Chronicles of Long Kesh

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Written by one of Northern Irelands most celebrated playwrights Martin Lynch, this is the painful, shocking and hilarious story of Northern Irelands infamous prison - Long Kesh - told through the eyes of prison officers, Republicans and Loyalists, a rich assortment of patriots, chancers, leaders, wives, escapers and hypochondriacs!

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"Simple staging and superb performances work an unshowy magic."The Guardian "Fierce and gripping, direct from Belfast and dripping with the sound, fury and black humour of that city" The Times "Humour, rambunctious as well as grim is built into the production... Whatever else it is or isn't, this is ripping theatre"The Times Culture Magazine "This is a vigorous, entertaining piece of popular theatre, daring to tackle some of the blackest episods of the prisons history with a degree of levity"Sarah Hemming, Financial Times "Lynch links together politics and intimate personal dramas without taking sides"Maxie Szalwinska, Sunday Times "There is the unmistakable tang of authenticity to this captivating sweep both through big events in the prisons history and tiny details of individual lives."Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard "Martin Lynch's account of inside life really works"Lyn Gardner, The Guardian
"Simple staging and superb performances work an unshowy magic."The Guardian "Fierce and gripping, direct from Belfast and dripping with the sound, fury and black humour of that city" The Times "Humour, rambunctious as well as grim is built into the production... Whatever else it is or isn't, this is ripping theatre"The Times Culture Magazine "This is a vigorous, entertaining piece of popular theatre, daring to tackle some of the blackest episods of the prisons history with a degree of levity"Sarah Hemming, Financial Times "Lynch links together politics and intimate personal dramas without taking sides"Maxie Szalwinska, Sunday Times "There is the unmistakable tang of authenticity to this captivating sweep both through big events in the prisons history and tiny details of individual lives."Fiona Mountford, Evening Standard "Martin Lynch's account of inside life really works"Lyn Gardner, The Guardian

Author Bio

MARTIN LYNCH is a former writer in residence of Belfasts Lyric Theatre, Belfast native and one of Northern Irelands most well known playwrights. His well known controversial plays include The Interrogation of Ambrose Fogarty Castles in the Air (1983) The Belfast Carmen (2002 with Mark Dougherty) and the hugely popular The History of the Troubles Accordin to My Da.