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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/swimmer-inspires-stage-production.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Olympic swimming bronze medalist Cassie Patten (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/min-swimmer-inspires-stage-production.jpg" alt="Olympic swimming bronze medalist Cassie Patten (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Olympic swimming bronze medalist Cassie Patten has become a muse for a play that is being acted in an old Victorian pool.</p>
<p>Patten, who in 2012 hopes to improve on the 10km open water bronze medal she won at the Beijing Olympics, was among a team of past and present Olympians whose views were used to create Amphibians.</p>
<p>The play is about the challenge of becoming an Olympic athlete.</p>
<p>Patten, of Plymouth, who celebrates her 24th birthday on New Year&#8217;s Day, said: &#8220;I&#8217;ve always loved the theatre so the idea of Amphibians combining sport and art immediately made me want to be a part of it.</p>
<p>&#8220;I am training so hard to swim for London 2012 it really means a lot to me to have inspired others, especially when the subject of what happens to former athletes is so important. I cannot wait to see the show.&#8221;</p>
<p>Underwater footage will be projected on stage as a backdrop at the old swimming pool at London&#8217;s Bridewell Theatre.</p>
<p>The story traces the lives of three athletes as they prepare for competition as 14-year-olds, goes through the toil it takes on them, and then focuses on life after the Olympics.</p>
<p>Audiences will be seated from the shallow end of the Victorian pool up to the surrounding balcony.</p>
<p>Liz Hughes, founder of London Pools Campaign, said: &#8220;In the run-up to the Olympics as we focus on the legacy of the Games, and with so many of London&#8217;s pools closed and then neglected, it is the perfect time for art and sport to be brought together in a production questioning what is important in British culture &#8211; how do we balance the pursuit of excellence against the participation of all sections of society.&#8221;</p>
<p>Amphibians runs from January 4-28, 2011.</p>
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