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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

Thank you thank you thank you!

After residing in Barmouth for the last 6 weeks it's going to be…

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Added by Siân Thomas on July 11, 2010 at 7:00 — No Comments

Day 133 - Tynllidiart Arms - Capel Bangor

Excellent service... shame about the vegetarian lasagne...

If you are vegetarian, which I am not, it can be very difficult to find a place that serves a vegetarian Sunday lunch. In and around Aberystwyth that is. Which for the vegetarians out there I imagine is a little bit annoying and indicates a lack of empathy on the part of the establishment that you are eating in. As far as I can tell, vegetarians have to choose variously between vegetarian lasagne, mushroom…

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Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 11, 2010 at 4:30 — No Comments

Almost time

Almost time to leave the Barmouth bubble....diolch yn fawr Bermo am amser bendigedig...

we will miss you greatly…

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Added by Marc Rees on July 11, 2010 at 2:13 — No Comments

Day 132 - More Camping - Furnace

I have had quite enough of camping following my trip to Barmouth, so I am sure that you can imagine that Poppy's request to dig the tent out again so quickly is falling on somewhat deliberately deaf ears. It is my friends birthday and he is having a party in Furnace. Which, while not as far as Barmouth, currently feels like it is a very long, long way away. However, she did get an outstanding school report yesterday and she did go to karate for the second time, this morning, even though… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 10, 2010 at 6:00 — No Comments

Day 131 - Back to Aberystwyth by Train - Five minutes from Barmouth

When I arrived in Barmouth a number of people asked whether I would be walking back to Aberystwyth. 'Of course not' I thought, and said. It's not that I couldn't see the logic in this proposition, it was more that the thought of retracing my steps filled me with dread. That same journey that had been filled with so much adventure because of the motivation provided by the destination and the Barmouth show were gone. Places of concrete experience had been created, and that was of course… Continue

Added by Dr Tom Payne on July 9, 2010 at 11:30 — No Comments

Romeo and Juliet- rehearsals in the forest in West Wales

Well, we have just finished our first 4 days of rehearsals in the woods down at The Stackpole Centre in Pembrokeshire. The cast assembled in Cardiff on Monday for some fantastic training with Maggie from Disability Arts Cymru (thank you so much, Maggie!)

Already, the performance is starting to take vague shape, and yesterday we "staggered through" Act I... amazing!! The cast are reaching new heights already and the music is sounding beautiful. There is something so much more moving…

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Added by Taking Flight Theatre on July 9, 2010 at 10:32 — No Comments

Velvet Ensemble - Young Writers Competition - Classical Women:Reworked

CALLING YOUNG WRITERS!!!

CLASSICAL WOMEN:REWORKED COMPETITION

Velvet Ensemble is a new theatre company based in both Cardiff and London. Our focus is creating exciting, accessible theatre…

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Added by Victoria John on July 9, 2010 at 7:08 — No Comments

The National Theatre of Ish!

As some of you know, I was in Kosovo recently at an event exploring theatre in places of conflict, and the role of National Theatres. I met some great people with exciting things to say, from all over the world. One of the presentations was by Alison Jeffers, a theatre academic originally from Belfast. She talked about what a National Theatre could mean when you are not quite from any one place - not quite British, not quite Irish. She compared her cultural experience with that of the 15… Continue

Added by National Theatre Wales on July 9, 2010 at 1:26 — No Comments

Let the Games Begin!

Join in and see if you can win!

The Creative Team behind our 5th show: THE BEACH have started a series of game challenges in the run up to the opening of the production. All of the games can be found in The Beach Group on this community. Join the group and find out about the latest developments on The Beach.

Bethan issued…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 9, 2010 at 0:06 — No Comments