In an alternate future, a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has been completed and The Troubles have returned to the streets of Belfast in Behind Closed Walls by Daryl J. Blair.
A British Army Recruit was in the wrong place at the wrong time. They have been taken by a Paramilitary group and kept under guard until it has been decided what to do with them. Their guard is a Volunteer, hoping to prove their worth and rise in the ranks.
Will the Recruit give up any information? Will they let the Recruit leave with his life? And will the Recruit and the Volunteer realise that there is more to them than meets the eye?
‘That’s when I knew, and hundreds knew. There was only one way for peace. To fight.’
Behind Closed Walls is a hard-hitting, humorous and thought-provoking new Irish play by Daryl J Blair, inspired by his upbringing in Belfast. With an all-Irish Cast, the play premiered at Camden Fringe 2022 at the Hen and Chickens Theatre.
This is Blair’s first play inspired by his integrated upbringing in Belfast, and his fears living in a post-Brexit UK that will hopefully not come to pass. He trained in SERC Bangor and University of Chester to gain a HND and a BA(Hons) in Performing Arts. After having plans to have his own work on the stage within a year after graduating were drawn to a grinding halt due to COVID-19, he is over-joyed to see his work at the Jack Studio Theatre.
Venue: Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, 410 Brockley Road, London, SE4 2DH
Box office: www.brockleyjack.co.uk or 0333 666 3366 (£1.80 fee for phone bookings only)
Dates: Tuesday 25 – Saturday 29 October 2022 at 7.30pm.
Tickets: £16, £14 conc., 15+
Running time: Sixty five minutes, with no interval.
