Sion daniel young biography
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Siôn Daniel Young
Welsh actor
Siôn Daniel Young is a Welsh stage, television and film actor.
Early life
[edit]Born in Cardiff, Young began performing at a Welsh language festival in Cardiff called Eisteddfod in which he described "schools actively encourage their pupils to perform, be it music, singing or acting".[1] He trained as an actor at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.[2]
Career
[edit]Stage
[edit]His first professional role was appearing in Daf James play Llwyth (Tribe), which was the first play about gay characters written by a queer person on a Welsh-language stage. He played the role of Albert Narracott in War Horse at the Royal National Theatre, London in [3][2][1]
In , he had the lead role of Christopher Boone in the stage play adaptation of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Gielgud Theatre in London.[4]
In , he appeared in the World Premiere production of B
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Sion Daniel ung is one half of the gay Welsh couple in the BBC’s new queer adoption drama,Lost Boys and Fairies.
The year-old actor plays Gabriel in the new three-part drama, he’s a singer and performance artist extraordinaire.
Gabriel has been with his partner Andy (played bygd out gay Irish actor Fra Fee) for eight years and they both are ready to become fathers and adopt a child. However, they must first prove to their social worker, Jackie (Elizabeth Berrington), that they are ready.
As Gabriel’s past fryst vatten unearthed, traumatic memories derail the process and jeopardise their future.
In an interview with The Independent, ung shared that Lost Boys & Fairies – created by writer Daf James and directed by James Kent – marks a milestone.
“I can’t believe it’s taken until for a Welsh bilingual teaterpjäs on primetime,” Young noted.
What has Sion Daniel ung starred in?
Alongside his starring role in Lost Boys and Fairies, Sion ung has an extensive TV a
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Q&#;A: Siôn Daniel Young
This week, a new cast takes to the stage in the National Theatre’s hit West End production War Horse. It’s a show that needs no introduction and a story that now – thanks in part to Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation, but mostly to Michael Morpurgo’s wonderful imagination that created the original novel – is infamous.
Taking on the leading role of Albert in the World War I drama, therefore, must be a daunting task. But as rising star Siôn Daniel Young tells us, he’s too busy trying to believe his luck to feel any nerves, even about having to ride Handspring Puppet Company’s magnificent puppets live on stage…
Where did you grow up?
I’m a Cardiff boy. Born and bred.
What first sparked your interest in performing?
In Wales we have a Welsh language festival called Eisteddfod where schools actively encourage their pupils to perform, be it music, singing or acting. I guess that’s whe