Documenting the life of a community poet
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, […]
Read MoreOne 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 […]
Read MoreI’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 […]
Read MoreMovement & Process (work in progress): a piece created by Sophie McKeand & EunJin Choi at National Theatre Wales Summercamp 2015. In protest.
Read MoreI 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 […]
Read MoreMother 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 […]
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