In Their Own Words
"There is no message to the play. It does not say terrorism is good or bad, forgiveness is good or bad. When people watch the play some of them will connect with the characters they see before them. I would like to think that they get involved with the emotional complexity of the situation." Kevin Dyer, writer (Dyer, Kevin. 2005. The Bomb. Aurora Metro Press: London, p28)
"Some day I may be able to forgive myself. Although I still stand by my actions, I will always carry the burden that I harmed other human beings." Pat Magee, The Forgiveness Project (www.theforgivenessproject.com)
"In the end [we] didn't want to make it real. It was going to be that the feelings that would be generated through people watching it are things you would feel, that's where the integrity would be. It would be similar to how people feel when they hear the real story or things that I felt, [but] the actual scenes would be different. And [Kevin] was going to change it to make it a good drama, to make it accessible. There are lots and lots of things about drama that mean that you couldn't just have exactly what happened in real life." Jo Berry, Interview
"When I look at everything I've been doing from my degree onwards, meeting with Jo, meeting with other victims, talking on several platforms - it's all to do with this notion that misrepresentations have to be broken down and there is no better way of achieving that then representing yourself - someone who has been misrepresented I believe - and let people make their own minds up." Pat Magee, Interview
"I experienced people of all ages watching the play and then opening up to feelings and thoughts that were new to them. It was a catalyst to looking at new ways of acting and thinking, especially around conflict and how they handled it." Jo Berry, Personal Communication
