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Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

1994

Point Fields Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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One Act

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Synopsis: A policeman in the Northern Irish Police Force habours a well kept secret wish to become a stand up comic

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1998

Nick Hern Books, London

2001

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: The explosive contradictions of life in Northern Ireland ignite this drama of suspense and violence. Kyle is loyal to his wife, his best mate and his boss in the Ulster Defence Union  and they love him as a husband, a brother and a son  but, with changing times and the emerging peace process, Kyle finds himself lost in the shadows of transition, uncertainty, and betrayal. In a world turned upside down, peace and brutality walk side-by-side, while love and loyalty are sacrificed to the new order.
Nick Hern Books

a site-specific work at Crumlin Road, Courthouse, Belfast.

2000

Tinderbox Theatre Company, Belfast, Ireland >>>

Tinderbox, Belfast

2000

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Series of short individual plays

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10

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Synopsis: "Justice" from seven different Northern Ireland writers

Belfast Festival, Ireland >>>

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play/Drama

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Playhouse, Derby, UK >>>

1999

The Playhouse

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play/Drama

6

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Synopsis: The pubk era and the machinations of a band as they quarrel about their act with "The Troubles" and the hunger strikes ominously in the background.

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

2000

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

Nick Hern Books, London

2000

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Play/Drama

5

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Synopsis: An explosively topical play about institutional corruption in Northern Ireland. Caroline is a detective Sergeant in the RUC. Used to doing battle against the ingrained sexism of her male colleagues, she begins to suspect something much worse: systematised collaboration between the RUC and the loyalist terrorists of the UDA. . .
Nick Hern Books

Abbey Theatre, Peacock Stage, Dublin >>>

1997

in Tearing the Loom / In a Little World of Our Own, Nick Hern Books, London

1998

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Synopsis: a powerful illustration of how the conflict in Northern Ireland affects whole families, and of how the violence of the streets is brought into the heart of the home.
Nick Hern Books

Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

1993

Tinderbox Theatre Company, Belfast, Ireland >>>

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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Thriller

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Synopsis: Northern Ireland is a dangerous place for independant young journalists to ply their trade.

Royal Court Theatre Downstairs, London >>>

2003

Royal Court Theatre, London >>>

Nick Hern Books, London

2003

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: Brenda is under siege in her Belfast home. Daughter Jenny's baby is crying upstairs, her mother-in-law is sleeping in the front room and her husband is back after years in prison. And now the women of the Ulster Defence Association want her to demonstrate her loyalty to the cause. . .
Nick Hern Books

Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

2000

7:84 Theatre Company

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Play/Drama

4

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Synopsis: a contemporary portrait of a lower-class family riven by militant extremism. The adolescent Ricky believes that he is loyally following in the footsteps of his grandad, Samuel, a lifelong enthusiast for the Orange Order's marching season. But it is also mere teenage excitability that leads Ricky on to torching Catholics' cars when the police block the marching route, Moreover, Samuel is shocked by his grandson's failure to pursue the new ways of peaceful protest. This is a portrait of changing tactics in Ireland and of generational differences.
Kate Bassett, Daily Telegraph

Rock, Belfast

2006

DubbleJoint Theatre Company, Belfast, ireland >>>

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Synopsis: Early in 2006, Gary Mitchell and his family were driven out of their neighbourhood by Unionist paramilitaries angered by Mitchell's success as a playwright who focuses on the internal violence in his Protestant community. Now Mitchell's new play about this trauma is being produced by Northern Ireland's most unashamedly nationalist theatre company, Dubbeljoint. Tony is a gormless 17-year-old deciding what to do with his life. His father, Charlie, left the UDA in the 1990s and is now a cuckolded weakling; his uncle Geordie is a rich and potent UDA hardman. Faster than you can say Sky News, Geordie transforms Tony into a balaclava-clad street thug, with the encouragement of Tony's gran, Maud, who is kept in espadrilles and bingo nights by Geordie's weekly wads of cash. It is only in Charlie and Geordie's final face-off that the real questions start to be asked: is an escape from this cycle of violence possible, what role did their father's departure from the UDA play in the sons' parted ways, and has Charlie's split from the family dealt him a death sentence?
Karen Fricker, Guardian

Belfast Royal Academy, as part of a tour to schools and venues

1997

Replay Productions, Belfast, Ireland

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Youth Audience

10

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Synopsis: An examination of bullying in Northern Ireland

Lyric Theatre, Belfast, Ireland >>>

1998

Lyric Theatre

in Tearing the Loom / In a Little World of Our Own, Nick Hern Books, London

1998

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Play/Drama

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Synopsis: a searing portrait of a community divided against itself, set in a weaver's cottage in County Armagh at the time of the 1798 Rebellion.
Nick Hern Books

Dunmurray High School, Belfast, as part of a tour to schools and venues.

1995

Replay Productions, Belfast, Ireland

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Youth Audience

6

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Synopsis: Punishment beatings from the paramilataries abound for youngsters caught joyriding

Royal Court Theatre Upstairs, London >>>

1999

Royal Court & RNT Studio

Nick Hern Books, London

1999

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Synopsis: A play about the bonds of trust in a tight-knit Loyalist community, and how easily they are shattered. Geordie is a UDA godfather on the Rathcoole estate in Belfast. He is unemployed but receives supplicants for 'jobs'. His diffident 15-year-old son, stunted by living in his shadow, is being bullied at school: Geordie and his tough-talking wife, Margaret, differ over the approach to take - he wants to ignore the problem, she wants to arrange a punishment beating. When he is approached for help by a British Army 'special' with an plan to go on the make, the trust begins to unravel.
Nick Hern Books