The intersection of Mill Street and Bridge Street in Aberystwyth is not the first place that one would think to have picnic on a bright Sunday afternoon, but that is what I did. A number of questions are beginning to bubble up...
What is the National Theatre trying to do? What is it seeking to achieve with the work that has been created so far? What is the relationship between the PR, marketing, online community and the actual work? We live in a media saturated…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 11, 2010 at 11:42 —
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Added by Dylan Moore on April 11, 2010 at 8:54 —
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It was extremely sunny yesterday. I therefore forgot to write the blog and drank wine with friends instead. The good weather seems to change things. The way people behave and interact shifts. It's as if all the collective concerns held by people are put aside, released as a consequence of the weather.
I am censoring myself. Something has to give at some point soon. The blog has to find form and begin saying what it is here to say. Is it the very nature of an online…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 10, 2010 at 21:31 —
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I've just returned from Swansea where I saw the second production Shelflife. The Swansea Old Library building is extraordinary. The stacks at the base of the building lie empty all but for the stacks themselves and the red strip lights on the ceilings. The performers took us through the stacks into the reading rooms above where we ate cheese and the performers filled the vacuum left by the absence of the books.…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 9, 2010 at 12:00 —
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I hope your week has been better than this!
You can attempt
Hell Tetris here.
It's an interesting contribution to the art and science of game design. A bit like Les Dawson's contributions to
piano playing maybe.
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Added by Carl Morris on April 9, 2010 at 7:54 —
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The Centre for Performance Research have invited some of the most exciting and diverse Wales based and international theatre directors to Aberystwyth for an intensive participatory project that offers a
rare opportunity for both experienced and emerging directors to gather and share the methods, approaches and skills of professional directing practice via laboratories and presentations,…
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Added by Siu-lin Rawlinson on April 8, 2010 at 23:30 —
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So I set myself the task of blogging everyday for a year and the chances are that no one is reading this and when I have the courage to make a full vlog rather than a blog I won't know what to say or what to talk about. Writing about the National theatre on the National Theatre site is difficult. Am I writing to myself? Potentially i am writing something that is accessible to the entire web using world but equally most of this may never even be seen again. Even by myself. Regardless I…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 8, 2010 at 14:07 —
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SEMINAR AT THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE
WAS RATHER INTERESTING; IT WAS EXTREMELY COMPLEX FOR ME ON THE POLITICS OF
CULTURE IN BRAZIL, WITH SECRETARIES OF CULTURE FROM STATE AND CITY GOVERNMENT.
WE WERE JOINED BY THE POLICY MAKERS,…
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Added by Genaya Parris on April 8, 2010 at 8:30 —
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The sun shone brightly today and as I spent most of the Easter weekend working I decided to spend the day with my daughter Poppy. Without a strict structured schedule I am finding that I could easily spend all my time working without a break.
We took her bright pink fishing net and searched for crabs in the rock pools. We found none so we settled for catching a white stone instead. I then took her for sausage and chips at the fish bar at the top of town and popped…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 7, 2010 at 15:46 —
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To mark the start of Shelf Life, I thought you might enjoy this video about how the task of the librarian - managing information - is being transformed by the web.…
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Added by Tom Beardshaw on April 7, 2010 at 4:48 —
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Today I stood thirty feet above the waves and looked out to sea from the tail end of the pier in Aberystwyth. I walked like a very old man and lowered my centre of gravity to prevent myself from falling into the abyss. The abyss was a good ten feet away over a metal railing but all the same I thinlk it is better to be safe than sorry.
Today was also the day that i attended a philosophy reading group at the Orangery. Today was a day of cafes and dinners out. Conversations and personal…
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Added by Dr Tom Payne on April 6, 2010 at 12:39 —
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Added by Matt the Hat on April 6, 2010 at 12:32 —
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Added by Matt the Hat on April 6, 2010 at 12:26 —
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Some of you may have noticed a recent spate of spam blog posts here on the community site. This is a common problem with open social networks, as anyone can join, and spammers are looking for cheap link hits for their products from high value websites.
We are dealing with it by instantly suspending the members when they join/post, deleting their content and reporting them as spammers to Ning, who run the software that powers this website.
The time it takes us to delete a…
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Added by Tom Beardshaw on April 6, 2010 at 5:38 —
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Hello folks,
Well it has been an intense and busy week! We've told our story in an Iron works, an abbey, and several castles, in the rain, sleet and snow, thunder and lighting, gale force winds and the odd sunshine. Despite the arduous weather it has been rather beautiful. I have a new found appreciation for the country side and history. Im an thouroughly enjoying this tour around wales and have seen some amazing places. It seems my enjoyment is emulated by our varied…
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Added by Michael Aubin on April 5, 2010 at 12:49 —
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"Ham & Jam" is an experimental poetic playlet for 2 voices, based on "Hamlet". "Ham & Jam" has been performed occasionally before -- it's legendary among performance poets -- but never published. Till now.
The author, Childe Roland (a.k.a. Peter Meilleur), is a celebrated experimental concrete performance poet. Originally from Canada, he's lived since the 1970s in Llangollen.
In "Ham & Jam" and its sequel, "A Pearl", 'mad'? Polonius quizzes 'mad'? Hamlet. Their…
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Added by Tom Cheesman on April 5, 2010 at 8:42 —
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Hello, for those interested in submitting to the BBC, the writersroom has a good resource for example scripts. My piece, The Gold Farmer, has just been added but there's lots of scripts on here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/insight/radio_drama.shtml
For writers it's a useful, free resource.
Alan x
Added by Alan Harris on April 4, 2010 at 20:04 —
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Added by Mab Jones on April 3, 2010 at 4:25 —
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It's Friday morning and I'm on the train to Swansea. Shelf Life, aka NTW02, is in the middle of tech rehearsals and I'm planning a morning of sitting at the back of Swansea library being supportive. Last night the introduction to the show was being worked on - the WNO 'choir of librarians' outside the brick hulk of the library, sporting red umbrellas and singing in the rain. They are going to be wonderful. Peter Swaffer Reynolds' music weaves us into the world of the play with lyricism, humour…
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Added by National Theatre Wales on April 1, 2010 at 22:30 —
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Wednesdy Improv Comedy Workshops
...NEW syllabus!
These will run in patterns of 6 weeks at Chapter Arts Centre. Wednesdays, 7pm - 10pm. Three hour sessions each week to start the 'Journey To The Unknown'. Its a new era of workshops.
These will be using the NEW syllabus that has been created for the relaxation of the players that workshop. Making the task of engaging in spontaneity more like our everyday laughter that we know we deserve.… Continue
Added by Nathan Keates on April 1, 2010 at 11:43 —
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