Owen Sheers
Author and Poet
Showbiz: Wales' 50 sexiest men 2009...YouTube records. The Edinburgh favourite's debut DVD, Rhod Gilbert and the Award-Winning Mince Pie, is out on Monday. 7. Owen Sheers Welsh women love a poet, and who sexier than our Abergavenny wordsmith, and presenter of BBC4's A... In this article: BBC Radio Wales, Cardiff, S4C, Cardiff Blues, and London |
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Independent.co.uk - Books | November 07, 2009
A lore unto himself: Owen Sheers is having his way with an ancient myth
Owen Sheers isn't like other poets: when he's not fronting TV shows, he's picking his way through Dylan Thomas's wallet or diving into lakes with a Booker nominee. Sheers says: 'Once you put your face on TV, people think you're loaded'
In this article: Britain, Resistance, '...when Matthew, London, New York, Dylan Thomas, and BBC Four
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Telegraph.co.uk - Arts | November 06, 2009
Wales and the web: how the internet is reshaping British theatre
...at the teen-suicides that have afflicted his hometown of Bridgend (October 2010); and an attempt by the poet and writer Owen Sheers, together with the Welsh actor Michael Sheen, to rekindle the tradition of Passion plays in Port Talbot...
In this article: Wales, Bridgend, UK, The Persians, Aeschylus, YouTube, and Michael Sheen
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Wales Online | November 05, 2009
Theatre: Michael Sheen to be creative director in new National Theatre production
...will be creative director of the project, which will run over three days at venues throughout Port Talbot. He will work with writer Owen Sheers on the community production and as well as being its creative director he will also be taking on an...
In this article: Michael Sheen, Port Talbot, Newport, Suicide, Olivier Award, and Easter
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Wales Online | November 05, 2009
Theatre: National Theatre Wales launches a year of productions
...returns to his home town to revive a lost tradition - the Port Talbot community Passion play. Working with leading Welsh poet Owen Sheers, supported by professional actors, international designers and extraordinary musicians, Sheen will...
In this article: Michael Sheen, Look Back in Anger, Port Talbot, Bridgend, and John Osborne
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Guardian Unlimited | November 05, 2009
Wales raises curtain on GBP3m national theatre
...link. In April 2011, Welsh born actor Michael Sheen will return to Port Talbot to revive the town's Passion Play, with the poet Owen Sheers and using the local stories. There is a lot riding on the plans. The NTW has a budget of just GBP3m...
In this article: Wales, Michael Sheen, Gary Owen, Suicide, Cardiff, Port Talbot, Passion Play, and Aeschylus
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BBC News | November 05, 2009
National theatre company launches
...north Wales for the "Play Station generation". Actor Michael Sheen will also return to his home town of Port Talbot with poet Owen Sheers to stage an contemporary revival of the town's community Passion Play. Arts Council of Wales chair...
In this article: Wales, Cardiff, Radio Cardiff, Passion Play, Play Station, and Michael Sheen
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Wales Online | October 30, 2009
News & Reviews: Mr Writer
He's one of the darlings of contemporary literature and now Owen Sheers' debut novel is about to be turned into a film. He tells Karen Price about his other projects too OWEN Sheers has just landed at Glasgow airport and is en route to the...
In this article: Resistance, Oscar, London, New York, Robert Louis Stevenson, Branwen, and Llyr
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Wikipedia | October 01, 2009
Owen Sheers
...poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter. He is a former Poet-in-Residence with the Wordsworth Trust in Grasmere. Owen Sheers was born in Fiji in 1974 and brought up in Abergavenny, South Wales. He was educated at King Henry...
In this article: Wordsworth Trust, The Dust Diaries, Resistance, Ondaatje Prize, BBC 4, and Wales Book of the Year
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Independent.ie | September 11, 2009
it's impossible to resist this tale of humanity in war
The Visa Book Club were pleasantly surprised at how Owen Sheers' Resistance rocked their prejudices Welcome to the Irish Independent Book Club. Every month we bring you a compelling fiction choice, from crime and mystery novels to classics...
In this article: Resistance, Dublin, and Ondaatje Prize
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Independent.ie | August 14, 2009
'Something was missing from Toibin's novel...'
...had echoes of Brinsley MacNamara's Valley of the Squinting Windows." Next month's Irish Independent Book Club choice is Resistance by Owen Sheers If your book club would like to take part in our monthly book club feature, or if you are...
In this article: Brooklyn College, Colm Toibin, Booker prize, and Dublin
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Owen Sheers (born 1974) is a Welsh poet, author, playwright, actor and TV presenter.
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