beggar woman who died recently, they say that she was secretly…

I wish I could bottle this feeling. I wish that I could articulate the fragility of this moment. Spending time with you is exhausting, baffling, frustrating. But so, so exhilarating. I see the world through your eyes and drop my inhibitions - become a seahorse, a kite, a jellyfish. You have a freedom that I lost long ago. I wish that I…

Coming this summer, from 3 - 22 June is the inaugural edition of the International Performance Festival Cardiff. It brings together a programme of artists making dance, performance art, theatre and music from across the world. In addition to our programme, we are looking for local artists to bring something to the festival.



If you have an idea for a performance that relates to the festival programme and that you’d like to bring people to, please send a short description and any…

Hey All ,

I am just about to start day three of my R&D week on my CB radio play. Working with James Williams , John Norton, Ollie Wood , Joanna Simpkins, Shekira Johnson and 8 Merthyr College students , we are testing out the script and building up to a sharing on Saturday In Gurnos Social Club. The script is almost phone book like and…

Hello!

I've written a blog all about Newport and it's up and comingness.

If you'd like a peruse of it please click this link: CLICKY

Mucho

Justin…

in this dying town

where are the dead kept?

Today I have had an overwhelming sense of history smothering the present. Of recriminations and accusations holding back the young. Of long held grudges being clung to as the barnacle clings to the hull of a boat. 

People here remember. The past is a living, breathing animal, snarling in…

Watershed is delighted to announce an open call for a new Studio Artist Residency for 2014 - a fantastic opportunity for artists to explore ideas at the point where art, culture and technology meet.

This residency is suited to artists seeking time and space to think, share and make new work. Made possible with generous support from Arts Council England, the residency is…

Day To Go *****

Memo Arts Centre Barry

Directed by Bridget Keehan

Written by Bridget Keehan & Anna Maria Murphy

“Don’t underestimate what is brewing in fine bone china cups…”

From the ashes of a town that is trying to reignite a new flame comes this unique, site specific performance, the debut production of Bridget Keehan’s Papertrail theatre company.

Boarding a…

So it's been a really intense time at the EFA Festival for Atelier Managers in Edinburgh - we're basically working 9am - 10pm every day for seven days! We have had some incredible moments of dialogue and debate, with some wonderful mentors, most notably Heiner Goebbels about Ruhrtrienniale and Mark Ball about LIFT. I guess when there are 52 participants from 28 countries all talking festivals festivals festivals, then basically anything can happen and it has.We've also done some amazing site…

              Dros y diwrnodau diwethaf o Ebrill 1af – 4ydd mae Aberystwyth wedi bod yn hynod o frysyr gyda phobol ar draws y byd yn dod at ei gilydd i ddathlu’r Wŷl rhyngwladol ‘Agor Drysau’ a’i trefnir gan Jeremy Turner a Chwmni Theatr Arad Goch bob dwy flynedd. Mi roedd y gwŷl yn ei wythfed flwyddyn…

nose tip kiss

eyelash touch

yawn air

fingertip brush

sandy wash

salty taste

seagull scream

Almost exactly a year ago I started falling in love with National Theatre Wales when I began working as Emerging Director on Praxis Makes Perfect. The project was innovative and ambitious; the process was hard work, sometimes a little chaotic but illuminating, inspiring and so much fun.…  my experience on Praxis characterises NTW, for me, and in the last year I’ve been lucky enough to be involved with the company in a few different capacities; from Summercamp on sunny Anglesey, to…