Sherman Cymru's DEEP CUT Comes To The Tricycle Theater

Sherman Cymru's hit production, Deep Cut, which received critical acclaim and won numerous awards at last year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, will open at London's Tricycle Theatre this March.

Winner of a Scotsman Fringe Fringe First, Herald Angel, the Amnesty Freedom of Expression Award and both Best Actress (Rhian Blythe) and Best Actor (Ciaran McIntyre) at the Stage Awards for Acting Excellence, Deep Cut was one of the must see shows of the Edinburgh Festival. The rights to the play have now been optioned by Michael Winterbottom and Andrew Eaton's company Revolution Films and a screenplay is currently in development.

The production has now secured a four week run at London's Tricycle Theatre from 10 March until 4 April 2009. Artistic Director at the Tricycle Theatre, Nicholas Kent comments:
"The Tricycle Theatre is delighted that we are premiering Deep Cut in London. The unanswered questions over the tragic deaths need a full public inquiry and this play forcibly makes that case. It is very much in the tradition of the political work that the Tricycle has espoused over the past twenty years."

Deep Cut, written by Philip Ralph, uses original source material and powerful first hand testimonies of those closest to Private Cheryl James, from Llangollen, one of four young soldiers who died from gunshot wounds in unexplained circumstances between 1995 and 2002.

Although The Blake Review, an independent review of the deaths, concluded that Cheryl probably committed suicide, her family continue to fight for a full public inquiry to gain answers from the people responsible for their daughter's care.

Deep Cut is on at the Tricycle Theatre from 10 March until 4 April. For more information on how to book tickets see www.tricycle.co.uk

Philip Ralph - Writer
Philip is a writer and performer. He was a writer on attachment at Soho Theatre in 2002 and his first play, ‘Mr Nobody', premiered at Soho in 2003. His second play, ‘Hitting Funny', was a one-man show produced by Volcano Theatre Company, which Philip performed and for which he was nominated Best Actor by the Stage Awards in Edinburgh 2005. In addition to his stage writing, he is a regular writer for the BBC daytime drama, ‘Doctors'. He trained in acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and has worked extensively in theatre and television for the last sixteen years.

Mick Gordon - Director
Mick is Artistic Director of On Theatre and On Film and Head of Directing at E15. He was Trevor Nunn's Associate Director at the Royal National Theatre and was Director of the National's Transformation Season. Previously he was Artistic Director of London's Gate Theatre. Awards include Critics Circle Award for Most Promising Newcomer and the Peter Brook Award for Most Outstanding Theatre.

Igor Vasiljev - Designer
Igor was born in Pula, Italy and graduated from the Academy of Applied Arts in Belgrade. Igor's work explores the field of digital media and he is also professionally involved in video and graphic/web design. He was awarded the Theatre Prize at the YUSTAT Biennale of Stage Design and Annual Duško Radović in Belgrade and he has exhibited at the Prague Quadrinnale. Igor now lives and works in Belgrade and Berlin.

Deepcut - Timeline of Events

June 1995 - Private Sean Benton is found dead with five bullet wounds to his chest. Although ballistics tests suggest only one was fired at close range and the others from a distance, the Army says he committed suicide.

November 1995 - Private Cheryl James is found dead with a single bullet wound to her forehead. An Army inquiry concludes she committed suicide whilst the coroner records an open verdict.

September 2001 - Private Geoff Gray is found with two bullet wounds to his head. Five shots had been shot but the other three bullets could not be found. An open verdict is recorded after reports of a figure running away from the area.

March 2002 - Private James Collinson is found dead with a single wound upwards through his chin. The army insist he killed himself, but his parents refuse to accept this. No inquest is held.

June 2002 - All four families call for a public enquiry into their deaths.

October 2002 - An independent ballistics expert, Frank Swann, claims in a BBC documentary that it would have been impossible for Private Geoff Gray to have killed himself. Media interest in the deaths intensifies.

2003 - 2004 - Various reports arise in tabloid newspapers of abuse allegations at Deepcut and other Army Barracks.

March 2006 - The Blake Review, a report of an independent review of the deaths criticises army training describing "harassment, discrimination and oppressive behaviour" but concludes the deaths were probably self-inflicted. The report rules out the need for a public inquiry.

January 2008 - Armed Forces Minister Bob Ainsworth announces that the Deepcut Barracks are to be sold off in 2013. Des James, Cheryl's father, says he does not want to see the Barracks "flattened before any meaningful inquiry has taken place".

Tricycle Theatre, 269 Kilburn High Road, London NW6 7JR
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Tickets from £10 - £20 (with reductions available)
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