Sion Daniel Young and Fra Fee star in an emotional new drama following a couple’s journey to adoption…
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It’s not a typical love story, but it’s a love story nonetheless,” explains Daf James, the writer behind this new three-part drama series starring Sion Daniel Young (Deceit) as singer and artist extraordinaire Gabriel, and Fra Fee (Cabaret) as his partner Andy. “And, as well as being about gay adoption, it’s a show about parents and children, so I think it’s a universal story because we’ve all been children to somebody. But it’s a celebration of love in all its manifest forms – with music!”
Inside TV joins Daf, Sion and Fra for a chat about the series – set in Wales, with a cast including Elizabeth Berrington, Sharon D Clarke and Mali Ann Rees. Here, Fra and Sion tell us more…
Hello, both! What first attracted you to the roles of Gabriel and Andy?
Sion I was floored when I read Daf’s scripts. He has an ability to create these really beautiful, emotive worlds. It’s rare that something pings out in the way this did, so I knew it was always going to be really, really special.
Fra Yeah, it was exactly the same experience for me.
I read the first episode and was completely floored – I was bawling my eyes out! It’s so gorgeous, and so heart-wrenching. I fell madly in love with all of the characters in it. Particularly the relationship between Gabe and Andy; it’s so true and lovely. It’s been an honour to be a part of it.
Please tell us about your characters…
Fra On paper, Andy and Gabe are chalk and cheese, but they’re so wonderfully compatible. Gabriel is an ‘artist extraordinaire’ – that’s how he describes himself at a certain point in the show – and Andy is arguably a bit more strait-laced. He’s an accountant, but he’s fun as well. They make each other laugh and they both need each other. It just works!
Sion When we meet them, they’ve been together for eight years, and have recently decided that they want to go through the adoption process and start a family. They’re working their way through the process and balancing that with their own childhoods and upbringing.
Sion, we see Gabriel performing in the Neverland club wearing beautiful costumes. Did you have any favourites?
Sion I’d not really done that sort of thing before – the costume and make-up departments did such an amazing job. There’s just something about putting those costumes on and the effect that it has on you physically; that really helped me find the version of Gabriel that exists within Neverland, as it’s quite different to the version we see outside. Those scenes felt like a different TV sh
