CERIDWYN ROBERTS

The No. 8 Wire poses a batch of questions...
A creative person answers...

What cities/towns have you lived in (or spent more than a few months in), beginning with your place of birth.

Old Coulsdon, Sutton, Surrey, UK
Colwyn Bay, Clywd, North Wales
Wainuiomata, Lower Hutt
Naenae, Lower Hutt
Wellington
London, UK
Wellington

What are the earliest stories you remember hearing?

AA Milne's poems and stories. Go Piglet!

What music was present and still memorable from your youth/adolescence?

New Wave/Wussy-Girly-Lolly 80s Music - Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet, The Bangles

For you as a creative person, who are three influential artists or thinkers?

Robert LePage, Joan Nestle, Steven Soderburgh

What is your dream of happiness?

A professional storytelling group of circus performing drag kings with enough funding to be professional and tour the world

Who are your favourite or most admired figures from history?

St Joan, Aphra Behn, Michaelangelo

Name three films that you consider profound, moving, or extraordinary.

Beautiful Thing, Out Of Sight, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

What was your first real job? second? third?

TeaLady & Assistant for Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences
Communications Assistant for Toyota NZ
National Spokesperson for Rape Crisis

If you had to eat the same meal every day, what would it be?

Rare Lamb done Cambodian style (oh Ankor how we miss thee!), Mediterranean Couscous and Baby Spinach & Blue Cheese Salad

Name a few books that you couldn't put down, would read again, haunt you still.

Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay - Michael Chabon
Home Truths - Sara Maitland
Venetia - Georgette Heyer

What have you done, seen, experienced, or produced that was a disappointment to you?

Not running away with Circus Oz when I was 18

What was the most recent live performance you attended, and where was it presented?

Snapshot - at Te Whaea

In one sentence, can you define art?

The expression of all potentialities through beauty and innovation

What word of advice would you offer an aspiring artist in your field?

Learn to market yourself!

Where would you like to live, but have yet to?

Vancouver

What would you like to do, but have yet to?

Direct a film

Briefly describe a project you are planning for the future.

A roaming vaudeville company creating site specific sleazy cabaret
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BIOGRAPHICL SKETCH

Ceridwyn Roberts vacillates between vaudeville and marketing - they've got far more in common than you'd think... She currently works for Toi Whakaari: NZ Drama School and Te Whaea: National Dance & Drama Centre while spending any time left over working on devised theatre and doing drag.