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Dateline: 11th June, 2010
On the Beach With NTW What makes people leave their home town, and what makes them come back? What happens to them in the meantime? For National Theatre Wales’ fifth production this July, three leading young Welsh artists will create a unique outdoor game in Prestatyn, North Wales, with serious issues at its heart.
The Beach is a new theatre game, commissioned by National Theatre Wales in partnership with Hide&Seek, one of the leading designers of theatre games. Theatre games are interactive events in which the audience’s experience is determined by their own choices. Participants are given set aims, which they must achieve within the rules of the game. Playfulness and spontaneity are the watchwords.
The game will start and end on the beach in Prestatyn. The audience will form teams of six, each with its own identity, and each member will be given an identity card giving details of their own role. The teams will be asked to complete six tasks, each in a separate zone in and around the beach. The tasks will be an test of memory, logic, speed and perception. For example, they might be asked to mix cocktails at a silent disco, compete in a race or match famous faces from the town to their descriptions.
The name of the game is to bring back Prestatyn’s missing generation, and to answer the question ‘what would bring them back’? The team with the most points at the end of the game will be given a chance to make their pitch.
The show has been created by Rhiannon Cousins, Bethan Marlow and Carl Morris, and is directed by Catherine Paskell. The Beach runs from 27th July to1st August at 7pm behind the Nova Centre, on the seafront. Tickets are £2 and can be bought from the Scala Arts Centre, Prestatyn. The game last for three hours.
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