October 2015 Blog Posts (76)

Opening scene from Sorrow for my Sons.

I thought it might be of interest to add the opening scene from Sorrow for my Sons, the one-act play I intend  to stage  to publicize the Graig Du Theatre Players.The premise of the play, about the mysterious death of W.D. Llewelyn at Penllergare in 1893, has been alluded to in my profile of the group.

Labourer:  Us five were talking by the quarry bridge the…

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Added by Glyndwr Edwards on October 14, 2015 at 7:30 — 1 Comment

Intended Plays for the Graig Du Theatre Players

The Manacled Mutineer

Ambrose is in his eighties; dying in a Welsh hospital. Appalled by his treatment because he has been in hospital too long according to the doctor, Ambrose knows he is being slowly starved of his last breath by the morphine that has been injected into his stomach. He starts hallucinating and is conscious of all and remembers…

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Added by Glyndwr Edwards on October 14, 2015 at 4:00 — 1 Comment

Essential Reading for Actors - Recommended Book

"How To Be a Successful Actor: Becoming an Actorpreneur" by Catherine Balavage

A book that cuts to the truth of the acting industry- written from an outsider's point of view. Catherine Balavage grew up in a small Scottish town without either the proper training, or industry contacts prior to her career.

It has had numerous five star reviews and…

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Added by Martha Shephard on October 13, 2015 at 4:26 — No Comments

TEAM Placement - The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion

  

TEAM are offering Placements on NTW’s upcoming production The Insatiable, Inflatable Candylion, in Cardiff this Christmas in these three areas . . .

 

Stage Management …



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Added by Laura Fay Thomas on October 13, 2015 at 3:56 — No Comments

Theatre Albi currently looking for an Executive Producer

A brilliant opportunity for a dynamic person to lead Theatre Alibi alongside Artistic Director Nikki Sved and Administrative & Finance Director Mary Attewell.

This exciting new full-time role has been created in response to new opportunities. These include plans to tour internationally following Theatre Alibi’s success at the IPAY Festival in Philadelphia, delivering a specially commissioned piece for the REACH project - an Arts Council…

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Added by Hannah John on October 13, 2015 at 2:45 — No Comments

Karen 40th Birthday Bash -

Karen is a new work by Blast Theory, developed in partnership with National Theatre Wales. Co-commissioned by The Space and 539 Kickstarter backers, Karen has been developed with support from the Mixed Reality Lab at the University of Nottingham and in collaboration with Dr Kelly Page.

Back in 2013 I was given the opportunity to be part of National Theatre Wales and Watershed's Digital Producer's Lab, Wales. Myself and 11 other producers from across the creative…

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Added by Sarah Jane Leigh on October 12, 2015 at 4:00 — 1 Comment

Life in a small-scale theatre company..

Today, as I write, the sun is setting in Santiago in Chile.

We have had a phenomenal week. Two performances of Brief Encounters and two great workshops on Shakespeare and Dylan Thomas. And we also managed to find the bells of Santiago..now there's a play waiting to happen!

Chile is a fabulous country; it's been great to be here.

On Monday, we are off to Patagonia...time to enjoy the weekend...…

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Added by Adrian Metcalfe on October 10, 2015 at 9:49 — No Comments

ntwTEAM performance party

One of the primary reasons for applying to be on National Theatre Wales’ TEAM Panel was that I wanted to champion more NTW events happening in my hometown of Wrecsam, and Y Gogs as a whole. Being on the Panel gives me the opportunity to voice these opinions and I’m loving being involved with NTW because they…

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Added by Sophie McKeand on October 10, 2015 at 5:30 — No Comments

madeinroath Arts Festival starts today!

Hello theatre lovers!



I'm happy to announce the theatre/performance lineup for this year's madeinroath festival! All events are FREE



The Dom Show

Dom Farelli

Cardiff M.A.D.E., 41 Lochaber St, CF24 3LS

Sat 10, 7.30…

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Added by Rachel-Helena Walsh on October 10, 2015 at 0:33 — 4 Comments

Critical Chinwag "The Drowned Girl"

Hello Chinwaggers!

This is admittedly a delayed response to the Critical Chinwag event on October 1st at Chapter Arts Centre. please accept my apologies.

"The Drowned Girl"

Written  and performed by Kelly Jones, Directed by Anna Poole, Music by Chris Young, and Produced by Olivia Harris

Mermaids! I was intrigued to begin with and my young daughter was clearly disappointed that she couldn't come too, to see a play about mermaids. I did explain that I doubted it…

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Added by Anna Shaw on October 9, 2015 at 12:05 — No Comments

Critical Chinwag "The Drowned Girl"

Hello Chinwaggers!

This is admittedly a delayed response to the Critical Chinwag event on October 1st at Chapter Arts Centre. please accept my apologies.

"The Drowned Girl"

Written  and performed by Kelly Jones, Directed by Anna Poole, Music by Chris Young, and Produced by Olivia Harris

Mermaids! I was intrigued to begin with and my young daughter was clearly disappointed that she couldn't come too, to see a play about mermaids. I did explain that I doubted it…

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Added by Anna Shaw on October 9, 2015 at 12:05 — No Comments

Casting

Winterlight are looking for an experienced young actor 18 – 25 with good physical skills to play the leading role of “Carl” in the upcoming production of Touch Blue Touch Yellow by Tim Rhys

To be presented in the theatre at Chapter Arts Centre from 1st  till 5th December 8.00 (matinees Wednesday and Saturday)

Rehearsals from 9th November. Company wage.

 

Carl understands stars, galaxies and other planets but the…

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Added by chris durnall on October 9, 2015 at 0:37 — No Comments

Join TEAM Panel for our fourth year!



Join TEAM Panel for our Fourth Year!

 

This year we are looking for a group of enthusiastic people to represent National Theatre Wales (NTW) TEAM and be part of TEAM Panel for our fourth year!

 

What is TEAM Panel?

TEAM Panel feed into the overall development of NTW advising on issues such as…

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Added by Laura Fay Thomas on October 8, 2015 at 23:29 — No Comments

STRING PLAYERS WANTED

Hi folks, 

I'm a folk acoustic singer-songerwriter looking for some string players to help me out with a few tunes. I am currently writing my next EP and would like some people to jam along with, maybe hit a few gigs together too.

Hit me up!

www.arabyartist.com

Added by David McSault (Araby) on October 8, 2015 at 23:12 — No Comments

One week to go! TEAM Performance Party in Wrexham!

Added by Laura Fay Thomas on October 8, 2015 at 5:00 — No Comments

Parallel Lines costume design, idea sharing with social media.



I'm extremely excited about joining the team for this new version of Parallel Lines. I love working with companies that are passionate about new writing, so working with Dirty Protest is a great opportunity.

I really wanted to embrace energy and attitude…

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Added by James Gardiner on October 8, 2015 at 5:00 — No Comments

HUDDLE UP! in Swansea | 21 Oct 2015 | 1pm - 6pm

Way back in Nov last year we launched a new programme of talks and networking opportunities called 'Huddles'. They have been designed to support the business and administrative sides of being a freelance artist.



So far we've had talks on all sorts, from how to find the right company structure, to personal tax and finance, fundraising, embracing digital and how to sell your work to venues, audience and press (these will soon be appearing on our website…

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Added by Simon Coates on October 8, 2015 at 2:00 — No Comments

join us on monday 19th for stories of change butetown poetry and sharing

Added by john norton on October 7, 2015 at 23:39 — No Comments

YURI August 012 – So so scandalous …/Mor mor sgandiwlas… | Blog 4

*Drum roll*…

YURI previews start TONIGHT with a double whammy! Cymraeg at 7pm and English at 9pm… and then we officially open tomorrow night!

The Chapter Stiwdio is officially our cartref (home) for the next week and a half, and we have definitely made it our own. And since moving in, we have put all of our furniture and appliances in place, sorted some beautiful lighting (Katy Morison), and even started munching on the kinder surprises…

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Added by Elgan Rhys on October 7, 2015 at 21:51 — 1 Comment

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