See you this week for Belfast Blues! |
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Dear Friend,
We can’t wait to tune in with you this week for Belfast Blues by Geraldine Hughes!
Get ready for this Performance on Screen with our Theatre @ Home Kit! Read reviews from previous productions, learn more about Geraldine Hughes, The Troubles, Belfast, and more! And read the Belfast Blues program here!
Please note, this performance on screen will take place on our YouTube Live. You will receive a direct link via email approximately 2 hours before the performance begins. If you don't receive a link by 90 minutes before showtime, email boxoffice@irishrep.org with the subject line "link needed."
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Introducing our Theatre @ Home Kit: |
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Round out your Performance on Screen theatre experience with our Theatre @ Home
Kits! Enjoy podcasts, articles, books, and more, all around the theme of the performance!
Use before, during, or after the show to further the experience!
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This 1974 documentary by the BBC explores the realities and effect of The Troubles on the children who grew up during that period in Belfast and in the largest housing estate in Derry, Northern Ireland: the infamous Cregan Estate.
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In 1975, members of The Miami Showband, a popular Irish band, were murdered in a terrifying attack by the Ulster Volunteer Force. This remastered documentary explores the truth behind the tragedy, and gives insight into the deadly and destructive environment in Ireland throughout The Troubles.
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Get to know writer and performer, Geraldine Hughes, in this interview with with Irish News' Jenny Lee last year ahead of her final performances of Belfast Blues at the Lyric Theatre, Belfast.
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This 2019 best-seller by Patrick Radden Keefe is an intricate nonfiction account of The Troubles, beginning with a notorious murder in Divis Flats, Belfast, the site of many early childhood events described vividly in Belfast Blues.
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This non-partisan podcast by Irishman Oisin Feeney breaks down the facts and the accounts of the individuals involved in many of the attacks and heartbreaks during The Troubles.
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"It’s amazing to look back at the various famous songs that came out of that painful period in Ireland’s history."
Irish Central recently put together a collection of anti-war anthems and Republican ballads - a look back at the most famous songs from during that painful period in Ireland's history, including friend of Irish Rep Tommy Makem's "Four Green Fields."
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The staff of Irish Repertory Theatre is currently working remotely, but our Box Office can still be accessed by phone Monday through Saturday from noon-6pm and Sunday from noon-5pm at
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Irish Repertory Theatre's Season is supported, in part, by your taxpayer dollars through the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; as well as Culture Ireland, the agency for the promotion of Irish arts worldwide; the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Consulate of Ireland in New York; The Howard Gilman Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Ireland Funds America, The Achelis and Bodman Foundaion, Mutual of America, The Michael Tuch Foundation, and our many generous members and donors. |
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