Hey Y'all,
Over halfway thru work experience week at MUTM headquaters and so far so good - I'm having a cool time too!!!
Carmarthenshire Theatres are so cool. Yesterday we got to watch a really good piece of children's theatre by renowned Welsh company Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch form Aberystwyth ALL FOR FREE!!! We even got to interview one of the actors after the show and went right up into the top of the fly tower and Mike the technical guy explained how it all worked.
Unfortunately Tess couldn't make it today but luckily for Lewis that meant there was more room in the car and he could join us in our adventures! And now he's also going to join the team for animation training on Friday so we're adding to the troops each day now...soon to take over the world!!!
Talking of which, had a great Skype with NZ HQ last night and ran through loads of plans and ideas with Mrs Sarah Jones. She has just returned from Australia at the World Conference of Theatre for Children and Young People. I'm sure she'll be on here writing about her experiences soon but just thought I'd give you news hot of the press that global connections with other youth theatres are blossoming and Strangers Two is becoming more than a very eciting idea.....
So, next week is Half term and there's loads going on like dance workshops and trips to TV studios and make up workshops NOT TO MENTION DRAMA ON TUESDAY NIGHT!!! So get in toucgh if you want to get involved...
See Y'all.
;P
Showing posts with label excitement. Show all posts
Showing posts with label excitement. Show all posts
Thursday, 22 May 2008
Saturday, 3 May 2008
"WOW"
That was the response from all of us after watching Hijinx's summer production "Full Circle" on Thursday night. It was such a beautiful piece of theatre with such strong and clear messages about following your dreams and having a circle of friends around you to support you. The audience even got the chance to join in kareoke stylee!! Wicked!
I must also point out how fortunate we all at MUTM were to be offered such reduced rate tickets. £2 to see such an amazing production is really special - the tickets were actually £7.50!!! A big thank you to Hijinx Theatre and The Miners' Theatre for that opportunity of which 8 lucky young people from MUTM took advantage of - Peter, Tess, Jacob, Sophie, Katie, Laura, Haddy and Alex - really glad you could make it.
After the show I was bombarded by you lot with ideas and feedback on the performance and its style and how we reckon we might be able to work with Hijinx in some way in the future....I spoke to Gaynor Lougher, the artistic director, after the show and they are keen for us to get involved in stuff going on at the Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff - where they are based - some time in June...SO WATCH THIS SPACE!!!
In the meantime, plans are coming together for the Keeping it Real project in July and I am currently recruiting professional bilingual theatre artists for us to work with....Keep watching this space!!!
Anyway, I'd just like to say how much I enjoyed the trip to the theatre on Thursday and how you guys make a fab audience and are clearly watching theatre with a reflective eye. I drove home with a really happy feeling and am getting really excited about all our summer events!!!
Take it easy y'all,
Peri :)
I must also point out how fortunate we all at MUTM were to be offered such reduced rate tickets. £2 to see such an amazing production is really special - the tickets were actually £7.50!!! A big thank you to Hijinx Theatre and The Miners' Theatre for that opportunity of which 8 lucky young people from MUTM took advantage of - Peter, Tess, Jacob, Sophie, Katie, Laura, Haddy and Alex - really glad you could make it.
After the show I was bombarded by you lot with ideas and feedback on the performance and its style and how we reckon we might be able to work with Hijinx in some way in the future....I spoke to Gaynor Lougher, the artistic director, after the show and they are keen for us to get involved in stuff going on at the Wales Millenium Centre, Cardiff - where they are based - some time in June...SO WATCH THIS SPACE!!!
In the meantime, plans are coming together for the Keeping it Real project in July and I am currently recruiting professional bilingual theatre artists for us to work with....Keep watching this space!!!
Anyway, I'd just like to say how much I enjoyed the trip to the theatre on Thursday and how you guys make a fab audience and are clearly watching theatre with a reflective eye. I drove home with a really happy feeling and am getting really excited about all our summer events!!!
Take it easy y'all,
Peri :)
Tuesday, 18 March 2008
THIS BLOG IS STILL ALIVE....HONEST!!!
Hey Strangers round the world,
Just been talking to Alex Griffiths about ideas for keeping the Strangers project going for a bit longer while Sarah Jones is here in Wales - HOORAY!!!! Sorry NZ that we've stolen her a for a little while.
Really good to see that Polly and Laura from the Welsh criw have been blogging while I was in Italy and that there is still life in this blog yet!!!
We all still need to get back together in the 3 countries to watch our films of the performances and have a kind of Strangers Finale Event in Wales - not sure how possible this is in Slough and NZ but where there's a will there's a way! And inventive ideas are always welcome here...! So get blogging everybody!!!!!
Alex tells me that some Wales Strangers have been discussing where we go from here and the idea is evolving about some street theatre opportunities to "spread the word of Strangers" so to speak, and more physical/dance ideas for the future. I'm sure that Sarah and I can come up with some exciting workshops and schedule some inventive programmes for you all to get involved in and make sure you have your say about and learn to lead yourselves through as well.
May I also add how proud I am of all the Strangers who were able to attend the Heritage Lottery "Your Square Mile" event on Saturday. The Dynamix Youth Consultation leaders were well impressed with your knowledge and understanding of heritage and how you obviously all gell so well as a group - "Everybody needs good Strangers"!!! I think oneof my favourite bits of the day was taking Barney the Puppet on a tourist guide of Brynaman. He's sooooo cute! As soon as I get the photos off Tashy's phone I'll post a pic on here - or maybe Tashy could do it quicker...? Race you Tash!
Anyway, really really sorry that Strangers had to be postponed to next Tuesday, but something good did come out of it...Alex and Peter attended a community meeting with me and Juliana about getting things going in the village and by the end of the meeting we were all discussing an exciting Lantern Parade of all the different groups with masks and music and lights and fire and circus!!!! Thats my kind of village event if ever I heard of one!!!
Also I just need to add a big congratulations to Peter and Alex for joining up on the Youth Council - YAY! You guys are some of the most motivated and positive young people I know...as well as all the rest of you strangers WORLDWIDE!!!
Right must sleep soon so Ciao for now!! Bella Pasta Bellissimo!!! Yay!!!!
Peri/
Just been talking to Alex Griffiths about ideas for keeping the Strangers project going for a bit longer while Sarah Jones is here in Wales - HOORAY!!!! Sorry NZ that we've stolen her a for a little while.
Really good to see that Polly and Laura from the Welsh criw have been blogging while I was in Italy and that there is still life in this blog yet!!!
We all still need to get back together in the 3 countries to watch our films of the performances and have a kind of Strangers Finale Event in Wales - not sure how possible this is in Slough and NZ but where there's a will there's a way! And inventive ideas are always welcome here...! So get blogging everybody!!!!!
Alex tells me that some Wales Strangers have been discussing where we go from here and the idea is evolving about some street theatre opportunities to "spread the word of Strangers" so to speak, and more physical/dance ideas for the future. I'm sure that Sarah and I can come up with some exciting workshops and schedule some inventive programmes for you all to get involved in and make sure you have your say about and learn to lead yourselves through as well.
May I also add how proud I am of all the Strangers who were able to attend the Heritage Lottery "Your Square Mile" event on Saturday. The Dynamix Youth Consultation leaders were well impressed with your knowledge and understanding of heritage and how you obviously all gell so well as a group - "Everybody needs good Strangers"!!! I think oneof my favourite bits of the day was taking Barney the Puppet on a tourist guide of Brynaman. He's sooooo cute! As soon as I get the photos off Tashy's phone I'll post a pic on here - or maybe Tashy could do it quicker...? Race you Tash!
Anyway, really really sorry that Strangers had to be postponed to next Tuesday, but something good did come out of it...Alex and Peter attended a community meeting with me and Juliana about getting things going in the village and by the end of the meeting we were all discussing an exciting Lantern Parade of all the different groups with masks and music and lights and fire and circus!!!! Thats my kind of village event if ever I heard of one!!!
Also I just need to add a big congratulations to Peter and Alex for joining up on the Youth Council - YAY! You guys are some of the most motivated and positive young people I know...as well as all the rest of you strangers WORLDWIDE!!!
Right must sleep soon so Ciao for now!! Bella Pasta Bellissimo!!! Yay!!!!
Peri/
Friday, 15 February 2008
Here we go Wales - Lets have fun!!!!
Hello everyone across the strangers globe,
This will have to be very quick!
This is a special message to you all but especially to the Wales Criw who are about to go up in 5 hours time.
BREAK LEGS!!! TYNNWCH COESAU!!!
Our play is such a beautiful thing and you've all worked extremely hard for 6 months - tonight is the fun bit we've all been waiting for and working so hard to bring together across the world. And guess what? Its not over yet as you get to play it all over again tomorrow AND you all get a copy of the show filmed by Roger and Paz to keep. And we're also going to do a mini performance of it in St Fagans in 2 weeks time...YAY!
Tonight, lets tell our wonderful stories loud and proud and show Ammanford that the Amman and Swansea Valley (and Pontarddulais!) youth here are extremely talented and amazing.
ENJOY THE SHOW!!!!
Peri xxx
This will have to be very quick!
This is a special message to you all but especially to the Wales Criw who are about to go up in 5 hours time.
BREAK LEGS!!! TYNNWCH COESAU!!!
Our play is such a beautiful thing and you've all worked extremely hard for 6 months - tonight is the fun bit we've all been waiting for and working so hard to bring together across the world. And guess what? Its not over yet as you get to play it all over again tomorrow AND you all get a copy of the show filmed by Roger and Paz to keep. And we're also going to do a mini performance of it in St Fagans in 2 weeks time...YAY!
Tonight, lets tell our wonderful stories loud and proud and show Ammanford that the Amman and Swansea Valley (and Pontarddulais!) youth here are extremely talented and amazing.
ENJOY THE SHOW!!!!
Peri xxx
Tuesday, 12 February 2008
The Tech is done...now onto the Welsh Dress(er..)
Hey Everyone,
Before I go to bed and dream of strangers and lights and suitcases and a huge wardrobe and masks and fog horns and Mr Sillar's HUMUNGOUS white rocker hairstyle, and cardboard recycled tubes and whistles and all my other favourite things, like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, I would like to post a short note.
I am incredibly excited about our project and our performances at the weekend.
The young people in Wales have given up (pretty much!) their entire half term holiday to dedicate their time, energy, enthusiasm and creative talents and to continue building up a truely magnificent youth theatre company with professionalism to be applauded.
This week is only halfway through but we have already achieved sooooo much.
The set and costumes are beautiful and practical and absolutely perfect to assist us in telling our magnificent stories from around the world. The miming in Brynaman film is AMAZING!!!! Sub real are our favourite film crew in the world and do excellent interviews as well as encouraging an appropriate amount of fun and games during break times including frisbee throwing in the park and bendy sword fighting - BUT NOT ON THE STAGE!!!!!!! The characters are growing larger than life by the minute and voices are getting louder as the days progress...thank heavens!!!!! And most of all, we have an incredibly beautiful and important story to tell that we created ourselves from 6 months of extremely hard work and a passion to pass it on to others.
Peri's grey hair is only growing at is normal rate, Natasha is building up her sound and lighting crew every day, Alex R is keeping the crew calm with coffee and the cast calm with a loud voice ;) We have discovered a saviour in Rhian, and Carrie's commitment and support is absolutley amazingly fabulous and we long to have them on board with all future productions!!!
The youth crew has dwindled slightly but India and Louisa are wicked and pulling the final seams together, literally.
This is a huge big massive shout out to all the strangers across the world - NZers break legs in 7 hours time! We in Wales will join you through the webcam at 8.45am here whilst we have our breakfast at the community centre and long to find out how your opening night goes....
Slough, now that this blog is easily accessible to all, please think of us whilst you bask in your wonderous extra 2 weeks!!!! We're only a teensy bit envious but soooo much more excited and we just can't wait to see Lizzie and Mikey and Dan on Friday and show them our version of your Slough Stories too.
Anyway, I really should probably go to sleep now as I need to get up bright and early for the NZ post show skype and then go great guns on the morning rehearsals pre Wales Dress.
NZers, we're all thinking of you as we go to sleep tonight and REALLY REALLY REALLY looking forward to talking to you after your show.
BREAK LEGS!!!!
Lots of Love from Peri xxx
Before I go to bed and dream of strangers and lights and suitcases and a huge wardrobe and masks and fog horns and Mr Sillar's HUMUNGOUS white rocker hairstyle, and cardboard recycled tubes and whistles and all my other favourite things, like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, I would like to post a short note.
I am incredibly excited about our project and our performances at the weekend.
The young people in Wales have given up (pretty much!) their entire half term holiday to dedicate their time, energy, enthusiasm and creative talents and to continue building up a truely magnificent youth theatre company with professionalism to be applauded.
This week is only halfway through but we have already achieved sooooo much.
The set and costumes are beautiful and practical and absolutely perfect to assist us in telling our magnificent stories from around the world. The miming in Brynaman film is AMAZING!!!! Sub real are our favourite film crew in the world and do excellent interviews as well as encouraging an appropriate amount of fun and games during break times including frisbee throwing in the park and bendy sword fighting - BUT NOT ON THE STAGE!!!!!!! The characters are growing larger than life by the minute and voices are getting louder as the days progress...thank heavens!!!!! And most of all, we have an incredibly beautiful and important story to tell that we created ourselves from 6 months of extremely hard work and a passion to pass it on to others.
Peri's grey hair is only growing at is normal rate, Natasha is building up her sound and lighting crew every day, Alex R is keeping the crew calm with coffee and the cast calm with a loud voice ;) We have discovered a saviour in Rhian, and Carrie's commitment and support is absolutley amazingly fabulous and we long to have them on board with all future productions!!!
The youth crew has dwindled slightly but India and Louisa are wicked and pulling the final seams together, literally.
This is a huge big massive shout out to all the strangers across the world - NZers break legs in 7 hours time! We in Wales will join you through the webcam at 8.45am here whilst we have our breakfast at the community centre and long to find out how your opening night goes....
Slough, now that this blog is easily accessible to all, please think of us whilst you bask in your wonderous extra 2 weeks!!!! We're only a teensy bit envious but soooo much more excited and we just can't wait to see Lizzie and Mikey and Dan on Friday and show them our version of your Slough Stories too.
Anyway, I really should probably go to sleep now as I need to get up bright and early for the NZ post show skype and then go great guns on the morning rehearsals pre Wales Dress.
NZers, we're all thinking of you as we go to sleep tonight and REALLY REALLY REALLY looking forward to talking to you after your show.
BREAK LEGS!!!!
Lots of Love from Peri xxx
Thursday, 31 January 2008
Hey Guys!
Hope your all well and looking forward to the ever looming performance (only 15 days here! EEEKK!) I know I can't wait to see any dress rehearsal videos or crazy stuff like that! Anyway I just popped on to let you know that I just looked on Carmarthenshire Connect (for those of you lovely people who don't know they're a small team who go round publicising community events like our wonderful project!) Strangers has officially taken over their homepage! there are two video's, one of Peri and one of Alex! (if you scroll down theirs also a picture of Peri from here former days, along with a collection of other randomers also known as BASE from our party on Friday!)
this is the link: Carmarthenshire Connect
(you have to scroll down a bit, past a bit about play areas to get to BASE's photo, but it is worth it!)
Hope your all well! and learning lines!
luvness. Pete xxx
thanks!
Hope your all well and looking forward to the ever looming performance (only 15 days here! EEEKK!) I know I can't wait to see any dress rehearsal videos or crazy stuff like that! Anyway I just popped on to let you know that I just looked on Carmarthenshire Connect (for those of you lovely people who don't know they're a small team who go round publicising community events like our wonderful project!) Strangers has officially taken over their homepage! there are two video's, one of Peri and one of Alex! (if you scroll down theirs also a picture of Peri from here former days, along with a collection of other randomers also known as BASE from our party on Friday!)
this is the link: Carmarthenshire Connect
(you have to scroll down a bit, past a bit about play areas to get to BASE's photo, but it is worth it!)
Hope your all well! and learning lines!
luvness. Pete xxx
thanks!
Friday, 4 January 2008
Another day...
Alex Haddy tash and peri have just ben shopping in swansea for wonderful delights for our party.! Pink paper and masks! hardcore and now were messing around with peri in the community centre!!! !!
In this blog you get to meet our local superheroes. The Bubble Wrap ninja (Green), The Cling Film ninja (Purple) and Tin Foil ninja (Blue) they are super cool so do not mock!!
Anothers hard day work in Brynaman!
'Stay in school kids and dont do drugs' MACCDYS SUPERHEROES!
Lots of love and kind wishing upon your new year!!!! (haddy says face)
Alex Hadd and Tash!!!
In this blog you get to meet our local superheroes. The Bubble Wrap ninja (Green), The Cling Film ninja (Purple) and Tin Foil ninja (Blue) they are super cool so do not mock!!
Anothers hard day work in Brynaman!
'Stay in school kids and dont do drugs' MACCDYS SUPERHEROES!
Lots of love and kind wishing upon your new year!!!! (haddy says face)
Alex Hadd and Tash!!!
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