In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Elaine Paton: Moment(o)s: This just happens to be my story
“Why should mental illness be marked with a badge of shame? An illness that has ravaged my life.” I hope...
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In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Olivia Fuchs: ‘Time is a strange thing’, Rosenkavalier, Welsh National Opera
‘Time is a strange thing’ – these words sung by the Marschallin in ‘Der Rosenkavalier’ and set to the most...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Kyle Legall: RATS, an allegory for Tiger Bay
I am a visual artist, animator, writer and theatre director. I had the idea for Rats firstly as animation. A major...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Huw Blainey: Shakespeare that really is accessible to everyone
The thing that has struck me most about the rehearsal process for ‘The Tempest’ with Taking Flight Theatre Company is...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Making Hay with young ones: A parent’s survival guide to Hay Festival
A literary festival might conjure up images of lofty ideas being aired in draughty tents, grey hair and Pimm’s on...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Sally Cookson: Adapting Jane Eyre, Wales Millennium Centre
Adapting a novel for the stage is a challenging prospect – especially when that novel is cited as many people’s...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Katie Heath-Jones: Stage Manager, Die Fledermaus, Welsh National Opera
As I write this we’re in our last week in the studio for Die Fledermaus before we move on stage...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Chris Harris: Golf Course War Machine, ‘I’ve Got the Face of a Barbaric Celt’
Golf Course War Machine is told through the drug & drink fuelled fury of Pippa a protesting Valley’s girl who’s...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Michael McCarthy: Bringing Y Tŵr to life as an Opera, Music Theatre Wales
Creating new opera is the very essence of Music Theatre Wales, but creating a new opera in Welsh, on a...
In My Words/ Yn Fy Ngeiriau Fy Hun
Jo Fong: Pitch, Time to give back, to make a difference
PITCH has been a long making process in some ways it’s still a process. Skye and I met while working with...