| “Not a single person in the subsidised theatre sector, paid to read plays, and meet playwrights" |
Theatre in Wales: Comment |
| Directors, Dramatists , Arts and Culture of Wales , September 22, 2021 |
“Not a single person in the subsidised theatre sector, paid to read plays, and meet playwrights.”Theatre in Wales: Comment Directors, Dramatists 12 August 2015 Wales in Scotland & the Poor Quality of Online Writing "Gwyn Emberton: If the spirit of Caradoc Evans were to be granted a second term and he made a return in 2015 “the most hated man in Wales” would find plenty to do. His kind of bracing voice is but rarely heard." 19 January 2015 Meeting Kate Wasserberg and the Other Room "It’s such a vibrant and exciting city. And there is no fringe. I just didn’t understand. A pub theatre is the theatre where I trained, five years right at the beginning of my career. Pub theatre is a natural thing for me." 7 January 2015 Audience research by Arts & Humanities Research Board "The dominant mode of cyber-opinionating is unedited narcissism. The opportunities for fakery are considerable. The top earner behind the writing of fake reviews makes twenty thousand pounds- that is a month." 06 January 2015 Planet Magazine on New Writing, the Sherman & National Theatre Wales "Tim Price. “devolution has liberated us as artists from having to eternally interrogate “what it means to be Welsh”. With the Assembly we have an institution dedicated to that question; it isn’t a question left for artists to ask." 05 January 2015 Cambria & New Welsh Review Theatre Coverage “Narrowness of description and aesthetic judgement” 29 December 2014 Playwrights Studio 36 page action plan “Factors that will influence the development of the company include: Anger and scepticism within the writing community regarding the sector’s commitment to new writing, its execution and scrutiny. A history of declining relations between funders, companies and playwrights, and the marginalising of the community on both sides.” 28 December 2014 Playwrights Studio planned Playwrights’ Studio Wales will support and champion a thriving community of playwrights, and provide a repository of knowledge and vision for time-poor industry leaders to re-engage with one of our key creative communities. PSW will provide a platform to a community lacking in confidence, opportunities and cohesion.” 19 December 2014 Dramaturg group formed at National Theatre Wales Tim Price "Wales is faced with being a nation without a single person in the subsidised theatre sector, paid to read plays, and meet playwrights...There is too little strategic oversight of new writing in Wales.” 18 December 2014 Writers Group at National Theatre Wales Community “Tim Price- how can NTW do something that is different to what already goes on in the community? Curating and resourcing interesting relationships is not enough for a national theatre. This group could potentially be the group who go on to make/ dramaturg/ commission the work that will change Welsh theatre forever." 31 December 2013 Phil Morris, Jon Gower, Dylan Moore at “Parallel Lines”, “Y Bont” & “De Gabay” “The fractured and unfocused nature of the production meant that such sentiments did not coalesce into a traceable political argument or coherent social critique...Few of the local community not involved in the project came out of their homes to watch these parades....cold and rain...poor acoustics and sightlines.” 06 January 2013 Devoted and disgruntled in Bangor “Ed Thomas was blunt: “There’s a stranglehold of mediocrity here in Wales.” The group discussed why so much welsh language theatre is so bad, which meant that when “Llwyth” was produced the community was so starved of good work it fuelled a two year run of the show.” 05 January 2013 The Disordered State of New Writing & Bad Editing “It is time to adopt a serious and integrated approach that offers proper support for the production of contemporary drama...the benchmark should be an increased number of original, full-length, commissioned new plays...Wales has no theatre space dedicated to new writing on a year-round basis...action should be taken towards the creation, or branding of a year-round dedicated centre for new writing in Wales.” 18 December 2012 State of Play: Where ate the Stories from 2003 “The Writers Group continued to be the liveliest place in 2012 for theatre comment. Simon Harris summarised Sgript Cymru for a cohort of new writers.” 30 July 2011 Arwel Gruffydd, Rebecca Gould, Greg Cullen on New Writing “Bill Hopkinson, late of Wales, interpreted the role as one of visibility. He was to be seen on his feet at venues like Theatr Clwyd and the Dylan Thomas Centre, championing new writing as a moral cockpit.” 28 July 2011 Tim Price on new writing at NTW Community “The kick-off of Tim Price’s thread was no doubt one of genuine dilemma for Wales’ new writing champion. The Sherman may or may not at first have issued a fatwa of silence upon its staff.” 27 July 2011 Tim Price on New Writing and the role of the Sherman “Tim Price wrote seven sentences, one hundred and fifty-four words. Two weeks later his question had provoked responses that ran to tens of thousands of words.” 28 April 2011: National Theatre Wales Productions 1-13 "Impact and Innovation Beyond Expectation- “masterly”, “perfectly judged”, “significant”, “novel and unexpected”, “sublime Dionysiac theatricality”, “dazzling production”, “quirky, original, fresh and distinctive”, “spirit and good humour”, “joyful, enthralling and unexpected”, “sheer grace and delicacy”, “radiates joy”, “moments of wonder”. 27 April 2011: National Theatre of Wales Year One "Intellectuals are the last human beings that theatre needs to be pitched at. Enough said." 03 May 2010: John McGrath “A Good Night Out” McGrath also pinpoints what it is all for. “Theatre is the place where the life of a society is shown in public to that society...where that society's assumptions are exhibited and tested, its values are scrutinised, its myths are validated, and its traumas become emblems of its reality rather than a place to experience a rarefied artistic sensibility in an aesthetic void...It shows the interaction of human beings and social forces....Any serious piece of theatre scrutinises contemporary reality with a sense of history and without fear of engaging in politics.” 05 March 2008: Greg Cullen Interview "Wales has been very good at community theatre and theatre in education, but there’s a real gap in grown-up theatre, theatre for grown-ups." |
Reviewed by: Adam Somerset |
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