May 2011 Blog Posts (43)

Award Winners at the Prestatyn Youth Arts Film Festival!

Congratulations to our winners - 1st place to Adam Dawson for his horror film "The Child"; 2nd place to Euan Miller for his animation "Attack of the Ninja" & 3rd place to Jack O'Connor for his "Animation Tutorial".  The runners-up were Joe Shields, Will Newe, Bradley Farrugia & Amy Newe for their trailer "The Casual World of Zombies"; Holly Miller & Evan McLellan…

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Added by Jan Miller on May 15, 2011 at 11:47 — No Comments

Flowers From Tunisia by Laurence Allan

Torch Theatre Company presents Flowers From Tunisia, the award winning play by Laurence Allan.



Directed by Simon Harris



Tour dates as follows...



Muni Arts Centre, Pontypridd: Wed 18th May @ 1pm and 7.30pm 



Blackwood Miners Institute: Thurs 19th May @ 7.30pm



Swansea Grand Theatre: Mon 23rd & Tues 24th May @ 7.15pm



Chapter Arts Centre,…

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Added by Laurence Allan on May 14, 2011 at 2:06 — 1 Comment

Notes From the Edge of the East

Notes From the Edge of the East is a film that I made with Sam Christie. We shot it last March in Krakow Poland. The hour long film explores thee changes in the Polish city of Krakow since the fall of Communism through the eyes of an Englishman, Karl Naylor, who has lived there for the past 10 years. 

 

The film is being screened at Aberystwyth…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on May 13, 2011 at 21:51 — No Comments

Blue Touch Paper: making new collaborations in contemporary culture

Blue Touch Paper: making new collaborations in contemporary culture

 

The London Sinfonietta is launching a new programme that offers composers and collaborators from arts and science backgrounds to join them in developing ground-breaking new interdisciplinary works.

 

Blue Touch…

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Added by abdul shayek on May 13, 2011 at 0:18 — No Comments

A few more interesting events that might be of interest.

 

CAKE SUBMISSIONS

 

Deadline: Mon 16 May 2011

 

CAKE is looking for 3 x 3-minute guerrilla theatre pieces that will take place on one day in a variety of venues in Falmouth.

 

The May session of CAKE will be taking place as part of the Fal River Festival. 27th May - 5th June 2011



The same 3-minute pieces will then be performed during the evening, along with one longer piece of 30 minute max.. Venues to be confirmed, however…

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Added by abdul shayek on May 13, 2011 at 0:01 — No Comments

An evening Wole Soyinka

We have had a wonderful response to our upcoming event:  A Gala Evening with Wole Soyinka

 

A lot of you have been asking about the Exclusive Reception which will be a post show gathering for a selected audience. 

Tickets are £75, this will permit you access to the conversation with Prof. Soyinka and Jude Kelly OBE in the Purcell…

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Added by abdul shayek on May 12, 2011 at 23:59 — No Comments

Opportunity for aspiring Workshop facilitators

Please find attached information about the Almeida Theatre’s Trainee Workshop Leader Programme for 2011/12, in partnership with Central School of Speech and Drama.  The course is for anyone - writer, director, actor, technician, or just interested in theatre - who is passionate about working with young people and interested in gaining facilitation experience (within a Producing Theatre environment) as well arts education-focussed project planning skills.



 



Applicants can also… Continue

Added by abdul shayek on May 12, 2011 at 0:19 — No Comments

My first three weeks at NTW!

So three weeks in to the job and I think I am going to head back off to London...................................

only joking.

 

I’ve been getting quite stuck in and learning about the intricacies of NTW workings.  So after many inductions and policy reading sessions I have started to embark on the creative aspect of the job. 

 

The first was last week at our launch photo shoot, some serious equipment and some amazing ideas and artists taking part – keep it…

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Added by abdul shayek on May 11, 2011 at 11:24 — 1 Comment

Shakespeare: Hospitality & Matters of Taste

In this workshop we will examine the (troubled) art of hospitality in plays such as Macbeth, Twelfth Night and Troilus and Cressida, and the way that the early-modern printed book often played on the idea of the reader as a tasteful consumer. Please bring along a copy of the complete works if you have one! Book online now! Find out more here:  http://www.celticlearnersnetwork.org.uk/…

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Added by Celtic Learners Network on May 11, 2011 at 8:30 — No Comments

2 new acting workshops from actorsworkshop this summer!

Actorsworkshop will be hosting two brand new courses this summer

 

Actorsworkshop: Academy…

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Added by Jamie Daniel Lee on May 10, 2011 at 5:22 — No Comments

NTW and Commitment

At the recent 'relation and participation' symposium in Aberystwyth, NTW artistic director John McGrath spoke about a new paradigm through which to explore the opening year of National Theatre Wales. 'Commitment'.



Commitment rather than location? In addition to location? If we begin to think about theatre and the theatre of NTW specifically through this paradigm then what might that mean?



It might refer to the commitment by NTW to be innovative, engaged and international.… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on May 10, 2011 at 2:41 — 2 Comments

Peter and the Wolf adapted by Sea Legs Puppet Theatre - Young Critic Review

 

In conjunction with the community scheme Night Out, Sea Legs Puppet Theatre brought Peter and the Wold to the Berwyn Centre Nant-y-Moel Bridgend.

 

A modern take on a traditional form, Puppet Master Rob Ashman had the watching audience enthralled and entertained. It is a puppetry revival and it is very different to the Punch and Judy violence and hilarity many adults would be familiar with, instead focusing on a tale from oral tradition and building…

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Added by Rachel Williams on May 9, 2011 at 2:22 — No Comments

Buzz Magazine Review, The Passion.

National Theatre Wales’ final production of their inaugural year was a masterful play that was acted as a common act of creation, while skillfully weaving memories, seemingly both real and imaginary into a unifying spectacle. Based on the traditional Passion play it was by turns epic and particular, dramatic and poignant. In real time, over 72 hours, Port Talbot turned into a multi-platform, multi-reality stage.

Even by dawn on Good Friday – where the somewhat secret dawn…

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Added by Lloyd Griffiths on May 8, 2011 at 23:54 — No Comments

Jacob Gough and Freedom Theatre

Added by Dr Tom Payne on May 8, 2011 at 22:59 — No Comments

Opportunity for Writer aged 16-30

NEW WRITER’S AWARD 2011

£1500 Bursary for emerging writer available now!

 

As part of an international theatre for young people project Emergency Exit Arts (EEA) is offering to support an emerging writer aged 16 – 30 with a bursary of £1500 to develop a new 30 minute piece of outdoor performance to be premiered in 2012. The new work will be produced by EEA in 2011 to perform in 2012 as part of the Olympics Cultural Festival. The winning writer will be announced to the…

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Added by abdul shayek on May 6, 2011 at 3:59 — No Comments

3-4 people required on 2nd July 2011 in Cardiff for work

Hi there - my partner and I will be getting married on 2nd July 2011 in Cardiff City Centre and we're looking for 3-4 people to dress up as Nintendo characters during the drinks reception. The event will start at 7pm but we will require you to be there from 6.30pm - 7.30/7.45pm.

 

Costumes will be provide as well as a nominal fee for the work. Please contact if you're interested and serious. Jac

Added by Jacinta Perera on May 5, 2011 at 4:32 — 1 Comment

Congratulations Butetown AFC

Some of you will recall that National Theatre Wales sponsored Butetown AFC as part of The Soul Exchange in January. Last week they finished top of their division with a 12-0 win, in fact they've only lost two games all season. A big well done from everyone at…

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Added by Devinda De Silva on May 4, 2011 at 5:18 — 3 Comments

Young Critic's Review - Peter and the Wolf

Peter and the Wolf

By Sergei Prokofiev

Adapted by Sea Legs Puppet Theatre

Venue: The Berwyn Centre, Nantymoel

Date: 27th April 2011

 

Reviewed by Chelsey Gillard

Photographs by Rachel Williams

 

If you think the only thing kids are interested in these days is the latest 3D blockbuster or brain-cell-killing computer game,…

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Added by Chelsey Gillard on May 4, 2011 at 4:32 — No Comments

Back to Swansea

Soooo it’s been a long old time since I posted a blog up on the site so I thought I’d check in and fill you all in on what I’ve been up to and what is coming up in the future.



So after Rude finished and the christmas period was out of the way,I moved back to Swansea and settled down a bit. While being back I’ve been working closely with friends to develop a more lively theatre scene in Swansea.



As some of you might remember a few months back I was talking about setting up a… Continue

Added by Brent Morgan on May 3, 2011 at 11:24 — No Comments

Working with Actors

WORKING WITH ACTORS: ONE DAY DEMO

THE ATRIUM, CARDIFF

Saturday 11 June 2011

CB4 Atrium Theatre

10:15 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.



Following popular demand from latest workshop on Meisner Technique, we have arranged for a demonstration given by Stephen Bayly with the help of two Meisner trained actors, on the basic principles of Sanford Meisner, as amplified by Mamet and others, as a tool for directors to learn to work with actors, and for actors to achieve a…

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Added by Maria Morancho on May 3, 2011 at 11:06 — No Comments

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