PROGRAMMESeptember - December 2012

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Ever wondered what would happen if Captain Catbegan tweeting? We’ll be exploring this onNational Poetry Day, so join in the conversation@DTCSwansea.

Elsewhere, we launch brilliant first collectionsfrom two exciting young poets, Anna Lewis andAlan Kellermann, welcome back Carol Ann Duffyand Gillian Clarke, and look forward to a fabulousDylan Thomas Festival, featuring Paul Durcan,Graham Hunter, Stan Tracey and much more.

For more festival news, visit www.dylanthomas.comor www.facebook.com/DylanThomasFestival

Jo Furber, Literature Officer

WELCOME

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Saturday 8 September, 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS:

THEATRE PRESENT

CARYL CHURCHILL’S NOT NOTNOT NOT NOT ENOUGH OXYGENA tower block, a few years hence. Mick and Vivianlive protected from the violence and pollutionoutside where groups of “fanatics” roam. CarylChurchill’s wise and perceptive script demonstratesher brilliantly innovative use of language to conveydramatic tension. All Theatre-in-Focuspresentations are script-in-hand and are precededby a talk about the playwright.

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Wednesday 12 September,7.30pm

THE ROAD TOPORT OF BARRY BYROBERT GOULD ANDCHRISTOPHER ORTONA black comedy that’s irreverent,edgy, profane, violent - andincredibly funny. It’s set entirelyinside a dirty caravan on an ostrichfarm in south Wales, where twoyoung men argue and playMonopoly until the sinister Man InA Suit arrives and mayhem ensues.

ALL TICKETS: £4

Friday 14 September, 7pmDYLAN THOMAS FESTIVAL PREVIEW EVENT

BOOKLAUNCH: ALAN KELLERMANN AND ANNA LEWISLove, lust, loss, art and myth find theirway into Alan Kellermann’s stylishYou, Me and the Birds. The worlds ofAmerica and Wales collide, the sacred andthe profane sit side by side and the paintings of Tony Goble are startlingly animated.

Anna Lewis’ engaging first collection,Other Harbours, is populated with

characters who move through theliminal space between departureand arrival. These accomplishedpoems introduce us to worlds onthe margins of our received

history. Alan and Anna will be inconversation with their editor at

Parthian, Kathryn Gray.TICKETS: Free entry and wine

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Tuesday 18 September, 7.00pm

WHOSE PEOPLE?WALES, ISRAEL,PALESTINE Jasmine Donahaye talks to JonGower about her latest book,published by University of WalesPress.TICKETS:

£4 £2.80 £1.60

Wednesday 26 Sept, 7.30pm

SCIENCE CAFÉProfessor Lyn Evans of CERNdiscusses the Large HadronCollider. Free entry

Thursday 27 September, 7.30pmPOETS AT THE DTC:GRAHAME DAVIESGrahame Davies is an award-winning poet, novelist, editor andcritic. His books in Welsh andEnglish include The ChosenPeople, a study of therelationship of the Welsh andJewish peoples, and The Dragonand the Crescent, a study ofWales and Islam. His first volumeof English poetry, LightningBeneath the Sea (Seren), has justbeen released. Plus open mic.

TICKETS:£4 £2.80 £1.60

Thursday 4 October,10am – 5pmNATIONAL POETRY DAY

UNDER MILK WOODTWITTER EXCHANGEExtracts of Under Milk Wood asyou’ve never seen them before,as some of Llareggub’s best-loved characters interact overTwitter. Follow us @DTCSwanseato find out more.

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Saturday 6 October, 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS:

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JOSEPH CONRAD’SONE MORE DAYA real rarity - one of only threeplays written by the greatnovelist Joseph Conrad. Theeccentric Captain Hagberd awaitsthe return of his seafaring sonwith big plans for his future. AllTheatre-in-Focus presentationsare script-in-hand and arepreceded by a talk about theplaywright.

ALL TICKETS: £5

Wednesday 10 October,7.30pm

MOIST BY NEILBEBBER

“I had all the coke I could get up mynose, all the women that my hottub would hold and more moneythan I’d ever be able to spend, anddo you know what? I don’t missany of it. But I’d give my right armto have one more chance to standup there and make people laughagain. And then, just maybe she’dcome back to me.” Don’t miss NeilBebber’s gripping monologue.

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Thursday 18 October, 7.30pmPOETS AT THE DTC:RONA LAYCOCKBangor-born Rona Laycock haslived and worked in manycountries, all of which haveinfluenced her writing. An eventorganiser, tutor, and editor ofGraffiti Magazine, her work hasbeen widely published. Haiku andhaibun formed a significant partof her PhD at SwanseaUniversity, and her poetrycollection, Borderlands, ispublished on CD. Plus open mic.

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Wednesday 24 October, 7.30pm

SCIENCE CAFÉProfessor Rory Wilson on Tracking AnimalsFree entry

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FESTIVAL27 OCTOBER – 9 NOVEMBERThose already confirmed include the StanTracey Quartet performing their acclaimedinterpretation of Dylan’s A Child’sChristmas in Wales, readings from PaulDurcan, Samantha Wynne Rhydderch,Ros Barber, Roshi Fernando, and KevinBarry, and launches by Menna Elfyn andNigel Jenkins.

We’ll also be joined by internationallyrenowned journalist, Graham Hunter, who’ll bediscussing Barcelona FC and Swansea City FC.

There’s more at www.dylanthomas.com andwww.facebook.com/DylanThomasFestival

Sunday 11 November,2.00 - 4.30pm

OTHELLO IN FOCUSFluellen Theatre Company`s newproduction of Othello will beperformed at the Grand TheatreArts Wing Swansea from 6-9November. Director PeterRichards, together with actorsfrom the production, invites youto a discussion/workshop on oneof Shakespeare`s greatesttragedies. Suitable for all agesand abilities.

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Saturday 17 November, 1pmTHEATRE-IN-FOCUS: THEATRE PRESENT

NEIL SIMON’STHE MAN ON THE FLOORIt is Wimbledon fortnight and a couple of Americantourists are distraught when they find that theyhave lost their tickets.But worse is to come! Agem from the PulitzerPrize winning writer ofgreat comedies. AllTheatre-in-Focuspresentations are script-in-hand and are precededby a talk about the playwright.

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Friday 23 November, 7pm

BOOKLAUNCH: KEN JONES AND LYNNE REESKen Jones’ Bog Cotton is the latest collectionfrom a writer and editor who has played aprominent part in pioneering the Westerndevelopment of the ancient Japanese prosepoetry genre, the haibun.Lynne Rees’ forgiving the rain is a multifacetedmemoir of home. These contemporary haibuncombine the narrative power of prose with theepiphanies of haiku poetry to question andexplore where home is, how we recognise it,how we leave it and how we find our way back.

TICKETS: Free entry and wine

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Saturday 24 November, 10.30am – 1pm

READING & WRITING HAIBUN WITHKEN JONES AND LYNNE REESProse or poetry? Why not both? From its birthplacein Japan, the English language haibun isexperiencing a renaissance on both sides of theAtlantic. It uniquely balances prose with poetry and lendsitself to a variety of styles and forms: journalling,the lyrical essay, memoir, nature and travel writing.We’ll read some haibun for inspiration and have ago at constructing our own.

TICKETS: £10 £7

Wednesday 28 November, 7.30pm

SCIENCE CAFÉ Professor Peter Douglas discusses The Chemistryof Light. Free Entry

Thursday 29 November, 7.30pmPOETS AT THE DTC:

STEVE GRIFFITHSSteve Griffiths’ sixth collection of poems, Surfacing(Cinnamon Press), was published last year. He hasrecently returned from a successful series ofreadings in New York. Surfacing begins underground,in an abandoned place, but soon there are stirrings,occasional explosions into an inexplicably dazzlinglight, an insistence on miracles of optimism andflashes of humour. Plus open mic.

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Friday 7 December, 5pm & 7.30pm

CAROL ANN DUFFYAND GILLIAN CLARKEBy popular demand, we presenttwo sessions from The NationalPoet of Wales and the PoetLaureate. We celebrate thepublication of Ice, GillianClarke’s latest collection fromCarcanet, and the awarding ofthe Pen/Pinter Prize foroutstanding literary merit toCarol Ann Duffy.

TICKETS: £12 £9

Wednesday 12 December,7.30pm

I AM ANGELABRAZIL BY LUCINDACOXONAn acclaimed play thatchallenges and twists theillusion of theatre via a forty-something male figure who is,and is not, Angela Brazil.

ALL TICKETS: £4

Thursday 13 December, 7pm

CHRISTMAS IN WALESFluellen Theatre Company’smagical celebration, in wordsand music, of Christmases pastand present, featuring acomplete performance of theircelebrated adaptation of DylanThomas’ A Child’s Christmas InWales, with Delyth Jenkins onharp.

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Whilst every effort is made to ensure that the details of thisprogramme are accurate, the City & County of Swansea reserve theright to alter any part of the programme without notice. Photo credits: Jasmine Donahaye by Keith Morris, Gillian Clarke andCarol Ann Duffy by Bernard Mitchell. Carol Ann Duffy - University ofManchester Library

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