A play is to take to the stage in the West End that has been written by, and will star, a company of injured servicemen and women who wrote it as part of their long roads to recovery. The sailors, soldiers and Royal Marines, all of whom were injured in the line of duty, will be treading the boards of the Theatre Royal, Haymarket in a show that is being backed by the actor Ray Winstone and directed by theatre master Sir Trevor Nunn.
The play is entitled ‘The Two Worlds of Charlie F’ was written by the playwright and author Owen Sheers in collaboration with the troops. It draws on their long journey through from basic training to their combat is such places as Afghanistan and Iraq, and their ongoing battles coming to terms with life changing injuries. The 32 members are all part of Bravo 22 Company, and are still serving member of the armed forces.
The various injuries throughout the group range from post traumatic stress disorder to a double amputee. This theatre project is aimed at helping the servicemen and women re-enter civilian life. The shows producer is Alice Driver, from Masterclass, the in house charity of the Theatre Royal, and said she got the idea after to talking to a surgeon from Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital where injured troops get specialist care.
Ms Driver stresses that this is in no way just some kind of airy fairy therapy, but a genuine opportunity for a band of sick, wounded and injured soldiers and Marines to work in a top class theatre to write, produce, perform and light their own play. She added that when you are injured you lose self confidence and belief, and that this group are telling her that the whole experience has given them their voices back.
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