BEHIND ANNWN PRODUCTIONS…
Christina Bevan and Rhia Williams grew up in a small town community in the South Wales valleys. The same age – 23 – the two are total opposites in both attitude and appearance. Whilst Rhia was an introvert who grew up reading books and dreamt of becoming a pathologist, Christina was a confident TV fanatic who dreamt of becoming a dancer. Neither of those dreams were realised but were soon replaced with an ambition and love for writing. They don’t remember how they actually met but it seems to have worked out for the best.
Christina has just received her undergraduate Masters in Applied Languages and Translation from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. Studying languages and applied linguistics gave Christina the opportunity to travel and resulted in her spending a year abroad split between Spain and France with a few detours around Europe. Now she will be progressing to a Masters in Scriptwriting at the University of South Wales with hopes of strengthening her craft and developing industry links. Before venturing somewhat reluctantly into screen writing, Christina completed a chicklit novel and now plans to write and adapt work for TV, Film and Theatre.
Unlike Christina, Rhia did not get a passport until she was eighteen and has spent most of her life living between the South and West of her home nation. She is currently a student at the University of South Wales studying for her BA Hons in Theatre and Drama which includes scriptwriting, directing, devising and acting. In the past, she has studied other Arts including fashion and costume design, illustration and fine art. Right now, she has a novel in the works as well as a play as well as having written a number of scripts for short films.
Their first joint effort ‘31-10’ reached the last five percent of the BBC Writersroom for Television Drama this year. It has since resulted in the creation of ‘Flat 666,’ a mockumentary about the trials and tribulations of university life, and a musical, ‘Home,’ which is about a group of twenty something’s who find home in a single person.
Having already named their production company, Christina and Rhia hope that they will have more than a name some day. They hope to give Wales a voice by creating a platform upon which Welsh ‘creatives’ can share their work with the world. After all they are from the land of poetry and song.
