No Place Like Home

By Owen McCafferty

November 2001

“Mob rule on the streets. They say you can’t live in this area. It’s not for your ‘kind’ anymore. The authorities are powerless to intervene. Should you stay or go? You only have a matter of minutes to decide. Your family is asleep. What do you do next?” No Place Like Home is about the displaced – people who have been forced to move, who don’t know where they are going or what they’ll find when they arrive. In the early 1970s, huge numbers of people were forced out of their houses in Northern Ireland. All over the world, people are being forced to leave their homes and their land. No Place Like Home is a devised drama created by some of Ireland’s leading theatre practitioners. Movement and drama mix with video and installation art to create a visually rich, grotesque and entertaining performance piece.

DIRECTOR
Simon Magill

VISUAL ARTIST
Amanda Montgomery

DESIGNER
Marcus Costell

COMPOSER
Conor Mitchell

CHOREOGRAPHER
Sandy Cuthbert

LIGHTING DESIGNER
John Riddell

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR
Fiona McGeown

CAST
Steve Blount
Liz Keller
Andy Moore
Christina Nelson
Tara Lynne O’Neill