{"id":386,"date":"2026-05-27T15:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/?page_id=386"},"modified":"2026-05-27T15:14:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:14:48","slug":"the-dark-i-swim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/the-dark-i-swim\/","title":{"rendered":"The Dark I Swim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookings.shedinburgh.com\/event\/9854:121\/9854:166\/\">Edinburgh Fringe Festival Tickets<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngvic.org\/whats-on\/the-dark-i-swim\">Young Vic London Tickets<\/a><br><br>Siby\u2019s been a lifeguard for 20 years at the same Cardiff pool. Surrounded by biddies, backstabbers and Gen-Z lifeguards who won&#8217;t last the summer. Then Cole walks in. Is he The One, or just another one?\u00a0<em>Peep Show<\/em>\u00a0meets\u00a0<em>Fleabag\u00a0<\/em>in this filthy, funny romantic comedy about two people drowning in their own heads &#8211; and what happens when someone finally notices you. All great romances end with a happily ever after. Right? Right?!?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a chance to see a new work-in-progress show from an upcoming writer, part of our Shed Originals script development programme in partnership with Theatr Clwyd.<br><br>21st August 2026 at Shedinburgh at Edinburgh Festival <br>8th October 2026 at The Young Vic, London<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-819x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-819x1024.png 819w, https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-240x300.png 240w, https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-768x960.png 768w, https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-1229x1536.png 1229w, https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-1638x2048.png 1638w, https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/SHED26_originalssocials1080x1350_THEDARKISWIM-scaled.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youngvic.org\/whats-on\/shedinburgh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To find out more about Shedinburgh click here.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CAST<\/strong>&nbsp;tbc <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>CREATIVE<\/strong><br>Writer | Rebecca Jade Hammond<br>Director | Kate Wasserberg (Artistic Director of Theatr Clwyd) <br>Stage Manager | Hannah Dennis<br>Designer | tbc<br>Lighting Designer | tbc<br>Sound Designer | tbc<br>Production Team | Students of Royal Welsh College of Music &amp; Drama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edinburgh Fringe Festival Tickets | Young Vic London Tickets Siby\u2019s been a lifeguard for 20 years at the same Cardiff pool. Surrounded by biddies, backstabbers and Gen-Z lifeguards who won&#8217;t last the summer. Then Cole walks in. Is he The One, or just another one?\u00a0Peep Show\u00a0meets\u00a0Fleabag\u00a0in this filthy, funny romantic comedy about two people drowning &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/the-dark-i-swim\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Dark I Swim&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-386","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":392,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/386\/revisions\/392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccajadehammond.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}