Welsh performance News archive for 2010
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for news stories related to welsh theatre dance and performance.
Below are the 94 main stories for 2010 in our database
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| ‘From The Horse’s Mouth’at Coleg Morgannwg Rhondda 09 March 2010 |
| Spectacle Theatre will be hosting an invited guest performance of ‘From the Horse’s Mouth’ at Coleg Morgannwg Rhondda, on Thursday 11th March, at 6.30pm. |
| BE Festival - Birmingham European Theatre Festival 09 March 2010 |
| Applications are now open to companies across Europe for the first ever BE Festival, which will take place over four days: 30 June – 3 July 2010. You can download the application form from our website. Applications, along with supporting video documentation, must be received by 5 PM on 30 April 2010. |
| Wales Independent Dance - Dance Bytes: New Work 08 March 2010 |
| New Work is the third and final stage of the 09/10 Dance Bytes programme. Jessie Brett and Jo Shapland will premiere their new work in a stimulating and engaging dance double bill on 16th & 17th March 2010. |
| Wales Independent Dance - Dance Bytes: New Work 08 March 2010 |
| New Work is the third and final stage of the 09/10 Dance Bytes programme. Jessie Brett and Jo Shapland will premiere their new work in a stimulating and engaging dance double bill on 16th & 17th March 2010. |
| Are you a business minded person with an interest in the arts? Are you willing to give up some of your spare time to help develop Caerphilly Youth Theatre? 08 March 2010 |
| Heb ei Fai... 07 March 2010 |
| Theatr, Cerdd a'r Cyfryngau - Coleg Prifysgol y Drindod yn cyflwyno'r sioe gerdd |
| The A Team’s Faceman dons the rumpled raincoat to become Columbo! 05 March 2010 |
| Dirk Benedict in Prescription: Murder at the New Theatre |
| Macbeth - schools Shakespeare Project 04 March 2010 |
| Theatre, Film and Telvision Studies, Aberystwyth University. |
| The Northern School of Contemporary Dance presents
VERVE 10 at the Wyeside, Builth Wells 04 March 2010 |
| Swansea Metropolitan University performing arts showcase 2010 02 March 2010 |
| An essential component of the students’ development in their chosen strand of performing arts |
| GWENT YOUNG PEOPLE’S THEATRE PRESENTS ‘THE REST IS SILENCE’ 02 March 2010 |
| (The Three Sisters and Waiting for Godot) |
| NDCW breaks records in Ireland 02 March 2010 |
| National Dance Company Wales is enjoying record-breaking audience figures as it make the first tour of Ireland under its new name. |
| Everyman Theatre present their 28th Summer Theatre Festival. 01 March 2010 |
| New ground is broken this year with our first Welsh language production, Gair am Air – suitable for children aged 7 – 11. Performances are between 6 and 10 July. |
| DEADLIER THAN THE MALE 01 March 2010 |
| Michael Kelligan presents the second script-held performance in his season of all female playwrights and directors. |
| National Dance Company Wales takes the plunge with young professional dancers’ new tour to smaller venues 27 February 2010 |
| The TV schedules are filled with amateur dance at the moment. But nothing can compare with professional dancers live on the stage. |
| Fforwm y Cyfarwyddwyr: Chwe Synnwyr y Cyfarwyddwr 26 February 2010 |
| The Directors' Forum: The Six Senses of the Director 26 February 2010 |
| A series of intensive 3 day projects designed to animate, articulate and illuminate the director's craft |
| Dance Bytes: New Work 26 February 2010 |
| New Work is the third and final stage of the 09/10 Dance Bytes programme. Jessie Brett and Jo Shapland will premiere their new work in a stimulating and engaging dance double bill on 16th & 17th March 2010. |
| Fancy a Good Night Out?
26 February 2010 |
| In a brand new production from National Theatre Wales, Valleys lives collide in a village under threat, a community stuck in the past but yearning for a future. |
| Young folk create mythical creatures for March of the Giants parade... 26 February 2010 |
| The first dazzling event of the Newport Festival 2010 will take place on Saturday 6 March thanks to the efforts of youngsters from across Newport. |
| Dai Harding... 25 February 2010 |
| VALLEYS IDOL 2010 24 February 2010 |
| HAVE you ever dreamed of winning an X-Factor style singing competition and becoming a huge star? |
| “THE UGLY TRUTH”, A NEW PLAY FROM THEATR IOLO TELLING IT LIKE IT IS… 23 February 2010 |
| A special performance at Chapter Arts Centre, tomorrow, Wednesday 24th February |
| Moscow State Circus at the New Theatre 22 February 2010 |
| The Moscow State Circus returns to Cardiff with the award-winning show Legenda |
| MAMMA MIA! COMES TO WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE THIS CHRISTMAS 22 February 2010 |
| THE SMASH HIT MUSICAL MAKES ITS WELSH DEBUT |
| Wyeside Director + Finance Officer quit their jobs.... 22 February 2010 |
| Guy Roderick, CEO and Artistic Director of Wyeside, and Jess Hall, Administrator and Finance Officer, have given notice and will be leaving Wyeside at the end of March. |
| BE: SPOKEN THEATRE present A KIND OF ALASKA. 20 February 2010 |
| Wed 10 March – Sat 13 March 2010 , 8pm |
| A SPELLBINDING PERFORMANCE THAT WILL LEAVE ITS TRACE ON YOU 17 February 2010 |
| Wales Millennium Centre challenges you to banish those winter blues with a high-octane, dynamic and spellbinding experience that will definitely leave its trace on you this spring. |
| Having a Whale of a time raising funds for the Swansea Women’s Centre. 16 February 2010 |
| Third year performing arts students at Swansea Metropolitan University are raising awareness of the Swansea Women’s Centre with their performance of Anthony Minghella’s Whale Music on March 19th. |
| THE MAYAKOVSKY PROJECT 16 February 2010 |
| GIG - Out of harmony comes discord 15 February 2010 |
| Earthfall in association with Theatre Brycheiniog |
| Weston Studio gets a spring clean for 2010 15 February 2010 |
| Wales Millennium Centre promises audiences at its intimate theatre venue, the Weston Studio, a raft of productions that are "refreshing, surprising and fun" as it unveils its spring season today. |
| To Kill a Mockingbird at the New Theatre 13 February 2010 |
| Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece To Kill a Mockingbird comes to the New Theatre from Tuesday 2 – Saturday 6 March in a brand new production from Clwyd Theatr Cymr |
| Calling young contemporary dancers! 12 February 2010 |
| National Youth Dance Wales is delighted to welcome Errol White to lead a series of exciting, contemporary dance days for young dancers in Wales! |
| Six writers, six plays, one theme. Dirty Protest Presents.....Out With The Old 12 February 2010 |
| Skins writer Lucy Kirkwood, who the Independent recently named the UK's Brightest Young Stage Writer joins award-winning playwrights and one newcomer for the latest Dirty Protest event this week. |
| Alice In Wonderland Comes To Theatr Elli 10 February 2010 |
| The ‘norm’ becomes slightly askew at Llanelli’s Theatr Elli in SA15’s latest production, the stage adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s most famous tale Alice In Wonderland, 25 – 27 February. |
| NEW VOICES TO BE HEARD AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 10 February 2010 |
| AGOR DRYSAU / OPENING DOORS showcases the best in children’s theatre from all around the world and in 2010 the festival will also stage Rehearsed Readings of 6 new plays by 6 dynamic playwrights. |
| The Circus of Horrors 'The Day of the Dead' (Día de los Muerto - A Mexican X' Travaganza). 10 February 2010 |
| Tuesday 23rd February, 7.30pm, 16+, Swansea Grand Theatre |
| Strike 25- a fresh snapshot on a time that has defined modern Britain! 10 February 2010 |
| It is 25 years since the 1984 Miners Strike which both united and divided communities across Britain. |
| GWYL DDRAMA UN ACT BAE COLWYN - Galw am Gystadleuwyr 09 February 2010 |
| Mae Cymdeithas Ddrama Cymru yn gwahodd cystadleuwyr i gymryd rhan yng Ng_yl Ddrama Un Act Bae Colwyn. |
| COLWYN BAY ONE ACT DRAMA FESTIVAL - a call for entries 09 February 2010 |
| Theatr Colwyn, Colwyn Bay, 15-17 April 2010 |
| APPOINTMENTS TO ARTS COUNCIL OF WALES 09 February 2010 |
| Alun Ffred Jones, the Heritage Minister, has announced the appointments of six new members; John Geraint, Osi Rhys Osmond, Richard Turner, Alan Watkin, Gerwyn Williams, John Carey Williams, to the Arts Council of Wales (ACW). |
| PENODI AELODAU O GYNGOR CELFYDDYDAU CYMRU 09 February 2010 |
| Mae Alun Ffred Jones, y Gweinidog dros Dreftadaeth, wedi penodi chwe aelod newydd o Gyngor Celfyddydau Cymru: John Geraint, Osi Rhys Osmond, Richard Turner, Alan Watkin, Gerwyn Williams a John Carey Williams. |
| “A Komedy of Errors” – Circus Berzecus 08 February 2010 |
| Wildmill Community Life Centre, Wildmill, Bridgend Friday 19 February 2010 at 7pm |
| CYNLLUN HYFFORDDIANT CELFYDDYDAU CYMUNEDOL AM DDIM 08 February 2010 |
| Yn agored i ymarferwyr creadigol mewn unrhyw faes, bydd y cwrs preswyl hwn yn darparu trosolwg o ymarferion celfyddydau cymunedol, gan gynnwys datblygiadau polisi ac agenda cyfredol. |
| FREE COMMUNITY ARTS TRAINING SCHEME 08 February 2010 |
| Open to creative practitioners in any field, this Residency will provide an overview of community arts practice, including current policy and agenda developments. |
| SO YOU THINK YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT DANCE? 05 February 2010 |
| GOT TO GO AND DISCOVER DANCE AT WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE |
| AROUND THE WORLD IN ONE NIGHT IN THE NORTH 05 February 2010 |
| Five musicians and two miming clown artistes will be visiting village halls to entertain the communities of North Wales in the February half term holidays. |
| The Rocky Horror Show at the New Theatre 05 February 2010 |
| Let’s do the Time Warp Again! |
| GWEITHDY THEATR – THEATRE WORKSHOP (offered in Welsh) 05 February 2010 |
| I gyd fynd hefo cynhyrchiad diweddaraf Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru o gyfieithiad Elis Gwyn o ddrama Harold Pinter ‘Y Gofalwr’, trefnir gweithdy drama |
| National dance company ticket deal for CF postcodes 04 February 2010 |
| National Dance Company Wales, formerly Diversions, and Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea are offering people living in CF postcodes a special ticket deal so they don’t miss out. |
| CYFARWYDDIADAU NEWYDD I FWRDD RHEOLI THEATR Y TORCH 04 February 2010 |
| Mae Theatr y Torch wedi cyhoeddi newidiadau sylweddol i’w Bwrdd Rheoli ar ôl y cyfarfod cyntaf yn y Flwyddyn Newydd. |
| NEW DIRECTIONS FOR TORCH BOARD OF MANAGEMENT 04 February 2010 |
| The Torch Theatre has announced significant changes to its Board of Management following its first meeting of the New Year. |
| Newport launches 2010 Festival with a BIG SPLASH 04 February 2010 |
| On 21 January 2010, The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre in Newport played host to VIP guests, celebrities, press, city councillors and 50 five foot tall SuperDragons, as the plans for the Newport Festival 2010 were announced. |
| Creativity and Lateral Thinking : time for creative collaboration 04 February 2010 |
| WAPA and Creu Cymru are holding their second joint conference. |
| Cysylltiadau trwy gyfrwng Diwylliant: India - DU 04 February 2010 |
| Ydych chi yn gweithio neu a diddordeb yn gweithio gyda artistiaid a mudiadau yn India? |
| Connections through Culture: India - UK 04 February 2010 |
| Are you planning or interested to work with artists/organisations in India? |
| DEADLIER THAN THE MALE! 03 February 2010 |
| Michael Kelligan’s 2010 On The Edge project will be presenting a year of script-held performances of work by female playwrights all directed by women. |
| A WARNING TO THE CURIOUS:TWO GHOST STORIES BY M R JAMES 03 February 2010 |
| Performed by Robert Lloyd Parry at LLANOVER HALL ARTS CENTRE, Canton, Cardiff. |
| Symposium on myth, theatre and visual representation 02 February 2010 |
| Aberystwyth Arts Centre, 9th February | 4.30pm-6.30pm |
| "I'm on The Train" - a new show from Drowning Fish Theatre Company 02 February 2010 |
| Aberystwyth Arts Centre studio, 25th Feb 2010, 7.45pm |
| BAFTA-WINNER AND BELONGING STARS AMONG CAST OF A GOOD NIGHT OUT IN THE VALLEYS 01 February 2010 |
| REHEARSALS START TODAY IN MINERS’ INSTITUTES ACROSS THE SOUTH WALES VALLEYS |
| Sherman marks Building Closure with a Unique Backstage Performance 01 February 2010 |
| Over 100 young people will take over Cardiff’s Sherman this month for a special performance throughout the empty dressing rooms and corridors marking the theatre’s closure for redevelopment. |
| London College of Music Examinations: Special Option for Drama & Communication Awards 01 February 2010 |
| London College of Music Examinations is pleased to announce a new opportunity for speakers of a language other than English to present an examination piece in their own language. |
| THE FOLLIE DOLLIES SHOW; VALENTINE CABARET REVUE! 30 January 2010 |
| Mon Dieu! It’s Valentine’s Night and Jacques Oller is all loved up. He’s preparing the finest Valentine Cocktail to tickle your taste-buds |
| Horrible Science at the New Theatre 29 January 2010 |
| From the acclaimed producers of Horrible Histories comes the incredibly squishy world premiere of Horrible Science at the New Theatre from Tuesday 23 – Saturday 27 February. |
| GIVE IT A NAME present HEART OF DARKNESS 29 January 2010 |
| Joseph Conrad, or Polish Joe as he was known by his fellow seamen, was once a resident of Cardiff and sailed regularly from Penarth Dock. English was his 3rd language. |
| Welsh language adaptation of Harold Pinter’s play The Caretaker will appear at Pontardawe Arts Centre 28 January 2010 |
| Welsh language drama being promoted at a local venue - families encouraged to bring children for only £1. |
| Cyfarwyddwr Artistig Yn Ffarwelio 27 January 2010 |
| Mae Cadeirydd Bwrdd Rheoli Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Athro Ioan Williams, wedi cyhoeddi heddiw ei fod wedi derbyn ymddiswyddiad Cefin Roberts, Cyfarwyddwr Artistig y Cwmni. |
| New Director for Drama Association of Wales 27 January 2010 |
| The Drama Association of Wales is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Director, Mrs. Susan Stacey. |
| Artistic Director Bids Farwell 27 January 2010 |
| The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, Prof. Ioan Williams, has announced today that he has accepted the resignation of the Company’s Artistic Director, Cefin Roberts |
| Strike Hits Carmarthenshire Theatres 25 Years On 26 January 2010 |
| A very new drama with a fresh take on the Miners’ Strike that hit the UK in the eighties comes to Carmarthenshire Theatres venues courtesy of Mess Up The Mess Theatre Company’s latest production |
| Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru Bring Pinter Classic To Theatr Elli 26 January 2010 |
| One of Harold Pinter’s most famous works, The Caretaker, will be hitting Llanelli’s Theatr Elli courtesy of Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, 9- 10 February, in the Welsh language adaptation Y Gofalwr. |
| TORCH ANNOUNCES ASSOCIATE DIRECTORSHIPS 26 January 2010 |
| Milford Haven's Torch Theatre has announced the appointment of Sean Crowley and Simon Harris as Associate Directors of the company. Both will offer advisory, artistic and creative support to the Board of Management as well as contributing as theatre practitioners. |
| MAE’R TORCH YN CYHOEDDI CYFARWYDDWYR CYSYLLTIOL NEWYDD 26 January 2010 |
| Mae Theatr y Torch Aberdaugleddau wedi cyhoeddi penodiad Sean Crowley a Simon Harris fel Cyfarwyddwyr Cysylltiol y cwmni. Bydd y ddau yn cynnig cefnogaeth ymgynghorol, gelfyddydol a chreadigol i’r Bwrdd Rheoli yn ogystal â chyfrannu fel ymarferwyr theatr. |
| MELLOW DRAMA TO MELODRAMA 26 January 2010 |
| From mellow drama to melodrama, Rhondda Cynon Taff Cultural Services brand new act 8 Drama Season features a brilliant comedy, a classic thriller and a brand new production from National Theatre Wales. |
| Told by the Wind 23 January 2010 |
| The Llanarth Group presents Told by the Wind. Created by Kaite O’Reilly, Jo Shapland, and Phillip Zarrilli |
| WORLD CLASS DANCERS THROW OPEN REHEARSAL DOORS TO INSPIRE ARTISTS AND PHOTOGRAPHERS 23 January 2010 |
| Atmospheric, striking and utterly stunning – National Dance Company Wales take to the stage in spectacular style next week when they perform their latest double bill at the Torch Theatre [Wednesday 3 & Thursday 4 February]. |
| Witness for the Prosecution at the New Theatre 22 January 2010 |
| Following previous successes with The Hollow, The Unexpected Guest, And Then There Were None and Spider’s Web, The Agatha Christie Theatre Company presents the next instalment in the highly acclaimed series, Witness for the Prosecution, at the New Theatre from Tuesday 16 – Saturday 20 February. |
| From the Horse's Mouth 20 January 2010 |
| ‘From The Horse’s Mouth’ is a sensitive and passionate story of three children involved in the historic events of Tonypandy 1910. |
| The Hobbit at the New Theatre 20 January 2010 |
| The New Theatre will be transformed into Middle Earth for the spectacular stage adaptation of JRR Tolkien’s best-selling fantasy novel The Hobbit from Tuesday 9 – Saturday 13 February. |
| Theatr Powys bring Scarecrow to the Wyeside 20 January 2010 |
| Theatr Powys will present their brand new play at Wyeside Arts Centre on Saturday 30th January as part of their annual tour. |
| Storytelling event in Cardiff, Jan 27 2010 18 January 2010 |
| Performance storytelling is beginning to extend its reach out of the storytelling festival and club events into mainstream arts programming and theatre space |
| Dr Jekyll: show postponed 15 January 2010 |
| NEW CRITICS PROGRAMME LAUNCHED 14 January 2010 |
| SCHEME WILL OFFER TRAINING TO HELP CREATE A NEW GENERATION OF ARTS CRITICS IN WALES |
| DYNAMIC CANTERBURY TALES ROMP TO ABERGAVENNY 14 January 2010 |
| Seven-hundred years separate Chaucer from Gwent Young People’s Theatre. |
| Muscle 12 January 2010 |
| “Muscle” is the latest theatrical creation by award winning Welsh Playwright and Director Greg Cullen in collaboration with Movement Director Phil Williams |
| UNDEB THEATRE serve up another PROJECT, this time for the anti-Valentine! 11 January 2010 |
| Straight off the back of their last event, 'A Christmas Collaboration', Undeb Theatre are back with another PROJECT, a brand new, mini festival on Sunday, February the 14th. |
| TAITH Y GOFALWR 11 January 2010 |
| Deugain mlynedd ar ôl ei llwyfannu am y tro cyntaf bydd comedi-drasig roddodd y llwyddiant masnachol cyntaf i’r dramodydd, actor, ymgyrchwr a’r enillydd Gwobr Nobel enwog, Harold Pinter, yn teithio o gwmpas rhai o brif theatrau Cymru mis nesaf. |
| CARETAKER TOUR 11 January 2010 |
| Forty-years after its first stage performance a tragicomedy that gave the renowned playwright, actor, poet, activist and Nobel Prize Winner, Harold Pinter, his first commercial success will travel Wales’ main theatre venues next month. |
| A unique opportunity to see Pericles by William Shakespeare and George Wilkins. 10 January 2010 |
| Stop Messing About at the New Theatre 08 January 2010 |
| The Kenneth Williams Extravaganza |
| The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde 08 January 2010 |
| Moving into the sixth year of his very successful On The Edge script-reading project Michael Kelligan will be presenting his company’s first fully staged production this month at Chapter. |
| The Trojan Women.... 04 January 2010 |
| Following the success of their first production, Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba, theatr peña return to the Riverfront with Brendan Kennelly's The Trojan Women by Euripides |
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