‘Edsteddfod’: Ed Thomas, Dramatist-Director: a symposium:Saturday 19 January 2008, 10:00am-4:00pm Aberystwyth University Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies presents a timely one-day retrospective of the theatre, film and television work of the man who has been hailed as Wales's greatest living dramatist. The 'Edsteddfod' takes the form of a sequence of rolling conversations, screenings, arguments and anecdotes, in which Ed Thomas himself provides the central reference and contact point, amidst a convocation of actors, practitioners, critics and scholars to consider and assess the importance of Thomas's work, with his companies Y Cwmni and Fiction Factory and internationally, and the challenges for art and Wales in the future. Sessions include: The Early Years of Ed Thomas’s work with ‘Y Cwmni’ Thomas’s drama and direction for Y Cwmni and Fiction Factory in the 90s: Ed Thomas’s Film and Television work: Thomas's most recent experimental drama and performance work Participant-contributors include: Mike Pearson (University of Aberystwyth, Pearson/Brookes/Thomas), Mike Brookes (University of Aberystwyth, Pearson/Brookes/Thomas), Janek Alexander (Chapter Arts Centre), Richard Harrington (actor in Gas Station Angel, House of America, Rain Dogs, Stone City Blue; Bleak House, Spooks, Ffondue, Rhyw a Deinosors, Holby Blue), Hazel Walford Davies (University of Glamorgan), Sharon Morgan (actress in, and translator of, House of America), David Ian Rabey, Roger Owen, Kate Woodward, Charmian Savill (University of Aberystwyth) In conversation with ED THOMAS as part of all sessions Plus screenings of archive performance and promotional work by Y Cwmni and Fiction Factory, and the hour-long drama-documentary Cwmgiedd, Colombia: Cartre? And an evening (7:45) performance of Stone City Blue, directed by David Ian Rabey:a production by third year students of Aberystwyth University Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies. Tickets for symposium: £20/10 Tickets for Stone City Blue: £7/5 Tickets for symposium must be booked in advance from Lucy Chandler: lyc5@aber.ac.uk. Advance booking for Stone City Blue (which continues until 24 January) recommended. |
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