Rachel Taylor-Beales
@racheltaylorbeales
Creative leftie- mostly singing, writing and painting.
Some screen shots from tonight’s premiere of For The Record: An Incomplete History of Music the new docuseries by Cosmic Shambles - watch the first episode here youtu.be/quj8JVU-usw?...
Introducing The Untangled Knot, a brand new collaborative community and performance project with alt-folk artists @johnreed.bandcamp.com @shirley-sings.bsky.social and Beth Porter. Please head over to our new bandcamp page, and give us a follow there. theuntangledknot.bandcamp.com/album/meet-t...
Today’s dose of joy and beauty - dramatic sun and hazy sky
Big thanks to @cosmicshambles.com for having me along to perform in their Forest of Science and Culture at Latitude this weekend - Great fun performing with @robinince.bsky.social and Jakko Jakszyk and then later joining Brush Strokes and Beats event as well. A few random snaps
Here’s a fun little showreel of a folksy gig I did at Elysium in Swansea a while ago with my lovely band - splicing the clips of phone recordings made by lovely audience members - was a fun night.
Brilliant hearing sublime @josienneclarke.com with fantastic @alecbowmanclarke.com and band tonight - performing songs of Sandy Denny! Beautiful interpretations and arrangements! Bravo!!
Lyric video of Dark Angels poem about depression, anxiety and hope Been lovely working with @robinince.bsky.social putting music to his poems. Each one with a completely different sound world. To hear more head over to: normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com
Here’s a new lyric video for Dark Angels track from the Weirdly Normal EP of poems and music I’ve made with @robinince.bsky.social Looking forward to joining Robin with live music to some of his poems at Latitude Festival and beyond. To hear more - head to normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com
It’s such a sweet space! I was there in March when my play toured there- and took lots of snaps of those beams!
@robinince.bsky.social brilliant new book - Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal is a powerful, moving and compassionate call to accept and celebrate neurodiversity. The Weirdly Normal album of Robin’s poems link as a companion to the book normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...
Many thanks to Helen from WMPG Radio, for playing tracks from our new Weirdly Normal poetry and music album on her Crate Escape show! Links and track artwork for Dark Angels track, that opens the album and Helen's show. www.wmpg.org/show/sun0100/ normallyweirdassociates.bandcamp.com/album/weirdl...
Excited to be working with @robinince.bsky.social on a digital EP of poems set to music that are thematically linked to Robin’s new book Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal- more info on the EP coming soon - in the meantime here’s a fun sketch of us both by @billtaylor-beales.bsky.social
So great to have the chance to see my Bag for Life play performed by Fluellen Theatre Company for the final time - a few snaps of actors Katherine Weare and Hannah Lloyd who did such a great job bringing the characters to life
Excited to see premiere of my new play Bag For Life tomorrow at 12.30 in The Arts Wing of Swansea Grand Theatre- the rehearsals have been great - the Fluellen Theatre actors are doing a stunning job of bringing the characters to life
Today’s reading recommendation - essays - speeches - reflections that are so vital and relevant
Today’s office - Dressing room 17 at Swansea Grand Theatre for a table read of my new play Bag For Life - optioned by Fluellen Theatre Company as part of their lunch time series on Saturday 22nd Feb 12.30pm
Still some tickets left to see myself and the very brilliant @robinince.bsky.social at Ffwrnes in Llanelli on 24th Jan - www.theatrausirgar.co.uk/en/shows/rob...