{"id":7256,"date":"2011-12-06T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T09:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=7256"},"modified":"2015-10-07T10:55:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T10:55:38","slug":"splott-inspired-musical-at-chapter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/culture\/splott-inspired-musical-at-chapter","title":{"rendered":"Splott inspired musical at Chapter"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Intimate performance about growing up in Cardiff<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_7257\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/9_culture_areynolds_big_ah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7257\" title=\"9_culture_areynolds_big_ah\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/9_culture_areynolds_big_ah.jpg\" alt=\"Anthony Reynolds\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Anthony Reynolds is exploring his childhood through music<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Growing up in Splott and Tremorfa in the 1970s and 1980s <a title=\"Anthony Reynolds' website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.anthonyreynolds.net\/pages\/ii_news.htm \" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Reynolds<\/a> couldn\u2019t wait to leave. But after coming across some old photos of Cardiff he decided to write a musical based on his experiences.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Event on chapter website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapter.org\/25101.html \" target=\"_blank\">A Small Spit of Land<\/a>, will be showcased at a performance at <a title=\"Chapter Arts Centre\" href=\"http:\/\/www.chapter.org\/index.html \" target=\"_blank\">Chapter Arts Centre<\/a> on Saturday 10 December.<\/p>\n<p>After having living away from Cardiffy for many years, Reynolds still held a negative view of Splott and Tremorfa: \u201cI remember thinking if you took the roofs off all the houses there\u2019d be no books, no culture. The only culture we had was pop music really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But seeing a collection of photographs called <a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffbeforecardiff.tumblr.com\/\" title=\"Cardiff Before Cardiff\" target=\"_blank\">Cardiff Before Cardiff<\/a> sparked his memory. \u201cI realised actually I had loads of really good times,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><em>Amy Hall spoke to Anthony Reynolds, near his home in Cardiff Bay. Here he talks some more about his inspirations for the project:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><object height=\"81\" width=\"100%\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"https:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29713226\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed allowscriptaccess=\"always\" height=\"81\" src=\"https:\/\/player.soundcloud.com\/player.swf?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F29713226\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"100%\"><\/embed><\/object>  <span><a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/amyrhall\/anthony-reynolds-a-small-spit\">Anthony Reynolds: A Small Spit of Land<\/a> by <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/amyrhall\">amyrhall<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intimate performance about growing up in Cardiff Growing up in Splott and Tremorfa in the 1970s and 1980s Anthony Reynolds couldn\u2019t wait to leave. 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