Shibboleth
An exhilarating and unsentimental exploration of working-class life in Belfast.
Development. Hotels, spas, Nando's, boutiques. Belfast is changing, but for some people, progress means new barriers.
A group of construction workers is building an extension to the Peace Wall that separates Them-ens from Us-ens. When Polish worker Yuri's daughter starts having serious problems with her boyfriend, they rally round in support. But good intentions can easily go too far…
Stacey Gregg's play Shibboleth premiered at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, as part of the 2015 Dublin Theatre Festival.
This edition includes an Afterword by the author.
Stacey Gregg is from Belfast and is a writer/performer for stage and screen. Her previous work at the Abbey Theatre includes Perve (BBC Radio Drama Award winner 2012) and Cows Go Boom (for the Abbey Theatre’s 20:LOVE season). Her first play Ismene was shortlisted for the Royal Court Young Writers Festival. She was subsequently on attachment at RADA and commissioned through Rough Magic’s SEEDS programme to develop Grand Tour. Further theatre work includes Lagan (Ovalhouse Theatre London), Override (Palace Theatre Watford), Huzzies (Tinderbox, The Mac), Cheer Up Kessy (Outburst Festival) and as a performer, Moth (The Bush/Hightide), Pussy Riot (The Bush/Southbank Centre) and Everything Between Us (Rough Magic). She co-created an interactive web installation for CRASSH (Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities).
Television work includes Raw (RTÉ), Spoof or Die (Channel Four) and The Frankenstein Chronicles (Rainmark).