Deep Cut | |
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Written by | Philip Ralph |
Date premiered | 2008 |
Place premiered | Edinburgh, Scotland |
Original language | English |
Genre | Documentary/Drama |
Setting | Deepcut Barracks |
Deep Cut is a play to date performed by Cardiff theatre company Sherman Cymru [1] and written by Philip Ralph. It premiered at the Edinburgh Festival in 2008 and won the Amnesty International Freedom of Expression Award in the same year [2] as well as best Actor (Ciaran McIntyre) and Best Actress (Rhian Blythe) awards with The Stage's Stage Awards for Acting Excellence. [3] It concerns the death by gunshot of four trainees and the aftermath at Deepcut Barracks in Surrey (1995–2002) [4] and is based on firsthand testimonies. [5] The play transferred to the Tricycle Theatre for a four-week run in 2009. [6]
The rights to the play were optioned in 2009 by Revolution Films for an unspecified period. [7]
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