In a Hire Fiat with Lucy D on the road after a night of Mary Stuart at Clwyd. Good to spend some time looking around the venue and thinking about possibilities. Being a long term urbanite I always find it extraordinary to look out from Theatr Clwyd onto hills and fields and a smallish town where I lived for five barely remembered years. Feel like I am in a Chekhov but with a Fiat on hand to solve the existential travel issues. Lucy D is a mean driver. Schiller's Queen Elizabeth on the road but with deeper moral purpose. As we drive (or rather she drives because I am a rubbish driver) we run through all the possible shows for our twelve productins next year - our theatre map of Wales. We have 30 possible projects. All of them are good! The map will guide us!

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Comment by Greg Cullen on June 4, 2009 at 0:32
Hi John, Is it possible to meet up with you fairly soon? I'm Cardiff based,but have a car. My number is 07977-48328. Look forward to hearing from you. Greg Cullen
Comment by Deborah Powell on May 29, 2009 at 9:34
Sounds like a great idea & a great invitation!
Comment by National Theatre Wales on May 29, 2009 at 3:16
Thanks Deborah for your thoughts. It would be great to get online community feedback on the 30 projects we are considering for next year. However, it would be a bit unfair on the artists and companies involved as they are all at the very early creative stages and not really ready to be announced publicly. It would also loose some of the excitement of our launch in November! However, it would be great to get the online community's thoughts on WHERE work should happen - remember we want do cover the whole country and different kinds of spaces and places. And WHAT KINDS of work should be featured. Input on these kinds of questions would be really helpful at this point.
Comment by Phillip Mackenzie on May 29, 2009 at 2:19
John, Good to finally meet you here in Cardiff at the NTW launch party. Great night. If yourself and any of your team would like a ticket to Kontakt 2 here at Sherman please let me know and I will have some put aside for you. May 29/30 and June 3 - 6. (7 and 8.30pm). Phil M.
Comment by Deborah Powell on May 28, 2009 at 23:41
Hey John, nice to hear you guys are getting around in real-space too! Can't wait to hear about the production ideas ... is there any way this community can get a sneak preview and opportunity to comment?

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