A theatre has made an appeal for items with a connection to a loved ones killed in Northern Ireland’s troubled past. The Playhouse in Derry has made the request to the public ahead of one of the first productions it will stage following lockdown.
Theatres in Northern Ireland have been allowed to reopen to allow staff to prepare ahead of September 1st, when audiences will be allowed to return.
However, with the size of audiences limited by the requirement to social distance, the Playhouse intends to go digital and share productions with a global online audience.
It will stage a new production, Anything Can Happen: 1972, focusing on the worst year of the Troubles. That year saw almost 500 killings, 10,000 shootings, 2,000 explosions and