THE CURING ROOM to Play Edinburgh Fringe, 30 July - 25 August

Spring 1944 - seven Soviet soldiers have been captured by the Nazis, stripped naked and abandoned in the locked empty cellar of a monastery in southern Poland. Deprived of all ties to their world, the prisoners redefine their concepts of order and human nature. In order to survive the men resort to murder and cannibalism. How do they reconcile rank, faith and dignity? Powerful, thought-provoking and darkly funny, The Curing Room by David Ian Lee and directed by Joao de Sousa is a taut, gritty, grisly and intense thriller based on true events that absolutely refuses to flinch.

Though what befell seven hapless men "in the last year of the war" will forever remain conjecture - as will, no doubt, the identities of the men themselves -The Curing Room was inspired by an anecdote recalled by George Steiner in The Death of Tragedy.

The dynamic structure and narrative of The Curing Room occurs in real time and is designed to push both its characters and audiences to the greatest of extremes.

The Curing Room, by David Ian Lee, was written and developed in New York with a series of workshops and public readings but this world première marks its inaugural production with the following cast: Will Bowden, Rupert Elmes, Tom Holloway, Matt Houston, John Hoye, Harvey Robinson and Marlon Solomon. The Curing Room is designed by Phil Lindley with sound design by Angus McRae, lighting design by David Howe and fight direction from Bret Yount.

The Curing Room contains full frontal male nudity and themes which may be distressing to certain audience members - over 16s only.

Photo Credit: Rebecca Pitt

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