In Their Own Words
"Well, [the play works] with different people's experience of [the prison]. So, obviously, if someone has been in the prison as a school teacher, or as a priest, or as a prison guard, or governor, or prisoner; they are all different experiences of the same place. What it meant to them - they understand it in different ways."
Laurence McKeown, writer - Interview, 2006
" The Official Version is about a community which is coming to terms with its past and it's really positive, optimistic..."
Pam Brighton, Director - Interview, 2006
"People think that conflict ends and war ends, but they don't, the impact of conflict goes on for decades."
Pam Brighton, Director - Interview, 2006
"I was asked to write something again for this year because it's the twenty-fifth anniversary [of the hunger strike]. It's a big difference from five years ago [when Brian and I wrote 'Laughter of our Children', based on the hunger strike and the impact it had on the outside] because I think 2001 and the 20 th anniversary was actually the first time that people began thinking more about the hunger strike and reflecting on it. I think now that there's been enough distance from the ceasefires and the Good Friday Agreement that for the first time people are thinking a bit more in depth. Whereas I don't think they did in the past. I think the 20th anniversary was the start of them beginning to look at it, I don't think in a very intense way, which also just shows how emotional a subject it is, in terms of the community."
Laurence McKeown, writer - Interview, 2006
