Performance

VenueFinborough
Other spaces: The Finborough
TownInner London
CountyGreater London
From22nd September 2015
Opened24th September 2015
To17th October 2015
WhenTue-Sat 19:30. Sun Mat 15:00. Sat Mat 15:00 (from Oct 3)
What is currently on at Finborough (V199)

The Sweethearts

The SweetheartsT282772904
"These charity gigs are always in bloody awful countries. I wish someone would fight a war in Marbella. I wish there were starving people in bloody Hawaii."Coco, Mari and Helena are The Sweethearts, a manufactured girl band who are rarely off the front page of the tabloids. In need of some positive publicity, they travel to Afghanistan to do a special gig for the troops at Camp Bastion before the base is handed over to Afghan officials. A group of battle weary soldiers, chosen to protect these three beautiful celebrities, eagerly await their arrival. But when there's an attack on the base, The Sweethearts and the soldiers are thrown together and forced to wait it out in very close quarters... Marking the first anniversary of the departure of British Troops from Afghanistan after a thirteen year campaign and the deaths of 453 British service personnel, The Sweethearts is a new play about the people we choose to make into our heroes and how we tear them back down...
Author Sarah Page


Archive :: production:T282772904, play:S01293257821, venue:V199

Production details

World Premiere

Reviews

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Company

Producer Ian Melding
Presented byAnnouncement Productions
Company Raise Dark Theatre Company (in association with Neil McPherson for the Finborough Theatre)
Director Daniel Burgess
Design Alex Marker
Lighting Paul Comerford
Sound Edward Lewis
Performer Jack Bannon (Private Trevor Smith)
Performer Joe Claflin (Private David Robins)
Performer Jack Derges (Lance Corporal Mark Savy)
Performer Laura Hanna (Corporal Rachel Taylor)
Performer Stevie Raine (Captain Thomas Nicholls)
Performer Sophie Stevens (Coco))
Performer Doireann May White (Mari))
Performer Maria Yarjah (Helena)
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