My English Tongue, My Irish Heart
Production Year & Locations:
2015, Waterfront Hall & Ireland and UK Tour
Starring:
Kerri Quinn, Cillian O'Dee, Keith Singleton, Margaret McAuliffe, Ross Anderson-Doherty
Key Creatives:
Martin Lynch (writer, artistic director and set designer), Niall Rea (set, lighting and costume designer), Paul Laverty (set construction) Garth McConaghie (music director), Elaine Barnes (stage manager), Russel Alderdice (technical stage manager), James Kennedy (production manager), Sarah Johnston (choreographer), Judy Kay (wardrobe supervisor), Ruth Gonsalves-Moore (photographer and project manager), Deirdre Ashe (administrator), Grainne Lynch (marketing officer)
Based on an acclaimed study of Irish lives in Britain by Dr Liam Harte, Martin Lynch’s powerful and moving drama gives voice to the perplexities of living with, and between, two worlds. There is sorrow, struggle and laughter, and everywhere the question is, where is home for the migrant?
The play follows Gary and Susan who are young, educated and Irish. When they can’t settle in Ireland, they make the momentous decision to emigrate to England. What ghosts will they meet along the way and where will their journey really take them?
My English Tongue, My Irish Heart sets out on an emotional and psychological journey, in which Gary and Susan’s story of love, loss and change is crisscrossed by the stories of those who have gone before them, from lawyers and labourers to pickpockets, politicians and professional street preachers.
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