This pub has been the focal point for so many of MiR's events this week, and it only seems fitting that this trend should continue! Last night I had the extreme pleasure of viewing a double screening/performance from Taffsploitation Productions, written and directed primarily by Paul Hunt and Mat Troy, whose lovely bearded faces you can find in the photo below.
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| Paul Hunt and Mat Troy, the geniuses behind the evening's productions. |
My personal favourite episode was called 'Kim', in which Ted's carer (played by Rachel Helena Walsh, who crops up continually in my blogs because she is amazing) takes a holiday, requiring Ted to call for a replacement carer called Kim. Things, as you can imagine, do not go exactly as planned. After the show we were lucky enough for a Q&A with the cast and crew, including Ted himself. He described himself, excuse my paraphrasing, as every woman's dream... as long as that woman is f***ing insane.
I found him charming.
Which says everything about me right there in one sentence. Ahem. Moving on.
Which says everything about me right there in one sentence. Ahem. Moving on.
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| Paul Gingell as Vaughan Williams, the debonair bastard. |
After speaking to Mat and Paul, I discovered that Vaughan Wylliams actually began about four years ago; their housemate had just discovered he was psychic and kept himself busy by battling evil psychics through an online Facebook group. (The internet is a wide and varied place, ladies and gents). At the same time, a friend of theirs living abroad had just disclosed a rather worrying admission that he was sleeping with a foreign gangster's wife.
...And thus, the most prominent agent of L.O.V.C.R.A.F.T was born!
I'll not disclose too many details about the show, as per, because you really do have see this thing in action to appreciate what you've let yourself in for. Also I'm still a bit worried that I will suffer under pain of psychic death if I give away too many details - and I don't want 'Soul Crew' John breaking my legs either.
In sum, I thoroughly enjoyed this from start to finish; as an audience we were led through the performance by a talented and confident cast with an excellent rapport with each other and an even better sense of humour. Fourth walls were broken all over the place, we experienced a truly epic slo-mo action scene and Brian the corpse had the hardest job of all, being tripped over regularly by the other actors. Poor Brian.
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| Craig McDonald as Brian Stevens. It's a tough old job being a corpse. |
On the Taffsploitation grapevine I also heard tell of their next possible production - Doctor Eli, by Tim Collins. But you will have to wait and see to find out more about that.
And now, in true L.O.V.C.R.A.F.T fashion, I end my final blog post for Made in Roath with a quick word from our sponsor!
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| ROATHTOWN BEER! It's beery. |
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It's been an amazing week, Roath. Thanks and goodnight,
S.
For more information:
Cynic - http://cynic.tedshiress.co.uk/
Vaughan Wylliams: Agent of L.O.V.C.R.A.F.T -
https://www.facebook.com/Lovcraft?hc_location=timeline
Taffsploitation Productions - https://www.youtube.com/user/taffsploitation (You can also find online episodes of Vaughan Wylliams here!)
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