Worlds Apart

Worlds Apart tells the story of Mabel and Nora, two sisters who are separated in 1970 when Mabel moves to Australia as she doesn't want to live in Londonderry and more due to the emerging troubles and the impact of sustained sectarian violence on her life.

What follows is the correspondence between the sisters over the next 50 years, by letter, telephone and eventually zoom.

This one hour production looks at the issue of innocent families torn apart as Northern Ireland spiralled into a generation of terror and violence.

Starring Laura Douglas, Karen Hawthorne and Alison McCalister, "Worlds Apart" is directed by Codie Morrison for Blue Eagle Productions, commissioned by Sole Purpose Productions for their 25th Anniversary Festival of Theatre and Social Change. The play is written by Jonathan Burgess.

Before the performance, Gill Bar will give a reading of her works entitled "The Price of Violence". Gill Barr’s poems…