Bittersweet new play shows Belfast stripped bare
Visually arresting, Shibboleth revolves around the contentious building of a ‘peace wall’
Shibboleth
By Stacey Gregg
The Peacock Stage, Dublin
Until October 31
Rating***
Reviewed by Joanne Hayden
In her new play, Belfast writer Stacey Gregg casts a fond, but sceptical, eye on the state of her native city. Visually arresting and determinedly non-naturalistic, Shibboleth revolves around the contentious building of a ‘peace wall,’ one of the numerous ‘interface barriers’ which have proliferated since the Good Friday Agreement.
In a stroke of inspired casting, the ...