Review from a 3rd Act Critic and Older People’s Involvement Worker “Feeling Affected, in a Good Way” It’s sold out. Gently twanging music plays around the warm space as we settle into our seats. I am sitting between the usher and two women from the Wales Arts Council. We introduce ourselves and look down on … Continue reading Review Belonging Re-Live Theatre by Helen Joy
NT Connections is an annual festival which develops strong links with young talent, raising the profile and awareness of youth theatre companies and their members. The three day festival, which took place at the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff (only one of which I was privileged enough to attend) was packed full of short productions such … Continue reading Review NT Connections Sherman Cymru by Lois Arcari
Get the Chance is a voluntary ran organisation, to donate to our work please click on the Paypal link below. https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=CBB8FF4SMKYPQ&source=url “We have worked with Get the Chance on two productions and valued their support in communicating key messages to their audience. Get the Chance helped raise our organisation’s profile in the run-up to both … Continue reading Recommendations & Alumni
Hogia Ni: Yma o Hyd (Our Boys: Still Here) A review from a 3rd Act Critic It is powerful stuff. 2 men, 1 woman sitting on crates against a screen, like three wise monkeys in black and khaki. This is going to be a neat, clever, visually adept production. I am not wrong. They are … Continue reading REVIEW HOGIA NI: YMA O HYD (OUR BOYS: STILL HERE) BY HELEN JOY
The Other Room Theatre kicking of 2016 with their new season of Insomnia, brings us a double bill of both Beckett and Pinter’s work. These 20th century play writes were considered to be two of the most influential writers of their time. The plays chosen were ‘Play’ by Beckett and ‘Silence’ by Pinter. Both plays … Continue reading Review Play/Silence by Kaitlin Wray
Three Night Blitz Photograph Kirsten McTernan Photography and Design Our project coordinator Guy O’Donnell recently spoke to multidisciplinary designer Zakk Hein. Zakk has recently worked on A Good Clean Heart, Saturday Night Forever and Three Night Blitz Hi Zakk, can you tell me how you got involved in your area in the arts? I didn’t … Continue reading Interview Zakk Hein
Have you ever had something you loved so deeply, something that was once a part of you ripped away? How would that feel for you? Devastated? Upset? Distraught? Well in May 2013, the mural, representing the Chartist movement in Newport in 1839 was torn down. This mural represented so much for the people of Newport … Continue reading Review Smash It Up Mr & Mrs Clark by Kaitlin Wray
The Other Room Theatre kick of 2016 with their new season ‘Insomnia,’ bringing us a double bill of both Beckett and Pinter’s work. These 20th century playwrights are considered to be two of the most influential dramatists of all time. The plays ‘Play’ by Beckett and ‘Silence’ by Pinter, both draw on themes around … Continue reading Review Play/Silence The Other Room by Kaitlin Wray
Photo credit Kirsten McTernan Photography & Design Honesty is severe. We desire it and we require it, we recognise that it is some thing that we always need. But as soon as it’s not what we want, we despise it. We just can’t win, can we? Dirty Protest bring to Chapter Arts Centre a fantastic 90 … Continue reading Review Parallel Lines, Dirty Protest by Kiera Sikora
Life in Close Up: The Other Room’s First Season Overview Now that The Other Room’s opening season has reached its close, Kate Wasserberg and her team can breath their first sigh of relief after a hugely successful critical and public response to three very unusual plays. Spatially, with just forty-four seats, it was an apt … Continue reading Life in Close Up: The Other Room’s First Season Overview by Rebecca Hobbs
