About me
His debut play BLUE opened in January 2019 at Chapter Arts Centre in Cardiff, produced by Chippy Lane Productions.
Following BLUE, Rhys has been working on a feature film for Jagged Edge Productions & ITN which is set to premiere in April 2025. A studio play, FOSSILS, with director Francesca Goodridge which went into R&D at the Manchester Royal Exchange. And he has recently written a short play for the Heart of Wales Arts Festival in Llandovery.
His latest play, MONUMENT supported by the Peggy Ramsay Foundation was Shortlisted for the Papatango Prize 2024 and Longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2024.
Rhys was part of the Sherman’s Writers Group 2022, Pentabus’ Young Writers cohort 2023 and the BBC Welsh Voice’s 2024. The project that he was developing as part of BBC Welsh Voices was then selected for further development with NFTS.
Rhys currently has a TV project under option at Wall to Wall & a theatre commission with Welsh National Theatre.
My Plays
Monument
Synopsis:
‘Will somebody here tonight please tell me when it is that we can start rebuilding our lives?’
With the eyes of the world watching, a Welsh farming community gathers to vote on whether or not to build a Memorial. But what does this Memorial commemorate? Why is it so contentious? And how, when the time comes, will you vote?
With two possible endings based on how the audience votes, Monument invites us to join this community as we are faced with an impossible question - how, when the fabric of society has been torn, can the threads be woven back together?
Number of Characters: 7
Minimum Number of Actors Required: 7
Length (in Pages): 140
Location: Wales
Key Words: Debate, Rural, Art, Terrorism, Grief, Community, and Wales
Has the Play Been Produced? No
Are the Rights Available? No
Has the Play Been Published? No
Award nominations/wins: 1. Shortlisted for the Papatango Prize 2024.2. Shortlisted for BOLD Playwrights 2024. 3. Longlisted for the Verity Bargate Award 2024.
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