The Children

“A disturbed mother sends her son on a bizarre errand which has fatal consequences. Leaving home, he embarks on a journey with his friends. Encountering evil, destruction and eventually compassion, he is drawn into a world that is changed for ever.”

Sligo Drama Circle’s Young People’s Theatre returned to the stage of the Factory Performance Space with their new production of Edward Bond’s “The Children”. The play, specifically written for young people, combined both script and improvisation.

Edward Bond – one of Europe’s leading playwrights – wrote “The Children” in 2000 to be performed, not by professional actors, but by young people. Sligo Drama Circle Young People’s Theatre have took the play to heart, working with commitment and integrity, searching with the playwright for what it is to be human…

The 12 scenes in the play, lasting about an hour, were part scripted, part improvised, according to the playwright’s instructions, with the two adults in the play, as Bond insists, played by adult actors. Muireann Tóibín played the Mother and Wayne O’Connor played the Man.

The play was directed by Peter Milne who worked as an actor/teacher/director for many years in London with Harlow TheatreVan, The Cockpit Theatre in Education Team and Hoxton Hall Community Theatre.

Check out some photos of the performance in the Gallery.