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Added by Gemma McAvoy on October 20, 2009 at 1:09 — No Comments

Kirsty Wilcox: Masters Thesis - Theatre & the World!

Dear All,

I've not blogged a lot on NTW, but been a silent observer of all the wonderful activity as I love chatter in social networks and love theatre from an audience perspective!

But tonight I received a friend request from a dear splendid and intelligent soul - Kirsty Wilcox. Kirsty has only been in Cardiff a few months and I met her rowing in a… Continue

Added by Kelly Page on October 19, 2009 at 12:45 — No Comments

Cardboard Dad - on NOW!

Cardboard Dad opened at Sherman last week and after going to one of the first performances, I can wholeheartedly recommend it – it’s a beautifully written, funny, quirky piece.

Based around the idea from America, where families can order ‘Flat Daddies’ when their loved ones are away on duty with the army (Google it – the pictures are weirdly fascinating!), Cardboard Dad is the story of Donna, who after receiving her ‘Cardboard Dad’, finds her life turned upside down.

As an… Continue

Added by Jenny Boyatt on October 18, 2009 at 23:04 — No Comments

Stage Combat BADC CErtification Course

WELSH WINTER WARFARE

BADC CERTIFICATION INTENSIVE - 14TH - 21ST DECEMBER 2009

EARLY BIRD - BOOK AND PAY BEFORE 5TH NOVEMBER - £299

LEVEL ONE 4PM -10PM

For absolute beginners or those with no previous qualifications – Rapier and Dagger, Small sword and Unarmed

Combat

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For those with current Level One qualification, lapsed Level Two or those taking their Level Three course. Broadsword,

Quarterstaff, Rapier and… Continue

Added by Rachel Cristi Bown-Williams on October 13, 2009 at 22:26 — 1 Comment

Five People - The Video Diaries

Hi.

I've used the monologues from my short play, SEVEN PEOPLE, to make an experimental video diary-themed short film, FIVE PEOPLE.

Five People from Neil B on Vimeo.

Please view and comment. All comments, no matter how short, would be welcome. This is an experiment!

Be warned, the monologues contain some strong language,… Continue

Added by Neil Bebber on October 13, 2009 at 6:00 — 5 Comments

Site maintenance: may be some glitches

Hi everyone. Just a quick note to say we're tinkering under the hood here at nationaltheatrewales.org - and you may find the site goes offline now and again - please bear with us!

Added by Tom Beardshaw on October 13, 2009 at 5:03 — 2 Comments

Update. Wardrobe Diaries nears the end of our tour.

Last Wednesday’s show in the Weston Studio was fantastic, performed with energy and perfection of timing by cast & crew. I had my first experience doing the old post show discussion with the director which was a much easier ride than I had built it up to be. Also, Bridie and I were told that Citrus Arts have been selected to be one of the WMC Incubator companies for new work development, and a… Continue

Added by James Doyle-Roberts on October 12, 2009 at 12:08 — 1 Comment

the ever-expanding compendium of mini-works

I don't know if you've found the treasure trove lurking in the writers pages yet. If not, go and have a nose because it's time to ask some questions of the wider community. Whatever your specialism or generality, whether you are [in strictly alphabetical order or remix thereof] an actor, audience, designer, director, etc, style-guru, writer or your-name-here your ideas and opinions are actively sought.

At the NTW on-line community meeting on Saturday there was quite a discussion around the… Continue

Added by Terry Victor on October 11, 2009 at 23:29 — 2 Comments

Cardboard Dad at Sherman

Hello, just a reminder to say Cardboard Dad is on at the Sherman from this Thursday (Oct 15) till the end of the month. Here's the link:

http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/performance/drama/cardboard-dad/

Many thanks, Alan x

Added by Alan Harris on October 11, 2009 at 21:39 — 3 Comments

Community Workshop Day

In the interest in encouraging shorter Blogs - I wanted to quickly Blog to say thanks to everyone who turned up with such enthusiasm and commitment to our Community Workshop day yesterday. Thanks for giving up your Saturday to feedback on your use of this online community; what your likes are and how you think it could be improved. All your input was invaluable and gives us all food for thought for how we can continue to develop, improve and expand this online community - and provide… Continue

Added by Catherine Paskell on October 11, 2009 at 3:30 — 4 Comments

What a difference a day makes.

Last Thursday I opened my new show "Something's Wrong with Abel" at Chapter, in front of an audience of folk who were kind enough to clap at the end of what I have to say was a rather "baggy" piece of theatre.

I know it’s profoundly unprofessional to talk disparagingly of ones own work but if it’s the truth, it’s the truth. And to be fair there were holes in that fist night big enough to park my Citroen in and that's a big car. It is of course quite normal to have a ropey opening show but… Continue

Added by Gerald Mandy Tyler on October 10, 2009 at 3:00 — 5 Comments

News + 1

A couple of new versions of Cameron's speech to the Constant Pastime Confrontation in Manchester using different types of random noun generation. hope you enjoy this as much as i did!

A brief explanation of how this works - take a text, plug it into a random noun generator - all the nouns are then replaced by the one 7 nouns further on in the dictionary, or 1 further on , or 15 ... etc.

so the first text is an edit from noun +1,noun+7 and noun+9. the second text is noun+15… Continue

Added by john norton on October 8, 2009 at 10:30 — 2 Comments

Slung Low Presents: Beyond The Frontline

Beyond The Frontline is Slung Low's latest extravaganza. It is an immense outdoor installation about fallen soldiers and has now officially kicked off at The Lowry in Salford after some excellent previews. It is press night tonight, so hopefully I'll have some reviews for you soon, but the show runs three performances per night right up until the 17th October. It really is a cracking piece by all… Continue

Added by Matthew David Scott on October 8, 2009 at 1:17 — 3 Comments

Mnemonic

Memory 001: David Boulogne (Script)

Mnemonic is a participative art project that aims to create your first visual memory from shared images and videos' online databases. Our aim is to make your very particular memory by assembling and recomposing everyone’s photos and moving images available on the web, thus recycling and recreating a common memory landscape.

To… Continue

Added by Jorge Lizalde on October 7, 2009 at 2:00 — No Comments

Drawn In, Drawn Out, Drawn Round g39 Ehibition at NTW Offices

02 October 2009 - 12 October 2009, opening night - 09 October 2009 - 5-6pm

G39 continues its curatorial residency at National Theatre Wales with a group exhibition of new work by three promising young artists.

Drawing and its myriad forms are imbedded in our ability to learn about what we can do. An abstract page completely covered by a child in colouring crayon is made to understand direction and fullness, trajectory and containment. The works in this exhibition, by some… Continue

Added by Sean Edwards on October 6, 2009 at 20:55 — No Comments

1,000 and Rising

Welcome to Jonny Weir, our 1,000th member on the National Theatre Wales online community - and while we're at it to Alwyn James Fletcher, who leads of the next team as number 1001. As we head towards the announcement of our first year's programme on November 5, it's great to have such a grand band of supporters and fellow theatre makers to help us along on this extraordinary adventure.

On November 5, things will change a little. There will be a full website at this address with… Continue

Added by National Theatre Wales on October 6, 2009 at 12:30 — No Comments

Cappuccino Girls Autumn Tour

Hi

I just wanted to let you know about the first production by Grand Slam Theatre Company. 'Cappuccino Girls' is a new musical written by Mal Pope. It had a short run in Manchester earlier this year and received a 5 Star review from the Manchester Evening News.

The musical tells the story of 3 girls who meet every day for coffee after dropping off the kids. They appear to have perfect lives but when Eddie, the Barzilian… Continue

Added by Mal Pope on October 5, 2009 at 21:32 — No Comments

Update. Wardrobe Diaries on the road in West, North and Mid Wales, with a review from Theatre Wales.

Our arrival at Pontardawe Arts Centre was a test of Bridie, Dai and my forward planning of how we tour our complicated set structure. It took all day and was only just ready in time for our first workshops with local circus company Organised Kaos which was a very busy, funny and energetic session at a lovely venue with very keen staff.

Next was an overnight jaunt up the west coast of Wales to Harlech. It’s such a privilege to be… Continue

Added by James Doyle-Roberts on October 5, 2009 at 13:47 — No Comments

for one performance onlySOFT MURDERS A Dance Theatre Production. exploring the Performance of Self amongst Gay Male Artists

Colleagues

After its smash hit run at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year.

4 X 4 star reviews - and an invitation to perform at the Dublin Gay

Theater Festival for a week in May 2010 in the reconstructed Francis Bacon Studio in the Dublin Museum .

We are staging in Cardiff for one performance only:

SOFT MURDERS A Dance Theatre Production.

exploring the Performance of Self amongst Gay Male… Continue

Added by Sam Boardman-Jacobs on October 5, 2009 at 1:22 — 2 Comments

Filming

Hello everyone just providing my first blog on this site. I am just about to start filming on Silhouette Productions 'Just Teasing' starting on 15th October. So look out for further updates :)

www.edwardllewelyn.co.uk

Oh and I'm off to my weekly Acting Class tonight so Rock On!!

Added by Edward Llewelyn on October 5, 2009 at 1:14 — No Comments