{"id":19490,"date":"2021-07-05T14:05:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=19490"},"modified":"2021-07-05T14:05:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-05T13:05:48","slug":"spanner-in-works-theatre-company-presents-what-if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2021\/07\/spanner-in-works-theatre-company-presents-what-if\/","title":{"rendered":"Spanner in Works Theatre Company presents What If?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The story of one mother\u2019s loss.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shankill Road, Belfast 1993. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in October a bomb explodes in Frizzell\u2019s fish shop, killing nine people and one of the bombers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then it hit me – my Leanne was under all them bricks  \u2026<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mother\u2019s instinct is to protect her child.  Who can protect their child from evil? I couldn\u2019t.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and directed by Patricia Downey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA piece of work that will resonate with all people, regardless of class, colour or creed\u201d<\/em> – Audience Member<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018What If\u2019 was performed on the Shankill in October 2018 during the 25th anniversary of the Shankill bombing, it had a profound impact on those that saw it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then it has been the desire of those in the Shankill community who organised Shankill25 that the play should be seen by a wider audience. The proposals for the venues in October 2019 fulfil that commitment.’<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patricia Downey<\/strong> has over 20 years experience as a writer, director and workshop facilitator.  She is co-founder and artistic director of Spanner in the Works Theatre Company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spanner in the Works Theatre Company<\/strong> is known for its distinctive and challenging productions.  Drawing inspiration from the communities it works with, it interrogates contemporary issues in accessible and provocative ways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The story of one mother\u2019s loss. The Shankill Road, Belfast 1993. On a sunny Saturday afternoon in October a bomb explodes in Frizzell\u2019s fish shop, killing nine people and one of the bombers. Then it hit me – my Leanne was under all them bricks  \u2026 A mother\u2019s instinct is to protect her child.  Who … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19490"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19493,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19490\/revisions\/19493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}