Earlier this year I was invited to Deakin University in Melbourne to…

We’ve reached the mid point in the Digital Producers, Lab that we are running in Pervasive Media Studio in collaboration with National Theatre Wales. This morning we heard from John McGrath, Artistic Director of NTW and Dick Penny, Managing Director here at the Watershed.

John started by talking about the ways NTW has sought to foster…

Actors! We've received the below from a Casting exec working for Disney. The Internet seems to be pretty sure this casting is for the new Star Wars film. 

Over the past couple of weeks I’ve been meeting with so many artists to talk about their ideas. This has to be the best part of my job - when an artist shares with you the starting point for their next artistic adventure you also find out what is important to them, as people, living in today’s society, in this world. It really is an extraordinary position to be in and I’m very grateful that people want to talk to me about it.

A few weeks ago – just before my trip to…

Suffering jet lag (still!) and preparing for performance. The second blog of the cultural exchange between Tha Llanarth Group Ceredigion and Ami theatre Tokyo can be seen at:

http://kaiteoreilly.wordpress.com/2013/11/06/shinto-shrines-and-performance-workshops/

Katherine Jewkes gets techincal about live streaming.

It was another busy day at the Digital Producers Wales, Lab here in the Pervasive Media…

Taking Flight Theatre Company www.takingflighttheatre.co.uk are seeking actors for their 2014 outdoor tour of As You Like it (funding pending).  The production will tour from our Cardiff base so actors with a South Wales base preferred. Provisional dates are mid May to Mid July.  Taking Flight actively encourages applications from physically disabled, sensory impaired and D/deaf actors.  Taking Flight are proud to work within Equity's…

Getting to grips with Arduino

Today was the start of Digital Producers Lab in the Pervasive Media Studio, Bristol. The day included talks and…

This Thursday, 3pm, 7th November at the NTW offices we will be hosting a creative visit from Katie Day, who is the Artist director of The Other Way Works. Katie will be speaking about their work. If you'd like to come along please email me at gavinporter@nationaltheatrewales.org .

HI! I need 6 actors to perform in a Murder Mystery Evening. It is the first show of this type by our company and we a looking to do a pilot show in early 2014. 

If you are good at Improvisation, Love a Murder Mystery and want to have a bit of fun in the process; feel free to contact me for more information.

We are based in Monmouth and the show will be in South Wales.

Regards,

Ben

07557140174

benthorp123@gmail.com

On Friday and Saturday I had a great time at PlayARK's festival of Games and Talks. Friday was the 'Talks' part and Saturday the 'Games'. 

The Talks included thoughts and tales from a brilliant variety of people, covering everything from interactive pottery to participatory charity radio in Sweden. There were lots of thoughts throughout the day, and loads of interesting examples to share but I won't just regurgitate them…

Chelsea Hotel

Earthfall

Wales Millennium Centre, Weston Studio

Tues 29^th Oct

For over a century Hotel Chelsea was a centre of creativity and artistic collaboration in New York City. Made famous in numerous songs, films and books the hotel has housed some of the most famous names in the world, including Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan and Madonna; it was also the place where Welsh-great Dylan Thomas succumbed to…

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I’m obviously far too old to have contributed a screenplay to a youth-oriented short film scheme like the BBC Made In Wales series. But Roger Burnell’s It’s My Shout organisation put out an open call for scripts and mine, “Say It”, was selected. Or, more accurately, plucked from the sub’s bench after another project was deemed, for whatever reason, to be unsuitable.

Cut to a few months later, and I’m in the St David’s Hotel in Cardiff…

I've just landed in Tokyo with the Llanarth Group touring 'Told by the Wind' snd beginning a cultural exchange with Ami Theatre. I'll be blogging about the trip, the first can be found at: http://kaiteoreilly.wordpress.com/2013/11/02/night-flight-to-tokyo-aesthetics-of-quietude/

kaite

Hi I’m Tom

I started out as a juggler and street performer who, back in the 80’s along with a bunch of likeminded reprobates founded nofitstate as a reaction to the Thatcherite world around us, and as an excuse not to get proper jobs. Twenty-eight years on, only 2 of the original crew remain and the company has entrenched it’s position as the UK’s largest and leading contemporary circus company. We regularly tour the UK and internationally as well as running a large program of evening…

It's my first time as an artist working with the NTW Assembly and I loved every minute of it.

Being part of a large group of artists all harnessing their skills to create something as big as the Rhondda Assembly was really amazing. Seeing everything come together under a short space of time with no panic whatsoever (well maybe some slight panics) was a testament to the professionalism of the whole team.

The techs were awesome and tried their best to get everything we needed as…