http://www.xrite.com/custom_page.aspx?pageid=77&lang=en#!

This is a really great test for all you designers out there.    

FACT: 1 out of 255 women and 1 out of 12 men have some form of colour vision deficiency. Take the online colour challenge, based on the Farnsworth Munsell 100 Hue Test.    

Apparently

I…

http://www.upworthy.com/this-is-the-most-inspiring-yet-depressing-yet-hilarious-yet-horrifying-yet-heartwarming-grad-speech

Really inspiring speech - nothing to do with theatre, but some great life observations

Our chums at the Village Underground had a time lapse camera on for the whole of the fit up, here it is in all it glory:

5am to 10pm.

Enjoy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1zH8PwIyGw

Follow this link to see a really quite extraordinary thing.    This guy clearly had a lot of time on his hands

Last time I posted this it was to an ebay site so I think I have got it right this time

http://www.jimonlight.com/2013/09/11/a-lego-concert-rig/?goback=%2Egde_1568117_member_273723284#%21

http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/force_auctions_uk/?_trksid=p4340.l2559

This guy obviously has a lot of time on his hands but it is awsome.

David

5 – 15 September

From Thursday the third World Stage Design will open in Cardiff, previously hosted in Toronto in 2005 and in Seoul in 2009.   Increased from 3 days to 10 days this is a really significant event in the theatre calendar, and huge thumbs up for Cardiff and the team at RWCMD.

Firstly check out the What’s On page…

We are building the set in St Thomas Aquin school in Edinburgh.   

Things did not start auspiciously as we could not get the truck into the yard at the back of the school, the driver just could not make the turn, it was too tight.  Of course we all stood around and watched the poor man shuffling backwards and forwards and we did make many helpful suggestions that he sensibly and politely ignored.  There was one point when it really looked like he had tied a knot in his wagon,…

http://www.odedkafri.com/

I was on the way to Holborn tube on Tuesday and encountered this guy playing in a shop front, he really is extraordinary.

A conference was held in March about sustainable theatre.

Hosted by White Light and Julie's Bicycle a lot of suppliers attended from set recycling companies to solar powered site lighting suppliers.   My favourite was a man who takes a pedel powered projector around Africa showing films in villages that have never had electricity.

There was an accompanying conference where theatre designers, set construction companies, festival organisers and lighting suppliers…

We are looking for a Production Manager for our production; Tonypandemonium.

Rehearsing in Treorchy in September and performing there in October.

We are looking for an experienced PM, preferably with a technical background.

If you are interested please contact David Evans davidevans@nationaltheatrewales.org.

We are looking for a Production Manager for our production; Tonypandemonium.

Rehearsing in Treorchy in September and performing there in October.

We are looking for an experienced PM, preferably with a technical background.

If you are interested please contact David Evans davidevans@nationaltheatrewales.org.

Greetings

We are looking for two follow spot ops for our show Praxis Makes Perfect in Cardiff - you would be needed for the tech on Tuesday 30th all day, for the first dress and public dress on Wednesday 1st (from lunch time) and then for the shows Thursday, Friday, two shows on Saturday and for the final show on Sunday.

If you are interested please get in contact with Ceri James -  cerij@me.com 

Hopefully see you here at our secret…

Here is the text from a press release from IOSH - at the moment if you follow guidelines set out in the ACoPs mentioned below you are likely to doing your best to protect people and also doing your best to comply with the law.   If these get rescinded it is going to be a lot harder for to do this.   H and S law is complex and these codes are a great help in guiding people to making appropriate decisions, without them this will be much harder and all organisations but most…

Here is the text from a press release from IOSH - at the moment if you follow guidelines set out in the ACoPs mentioned below you are likely to doing your best to protect people and also doing your best to comply with the law.   If these get rescinded it is going to be a lot harder for to do this.   H and S law is complex and these codes are a great help in guiding people to making appropriate decisions, without them this will be much harder and all organisations but most…

Follow the link to My Theatre Matters and tell everyone how importnat your local theatre is.

http://www.mytheatrematters.com/

As councils try and cut their budgets more and more often they are looking at theatres as an easy saving.  Westminster has just cut its funding, the Brewhouse in Taunton has just had to close and there will certainly be more.

Join the campaign and tell people why…

Live Local – Think Global

The Management Centre, Bangor University

Saturday 2nd March 2013

10.00 – 16.30

The creative industries form a significant and rapidly-growing part of our economy.

“Live Local –…

Live Local – Think Global

The Management Centre, Bangor University

Saturday 2nd March 2013

10.00 – 16.30

The creative industries form a significant and rapidly-growing part of our economy.

“Live Local –…

Executive Director

Salary: £32,000 - £36,000

Hours: 37.5 per week

Hijinx Theatre is looking for a new Executive Director due to the retirement of Val Hill.  Founded in 1981, we are a professional inclusive theatre company based in the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.   We undertake a wide variety of touring productions and projects that include adults with…