Daf James - On the Other Hand, Were Happy

On the Other Hand, Were HappyDaf James METHUEN DRAMA Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA BLOOMSBURY, METHUEN DRAMA and the Methuen Drama logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain 2019 Copyright Daf James, 2019 Daf James has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as author of this work. Cover design: Ben Anslow Photography Tom Chaplin Master The Light Artwork Michael Windsor-Ungureanu/Thread Design All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes.

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ABBIE/EMMA	Charlotte Bate
TYLER/COUNSELLOR/KELLY	Charlotte OLeary
JOSH/LIAM	Toyin Omari-Kinch

Direction	Stef ODriscoll
Lighting	Peter Small
Sound & Original Music	Dominic Kennedy
Movement	Annie-Lunnette Deakin-Foster
Movement Associate	Hayley Chilvers
Assistant Director	Janis Sadik
Lighting Programmer	Tom Davis
Producer for Paines Plough	Sofia Stephanou
Producer for Theatr Clwyd	Nick Stevenson

Company Stage Manager	Rachel Graham
Technical Stage Manager	Wesley Hughes
Costume Supervisor	Alison Hartnell

Daf James (Writer) Daf is an award-winning writer, composer and performer working across theatre, radio, television and film in English and Welsh. Having trained in the Lecoq pedagogy at the London International School of Performing Arts he went on to earn a doctorate in Theatre Studies from the University of Warwick. His first full-length play Llwyth [Tribe] was described in Contemporary Welsh Plays as a water-shed play that changed the landscape of Welsh language theatre forever. Other past work includes: Reputations (BBC Studios); Nurseryland Revolution (Lets Play/National Theatre); My Mother Taught Me How to Sing (BBC Radio 4); Tiger Bay (WMC/Capetown Opera); City of the Unexpected (National Theatre Wales); All That I Am (Richard Burton Theatre Company/Gate); Wonderman (Gagglebabble/National Theatre Wales); Mother Courage (National Theatre Wales); Yuri (August 012); Crackanory (Tiger Aspect/Dave); Psychobitches (Tiger Aspect/Sky Arts, Rose dOr Award winner); Heritage (NT Connections); Sue: The Second Coming (Soho Theatre and UK tour); Terrace (BBC Radio 3); Gwaith/Cartref (ten episodes, Fiction Factory); The Village Social (National Theatre Wales); Deffror Gwanwyn (Theatr Genedlaethol); My Name Is Sue (Total Theatre Award Winner). Current work includes: Exodus (Triongl/S4C); Ganol Gaeaf Noethlwm (Cwmni Da/S4C); Margaret & Clive (Fiction Factory/Channel 4); The Diana Chronicles (Royal Court/Sherman Theatre/Theatr Clwyd); Tylwyth (Theatr Genedlaethol/Sherman Cymru).

His TV pilot Beast (Scott Free/Channel 4) was on the 2018 Brit List and he is currently on the 2019 BBC TV Drama Writers Programme working with Duck Soup Films. Charlotte Bate (Abbie/Emma) Charlotte trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. Theatre credits include: Blackthorn (West Yorkshire Playhouse and Edinburgh Festival); The Rivals (Watermill Theatre); King Lear (The Orange Tree Theatre); Watership Down (Watermill Theatre); Romeo and Juliet (Sheffield Crucible Theatre). Television credits include: Casualty (BBC); The White House Farm Murders (ITV); Philip K. Dicks Electric Dreams (Channel 4). Charlotte OLeary (Tyler/Counsellor/Kelly) Charlotte trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Charlotte OLeary (Tyler/Counsellor/Kelly) Charlotte trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama.

Theatre credits include: ROUNDABOUT 2018 season directed by Stef ODriscoll: Island Town, Sticks and Stones, How to Spot an Alien (Paines Plough and Theatr Clwyd); Under Milk Wood directed by Brendan OHea (Watermill Theatre); Hush directed by Hannah Bannister (Paines Plough/RWCMD). Television credits include: The Witcher (Netflix Originals). Radio credits include: Torchwood directed by Scott Handcock (Big Finish Productions). Toyin Omari-Kinch (Josh/Liam) Toyin is an established actor who recently played David Taylor for over a year in War Horse at the National Theatre and during a national tour of the production. He played the role of Eric the Archer in the RSC and National Theatre of Scotlands US tour of Dunsinane. The show was written by David Greig and directed by Roxana Silbert and went to North Carolina, Washington, Chicago and Los Angeles.

He has also appeared in numerous productions for the Birmingham Rep. On the small screen, he has featured in Doctors for the BBC. Stef ODriscoll (Direction) Stef is Artistic Director of nabokov and previously Associate Director at Paines Plough and Lyric Hammersmith. As Director, theatre includes: Island Town, Sticks and Stones, How to Spot an Alien (Paines Plough/Theatr Clwyd); With a Little Bit of Luck, Hopelessly Devoted (Paines Plough/Birmingham Rep/Latitude); Blister (Paines Plough/RWCMD); Last Night (nabokov/Roundhouse); Storytelling Army (nabokov/Brighton Festival); Slug (nabokov/Latitude); Box Clever, Yard Gal (Ovalhouse); The Unmaster