Camelot_TUK_Reviews_Image.png
Camelot_Poster_Portrait.PNG

CAMELOT is a documentary short film commissioned by The Uncertain Kingdom. The project included an ambitious, devised theatre production, creatively led by a team of eight year old boys growing up in the Rhymney Valley, working in collaboration with professional theatre practitioners. Together they looked at the ancient welsh legend of King Arthur: the anonymous boy who, thanks to the guidance of Merlin, steps outside his comfort zone and builds a new Kingdom. The boys pulled apart and reimagined this story using references from their own lives, and asked themselves: what kind of man do I want to become? And what kind of Camelot would we build in Rhymney, today?

Their spectacular production was performed in July 2019 to a broad community audience.

In November 2019, the boys and their classmates were invited to the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to watch the capture of their show on the big screen, before receiving a backstage tour and a chance to play with the theatrical lighting and sound technology onstage. They were also engaged in a follow-up project led by PETRA Publishing, in which they created an illustrated story book about positive role modelling.

The CAMELOT project was made possible by the generosity of our kickstarter supporters and multiple other partners, including:

Caerphilly County Borough Council
Idris Davies School 3 - 18
Arts Council Wales
Film Shed London
Video Europe
The Riverfront Theatre, Newport
Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
Bristol Old Vic
Stage Sound Services
SLX
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Aardvark FX

All the photography on this page is by Anna Jones @cobsinmyhair

FILM CREDITS

Director - Alison Hargreaves
Featuring (In alphabetical order):
Kurtis Baldwin
Ryan Bethell-Davies
Cohan Edwards
Cody Harris
Harley Harrison
Finley Jones
Keith Jones
Ethan Thomas
Raith Williams
With
Linzi Jones
Miley Jones
Sienna Baldwin

Director of Photography - Sarah Smither
Story and Edit - Catarina Oliveira, Alison Hargreaves
Executive Producers - John Jencks, Isabel Freer, Georgia Goggin
Producer - Alice Whittemore
Producer - Alison Hargreaves
Colourist - Natalia Jaeger
Sound - Alex Hudd
Composer - Sam Halmarack
Additional Sound Recording - Alan Tony Frances
Additional Camera - Paul Mackeson, Joshua Gaunt
Stills Photographer - Anna Jones
Title Graphics - Dan Chernett
Chaperone - Claire Jeremy
Production Coordinator - Dominika Rau
Production Assistant - Hayley Lau
Production Runner - Toby Spragg
Translation - Gwenfair Hawkins

THEATRE PRODUCTION CREDITS

Devised with the cast
Executive Producer - Alison Hargreaves
Director - Justin Cliffe
Writer / Dramaturg - Adam Peck
Production Manager - Mark Munday
Lighting - Peter Harrison
Set - Russell Henry
Costume - Aled Williams
Musical Director - Sam Halmarack 
Additional Composition - Ethan Thomas
Stage Manager - Charly Brookman
Props Maker - Molly Hawkins 
Scenic Artist - Em Spoor
Technician - Jack Jones 
Associate Producer - Holly Bond