September 2012 Blog Posts (69)

Scurlock Moany Blog 2

Let’s take an often tried concept, the Zombie movie. I am not an expert on the zombie movie but I’ve seen enough, like most people, to form an opinion good or bad. When one mentions zombie movies one of the first films to jump to mind for the British Audience is Shaun of the Dead, a satire of American George Romero films that the stars and makers of Shaun are fans of.

Of the many funny parts of this film, the one comment that stands out is the place of safety chosen by the unlikely…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on September 11, 2012 at 1:01 — 1 Comment

Remote Encounters: Connecting bodies, collapsing spaces and temporal ubiquity in networked performance

Remote Encounters: Connecting bodies, collapsing spaces and temporal ubiquity in networked performance, a two-day international conference with performance evening, aims to explore the use of networks as a means to enhance or create a wide variety of performance arts.…

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Added by Garrett Lynch on September 10, 2012 at 5:31 — No Comments

Scurlock Moany Blog

What is going on in hollywood these days? Accepted, this part of the USA is generally seen as shallow, money hungry, get all you can and step on the little guy and ‘Oh, but don’t forget to laugh at the latest Adam Sandler film. This time he’ll take the mick out of a different minority to the last film’.

Remakes, reboots and sequels. It’s a sad sign of the growing recession that original talent, such as aspiring screenwriters, playwrights and novelists are being pushed out of the…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on September 10, 2012 at 3:12 — 1 Comment

lean mean zombie killing machine

Dawn of the Dave - on Amazon for only 99p - takes a dark, comedic look at a post-apocalyptic suburban world through the eyes of 35yr old sandal-wearing, carpet shop Assistant Manager Dave Driscoll, married to school teacher Sally, six months pregnant with their first child. The story centres on the myriad of human relationships that we become entangled in as we stagger into the real world in our late teens to twenties. We come to know people that we can happily say goodbye to at the end of…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on September 10, 2012 at 2:57 — No Comments

The Great Outdoors 2012 — countdown to deadline to book final places

One month to go until The Great Outdoors 2012!

The deadline for booking yourself a delegate place is in sight — you have until the 30th September to secure the final places at buytickets.at/articulture 

There has been much meeting, late nights furiously typing, sketching plans and drinking tea to sculpt Wales first national conference for outdoor…

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Added by Articulture Wales on September 10, 2012 at 0:52 — No Comments

Branches

Anyone going up and looking for car sharers?

Added by Yvette Vaughan Jones on September 10, 2012 at 0:37 — No Comments

Interested in Theatre?

Are you between 17-25 and looking to flex your theatrical muscles?

Then Playgoers New Generation wants you!



PNG are a group of talented young theatremakers who work closely with scripted texts and new writing to help develop and encourage members with a love for the theatre.

We are an amateur group based in Newport, Gwent. We meet in the Dolman Theatre on Mondays from 7pm until 9.30pm.

Throughout the year we produce 3+ productions and often enter local festivals, in… Continue

Added by Katie Harris on September 8, 2012 at 6:22 — No Comments

Casting: Monster Wanted!

Tin Shed Theatre Co will be once again casting the role of the Monster in their production of Dr Frankensteins Traveling Freakshow. Auditions will take place on thursday the 20th of September at the Riverfront Theatre, Newport. Please email tinshedtheatre@gmx.com with your CV and headshot and you will be allocated a time slot. 

CASTING:

Set in the style of the Victorian travelling Freakshow amidst the bearded lady and Lobster boy, The…

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Added by Georgina Ella Harris on September 8, 2012 at 0:32 — 1 Comment

Casting: Monster Wanted!

Tin Shed Theatre Co will be once again casting the role of the Monster in their production of Dr Frankensteins Traveling Freakshow. Auditions will take place on thursday the 20th of September at the Riverfront Theatre, Newport. Please email tinshedtheatre@gmx.com with your CV and headshot and you will be allocated a time slot. 

CASTING:

Set in the style of the Victorian travelling Freakshow amidst the bearded lady and Lobster boy, The monster is the main attraction. He…

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Added by Georgina Ella Harris on September 8, 2012 at 0:31 — No Comments

WalesLab Deadline This Week

Hi All, as some of you may have heard, Matt Ball, our lovely Creative Associate who runs WalesLab is away on Paternity Leave after the arrival of his new daughter Mabli earlier this week.  Fortunately Carys Shannon, who some of you may remember as Associate Producer for NTW during our launch year, will be stepping in to cover for Matt over the next couple of weeks.  You can reach Carys through her profile on this site or at carysshannon@nationaltheatrewales.org

The deadline for…

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Added by National Theatre Wales on September 7, 2012 at 23:32 — No Comments

Made in Roath Arts Festival 2012 call out!



Hello You,

The wonderful Made in Roath Festival is now entering it's fourth year and is looking for submissions for it's varied programme. The festival runs from 12th-21st October this year.

Anything creative goes, from film,art, music &  poetry to theatre, performance & workshops!

If you have something you would like to show/put on/run during the festival,…

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Added by Rachel-Helena Walsh on September 7, 2012 at 5:04 — 1 Comment

£15 tickets for best seats at Welsh National Opera’s Così fan tutte and Jephtha

WNO performs Così fan tutte, a comedy beside the seaside. The story tells of Guglielmo and Ferrando, who test their sweethearts’ fidelity, and whose relationships soon become very complicated indeed. Mozart’s Così fan tutte provides deep insights into the human experience, but with wit and warmth.

For more information, visit:…

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Added by Hannah Bryan on September 7, 2012 at 4:30 — No Comments

First night performance of Branches - Blog by Holly Miller, 13

Hello NTW, I am Jan Miller's daughter and saw the performance last night in Connah's Quay. I have to say that it was EXCEPTIONAL and it was like stepping into another world. It was one of those performances that you never shall forget and I loved every minute. As an audience, we become prisoners to the dance, trusting the performers without a second glance and we travelled deeper and deeper into the woods. To be so close to the dancers and to watch them out of their usual habitat will not be…

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Added by Jan Miller on September 6, 2012 at 4:30 — 1 Comment

Dark comedy e-book out now

Dear National Theatre Wales members,

I've been a NTW member for a few months now and I've finally managed to get my first novel 'Dawn of the Dave' up onto Amazon.co.uk for sale at 99p as an e-book.

If you liked my previous blog posts of short plays and 100 word scenes - Check out The Rapturous Farewell, The Wooden Spoon, Discovery, The Lovers, The Perfect Parents - or if you just like having a laugh, then please buy my book today and spend some quality leisure time escaping…

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Added by Dean Scurlock on September 6, 2012 at 0:25 — 1 Comment

Branches: The Nature of Crisis - The Work Placement

Hi, I'm Ben Hall and I've been on work placement with Branches within Connah's Quay. I've been on the placement for over 2 weeks now and its been fantastic. Within the first day of my placement I was walking around the woods dressed up as the Hulk, walking along the path of the performance.

 Within the next few days, I had watched the performance over and over, giving me a good idea of what the performance was about and the ideas that were behind the performance. While on this…

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Added by Benjamin Luke Hall on September 5, 2012 at 22:42 — No Comments

Jobs Growth Wales 6 Month Placement

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Added by Gavin Porter on September 5, 2012 at 21:42 — No Comments

WelcomHome

On Friday 31st August myself and Kyle Legall were involved in an NTW Assembly inspired event devised, written, performed and hosted by a group of young people from the Butetown, Grangetown and Riverside areas of Cardiff. The event happened at the Old NatWest Bank in Bute Street and explored the idea of Home and what it takes to make a home. WelcomHome was part of the…

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Added by Gavin Porter on September 5, 2012 at 21:38 — No Comments

Dinner time Riot

I was sitting at home

Not watching TV

When a large woman called by

She said, “come poaching with me”

 

I’m not a trouble maker

I’m too busy to be bored

But to keep salmon on the menu

Seems like a good cause

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Riots

Added by Alan Samuel on September 5, 2012 at 20:40 — No Comments

Branches: The nature of some proper crazy stuff

Aloha from sunny Connah's Quay! I've spent the last couple of days (since Saturday) up here in Wepre Park helping Ruth (the designer) as a Design Assistant to build, stick, drill, sow, paint, throw and staple the set together for Branches: The Nature of Crisis. Since Saturday here are just a some of the things I have been doing-

- Build a cardboard house. 

- Take down a cardboard house.

- Put the cardboard house back up in middle of a nettle bush.

- Being stung by…

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Added by Buddug James Jones on September 5, 2012 at 12:46 — No Comments

ComedyPort: LaunchPad gets Funding!

Very good news this morning!

Tin Shed Theatre Co. has been given it's first Arts Council Wales funding! Hazar! So our Comedy Port immersive venue will be going ahead!

Last year we ran a pilot of the scheme in which we transformed the gallery space of U.R.B.A.N into the inside of a rocket ship, complete with planets, aliens, port holes and arcade games, we did this with a tight budget and no one got paid. So this year we applied for a grant of just under £5,000…

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Added by Justin Teddy Cliffe on September 5, 2012 at 5:20 — 3 Comments

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