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Catherine Paskell's Blog – July 2010 Archive (10)

Charlie Prestatyn wants YOU to join his secret mission

Added by Catherine Paskell on July 22, 2010 at 21:30 — No Comments

TJ tries to connect with the people of Prestatyn

Added by Catherine Paskell on July 21, 2010 at 20:01 — No Comments

Day 2 - Charlie and TJ play Human Bingo

TJ uploaded this video on his Facebook profile. It's of their second day in…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 20, 2010 at 10:25 — No Comments

Charlie & TJ's first day in Prestatyn

Charlie and TJ are recording their mission to bring back the missing generation. TJ is a photographer and he wants to make a video diary for every day. This is their first day in Prestatyn and they are trying to find somewhere to camp ready to set up their…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 19, 2010 at 13:06 — No Comments

One reason for the missing generation...?

Why do Charlie and TJ need to bring back the missing generation? Where have they gone?

The Daily Post thinks it has one reason...

"Across North Wales...the young quit a region which is failing to provide them with decent jobs...meanwhile hundreds of older people from England are pouring in, seeking a rural…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 18, 2010 at 19:00 — No Comments

Here are Charlie and TJ.

Charlie (top) TJ (below)

Charlie and TJ have arrived in…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 18, 2010 at 14:00 — No Comments

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 13, 2010 at 10:30 — 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 13, 2010 at 0:30 — 2 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 11:06 — No Comments

Casting for NTW05 The Beach

Last week we had three casting sessions to try and find two actors for our 5th production, THE BEACH.

We saw actors in separate sessions in Prestatyn, Cardiff and London. Leading the session were Bethan Marlow (one of the three artists who is making THE BEACH), Sam Jones (our casting director), Lucy Taylor (Sam's assistant) and me. We saw actors in small groups and asked each actor to bring a game with them to share.

By Friday I had pretended to…

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Added by Catherine Paskell on July 7, 2010 at 21:24 — No Comments