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July 2010 Blog Posts (115)

Margaret Robertson: game design, the importance of games and The Beach in Prestatyn

Recently Margaret Robertson joined us for some game development sessions on The Beach.

She's equally happy with digital, consoles, mobile, offline and online gaming. To us she has taken the role of wise gamerturg* along with her colleagues Alex and Holly at… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on July 16, 2010 at 1:30 — No Comments

Twitchograph 2

Added by Paul Young on July 15, 2010 at 12:30 — 2 Comments

Twitchograph 1

Added by Paul Young on July 15, 2010 at 11:30 — 5 Comments

Gomito Theatre Company

I am lucky enough to be working with a lovely Cambridge based theatre company called Gomito.
It is my first time working with them and they have welcomed me into their family.

We are rehearsing for a fringe show 'Flor Du Muerto' that will be performed during the Edinburgh Fringe at 'The Bedlam'
The show very physical it uses some clever puppetry, it would be lovely to see you all there.

http://www.gomito.co.uk/

Added by Amie Burns Walker on July 15, 2010 at 11:00 — No Comments

Day 137 - The Persians Day 4 - Chapter

During the previous three days I had settled into a pattern of documenting, and then things changed. What had worked for the first part of the week suddenly left me floundering around trying to find a way to record and make sense of the process I was witnessing. Retreat, regroup, change strategy.

i am documenting the genetic processes at work in the creation of The Persians, the forwards and backwards moves in the rehearsal process that lead up to the live…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 15, 2010 at 7:25 — No Comments

STRAIGHT, my first commission, is currently in rehearsals...

For continuing updates, please go here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/UndebTheatre/108167307171?ref=ts&__a=1

All very exciting!

Thanks.

Neil.

Added by Neil Bebber on July 14, 2010 at 23:30 — No Comments

Playwriting Course National Theatre (London), Ty Newydd and Venue Cymru

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Playwriting course

Welsh writers are invited to join a new play writing project, run in conjunction with the National Theatre tour of Alan Bennett’s new play The Habit of Art.

ONLY 9 PLACES AVAILABLE FOR THIS VERY SPECIAL COURSE

If you are interested in writing for theatre in English and would like to have an opportunity to write in a beautiful setting with advice and support from experts, then join this very special National Theatre project in… Continue

Added by Kaite O'Reilly on July 14, 2010 at 9:15 — No Comments

For mountain,sand and sea.

Thankyou Barmouth...It was a blast...A pleasure and a joy... I had the most wonerfull 3 weeks...Thankyou to all the team and audience...XX

Added by Neil Davies on July 14, 2010 at 6:30 — No Comments

Day 136 - The Persians Day 3 - Chapter Arts Centre Cafe

77 pages of writing, 18 hours of audio, 2 hours of video, a script and a map. Mike Pearson commented that I am probably making hard work for myself when the time comes to listen back to/read/watch all of this material.

I am planning to write the first week up when I travel back to Aberystwyth on the train on Friday, and then next week I will try to arrange research interviews with the performers and crew. Hopefully I can pick some useful questions out of the -…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 14, 2010 at 5:41 — No Comments

Writing a drama

Hi everyone! I have abit of a problem. I am about to do the last year of my university degree in Bangor and one of my modules is script writing. I have to write a welsh language 20 minute play for the tv or theatre and am abit worried. I have bought books but do not know how to start writing one. Can anyone give me in advice?

Thanks alot

Lloyd

Added by Lloyd Harris on July 14, 2010 at 3:58 — No Comments

To A Young Poet - a short film about R. S. Thomas

Enjoy: To A Young Poet

Added by Othniel Smith on July 13, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

For Mountain Sand and Sea

Here's what I think I thought of For Mountain Sand and Sea.

Only thing is, despite giving it the 'worst' review of the four productions so far, it has since played on my mind and I think I'll have far more lasting memories of the day than with the others to which I gave broadly positive reviews.

Interesting. What do you think?…

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Added by Dylan Moore on July 13, 2010 at 9:59 — No Comments

Day 135 - The Persians Day 2 - Chapter Arts Centre

Lines mark out the space. The lines are a map. A map of a location. A map hangs on the wall. Denoting the location of a village, the village housing the location on the floor. And that is as close as I have been so far. I tried to drive there, but you can't. Well you could but you would probably get fined £500 by the military... honestly, you should read the signs... don't stop, do not pass go etc. etc. And so all I have at this stage are the maps. Not just the cartographic kind, for… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 13, 2010 at 6:30 — No Comments

Going to the Edinburgh Fringe? So are we!!

Hello Blog World,

Just a quick post to let you all know what ShellShock Theatre are up to this Summer. We're really excited to be off to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival to be part of the Forest Fringe's program of events. We'll be spending a week up in Edinburgh creating new material to be part of our 'Don't Call Us, We'll Call You...' project, which was developed as apart of the NTW hosted Forest Fringe Micofestival in Swansea.…

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Added by Stephen Donnelly on July 13, 2010 at 3:30 — 1 Comment

NTW05: The Caravan

We are here! The NTW05 Creative Team (L-R Carl, Rhiannon and Bethan) arrive at the caravan which will be their home for The Beach for the next month.

This is our desk and the site of final game design document re-drafting. Bethan has created a timeline for the production…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 12, 2010 at 23:30 — No Comments

THE BEACH before rehearsals: last week of playtesting

It's the last week of playtesting before the NTW05 team locate themselves in Prestatyn for the whole month of July. And the heavens opened. And it rained. On us. On the beach. On Prestatyn seafront.…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 12, 2010 at 13:30 — 2 Comments

The Seafront in Rhyl // 3 miles from the location of 'The Beach' // 12/07/10

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Added by Matt the Hat on July 12, 2010 at 11:05 — No Comments

The Beach: meet Charlie and TJ online now

Welcome to The Beach!

The event in Prestatyn takes place at the end of July (details).

But the story has already begun online...

Your friendly guides to the dramatic world are the characters of Charlie and TJ.

They maintain their own Facebook profiles where you can keep an eye on their exploits.

Meet the character: Charlie… Continue

Added by Carl Morris on July 12, 2010 at 9:00 — No Comments

Day 134 - The Persians Day 1 - Chapter Arts Centre

Chapter Arts Centre was full to overflowing with theatre types this morning. Not all had anything to do with NTW, but quite a few did. It was a little overwhelming when I first entered the rehearsal space and saw all of the faces. Mike Pearson led us through the plans for the production, a speech which he must now be very well rehearsed in, having had a number of months of interrogation directed at him on the subject.

I am here to document the process... I am armed…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 12, 2010 at 8:00 — No Comments

Beach challenge 3

Firstly, an apology. I know you're not expecting this challenge until tomorrow but tomorrow is a busy day for me so I'm sorry I've had to issue it early. I'm hoping none of you will mind.

So, this week's challenge...

As I'm sure most of you know by now, NTW05 The Beach combines both theatre and gaming. With the challenges so far Bethan has challenged you to create story, Carl too looked at the creative writing side of things. Me, I'm going for pure… Continue

Added by Rhiannon Cousins on July 11, 2010 at 10:00 — 4 Comments