Part 1

Earlier this year I had the pleasure of attending a symposium on “Keeping Theatre Relevant For Young People and Families” arranged by TYA and based on a research trip to ASSITJ, the international youth arts conference, in Cape Town. Among those who undertook the research trip were six artists from various fields selected to pair up with key industry voices. The symposium covered a number of topics but I felt…

National Theatre Wales is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and energetic individual for the following vacancy.

TEAM Coordinator

The TEAM Coordinator is responsible for coordinating and supporting our TEAM programme – NTW’s internationally recognised model of empowerment and engagement. TEAM’s values are to be pioneering, welcoming, galvanising and generous, and the TEAM network influences NTW at all levels of our…

National Theatre Wales is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and energetic individual for the following vacancy.

TEAM Associate (West Wales)

The TEAM Associate will create, coordinate and support a range of TEAM activity in partnership with the community, as well as recruiting new members and creating new networks.

We’re looking for someone with experience of arts or similar work in a community context, a good local knowledge,…

National Theatre Wales is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and energetic individual for the following vacancy.

TEAM Associate (North Wales)

The TEAM Associate will create, coordinate and support a range of TEAM activity in partnership with the community, as well as recruiting new members and creating new networks.

We’re looking for someone with experience of arts or similar work in a community context, a good local knowledge,…

NTW's TEAM Panel is a group of inspirational people who work with NTW staff to guide and advise us on all aspects of the TEAM programme. They've helped create one of the most exciting models of engagement in the UK, and contribute to all branches of NTW, from programming to recruitment. They sit on our interview panels, represent us at shows, give presentations on our behalf and feedback regularly to our staff and board.  They are our eyes and ears across Wales. 

We are…

NTW's TEAM Panel is a group of inspirational people who work with NTW staff to guide and advise us on all aspects of the TEAM programme. They've helped create one of the most exciting models of engagement in the UK, and contribute to all branches of NTW, from programming to recruitment. They sit on our interview panels, represent us at shows, give presentations on our behalf and feedback regularly to our staff and board.  They are our eyes and ears across Wales. 

We are…

Almeida Theatre is looking for young people aged 16 - 25 to take part in an exciting new project! 

FIGURES OF SPEECH

A divided politics, a divided people, a divided world. We’ve never needed leaders more.

And yet, there seems to be an ever-increasing scepticism about our political class. Politicians are felt untrustworthy; statistics…

Last Friday we hosted a creative visit with David and Maggie of the amazing Albany Park Theatre Project.  They travelled all the way from Chicago to NTW HQ to offer us a fascinating insight to their work, their ethos and their aims for the future.

The team at APTP work with some of the most underprivileged young people in…

Hello,

I'm Charlie Hammond. I was a NTW TEAM member from some time around 2011-2013/4. But as Catrin Rogers, Press and PR Manager for NTW, reminded me when we met as this year's Edinburgh Fringe festival: 'Once a NTW member, always a NTW member'. 

So here is a suitable self-indulgent but possibly interesting post about my journey from Cardiff 2013 to Edinburgh 2017, via the West Midlands, Paris, and Manchester.…

Do you want to turn our Cardiff shopfront into your community Fun Palace on Sunday 8th October?

If you’ve got the ideas, we can give you the space (See images below). We’ll also provide you with TEAM support, equipment and a budget of £100 to help you make it happen.

Don’t know what Fun Palaces are yet? Then read all about how to make one…

National Theatre Wales TEAM is inviting TEAM members (existing and prospective!) to join us for our TEAM Social on Thursday 14th September, 19:00 in Port…

To celebrate the inclusion of two of NTW's most iconic shows on the WJEC A Level Drama syllabus, we are offering 30 free scripts of The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning to schools on a first come, first served basis.  

If you are a teacher, tutor or pupil and you would like to take advantage of this brilliant offer, please do get in touch via team@nationaltheatrewales.org.  

Don't forget to check out our excellent interviews with the creative teams involved in…

Open call for Performers! 

Now that the stories have been gathered and scripts adapted,TEAM are offering a free performance workshop which will take place at The Tanyard Youth Project, Pembroke for the final stage of the Sound Project! 

The workshop will be led by Catherine Paskell, …

Hi Everyone,

-The Start-

In 2015 I was studying Theatre, Television and Performance at Glyndwr university and I was able to be present for a TEAM presentation by Devinda De Silva and Laura Thomas.…

My TEAM journey began in January 2016 when I joined the TEAM panel. How would I describe TEAM? Well it's safe to say it is different for everyone. But even though everyone's TEAM journey is different I think we do share some of these valid factors:

TEAM provides some AWESOME opportunities: After a month of being on the panel a position opened for a blogger on the TEAM production Stories of the Streets. This was the perfect way to begin my TEAM journey, it gave…

On Tuesday May 16th 2017 at 11.00am, as part of our Dementia Awareness Week programme, Cardiff Libraries have teamed up with National Theatre Wales and Patrick Jones to screen the documentary about the making of the hugely successful production, 'Before I Leave'.

Before I Leave is a funny, moving and ultimately uplifting…

It was, give or take a few weeks, three years ago I had my first TEAM experience, attending a Leadership training course. This morning I received a letter welcoming me as a National Theatre Wales Board Member as TEAM Representative. It’s been quite a journey!

My experience of attending that Leadership Training day in early 2014 explains a great deal about what TEAM is about, what it means to me & why I’m proud to have been able to represent TEAM for the last three years.

In…

Our first workshop at Albany Park Theatre project (APTP) is about who we are in the World.

APTP is a theatre housed in an old school in the Albany Park District of Chicago its home to 33 fired up young people and a fierce team of creatives. Albany Park is the third most diverse neighbourhood in the US with Latin American’s, Asian’s, Africans, and Eastern Europeans all living there. 

The mission of APTP is similar to Common Wealth’s and National Theatre Wales and is built on a…

Day one: The Wall of Respect

(The Cultural Centre, Downtown Chicago)

It's the 50th Anniversary commemoration of the wall of respect and we're here to see an exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Centre that documents the Black Power movement. The exhibition displays photos, letters, books and poems. 

The wall on 43rd Street that of a derelict tavern was painted in 1967 with a mural 20ft by 60ft. 

In 1966 the slogan "Black Power" energised the Black…