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Roger Williams

ROGER WILLIAMS

  
Nationality:    Welsh
email:    n/a     Website:    n/a

Literary Agent:    JFL Agency Ltd  

Roger Williams writes for Theatre, radio and television. Credits include the BAFTA-nominated Tales from Pleasure Beach for BBC2, the Story of Tracy Beaker for BBC1 and Pobol y Cwm for S4C. He has written Theatre plays for Made In Wales (Gulp), the Sherman (Saturday Night Forever) and the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (Y Byd (A'i Brawd)), and five radio plays for the BBC. He currently lives in Neath.

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         Bang         Calon Lan         Camarthen Cowgirls         Cwy         Gulp         Kapow!         Killing Kangaroos         Love In Aberdare         Me, A Giant         Mother Tongue         Pop         Pushby         Saturday Night Forever         Surfing Carmarthen Bay         Y Byd (A'i Brawd)

Bang

Synopsis:
A musical adventure set in Cardiff. A comic and ironic slice of life that follows four friends on a thrilling and unusual night in Cardiff. The following morning they sing about their experiences in Welsh, of course!

Notes:
A preview concert performance of Wales' first ever sex opera! Commissioned by Chapter for the International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff. Composer Llinos Mai

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Organisations:
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Music:
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Genre:
musical

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Calon Lan

Synopsis:
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Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1997

Organisations:
Made in Wales

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
-

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Play/Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Camarthen Cowgirls

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Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BBC Radio Wales

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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play

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Cwy

Synopsis:
A new short Welsh language monologue inspired by the recent homophobic protests in Moscow.

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Genre:
Welsh language Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Gulp

Synopsis:
Just when everything is going right your ex turns up to say he is HIV+. Play about desire and deceit in Wales

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Made in Wales

1st Published:
New Welsh Drama I,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Kapow!

Synopsis:
The story so far. . .Reading comics in his bedroom. Ceri dreams of becoming a superhero and standing up to his mean ugly older brother and sister. But Ceri might have got more than he bargained for when the Mighty Flash turns up. Overworked and desperate for a holiday, the Mighty Flash hands Ceri the Flash-Phone and leaves him in charge! As Captain C, can Ceri really save the day? Will he ever be able to tell Mighty Flash the truth? And what happens when Mighty Flash's mortal enemy, Dark Smoke appears. . .?

Notes:
Music Greg Palmer

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Organisations:
Theatr Na N'og

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Killing Kangaroos

Synopsis:
Three British backpackers stay with an Australian family and end up appearing in their very own Aussie soap opera

Notes:
'Neighbours' meets 'Pobol Y Cwm' in this comedy by one of Wales' best young writers, the only Welsh play ever to be featured at The Australian National Playwrights Conference.

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Organisations:
Made in Wales

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  3            Other:  -

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Love In Aberdare

Synopsis:
Musical about young love set in the Welsh valleys

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1997

Organisations:
Made in Wales

1st Published:
-   -

Music:
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Genre:
Musical

Parts:
Male:  10            Female:  10            Other:  -

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Me, A Giant

Synopsis:
When Jack plants a seed in his back garden the unlikeliest of friendship grows. He meets a giant but it's not like the one in his storybook! After Rhys, Jack's smelly big brother chops down the Giant's beanstalk the adventure begins. Can Jack help the Giant get home again and find the strength to become a hero? Along the way, Jack encounters some familiar faces, including the Troll from the Three Billy Goats Gruff and the witch from Hansel and Gretel - but are they really who they seem at first glance?

Notes:
may have been produced in 2005

1st Produced:
Theatr Elli, Llanelli     26 Mar 2008

Organisations:
Theatr Na N'og

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
TYA

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Mother Tongue

Synopsis:
"One language dies every two weeks, Joel. Isn't that the figure? Fifty-eight languages have only one speaker. It's horrific." In Williams' play, four linguists from around the world meet in a Cardiff hotel in an attempt to save languages that are on the verge of extinction. As opposites attract and personalities intertwine, a comic Drama unfolds that captures both heart and mind.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Sherman Theatre Company

1st Published:
Parthian ISBN 1-902638-79-4,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  2            Other:  -

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Pop

Synopsis:
Four friends do everything possible to see their favourite American boy band play live on stage.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Theatr leuenctid Sherman.

1st Published:
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Music:
-

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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Pushby

Synopsis:
the recording of new BBC Radio half-hour plays live on stage! Pushby by Roger Williams.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
BBC Radio Wales/Sherman Theatre Lunchtime Play

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
play 30 min

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Saturday Night Forever

Synopsis:
Take a roller-coaster ride through Cardiff's night-life, as Lee, a gay man in his thirties living in the heart of the city, breaks up with his lover and resolves never to fall in love again. All around him people are drinking too much, dancing until the early hours and getting it while they can. But when Lee receives an invitation to a friend's house-warming everything seems ripe for change, and it only takes seven hours, a bottle of vodka, and the devil on his shoulder for him to break his promise and fall back into the arms of a new admirer. Saturday Night Forever follows Lee on a journey through the wreckage of past relationships and the early stages of a promising new love affair. For a short while life is sweet, but after every Saturday night comes the cold reality of Sunday morning, and as Lee cruelly discovers, nothing lasts forever.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
Edinburgh Fringe Festival     07 Aug1998

Organisations:
CF1

1st Published:
in One Man One Voice, Parthian,    -

Music:
-

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Genre:
Play One Act. - - Gay, one act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Surfing Carmarthen Bay

Synopsis:
Eighteen and about to launch themselves into life; Angela, Steven and Morgan spend what they know are to be there last few days together. Reluctant to give up their adolescent friendships but eager to forge ahead. Before they can do so there are a few questions that must be asked and a few conversations must be had in this touching adolescent journey. A sincere and mature piece of writing which will be sure to spawn many secondary productions with youth groups and schools. Roger was nominated for a BAFTA in 2002 for his script of 'Tales From Pleasure Beach' for the BBC.

Notes:
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1st Produced:
-     1995

Organisations:
Sherman Theatre Company

1st Published:

Music:
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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  2            Female:  1            Other:  -

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Y Byd (A'i Brawd)

Synopsis:
Bali. November 2002. Two bombs explode in Kuta killing over 200 people. A fortnight later Catrin arrives on the island with her Welsh rugby shirt in her suitcase and a new boyfriend to hold her hand. There she finds two Welsh backpackers, desperate for money and a ticket to leave the island and avoid going home at all costs. They meet in an hotel where everything changes. A contemporary play about nostalgia, selfishness and these young Welsh people abroad.

Notes:
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1st Produced:

Organisations:
Sgript Cymru

1st Published:
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Music:
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Genre:
Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  3            Other:  -

Further Reference:
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