Not the Worst Place

<i>I ain't got a city named for me . . . The swans have though haven't they. They got a city named for them.</i><br/><br/>Seventeen-year-old Emma dreams of travelling adventures beyond her Swansea home. Rhys her boyfriend has other plans for them. <br/><br/>Facing the consequences of their actions under the disapproving eye of Emma's mother they struggle to find a happy medium.<br/><br/>Now camped out on Swansea seafront they must confront the difficult question of what it takes to leave the place that shaped them.<br/><br/>A story about what happens when life gets in the way of your dreams.<br/><br/>Sam Burns weaves together a touching sensitive play that tackles our conflicting emotions about the place we call home. <i>Not The Worst Place</i> received its world premiere at Clywd Theatr Cymru on 23 April 2014 in a production by Paines Plough.