National Theatre Wales has announced its second season which begins
with its first trip outside of Wales as it takes its November 2010 co-production
with Told By an Idiot, The
Dark Philosophers, to the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh
Fringe. This production, based on the stories of Gwyn Thomas, will play
in Edinburgh from 9th to 28th August 2011. Times vary: see the Traverse
or Fringe programme (To be launched on 9th June) for details.
The Village Social
Created by Dafydd James and Ben Lewis
October/November 2011
In village halls across Wales
After unfortunate recent events, the village hall will play host to
a much-needed fundraising evening of fun and jollity as the winter
nights draw in. Enjoy music and entertainment from local talent before
we welcome our main attraction – a clairvoyant who promises to
put us in touch with spirits from beyond the grave.
The evening’s delights include entry into the raffle, a refreshment
of your choice and a depraved orgy of blood.
Nofit State Tour
February 2012
In theatres across Wales
Wales-based Nofit State Circus and NTW join together again
A Provincial Life
Adapted and directed by Peter Gill from Chekhov’s story
March 2012
Sherman Cymru, Cardiff
Cardiff-born Gill returns to Wales with with his adaptation of this
intriguing story, exploring how lofty ideals can decay into frustration
and hatred.
The Radicalisation of Bradley Manning
By Tim Price
Directed by John E McGrath
March/April 2012
Haverfordwest and beyond
Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old held responsible for the release
of thousands of US embassy emails to Wikileaks, is currently in the
brig in Kansas. Many people believe he is being tortured. He may face
the death penalty. But just a few years ago he was a teenager in Wales.
How does his story impact on the people he left behind? And who is
responsible for his ‘radicalisation’? A political fantasy
by Tim Price.
Little Dogs
In partnership with Frantic Assembly
May 2012
Patti Pavilion, Swansea
Across the city, hearts are beating and the mating ritual has begun.
In the nightclubs, the bus shelters, the back streets and the sand
dunes, daring girls and reckless boys engage in a desperate dance
while the less fortunate observe and pretend it doesn't hurt. Devised
by Frantic Assembly and staged in Swansea’s Patti Pavilion, this
production is inspired by the Dylan Thomas’ story Just Like
Little Dogs, and the furtive hours so many have spent searching
for kindness and warmth in the shadows of the city.
In Water I'm Weightless
An Unlimited commission for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad
By Kaite O’Reilly
Directed by John E MGrath
July/August 2012
Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Award-winning writer Kaite O’Reilly has always lived with a visual
impairment. For this poetic, provocative and sometimes grotesquely
funny piece of theatre, she has taken inspiration from the experiences,
attitudes and imagination of disabled and deaf people from across
the UK. Working with choreographer Nigel Charnock, designer Paul Clay,
National Theatre Wales’ artistic director John McGrath, and a
powerful cast of deaf and disabled performers, her texts will explore
the endless possibilities of human difference.
Coriolan/us
A co-production for the World Shakespeare Festival, which is produced
by the Royal Shakespeare Company for the London 2012 Festival
From Shakespeare
Directed by Mike Pearson and Mike Brookes
August 2012
Dragon Film Studios, near Bridgend
From the team that created National Theatre Wales’ award-winning
version of Aeschylus’s The
Persians, the story of Caius Martius – Coriolanus –
is re-imagined in the era of 24-hour news, of celebrity culture, and
of a new global polity. Staged in the massive spaces of Dragon Film
Studios, with outside broadcasts from the battlefield, popular grievances
delivered straight to camera, audience participants as the body politic,
this production is a ‘mash-up’ of previous attempts to get
to grips with a contrary and perplexing figure.
Branches (working title)
In partnership with the London 2012 Festival, the finale of the Cultural
Olympiad
A new commission from Argentinian choreographer Constanza Macras/DorkyPark
September 2012
In the forests of north Wales
In a special commission for National Theatre Wales and the 2012 Cultural
Olympiad, Constanza Macras will create a new site-specific show in
the forests of North Wales – drawing inspiration from the ancient
stories of the Mabinogion, and our daily dreams and fears.
