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NATIONAL THEATRE WALES & QUARANTINE CREATE NEW SHOW EXPLORING MULTILINGUALISM AND IDENTITY |
ENGLISH IS INSPIRED BY THE THEATRICALITY OF LANGUAGE LESSONS, AND BY CONVERSATIONS WITH MIGRANTS IN WALES AND ACROSS THE UK National Theatre Wales and Quarantine will work together for the first time to stage a brand-new show called English, in June 2018 at Cardiff’s Dance House, as part of Festival of Voice 2018. English invites its audience into a conversation with performer Jonny Cotsen (Louder Is Not Always Clearer), inspired by language lessons and conversations with migrants in Wales and across the UK who learn English, whether for business, for pleasure, to study or for survival. A joyous, intimate, provocative encounter, English asks how language shapes us all, and what happens to our sense of self when we learn a new language, and don’t really know how to say who we are. This exuberant A to Z of language and identity – made in bilingual Wales, but with a global perspective – will pull apart pop songs, tear grammar to pieces and invite all the languages in the room to be heard. Director Richard Gregory is an artist based in Manchester. He is co-Artistic Director (with Renny O’Shea) of Quarantine, since 1998. Richard has developed a distinctive practice around both intimate and epic responses to everyday life and the commonplace. Richard has directed or co-directed 26 projects and productions for Quarantine. Currently a Visiting Fellow at Northumbria University, Richard was Associate Director at Contact, Manchester (1991-1995) and Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne (1995-1998), and Associate Artist at Leicester Haymarket Theatre (2002-2003). He recently directed What Is the City but the People?, the opening event for Manchester International Festival 2017. Performer Jonny Cotsen was born in Cardiff, a profoundly deaf man in a hearing world. Jonny is a qualified graphic designer and teacher but has left his professional career to develop himself as a performance artist, drama facilitator and consultant for inclusion in the arts. Jonny also runs inclusive drama workshops and training for people with and without disabilities, and is a trustee for Disability Arts Cymru. His performing credits include: solo show Louder Is Not Always Clearer (Mr & Mrs Clark, touring). Ways Of Being Together (Jo Fong), Cardiff: City Road Stories (Sherman Theatre) and Confessions (Theatre Versus Oppression). Listings Information National Theatre Wales & Quarantine present ENGLISH with Wales Millennium Centre Part of Festival of Voice 2018 Performer: Jonny Cotsen Director: Richard Gregory Dramaturg: Renny O'Shea Text/Collaborating Artist: Sonia Hughes Designer: Simon Banham Lighting Designer: Mike Brookes Movement Director: Jo Fong Emerging Director: Chelsey Gillard Dates: 14-16 & 20-24 June 2018 – 7pm 17 & 23 June 2018 – 2pm Location: The Dance House, Wales Millennium Centre, Bute Place, Cardiff Bay, CF10 5AL Box Office Online: nationaltheatrewales.org/english By phone: 029 2037 1689 Tickets: £11.25-£15 |
| National Theatre Wales web site: https://nationaltheatrewales.org |
| Nia Jones e-mail: niajones@nationaltheatrewales.org |
Monday, May 14, 2018 |
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