Add Comment Opening Night for Showtime! Exhibition at The Arts WIng in Swansea Grand Theatre Sept 5th 201119/09/2011 As Swansea Grand Theatre's Artist in Residence I am exhibiting my second year of drawings and paintings of life within the theatre on and off stage including opera, ballet, and local theatre companies. My art students from my Theatre and Mumbles art classes will also have their work on display in my exhibition. I am delighted to announce that the Private Viewing on Sept 5th will be opened by Kevin Johns MBE . COMPANIES REPRESENTED IN MY EXHIBITION INCLUDE The Welsh National Opera in The Magic Flute and Fidelio, Swansea Women, Gyles Brandreth, The Pantomime Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Ian Dickens Productions, Marty Wilde, The Harry Secombe Trust, Swansea Grand Theatre School of Drama Nureyev Russian State Ballet, Ballerinas formerly of Swansea Ballet Russe, Irenie Rogers Classical Ballet Academy Principals of The Royal Ballet Mara Galeazzi Alena Cojocaru Sergei Polunin Principals of The Bolshoi Ballet, Svetlana Zakharova Andrei Merkuriev Master Act in Stepping Out, Blake, The Original Theatre Company in Dancing at Lughnasa, Monty Python's Spamalot, Swansea City Opera in The Barber of Seville, Clwyd Theatre Cymru in Guys and Dolls, Swansea Amateurs in Children of Eden, Shakespeare 4 Kidz in A Midsummer Nights Dream Albert Lee and Hogans Heroes This is a montage I painted in pastel of Midsummer Nights Dream when the amazing Shakespeare 4 Kidz company was visiting Swansea Grand Theatre. I wanted to capture the essence of the play so put all the main characters from different scenes together. S4K liked it so much they posted it on their website, which I am really thrilled about. http://www.shakespeare4kidz.com/ They are an inspiring company and do an amazing job making Shakespeare accessible to old and young alike. |