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Gemma Mae Halligan and Jude Quinn (Amadan Ensemble)

New Speak Re-imagined

Various

Lyric Theatre, Belfast

24 April to 22 May 2020

News

Contributors to New Speak: Re-imagined with the Lyric's literary manager Rebecca Mairs (first left) and executive director Jimmy Fay (back row right)

Lyric Belfast places life in lockdown under the microscope

George Orwell’s 1984 inspires five new online performances exploring the now and the next of the coronavirus pandemic.