Two Northern Irish teenagers have been cast in the principle roles for a new ballet which tells the story of the formation of The Peace People in 1976.
Leah McNally, 16, and Niamh Scates, 15, are taking on the roles of Mairead Corrigan and Betty Williams (respectively), who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for ‘the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland’.
White Doves, which will be performed later this summer at The MAC, is choreographed by Moneymore’s Ruaidhrí Maguire and is set to Donaghadee composer Amelia Clarkson’s new music.
