26 June 2014

Limavady Creative Writers Work Selected for Big Stage

Following a unique collaboration involving NWRC, Queen's University and the International Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, six Creative Writing students from the NWRC had their poems selected from a nationwide entry, and witnessed them performed at a prestigious poetry event which took place in Belfast.  George Brien, Tina Burke, Mary Hayward, James Finnegan, David Florida-James and Deirdre Devine saw their work, and that of their Course Tutor Liam Campbell, performed by professional actors at the Peace Poetry event in the Brian Friel Theatre, Queen’s University on Friday June 20th, alongside readings by renowned poets such as Ciaran Carson & Moyra Donaldson.  The professional actors performing the pieces included Tara Lynne O'Neill who recently starred in BBC One’s The Fall.