October 2013 Blog Posts (109)

Pitch3 (Pitch to the power of three)

Thanks to funding from Arts Council Wales we are commissioning 6 plays, 3 poems and 3 prose for broadcast on our radio programme, Pitch, the arts and culture programme for Cardiff and beyond, on Radio Cardiff.



All commissions are for three minute pieces.



All should involve at least one of the following three themes Radio / Cardiff / The…

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Added by Richard Huw Morgan on October 15, 2013 at 2:45 — No Comments

The Ritual Is Coming - An Immersive Halloween Experience

The Ritual is coming.
Back in 2010 we created our first "Halloween Theatre Experience" Operation Black Box.
We were given the keys for an empty building in John Frost Square, Newport. We spent two weeks with a group of students from the University of Newport (Now the University of Wales) and we devised our story, an Alien Invasion of sorts.…
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Added by Justin Teddy Cliffe on October 14, 2013 at 19:33 — No Comments

The Ritual Is Coming - An Immersive Halloween Experience

The Ritual is coming.
Back in 2010 we created our first "Halloween Theatre Experience" Operation Black Box.
We were given the keys for an empty building in John Frost Square, Newport. We spent two weeks with a group of students from the University of Newport (Now the University of Wales) and we devised our story, an Alien Invasion of sorts.…
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Added by Justin Teddy Cliffe on October 14, 2013 at 19:32 — No Comments

Gas Gallery Aberystwyth: A Performed response to Art, Space and Environment

Following the successful pilot project RESPONSE TIME: PILOT LIGHT we are inviting expressions of interest from performance makers to be involved in the next 48 hour challenge taking place Friday 25th –…

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Added by Sandra Bendelow on October 14, 2013 at 9:04 — No Comments

Mahoney's Musical Meatballs needs you!

Mahoney's Musical Meatballs is a members-led Musical/Performance Group and they need your vote!  Please, please, please take the time to vote for the best community choir in North Wales! All they want to do is to keep performing and to keep singing - they're strong contenders for the Lloyds Community Fund Award of £3000 and with all your votes, they'll be able to do just that! …

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Added by Jan Miller on October 13, 2013 at 23:38 — No Comments

The Last Joe Bach

We had our last encounter on the streets of Ystradgynlais yesterday. It was great; one participant said: 'until, today, Ystradgynlais, was a name on a map pretty much, I'll never forget it now'. Felt a bit humble after that. Shwmae, Joe Bach!

Added by Adrian Metcalfe on October 13, 2013 at 18:03 — No Comments

Made in Roath call for Participants

MADE IN ROATH

 

Call for Participants:

 

Made in Roath is an arts based community festival, now in its fifth year. Running from 17th to 24th October 2013, there will be interventions, experiences, performances and gatherings, taking art to the streets of Roath. There's something for everyone and…

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Added by Kyla Miller on October 13, 2013 at 9:35 — No Comments

"She Walks In Beauty..."

"She Walks In Beauty" - by Lord Byron from OTHNIEL SMITH on Vimeo.

Added by Othniel Smith on October 12, 2013 at 10:00 — No Comments

The Beatles do Lemon's 2

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat.

Lemon tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

But the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat. 

Much debate as to whether The Beatles did cover this song or not. I'd like to think that they did - for lemon sake -…

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Added by Leah on October 11, 2013 at 22:30 — No Comments

Young Critic's Review - Hapiness Repeats Itself

Happiness Repeats Itself
By Sean Tuan John
7th and 8th October 2013
Wales Millennium Centre, Weston Studio

Happiness Repeats Itself is a textual and physical exploration of the infamous lobotomy procedures carried out in America by the notorious Dr Walter Freeman during the 1950s. 

Dr Freeman was the first person to carry out a lobotomy in America and eventually…
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Added by Chelsey Gillard on October 11, 2013 at 22:02 — No Comments

Young Critic's Response - Fresh INK

Fresh INK
A Sherman Cymru Outreach Programme
Friday 11th October 2013

 

As part of its extensive outreach programme Sherman Cymru have established a new and exciting project called Fresh INK. The literacy enhancement programme is for primary and secondary school pupils and aims to ignite a passion for…
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Added by Chelsey Gillard on October 11, 2013 at 22:00 — No Comments

Submissions invited

Submissions are invited for the Aberystwyth Arts Centre's Open platform Jan - June 2014. Now in its 12th year, this is a great opportunity to have your work presented in a professional Studio  at one of Wales's most vibrant cultural centres. Details are aattached and we'd like your proposal by October 24th.…

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Added by Gill Ogden on October 11, 2013 at 5:23 — No Comments

Opportunity for 13- 19 year olds in Cardiff

Hey everyone, I have an opportunity for 13- 19 year olds to audition for "Same", a piece of brand new writing which we are presenting first in Wales (March 7th/ 8th) and then at the Salisbury Playhouse (first week of May) as part of the National Theatre Connections programme. We have run a week of in- house auditions (Ascendance Theatre Arts) but have been unable to fill all the parts so we are doing an open casting call this Wednesday (16th) at 6pm in Meeting Room 2, Chapter. Students will…

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Added by Sophie Herrmann on October 11, 2013 at 5:17 — 2 Comments

Lowri's curtain call

 

Extract/rehearsals - To London, Love Me written and performed by Lowri Jenkins.

Directed by Jennifer Fletcher, Composition by Mat Martin

Presented at Rich Mix, The Last Refuge, Schiume Festival (Italy), St.Donarts Arts Centre (Wales).

Added by Leah on October 11, 2013 at 0:00 — No Comments

It's getting dirty down at the Park and Dare . . .

It's really hotting up now in the Park and Dare as we open Tonypandemonium tonight and count down the days until our fantastic celebration of new Welsh theatre writing, Dirty Gifted and Welsh. Catherine and …

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Added by Sarah Jane Leigh on October 10, 2013 at 10:00 — 1 Comment

National Stage Managers Day

Today is National Stage Managers Day, as designated by the Stage Management Association. In honour of this day, I’ve been hanging out with our lovely Stage Managers on Tonypandemonium, which opens tonight. They’re all having a really busy – and long day – as it’s opening night.

Donna, our Company Stage Manager, started at 9am today, preparing the props and setting the stage for technical…

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Added by Jen Thornton on October 10, 2013 at 3:58 — 2 Comments

Beware a peculiar post!!

Hi National Theatre Wales Community,

I received a strange and intriguing post on my profile page from someone calling themselves Stephanie Assa asking me to email her for further information that she could not disclose on on a public forum. When I did so, she sent a long message about how she was an orphan and looking for an extortionate about of money to be transferred into her account. Clearly people fishing for money, she has what appears to be a…

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Added by Katie-anna Whiting on October 10, 2013 at 3:01 — 3 Comments

New Writing Commissions for Pitch Radio.

ANNOUNCING 12 PITCH NEW WRITING COMMISSIONS FOR RADIO.

PITCH TO THE POWER OF 3...is an Arts Council Wales funded project which allows us at Pitch to commission new content for our arts and culture radio programme on Radio Cardiff (every Thursday morning 10-11 ) We are currently looking to commission 12 new written works to be presented on our live radio programme in early 2014.



We therefore wish to commission... 

6 three minute plays with a c…

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Added by John Rowley on October 10, 2013 at 1:45 — No Comments

To London Love Me, Tonight 7:30pm @ St Donat's Arts Centre

To London Love Me,

by Lowri Jenkins

10.10.2013 @ 7.30pm

St Donats Arts Centre

Vale of Glamorgan



TO LONDON LOVE ME // TRAILER from thrills thrills / directed by Mark Reid on Vimeo.

 

More information…

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Added by Leah on October 10, 2013 at 0:30 — No Comments

Hooray will be coming to Wales!

Happy to Find out this week that Nerea Martinez de Lucea and I will be working on a Waleslab project together in the near future.................................!

Added by michele woodey on October 9, 2013 at 7:48 — No Comments

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