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Derry Playhouse to deliver peace building workshops in Cavan schools

Sep 2, 2022 11:05 By News Northern Sound
Derry Playhouse to deliver peace building workshops in Cavan schools
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'Our facilitators share their true narratives through arts and peacebuilding'

The Playhouse in Derry will deliver peace building workshops to secondary schools across Co Cavan.

Theatre of Witness delivers a form of performance that gives voice to those who have been marginalised, forgotten or are invisible in society.

Transition year students at Breifine College Cavan; St Patrick's College; and St Mogue's College, Bawnboy will take part in the process, which aims to create and encourage shared dialogue in a safe space.

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The work brings people together across all divides to bear witness to truth, healing and reconciliation through art and storytelling.

Performers include former police officers, paramilitaries, and relatives of those killed or injured in conflict.

"Community Relations Co-ordinator, Kieran Smyth, said diversity is at the heart of the stories.

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"For almost 30 years Laurence has used the arts to engage true narrative and real life stories from all sides of The Troubles in Northern Ireland," he continued.

"We hope groups from all areas of the border join him and our facilitators as they share their true narratives through arts and peacebuilding."

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