NATIONAL THEATRE WALES

In Barmouth

For Mountain, Sand & Sea

June 2010

Conceived and curated by
MARC REES

With a company of Welsh and International Artists

Join renowned Welsh artist Marc Rees and an extraordinary collection of international performers as they inhabit the nooks and crannies of this seaside town.

‘Historic chapels filled with inflatable crocodiles, cash tills in pulpits, seaside photographic archives, installations in shop windows: factual or fictional stories like fragments of fossils begin to unfold’

Marc Rees, Curator

For Mountain, Sand & Sea booking information

Marc Rees’ artworks are known for their flamboyant, humorous and often extreme interpretations of history, culture and personal experience. In addition to working with some of Britain’s foremost physical theatre companies (Brith Gof, Earthfall and DV8) his own body of work through his company RIPE (Rees International Projects Enterprise) has been premiered throughout Europe and the UK. He recently won the Wales bid for the Cultural Olympiad project ‘Artists Taking the Lead’ for which he will transport the fuselage of a DC9 aeroplane across Wales as a mobile art space.

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Booking

Barmouth, Gwynedd

25 June – 10 July
Tickets £5/£10

Community

Talking tactics and Shed shenanigans

3 days in Barmouth, February 16-18, 2010 Once again my train trip to ‘Y Bermo’ is blessed with s… by Marc Rees

Road Trip - Day 1

On driving into Porthcawl Sian and I immediately fell into nostalgia as we both as kids spent many a… by Marc Rees

Day 4 - Road Trip

After a full hearty Welsh breakfast we rolled down the hill to explore the wonders of Barmouth. It  by Marc Rees

From Mountain, Sand & Sea

Marc Rees, Curator

‘It all started with an opportunity to explore the Welsh seaside – we went on a tour of the coastline of Wales and chose Barmouth. Apparently Darwin wrote part of the Origin of Species here and John Ruskin and Wordsworth came here, so you have this fantastic arts and literature connection. Along the high street, there are many chapels which are now ‘Pound Shops’ – there’s one with a cash register in the pulpit and you’ve got inflatable crocodiles hanging from the gallery and the church organ – you can almost hear the congregation scream in horror! We’re hoping to find a chapel we can use for this production and we’ll encourage the international performance artists to take people on guided tours of Barmouth.’

Marc Rees, Curator

Barmouth Home Movie

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