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Hijinx Theatre鈥檚 new drama pods
Polly March
Cardiff-based theatre group Hijinx is about to tour two new one-act plays as part of their pop-up pods series. The shows are aimed at challenging the audience鈥檚 perspective on the world and are each performed by one actor with learning disabilities and one without.
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Young critics shortlist best of 2013 theatre in Wales
Polly March
Last year marked the first ever Theatre Critics in Wales awards, now organisers are hoping to build on the inaugural event鈥檚 success this year and have just published the nominations for 2013.
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Festive season promises treat for culture vultures and slapstick lovers alike
Polly March
'Tis once again the season to be jolly, and arts venues across Wales will be serving up an array of Christmas crackers this festive period to entice you in from the cold.
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Sherman celebrates 40 years of theatrical gems
Polly March
Last Sunday marked the 40th birthday of the Sherman Theatre in Cardiff and people have been sharing their favourite memories of the venue through an interactive installation.
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Hit play about bourgeois values is reprised for tour of Wales
Polly March
Last autumn, theatre company Theatr Bara Caws staged a hit production of Llanast!, a Welsh translation of the award-winning play God of Carnage which sold out completely at both runs in Cardiff and Caernarfon.
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Award-winning play about inappropriate teacher-pupil relationship gets its premiere
Polly March
It's not a subject that sits easily with many people, but the taboo relationship between a pupil and her teacher forms the subject of the next play to be staged by Dirty Protest. Parallel Lines was penned by Penarth playwright Katherine Chandler and scooped the inaugural Wales Drama Award in 2012.聽
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Radical adaptation of Macbeth weaves four languages in fusion of dance and theatre
Polly March
A new production of Shakespeare's Scottish play aims to get under the skin of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth's toxic relationship and bring their unusual dynamic into sharper focus.
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Dirty, Gifted and Welsh - a celebration of new Welsh theatre writing
Polly March
A host of exciting new writers will be at the Park and Dare theatre in Treorchy this Friday for an event to celebrate emerging Welsh talent.
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Gary Owen on the dramatic power of the deep, dark forest
Polly March
Having grown up in rural Pembrokeshire, playwright Gary Owen is no stranger to the creative pull and potency of the countryside. So when Hampshire-based theatre company Forest Forge asked him to write a play that explored life in the New Forest, he jumped at the chance.
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Hilarious sixties farce to tour Wales鈥� smaller venues
Polly March
Penarth-based company Black Rat Productions has teamed up with the Blackwood Miners' Institute for its next production, which starts a whistle-stop tour of Wales next week.
