Sinchronicity - brand new drama that poses
the question "What if?"
Introduction
Sinchronicity - from Sunday, July 16, 10.00pm - is a brand new six-part
drama for ±«Óãtv THREE.
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Sinchronicity is about the crucial role chance and coincidence play in our lives.
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The high-octane, party-fuelled stories hinge on tangential
and peripheral moments that become pivotal in the lives of a group
of strangers searching for love in the dating jungle of the city.
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This is the city as you've never experienced it before, seen through the eyes of Nathan, the world's most unreliable narrator. Nathan is an instantly likeable charmer, with a bizarre career and a frankly bonkers love life.
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As Nathan (Paul Chequer) lurches from catastrophe to disaster a whole raft of characters are caught up in his tangled web.
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There's Jase (Daniel Percival), his hedonistic
childhood friend; Peggy Simmons (Camille Codouri), Nathan's
dirty-talking porn baroness of a boss; Fabian (John Sheahan),
a pre-op transsexual who becomes an unlikely friend and confidante; Mani
(Navin Chowdhry), a hedonistic doctor who will
do almost anything for the next thrill; and there's Fi (Jemima
Rooper)
- a no nonsense, up-for-a-laugh chef who has absolutely no idea she's
the love of Nathan's life.
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Every week Sinchronicity will use innovative, non-linear story-telling to deliver
a fun-filled rollercoaster of sexploits and romantic conundrums, driven by
the fickle twists of fate and the question that haunts us all - What if?'
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Sinchronicity is produced by Julian Murphy and Johnny
Capps, the team behind award-winning dramas As If, Hex and Sugar Rush and is written by Julian
Jones (As If, Hex) and Lucy Watkins (Hex, Sugar Rush).
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Key cast comprises a mix of established names and new upcoming talent.
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Jemima Rooper (Kinky Boots, Hex and As If) plays Fi, Paul
Chequer (Tea with Mussolini and As If) plays Nathan, Daniel Percival
(Vital Signs and Van Wilder 2) plays Jase and Camille Coduri (Doctor Who
and Pickles) stars as Peggy.
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Shazney is played by Shivani Ghai, Shazney's boyfriend
by Mark Smith, Niamh by Lucia
Giannecchini, Fabian by John Sheahan and Curtis by Michael
Claff.
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A ±«Óãtv Wales/Shine co-production for ±«Óãtv THREE, the executive producers are Julian
Murphy and Johnny Capps for Shine, and Julie Gardner and Bethan
Jones for
±«Óãtv Wales. Sinchronicity is directed by Brian Grant and Philip
John.
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An introduction to Sinchronicity by the executive producer Johnny Capps
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"Julian Jones, Julian Murphy and myself were interested in creating a show that
looked at how chance and coincidence rule our lives more than we'd like to
think.
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"We liked the idea of posing the question 'What if?' and
we were intrigued to see if we could tell stories that became pivotal
moments in our characters' lives.
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"We were very keen to have a quirky lead character who spoke to camera, leading
the audience through the non-linear narrative.
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"We all liked the idea that
the narrator's view of the world should be unreliable and comic. And
Nathan was born! Nathan is an instantly likeable charmer.
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"Sinchronicity was an incredibly hard show to cast because the whole story spins
around the character of Nathan. When people first read the script they misunderstood
the character of Nathan.
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"So it became really important that we found an actor who
could get away with being supposedly politically incorrect, with charm
and humour. Paul Chequer was always in the back of my mind; he puts
in a great performance.
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"As it is a comedy drama about a love triangle, it was really important that
there was strong chemistry onscreen between Fi and Nathan. We knew Jemima
would be good because the chemistry between her and Paul in As If was so
strong. We were right - she was great, just right for the part.
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"Sinchronicity is different from other dramas on television today because of
the strong narrative devices that we use. We have strived to tell stories
about everyday life and love, hopefully with a bit of a black comic twist."
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