http://rct-arts.org en manager@viewcreative.co.uk Copyright 2012 2012-02-07T18:10:00+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/rhod-gilbert-preview-gig-on-sale-in-aid-of-valleys-kids/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/rhod-gilbert-preview-gig-on-sale-in-aid-of-valleys-kids/#When:17:10:00Z The amazing Rhod Gilbert is coming back to the Park & Dare for a preview gig of his up and coming tour, in aid of RCT children's charity Valleys Kids. This is now on sale via the BOX OFFICE on 08000 147 111, and on-line during tomorrow (Wednesday 8 February). Here come the important details.......   Thursday 1 March 8.00pm. RHOD GILBERT – WORK IN PROGRESS PREVIEW SHOW For one night only, don’t miss Welsh comedy sensation Rhod Gilbert in a new show previewing material for his forthcoming tour.  A rare opportunity to see one of the leading UK comedians in the intimate surroundings of the Park & Dare theatre in Treorchy.. £15.00   Over 16s only Plus, just gone on sale... Thursday 10 May 8.00pm at The Coliseum theatre, Aberdare JACK DEE - Work In Progress (plus support) Catch Jack as he road-tests his new material for a 2012 tour (on stage for 60 minutes)   Over 18's Only £15.00 Box Office 08000 147 111 then on-line during Wednesday 8 February 2012-02-07T17:10:00+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/happy-100th-birthday-park-dare-well-almost/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/happy-100th-birthday-park-dare-well-almost/#When:14:38:58Z Happy 100th Birthday Park & Dare (well, almost – it’s in 2013!)The majestic Park & Dare theatre has been alive with culture, arts and events for almost 100 years.  In 2013 we want to celebrate all the amazing local and international, amateur and professional, large and small cultural performances that have brought the building and the community together as one.Such was the passion for the arts within the community; the theatre was built with the blood and sweat of local miners who donated a penny in the pound of their wage packet to fund its construction.But to celebrate the birthday of a building built by the community, for the community, we need the help of the community and all who have or have had a relationship with this beautiful and unique place…Do you have::Old (or new) photos of the building through the ages…Movie footage of the building…Stories that you have been told by your family…Your own experiences of the Park & Dare, be it on stage or as a part of the audience…Maybe you just want to tell us why the Park & Dare has a special place in your heart…Whatever you can tell us, we’d be fascinated to hear it – we want to build up a collection of stories and comments, photos and film to celebrate the past 100 glorious years and to pass on to the next 100 years… Contact us by:email – arts@rhondda-cynon-taff.co.ukPost – The Marketing Team, The Coliseum Theatre, Mount Pleasant Street, Trecynon, Aberdare, CF44 8NGIn Person – just pop along to see a member of staff at the Park & Dare Theatre or The Coliseum Theatre. 2012-01-09T14:38:58+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/drama-bundle-is-back-to-save-you-money/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/drama-bundle-is-back-to-save-you-money/#When:14:13:34Z It’s Bundle Time Again! Let’s make a drama out of this: See Frank Vickery’s Granny Annie (at any of the venues), Equus at The Coliseum and The Games at The Muni for just £24.00 full price (saving you up to £13.00) and £19.00 concession price (saving you up to £12.00)Tickets must all be purchased at the same time (as a single transaction) and only available from the Box Office only on 08000 147 111, not on-line Music to move you:See the award-winning Gretchen Peters at The Coliseum and the award-winning Cara Dillon at The Muni for just £26.00 – even cheaper than if you purchase Early Bird tickets separately (which is £31.00)!Tickets must all be purchased at the same time (as a single transaction) and only available from the Box Office only on 08000 147 111, not on-line Early Bird Alert:There are Early Bird discounts on a number of events - download the new brochure for more details. Early Bird tickets must be purchased at the time of booking, no reservations and are available only from the Box Office on 08000 147 111, not on-line 2012-01-09T14:13:34+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/new-spring-season-now-on-sale/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/new-spring-season-now-on-sale/#When:13:58:59Z The new spring season is now on sale, including Early Bird discounts (available from the Box Office only on 08000 147 111 and until 8th February) for: Gretchen Peters        Muscle (drama)             The Outside Track         Bryn Fon a’r Band        Spiro                Cara Dillon            Feast of Fiddles        The Games (drama)        Plus the popular drama bundle is back to save you money! (Only available via the Box Office on 08000 147 111 Download the new brochure from our downloads page 2012-01-09T13:58:59+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/cinderellas-sparkling-media-reviews/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/cinderellas-sparkling-media-reviews/#When:15:18:23Z Cinderella opened at The Coliseum Theatre in Aberdare on Friday 2nd December to amazing reviews and ourtstanding audience feedback:  here's just a brief selection: Media reviews: ‘A production choc full of laughs, music and fun.’ The Echo ‘Nothing short of brilliantly professional.’  The Echo ‘A great show to get you in the festive mood.’ Western Mail ‘Alex Winters had the audience in the palm of his hand.’ Western Mail ‘Bucketloads of laughs’ The Stage ‘hilarious rendition of “The 12 Days of Christmas” has everyone in stitches and is worth the ticket price alone!’ The Stage ‘The whole cast from local dancers through to the west end and Television stars were brilliant.’ BRFM ‘You would have to go a long way to beat RCT’s Cinderella - a stunning fun filled evening.’ BRFM '..moments of theatrical ecstasy!' Theatre in Wales 'This is RCT’s first pantomime. It is to be celebrated, not just what it is but for what it represents. The programme credits the contribution of two hundred and thirteen individuals and acknowledges support from one hundred and twenty-two organisations, the vast majority small local businesses.' Theatre in Wales Audience feedback: ‘Just a quick note to say how fantastic I thought the pantomime was on Friday. My little boy who is three hasn’t stopped talking about it and without a doubt it is the best pantomime I have ever seen.’ ‘We had the most fabulous time and we had a great laugh – Frank in a frock and Alex from CBeebies were a winning combination. You have an outstanding show that you can be proud of.’ ‘Great night on Friday – congratulations on a really excellent performance.’ ‘The best professional pantomime that we’ve seen for years! Book your tickets now as the remaining dates at The Muni and the Park & Dare are selling out!!!! 2011-12-16T15:18:23+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/school-competition-winners/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/school-competition-winners/#When:15:43:20Z We ran 3 school panto competitions over autumn - different age categories of a colouring competition, and junior school design competition to design Cinderella's wedding dress or a magic sword for Prince Charming.  Every school in South Wales was sent the details, and we were overwlhlemed by the response - over 800 entries!  We were so impressed at the standard of the entires, it was obvious that all the children had put alot of thought, time and effort into their entries!  Thank you so much to every child who worked hard on their entry and to every teacher who got involved, especially at this very busy time of year for schools! The winners were:   Thomas Jones from Cwmbach Primary School, Aberdare (overall winner) Lottie Thomas age 4 from Cwmbach Primary, Aberdare (girls reception winner) Calan Langford age 4 from Maes-y-Coed Primary, Pontypridd (boys reception winner) Thomas Davies age 5 from Our Lady’s R C Primary School, Mountain Ash (boys Year 1 winner) Charlotte Watkins age 6 from Caegarw Primary, Mountain Ash (girls Year 1 winner) Joshua Jones age 7 from Eglwys Newydd Primary, Whitchurch, Cardiff (boys Year 2 winner) and Nonny Haines Age 7 from Eglwys Newydd Primary, Whitchurch, Cardiff (girls Year 2 winner). The Juniors Design competition was to design a wedding dress for Cinderella or design a magic sword for Prince Charming. The Cinderella wedding dress design was Ellie Whiles age 7 from Blaengwrach Primary in Cwmgwrach, Neath, who explains her design, ‘This wedding dress is special because I love rainbows because they brighten up the sky after the rain. I think Cinderella likes rainbows too!’ Andrew Salvador age 9 from St Michael’s R C Primary in Newport won the design competition by creating a magic sword for Prince Charming, ‘This sword is special because it has the power to defeat evil and it is a blazing sword and protects you in any danger.  Because it’s an enchanted sword, even when it’s destroyed it grows back and if you press the button it goes indestructible.’   If you are a teacher, do look out for our Aladdin school competitions next year (yes, panto never stops!!) - we will be sending them out in September. 2011-11-29T15:43:20+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/panto-costumes-from-coleg-morgannwg-just-a-few-more-stitches/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/panto-costumes-from-coleg-morgannwg-just-a-few-more-stitches/#When:15:14:09Z The students and staff at Coleg Morgannwg BA (Hons) Costume Construction course have been working tirelessly since Septmeber to produce the visually stunning costumes for this year's panto at the 3 venues, Cinderella, starring Alex Winters from CBeebies and Frank Vickery. From the outrageous Ugly Sister costumes, including an amazing gold Christmas tree complete with baubles and crackers, a Brownie uniform, Buttons' blue and gold costume, an amazing bright pink fur coat (which everyone has their eye on to borrow for their Christmas party!!), the costumes are stunning and reflect the huge amount of hard work the students and staff have put into the project.  Join us at one of the venues to see these amazing creative works of art on the stage! Costume designers Donna Adams, Hafina Harris and Georgie Phillips and production wardrobe master Nicholas Grimes, from the BA (Hons) Costume Construction course at Coleg Morgannwg One of the designs for Frank Vickery - starring as Ugly Sister Canderel Below is the drawing brought to life as a shocking pink furry coat, with scrummy lime green satin lining - wow! And finally, this amazing gold Christmas tree is just one of the outrageous costumes you'll see the 2 very ugly sisters parading around the kingdom in! Check out the baubles and the crackers! To book tickets for the panto, go to The Coliseum panto page, The Muni panto page or the Park & Dare panto page.   2011-11-28T15:14:09+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/alex-winters-meets-customers-at-mothercare-newport-road-cardiff/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/alex-winters-meets-customers-at-mothercare-newport-road-cardiff/#When:15:36:10Z Customers at the Mothercare store on Newport Road in Cardiff were delighted to meet Alex Winters from CBeebies on Saturday (26th) when he was there promoting our panto Cinderella, opening this Friday at The Coliseum and starring Alex as Buttons and Frank Vickery as one of the ugly sisters. Counting a High Five with Alex, age 5, from Cardiff... Charlie, age 4, from Cardiff Rebekah, age 4, and Thomas, age 3 from Cardiff Rebekah, age 5, from Newport Many thanks to Steve and all the staff at Mothercare for their fantastic help and support! To book tickets for the panto, go the to Coliseum panto page , the Muni panto page or the Park & Dare panto page. 2011-11-26T15:36:10+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/panto-colouring-competition-for-2-6-year-olds/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/panto-colouring-competition-for-2-6-year-olds/#When:07:34:41Z To celebrate our brand new pantomime Cinderella at the theatres this year, we are running two competitions:   A colouring competition for 2 - 6 year olds (please see below) and a design compeition for 7 - 11 year olds.   Cinderella Colouring competition: On the downloads page you can download and print the colouring competition sheets - a colouring sheet of Cinderella for the girls, and one of Buttons for the boys. Simply download and print off the sheet you want and your little ones can get busy colouring! Then download, print and complete the entry form, again click-through for the form on our downloads page - click here and send to us at the address below to be received BY Friday 25 November: The Marketing Team, c/o The Coliseum Theatre, Mount Pleasant Street, Trecynon, Aberdare CF44 8NG   The prizes: For each category there will be a free family ticket for a performance of your choice (subject to availability) and goody bags and sweets for the kids   The rules: By entering the competition, you are agreeing to the following terms and conditions: Please don't help your children - we want their totally original work! Only one entry per child please Only fully completed entry forms that accompany the colouring sheets in the same envelope will be submitted into the competition We cannot return the entries (sorry!) The judges' decision is final The winners may be presented their prize by a member of the cast and the press may be present at this (all subject to availability) - by entering this competition, you are agreeing to your child being photographed and then this and their name appearing on this website and in any future RCT Cultural Services' publicity, including but not exclusively, emails, websites, newspapers, brochures and magazines. We will display as many entries as possible in the venues and on-line, where possible 2011-10-20T07:34:41+00:00 http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/exclusive-screening-and-meet-members-from-the-cast-from-risen/ http://www.rct-arts.org/en/news/exclusive-screening-and-meet-members-from-the-cast-from-risen/#When:08:51:45Z Thursday 19 May 7.30pm - EXCLUSIVE SCREENING. Pre-screening talks from cast & crew and see the movie and more... Friday 20 May & Saturday 21 May 7.30pm - See the movie... Further information and to buy online... or call The Coliseum for further information on 01685 882380. Certificate 12 2011-05-16T08:51:45+00:00