Do you want to get involved with NTW? Do you like playing? Call for Hide and Seek Sandpit Participants!

On Thursday 2nd July, we have got one of our first National Theatre Wales events and we would like you to take part.

It's called SANDPIT and it is organised by us, with Hide and Seek, a London-based company run by Alex Fleetwood.

Sandpit, like its name suggests, is a place where people can come together and play games and have playful experiences.

Sandpit is a play with a difference, where the 'audience' are the participants at the heart of the creative process and the action. It is an interactive show where traditional theatre meets with social gaming and new technology.

Some of the games involve one player, others need 30 participants. Some games are theatrical, others are experiential, others are emotional, others are competitive, others are cognitive, others are problem-solving, others are physical and involve running around Cardiff gathering objects in a city-wide treasure hunt*

*This example I have just made up to try and describe the sort of thing that could happen - and this is where YOU, the National Theatre Wales community come in!

We need people to come to Sandpit to play the games.

We need people to create the games and activities to be played at Sandpit.

We need people who are interested in this and already play games.

We need people who have never done this before but would be interested in coming to try it out, possibly, if they knew more and knew someone else who was going...

...I fit into this last category!

It's a great way to get involved in National Theatre Wales - as a creative and as a participant. Whether you want to play the games or whether you want to make one and run it for us.

It's also important to know that we will be commissioning an individual artist or a company to create and run a show for us based on Sandpit: a combination of theatre and games.

This commission could come out of an idea that you create and develop through Sandpit, so it's definitely NOT an opportunity to miss.

Please add to this blog post - or message me - if you want to get involved. Tell me if you are a participant, a game-maker, or both. Also tell me if you want to know more and aren't sure how you want to get involved!

I will be adding to this blog to keep you updated with the progress of this event/show/game/social event as it comes together.

Please come and play!

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Comment by Sarah Argent on June 7, 2009 at 11:41
Would love to be there but will be in London at the Unicorn Theatre with "Under the Carpet" - a show for 3-4 year olds for Theatr Iolo.
Comment by Catherine Paskell on June 2, 2009 at 5:57
Tomorrow - Weds 3 June - I am going to the Soho Theatre in London where Hide and Seek are running a day workshop to learn how to make and run games! And how to help other people do this too. I will let you know how it goes... But hopefully I will have loads more to tell you all after that to enthuse you into getting involved!
Comment by Stephen Donnelly on June 1, 2009 at 12:08
Hello there Catherine,
I would definitely like to get involved as a participant / maybe as a game maker. Are there any rules for the game making?
Comment by Catherine Paskell on May 31, 2009 at 5:37
Great, thanks guys, I will be in contact soon to let you know more details/timeframe etc... x
Comment by Simon H West on May 30, 2009 at 20:39
Hey Cat
Put me down too! Sxx
Comment by Kevin Lewis on May 30, 2009 at 19:41
Hi catherine,
Sounds great - put me down as a participant and also a game maker. Kevin x

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