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"Ireland and Britain live both in the shadow and in the shelter of one another, and so it has been since the dawn of history" - Irish President Michael D Higgins, 2014. The relationship between Ireland and Britain has never been anything but complex. The Easter Rising of 1916, and the creation of the Irish Republic that followed, did nothing to simplify that connection. In The Shadow Or The Shelter is a festival of new plays examining how this entanglement of nations, with all its many contradictions, has shaped the lives of the Irish men and women who arrived in Britain over the past century.

Cast/Performers

Aidan Casey (Alfred - Traitors Cads and Cowards), Ben Waring (Henry - Traitors Cads and Cowards), Shane Noone (Liam - Traitors Cads and Cowards), Liam Clarke (Colm - Crows by Day Jackals by Night), Pamela Flanagan (Aileen - Crows by Day Jackals by Night), Kieran Moriaty (Jimmy - Crows by Day Jackals by Night), Sorcha Brooks (Pegeen - Crows by Day Jackals by Night), Mary Sheen (Nora - Women's Work), Lesley Molony (Moya - Women's Work), Helena Collins O'Connor (Eilis - Women's Work), Liam Clarke (Colm - Body and Blood), Pamela Flanagan (Aileen - Body and Blood), Tommy Walsh (Jimmy - Body and Blood), Anne Curtis (Importance of Being), Colette Kelly (Maeve - Importance of Being), Orla Sanders (Dawn - Importance of Being), Kevin Bohan (Mikey - Just Above Dogs), Cian-Kieran Moriarty (Just Above Dogs)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Martin McNamara (Traitors Cads and Cowards), Maureen Alcorn (Crows by Day Jackals by Night), Anna May Mangen (Women's Work), Lorraine Mullaney (Body and Blood), Anne Curtis (Just Above Dogs)