A talented actress who swapped the Cumnock countryside for the bright lights of New York City has just wrapped up a six-week stint in her off-Broadway debut.
Aida Leventaki, who now lives in Brooklyn, took to the stage at the Irish Repertory Theatre in Belfast Girls — a gritty period play about the voyage from Ireland to Australia during Earl Grey’s Emigration Orphan Scheme between 1848-1850.
The play, by Jaki McCarrick and directed by Nicola Murphy, delves into the historical government scheme, which saw orphaned women, aged 14 to 18, swap famine-wracked Ireland for the land down under in pursuit of a better life.
