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Theme: Theatre

“Nora at the Window” – task set by Paul Davies

NOTES FROM THE INTERIOR
We’ve enlisted the help of some brilliant actors to keep ideas, improvisation and inspiration pinging around the virtual studio, in a format designed for theatre and drama students (and anyone else who wants to) to join in and get creating some encounters as yet unknown. Director Paul Davies will set a weekly challenge based on a passage of text or other stimulus, experienced devising performers such as Mairi Phillips, Neal McWilliams, Christopher Elson and Rebecca Smith-Williams will self-tape a short (up to 2-minute) response to the challenge, and then the floor is open. Play just to challenge yourself, or send us your responses. Be silly, be serious, be spontaneous, be fearless, be imaginative – be there! Tasks are released weekly here, on Volcano’s social media channels, and on their website.

If you wish, you can send your video response to us HERE and we will make a fully-credited compilation of all responses at the end of the project. Alternatively, you may want to use a free file transfer service such as www.wetransfer.com. You can respond to any of the tasks at any time during the project.

Theatr Cymru

Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru’s vision is to place Welsh-language theatre at the heart of the nation. We create and present theatre productions that aim to enthral and entertain our audiences and fire their imagination. We also provide development opportunities that will nurture and inspire the next generation of Welsh-speaking theatre artists, and offer creative opportunities for people across Wales to experience the transformative impact of the arts.

Pontio Bangor

Pontio is Bangor University’s Arts & Innovation Centre, opened in 2015. The Grimshaw-designed building, is home to a versatile theatre, Studio and Digital Cinema. Food & drink are available at Ffynnon bar and Cegin cafe. Pontio Arts offers varied entertainment seven days a week, from the latest films to plays, gigs, contemporary circus, cabaret shows and much more. The building also houses a state-of-the-art innovation centre and a wide range of facilities for students, including a Students’ Union home and a number of teaching and learning spaces.

SPAN Arts

Art as Social Change in Rural Wales.

SPAN is a vibrant community arts organisation with a 30 year history of making a significant contribution to the arts in Pembrokeshire. SPAN delivers community arts across the county to capitalise on the transformative power of the arts to create social change in West Wales. We work with volunteers, artists, performers and producers to create projects and experiences that enrich the lives of people living in rural areas, improve health and wellbeing, reduce loneliness and isolation, combat barriers to accessing services, tackle the impact of second home ownership and contribute to the digital inclusion agenda in Wales. We are ambitious for the arts in Pembrokeshire to inspire & connect rural people, places and communities creatively and seek to challenge perceptions of what rural communities are capable of and what they can achieve when they work together.

Cymanfa Arlein FW #3: 120960

The 3rd and last event before we move our sessions underground. Fancy joining our 12-week underground platform for young creatives? Join our live-stream creative session this Thursday to discover more about 120960. Join. Watch. Contribute. Share. Enjoy. Please note the session will conducted in Welsh.  

Fran Wen

Frân Wen makes exciting, challenging and inspiring theatre for children and young people.

Mas ar y Maes

A partnership between the National Eisteddfod and Stonewall Cymru.

The aim of the project is to increase the visibility and presence of LGBT issues, as well as raising awareness and representation in networks and spaces where the Welsh language is used. Activities of all kinds are held across the Eisteddfod Maes.

The Mas ar y Maes programme includes discussions, performances, readings and much more – from light entertainment to in-depth and interesting debates.

Hijinx

We are a professional theatre company based in Cardiff who tour theatre throughout the UK and internationally. What makes us different is that our casts always include actors who have learning disabilities. The ability of these effortlessly talented performers is at the heart of every show we produce, creating work that is utterly absorbing, surprising and provocative.

Training actors with learning disabilities to perform at a professional level , we have established the only professional performance training in Wales for actors with learning disabilities.

We also create films, and regularly collaborate with Welsh screen industry professionals and organisations on projects across the country.

Chippy Lane’s Podcast

Welcome to Chippy Lane’s Podcast, series two the PICTURES / LLUNIAU PROJECT. This series celebrates Welsh and Wales-based writers and their stories. Each episode focuses on a new writer, a personal picture of there’s and a story they want to share with you. So, sit back and enjoy.

Taking Flight

Our vision is of an arts world where the stories told & the voices heard are genuinely reflective of the world we live in; where the theatre we make understands audiences of all backgrounds & invites and welcomes them in. We believe in a theatre where the playing field is level & everyone has equality of access.
Taking Flight has been creating accessible and inclusive work for over 12 years. The work has extensively toured across Wales and England. European touring includes Republic of Ireland and most recently Germany where we were invited to perform and speak at TheaterFestival Grenzenlos Kulture as an example of best practice in accessible theatre. We recently toured a critically acclaimed production of Kaite O’Reilly’s peeling and an adaptation of Kathryn Cave’s children’s book, You’ve Got Dragons.
We work in BSL & English

Get the Chance

Who are we?
Get The Chance is a social enterprise based in South Wales, working to create opportunities for a diverse range of people to experience and respond to sport, arts, culture and live events.
Get The Chance uses its online magazine website as a platform to showcase its activity. The website content features workshop activities and outcomes, reviews, editorial features and much more. Our website is a platform for our members to share, discuss and evaluate their personal responses with their networks and the wider world.
Get The Chance is the host organisation for members of Young Critics Wales, Community Critics Wales and 3rd Act Critics to host their activity and feedback.

Our Name  –
 Our name comes from a conversation between the comedian Billy Connolly and former Scottish trade union leader Jimmy Reid. At Reid’s funeral in 2010 Connolly stated;
“I remember him saying that if you look at these housing estates and high-rise flats – look at all the windows. Behind every one of these windows is somebody who might be a horse-jumping champion, a formula one racing champion, a yachtsman of great degree, but he’ll never know because he’ll never step on a yacht or formula one car – he’ll never get the chance.”
Connolly said those words still haunted him to this day.

Get Involved –
For further information or to take part contact project coordinator Guy O’Donnell at the email below
getthechance1@gmail.com