CREDITS
“Heartbreak Hotel”
BBC Radio 4 Short Story, 1988
“Sanctified”
BBC Radio 4, 30 Minute Theatre, 27th April, 1993
“A Little Knowledge”
Rehearsed Reading, Made In Wales Stage Company, 1993
“To The Limit”
BBC Radio Wales, 30 Minute Drama, 1993
“Thank-You For Talking To Me Africa”
BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Theatre, 1994
“The Laws Of Physics”
BBC Radio 4, Short Story, 15th December, 1994
“The Morality Of The Jungle”
BBC Radio 4, Short Story, 28th August, 1996
“Singing The O’Riley Song”
Rehearsed Reading, Made In Wales Stage Company, 1997
“All Boys Seeking Adventure”
BBC Radio 4, Short Story, 27th May, 1998 (also published in “Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe”, ed. Lewis Davies & Arthur Smith, Parthian Books, 1999)
“Face Like John Cazale”
Rehearsed Reading, Dempsey’s Pub Theatre, Cardiff, 1998
“Giant Steps”
Full Production, Made In Wales Stage Company, Oval House, London, November 1998 & Chapter, Cardiff, December 1998 (also published in “New Welsh Drama II”, ed. Jeff Teare, Parthian Books, 2001)
“Revolutionaries”
Rehearsed Reading, Dempsey’s Pub Theatre, Cardiff, 1999
“Floating”
“D.M.S.R.”
“Does It Have Tits In It”
Rehearsed Readings, Dempsey’s Pub Theatre, Cardiff, 2000
“Man Talk”
BBC Radio 4, Afternoon Theatre, 2001
“The Story of Tracy Beaker”: Series 1 – 1 episode (“Temporary Care Worker”)
BBC Television, 2002
“Fight Of The Century”
The Sherman Plays – BBC Radio Wales/Sherman Theatre, Cardiff; April 12-13 2002
“The Story of Tracy Beaker”: Series 2 – 4 episodes (“Bad Girls”, “Secrets And Lies”, “The Long Goodbye”, “Genius At Work”)
BBC Television, 2003
“Kerching”: Series 1 – 1 episode (“Project Ska-Face”)
BBC Television, 2003
“The Story of Tracy Beaker”: Series 3 – 2 episodes (“No-one Quite Like Grampa”, “Just Desserts” )
BBC Television, 2003
“Kerching”: Series 2 – 1 episode (“Let’s Get Deep!”)
BBC Television, 2003
“Hilltop Hospital” : 2 episodes (“Smile”, “The Blues”)
Siriol Productions/Folimage, 2003
“The Story of Tracy Beaker”: Series 4 – 1 episode (“Best Of Enemies”)
BBC Television, 2004
“The Sycamore Close Massive”
Joint runner-up in BBC Two-Timing Sit-Com script competition, 2003-2004
“Singing The O’Riley Song”
Rehearsed Reading, Drum Theatre, Plymouth, June 16, 2004
“War Stories”
From “Every Tongue Got To Confess”
BBC Radio Four, Afternoon Reading, August 2, 2004
“Burned”
“On The Edge” Rehearsed Reading,
Chapter Media Centre, Cardiff, 23 March, 2005
“Home Again”
Shadow Commission of episode for BBC Sit-Com, 2006
“Dirty-Something”
“Made In Wales” Rehearsed Reading,
R.A.D.A. Bar, London, 16 January, 2007
“The Exquisite Corpse”
Co-Author for True/Fiction Theatre Company
Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 19-20 October, 2007
“Oliviaville”
Black Cowboy Novel
“The Beauty”
Short film (writer/director), broadcast in “Red Carpet” on
Propeller TV (Sky Channel 195), January-February 2008
“26 Beers”
Short film (writer/director), broadcast in “Red Carpet” on
Propeller TV (Sky Channel 195), January-February 2008
“The Naked Major”
Short play, rehearsed reading, part of “Dirty Protest 3”
Milgi, City Road, Cardiff, 24th January, 2008
“The Exquisite Corpse”
Co-Author for True/Fiction Theatre Company
Weston Studio, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff, 24-26 July, 2008
C venue 34, Chambers Street, Edinburgh, 30th July-25th August, 2008
“Charismatic”
Short Film (writer/director)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1367165/
June-July, 2008
“This Whole Guns Knives Gangs Thing”
Treatment for verbatim drama
Arts Council of England, Young People’s Participatory Theatre Project
August, 2008
“Dirty-Something”
“Made In Wales” Rehearsed Reading (also directed)
Chapter, Cardiff, 30th October, 2008
“See The Glory”
Reading for the Talawa Theatre Company “Manz Like Me” Season
Young Vic Theatre, London
November 20th, 2008
“Yer Blues”
Novel, published via Youwriteon.com
April, 2009
“The Exquisite Corpse”
Co-Author for True/Fiction Theatre Company
Southwark Playhouse, London SE1
May 5th-May 30th, 2009
“‘To A Young Poet’ by R. S. Thomas”
Short film – devised and edited
July 2010
On Youtube and Dailymotion
“The Way Of It”
Compilation of the poetry of R. S. Thomas –
devised and edited
Dylan Thomas Centre, 1st November, 2010
part of the Dylan Thomas Festival, 2010
“Tati’s Hotel”
Machine Productions/Screen Door
for CITV and TV Ontario
Episodes: “Alien”, “Writer”, “Ghost”
Spring 2011
“Whereof One Cannot Speak”
Sherman Theatre Podcast, 2011
http://www.shermancymru.co.uk/podcast/
“Proverb”
Short film – written and directed
June 2011
On Youtube
“King Horse”
Short film – written and directed
June 2011
On Youtube
“The Quiet Life”
Feature-length screenplay
commissioned by Sen Productions Ltd.
Summer 2011
“I’ve Been Expecting You”
Short screenplay
Joint winner of BBC Writers Room “Hackgate” Rapid Response Competition
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/2011/08/hackgate.shtml
August 2011
“The Key”
Short film – writer
Directed by Michael Wong for Sen Productions Ltd.
August 2011
“Miss Hanley’s Letter”
Short novel – exclusive to Amazon’s Kindle Store
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B007K9YU2I
March 2012
“Sons of Nervous Lovers”
Novella – available from Amazon’s Kindle Store
May 2012
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0083IAUDI
“The True Story Of My Alien Abuctions: by Adrian Longton”
Novella – available from Amazon’s Kindle Store
August 2012
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B008RJBWP8
“Farewell, Farewell”
Shown as part of “Roathbud: Film Discoveries 2012”
Made In Roath Festival, Cardiff
October 2012
“The Great Longing”
Shown as part of SHOrts Exhibition
Sho Gallery, Cardiff
October 2012
“Songs For Swinging Lovers”
Rehearsed Reading by Dirty Protest
Picnic Plays / Celtic Festival
Clwyd Theatre Cymru
15th May 2013
“‘The Shipwright’s Love Song’ by Jo Bell”
Shown as part of the Liberated Words Poetry Film Festival at Bristol Poetry Festival
October 3rd, 2013
“‘Lulu Gay’ by Wallace Stevens”
Shortlisted for the Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition at the Indie Cork Festival of Independent Cinema 2013
“Say It”
Short screenplay for the “Made In Wales” series
Dir: Andrew Pring
It’s My Shout Ltd
Broadcast on BBC2 Wales, 5th November, 2013
“Natural Selection”
Dir: Maureen Rutherford
Short play presented as part of “All You Need Is Love”
Suitcase Theatre, Connah’s Quay Labour Social Club, Clwyd
14th February, 2014
“The Naked Major”
Short play, published in Bare Fiction, Issue 2
April, 2014
“‘When We Two Parted’ – by Lord Byron”
Reversed Poetry Film Festival, Amsterdam, April 2014
“‘On Being Brought From Africa To America’ – By Phillis Wheatley”
Filmpoem Festival, in conjunction with Felix Poetry Festival, Antwerp, June 2014
“Untitled No. 67”
Three-minute radio drama for “Pitch To The Power Of Three”
12th June, 2014
“The Want Of Intimacy”
Selected for Art @ The Quays, part of Colony 14 (htttp://www.colonyprojects.co.uk), Bridge Warehouse, Teifi Wharf, Cardigan/Aberteifi, West Wales; 20th August to 1st September 2014.
Also an official selection for the Experia strand of the Sedicicorto Film Festival, Forli, Italy, October 2014.
“Effete”
Short play for “Dirty, Gifted and Welsh”
Dirty Protest/National Theatre Wales
12th October, 2014
“‘Florid Psychosis” by Bill Yarrow’”
The Visible Verse Poetry Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada
October 2014
“‘When We Two Parted’ – by Lord Byron”
Shortlisted for the Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition at the Indie Cork Festival of Independent Cinema, October 2014
“Inside The Poetry Storehouse”
Outcasting Fourth Wall Festival, Cardiff, September/October 2014
“‘Kaspar Hauser Lied’ – by Georg Trakl”
Art Visuals and Poetry Film Festival, Vienna, November 2014
“The Administrator”
Feature-length screenplay optioned by Rondo Media, September 2015
“‘Census’ – by Lissa Kiernan”
Shortlisted for the Ó Bhéal International Poetry-Film Competition at the Indie Cork Festival of Independent Cinema, October 2015
“The Aframerican Poet”
Short film – part of “Night Projection” for Made In Roath Festival, October 2015
“The Want Of Intimacy”
Selected for Paradise Cinema at Paradise Music Festival, Victoria, Australia, November 2015
“Gurls With Guitars”
YA novella – exclusive to the Amazon Kindle store
“‘Insomnia’ by Marcia J. Pradzinski
Official selection for the Miniature Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, March 2016
“In Limbo”
Libretto for an aria composed by Carlijn Metselaar, for the Music Theatre Wales “Make An Aria Project”; performed at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, 2nd June 2016
“Swarm”
Original script commission
Fio
Butetown History and Arts Centre, Cardiff, 11-14th August 2016
“‘Census’ – by Lissa Kiernan”
Official Selection for the Zebra Poetry Film Festival, Minster, Germany, 27-30th October, 2016
“‘Jazz Fantasia’ by Carl Sandburg”
Short Film – Official selection for the New York Jazz Film Festival, New York, 12-13th November, 2016.
“The Language of War” by Matthew Bulgo
“Bull Shade Skank” by Gareth Ford Elliot (rehearsed reading)
Plays directed for Young Artists Festival at The Other Room Theatre, Cardiff, June 2017
“‘If We Must Die’ by Claude McKay”
Short Film – selected for screening at the MIX 2017 Writing Digital Conference, Bath Spa University, July 2017
“A Sentimental Education”
Short Film – Official Selection for the Drunken Film Festival, Bradford, U.K., July 2017
“‘Insomnia’ by Marcia J. Pradzinski
Official selection for the Fake Flesh Film Festival, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, October 2017
“Bambino”
Short play for Scriptdawg, The Atrium, Unversity of South Wales, October 2017
“Actress”
Short play, performed as part of “Seen” at The Other Room Theatre, Cardiff, October, 2017
“‘Dead Fires’ by Jessie Fauset”
Short Film – winner, One Minute and Under Category, Just Before Midnight Noir Film Fest, October 2017
“We Are Family” – two-screen video installation, comprising “‘Brotherhood’ by Edwin Markham” and “In Limbo“, for Made in Roath Festival, Inskpot Gallery, Cardiff, October 2017
“‘The Scarlet Woman’ – by Fenton Johnson” and “‘There Be None Of Beauty’s Daughters’ – by Lord Byron”
Selected for screening as part of “Lost Vegas Hotel”, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, December 2017
“Three Lost Souls” by Connor Allen
Directed for Fio’s Declaration project, Sherman Studio, Cardiff, February 24th 2018
“Nerd”
Short play, presented as part of “An Evening With Pigs” for ScriptDawg, A.J.’s Coffee Bar 28th April 2018
“‘The Good Girl’ by Lucy Logsdon”
Shown as part of “Roathbud: Film Discoveries 2018”, Made In Roath Festival, Cardiff, October 2018
“In Limbo”
Opera film (librettist/director) with music by Carlijn Metselaar
Everyday Arias Film Festival
Close-Up Film Centre, London, 31st October, 2018
“‘When You Are Old’ by W.B. Yeats” – Official selection for the Miniature Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, November 2018
“‘Punk Rock You’re My Big Crybaby’ by Allen Ginsberg”
Short film shown as part of Tactile Bosch’s “Jubilee”
Jacob’s Antiques Centre, Cardiff, December 14th 2018
“Break” by Izzy Joan
Directed for “Seen” at The Other Room Theatre, Cardiff, 27th January, 2019
“The Dark Side”
Short screenplay, finalist in selection for BBC/It’s My Shout, May 2019
“They Come Marching In” by Mike Leitch
Directed for “Seen” at The Other Room Theatre, Cardiff, 30th June, 2019
“This Is Necessary” by Jonathan D.W. Lloyd
Directed for “Seen” at The Other Room Theatre, Cardiff, 1st September, 2019
‘“John Peel Introduces Top Gear’ – by Delia Derbyshire”
Shown as part of Roathbud: Film Discoveries 2019
October 19th 2019
“‘Hope Is The Thing With Feathers’ by Emily Dickinson” – Official selection for the Miniature Film Festival, Vancouver, Canada, November 2019
Othniel Smith's CV 