{"id":29558,"date":"2015-11-30T21:35:50","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=29558"},"modified":"2015-11-30T21:35:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-30T21:35:50","slug":"hijinx-presents-silent-toy-soldier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2015\/11\/30\/hijinx-presents-silent-toy-soldier\/","title":{"rendered":"Hijinx Theatre presents new show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hijinx\u2019s community theatre group <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hijinx.org.uk\/odyssey\/\">Odyssey<\/a> is set to perform in <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org.uk\/Productions\/2015-2016\/WestonStudio\/TheSilentToySoldier\/\">The Silent Toy Solider<\/a><\/em> in the Wales Millennium Stadium on 3 to 5 December.<\/p>\n<p>The show is\u00a0an adaptation of ETA Hoffmann\u2019s <em>The Nutcracker and the Mouse King<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The cast consists of disabled and non-disabled performers, as Hijinx aim to provide a platform for talented actors who may get overlooked because of their learning disabilities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29563\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 480px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Toy-Soldier-Cast-edited.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-29563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Toy-Soldier-Cast-edited-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Hijinx\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-29563 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2015\/11\/Toy-Soldier-Cast-edited-480x220.jpg\" alt=\"Hijinx\" width=\"480\" height=\"220\" \/><\/noscript><\/a> <em>The Silent Toy Soldier<\/em> cast rehearsing on 29 November<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Professional actors Kirsty Rosser, 38, and Martin Vick, 40, have been involved with the theatre group for over 10 years as Martin said, \u201cI joined in 2001 and I played Peter Pan in my first show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Productions such as this are made possible by funding from the Arts Council of Wales.<\/p>\n<p>Odyssey members have also raised money for productions, as Kirsty revealed that she fundraised by baking and selling cakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Odyssey theatre group put their own spin on The Nutcracker <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":520,"featured_media":29565,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[5169,5170,5171,5172,5173,1657,5174,1228],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-29558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-eta-hoffmann","tag-hijinx","tag-kirsty-rosser","tag-martin-vick","tag-odyssey","tag-the-nutcracker","tag-the-silent-toy-soldier","tag-wales-millenium-centre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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