WEDNESDAY 7.30pm Con Club Two guys are coming to speak to us after the meeting.. They are based in London, and are currently writing a play which has been commissioned by the National Theatre of Wales. The play is based on succession in farming, and as they dont have a particular agricultural background they would like some help in answering questions for their research. Below is some information from them, could you all take a look pretty please and have a think about the questions theyre asking? Would be great to show were all enthusiastic and have thought about it and can also have a lively discussion with them!! Thanks xx Intro to – No Word of a Lie By Alex Murdoch and Mark Williams Commissioned by National Theatre Wales No Word of a Lie (working title) is a show we’re making to tour to village hall / community spaces around Wales. The show is not like a typical theatre show. The setting is the village hall itself – and the story is played out in real time in that real space at least for the most part. The space has been hired for an occasion – the hero Gareth’s 21st birthday – and the audience are endowed as the his community – young and ex-young farmers, family, and school friends. This is the very rough shape of the show at this stage… No Word of a Lie is about stories. Stories that trap us and stories that free us. Our hero is surrounded by familiar stories he and his family tell about him. The farming life has been handed down to him through generations, it’s all he’s ever known or thought about knowing and everything is set out to reinforce that – breaking the chain of tradition and doing something else would destroy the family tradition of the farming life forever. He’s comfortable in his world. Then a Cowboy arrives. Our Cowboy is a trickster, a magical visitor who lives on the road. He’s ‘between situations’. He’s come to disrupt everything and causes chaos. He might have passed through this community before – but hundreds and hundreds of years ago. The stories he tells are tall tales that turn our hero’s world on its head. He offers the possibility of change. As the party unfolds the Cowboy unwraps some other versions of stories from Gareth’s past and he begins to realize not everything he thought he knew is true. Mark and Alex have been writing this play on and off for about a year. We’ve also spent some time with actors in rural communities improvising the story. Those improvisations have gone into the writing. The second stage with writing is to refine the detail – and make sure that our setting of a Welsh farming community rings true. We also want to know from you how carrying on – or not – in the farming tradition feels for you. What’s good, what’s hard, what’s at stake and why you feel the way you do. We’d love to explain all to you and ask you to think about one or two questions. There are no right or wrong answers; we want your honesty if possible! You can answer these for yourself or you might have examples from other family members. - What are your plans for farming as a career or not? - How did you come to that decision – or is it still undecided? - What would be at risk if you left farming? And if you didn’t? - What would you like there to be more of and less of in your life? Big stuff! But the plan is to have an open ended conversation. There I hope other possibilities to be involved with the project in the future – perhaps as promoters and researchers - so we’d love to keep in touch. Thanks for your help and look forward to meeting you. Alex and Mark
Posted on: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 12:58:23 +0000
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