A national theatre for Wales? About time

guardian.co.uk: "The announcement that John E McGrath - currently director and chief executive of Contact in Manchester - will become the first artistic director of National Theatre Wales from January 2009, brings the prospect of a Welsh National Theatre closer to reality. Yet it may come as a surprise to many non-Welsh speakers that Wales already has a National Theatre - Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru - a non-building based organisation founded in 2003."