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"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... World Premiere

Cast/Performers

Jack Bannon (Private Trevor Smith), Joe Claflin (Private David Robins), Jack Derges (Lance Corporal Mark Savy), Laura Hanna (Corporal Rachel Taylor), Stevie Raine (Captain Thomas Nicholls), Sophie Stevens (Coco)), Doireann May White (Mari)), Maria Yarjah (Helena)

Creatives/Company

Author: Sarah Page
Producer: Ian Melding
Presented by: Announcement 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