Only a week and a bit until my residency takes place at the Victorian castle at Craig Y Nos. Built by the great opera singer Adelina Patti in the mid 1800’s the site is a luxurious playground from which I hope to create five new performances. Patti was a great patron to the arts in South Wales. Born in Madrid, and raised in New York Patti chose to settle in the Tawe Valley to escape the controversy that surrounded her second marriage. The slate grey castle sits heavily in the centre of a luscious green valley.

As a child I spent most of my access visits with my Dad at Craig Y Nos. Id sneak into Adelina’s old ruined summerhouse to play. Id climb the rhododendrons and perch myself firmly in the hand like trunk of the tree.

I will playfully approach the history of the site. I will look to the early romantic past of the castle and respond to the objects, people, rooms, corridors, trees, and windows to make site specific performances.

Whilst I am living at the castle I will use this blog as a means of communicating my experiences of the site and performances to you.