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June 2010 Blog Posts (65)

Juan Blanco´s pics of "For Mountain Sand and Sea"

Added by Guillermo Weickert on June 30, 2010 at 11:43 — 1 Comment

Devising for Writers

Script is running a programme of writer development activity over the next couple of months and there’s still time to apply for a place on the forthcoming 3-day workshop in collaboration with…

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Added by Catherine Edwards on June 30, 2010 at 5:46 — No Comments

So, the games have begun!

I put up a challenge last week to all in the community- how to explain the game of Tetris in a dramatic script. We had some great suggestions and our lucky winner was Mick Greenway! A bottle of red is on it's way to him.

Here's the link if you want to have a read-…

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Added by Bethan Marlow on June 30, 2010 at 5:17 — 1 Comment

Day 121 - Murder on the streets of London - on the floor of my office, Aberystwyth

With his gothic descriptions of London in the grip of fog, locations dis-connected, a haze, a dreamlike sense of place, Robert Louis Stevenson may have been the first psychogeographer. A year after the publication of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Jack the ripper may have been the first 'psycho' geographer. I wonder whether my new reading position on the floor of my office might be a cause for concern for anyone that were to pass by and peer through the window to see… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 29, 2010 at 12:16 — No Comments

Day 120 - The abandoned farm - Esgair Fraith

Trust the map in your mind. Trust it when it tells you to turn right even when the OS map said to turn left. Trust the map in your mind when it says that somewhere on the left you will find a parking place, and that after that it will only be a short walk to your destination. Trust the map in your mind... unless of course you didn't trust yourself on the first… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 28, 2010 at 12:30 — No Comments

ARKADE Empty Shop Project - THE UPDATED SCHEDULE!

Hello, this is the updated schedule for the ARKADE empty shop project and now includes information about the Friday lunchtime event and further details about what's happening on Saturday. So if you're around the city centre next Friday, Saturday and Sunday come in and visit!

http://thinkark.blogspot.com/…

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Added by Laura Howe on June 28, 2010 at 11:48 — 1 Comment

Life's a beach

Did NOT expect to be in front of the camera when I went to film National Theatre Wales at the beginning of the Prestatyn games on the beach but me and my daughter Holly had great fun filming AND taking part - see you 30th June xx jan xx

Added by Jan Miller on June 28, 2010 at 4:09 — 1 Comment

From Barmouth to Kosovo

On Friday morning, after the excitement of the first public performance of For Mountain, Sand and Sea on Thursday, I set off from a deliciously sunny Barmouth, via Manchester and Zurich, to Pristina,Kosovo. I’d been invited to talk at an event at the National Theatre of Kosovo, which seemed too interesting a proposition to miss.

I arrived in Kosovo after midnight. The arrival hall of the airport resembled an old aircraft hangar… Continue

Added by National Theatre Wales on June 28, 2010 at 1:00 — 3 Comments

Day 119 - The Speckled Ridge - Somewhere near Tregaron

Esgair Fraith, a ruined farm in west Wales, was the site for a series of deep mapping projects between Mike Pearson and Michael Shanks. This included the large scale site-specific work Tri Bywyd. More info on the project and deep maps can be found at http://documents.stanford.edu/michaelshanks/95.

This morning Sam and I are going to try and find the farm so that I can practice a few different mapping…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 27, 2010 at 20:35 — No Comments

Day 118 - destructive british media - Bloemfontein, South Africa

Regardless of how much I was paid I am not sure that I would cope with the enormous pressure that was placed upon English players during this world cup. A 1-1 draw with the USA was apparently a disaster, the beginning of the end for Capello's men, and a 1-0 win over Slovenia was apparently a sign that we were now ready to go on and win the cup. Neither of these assumptions were correct. It seems that the English fear of taking penalties has now seeped into their football playing at a national… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on June 27, 2010 at 10:30 — No Comments

Marilyn's Shadow

Since last Monday The Graduate Theatre Company has been rehearsing at Swansea Met for its latest project.…

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Added by GradCo on June 27, 2010 at 8:59 — No Comments

Game Testing in Prestatyn

As you can see its great fun! You'll get the chance to test out ideas for the show and meet our team of staff and volunteers.

If you want to get involved we are game testing on the 28/29/30 June, 6pm-8pm. Meet us on the seafront outside Cafe Cymru. If you can, let us know you are coming by contacting us at thebeach@nationaltheatrewales.org, otherwise just turn up!…

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Added by Devinda De Silva on June 26, 2010 at 0:25 — No Comments

Gareth and Marega tell us a little about their characters, working methods and Barmouth.

Added by Simon Clode on June 25, 2010 at 3:07 — No Comments

Marc Rees Interview - Barmouth

Added by Simon Clode on June 24, 2010 at 10:00 — No Comments

Dylan Moore's Review of The Devil Inside Him

Here's Dylan's analysis of The Devil Inside Him, our third production that premiered last month in the New Theatre, Cardiff.

Dylan is one of National Theatre Wales' and Academi's New Critics.

Dylan, along with all our New Critics, are members of the NEW CRITICS GROUP. Join the group and take part in discussion about criticism and our shows. All reviews are posted here:…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on June 24, 2010 at 8:45 — No Comments

Welcome to Prestatyn

NTW05 is getting near and so we thought we'd introduce you to the people that we've met along the way.

Thank you very much to Carolina Vasquez for editing it all…

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Added by Bethan Marlow on June 22, 2010 at 21:45 — No Comments

ARKADE Short Film Cinema

WE WANT YOUR FILMS!!

Do you have an innovative, exciting film you'd like to show as part of ARK's Empty Shops…

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Added by Carolina Vasquez on June 22, 2010 at 21:40 — No Comments

A still from yesterdays 'For Mountain, Sand & Sea' film shoot by Luis Adamson

Added by Marc Rees on June 22, 2010 at 20:15 — No Comments

Project Associate needed for the Port Talbot Passion

This is an opportunity for an ambitious, warm, open, creative individual local to Port Talbot to come on board the development of this ambitious project taking place across the whole town over four days at Easter 2011.

See attached, and email your applications by Friday 9 July to passion@nationaltheatrewales.org

PASSION PROJECT ASSOCIATE final.pdf…

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Added by Lucy Davies on June 22, 2010 at 2:00 — No Comments