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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

Derry to mark 25 years of Good Friday agreement with John Hume musical

John Hume as a young man
John Hume as a young man. The new musical drama hopes to ‘present his life and work with great integrity but also joy’. Photograph: The Playhouse Derry-Londonderry/PA

A musical drama about the life of John Hume, one of the main forces behind the Good Friday agreement, will be staged next year to mark the 25th anniversary of the historic deal that helped end 30 years of violence in Northern Ireland.

Beyond Belief, written by Damian Gorman with music by Brian O’Doherty, is the second part of a “peace-building trilogy” at the Playhouse in Hume’s home town, Derry, after The White Handkerchief, a play about the events of Bloody Sunday, earlier this year.

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