Elin Williams's Blog (26)

Dirty Protest’s ‘Office Christmas Party’

‘Five new plays exploring the world of the office Christmas party.’

The concept behind the whole event was an extremely intriguing one: a small conveyor belt of original writing excerpts situated in different venues on Cardiff’s city road.  It was difficult to know what to expect, but this ambiguity transpired to be one of the attractions of the evening. Starting at the conservative club next door to Milgi, we were ushered inside and divided into three groups.  A choice of…

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Added by Elin Williams on December 5, 2011 at 12:03 — No Comments

Why to England? The lack of Welsh Criticism in Wales.

 

Originally this next blog was meant to be a review of Theatr Na n’og’s Welsh language production of ‘Salsa’, but after the performance, I couldn’t quite bring myself to write about it. I’m not saying it was all bad. For what it was it was perfectly enjoyable, if the thing you enjoy is sexual innuendo and a recurring ‘falling down the stairs’ joke. Which, incidentally I don’t, but each to their own. After feeling slightly disheartened, the next night I went to see Hamlet at the Young…

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Added by Elin Williams on November 20, 2011 at 4:43 — 1 Comment

Cipolwg 'Deffro'r Gwanwyn'/ Sneak Peak 'Deffro'r Gwanwyn'

Ges i’r cyfle i eistedd mewn ar un o ymarferion olaf ‘Deffro’r Gwanwyn’ bore ddoe. Mae’r sioe gerdd yn agor  ar y 9fed o Dachwedd yn adeilad cartrefol cwmni Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, sef Y Llwyfan yng Nghaerfyrddin. Mae rediad y sioe yn dilyn llwyddiant ysgubol y daith gyntaf yn 2009. Yn seiliedig ar ddrama Frank Wedekind o 1892, mae’r cyfieithiad Cymraeg o’r sioe gerdd ‘Spring Awakening’ yn archwilio canlyniadau anwybodaeth rywiol sydd wedi cael ei achosi gan gymdeithas gul ac adwasgol.…

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Added by Elin Williams on November 3, 2011 at 5:06 — No Comments

National Theatre Wales- 'The Village Social' review

Because beneath even the most respectable exterior will lurk some strange impulse, some irrational craving, some inappropriate imagining.’

 

This is National Theatre Wales’s first visit to Neath Little Theatre, and it seems the whole community has turned out to witness the event. Following a highly successful Edinburgh Fringe with their devised piece ‘The Dark Philosophers’, National Theatre Wales return to their homeland with a surreal musical theatre piece. Created by…

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Added by Elin Williams on October 30, 2011 at 2:17 — No Comments

The Welsh in Edinburgh

There’s definitely a certain ignorance surrounding Theatre in Wales. Is the term ‘Welsh Theatre’ used specifically to define Welsh language theatre, or does it simply mean Theatre in Wales? I would prefer to argue the latter. Welsh theatre doesn’t necessarily need to be written in Welsh to evoke a Welsh sentiment. Some of Wales’ greatest writers wrote in English, albeit occasionally for the sometimes simple reason, they were unable to speak the Welsh tongue, arguably one of the…

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Added by Elin Williams on October 20, 2011 at 10:16 — No Comments

Theatre in Wales: The Welsh in Edinburgh

There’s definitely a certain ignorance surrounding Theatre in Wales. Is the term ‘Welsh Theatre’ used specifically to define Welsh language theatre, or does it simply mean Theatre in Wales? I would prefer to argue the latter. Welsh theatre doesn’t necessarily need to be written in Welsh to evoke a Welsh sentiment. Some of Wales’ greatest writers wrote in English, albeit occasionally for the sometimes simple reason, they were unable to speak the Welsh tongue, arguably one of the…

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Added by Elin Williams on October 20, 2011 at 10:15 — No Comments

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