This week I was honoured to feature in The Institute for Welsh Affairs, The Next 30 / Wales’ Rising Stars: 30 people working to make Wales better over the next 30 years. I had no idea I had been nominated so it was a complete shock to discover the inclusion recently. Reading through the list, […]
One of the primary reasons for applying to be on National Theatre Wales’ TEAM Panel was that I wanted to champion more NTW events happening in my hometown of Wrecsam, and across Y Gogs as a whole. Being on the Panel gives me the opportunity to voice these opinions and I’m loving being involved with […]
I’ve been blogging recently about working as a Writer, Community Arts Practitioner & Educator (in Y Gogs) and received a number of supportive and positive replies. The latest blog, a radical proposal for community arts and education also received a largely positive response but there was one element to the proposal that seemed to cause contention […]
I had the most amazing experience at National Theatre Wales’ Summercamp recently. Being given the time and space and tools to focus solely on creating for two weeks is a luxury I’ve never had before. I was surprised by the amount of new work we all created and how quickly we lost our fear of […]
Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht in a translation by John Willett Revised by Ed Thomas Lyrics revised by Dafydd James and Ed Thomas Director: John E McGrath It’s Monday afternoon and I’m driving down to Merthyr Tydfil from Wrecsam for the press night of National Theatre Wales’ new adaptation of Brecht’s Mother Courage […]