The 95 bus
The 95 bus runs every 20 minutes on Saturday 19 November between Cardiff and Barry, via Dinas Powys and Cadoxton. The timetable can be found here. Although much will come down to chance, Bridget and Grahame will ride the bus between 10am and 5pm.
Bridget Keehan
Bridget Keehan is a director from Barry. Earlier this year, she directed a play called The Container in Chapter Arts Centre which received a four star review in The Guardian.
She said, “What I’m trying to achieve is a way for the audience to see characters and their journey. There may be stories, but it’s rooted in character. I think Barry is a place that has some extreme examples of deprivation, yet also some natural beauty like the coastline and Porthkerry Park. I think it’s a place of extremes that hasn’t fulfilled its potential.”
A trailer for Bridget’s play The Container from earlier this year can be seen here:
[youtube width=”236″ height=”200″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NVQ5CPUXQ[/youtube]
Grahame Davies
Grahame Davies is a bilingual poet and novelist who can often be heard on BBC Radio 4. In 2002, he won the Wales Arts Council’s Book of the Year award.
He said, “With the play, the writing shouldn’t be more complex than necessary, which is a bigger challenge than writing something enticingly esoteric. The art should be as simple and direct as possible. I love communicating. When I see things work with non-specialist audiences, that’s very gratifying. To do that, I think you have to keep close to a natural voice.”
A video of Grahame performing two of his poems can be seen here:
[youtube width=”236″ height=”200″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d99812Ouo_M[/youtube]
Playwrights take inspiration from the 95 bus to Barry
You could become part of the writing process of a new theatre piece if you happen to be on the right bus this Saturday.
Poet Grahame Davies and director Bridget Keehan are devising a play by spending the day speaking to passengers on the 95 bus. These conversations will be used as a workshop to be turned into a production for the stage.
The 95 bus runs between Cardiff City Centre and Barry Island. This will be the second Saturday in a row the pair will spend talking to passengers.
Bridget said, “I’d like to chat to people and build the first layer of possibilities of what the journey’s going to take in.”
Grahame added, “It’s a devised piece of theatre, so it’s new for me.”
The 95 bus
The 95 bus runs every 20 minutes on Saturday 19 November between Cardiff and Barry, via Dinas Powys and Cadoxton. The timetable can be found here. Although much will come down to chance, Bridget and Grahame will ride the bus between 10am and 5pm.
Bridget Keehan
Bridget Keehan is a director from Barry. Earlier this year, she directed a play called The Container in Chapter Arts Centre which received a four star review in The Guardian.
She said, “What I’m trying to achieve is a way for the audience to see characters and their journey. There may be stories, but it’s rooted in character. I think Barry is a place that has some extreme examples of deprivation, yet also some natural beauty like the coastline and Porthkerry Park. I think it’s a place of extremes that hasn’t fulfilled its potential.”
A trailer for Bridget’s play The Container from earlier this year can be seen here:
[youtube width=”236″ height=”200″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0NVQ5CPUXQ[/youtube]
Grahame Davies
Grahame Davies is a bilingual poet and novelist who can often be heard on BBC Radio 4. In 2002, he won the Wales Arts Council’s Book of the Year award.
He said, “With the play, the writing shouldn’t be more complex than necessary, which is a bigger challenge than writing something enticingly esoteric. The art should be as simple and direct as possible. I love communicating. When I see things work with non-specialist audiences, that’s very gratifying. To do that, I think you have to keep close to a natural voice.”
A video of Grahame performing two of his poems can be seen here:
[youtube width=”236″ height=”200″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d99812Ouo_M[/youtube]