Aristocrats in Ukraine

Here's an interview with Iwan Brioc, director of Theatr Cynefin, on a popular Ukrainian underground radio station.  He talks about Theatre of the Oppressed and Sensory Labyrinth Theatre.

Iwan has been working with Theatre for Dialogue in Kiev, offering workshops in Context Oriented Theatre and Rainbow of Desires as well as facilitating a blank forum evening and a Mindfulness taster for psychologists who work with people displaced by the war in the East.

The Conference of the Birds

The Conference of the Birds was re-written and directed with 7 new actors for the International Performance Festival in Cardiff.  We erected the yurt, constructed at our Building Dynamic Platforms training, in the foyer of the Sherman Theatre.

Here's a clip from the rehearsal filmed by Helen Capelin.

Calon Cerebellium Video

Pontio in Bangor just sent me a link to this video made about our project in collaboration with the Neuroscience department of Bangor University.

Looking for trustees

After being around for 15 years we have decided to take the plunge and become a registered charity.  The main reason for this is we need to secure core funding, to become more financially stable to attract the kind of funding which we have previously depended upon.

While we are not supportive of the way informal organisations are being marginalised by the changes in European funding and also the general criteria nowadays demanded of organisations just to enable the work to happen, we recognise that we have to adapt to survive.

We are therefore seeking people who are interesting in applying to become trustees of Theatr Cynefin.  Please get in touch if that is you.

Conference of the Birds

We have finally cast our Cardiff incarnation of The Conference of the Birds.  Rehearsals start on the 15th June and we are looking forward to gather such diverse talent.

Players:

Paul Jenkins - Wales
Lennart Larsen- Denmark
Pinar Ogun- Turkey
Aleksandra Jones- Serbia
Catherine Capelin- Wales
Gyuri Jakabfi- Hungary
Morgan Thomas- Wales

Music - Erika Sall - Estonia and Fedor Tot Serbia

Writer and Director - Iwan Brioc