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Pic: Michael with Culture Scout Viv Buckley.
The ambition of the Welsh Net is to build a network of talent scouts across Wales. Casting their eyes across Wales, the Culture Scouts will watch youth, amateur and professional theatre, performances and shows, with a view to identifying and developing talent.
Where the Welsh Not stifled Welsh expression, the ambition of the Welsh Net is to be its champion. The Welsh Net aims to create pathways that have vanished, or never existed to help talented theatre makers across Wales overcome barriers they face in the industry.
Michael Sheen said: “Growing up in Port Talbot, playing football on a pitch next to the A48, I always knew there was a chance that a ‘scout’ might be watching. Someone from the local area tasked by professional clubs to keep an eye out for burgeoning talent. It meant that, no matter how tough that road might ultimately prove to be, the possibility of a pathway to the top flight existed. I want every youngster, amateur and professional performing or working behind the scenes in Wales to have that same potential pathway to the creative top flight.”
See My Show
Have some work you’d like us to see? If you have a play or reading that you would like to invite a WNT representative to, please complete the form below. Unfortunately, we can only attend a limited number of productions, but we’ll inform you if we’re able to attend. The more notice you can give us, the better.