Friday, 1 April 2011

WNO and Alzheimer's Society

First session with Alzheimer's Society and WNO MAX.

Q: What did I learn?

A; That I have a lot to learn.

What a great, inspiring, truly wonderful bunch of people we met.
Those of you who are sceptical regarding the value of the Arts in today's society, just come and watch some of these sessions in progress.


Sunday, 20 March 2011

LLYNCU GEIRIAU/BOOKWORMS

Theatr Arad Goch have been working with the Welsh Book Council and Basic Skills Wales to inform young people of new books and encourage them to read, by dramatising a selection of scenes into lively theatrical productions. Directed by Arad Goch's Artisitc Director Jermey Turner, the projects have been highly successful and many have found a new love for reading and literature.

Running along side theses productions have been workshops to actively encourage the young people to engage with the characters and stories which hopefully fuel their interest even more.

Angharad has been running these workshops over the past few weeks.

For more information visit:-


Sunday, 27 February 2011


WNO MAX and ALZHEIMER'S SOCIETY TEAM UP

Having had an exciting meeting with Sarah Teagle at WNO MAX, I am feeling ridiculously excited about being involved with a project that is very close to my heart.
WNO MAX and The Alzheimer's Society will be teaming up to deliver an inspiring workshop residency for sufferers and their carers. Workshops to inspire and entertain, but more excitingly for me it will be my first actual insight into how drama therapy, an often overlooked modality, can hopefully access and reacquaint sufferers with the 'self'.

"Drama Therapy can be a tool in teaching Alzheimer sufferers to view the self as something that can be made rather than found".

They will be sessions of discoveries. Using sensory pathways rather than cognitive pathways to aid communication. I am looking forward to seeing how creative therapies and approaches are integral to a persons well being and how these experiences and moments might lighten the load for the carers for just a few hours a day, enabling them to see their loved ones in a new light once again.



Friday, 25 February 2011

SXTO/SEXTING

Rehearsals have finished and we are all excited about venturing out with this subject matter to Secondary Schools over the next 5 weeks. During our 2 weeks of preparation for these Forum Theatre session's discoveries and realisations were sought and made, but more importantly a genuine appreciation with regards to how easily it is to get sucked in to this new phenomenon, and how and uncomplicated press of a button can lead to some horrendous and life changing encounters.
If we were to take a Polaroid picture of ourselves naked, there would be at least 4 different opportunities for us to THINK and DECIDE as to whether this is the right thing to do.
1- when we take the picture
2- when you put that picture in the envelope
3 - when you write a recipients address on that envelop
4 - during the long walk to the post box
5 - just as we go to post that picture.
5 moments to contemplate, way up, scrutinise your decision. You just would not do it!!!
All this time is taken away when we introduce the humble mobile phone into the equation. It's a simple case of out of sight out of mind, until that fateful day when we realise that everything we send into cyberspace is retrievable and will inevitably come back to haunt us.

For further information about this project visit:-




Sunday, 23 January 2011

SEXTING

Arad Goch will be commencing on a brand new project called “Sexting” in 2011. This project deals with the contemporary issues that derive from “sexting”– the sending of messages or photos of a sexual nature by text – by combining live performance, chat and discussion with resources and further development “on-line”. It is a three year project, so who knows what technologies and the world wide web will lead us to next? Destruction??????

Directed by Angharad and written by Bethan Gwanas, this project is already underway and in the early stages of development.

www.aradgoch.org





Monday, 3 January 2011

My Grandmother and Me


I will be running the Llanelli Half Marathon on the 6th of March to raise money for a cause which is very close to my heart, 'The Alzheimer's Society'.
As I'm sure you have guessed I am indeed trying to drum up as much support and donations as possible, so apologies if you have already seen this on the dreaded 'Facebook' and 'Twitter'!

I have attached a link below with all the information needed, a little info as to why I am running for this cause, and very much hope that you will be able to donate as little or as much as you can:-

http://www.justgiving.com/ANGHARAD-REES

Thank you very much.

Thursday, 14 October 2010

Welsh Review- Cwrw Chips a Darlith Deg.



Adolygiad Cwrw, Chips a Darlith Deg Cyhoeddwyd Hydref 12, 2010 gan Cyfranwyr Gwadd. Myfyrwraig yn Aberystwyth, Miriam James sy’n adolygu drama gomedi newydd Theatr Arad Goch…

Fel myfyrwraig, apeliodd y ddrama yma ataf o’r cychwyn cyntaf gyda’r teitl hwyliog ‘Cwrw Chips a Darlith Deg’. Profiad newydd i mi oedd gweld drama un-dyn ac felly roeddwn i’n edrych ymlaen yn eiddgar i weld sut y byddai’n gweithio. Drama gomedi yw hon am y glas-fyfyriwr –Gary Jones –o’r cymoedd sy’n wynebu chwalfa emosiynol wrth fentro o’r nyth a byw bywyd annibynnol. Wedi gadael yr ysgol, mae gan Gary Jones obeithion mawr ynglŷn â bywyd fel myfyriwr, ond mae’n cael tipyn o sioc wrth geisio ymdopi â’r her o setlo yn y Brifysgol yn ogystal â chymhlethododau bywyd adref.

Yn amlwg mewn drama un-dyn, mae’r ffocws i gyd ar yr unig gymeriad hwnnw a’i fywyd, ond cefais syndod mor dda yr oeddwn yn dod i adnabod cymeriadau eraill drwy ddynwaredu cofiadwy yr actor o’i deulu, ei ffrind gwladgarol ‘Glyn’, a rhai o ferched y coleg megis ‘Teleri, Eleri a Meleri’. Elfen ddifyr iawn o’r ddrama oedd yr amrywiaeth o acenion y cymeriadau yr oedd Gary yn eu dynwared.


Er fod Gary yn profi nifer o wahanol emosiynau wrth i ni ddilyn ei dymor cyntaf yn y coleg, nid yw’r ddrama hon yn rhy ddwys, ond yn hytrach yn llawn hiwmor ysgafn sy’n peri i ni gydymdeimlo â chymeriad lletchwith Gary Jones. Wrth i’r perfformiad ganolbwyntio ar un cymeriad, fe’m tynnwyd yn ddyfnach i’r ddrama wrth ddod i adnabod y cymeriad hwnnw, ac fel myfyrwraig fy hun, gallwn ddeall Gary a’i brofiadau er nad oeddent oll yn berthnasol i mi, diolch byth!

Roedd y set gredadwy gyda holl hanfodion bywyd myfyriwr- gwely, desg, pot noodle, poteli cwrw, a’r coffi yn ychwanegu at y ddrama, ac roedd annibendod yr ystafell yn cyd-fynd ag anhrefn bywyd Gary. O’r un ystafell fechan hon, portreadwyd yn glyfar amryw o storïau a sefyllfaoedd ei fywyd yn y Brifysgol. Mae’r ddrama’n agor gyda’r cymeriad yn hanner codi hanner syrthio allan o’i wely a’i ben i waered, yn gwisgo adenydd tylwythen deg! Ceir ambell elfen swreal sy’n ychwanegu at hiwmor y ddrama a sy’n cyfleu ei brofiadau gwallgo’.

Tyfu’n oedolyn, a’r cyfrifoldebau sy’n dod gyda hynny, yw thema ganolog y ddrama. Mae’r hiwmor yn y ddrama yn cael ei ddwysau gan y ffaith fod Gary yn unigolyn uchel ei gloch, ac er y ddelwedd galed, gwrol mae’n rhoi i ni, mae’r straen o setlo yn y coleg a phroblemau adref yn pwyso arno, a thrwy hyn gwelwn ochr dynerach i’w bersonoliaeth wrth iddo deimlo hiraeth am ei deulu a theimlo tosturi dros ‘Mari Monster’.

Nid drama sy’n procio na phryfocio yw hon, ond yn hytrach perfformiad sy’n rhoi gwen hapus ar wyneb y gynulleidfa, gyda’r boddhad o wybod fod Gary Jones wedi goroesi tymor cyntaf yn y coleg.


http://www.blog-golwg360.com/cyfranwyr-gwadd/adolygiad-cwrw-chips-a-darlith-deg/