Gavin & Stacey to Sullivan as her housemate; a member of the band she initially lives with. Nessa had also claimed to have had an affair with Prescott. The initial series begins with the lives of the title characters, Gavin Shipman (Mathew Horne) and Stacey West (Joanna Page). Gavin is 28 and lives at home in Billericay, Essex, with his parents, Mick (Larry Lamb) and Pam (Alison Steadman). He and Stacey, along with their respective best friends Neil "Smithy" Smith (James Corden) and Nessa Jenkins (Ruth Jones), go out on a double date. The night ends with Gavin and Stacey returning to a
Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) of theaters featuring a center stage (arena theaters or Theater in the round) throughout Utah and Arizona. The Hales were also playwrights. They wrote their first play together, "Handcart Trails," to save on the budget of a ward play production in Granger in the 1930s. This play was published in the "MIA Book of Plays" in 1940. Their play, "Melody Jones", was shown to a national audience by Kurt Television Theatre. Ruth Hale's grandchildren include: Ruth Hale (playwright and actress) Ruth Hale (October 14, 1908 – April 20, 2003) was an American playwright and actress. Hale was born in Granger,