Over The Bridge
Production Year & Locations:
2010, Waterfront Hall
Starring:
Frankie McCafferty, Richard Clements, Tony Flynn, Lalor Roddy, Matthey McElhinney, Karen Hassen, Michael Liebmann, Walter McMonagle, Billy Carter, Alan McKee, Sydney Trotter
Key Creatives:
Sam Thompson (writer), Rachel O’Riordan (director), Martin Lynch (creative director), Stuart Marshall (set and costume design), James Whiteside (lighting designer), Diana Ennis (costume designer), Adam Booth (sound designer), Elizabeth Murphy (creative producer), Dave Stuttarrd (production manager), Jennie Newell (stage manager), Monica McNally (deputy stage manager), Deirdre Ashe (administrator), Caroline Kerr (education and outreach coordinator), Briege Lynch (marketing assistant), Laura Graham (resident visual artist)
This new adaptation of Ulster’s most famous and controversial play Over the Bridge opened for a 50th Anniversary Production at the Waterfront Hall. The production deals with the political tensions at Belfast Shipyard during the 1950s IRA Border Campaign.
When political tensions rise at the Shipyard, as a result of the IRA Border Campaign, a group of Protestant men employed at the Shipyard take the opportunity to expel known Catholic workers. The play centres on the treatment of one young Catholic worker, Peter O’Boyle (Billy Carter). When the mob threatens violence and gathers to expel the terrified O’Boyle, it is left to veteran Trade Unionist Davy Mitchell (Walter McMonagle), a Protestant, to stand by his fellow worker – with tragic circumstances.
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