In The Name Of The Son

In the Name of the Son chronicles the extraordinary life of The Guildford 4’s Gerry Conlon released from prison in 1989.
During his trial, he proclaimed to the world, “I am a totally innocent man!”. This is the story of what happened next and what kind of man that emerged from 14 years of soul-destroying imprisonment is simply the stuff of legend.

In the Name of the Son charts Conlon’s remarkable journey into ‘freedom’ as he received and spent over 1 million pounds, became a cause-celebre and seemed to have it all but away from the glamour, fuelled by an addiction to crack-cocaine, his life was spiralling out of control.

Plagued with the guilt of believing he was responsible for the death of his father, Guiseppe, in prison, the play charts Conlon’s powerful struggle with self-loathing. Charting the story of how he searched bins in the backstreets of London for food and the point at which he knew he had to do something.

What emerges from the darkness is Conlon’s resilience and his eventual life-changing recovery to beat his demons and become a world-renowned human rights campaigner against miscarriages of justice, similar to his own.