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Can Deepcut the play change anything?

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Nick - Web Team Nick - Web Team | 10:12 UK time, Tuesday, 19 August 2008

A hard hitting play comes to Mold [Sept 9-13] using official documents, media reports and personal accounts to tell the story of the families hit hardest by the deaths of four soldiers at army barracks, including , 18, from Llangollen.

It focuses mainly on the parents of Cheryl and their continued fight for a public inquiry into the deaths. Cheryl's father, Des, made a moving speech after watching the first show when it was performed at festival earlier this month, reported at the time.

You can find out more about the from the .

And there is a review about the play performed by theatre company from the newspaper.

Meanwhile, The Guardian's blogs about the style of the play, : It is unusual for the text of a play to contain more by way of appendices - reports from Hansard, transcripts of testimony, press cuttings - than actual lines for actors.

She goes on to say: I'm not sure that Deep Cut the play is going to force a public inquiry into those young people's tragic deaths. But it is certainly telling the story of the Jameses' struggle in a fresh, vivid and incredibly moving way.

The play, Deep Cut, comes to Sept 9-13 before moving to Cardiff.

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