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Derry theatre remembers lives lost to the Troubles and Covid-19 by Chris Wiegand

A socially distanced audience will sit among objects recalling Northern Ireland's prolonged conflict and the pandemic in a piece about mourning In a verse dedicated to his aunt, the Irish poet Seamus Heaney wrote of a "sunlit absence". That striking image of loss has now directly inspired a theatre production that will pay tribute to those who died during the Troubles in Northern Ireland and during the Covid-19 pande…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PM on August 9, 2020

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