Have a look at my playlist of Acting Vlogs that I create semi-regularly where I talk about what I am up to whilst pursuing a career as an actor! 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSAqPsG-ZpK3h3ZAIOGn_OvCv61ZyncoR

We are thrilled that two of the most iconic National Theatre Wales shows: The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning by Tim Price and Mametz by Owen Sheers, are now featured on the WJEC A Level Drama Syllabus.  Because of this, we spent a busy summer interviewing the various creatives involved in making these shows.  

Gavin Porter and I travelled to Manchester to interview John McGrath, to London to interview Chloe Lamford and Matthew Aubrey and invited Rhodri Meilir, Nicola Reynolds,…

Hello NTW Community!

My name is Diana and as of today I start the role of TEAM Associate in South West Wales. I am very excited to be a part of the NTW crew.

Having joined the TEAM Panel back in January I feel this is a role that I can peruse in more depth and continue my aim of getting more people involved with TEAM and NTW in Pembrokeshire and Ceredigion.

As National Theatre Wales is a NATIONAL theatre the vision is to make…

The day before each TEAM Workout & Skill Swap will usually find me counting post-it notes and felt tips, worrying that no-one will come, while simultaneously getting nervous that we won't have enough blu tac and sugar paper when they do. Everytime. Despite the fact that I know that the day after each previous event has been bathed in the fuzzy glow of reflecting how many people have made real, tangible progress on their projects, and the…

National Theatre Wales TEAM Associate

Salary: Fee 3K based on 30 days. This fixed term, part time 6-month contract, from October 2016 to March 2017.

NTW are seeking a…

Two paid support roles are open for this project below. Fee is £50 for the afternoon + travel.

Email Christine Mathews-Sheen: cmsprojectswcbc@gmail.com for more information and/or to apply.

Poetry in Motion:  A perambulatory tribute to Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Monday 11 July 2016  13.00 - 17.00

 

This event will be a celebration  of this great Romantic poet, where members of the public will  be inspired and encouraged to write a poem to the love of their…

“Community is not a dirty word”

I wrote those words in my notebook whilst en route to the Acta Community Theatre Festival in Bristol last week.

There can be connotations of the words “Community Theatre” that are less than helpful. As a working professional in Theatre I've frequently come across assumptions that…

National Theatre Wales are working with partners in England and Scotland to bring an exciting, UK wide theatre project for Summer 2016.  The Welsh part will be taking place in BANGOR, ABERYSTWYTH, SWANSEA and surrounding areas. The project will lead up to a one-off, large-scale event directed by an award winning team, marking a moment in national history. And it’s going to be EPIC! …

I know creatives tend to keep their ideas to themselves for fear of someone else nicking the idea and running with it. And I know you can't copyright ideas, which is scary when you've come up with something really exciting.

But I went to my first NTW TEAM Workout session yesterday, and in discussing other people's projects and ideas I came away with loads of ideas of my own. These weren't nabbed from other people, they just grew out of conversations about other people's work. And I…

THE PEOPLES PLATFORM

The Peoples Platform will be a space to debate, share and create change. …

I came to this show with that anticipation one has when you've absolutely loved a company's previous work. I was a huge fan of “Gym Party”, which may mean I came to this show with unreasonably high expectations.

Of course, they are two different shows & I shouldn't hold them up against each other. But, some of the themes & ideas followed similar lines, so perhaps they do stand up to comparison.

Both shows set out to challenge, both the…

Hola TEAMsters,

It’s time to get those Cardiff Chins Critically wagging again!

We’ll be watching “Tonight I’m going to be the new me”  by the ever excellent  Made in China & brought to Cardiff by the equally fantastic Theatr Iolo.

We’ll be going to the performance at 8pm on Friday 8th April at…

Hello again everybody,

We're very pleased to report that the Before I Leave Chorus is sounding really rather good & we are all very much looking forward to taking the stage at the Sherman Theatre in May. Our Men are doing a valiant job, but they need help & as wonderful as our Ladies are…

As one song still echoes along the seafront, we head to the hills to start another…

Fresh from a rapturous, resounding final performance session at Barry, we arrive in Brecon to set the stage and introduce ‘Before I Leave’ to a new choir.

With ooos, ahhhs & eees, vocal stretches and warm welcomes give-way to booming first renditions and enthusiastic explorations of the new material. Engaging with poetry and expression in the early Spring sunshine,…

Ladies and gentleman, introducing your warm-up act for the evening, the fringe to the fast-approaching Before I Leave festival…

Since the outset of 2016, we’ve been hard at work on a side-project to the main #NTWBefore performance… I’ll Sing this Song. Led by the playwright Patrick Jones, funded by the Baring Foundation and run through National Theatre Wales TEAM.

The project sets out to be an echo of the…