Owen Martell

Video

Mon, 17 May 2010 18:04:00 +0200

Word Express (in The Telegraph)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:11:00 +0100

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:10:00 +0100

Scritture Giovani 09

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:00:00 +0200

I’m very happy to be taking part in this year’s Scritture Giovani project - you can read my story, The Dip, and see information about the scheme here.

Dates:

11 September, 21h30, Piazza San Leonardo, Festivaletteratura, Mantova, Italy
With Gabriele Dadati, Anne Fine & Chicca Gagliardo

18 September, 19h00, Collegium Hungaricum Berlin, Literaturfestival, Berlin, Germany Dorotheenstraße12, 10117 Berlin (Mitte)
With Paul Brodowsky, Gabriele Dadati & Céline Robinet

Ceisio'i Bywyd Hi

Tue, 21 Jul 2009 10:17:00 +0200

By Martin Crimp
Translation by Owen Martell of Attempts on Her Life

A miscellaneous collection of characters gather to tell a story…to conjure a woman; one that will define and challenge them, love and incense them. The result is a modern-day fable – a tragic comedy for our time. From material greed to unconditional self-sacrifice, from unprotected sex to religious fundamentalism, this is a provocative vision of a world of fear, detachment and alienation and a poignant portrayal of contemporary obsessions.

Since its premiere in 1997, this stirring play has been translated into more than twenty languages. In a bold, multimedia production, with live music from Acid Casuals, Owen Martell (winner of Welsh-Language Book of The Year 2001) brings this contemporary classic to a Welsh-speaking audience. In so doing, we are compelled to consider Welsh-language culture’s international context and are transported from the familiar milieu of language politics, sport and eisteddfod to a brutal world of pornography, ethnic cleansing and international terrorism.

Cast: Catherine Ayers, Claire Hingott, Aled Pedrick, Meilyr Sion
Director: Arwel Gruffydd
Designer: Gerald Tyler
Lighting & Video Design: John Collingswood
Sound & Music: Acid Casuals

Parallel Wales - BlackwoodSounds from Blackwood, Wales, images...

Sat, 09 May 2009 10:53:00 +0200

Parallel Wales - Blackwood
Sounds from Blackwood, Wales, images from Blackwood, Pennsylvania.

Parallel Wales - CardiffSounds from Cardiff, Wales, images from...

Fri, 08 May 2009 01:01:00 +0200

Parallel Wales - Cardiff
Sounds from Cardiff, Wales, images from Cardiff, Maryland.
* contains swears

Contact

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0200

E-mail: owen.martell@gmail.com
Agent: lucy@lucyluck.com

Dolenni Hud

Fri, 05 Dec 2008 15:23:00 +0100

Gomer, 2008 / ISBN 1-84851-032-2
Six stories, set in ‘Welsh’ towns in the United States, with 40 photographs by Simon Proffitt
Amazon / Gwales / BBC

Parallel Wales / Cymru Arall

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:20:00 +0100

Installation
The LAB, San Francisco
October 21 - November 15 2008

Information

Thu, 12 Apr 2007 06:00:00 +0200

Owen Martell was born in Exeter and grew up in Pontneddfechan, south Wales. His first Welsh-language novel, Cadw dy ffydd, brawd, written while a student at Aberystwyth, won the Welsh Book of the Year award in 2001. His second novel, Dyn yr Eiliad (The Other Man), was short-listed for the same prize in 2004 and, according to one reviewer, is “a landmark in recent Welsh fiction”. His most recent book is Dolenni Hud, a collection of short stories set in ‘Welsh’ towns in the United States, in collaboration with photographer Simon Proffitt. He was awarded an Arts Council ‘Creative Wales’ Award in 2009. Owen also works as a translator. Ceisio’i Bywyd Hi, a translation of Martin Crimp’s Attempts on her life, was produced in 2009 by the Sherman Cymru theatre.

Traw & Rhodri Davies / Mellte / Cwymp y Dŵr ar Ganol Dydd /...

Fri, 05 Jan 2007 11:38:00 +0100

Traw & Rhodri Davies / Mellte / Cwymp y Dŵr ar Ganol Dydd / Confront, 2006

Cwymp y Dŵr ar Ganol Dydd ("The Water Falls at Morning's End")

Tue, 05 Dec 2006 15:17:00 +0100

Traw (computers) & Rhodri Davies (harp)
Confront Collectors Series, 2006
Sound 323

Dyn yr Eiliad (The Other Man)

Fri, 05 Dec 2003 15:53:00 +0100

Gomer, 2003 / ISBN 1-84323-305-3
Shortlist, Welsh Book of the Year 2004
Gomer / Gwales / BBC

Cadw dy ffydd, brawd

Wed, 05 Apr 2000 15:57:00 +0200

Gomer, 2000 / ISBN 1-85902-861-6
Welsh Book of the Year 2001
Gomer