The Sweethearts

A world premiere, originally seen as a staged reading as part of Vibrant 2014 – A Festival of Finborough Playwrights.

The Sweethearts
by Sarah Page

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…

Directed by Daniel Burgess
Designed by Alex Marker
Sound by Edward Lewis
Lighting by Paul Comerford