Audio interviews with Pauline Ross, founder and director of the Playhouse artistic centre in Derry/Londonderry, and Victoria Geelan, a performer at the centre, by Barbara Walshe for the RTE Radio 1 series Picking up the Pieces, broadcast on 7 April 2012. The interviewees discuss their efforts to grow understanding of the Northern Ireland conflict and its legacies through dramatic performance. The interviews are part of week six of this broadcast series subtitled Arts and the community. This radio series explores the work of grassroots organisations seeking to promote cross community reconciliation in Northern Ireland through dialogue, recreational activities and local initiatives.
Date of Release/Broadcast: 7 April 2012
Name of First Interviewee: Pauline Ross
Name of Second Interviewee: Victoria Geelan
Role at time of Interview: Pauline Ross (founder and director of the Playhouse), Victoria Geelan (performer at the Playhouse)
Interviewer: Barbara Walshe
Purpose: Research
Media: Audio
Copyright: © RTÉ 2012
Link: Listen to the interview
Programme/Book/Article: RTE Radio 1 Picking up the Pieces
Time Period covered: 1968-2011
Key Individuals: Pauline Ross, Victoria Geelan
Key Words: The arts, Derry, Londonderry, the Playhouse, international conflict, prisoner, youth, history, legacy, reconciliation