Service
by Nina Millns
by Nina Millns
Eighty-year-old Fitz navigates fragmented memories of his time in the British Army stationed in Cyprus during a counseling session with Dimitris, who harbors his own secrets as a former deserter from the Cypriot army, in the award-winning play Service that explores themes of masculinity, colonialism, and loyalty.
About The Play
About The Play
Eighty-year-old Fitz sits in a counselling session trying to piece together fragmented memories of joining the British Army and finding himself posted to Cyprus.
Before coming to England, his counsellor Dimitris deserted from the Cypriot army, but he can’t share that with Fitz…
A stunning award-winning new play from a new playwright, Service is a complex conflict of masculinity, colonialism and loyalty – in a room at the heart of the Empire.
Service won the ETPEP Award 2021, receiving a prize of £6,000, a development relationship with the Finborough Theatre including one-to-one dramaturgy with Finborough Theatre Artistic Director and playwright Neil McPherson, and a staged reading performance; and publication by Salamander Street, independent publisher of theatre, performance and live art.
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